Hello everybody today
I'm back in Adria as you can see from the covered paddock because today I'm gonna test the
Formula predator as you saw from the previous videos
I've already been here with the formula predator for the first test and now I'm back for the second test
because we have the new car here and
We need to check that everything works
We need to check the setup and we need to get the car ready for the race. speaking about the race
we actually don't know when and where the race is gonna be and we are today on October 11, so
This is not gonna be a test for this track because we don't know if we're gonna race in this track
But at least we need to check if the car is ok, and everything is ok. So this car actually it's not new
I mean I said new car but it's new for me. Ok, but it already made some races the thing
Is that the engine blew up in the last race So they changed the engine so we have the new engine
So we need to make a few kilometers of break-in. I mean they already did the break-in, but we need to finish it
So today we're gonna have five sessions and the schedule is: in the first session we check that
Everything is ok, and we finish the break-in and we go in with horrible tires and in the next sessions
We will try to push and see if the setup is fine
Basically because the goal of this day is to get the car ready for the race and to fix the setup
ok guys, so this first session is
We're break-in, we have new engine, and you know, we just need to make a few kilometers going slow
it's so slow
maybe if i downshift... i put it back with the hand. it works. Yeah
but you can't drive like that
There is no grip by the way
I have a problem with the gearbox. when I shift It doesn't shift because the lever stays in the front I need to get that fixed
We had some issues with the gearbox
Actually, not the actual gearbox but the lever, okay
So how does the gearbox work? you downshift with the pedals on the steering wheel which basically
Activate a solenoid that pushes the lever
Okay, so when you downshift it pushes the lever, but the lever doesn't go back
So when I want it to downshift the first gear went in but the lever
Remain in the front and didn't go back. So I was missing all the other gears
So that was the problem basically when this problem happens is because either the seat or any other part of the car
touches against the lever and
Blocks it. So now they're gonna cut a part of the seat and a part of the car in order to
Let the lever move and I hope we can fix the problem
Okay, let's use the lever like in the good old days
This shifter does not want to work
So actually we fixed one part of the problem because the lever now returns in this position
But I didn't actually explain you perfectly how the system works
So when you pull the pedal for down shifting the solenoid pulls the lever and it also pulls
the throttle wire. Why? because if you downshift without using the clutch
You need to accelerate a little bit to help the gear going in. So the problem now was the throttle wire got stuck
so when I broke and down shifted the car remain accelerated and
There's probably something that blocks it. So, what did I do? I say okay screw the pedals and
Let's use the good old hand. So now I'm down shifting by using the hand and I'm up shifting by using the pedal
that's it, and I actually
Prefer using the hand to downshift because I don't know the gears go in much better
By the way now we're gonna put new tires
actually almost new and
Finally see if the setup is good because in the previous session there was no grip because the tires were totally worn out
So now we see with new tires if the setup is good
Very easy to drive
Yes, now the car works, I mean the shifter did not work yet, i'm using the hand
But by the way with the new tires, the feeling was great. I made one
24.0 while last time I made one 23.5 but
Everybody here including me and including all these people with very fast and good cars
Said that today the track is lower. So if the track is slower, and I went only half a second slower
It means that we're on the right way. in the middle of the session
We made a little modification in the front which I did not like I mean, I almost made the same lap time
But it was a little bit harder to drive so I didn't like it
So now we're going to roll back
with that modification
And then we will try just a little change in the springs in order to allow the car to be more stable when I jump
On the curbs because now it was a little bit unstable. But basically I like it. Basically we are
on the right way
Okay
It's incredible this day because the whole universe everything
Keeps telling us roll back to the default setup
Every time we change something the car gets worse
So in this fourth session I went in the car was great
The setup was the basic we changed something in the front it got worse. So
The basic setup feels great
The only thing that I don't like about it, is that in the first chicane
Where you have to jump on the curbs and in the following corner the left one where you have a lot of bumps
I keep losing the rear so I cannot push as much as I want so
We're going to try to change something in the front once again to make the car more stable
In those situations and that's what we will be trying for this last session and that's it. And
I'll try to do a good lap like the last time
So the test day is over. Am I happy or not?
I don't know because well the modification we made in the front it actually worked I liked it so it's the first
Modification that we found to be working today, but you know, I'm overall happy because the basic setup was great
I felt good with the car. I liked it. I could push and it was good. It felt good
But the thing is we end half a second slower than the last time we made
23.5 less time and
24.0 at this time the thing is I cannot say if it's because of the setup which in the other car was better or
Because of the tires, the temperatures, the weather, the track
Because you know with these cars even during the race weekend from one session to another one
it may happen that we all go half a second or even one second slower so you cannot make
Comparison if you don't have someone else as a reference that goes as fast as you, so today I would have needed a fast driver
To compare my lap times to his ones, but that was not so it's okay, by the way
I would love to say see you at the race
But I don't know when it's gonna be and where it's gonna be. I have no idea
They still didn't tell us where the race is going to be
So I hope it will be here because I tested I hope it will be in a weekend where I'm free
And I hope I will be competitive. by the way, Thanks for watching. Don't forget to subscribe and see you in the next video
Bye. Bye