Three weeks after the Portuguese racing weekend in Algarve, Bhai Tech Racing team is getting ready to get back on track for the third International GT Open racing weekend to be competed on the mind-blowing track of Nurburgring next weekend.
On the strength of the first points scored in the first Portuguese round, thanks to the teams four drivers Pantano/Suzuki and Van Der Drift/Razia, the Mestrino-based team which is directed by the engineer Mr. Roberto Costa, has painstakingly worked at the Advanced Vehicle Science Centre, the teams cutting-edge headquarter (2.800 square metres over three floors), to develop the two McLaren MP4-12C racing cars. The staff has carried out the car development work, analyzing data coming from the first two racing events, which were both run in different weather conditions Were carrying out a complete development; we havent focused only on next race. Weve planned a long term programme, to be extended to following races, says the Brazilian engineer.
Low temperatures and rain are once again forecasted for the next racing weekend; such weather conditions are far from being ideal for car-tyres duo Unfortunately weather conditions wont be on our side again, as rain tyres dont interact with our car in a correct way. At Paul Ricard we demonstrated to be able to keep a good race pace in the dry, but we had hard times in the wet. So, well have to try to find the best set-up for the race. With the support of our drivers, well continue to carry out our development programme.
Drivers have taken several driving sessions at the advanced 6-DOF full- motion driving simulator, which is the technological centres flagship. It is fully immersive with five off-board projectors and a 2108 m diameter curved screen and rear view visualsDrivers have continued to work at the simulator to study and analyze the German track, running about 850 laps. Were also developing a GT car configuration platform to join the already existing Formula car configuration platform, ends Mr. Costa.
The racing weekend will start on Friday with two sessions of free practice lasting 60 minutes each, to go on with the two qualifying sessions and race-1 scheduled for Saturday morning. Race-1 will start at 4pm and last 70 minutes. Race-2 will take place on Sunday, starting at 12pm and finishing at 12.50pm.
