Just watched the last vid first.. Did you not see the yellow flag!! . you know, this handkerchief sized bit of rag I was fluttering at you as you were
doing 100mph plus into paddock hill ..
Adi - Oulton wasn't our finest weekend, double headers are always stress, not to mention the atrocious weather t-boot! LOL
The plan for later this year, and 2017 onwards is to race in 6hr Endurance Races across Europe in the Dunlop Britcar Championship & Pirelli
Superlights Challenge in a Praga R1-Turbo
We shall be competing in the final two rounds this year at Snetterton & Assen
So its basically a carbon fibre honeycomb composite monocoque which isn't dissimilar to the one used by F1 cars. The design sports a front and
rear mounted crash box, and side mounted crumple zones
Single-seater super sport interior, with optional two seater configuration for passenger ride days
Power is 390bhp @ 6750rpm
Torque is 400lbft @ 4200rpm
Rev limit at 7000rpm
Engine is a F4R 832 Turbocharged 1998cm3, 4cyl, 16v, mid & longitudinally mounted
It generates downforce at 1.5x of its bodyweight, so theoretically enables it to drive upside down, which means it generates upto 3G of lateral force
in corners
quote:Originally posted by yellowcab
So its basically a carbon fibre honeycomb composite monocoque which isn't dissimilar to the one used by F1 cars. The design sports a front and
rear mounted crash box, and side mounted crumple zones
Single-seater super sport interior, with optional two seater configuration for passenger ride days
Power is 390bhp @ 6750rpm
Torque is 400lbft @ 4200rpm
Rev limit at 7000rpm
Engine is a F4R 832 Turbocharged 1998cm3, 4cyl, 16v, mid & longitudinally mounted
It generates downforce at 1.5x of its bodyweight, so theoretically enables it to drive upside down, which means it generates upto 3G of lateral force
in corners
It weighs 670kg, roughly 580bhp/tonne
It's a proper beast. Don't be tempted to test that driving upside down theory!..
Qualifying: Olly had some decent free-air in qualifying having got to the front of the queue immediately behind fellow VR team-mate Al Boulton - they lead out
to the circuit, where Olly stuck with Al for a couple of laps before Al realised he was probably holding Olly up a little so let him through.
After 4 laps we had a red-flag, very unfortunately caused by Al Boulton who'd misjudged the exit to the chicane taking out the tyres, at this
point sat in pit lane Olly was currently on pole P1 (for his first ever time)
After the circuit restarted, the two works Spires of Billy Albone & John Cutmore managed to get down to business and get some cracking laps in,
pushing Olly to the second row of the grid on P3 for both races.
Race 1: Olly got moved up to the front row of the grid in P2, after Billy got a 5-place grid penalty for the happenings at Brands Hatch.
His first ever time of staring down an empty circuit in P2 front row was a little daunting, but Olly got off the line cleanly, but no better than John
Cutmore who had been promoted to pole.
Turn 1 seen Olly slot in behind Cutmore, and with Al Boulton not giving Olly any room to make any error, a few laps unfolded when Olly felt lack of
power and the engine note change, before he realised his exhaust had come off…
With visions of Donington Park of last year and the fire - Olly had to make the very tough decision heading into the Complex of Lap 3 to retire from
the race giving his P2 away, and finished with a DNF.
Race 2: Olly this time started in his rightful P3 on the second row behind the works Spires, and alongside fellow MC53 driver the of Scott Mittell.
The red lights went out, and Olly hooked up really well threading the eye of the needle and driving straight between the two Spires and managed to get
to Turn 1 first - leading the race for his first time
Conscious not to make any rookie errors, Olly very gingerly got through turns 1, 2 and 3 before harpooning out of the chicane heading down towards
Tower.
He lead the race for 4 laps before making a slight hiccup exiting the chicane due to Al Boulton dropping oil and Billy got a tow on him down to Tower
sending Olly to P2, then on the following lap the slippery surface of Hawthorn caught Olly out giving Cutmore & Mittell a gap resigning Olly to P4
where he took it home.
Adrian Moore the Committee Representative awarded Olly with the Driver-of-the-Day award, his 5th so far… but still no win!
Onboard race footage to follow shortly
Photographs courtesy of Aaron Lupton
Due to it being a 20minute race, and starting in P3 and finishing in P3, we have cut it down to a short 10minute highlight video including onboard,
front, rear cage, rear & external footage and end of race footage, celebrations, parade lap car & podium at the end of the video.
Race Report:
Olly got invited by father / son racers Darcy & Josh Smith to race at the CCRC Sports Trophy at Castle Combe on bank holiday Sunday.
Typically in the 750mc RGB formula, Olly thought it'd be a good idea to have a dabble on full slicks, opening out the front louvres on his MC53,
fitting a tonneau cover and add some downward strakes onto his rear diffuser.
Olly's previous fastest lap in RGB trim was a 1:08.580 in his Spire GT3, and in free practice and first time on the circuit in the MC53 he
managed a 1:07.528.
In the couple of hours between free practice and qualifying, they made some changes by winding off some camber, and adjusting the front toe to suit…
and also a gearing change as Olly was hitting the limiter in 6th gear too early over Folly towards Avon Rise just before Quarry Corner.
Out in Qualifying, Olly managed to knock another 4 tenths off his PB and got a 1:07.138 putting him first in class, and 4th overall on the grid (but
P3 failed to turn up on time)
During the race, Olly did his first rolling start which went according to plan, managed to maintain P3 off the line, and hold position for the first
lap, and maintained the position throughout the race getting an overall P3, and 1st in class C
Massive thanks to all that turned up to help, support, cheer on, thanks to Al Boulton for the external footage, which makes this video what it is.
Also Darcy & Josh for the invite!
I watched that yesterday. ..you got plenty of the limelight there didn't you! Shame you missed out on the podium, I'd have liked to have
seen your interview technique.
