The Jafr Desert has been so badly flooded by a series of severe thunderstorms that the ThrustSSC Team has had to abandon the 1996 high-speed tests and are returning to England.
The need for modifications to the steering had been identified during the high-speed tests: these modifications have been completed but are currently untested due to the desert flooding.
Please check our Runs Database for the very latest information on the progress of ThrustSSC - the database is always updated as soon as possible after the car runs - and always before any report is written and published.
Heavy rain has flooded the desert. By midday yesterday all 17 high-speed tracks were under water from Mile 0 to Mile 9, with tracks 1 and 2 flooded to Mile 9½. The water was still advancing.
Due to the flooding, the Desert Pits has been evacuated.
Today is bright and sunny with a light breeze.
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