Tools for Racing Away is Marco Pastorino’s English for Motorsport course. An opportunity to cast YOUR gaze beyond our borders! The secrets of Racing English and more: a course created to give you all the tools to race abroad. Learn Racing English, communicate with engineers, mechanics and fans, prove yourself in the situations you will find: from the plane to the restaurant, from sport scrutineering to briefing with engineers, from reading the Road Book to weather information, and so on imagining. Classes take place individually with your instructor, choose together with him when to carry it out in complete freedom.
Marco Pastorino: with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin, he is a protagonist in 1993 in Finland coordinating the ride of a young Mäkinen to 4th place in the Great Jyvaskyla Race! From there a long career in roles of increasing responsibility, in logistics, in team coordination, up to Team Management for Mitsubishi in the 2005 WRC, for Team MINI X-Raid in all editions of the Dakar from 2007 to the present, for several top teams in the most demanding endurance races on the track. Unforgettable successes such as Pole at the 2017 Nurburgring 24 Hours, 5 Dakar victories, 2 Pikes Peak wins, are now joined by an exciting new cooperation with Vittorio Caneva School.
The “Tools for Racing Away” Online Course includes:
More than 6 hours of lectures with Marco Pastorino
Course type: individual course
How it works: organize the course in 1, 2 or 3 appointments
Where: online
When: upon request, subject to availability
Additional details
Who it’s for: ideal course for navigators with all levels of experience. Course with a high rate of customization. Price: €650.00 + VAT | Request registration
The Contents of the Online Course “Tools for Racing Away”
This course will provide you with the tools to delve into the secrets of the English language, long the mistress of Motorsport, and make YOUR trip abroad for races more enjoyable and effective . You will also be taught how to interface with engineers and mechanics in English and how to handle communication in difficult emergency conditions. And, that’s the beauty, you can do it whenever you want, wherever you are. Course topics are tailored to the needs of the student. In addition to the expertise and experience that will be transferred to you by our instructor, you will find tutorials, videos and multimedia tools. All topics are explained in Italian and translation into Motorsport-specific English is provided, with a focus on typical Rally situations. Each word is pronounced in the manner most appropriate to the type of use and the student is asked to repeat to master the correct intonation. In addition to videos of actual Motorsport communication situations, written exercises complete the training. Specific topics:
Basic logistics
Papers
Technique of the car
Racing clothing
Sports aspects
Description of the road and weather
Road book and notes
Colloquial slang
Communication with engineers
Set-up and adjustments
Emergency Communication
The Tools for Racing Away Course includes:
Certificate of Participation
Online platform course lasting about 6 hours divisible into up to 3 lectures of 2 hours each
Personal instructor for 1-to-1 lesson
Teaching materials used (more than 120 slides, videos, tutorials)
