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MSV End of Season Event - Trackday Trophy and SuperCup - Brands Hatch Indy - 16th November 2019
With the MSV Trackday Championship over with, we could have some fun. If you haven't read about the TDC Championship, click below:.
As the season finale, held at Brands Hatch in Kent, hosted the SuperCup and Trackday Trophy races on the same day as the TDC, we thought it would be pretty cool to do all 3 races. The timetable is below, with back to back qualifying sessions for all 3 races, then only a gap of around 1hr between the TDC and SuperCup Race, the team needed to be on point!
We c
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26 11 2019
Zandvoort - 6th October 2019 - Round 5 - MSV SuperCup
While we were in Zandvoort for the MSV Trackday Championship we figured it would be cost effective to do 2 races in the weekend, since we were already here and set up, and we would not be getting the ferry until Monday evening. The race on Sunday was the MSV SuperCup which has very similar rules to the TDC, but free tyre choice and more aerodynamic mods are allowed. All we had to do in the Ibiza was take 10Kg of Ballast out (Forced induction requires only 20Kg in the SuperCup). You can read abou
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11 10 2019
Zandvoort - 5th October 2019 - Round 6 - MSV Trackday Championship
Round 5 of the MSV Trackday Championship was back at our favourite track, Donington. You can read about it here.
This time, Round 6 was the international round, at the newly announced F1 2020 Circuit Zandvoort. Right on the beach in North Holland, the circuit hosted the F1 from the 1950s all the way up to 1985, so there are parts of the track that are nowhere near the safety level of the modern GP Circuits!
The most straightforward route for us was to drive from Darkside HQ to Hull, which tak
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09 10 2019
Using a Racelogic VBOX HD2 for Driver Improvement
We have posted many Blogs in the past, showing videos and images from our Racelogic VBOX HD2, but figured it would be a good idea to explain how we use the system in pursuit of faster lap times.
Check out our blog on Using a Racelogic VBOX HD2 for Tyre Testing to see how we use the VBOX when comparing different tyres.
This time, we are concentrating on Driving Technique. A saying someone told me, which I think is quite true:'When looking to shave time off your laps, you can find hundredths of
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15 03 2019