I had a regional event on sunday at the
Coventry grass track which the venue that will host the BRCA F2 and
Junior finals in September for any of you UK guys attending that
meeting.
I wanted to do some grass testing with the car because I was not happy
that we were getting the best from it on this surface, we tried many
settings which we have never trialled on the BMAX before and by the
end of the day I felt the car was pretty dialled, it had a new
sharpness to its handling.
After the meeting we took the car around Coventry's astroturf track,
much higher bite than the grass and the same set up seemed to work
really well. It may become a good staring point at many UK tracks...
If you are running on clay, I think there are some changes that will
need to be made, lighter roll bars at each end and softer springs
likely to be needed but I can't comment on this too much as I've never
run my car on clay, but will do in August at the euros.
I think the main advantage of this setting is that it reduces the
weight transfer over the front end and therefore makes it more
responsive and gives the feeling of more steering. Not saying it is
the ideal setting for everyone but maybe give it a try...
