So a VERY last minute move on my part (literally called up at 2pm and got the last slot) for a 2 hour track night at knockhill - no better time to test out and get a feel for the new suspension set up than a dry evening open pit session..........
Tyres still AD08R, ran them a little hotter than the last outing (don't know if you'll remember the pic of the tyre folding on itself) and it seemed to work out better tbh - wear seemed nice and even also, so that was 34 hot front and 32 hot rear

This was one of knockhill's own nights, not the usual clubs/private trackdays I attend up here - and the standards, eqtieute / atmosphere kind of reflected it.
For some reason, fatigue, my own analysis of maybe slightly too aggressive driving in the last outing on my part & also sadly a nasty crash involving one of the clio guys up here last week meant I wasn't as 'on it' as I had been, often backing off in certain situations, and not trying to pass certain cars/drivers. I guess the new suspension also needs time to get fully used to.....
Looking back at the laps, my turn in's and braking was off at certain points, driver error of course (the above factors playing on my mind maybe) and the fact that the ASTs can probably carry a lot more load in a much more stable manner through the corners, meant I was adjusting my lines a few times mid-bend etc - you'll also see me no where near the edge of the track on the exit on turn 3 (slow downhill right hander 'mcintyres') and also I'm not turning in the car fast enough and with enough speed at the hairpin - the car on ASTs is capable of a lot more than I was able to give on the night.
Towards the end of the night I could kind of sense a storm was brewing a little, the clock was winding down, and I said to a couple of guys even, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a coming together....and there was sadly....
You'll see from the video, that I take the choice to stay well back and let a very fast black evo through - 1 lap after that there was a coming together at the exit of the chicane - the scoob had fairly bad front end damage tbh, didn't see the Evo in the paddock, they both came on trailers at least.
Next on the agenda is sadly to write off the ad08r's - just not my cup of tea on track really, probably get some R888-Rs