Brands Hatch novice day 14th Feb

[ethomas]

Anyone else planning on escaping Valentines day? It is my first track day, can't wait!

I will be in a SilverGrey BMW 325ti, come say hello if you see me (probably backwards, on the grass).

[4.7]

Weather looks alright too.should be a good day for you. Go steady to start. That track will be very cold but will get better as the day goes.

[anonymous-user]

Was the guy that rolled the Panda ok?

[ethomas]

djstevec said:

Was the guy that rolled the Panda ok?

I think so, I was on the track when it happened, and saw him get out (looking understandably shaken).

[jonm01]

Where did he roll it? First corner?

[anonymous-user]

jonm01 said:

Where did he roll it? First corner?

Yeah bottom of Paddock Hill. Think he got a bit sideways, over corrected, went in to the gravel sideways, dug in and flipped.

[ethomas]

djstevec said:

Yeah bottom of Paddock Hill. Think he got a bit sideways, over corrected, went in to the gravel sideways, dug in and flipped.

According to the organizers (who saw it on CCTV), that is exactly what happened. There were a few spins in that (10 minute!) session, at least three other cars lost it, and I saw a couple of close calls. The rest of the day I didn't see a single yellow flag, partly due to the track drying out a bit, and partly due to people getting a wake up call when the panda binned it.

Were you on track on Sunday?

[anonymous-user]

ethomas said:

djstevec said:

Yeah bottom of Paddock Hill. Think he got a bit sideways, over corrected, went in to the gravel sideways, dug in and flipped.

According to the organizers (who saw it on CCTV), that is exactly what happened. There were a few spins in that (10 minute!) session, at least three other cars lost it, and I saw a couple of close calls. The rest of the day I didn't see a single yellow flag, partly due to the track drying out a bit, and partly due to people getting a wake up call when the panda binned it.

Were you on track on Sunday?

No not on track just had a wonder down as I was bored at home. It was noticeable how much more cautious most cars were through Paddock after that!

Seemed that for a novice day there was a real spread of cars and speeds, from the Panda through to the AMG, a GT3(?) and roll-caged Beemers.

Edited by djstevec on Thursday 18th February 14:42

[ethomas]

djstevec said:

No not on track just had a wonder down as I was bored at home. It was noticeable how much more cautious most cars were through Paddock after that!

Seemed that for a novice day there was a real spread of cars and speeds, from the Panda through to the AMG, a GT3(?) and roll-caged Beemers.

I think the blue Porsche was a Cayman GT4, well done on the owner for taking it out and driving it as it was meant to be, the C63 was a beast and must have been a bit of a handful when it was greasy. There was a nice Exige there too (which I passed* at one point ) and an Alfa 4C. My favorite car of the day was the 106 Rallye, partly because it is awesome, and partly because it was being driven really well. It was a pleasure to follow through the twisty bits because its lines were spot on.

Least favourite cars were the two diesel 1 series, they were constantly holding up traffic and not letting people pass.

* he may have been on a cooldown lap, but I choose to believe otherwise