[Si Coe]

I wasn't really watching your heat so didn't see how it went!

Anyway yes, the bigger pinion will mean more top speed. It comes at the cost of some acceleration through the infield though so its a balance.
If you'd seen my car in the heat (red Durango 210 running in heat 4) its somewhat slower than the others down the main straight but works better through the twisty stuff which is where I make up places. There is more infield than straight!

Punch control sets how hard the car can accelerate. In slippery conditions like yesterday morning it pays to turn it down to keep the car under control, but when grip is good you can turn it up to as high as the car can handle.

Starting off I'd suggest dropping the punch control down to something like 60% and not increasing the gearing. Drive a car that is slow but doesn't crash or spin out first, and then when thats sorted up the gearing and the punch step by step.

You lose more time crashed than with a slow car. The reason I prefer 10.5t motors over the 7.5 and 8.5t's most of the others use is that I can stay out of trouble better with them! The result is that my fastest laps are never that fast, but my overall time beats drivers technically much faster than me because I make less mistakes that way.