so I am now racing under the #4 in the MR2 Racing series and selected Nippon Challenge races, and as for the meet and greet day , nice! good weather although a bit cold to the end of the day but this was actually good as it gave us more feedback on the new regulation tyre the Silverstone FTZ sport RR ,in the conditions of the day I was pleased to find the tyre does perform better on my car than the Toyo r888 , it is a harder tyre and thicker on the walls but is a race tyre not as the Toyo a road/race tyre however the Silverstone is legal on the road if you wanted.
the main difference I found is that on a Mk1 the Toyo did come up to heat but when I had the Toyos on my mk2 the grip was pretty much a lap and a half in and it really did grip (it felt like a power steering failure they gripped that much), this was not what happened on the mk1 it did build up good grip but did not have the weight as the mk2 did to make the tyres work as well or as quickly, but because of this when heat did build up it lasted longer and the tyres did not cook.
The Silverstone tyres reacted like my mk1 was a mk2 they worked brilliantly with my suspension and the feedback through the car was so good, as for when we had run a session and they had cooled in the next session a good 45 mins later the tyres came straight in perfect, the continued to deliver grip on race speeds around Silverstone itself a very abrasive circuit for a good 5 laps before the rear was getting loose all be that now in cooler conditions.
another tyre bonus Silverstone tyres are sponsoring the Nippon and the MR2 racing and will be with us every event as support, so NO carriage charges for tyres yey! all brought to the circuit fitted and balanced free, plus these guys are rally tyre specialists and have all on board equipment for tyre information so no issues for us this year the guys are there at the front line ready to deal face to face with any issues.
lots of new drivers out to play...
top day! the car felt good and the tyres even better and as for me well fitness is my thing this year!
