Took the car down to Snetterton on Saturday for a very quick run just to make sure all is well before the final round of the championship this coming weekend.
The task for the test was simply to test the airbox and carbs were seated correctly by making sure we could get full acceleration through the gears. After the misfire at Silverstone I did not want any doubts leading into the Qualify session Saturday morning of the 29th.
The good news is that it all ran perfectly. The car felt really responsive in the cool and damp conditions, pulling very strongly through all the gears and completely mullering the plethora of MX5's on the test session!
It was quite slippery on the track, as Snetterton can be early in the day when the suns not out, so it was quite a gentle first outing. Snetterton, in my opinion feels very different when you can really lean on the car through the fast corners. As all was well with the engine, I decided to do a quick set of setup tests whilst the session was ongoing. First was to reduce the rear dampers a little to give better slow speed traction in the damp which helped a little but it was still a little too twitchy at the rear. So I came in again and reconnected the front anti-roll bar to run a setup in between my dry and wet configuration, one I had not run before. This seemed to work very well, giving me a little more understeer to lean onto in the slippery conditions. Two small changes, one at a time and a definite change with both which is a good result from a test. So the car is back in the garage, all tucked up with just the need for some more fuel before next weekend.
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4 comments:
hope all goes well next weekend and brings you a good end to the year. I see you have sold the car already, have you got a new one sorted for next year yet?
Very best of luck for the coming weekend's events.
Good luck for the final rounds Derek, fingers crossed for you (and Paul in Class B)!!
cheers
Chris G
Simon - Car sold and will go to new owner after the final round this weekend. Will be good to see it racing with us next year with a new competitor. It will then have run in every season since the start of RGB. Next year I am running a BDN, mid engined 200hp Class a car :)
Stephen and Chris, thank you very much. its been a month since the last round and we are all really excited and then a little down that its the last of the year. Paul and I both have the chance of winning our class in the Championship, so some added excitement there!
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