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Position	Driver / Team	Points
1	Franklin, Hill / Lunar Racing	0
2	Lawson, Wilds, Wilds / HWR Motorsport	0
3	Spurr / Spurr	0
4	Carvell, Carvell, Schlewitz / Carvell	0
5	Saunders / TH Motorsport	0
6	Allen / Synchro Motorsport	0
7	Honeyman / Honeyman	0
8	Thomas, Woodman / BPM Racing	0
9	Adams, Fagg / 888 Solutions	0
10	Byford, Green / 888 Solutions	0
11	Severs / Severs	0
12	Thorpe, Taylor / Xtreme Motorsport	0
13	Coulson / Moore Racing	0
14	Norchi, Johnson / Kalmar-Union.com	0

14th March 2009

The first race on the 28th March, we wanted to have as much time as possible to get on top of the car. With this in mind, both car and drivers were re-united at Bedford Autodrome only two days after the Kemble test.

The car ran solidly for 4 hours, only stopping for driver changes. Driver feedback was very, very positive. The over-winter suspension upgrades made with technical partners Eibach and GAZ have made a huge difference and the car is very predictable and is getting more out of the tyres.

The new engine pulls well and should be a very good advert for the skills of Lunar Race Engineering. There's another engine upgrade in the pipeline so there's still more to come!

The only problem with the car was rear brake fade so we'll look at improved brake cooling.



12th March 2009 The 2009 Britcar Championship started on the 12th March with the official launch of the season and powerlogger test day at Kemble Airfield in Gloucestershire. This is the scene of straightline testing for a number of F1 teams from McLaren to Renault and Red Bull. The day consisted of runs up and down a straight track to gather aerodynamic and rolling resistance data for the 2009 entrants, (the data gathered will then be used to determine the power to weight of each car so that it can be placed into the correct class). The LR1a had only been run in the workshop (and in fact had only just been completed the previous evening) so this was also a shakedown of the car. The upgraded engine ran without fault and apart from a slight pull to the left, the car ran without fault. Once again, a car built by students has run straight out of the box! The day was also a chance for two of the student team to meet the 2009 drivers, Sarah Franklin and Gail Hill. Both drivers were very impressed with the build quality of the car and are looking forward to testing at Bedford Autodrome on Saturday (14th March).