Caterham Academy 270R

TYRES

• Compound: Caterham Academy hard-compound road-legal slick
• Front Pressure: 1.62 bar
• Rear Pressure: 1.60 bar
• Optimal Operating Temp: 80–95°C for peak grip window

ELECTRONICS

• TC: N/A (not equipped)
• ABS: N/A (not equipped)
• Engine Braking: N/A (fixed)
• Brake Pressure: 96%
• Brake Bias: F: 64% / R: 36%

DRIVETRAIN

• Fuel Map: Map 1 — full aggressive map, no fuel saving, max throttle response (single lap, fuel irrelevant)
• Gear Ratios:
• 1st: 3.166
• 2nd: 2.050
• 3rd: 1.481
• 4th: 1.166
• 5th: 0.967
• Final Drive: 3.846

SUSPENSION

• // FRONT
• Ride Height: 55mm
• Wheel Rate FL / FR: 18.5 N/mm / 18.5 N/mm
• ARB: 5.5 N/mm
• Brake Torque Multiplier: 96%
• Brake Bias: 64%
• // REAR
• Ride Height: 60mm
• Wheel Rate RL / RR: 16.0 N/mm / 16.0 N/mm
• ARB: 4.0 N/mm
• Diff Preload: N/A (no adjustable diff)
• Diff Coast: N/A
• Diff Power: N/A

DAMPERS

KEY SETUP NOTE

• Nordschleife's bumps (Hatzenbach, Brünnchen, Pflanzgarten) punish stiff setups brutally in a low-mass, soft-sprung Caterham — keep ride height slightly higher than a flat circuit setup (55/60mm) and dampers on the softer end of range to maintain contact patch consistency; sacrificing a fraction of flat-out stability for compliance pays back far more in bump absorption than it costs in aero-less high-speed sections.

TRACK GUIDE

• Hatzenbach/Flugplatz: let the soft suspension soak up the bumps — don't fight the car, stay loose on the wheel through compressions, trust the rear on the Flugplatz crest, no lift.
• Fuchsröhre: brake late in a straight line before the downhill plunge, car will compress hard at the bottom — be ready for the wheel to load up and resist the urge to lift mid-compression.
• Adenauer Forst: this is where the Caterham's agility shines — late trail-brake, rotate hard on entry, get back to throttle early since power is modest and momentum is everything.
• Karussell: commit to the banking, keep it right on the inside concrete kerb, slightly unload the car on entry so it settles into the banked radius — mid-corner speed matters more than outright entry speed in a low-power car.
• Döttinger Höhe: this low-drag, light car will top out — tuck in, use full straight, and set up braking