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lack of grip in minimax (newbie)
Posted by 'PaulClarke' on 22 Jan 2009 @ 09:08

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As some of you may remember from previous posts, my 10 year old son has now been out for half a dozen practise sessions in his minimax (no previous cadet experience). Over Christmas we had a day at Rye. It was V.COLD, but dry, and he struggling for grip. Now I understand he is not yet fast enough to really get a lot of heat in the tyres but the thing I can't understand was that, at the start of the session, he and every other minimax driver would head off from the pits around stadium bend. He would be going a similar or slower speed than everyone else at stadium, on the same line, but he was nearly always sliding off in that first bend. At later sessions he was tip-toeing around on the first lap but it was like he was on ice. Was everyone else using tyre warmers? (lol)? I spoke to a lot of the other dads, took their advise on tyre pressures etc but the same think seemed to happen throughout the day.So what was it? technique, set-up, tyres (ours are well worn) or, more likley, a combination of all three? Thanks in advance, Paul

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lack of grip in minimax (newbie) by 'PaulClarke' << You are here!

Re: lack of grip in minimax (newbie) by 'John' (22 Jan 2009 @ 9:47)

Re: lack of track time by 'PaulClarke' (22 Jan 2009 @ 10:01)

Re: lack of track time by 'John' (22 Jan 2009 @ 10:06)

Re: lack of grip in minimax (newbie) by 'NJB' (22 Jan 2009 @ 10:13)

Re: lack of grip in minimax (newbie) by 'PaulClarke' (22 Jan 2009 @ 10:21)

Re: lack of grip in minimax (newbie) by 'buzzinrussell' (22 Jan 2009 @ 11:24)

PaulClark by 'Avago' (22 Jan 2009 @ 12:40)

Re: Saturday at Rye by 'PaulClarke' (22 Jan 2009 @ 12:55)

Re: lack of grip in minimax (newbie) by 'SimonS' (22 Jan 2009 @ 14:27)

Re: lack of grip in minimax (newbie) by 'PaulClarke' (22 Jan 2009 @ 16:22)

Re: lack of grip in minimax (newbie) by 'Avago' (22 Jan 2009 @ 16:36)

Re: lack of grip in minimax (newbie) by 'PaulClarke' (22 Jan 2009 @ 16:39)

Re: lack of grip in minimax (newbie) by 'KenE' (23 Jan 2009 @ 1:31)

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