These look fantastic with a great sipe pattern to best cut through water. However, they're apparently very good in dry weather too which may help out when conditions are uncertain. These tyres would replace the Federal 595 tyres which weren't performing in the wet as hoped.

The wheels that they would be fitted on had received a few battle scars in the past and Richard took the opportunity to tidy them up and also make a change from the gold colour that neither he nor Karen were very keen on.

Another effort to improve performance came in the form of an AIM SOLO GPS lap timer. This piece of kit figures out which circuit is being driven and then derives sector and lap times accordingly. It can also provide predictive lap times and allows the time and speed data to be downloaded to a laptop for investigation and comparison purposes.

No doubt the purchase of expensive new wet weather tyres will ensure that Karen and Richard enjoy perfectly dry conditions for the rest of the racing season!