Dynamic events begin today with skidpad and acceleration open from 8:30AM - 1:00PM. Each event is worth 75 points.
The skidpad event tests the lateral (turning) speed of the car. The course is comprised of two tangent circles (like a figure-8) in which the car goes around one circle twice, and then switches to the other circle to turn the other direction twice. The average of the times it takes to go around each circle is taken. The acceleration event consists of a straight line track 75m long.
The team just finished up preparing the car. We will be heading to skidpad first, then acceleration. Today's acceleration event should be very exciting. We won the event at MIS with a 3.766s time a few months ago but TU Munich posted a 3.751s time at FS Silverstone. The surface at Silverstone is notoriously fast, so it should be a neck and neck race between MRacing and TU Munich now that we are on the same surface.
Autocross will be from 3:00PM - 8:00PM. The course is a one-lap sprint containing turns in both directions ranging from high speed sweepers, slaloms, to tight hairpins. The result of this event is very important because it is worth 100 points, and it determines the running order for tomorrow's endurance race. We need to place very high in this event so that we will not be blocked by slower cars during endurance.
An update on other teams: Wisconsin suffered a turbocharger failure in the test drive area yesterday and had to swap their spare on. The nut holding the compressor wheel loosened, allowing the wheel to crash into the housing. TU Graz was at the engine test area all yesterday afternoon due to engine difficulties. As of this morning they are still trying to solve the problem.
Photos taken by event photographers can be found at http://www.formulastudent.de/events/event-2010/gallery/
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