Blog slips mind... 06/08/09

Apologies! The team has been caught up in the fast paced few days of competition and has only just had time to blog…

Following the long day and night queueing on Tuesday, the team was set and ready for scrutineering by Wednesday night. This morning (Thursday) the team was assessed and passed scrutineering just after lunch, following a few minor problems being rectified (and a large problem in the form of a fuel leak!). Straight over to the tilt table and the team also passed this second time, before weighing in slightly heavier than at Silverstone. This is attributed to the differences between the 'dry' weighing in the UK and 'wet' weighing in Germany. The team now faces noise and brake test in the morning, a full 2 hours earlier than in Silverstone and giving a day of tuning and testing before the dynamic events start on Saturday. This is welcome as the team member in charge of the tuning is currently stranded in Belgium with a broken down car! Add to this that 3 of the 4 drivers registered this weekend will be driving for the first time and it is promising to be an interesting weekend! Tomorrow will see the team tested in the static events - business, design and cost. The team is looking forward to these events, better prepared than ever following the srong performance in Silverstone and encouraging feedback from the judges. We will let you know how we get on tomorrow - for now it is a well earned shower and sleeping bag as the team looks forward to an early start in the morning.