I felt sorry for Terry at the weekend, as he was due to test the CRG on Friday, but instead had to collect it from Talko and use the Saturday at Kimbolton to test it. Fortunately he had bought some wets and they were the new batch. Most of the Maxxi red tyres being sold by the vendors up until last week had been manufactured in March 2005, so were almost 2 years old.
Not a problems when all drivers are on the same old hard compounds, but when the fresh batched arrived several top drivers such as Luke and Will on the Gillard said that they thought they were upto 2 seconds a lap quicker.
No one had stocks of the new rubber on Saturday, but some teams knew about it and were 'lucky' enough to have the advantage. As the track dried the advantage was lost and by the final it was time for slicks. For some reason the final was red flagged. the report is below.
Terry was lucky enough to get extra practice by entering the races on Sunday at the back of the grid. I think the CRG handled quite well in the damp conditions, very similar to the Maranello Rotax Chassis.
The only trouble will be trying to lose grip in the summer, which also applies to the Tony Kart. As you can see from the photograph, Terry (33) was using Mike's wet helmet and still able to take the dry line, while Mike (58) was able to pass on the TEC-MEC using the traditional wet (outside) line.
LLandow this weekend should be similar in terms of the weather, so we must get a fresh batch of wet tyres from Talko for the team members. Fingers crossed for a podium on Mikes first Motors TV.
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