Silvia's first outing - Silverstone, Pics.... - 26th May 2009 9:58am
Well, the Civics replacement, the Silvia was out at Silverstone last weekend. Had a few issues in practice which put me 17th on the grid (I was also running Toyo 888s - most of the rest of the field where on Slicks...)
Come race day on the Sunday the heavens opened and due to it being my first time racing the car I opted to start from the pitlane as all the cars around me in the assembly area had full race wets, and yes, my only tyre was the 888...
Pit lane turned out to be a good call, as there was an incident, mid field on the first corner - right where I would have been
During the race I was getting fuel surge on every right hand corner, and wheelspin in 4th on the straights, plus starting from the back of the grid, and not being on a wet tyre ment I only made 3 places....
Later in the day however, for the second race, the track dried
Starting from almost the back of the grid, Ive never had such a fun 3 laps of racing - I think I made 6 places before the first corner.
I made 10 places in total which I was pretty happy with for its first meet. Really need to get a bigger tow car so I can carry slicks and wets to make sure Im ready for any weather though....
Anyway, some pics....
Come race day on the Sunday the heavens opened and due to it being my first time racing the car I opted to start from the pitlane as all the cars around me in the assembly area had full race wets, and yes, my only tyre was the 888...
Pit lane turned out to be a good call, as there was an incident, mid field on the first corner - right where I would have been
During the race I was getting fuel surge on every right hand corner, and wheelspin in 4th on the straights, plus starting from the back of the grid, and not being on a wet tyre ment I only made 3 places....
Later in the day however, for the second race, the track dried
Starting from almost the back of the grid, Ive never had such a fun 3 laps of racing - I think I made 6 places before the first corner.
I made 10 places in total which I was pretty happy with for its first meet. Really need to get a bigger tow car so I can carry slicks and wets to make sure Im ready for any weather though....
Anyway, some pics....