Brands Hatch Friday 19th Dec
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RKi - excellent hope to meet you unlike Silverstone, guessing you got your car fixed ok?
Ben - good stuff will say hi.
I'll be there in my old Datsun - grey '91 R32 GTR... Will be driving like a typical GTR driver - fast on the straights then nice and easy round the corners, will try and be out of anyone's way pronto though so if I'm holding anyone one up flash me!! (With your lights;) ) .
I'm keeping my fingers crossed I'll get through the whole day without seeing a certain coloured flag, hence my GTR driving style.
52 sec laps they most certainly won't be!
Cheers,
Sam
Ben - good stuff will say hi.
I'll be there in my old Datsun - grey '91 R32 GTR... Will be driving like a typical GTR driver - fast on the straights then nice and easy round the corners, will try and be out of anyone's way pronto though so if I'm holding anyone one up flash me!! (With your lights;) ) .
I'm keeping my fingers crossed I'll get through the whole day without seeing a certain coloured flag, hence my GTR driving style.
52 sec laps they most certainly won't be!
Cheers,
Sam
I was there on Sunday.
I managed to get away with a fair bit of sideways stuff (sensible ish), but it was wet.
Also, as mentioned on the forum, the noise readings have been high recently. If you are close normally, and its humid/wet you might get close.
I went from 88db to 94db (stock Mx5).
Enjoy.
I managed to get away with a fair bit of sideways stuff (sensible ish), but it was wet.
Also, as mentioned on the forum, the noise readings have been high recently. If you are close normally, and its humid/wet you might get close.
I went from 88db to 94db (stock Mx5).
Enjoy.
Great day and good to meet some new and old faces!!
I actually really enjoyed myself despite not being able to push too hard due to fear of flagging!
Was good to get some instruction but enjoyed it more being driven by the instructor in my car, you really don't feel the g's when driving..
Can't believe I didn't get flagged - first time ever at Brands... I'm getting old(er)!
Looking forward to seeing some vids - will put mine here once it's uploaded. Got most of you
Cheers,
Sam
I actually really enjoyed myself despite not being able to push too hard due to fear of flagging!
Was good to get some instruction but enjoyed it more being driven by the instructor in my car, you really don't feel the g's when driving..
Can't believe I didn't get flagged - first time ever at Brands... I'm getting old(er)!
Looking forward to seeing some vids - will put mine here once it's uploaded. Got most of you
Cheers,
Sam
You looked to be pushing hard enough from where I was sat Sam in my little blue Caterham!
Just glad it dried up as it was seriously slippery first thing!
Enjoyable first trip to Brands for me and first go on track in my own car.
I'll also look forward to some videos......
Ben.
Just glad it dried up as it was seriously slippery first thing!
Enjoyable first trip to Brands for me and first go on track in my own car.
I'll also look forward to some videos......
Ben.
Edited by bencollins4 on Saturday 20th December 07:22
Ben - lol yeah I was pushing - it may have looked hard but it wasn't fast!
Shame I didn't meet you.. Next time
A long vid - the least boring part is 11 mins in when the 458 comes into picture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYSpY4HDAmw&li...
Shame I didn't meet you.. Next time
A long vid - the least boring part is 11 mins in when the 458 comes into picture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYSpY4HDAmw&li...
My first time at Brands, really enjoyed it in the end. My friend and i shat ourselves the first time we went through paddock, having only driven Silverstone, Combe and Bedford before, which are all as flat as a pancake. I thought that the standard of driving was very high, people were carrying a ton of speed through some of the corners.
Had a slight brown pants moment locking the brakes going into paddock at 110+, so spent most of the day after that braking way too early :P My dump conveniently broke 2 minutes from the end, just before i was going to make a pathetic attempt at follwing Sam and Bob in the black evo 9 :P
Had a slight brown pants moment locking the brakes going into paddock at 110+, so spent most of the day after that braking way too early :P My dump conveniently broke 2 minutes from the end, just before i was going to make a pathetic attempt at follwing Sam and Bob in the black evo 9 :P
Video from onboard my red 205 GTI
Morning session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhG0lOMW-bs
Afternoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8k1f29D71o
Morning session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhG0lOMW-bs
Afternoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8k1f29D71o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD7agFrxIMk&fe... - Afternoon session.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TeH5skH55o&fe... - My friend driving in the afternoon too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TeH5skH55o&fe... - My friend driving in the afternoon too.
Nice to see the vids
quite a relief not to see mine smoking! - when it hits the boost limiter I think it dumps a lot of fuel out, hoping this is what people saw. Also when the diff gets hot it breathes onto the exhaust... Need a diff cooler!
There's another on my channel that has a little flame from the 205
Ben - yup it's 472 @ 4 hubs or at least until the boost limiter came in. It's bloody fast at that power - too quick for me! Unfortunately didn't get to run full boost much, didn't make much difference though - huge fun
quite a relief not to see mine smoking! - when it hits the boost limiter I think it dumps a lot of fuel out, hoping this is what people saw. Also when the diff gets hot it breathes onto the exhaust... Need a diff cooler!
There's another on my channel that has a little flame from the 205
Ben - yup it's 472 @ 4 hubs or at least until the boost limiter came in. It's bloody fast at that power - too quick for me! Unfortunately didn't get to run full boost much, didn't make much difference though - huge fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn4tH4sii8s&fe... Quick vid of you popping a flame into Druids here.
Hi
LOL, no worries about the flames - I'll repaint the front of it over the Christmas break
Boring? Hell No! The cornering speeds are mind warping and there is so little roll that the four wheel drifts are like a go-kart on steroids.
I also have a C63 AMG and have tracked that quite a bit, and honestly, that got, well not boring, but is the reason I built the Spire.
You really have to experience driving a Spire or Radical to see what I mean - it might look all stable but it is squirming and sliding everywhere, the feedback is unreal.
Have a look into this video at 22:30 we have a huge 4 wheel slide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWxXYTSISPU
Gareth
LOL, no worries about the flames - I'll repaint the front of it over the Christmas break
Boring? Hell No! The cornering speeds are mind warping and there is so little roll that the four wheel drifts are like a go-kart on steroids.
I also have a C63 AMG and have tracked that quite a bit, and honestly, that got, well not boring, but is the reason I built the Spire.
You really have to experience driving a Spire or Radical to see what I mean - it might look all stable but it is squirming and sliding everywhere, the feedback is unreal.
Have a look into this video at 22:30 we have a huge 4 wheel slide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWxXYTSISPU
Gareth
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