About Lowerlaptime

Specialist Technical Coach for Formula Drivers, Martin Villari, is quickly becoming known as the World's Best Coach for Open Formula Drivers.

LowerLaptime is an online coaching program for open-wheel formula drivers who want to improve quickly without the travel and grind.

LowerLaptime is about learning how to be a faster and more consistent race driver by acquiring of the right knowledge and skillset.

I specialise in open-wheel / open-formula categories or with significant downforce, such as:

1. Any Formula Class (Formula E, F1 to F4, Formula Vee, Formula Nippon, Formula BMW, Formula Ford, etc)

2. Endurance Racing (for example, LMP2)

3. Indy Car

4. Any other Open Formula Car and/or with significant downforce (for example, Radical Sports Cars).

Hi, I’m Martin!

I started racing online at age 12. Believe it or not, at that time I used to race with a keyboard!

In the sim world, I have raced and beaten some of the best drivers in Australia across different categories including F1, Formula Nippon, Renault Meganes, Le Mans and F3.

Through years of seeing many different corner types and coaching drivers in open formula, it became clear to me how to determine the fastest way through a corner.

I've studied the art of driving an open-wheel formula car, listened to driver coaches before me such as Rob Wilson, and compiled all that knowledge into my programs.

I went on to work in Formula 3 as a Driver & Performance Engineer, specialising in driver improvement. I learnt how to analyse telemetry, work one-on-one with drivers, and all about open-wheel vehicle dynamics.

I was fortunate enough to meet with Race Strategy Engineers up and down the pitlane in Formula 1, having developed my own race strategy simulation software. I got the chance to discuss race strategy with Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa ahead of the 2014 Malaysian Grand Prix. My understanding of race strategy, tyre wear, overtaking, fuel management and race management is second to none.

I understand the most important tool for open-formula drivers. Downforce. To unlock performance, you must undertand how to use, apply, and manipulate the car when downforce is Active V Not-Active

Being both an Engineer and a Driver, I can problem solve, communicate effectively, and get straight to the point. Not only will I help you understand what we are trying to achieve, but crucially, 'the why' as well.

To teach, I use everything from pedal-cam, to whiteboards and telemetry. With these tools, I am confident that I can give you a framework that helps you problem solve & become a complete racing driver.

Why Online Coaching?

The fastest way to become a good driver is to learn online!

Unlike tennis, soccer, and swimming, mastering the skill of driving can be inconvenient in the sense that you can't just go down the road to the local park or centre to practice your skills. It requires so much effort to get to a race track and start lapping, hopefully with no reliability issues.

The good news is that, in the open-wheel category, the technique and habits that you can develop in the sim are applicable to real-world track driving too! I've created my program to help you develop your driving technique for faster lap times from the comfort of your home.

Simulators are not what they used to be. They're getting better and better every year, and becoming more accurate at representing real-world physics.

A lot of current Formula One drivers will often visit their team's in-house simulator to get their eye in before a new circuit, or even to test a new part on the car!

Max Verstappen has spent a lot of time on simulators both in the past and present, and I've witnesses Max use really intelligent techniques in real life that I believe were developed on the simulator. It's interesting to see other drivers from different generations not using these techniques!

My coaching programs are designed for all levels of open formula driver based on my own experience, and lessons learnt from other driver coaches such as Rob Wilson. I provide a framework for drivers to problem solve, which is the most important factor between good and great racing drivers.