Donnington Park, National Circuit, advice please.

[Jonleeper]

upsidedownmark said:

boxsey said:

shim said:

Right right left right left right right right/left gas

Excellent! Can you add braking point please?

Brake, right, right, left, brake(less than you believe sane), right, left, left, gentle dab, right, dab, right, brake hard, right, left, repeat

Craners are pretty much flat in the wet in mine (mx5 tho..), easy flat in the dry. The old 'hairpin' isn't, is more of a kink, Coppice is my bette-noir - over the crest, unsighted.

Oh, and it's slick as you like in the wet, but so are most circuits I've been to. It's not the planes, that's an old wives tale. I did find a river on the exit to hollywood once, that woke me up..

This is why I love PH! ;-) Since I'm not sure what I'll be driving I won't ask you to add timings......


Thanks,


Jon

[Henry Fiddleton]

Its a great circuit.

The final corners before the pit straight have some beefy kurbs - avoid them.

[giger]

A quick question after the remarks about the conditions in the wet.

Do you think a tyre like a Michelin pilot sport 3 would make a good wet tyre, or are they still a bit aggressive?

I've hopefully off there next month but haven't yet tried my nankang ns-2r semi slicks in the wet (they are supposed to be good though)

Edited by giger on Thursday 26th February 15:32

[McSam]

From what I hear about the NS-2R, you might struggle to get enough temperature into it in the wet. They come in two compounds, are yours the 120 treadwear (soft) or the 180 (medium)?

I have Pilot Sport 3s on my road car (E46 328i) and they're really very good in the wet, quite impressed with them. I've competed against guys using them in sprints and suchlike and they seem very capable in the wet. They're intended as a road tyre, after all, and don't appear to need much heat in them. The Pilot Super Sport is apparently a bit sketchy when it's very wet, but the ordinary PS3 fine

[drakart]

Henry Fiddleton said:

Its a great circuit.

The final corners before the pit straight have some beefy kurbs - avoid them.

I "tickled" one in the Huracan and it made a bad scratch on the alloy a third of the way to the hub!

[giger]

McSam said:

From what I hear about the NS-2R, you might struggle to get enough temperature into it in the wet. They come in two compounds, are yours the 120 treadwear (soft) or the 180 (medium)?

I'm running the 120's, I've heard the 180's are better in the wet. The tread pattern does dissipate water well (if that's the right word), but equally if there is constant rain and/or standing water it sounds like I might be better having a backup set of wheels & tyres. I've just about mentally committed myself to the cost so it looks like it is time to order.