First proper drive - went well

[kartaphilos]

Had my first proper session in the Pr6 last weekend at the Abingdon sprint. The hardest thing was keeping the bugger warm, particularly the oil! Slowly getting the hang of how to get organised.

The driving was all too brief and very frantic. Car was very easy to control and easy to throw around a slow speeds and very grippier at high speeds. Ended up 5th overall on the day in amongst a bunch of Jedi's which was ok for a shake down event. Here's video of each course on the day.

Abingdon course - fast and flowing - http://youtu.be/wmIqzJnM-a0

Bentley course - start stop, squirt.... a fast gymkhana - http://youtu.be/TfgNfYpnNLk

Can't wait to drive it again!

[BioBa]

Nice!
What sort of tyres did you use?

[mabbott]

Nice. Depending on the tyres/surface no more than 6k revs should see you well and truly get a launch...

[RWDKurt]

Nice vids - thans for sharing them.

The 2nd course would have suited the Jedis much more than a PR6, so your result sounds pretty good for a first outing!

[kartaphilos]

Tyres were Avon A15's. Started on the Dunlop circuit slicks in the morning (on the tight course) but after the first run a left rear got a puncture (one dead slick after 30secs of use :-( ). They were very slippy on the first run but they needed scrubbing off, I was hoping to used them for the second run to see what they were like when clean. The Avon's were super grippy right from cold.

Didn't quite manage the start technique, bogged down on earlier runs so gave it more berries for later runs. 6k seemed to bog on the sticky slicks. Will refine the technique and see what happens.

I expect to encounter the Jedi's again, 1100cc single seaters is a fairly popular class.

[phunkymonkey]

Nice job - looks like fun!

Would definitely be a tough job keeping temp in the tyres and fluids on such short runs. The slicks would have not hope of getting up to temp.

[andylaurence]

A15s work well from cold. I was overheating my tyres in the 1.75 lap sprint (74 seconds) at Clay Pigeon last month.