Silverstone Report Day 4
After an intense Saturday, the team prepared the PFK-01 for the most difficult event of the weekend, the Endurance. With brand new tyres and having had time to learn the track on the Saturday, Chris took the car out for the first leg of the endurance. Chris immediately settled into a rhythm in the car and posted an average time of 1:08, with a fastest lap of just under 1.06, just 5 seconds shy of the fastest UK team. Chris went on to say, ‘due to the engine mapping problems, the car struggled in the lower rev range which made the car very difficult to drive in low speed corners’.
After a very strong first stint, Scott took over the wheel for the second half of the event. After a second turn of the key, the engine fired into life again and the car was out for its final run. After a shaky first few corners, Scott settled into the car. As Scott’s confidence and lap times improved, on lap 18 of 23 white smoke started to trail out of the back of the PFK-01, the oil sump plug on the CBR-600 engine had worked its way loose and the engine had lost its oil. A frustrating end to the first race weekend of year for Team HARE, however confidence was taken from the very competitive pace the shown by the car and the very encouraging words from the Design Judges.
The team placed 54th overall out of 76 class 1 competitors, a position gained almost entirely only the points scored on the static events.
