The Marshall Pruett Podcast
Jeff Braun
Episodes
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Veteran race engineer Jeff Braun visits The Marshall Pruett Podcast to discuss the upcoming WeatherTech 240 IMSA race at Daytona International Speedway and the various chassis setup and engineering challenges teams will face. The two also field a few listener questions on topics spanning coffee roasting to air density.
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Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
Tuesday Jun 18, 2019
It's the 19th installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and we open with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun on the topic of simulation and how the two primary versions of the technology aid in both chassis setup and component development.
We close with team owner Ben Keating, who spoke with us approximately 24 hours after learning his victory in the GTE-Am class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans had been vacated. Honest and raw, Keating's take on the infractions experienced with his Ford GT, the penalties assessed by the ACO, and how he plans to move forward, speak to the Texan's character.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 3m43s)
Ben Keating (31m11s)
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Monday Jun 03, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
It's the 18th installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and we open with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun on the topic of turning driver feedback into chassis setup changes. Our next guest is new Toyota Gazoo Racing LMP1-Hybrid driver Brendon Hartley, and he's followed by Porsche GT Team principal Pascal Zurlinden.
We close the show with Mazda Team Joest's Oliver Jarvis who flew from the Detroit IMSA race to partake in the Le Mans Test Day with Risi Competizione ahead of the 24 Hour event.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 2m09s)
Brendon Hartley (48m49s)
Pascal Zurlinden (56m42s)
Oliver Jarvis (1h02m41s)
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Monday May 13, 2019
Monday May 13, 2019
Episode 17 of Inside The Sports Car Paddock is an anthology of Jeff Braun's first eight engineering and insider technical topics.
Ep 1, from January 30th (starts at 2m16s): Our debut episode opens Jeff breaking down the team's incredible efforts to get their Nissan Onroak DPi to the finish line, the reasons why heavy rains made it impossible to continue racing, and whether the first red flag should have been the final red of the day.
Ep 2, from February 4th (1h00m29s): Jeff discusses the rules and management process involved with drive-time in IMSA.
Ep 3, from February 11th (1h25m46s): Jeff explains the thought process behind race strategy with IMSA's yellow flag rules, and shares a tale about out-smarting the rulebook that led to changes made in his name.
Ep 4, from February 18th (1h55m40s): Jeff discusses the fine art of sports car damping by using the upcoming race at Sebring to explore the rules and needs for controlling the ride characteristics of sports cars on the bumpy road course.
Ep 5, from February 25th (2h28m56s): Jeff focuses on traction control and modern radio systems.
Ep 6, from March 4th (3h09m01s): Jeff who details the art of qualifying setups.
Ep 7, March 11th (3h30m29s): Jeff chronicles in-race Balance of Performance monitoring and adjustments.
Ep 8, March 18th (3h54m10s): To close Volume 1—the first eight episodes of tech features with Jeff Braun—we center on wet-weather chassis setups and strategies.
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Monday May 06, 2019
Monday May 06, 2019
It's the 16th installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and we open with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun explaining the function of third springs in modern racing suspensions before he shares tales of crazy chassis setup changes that wielded unexpected results. Aston Martin Racing’s Alex Lynn is next following his win for the brand at the Spa FIA WEC round, and after the Briton, Acura Team Penske’s Dane Cameron describes his maiden win for the IMSA DPi program at Mid-Ohio.
DragonSpeed’s Pastor Maldonado takes over to detail his LMP2 win at Spa, AIM Vasser Sullivan’s Jack Hawksworth does the same after securing the team’s first IMSA GT Daytona victory with his Lexus RCF GT3, and we close with Toyota Gazoo Racing team director Rob Leupen on the brand’s Manufacturers’ championship, plus the mounting frustration on the lack of direction for the 2020 Hypercar formula.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 3m24s)
Alex Lynn (48m47s)
Dane Cameron (54m08s)
Pastor Maldonado (1h17m21s)
Jack Hawksworth (1h21m55s)
Rob Leupen (1h36m00s)
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Monday Apr 29, 2019
Monday Apr 29, 2019
It's the 15th installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and we open with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun on his approach to chassis setup at Mid-Ohio, where his IMSA team competes this weekend. Braun closes with a discussion on setup windows, how to work within tight or narrow windows, and whether an engineer can influence a small window where finding speed is elusive.
We move onto five interviews from Graham Goodwin, starting with Martin Brundle, who won his class in a VLN race on Sunday, then move to Oliver Webb, who tested a Ginetta LMP1 for the first time last week at Aragon. Filipe Albuquerque follows with thoughts on IMSA and the ELMS, plus the future of LMP1, Will Owen talks IMSA DPi with Juncos Racing and ELMS with United Autosports, and former Nissan Motorsports boss Darren Cox closes the show after winning his Citroen C1 class at the Silverstone 24 Hour race.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 3m12s)
Martin Brundle (45m56s)
Oliver Webb (52m01s)
Filipe Albuquerque (55m45s)
Will Owen (1h13m17s)
Darren Cox (1h20m29s)
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Monday Apr 22, 2019
Monday Apr 22, 2019
It's the 14th installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and we open with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun walking us through 'Dampers 101.' From their basic function to the different concepts of design, Braun starts what will likely be the first of a multi-part series on racing shocks and how they have become such a massive part of performance tuning.
We close with Alex Brundle, who shares his thoughts on the recent ELMS race in France, his late addition to the 24 Hours of Le mans, and a new Aston Martin opportunity at the Nurburgring.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 2m26s)
Alex Brundle (45m40s)
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Monday Apr 08, 2019
Monday Apr 08, 2019
It's the 12th installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and we open with our traditional segment featuring CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun, who details his path from karting to becoming a race engineer, then explains the chassis setup considerations for dealing with traffic during this weekend's 100-minute IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Long Beach, and how to tune a car to reach its performance peak at the end of a stint.
Next up is Blancpain World Challenge GT America CEO Greg Gill who shares insights on sending its GT4 cars to represent the series for the first time at Long Beach, and we close with a pair of ELMS-related interviews captured by Graham Goodwin, starting with United Autosports team principal Richard Dean, and Roman Rusinov, whose G-Drive team has rebranded its ORECA chassis in honor of the Russian limousine manufacturer that supplies president Vladimir Putin.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 3m51s)
Greg Gill (54m09s)
Richard Dean (1h10m21s)
Roman Rusinov (1h15m28s)
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Monday Apr 01, 2019
Monday Apr 01, 2019
It's the 11th installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and we open with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun, who explains the various roles within a top-tier team and how they interact as a unit on pit lane.
We then move to Lawrence Tomlinson, owner of the road and race car manufacturer Ginetta, on the company's plans to continue in LMP1 and its new Akula super car. Ford and Mazda factory driver Harry Tincknell is up next to chat about his new Carlin Racing ELMS LMP2 gig, and we close with Renger van der Zande, who took part in the California 8 Hour Intercontinental GT event with the factory Honda team.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 3m14s)
Lawrence Tomlinson (48m19s)
Harry Tincknell (57m14s)
Renger van der Zande (1h09m00s)
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Monday Mar 25, 2019
Monday Mar 25, 2019
It's the 10th installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show, and we start with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun on the subjects of cross-pollination between CORE's DPi and GT Le Mans efforts, plus the most frustrating car Jeff's engineered.
We continue with the first of two Porsche GT Team drivers as Nick Tandy, whose 911 RSR entry earned a surprising win in the GT Le Mans class at the 12 Hours of Sebring, brings us inside the program's big swings in performance. Next is Jeff Segal, who was signed to a new ELMS Ferrari 488 GT3 deal by JMW Motorsport, and we close with Tandy's stablemate Richard Lietz, who was part of Porsche's GTE-Pro-winning squad at Sebring's 1000-mile WEC race.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 3m34s)
Nick Tandy (41m42s)
Jeff Segal (53m54s)
Richard Lietz (1h06m02s)
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Sunday Mar 10, 2019
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
It's the eighth installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and our guests include CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun who explores in-race Balance of Performance monitoring and adjustments with Marshall Pruett days ahead of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, and then we're joined by Chris Dyson, who brings us inside the Trans Am Championship's opening weekend where he stood on the podium.
Our final two interviews captured by Graham Goodwin come from the launch of the 2019 British GT Championship where he took time with McLaren Factory Development Driver Rob Bell to discuss progress with the new 720S GT3, and with Multimatic's Scott Maxwell to talk about the drive to bring their Mustang GT4 to customers across Europe and beyond.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 3m54s)
Chris Dyson (27m22s)
Rob Bell (46m29s)
Scott Maxwell (1h00m46s)
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Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
It's the sixth installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and our guests include CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun who details the art of qualifying setups with Marshall Pruett, and then we're joined by SRO Motorsports America CEO Greg Gill, who discusses the season-opening Blancpain GT World Challenge America weekend at Circuit of The Americas.
Our final two interviews captured by Graham Goodwin begin with Chris Buncombe, whose return to the sport has the veteran competing in GTs and offroad racing with Jenson Button, and he closes with Alex Brundle, whose frustration with the Le Mans entry list choices are worth hearing.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 3m08s)
Gregg Gill (24m26s)
Chris Buncombe (50m49s)
Alex Brundle (1h05m29s)
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Monday Feb 25, 2019
Monday Feb 25, 2019
It's the fifth installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and our guests include CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun who explores two tech-talk subjects with Marshall Pruett on traction control and modern radio systems, and then we close with Ryan Eversley, who discusses his new opportunity with Gradient Racing in an Acura NSX GT3 and what's ahead for his popular Dinner with Racers podcast.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 2m54s)
Ryan Eversley (42m53s)
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Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
It's the fourth installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and our guests include CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun who tells Marshall Pruett about the fine art of sports car damping by using the upcoming race at Sebring to explore the rules and needs for controlling the ride characteristics of prototypes and GT cars on the bumpy road course.
IMSA team owner/driver Ben Keating is up next to share insights on the Ford GT he purchased to race in June's 24 Hours of Le Mans, and he's followed by Bill Riley, who will run the Keating Motorsports GTE-Am effort. We close with Katherine Legge, who called in after winning the all-electric Jaguar I-PACE eTrophy race on Sunday in Mexico City to bring us inside the new series and the career resurgence she's experiencing in sports cars.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 2m54s)
Ben Keating (36m02s)
Bill Riley (55m46s)
Katherine Legge (1h05m38s)
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Sunday Feb 10, 2019
Sunday Feb 10, 2019
It's the third episode of new Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and our guests include CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun who tells Marshall Pruett about the thought process behind race strategy with IMSA's yellow flag rules, and a tale about out-smarting the rulebook that led to changes made in his name.
Graham Goodwin is up next with Nissan factory driver Jann Mardenborough, who is headed into a season of GT500 racing in Japan, and then it's new IMSA team owner Bryan Herta, who details the relationship with Hyundai on their Michelin Pilot Challenge effort with Veloster TCRs. We close this week's episode with the living legend, Brian Redman, who takes up back to the development of the Porsche 917 and its formative races where he played a central role.
Interviews:
Jeff Braun (starts at 2m55s)
Jann Mardenborough (32m35s)
Bryan Herta (56m04s)
Brian Redman (1h11m49s)
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Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
Wednesday Jan 30, 2019
It's time for the debut of a new show on The Marshall Pruett Podcast as Inside The Sports Car Paddock, a weekly interview format where drivers, team owners, engineers, and more bring us inside their world following major events like last weekend's Rolex 24 At Daytona, and other happenings spanning North American, European, and Asian sports car racing.
Our debut episode opens with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun who breaks down the team's incredible efforts to get their Nissan Onroak DPi to the finish line, the reasons why heavy rains made it impossible to continue racing, and whether the first red flag should have been the final red of the day. BMW Team RLL technical director Brandon Fry is next on the guest list as he details the program's win in the GT Le Mans category, the steering column issues that struck the sister BMW M8 GTE entry when Alex Zanardi climbed in for his first stint, and more from a 24-hour contest that had highs and lows for the German brand.
The final interview in our debut episode goes to A.J. Allmendinger, who had a busy weekend pulling double duty driving a Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 in GTD and sprinting up to the NBC Sports broadcast booth between stints.
Jeff Braun: Starts at 4m25s
Brandon Fry: 1h2m30s
A.J. Allmendinger: 1h21m13s
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Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
Veteran race engineer Jeff Braun makes his first visit to the Marshall Pruett Podcast to talk through the roots of Balance of Performance in IMSA more than four decades ago, how it's evolved into what we have today in IMSA's WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, whether it's a better fit for GT racing or prototypes, and if there's an alternative to consider for the future.
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