Since Croft, and the two wins we managed there, we’ve not had much to write about really… We pulled out of the non-championship Silverstone GP (Bridge circuit) meeting as we’d rather wear the car out for the championship, and as the weather was awful it might well have been a very sensible decision.

So instead of a one week turnaround (actually it would have been more like two days!) and a two week turnaround, we’ve had three weeks to prepare the car.

There hasn’t be that much to do. The ECU is on it’s (hopefully) final iteration of fuelling map. The toe-in on the left rear wheel that has been about 0.25mm out all season is now spot on. The rain light housing is repaired and looks nice once again. The oil pressure sensor has been replaced because of some funny looking traces it was giving out. The batteries have been charged up. Any play (and there wasn’t much) has been taken out of the steering balljoints. The wings have had the angle reduced a smidgen.  The brakes and clutch have been bled. The corner weights have been made spot on (normally I’d bias them by 10lbs, so the inner wheel is heavier, but Silverstone has few corners and there are important ones in the left and right direction, so equal corner weights are more critical here than most circuits). And… erm, that’s about it really.  I’m sure we’ve done other things – cleaned stuff, checked tightnesses, improved little brackets or painted little bits, but nothing really exciting I’m afraid.

The car is in good condition as far as we can tell. So hopefully, for better or for worse, Jeremy Timms and I can decide the championship on track with no silly retirements for either of us. And one has to hope that the slower cars don’t have too much influence on the outcome. Both of us have had a fairly equal share of bad luck now, and I wouldn’t wish any more on either team.

It’s exciting, but quite nerve wracking at the same time…  Tweets, photos, videos, comments and all that as and when.