MINI Challenge Cooper Trophy Post Thruxton Race Report
Posted by BRADLEY GRAVETT
Well, that was an exciting weekend… The number one takeaway: the drivers in the Mini Challenge may be slightly crazy but do deliver some fantastically close and exciting racing. Pretty quickly after driving Thruxton in the first test session both myself and my teammate realised we were not going to be able to pull a good time unless we worked together to break the wind resistance and create a slipstream. After test session one had finished, my teammate and I sat down and devised a plan of what we were going to do in the second session. In the 45...
MINI Challenge Cooper Trophy Pre Thruxton Report
Posted by BRADLEY GRAVETT
Before the next round at Thruxton gets underway, I just wanted to quickly update you on our progress and what we're expecting over the weekend. Once the excitement and, of course, frustration had calmed down after the first round at Oulton Park, we were able to really reflect upon what we learnt from the weekend; the top point, three into Cascades, just doesn't go, I tried… who figured. But, nevertheless, putting the humour aside for a moment, we've learnt a tremendous amount about three crucial things we didn't fully know before Oulton Park; how the car behaves when it is...