UoP Racing Newsletters 3rd Issue (July 2014-FSUK) | Page 12

On the afternoon, the autocross event followed. Unfortunately, a rain
gutter that ran across the track in the middle of a straight had a fairly big
bump, which caused the motor controller to shut down power to the
motor every time the car drove above it. The immediate cure was for the
drivers to slow down before the bump, which added a lot of time in our
lap times; despite that, a lap time of 60.3 seconds was achieved, about 10
seconds slower than the event winner, which was good enough to earn
the 27th place for UoP Racing Team.
Dynamic events were over for Saturday and the car headed again to the
charging area for a full charge before the big race: Endurance event.

The big day at Silverstone circuit started with rain; however, due to the
relatively competitive lap time during autocross, the team was starting
the endurance event a bit later and hoped for a dry endurance run, as
per the weather forecast. With the car completely charged, we staged for
our endurance laps, under heavy clouds. Just as we were about to leave
the line, disaster! Heavy rain started dropping, which caused the
organizers to pull out a red flag and stop the race.

Changing tires under heavy rain

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