Recently we’ve come to find more out about our car’s previous life. From British F3, where it was driven by people like Takuma Sato against people like Button, Burti, Pizzonia and The Stig (Ben Collins), to ARP (ClubF3) and now Monoposto. The results aren’t nicely formatted yet, but the detail is there if you want to see what our car has done in the past.
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Despite an amateur theatrical production of Wuthering Heights getting in the way a bit, we’ve got the engine out of the car in into its constituent parts to make sure everything was okay. So far it’s all looking rosy, but the rebuild process will prove if that is the case or not. Here is a picture of the engine at the moment (block and head not pictured, as they were being cleaned at the time); click to enlarge
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The other ‘exciting’ thing this week is a inspirational talk at a local school on “Living the Dream”. I’ve been asked to do a small presentation to some children about how I turned my dream (motor racing) into a reality. Hopefully the children will then want to get involved in motorsport, at some level, later in their lives – either as marshals, mechanics, drivers or simply fans. The aim is to do the talk in the style of a TV interview, and I’m hoping to have the car there too – as such I’m spending my evenings fitting the ‘spare’ engine (from last year) so as to make the car into a rolling structure again. Could be interesting…
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 July 2010 03:40
I’ve had a brief look at the championship points and worked out (using Excel to calculate the permutations):
- If I win every race with fastest lap from now on, and Timms finished 2nd, I win the championship with one round remaining
- If I win every race, but Jeremy is 2nd with fastest lap in all, then I’ll win after the final round (equal scores, but I have more wins)
- If Jeremy wins two more races then I need to win all the remaining races with fastest lap….
In other words – the championship is very much alive, and far closer at the moment than the pure 24 points deficit would suggest!
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 July 2010 03:41
We’ve been sidetracked by another Dallara here for some work, mainly to improve the setup, but also to get a gearbox failure resolved and to improve the brakes. But now we can start on our F398 once again. The engine is due to come out over the next few evenings to check it over and give it a mid-season refresh. The throttle body set up is due back soon with modified extension pipes to better support the airbox. The camera system needs to be repaired again, but that’s a case of sending it back for testing/replacement. And I might need a new front-left tyre, as I didn’t do it any favours in the Sunday race, desperately trying to remain competitive despite being down on power.
Oh, and the race truck is back, with new cables for the tail lift. We’ve got the cabin heater and dashboard lights working again. The side door handle has been replaced. And some of the paintwork has been neatened up. We’d quite like to remove the old stickers and have our own put on there, but the old stickers are proving hard to get rid of entirely. And we’ll need to do a practice day with the awning and the packing of the load space. It’ll be a lot easier to learn at home rather than in a rush at Mallory!
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 July 2010 03:41
After the slight disappointment of Anglesey, we were keen to show our speed at Snetterton, our ‘home’ race. The misfire woes from earlier in the season were, we hoped, behind us, although we had fitted a lambda sensor to the datalogger to help us get around the problem should it recur.
However, all that didn’t go quite according to plan…
Saturday’s practice session was damp. There was, in places, a dry line, but the overall feeling was that wet tyres were the way to go. Most people felt the same, but a few remained on slicks due to lack of time and manpower. I went out and had to pick my way through the traffic to find some clear air, whilst Jeremy Timms went out last due to clutch problems. This meant he was immediately on a clear track and banged in a 1m19 second time. Then it started to rain…
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Last Updated on Friday, 2 July 2010 01:49
