The car start pushing hard at +or- 5000 RPM. So if we need to shift at lets say 6600-6700rpm to avoid hitting the cut off that is roughly only a 1600-1700rpm powerband zone.
When I had my Exige S300, it was keep pushing from 5800-6000rpm until 8400rpm.
If we could have a 7400 RPM on the Emira...