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Originally Posted by dunlop0_1
All depends Steve on what you want. All in all DD last year with fuel, 12 sets of tyres, accomodation, test days and repairs from several off's cost me around 10K 
But still worth it.  |
I can easily see that, but then again, people who already have a bike CAN do a season on about 3k. Lots of people don't do every round too so I guess that brings down costs
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Originally Posted by J.P
I hope it has gone ok for you mate
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Went ok thanks mate. Was last in all 3 races
, but I expected that after the wake-up call of the test day.
Managed to knock well over a second off my qualifying time in the second race (down to about 1min 7.5 secs, no laughing Neil!!
), and although a little slower in the third race, I was still 0.5-0.75 seconds quicker than qualifying.
My target after the test day changed from "don't be last" to "beat my qualifying time and make sure I don't get lapped by every single other racer". Both were successful as I at least finished on the same lap as at least 1 other person so relatively happy
Had an annoying "Did Not Finish" in the second race: the winner crossed the line about 6 seconds behind me (I was 2 laps behind at this point) and he caught me in another half lap at which point we were all flagged back into the pits as the race was over. As I didn't cross the line to a chequered flad I got a DNF
It was a technicality, and pretty annoying as that race had my fastest lap, so to not be classified was frustrating
