At the traditional pre-event practice session at Thruxton in Hampshire, Trade Price Cars Racing's Jake Hill felt he had "made some real progress' in developing the Essex-based team's Audi S3 after a busy and challenging day.
The fastest circuit on the BTCC calendar presents a unique challenge - bumpy, fast and abrasive - the teams have a huge challenge in getting the balance of the car right, tempered with drivability and consistency.
"We ended up P11 in the morning session, and learned a huge amount about the car around here. We had a technical issue that affected the car just as I started my run on new tyres, so we were really pleased with the time, and more importantly the data we collected despite this issue' said Hill.
In the afternoon session, the team were working on rectifying the issue from the morning session, and ultimately realised it was not completely resolved, nevertheless Hill and the team were pleased with what was achieved.
"It was a little frustrating that we had some issues today - huge thanks to Rob, Stuart, Tom and the rest of the guys for all their hard work. The afternoon session didn't give us a lap time that reflected where we are. Very confident we'll be in good shape when we get here next month.'
Next race - Donington Park 28th & 29th April
The fastest circuit on the BTCC calendar presents a unique challenge - bumpy, fast and abrasive - the teams have a huge challenge in getting the balance of the car right, tempered with drivability and consistency.
"We ended up P11 in the morning session, and learned a huge amount about the car around here. We had a technical issue that affected the car just as I started my run on new tyres, so we were really pleased with the time, and more importantly the data we collected despite this issue' said Hill.
In the afternoon session, the team were working on rectifying the issue from the morning session, and ultimately realised it was not completely resolved, nevertheless Hill and the team were pleased with what was achieved.
"It was a little frustrating that we had some issues today - huge thanks to Rob, Stuart, Tom and the rest of the guys for all their hard work. The afternoon session didn't give us a lap time that reflected where we are. Very confident we'll be in good shape when we get here next month.'
Next race - Donington Park 28th & 29th April