Hello friends, since you are all talking about Ascendant maybe I can add. Hope this is not too off topic ok. I decided to engage Shaun after seeing the great results he had in reducing a number of my friend's lap times including Ryan's and Jeremy's laptime through driver training only with nothing changed on or added to their Z4M and Superleggera. At that point I was already doing good timing in my Porsche 997TT @ 2.29 and had already gone though Porsche driver training at Mt. Cotton level 1, 2, 3 and 4. I knew I was an advanced driver, but felt I could go a little bit faster but was not sure where or how to do it.
Shaun took only one sample of my data and in a matter of minutes emailed me that there was 4 seconds to gain. He even identified exactly how many sectors and how many turns the time lay in and defined how many were from the line and how many from what he called aggression in 4 different areas of each turn. I was very surprised and even skeptical because I had friends telling me that what I was doing was already very good and that 1 second would be a good gain and already the limit. I even had a prominent Porsche racer telling me that I was already at the limit. I couldn't believe I had 4 seconds to go and had to take up the program to see for myself if it was really true.
To cut a long story short, in the very first cycle of the program I indeed did drop 4 seconds and from exactly the areas that Ascendant had identified in writing beforehand, based purely on data. I was completely amazed and could only conclude that such accuracy in identification comes from his extensive experience in professional racing. With this new level of knowledge I returned with confidence to the ZTH Time Attack finals in December 2010. In a previous round of the Time Attack before the Ascendant program I had run ok but not been in contention for podiums or wins. However, this time with nothing changed at all except my driving, I ran my personal best of 2:25 and won 2 trophies despite many other worthy exotics and sportscars in the competition.
Ascendant was there at the time attack to support me on run strategy, on confirming problems or making driving recommendations on the spot. I can certainly attest to the speed and accuracy of their work and it has been a major help. I can confirm that without the 4 seconds gained I would have zero trophies, but more importantly I would not be as knowledgeable, adaptable, consistent, or fast. I could not be more pleased with the results and am really looking forward to consulting Ascendant on setup changes and hardware upgrades. My usual service provider BVO (where I service and tune my Porsche, and Bernard is the man who taught me race techniques) will be helping me, but Ascendant will be guiding with precise data through sophisticated technology. I highly recommend all to improve their driving with Ascendant. A few of my friends have since taken up its program and they too are seeing the same level of improvement. I will leave them to tell their own experiences
Pinpoint accuracy is great!