In that circuit my best time is 47.52 secs which is a normal pole time with good weather and temp, this after 4 and half months of being in the "scene" so to say. average speed is around 73-76km/h in Luis P Serra (san jose) circuit (pic)
After a 2 month punishment of no racing since august, I had a race this weekend in another track. Not my first time in that one, but what really surprised me is that I wasn't doing amazing times like in san jose. I was 2.5-3 full seconds off pace!!! This is the second time I've been here, my lack of experience doesn't helps that much, but getting overtaken in the straight like I was in a sunday cruise was demoralizing. I did my best to follow them through the turns, but they were simply faster, as if I was running in a smaller class.
for you to have an idea, the track is not a kart track, it's a race track that excludes some corners to make it shorter (1470m) the average speed is 93-96km/h, needless to say it's wider, bumpier, etc To begin with, after the race I went on and checked the pinion and crown teeth, I was using a shorter relation than the rest, this explains why I was so slow near the end of the straights. You spend like 80% of the time full throttle on this track. Another thing I realized is that as soon as the race started and reached the first corners, everyone rocketed through them while I was left behind. In some of the corners where you're supposed to go full throttle I even had to lift to get through them, my mechanic and my team blamed me but they dont understand that it had to be done otherwise I would end in the grass lol.
All I could do was watch them fly past me and it killed me in the inside, now, aside from the shame of finishing last, I realized this wasn't entirely my fault. I can understand being 1 sec off the pace, but not 2.5 or 3, that is absurd.
I know that my kart was mostly set up for san jose, not for this one. How and what things should I change first? I honestly don't know where to being with. thanks in advance guys
