an effort to cut costs, but there’s still some freedom there. Here there’s a lot more freedom but it’s expensive. So long as the sponsors find the technology useful there will be a job for me.”
One thing that V8 Supercars does prepare an engineer for is the stamina and broad-minded approach to endurance racing. But has Moore been able to impart any pearls of wisdom onto his new employers?
“There are lots of little avenues here and there” admits Jeromy. “With each series, anyone can get locked into a pattern where they think that’s the only way things can be done. But there are always different takes on strategies. I like to be the one who’s a bit different and can offer a few different points-of-view. In this respect I think I’ve been a fairly positive addition to the team“.
Speaking with Jeromy at Fuji, the irony of competing in an endurance race close to a mountain wasn’t lost on the Australian given the sixth round of the World Endurance Championship was running parallel to the iconic Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama. Proving that old habits die hard, Moore admits to more than a few text exchanges with his old compadre Craig Lowndes.
“Yeah he didn’t have a great run in qualifying today!” says Jeromy. “I always follow his results of course. When you’ve been with a team for fourteen years you can’t just switch off. “
Switched on is the setting that Moore knows best.
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