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View from Pit Lane – Edition 42
Manx GP Preparation – 30 July Since our race meeting at Carole, the bike prep for The Manx has had to take a backseat to Rik and Sarah’s wedding. Leaving me only enough time to do some admin and ordering. I did manage to squeeze in some fairing painting though, and this last week Matt…
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View from Pit Lane – Edition 41
Circuit Carole – 08/09/10 July 2022 – Part 3 Our race was due off at 10.20, so it was a fairly leisurely morning tidying away as much as possible before needing to sort out the gear we needed for the race and pit stop. This includes two sets of fireproof overalls, balaclava, goggles, fire extinguisher,…
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View from Pit Lane – Edition 40
Circuit Carole – 08/09/10 July 2022 – Part 2 Saturday dawned, as forecast, bright and sunny. ‘Gonna be a good day,’ I thought. I was outside the Dunlop set-up prompt at 7. Such a shame they didn’t open till 7.30. But at least I was second in the queue, which rapidly extended, and as it…
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View from Pit Lane – Edition 39
Circuit Carole – 08/09/10 July 2022 – Part 1 Fortunately for us, the weather was due to hold fair and remain dry throughout the weekend. I say this because we have a problem with the truck’s wiper motor that’s proving somewhat tiresome to fix. Carole is situated just north of Paris and a fraction south…
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Porsche News
Last weekend was spent at Anglesey Circuit getting some laps on the Porsche and blowing away some cobwebs. The weather seemed to be playing its part with the sun shining the whole weekend. Saturday morning didn’t quite start as planned. The opening lap time was 2:41:99. A spin at Rocket Corner being the main culprit. Not the…
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View from Pit Lane – Edition 38
Navarra, Spain – 17/18/19 June 2022 – Part 4 We all survived being burnt alive as we slept, thankfully, but the smell of the fires hung over the paddock as a stark reminder of the previous night. Matt was up at first light leaving me undisturbed in my slumber and only waking me up when…
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View from Pit Lane – Edition 37
Navarra, Spain – 17/18/19 June 2022 – Part 3 From how Rik described what had happened I suspected a flat battery, so we now know, for sure, the race ignition is not charging at all. I pushed Trudie back to camp which wasn’t too bad as a slight decline was in my favour and fortunately…
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View from Pit Lane – Edition 36
Navarra, Spain – 17/18/19 June 2022 – Part 2 I forgot to mention in the last update, that towards the end of the second test session Rik had a misfire. When Matt checked the battery it was down on voltage and we deduced it wasn’t being charged sufficiently. So we swapped the race ignition for…
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View from Pit Lane – Edition 35
Navarra, Spain – 17/18/19 June 2022 – Part 1 This race meeting marks our first anniversary of racing in France, not including test days, and what an event it turned out to be. Truly memorable. Not all for the right reasons though, as it was an extremely tough few days! It also coincided with a…