Yeah had a great battle with Rob. He got past me on the 2nd lap out as he breezed past on the straight, but I then really did have the bit between my teeth keeping up with him. I use Yoko A048 road legal track day tyres, but they are specially developed for the car, so are pretty good once they have warmed up.

I had Rob under braking and round some of the faster bends, but out of the chicanes and down the straights I had no chance.

Was good to have a chat afterwards Rob

All in al I had a bit of a nightmare day. First session I lost the clutch on the 2nd lap, wsn't to much of a problem as I don't use the clutch that much anyway once I am on track. When I got back to the paddock the very end of the hydraulic pipe had broken off inside the slave cylinder and I had lost all the fluid.

That was nothing a brake pipe flareing tool couldn't fix.

Next session out with Rob, we heard a clonk half way through the session, but we didn't really think anything of it. Carried on at full hammer for another half a dozen or so laps, drove off track all was well. I stopped to let the car in front of me pull into there parking space, then as I selected 1st the engine just died. I thought I had stalled, so turned the key and new straight away what had happened as the engine span over so much faster.

It seems the bolt holding the crank pulley on had come out and the pulley had fell off (the clonk) and then over the next half a dozen laps the belt worked its way off the pulleys. Mind you at least it did come off at idle type speed and not at 8,500RPM

I am working away for the next 2 weeks, but hopefully Martoon will sort it while I am away

New engine is on the anyway, but this one will be fixed and back out for National day!!

Sean..