Donington test day 21st June

Due to the awful testing conditions provided by the delightful British summer weather the team had to abandon their original plan of testing the cars on Saturday 16th June. However the decision to move the test day proved to be a wise one as the conditions on Thursday 21st June were perfect.  Varying weather conditions meant that many people did not turn up to use the track hence we had plenty of space to play about with the cars and push them to their full ability. During the morning session we were able to test Marcus’ car on a wet track meaning we could fine tune the cars set up and trail it with the wet tires. Later in the morning although still a bit grey and gloomy team sprits remained high and it stopped raining long enough for the track to dry out so we modified the car with a different set up and sent it back out. Bens car was booked for the session later in the day meaning the Hartech boys had a12 hour day but they managed to cope aided by 2 packets of haribo, a large amount of monster, a packet of Hob-nobs (which seemed to decrease quickly when Marcus was around) and a coconut cake for those of us too fussy for dark chocolate Hob-nobs.  We even managed a full day without a kettle because two certain people forgot it despite it being on the kit list twice! 

All in all it was a brilliant day and extremely beneficial for every member of the team. We were getting some excellent times from both cars and hope we will be driving straight into those pole positions on race day Saturday 30^th June. Coinciding with our racing the truck racing grand prix will also be taking place at Donington park, to view the timetable of events click here.

Just a few pictures of what else was out on track...

If Mary Poppins was a racing driver...