Time-attack: get off at the Moscow Raceway

15–16 July held the race weekend Amateur Championship Series Maxim Travin MaxPowerCars Yokohama Open Cup at the suburban racetrack Moscow Raceway.

For those who do not often visited by the tracks, I will explain that this is one of the main Russian motor racing track, where races are held world series DTM and the WTCC, Russian RSKG ring series, all kinds of amateur competitions and track days.

Traditionally, it is a stage on the Moscow Raceway collects the highest number of different-sized participants MaxPowerCars championship. The track includes a plurality of configurations, but in the MPC (as well as in DTM) using FIM.

At this time, 78 participants were registered in MaxPowerCars.

The most popular among the pilots used cars Porsche 911 GT3, Renault Megane RS, BMW M3, Mitsubishi Evolution of different generations and Subaru Impreza.

Pleasant variety arrivals appearance of two Lamborghini Huracan («How the two of them?» — Surprised the participants, not having time to catch his breath from the seen) and Ferrari 488 GTB. However, in the time-ATTAC each place there.

It is worth noting that c this year for domestic car created a separate class of «1.4 Turbo Cup».

During training, all the exit from the pit lane reached 40 cars, among them a hot hatch, sports cars, supercars and modified class monsters Unlimited (and they set the course record).
Races were held without any serious incidents, but the security service still had to be fidgety. In the first half of the day it caught fire Mitsubishi Evo X, which, as it turned out later, blew a gasket between the turbine and the collector. Firefighters responded quickly, and then the car was sent to the transporter.

High bar was set from the first scoring attempts Unlimited class. It is this class the first leaves on the track to drive their laps. Here we return to the above mentioned car Dmitry Dudarev, which in the morning looking for parts. This is a 800-strong Evo IX Kuzma's Mother Evolution team.

From the first scoring attempt Dmitry Dudarev pulls the undisputed leader.

Meanwhile, the previous two records at Moscow Raceway was established in 2014 (Maxim Elizarov on carbon Mitsubishi Evo VI — 1: 40.1) and in 2015 (Victor Shaitar on carbon Nissan GT-R — 1: 39.684).
This time, Dmitry Dudarev was inaccessible. The closest to it were selected Maxim Elizarov unchangeable in its 650-strong Mitsubishi Evo VI. His time — 1: 42.1, and has traditionally been for him at this track on the first try he blew pipe. The fine-tuned cars, the more likely that the expected technical trouble ahead.

Curiously, the stock Lamborgini Huracan LP610 under Yuri Milaeva could not compete with the leaders of the race, his time — 1: 48.4.

— Dmitry, how you can improve your time on this track compared to last season? Quite whether today's result? I heard that your mechanics were expecting a better time.
— Last year was not very successful exit. More revealing 2014, when I was able to show a lap time of 1: 41.5. It was my personal record. This year we have set the bar of 1: 38.0 on the basis of performance in the same way prepared cars. It was possible to take the bar, showing lap time of 1: 37.925. The whole team is happy with the result, it is 3.6 seconds faster than the previous personal record, but, as always, incidents on the track and the technical problems have not given realize 100% of the car features.
— Morning you do not particularly specified, and had to miss almost all of the workout. What was the reason?
— The day started with a failure PPC gear selection mechanism and lasted a long replacement practically to scoring tries. Leaving on qualifications, we found damage generator and shimming the wheel. In this state, it is not always able to take turns optimally, especially 1,3,9 turns. Thus, there is still a reserve, which improve the result achieved even in the current incomplete configuration.

— Dmitry, your ninth «Evo» with the motor from the «eight» and the cam box with sequential shifter has always attracted special attention to the track. Are you now satisfied with it all?
— The car has undergone many improvements since 2006, but the last two years did not make any changes to the power plant and main elements. We have come to a variant that suits us, and worked only with the reliability of components and assemblies. The last changes were made to the work of the suspension and aerodynamics. For this it was necessary to completely redo the car outside.
— Aerodynamics created from scratch? Or you have somebody kit as a basis?
— The basis of the world's leaders tried to take a time-ATTAC such as Tilton Evo, also inspired by the DTM cars and the «formulas». We got what we got. While the project is not completed. The plans to replace some suspension components more suitable (they did not have time to prepare for the season) and set up the machine, because we still go to the old suspension in test mode with the regulations «by eye».
— For you build time I have had a desire to drop everything and go to run-off?
— The desire to return to the state of stock car appeared about five years ago, but now no such desire, and is unlikely to have a full refund is possible. I have another car (Porsche 911 turbo S (991) — author's note.), Which is more modern, it is in a state of katabatic and brings great pleasure to operate both in the city and on the track. However, at the Moscow Raceway broken arm. Apparently, this day, that all the breaks.
— Has its direct participation in the design of the vehicle or completely trust this job to their mechanics and engineers?
— I try not to interfere with the team of engineers working on the machine. Unfortunately, I did not receive special education to be able to fully understand this question, or at least advise.

— For many years, you are in the same league, had no desire to start some new project or move to a more professional series?
— Professional motorsport is for professionals, ie for people who go to work to work racer. I have the luxury to allow can not. I have a main place of work, and age is not the same. In the race I rest. To say that the interests of only one project, probably wrong. Interesting race as such, whether it's karting or other car — it does not matter.

Each year the amateur championship Maksim Travin series set records in Russian autodrome. Some, as in ADM «Myachkovo „held over the years (from 2011, the best time — 1: 41.2), on the other, they are updated every year and sometimes even several times per season. Of course, the reason is not only to improve the skills of the pilots, but also a growing engineering vehicles, freshness „slicks“ and, of course, the weather.

In fairness it should be noted that in other classes MaxPowerCars struggle and tense to the limit. For information: At this stage four pilot class GT1 showed time in one second (the fastest lap Dmitry Budarin on the Porsche 911 GT3 — 1: 48.2), and in the GT4 class the first eight pilots also fit in one minute (the fastest Alexander Zakharov was on the Renault Megane RS — 1: 57.6). All results can be found onthe official website of the competition.

«For our family MaxPowerClub last couple of years, so we call the community of our car and motorbike racing, it has grown more than three times. Following the increase in the number of participants has increased the intensity of wrestling in most classes. I should note that, in cooperation with Sport & Safety Academy, we also launched the long-awaited two-hour race. And now at the end of Stage 5 of the championship is brewing a new reform. After the appearance of such a large amount has superkarov need for a separate class for them. I can only invite all owners of the most powerful cars and fans of speed to our Grand Final season 2016 — the final stage in the „Sochi Autodrome“ on October 28–29,»— said Dmitry Avdeenko director competition.

Before the final stage still a lot of races, and the next will be held August 6–7 in one of the most exciting Russian autodrome KazanRing.

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