Silverstone Review

Sorry for the delay in posting the results of Silverstone, a hectic few weeks of exams and planning for up and coming events has preoccupied matters. But anyway, Silverstone...

The day started as expected, WET! But for once it was a trouble free scrutineering which put us all in good spirits. Unfortunately the test lap then dampened this, mine more so as I did the lap! Unfortunately due the the 20mph+ winds the car was pulling far more amps than expected with the current gear set up, so a quick gear drop saw the car ready for the race.

 Starting after the Season Opener we had time to do a few last minute tinkers and get an eye in on how the competition was handling the conditions, unfortunately this seemed better than our abilities.

Starting from the back of the grid in what was the biggest down pour of the day the flag dropped and we were off. The gear change was however evident as due the the size of the drop we lost a lot of top end speed. After a few laps however this didn't seem too much of an issue as we were edging our way up from the back, claiming the table slowly, as other cars were having issues in the rain. It wasn't long however until this problem hit us!

After being recovered, it was realised that we had an electrical issue so stripping out the switch and replacing with a new one seemed to do the trick until we got the driver back in. More inspection placed the issue on a chaffing wire however these were nothing compared to the pool of water developing in the back that ended up touching the control box. No harm was done to the any of the team and the box was still functioning, all that was needed was a few drainage holes.

After a bit of tinkering, that seemed more luck the judgement, the car decided it would run again however this was nearing the very end of the already shortened race. So with a last minute attempt at moving off the bottom of the table, we were off again.

This time all worked fine and we had 4 solid laps allowing us to finish second to last. Not the result we had hoped but as always a lot has been learnt. 

Summer work is already well under-way addressing issues with aerodynamics, driver position, gearing and braking, which once all sorted should gain us a much better result in September. 

In the mean time keep checking back for updates on how the improvements take shape, and possibly a sneak peak at next years car...