Initial Testing

After a full day of testing on Saturday, the Doodleco team have made a number of steps towards the final goal of completing the full 24hrs.

First thoughts were to enter an LMP1 Audi R15 however comparing them to the Peugeot 908s we quickly realised how far off the pace we were. Trying out the Peugeot was certainly fun, but due the lack of experience from one of our drivers the decision was made to look at LMP2 cars.


After some time trying out different cars, we worked out that we were all best suited to the Lola Judd B12/80. Work then began on practicing and perfecting our laps. Unfortunately more practice is needed from the newer drivers and another test way will have to be arranged.

A great deal of information was gained during the day. The default car setup was far too slow and major changes are planned for the gear ratios, wing angles and ride height. This will increase the top speed of the car and help improve lap times.

As well as our own car, we started working on setting up the software. A list of competitors is now underway and we're hoping to have the race fully working very soon. Several problems have occured which are being looked at, mainly involving the performance of the computer. We have so far had to limit the size of the grid to 35 cars which is the minimum we want to race with. Further changes have taken things down hill though with the PC crashing at every available moment. We hope to fix this but we have a backup of everything on a laptop which works fine. This may have to be a compromise.

Overall then, things have got off to a rocky but productive start.