Folks, there were some lessons learned yesterday which, being completely honest, was a great disappointment following the brilliant racing we had at Autumn Ring the week before. Even when the relative lap times are close, racing isn't so much fun when any mistake made by the guy in front often means that he just stops, and you hammer into him, losing places yourself. Madrid is a circuit where that sort of thing seems to happen a lot, whereas at Autumn Ring, when a chap runs wide, or brakes too late, it usually gives those close behind a chance to slip past.
Madrid holds another problem for power based handicapping too, with those two long acceleration phases following one immediately after the other; a power deficit has a more pronounced effect than it would otherwise do.
I will be reconsidering the circuits in the series, with these problems in mind.
Additionally, one of the skills of driving these cars is getting traction out of the slow corners, something that C/S tyres on a motor with little more than 100BHP makes a bit of a doddle. With this in mind, the use of very low powered cars is under review, and if they do stay, they shall be used with less grippy tyres.
So, on to Grand Valley, with a spunky little motor. I am highly confident that this track, and car, will entertain us a lot more than Madrid did.
Post 1 updated. Venari, he the man!
Cheers, Zo.
