that reference lap time was hella illegal, so lets be generous and add 1s to it. Roughly 6s off a reference radical SR3 laptime which is pretty impressive for something with no downforce, and 20% more bhp/tonne. Was that on slicks?
Thanks for the comment Mo! Purpose of the reference lap was to push, less about being legal. It always amazes me when people think a Caterham has a higher bhp/tonne. This is a misconception as the road going 420 you can buy has more power than the fastest Caterham you can race in the UK Championships (In this video) 210 bhp vs 185 bhp. Caterham 420 race car 185bhp 545kg min weight Zero downforce = 339bhp/tonne Radical SR3 232bhp 620kg F£&k load of down force 😆 = 379bhp/tonne (12% more) This Caterham is comparable to an SR1, the SR3 is a league above it! Yeah it was running Avon slicks 🤙🏻 You drive your SR3 well 🫱🏻🫲🏽, are you going to race as you will be struggling on track days with people getting in the way surely 🤷🏼♂️🏎🚀
@@DMAcidRacing oh right - didn't realise that about the race-spec cars. Thanks, I started doing track days as had no intention to race but yes it got pretty pointless finding about 2 clear laps out of an 80 lap track day, so I ended up doing test days instead. Still impressive that your caterham is comparable to an SR1, i know that's on treaded tyres but still produces some downforce. Must be a lot of fun to drive.
Great drive! Some nice cars on the track too such as the SD1 and classic TVR
Thanks for the comment.
Yeah they was some really nice bits of kit on the track 🏎🚀
Methinks your coaches reference lap would've had the track limits wombles twitching 😂
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Come to think of it, I got a black and white flag later in the day which I thought was down to me… perhaps he used up a few of my tokens 🤔😆🏎
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that reference lap time was hella illegal, so lets be generous and add 1s to it. Roughly 6s off a reference radical SR3 laptime which is pretty impressive for something with no downforce, and 20% more bhp/tonne. Was that on slicks?
Thanks for the comment Mo!
Purpose of the reference lap was to push, less about being legal.
It always amazes me when people think a Caterham has a higher bhp/tonne. This is a misconception as the road going 420 you can buy has more power than the fastest Caterham you can race in the UK Championships (In this video) 210 bhp vs 185 bhp.
Caterham 420 race car
185bhp
545kg min weight
Zero downforce
= 339bhp/tonne
Radical SR3
232bhp
620kg
F£&k load of down force 😆
= 379bhp/tonne (12% more)
This Caterham is comparable to an SR1, the SR3 is a league above it!
Yeah it was running Avon slicks 🤙🏻
You drive your SR3 well 🫱🏻🫲🏽, are you going to race as you will be struggling on track days with people getting in the way surely 🤷🏼♂️🏎🚀
@@DMAcidRacing oh right - didn't realise that about the race-spec cars.
Thanks, I started doing track days as had no intention to race but yes it got pretty pointless finding about 2 clear laps out of an 80 lap track day, so I ended up doing test days instead. Still impressive that your caterham is comparable to an SR1, i know that's on treaded tyres but still produces some downforce. Must be a lot of fun to drive.
🤙🏻 when I looked at your times your laps you looked quick, you should think of racing mate! Hope to see you on a test day 🫱🏻🫲🏽🏎