[Malcolm]

Avons were fitted and they were excellent. The rear end was very well planted and only in the wet did we manage to get any break away at all. The front end on the 215 tyres was a little loose, at least more than I wished for but we were experimenting with tyre pressures to bring it back to where we wanted it to be. Before we stopped running we were at a tyre pressure setting of 24 front and 28 rear (hot temps) and this seemed to be working well. However best solution is for Avon to make the 235 50 15s that I will now be hassling them for.

I wasn't the only new Avon runner there as Phil Froud was on them too. However he was endng up with similar pressures as I did, but other car issues made his concentration be elsewhere.

I have been playing with my anti roll bars and possibly with other changes the front bar is now too stiff. Softening this will mak a change to turn in but not enough testing to prove that theory.

Overall I was really impressed at the level of grip, even in the damp. Charles used to be able to keep me in his sights (and in the wet blow me away) when I was on the Dunlops but in my view no longer. Charles will, of course, have a different view on this! Just remember he is wrong and I am right!

As a road tyre they will be superb and now my car is fully road legal I intend to use them as such. Hope this helps.