Brands GP 27 May - Bookatrack - thumbs up

[tertius]

Just wanted to say, firstly what a brilliant day it turned out to be today at Brands GP with BaT. Wet in the morning but dry and sunny in the afternoon.

Secondly, many apologies for causing my first ever red flag - out-braked myself into Stirlings and left my splitter in the gravel trap ...

And thirdly, that although there were plenty of red flags, I was really impressed at how quickly the marshalls managed to clear the circuit and get things running again ...

[RMac]

Agreed, tremendous day.

[sonny.j.h]

Never done the GP, it is on the "To do list"

Agree with you there, the Marsall are prob the best I have ever come across, very keen. must be paid well lol

[Maxx]

Yes, it was a good day and the reds were quickly dealt with. I was involved in what I think was the last one of the day when the left rear brake caliper exploded on my clients Elise Trophy racecar on the way into Paddock and sent us into the barrier. Thankfully Mr Palmer did not economise on the gravel there and most of the speed had been taken off by the time we hit.

Really wish I'd fitted the heart rate monitor to our DL1 data-logger now, would have made interesting viewing.

Maxx

[tertius]

Couple of videos from the later part of the day:

http://www.vimeo.com/12147104

http://www.vimeo.com/12150012

And here is my red flag incident:

http://www.vimeo.com/12090106

[Maxx]

Maxx said:

Yes, it was a good day and the reds were quickly dealt with. I was involved in what I think was the last one of the day when the left rear brake caliper exploded on my clients Elise Trophy racecar on the way into Paddock and sent us into the barrier. Thankfully Mr Palmer did not economise on the gravel there and most of the speed had been taken off by the time we hit.

Really wish I'd fitted the heart rate monitor to our DL1 data-logger now, would have made interesting viewing.

Maxx

Video of the above now uploaded to Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnS7Ge0aCrg

(warning, slight swearing content)

Maxx