A short spell in the garage last night was all that was needed to diagnose and fix the straight line speed drop off experienced in the last race. The airbox had moved a small amount and caused the seals to come loose that join the airbox onto the top of the throttle bodies. Only slightly though so not immediately obvious. I think also what happened is that as the speeds increased the air pressure and aero effect widened the gap and therefore made it worse on the back straight compared to down the craner curvers or the slower start/finish straight. Good news though as its easy to fix. There seems to have been some sort of sealant used before which I might try and replicate to help the seal but for now it should be OK. It would seem that my bonnet moves around quite a bit when it gets the opportunity to. Helped in this case by losing one of the bonnet catches from a loving kiss of the chicane marker posts during the previous race!
In prep for tomorrow we have moved the transponder forward to a better position, bled the brakes, cleaned out the discs (the fronts had lost of dirt in the vents, including singed tissue!) and checked the oil levels.
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Hope it goes well tomorrow.
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