bradfincham
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As im sure some of you have been aware ive been away for ages working!
After a shit weekend at SPA and a DNF and a 5th, i rebuilt the car with a refreshed engine, box, clutch etc and we headed to monza.
We left monza with 2 wins and headed the championship again!
Last wednesday we headed to PAU in france for the final round of the championship!
We needed to win the 1st race to secure the championship!
Anyway got the car right in testing and my drivers were in pole during qualyfying untill a rear upright broke and the car ended up in the wall!
At this point i had 2.5 hours to rebuild the car ready for that race!
So i managed to get the front and rear corners fully built up and the car quickly cleaned and just made it in time for the green flag lap!
so we start 3rd, stick with 3rd untill the pitstop (30mins) where Jenks gets in and we leave the pits in 2nd place! Now the leader is 8 seconds ahead and we have to beat this guy to win! So rob sets some thundering lap times and within 8 laps he is on the arse of clive richards. For the next 15 minutes they battle trying every move in the book, both missing corner apexes and ending up on the grass not to let each other by. Jenks manages to pass the car, and pull away slightly. 5 laps later the Richards car retires with a crackes sump!
So we just have to cross the line to win which we did!
So we then became 2006 Caterham CSR champions, and im the engineer for that car! So it was my 1st championship
Along with that we also secured the UK superlight championship at Silverstone 2 weeks prior!
Here are some pictures from Pau Arnos
AND:
Jenks also broke the top gear lap record in a CSR that i built
who needs a koeninsegg when a 40k caterham will beat it - video is here
http://www.circuitpro.co.uk/injectionTV/
TOP VIDEO
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abdus
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and yes, top video
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abdus
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was that the stig?
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tom_simes
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Well done Brad!
What degree did you do at uni then?
Top vid by the way, the way he took that second to last corner, just perfect.
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bradfincham
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Nope thats the guy on the left in the picture
Im doing a Motorsport Engineering degree, currently on placement year
I got thrown in at the very deep end being the sole engineer for the Acre jean car and now i and the drivers won the championship!
Must say not bad for my first year
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jr
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you my hero  
when you run a team when can i have a job
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bradfincham
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
you my hero
when you run a team when can i have a job
Anytime stripey
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jr
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i'll where one of thoses everyday of you get me a job in the future 
brad you about at the start of november, look in regionals
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TNM
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well done bradders.
hope they give you a job after all of this.
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Robin
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That Video
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abdus
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send the vid to Top Gear. Maybe they can put it in their next show
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tom_simes
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quote:
Originally posted by abdus
send the vid to Top Gear. Maybe they can put it in their next show
I assume it was filmed by them anyway, be suprised if its not.
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bradfincham
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November 5th im at Paul Ricard for a 3 hour endurance im afraid james!
TNM - i work there paid now, will do untill OCT 2007 then back to uni and hope for Prodrive or F3 etc after Uni
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bradfincham
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quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
quote:
Originally posted by abdus
send the vid to Top Gear. Maybe they can put it in their next show
I assume it was filmed by them anyway, be suprised if its not.
Wasnt no, it was for dunlop not top gear! And they didnt want to use a caterham on the show for some reason - plus the stig is not just one person by the way guys
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abdus
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quote:
Originally posted by bradfincham
plus the stig is not just one person by the way guys
As expected. He is not superman to be able to drive all these cars with the same ability.
Who are they that make the stig then?
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Paul_J
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good job mate
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Paul_J
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the only thing with the caterham vid is what tyres it on? If they're not road legal tyres (i.e. track tyres) could make it a tad unfair comparing to every day road cars. I wouldn't be suprised if there were certain race cars that could lap the track quicker than every day supercars with nice interiors etc
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Robin
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also, it has no rear lights
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gavin18787
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top work fella Glad its all working out for you.
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Jules S
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Congratulations
Nice to have a winning entry so early on in your CV
Quality heel and toe action going into hammerhead on the vid too
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Cybermonkey
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brad thats so freakin cool!!!! when are you coming back to auz to take your cat around bathurst
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bradfincham
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All of the cars that take to the track are on track day tyres, toyo 888, yokohama a48 etc,
we were running a dunlop equivalent
Thanks for the comments guys
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Matt H
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Well done Brad
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corb
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top stuff brad, congrats
How would a megabusa hold up in comparison to that round a track? If thte only difference was the engine etc?
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Russ
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ace brad
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