Officials Gazette – Saturday Edition
2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
GET ME OUTTA HERE
For AGP Extrication Team One, F1 Extrication Practice in Pit Lane went well and the team received a passing mark. This year the Melbourne practice was
done in the Haas F1 Team area. Lifting out the driver is the hardest part of the extrication. Overall not touching the car is difficult due to the electric
energy. Wearing the special static gloves make it cumbersome.
This year’s AGP Extrication Team has a new member working his first AGP - Anthony Cusinato. He’s a Registered Nurse at Foxhill, working mainly in
Orthopedics and Plastic Surgery. He had been to an AGP as a spectator, never envisioning he could actually work the event. Anthony had thought it would
be too difficult to apply and be accepted, but after encouragement from some friends and co-workers, he signed up. The process proved to be much
more straightforward than anticipated. So easy, he didn’t think he passed. But he did and was assigned to Extrication Team One, after a Qualifications
Check and vetting process. Anthony had nothing but nice things to say about CAMS and the Medical Team in terms of their enthusiasm and friendly
attitudes.
Anthony was impressed at how thorough was the training at the track this Race Week. Besides actual Extrication Practice, there was paperwork, reading
the Marshal’s Handbook, the Medical Response Plan, watching YouTube Videos of International Extractions, and forms.
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DAN THE
OTHER MAN
CAMS named Daniel
Schauer as Victorian Junior
Official of the Year for 2016
and this year he is working
Pit Lane & Grid for the
Australian Grand Prix
Formula One Race. For
Real! He has always liked
motorsports. The High
School Senior was invited
to work AGP after working
Pit Lane at events on Phillip
Island. He’d been to AGP 12
times as a spectator, and
his father, Michael, works
in the Support Paddocks.
Two years ago Daniel
worked for the four-car
Nissan SuperCar team as
part of his Level Ten (high
school sophomore) Work
Experience. He really
enjoyed seeing how a race
team operates, and got
hands on with some of the
race prep tasks.
At AGP Daniel credits “lots
of nice people who helped
me get where I am today.”
He has enjoyed the friendly
people with helpful
attitudes, and enjoying so
many different
experiences. He wants to
come back again. After high
school graduation this year,
he plans to become an
electrician. (Top photo)
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2017 Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix
ARMSTRONG 16
CAMS caught up with 16-year-old Official Michael
Armstrong, as he prepared for his first Formula 1
Australian Grand Prix at the Marshals Muster tent.
Young CAMS Official Michael was excited to begin
his first day as a Track Marshal in his home state,
after making his officiating debut late last year at
the Australian Motorcycling Grand Prix.
His Dad's passion for motor sport got him involved
and volunteering his time as an official, and
mentioned that his father has been working as an
official since '99.
"The atmosphere brought me to the Australian
Grand Prix this weekend, it's a great experience
being down here," Michael said.
"It's good just to give it a go ... it's a good time!"
Michael is a fan of all forms of motor sport and
more recently officiated at a Superbike event.
Although Michael won't be working alongside his
father who will fulfil a communications role this
weekend, he will be marshalling over at Turn 7.
For more view www.cams.com.au
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WIN WITH GOOD AIMSS
As part of CAMS ongoing commitment to safety,
the Australian Institute for Motor Sport Safety
(AIMSS) is asking CAMS members for assistance to
understand how driver training and motor sport
involvement relate to driving on public roads.
AIMSS is seeking assistance from CAMS members
to understand how driver training and motor sport
involvement relates to driving on public
roads. Members (18 years and above) can complete
a 20 minute survey and answer questions about
their driver training and motor sport experiences,
as well as their attitudes and experiences while
driving on public roads.
The survey is partnering with Dr Kristi Heesch from
the School of Public Health and Social Work at
Queensland University of Technology to gather
information that can inform these efforts. This
survey is arguably one of the most important
conducted with Australian motor sport participants,
and has the potential to provide benefits to CAMS
members.*
Click here to partake in the online survey
Members who participate in the survey will also go
into the draw to win one of five $500 Visa Eftpos
gift cards! If you have any questions about the
survey, please contact Dr Kristi Heesch, Senior
Lecturer at QUT via [email protected] or (07)
3138 5460.
*For further details on the survey and the study
please click here
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ALAN, ALAN, ALAN; ALAIN…
Alan Pickstock from Adelaide is one of the founding members of
SAMSSA, the South Australian Motor Sports Scrutineer Association,
Inc, which is affiliated with CAMS. He and four of his mates are here
working as F1 Scrutineers. Alan has worked all the Melbourne
Grands Prix and six of those in Adelaide. His job is tyre checker
assigned to the Mercedes team. The F1 Scrutineers stay with the
same F1 team each year as much as possible, for the sake of
continuity.
There is one tire checker/note taker and one observer/note taker
per F1 garage, plus those who push, work the weigh bridge and
scales, with the three templates for horizontal, vertical pass through
for the leg area, and placement of head support in case of
extraction. The tire checkers inspect all the wheel tethers, and tyres.
For AGP there are three dry compounds (of the five Pirelli is making
this year), and two wets. During Qualifying, there is a second set of
scales available outside the Scrutineering Bay, for random weight
checks during the session. There are thirty-two CAMS F1 Scrutineers
in all, including the Chief David Howard and Deputy Chief Bruce
Dollison. Training for the Team comes with the job, and all the F1
Scrutineers come to the AGP with lots of prior experience in other
categories. The tyre checkers use the latest of laser scanners with
high-resolution camera, which can check/provide/store data on the
tyres. The tire checkers also take notes of things which are done to
the car near the wheels. The observers also take notes of everything
that goes on with the car, prior to, during and after each session.
The CAMS Scrutineers see and write all, but take no action
themselves. The notes all go to FIA’s Chief Scrutineer, Jo Bauer and
his team. Charlie Whiting was quoted in Race Car Engineering years
ago as saying that “The Scrutineers in the F1 Garages are the
policemen of F1.”
The CAMS F1 Scrutineers go to work Saturday fifteen minutes prior
to F1 sessions and remain with the team in the garage until they are
released by the F1A Scrutineer Team. This can be short or not so,
such as when the team decides to have a Pit Stop Practice. This
delays the tire checkers. For F1 Qualifying, the Scrutineer starts 15
minutes prior, and remains with the car until Saturday night F1
Garage Curfew, which is 9:30pm local time at Albert Park. When it’s
time for curfew the car is secured with a mesh car cover, the better
to see the car, and sealed. There also are surveillance cameras in the
garage. Those who aren’t stationed in the garages are floaters,
relieving those who are tethered to their location. Then, when the
Garage opens Sunday morning at 11am, the Scrutineer again is there
with the car until the race. During the race the CAMS Scrutineers
observe - in the garage. After the race, CAMS Scrutineers must
remain with the cars until they are released from Park Ferme, for
however long that is. Alan’s most recent assignment has been to the
Mercedes garage. In the past he has worked with many teams
including Toyota, Brawn, and Arrows, Tyrrell, BAR, and Honda. He
reckons he’s worked as a Scrutineer for thirty or so years. Alan likes
to be close to the cars, not just look at them, but see what makes
them tick. This interest led him to Scrutineering in the first place. His
love of motorsports has trickled down to all his children, who have
all come up through the ranks of Scrutineering. His youngest son is
now a Gold Level Scrutineer and working with a local college SAE
group building a race car. Alan is concerned about the ageing of race
volunteers and officials, and is working on encouraging, and
promoting an aggressive Junior Officials Program in South Australia
geared toward recruiting new, young people to join our ranks.
During his ‘off’ time as Scrutineer, he is over at the SAE booth in the
vendor area, chatting up the young engineering students.
Good on yah, Alan!
(Top Left photo)
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