Silverstone 2012

A successful weekend all round! We entered both cars: SubZero and Megazord. Andy has been number crunching all weekend, and we can conclude that the season opener went well! Megazord in 6th and Subzero, in its first race came 10th! We are all very proud of the car, the drivers and the Senior Engineers for making such a good car! It was also a great, as Mr Gunston says "shake down" for the car to see what would work and amazingly it all worked, despite having to drill a few holes here and there in the floor for water drainage. Good job we made it out of wood is all I can say.

 However, there was a slight mishap with Dylan's camera, which is still intact, but has lost the waterproof casing after it fell off the car during the race. As you can see, by this point, Dylan had resorted to coffee and scratching his ear as comfort for his loss.

The Corporate challenge was also fantastic, as Megazord came 10th, with SubZero closely following in 12th. These are both very impressive feats as we were competing against such tough competition. We all must give our congratulations to Silesian 1 and 2 for performing far beyond what we thought possible, and they really are two incredible cars.

But, more importantly, SubZero won the Most Innovative Award! In my opinion, it doesn't get much better than racing and Silverstone and winning an award for having such a great car! All the credit must go to the team including teachers, technicians, designers, drivers, dogsbodies, tea boys and of course the Senior Engineers.

A very sexy trophy on a very sexy carpet.

During the race, Andy and Dom got very cold, but I was lovely and toasty in my many layers, but it did mean it was very difficult to get in the car... Having performed so perfectly in the season opener, SubZero decided to throw a wobbly and the nose-cone and front bulkhead tried to escape. Possibly because it was so offended by the wonkyness of the stickers on the number circle. I certainly would have been. Luckily, Gaffa tape was to hand, and the problem was quickly sorted as you can see below.

Me, pulling in for a pit stop, hoping I don't have to try and get out.

Obviously, it was very wet all day and much credit to the drivers that didn't wear as many layers as me, in an effort to cut down on weight, but instead sacrificed their comfort. I was having none of this.

All in all, a very successful day, everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, despite the cold and many thanks to those involved.

Dan