Fifth Gear on Five

[Bonnie and Clyde]

Dont know if i should have put this in the TV section but i just wondered if anyone know what track they tested the Lotus Evora and Porsche Cayman on in tonights show?? Looks beautiful.

TIA

[sniff diesel]

Anglesea.

[ST88]

Fifth Gear....on Channel 5???? It'll never catch on

[TheLurker]

Looks like a fun circuit. Bit far for me though...

[Dave J]

i tried this track for the first time the other month in full GP format, I found it to be a bit point and squirt, with as I recall 5 straights that are led into by 3rd gear hairpins back up the box and down to 3rd again, the long corner leading on to the back straight was good but the tight twisties at the top of the track were a bit too fiddly, I just found the track didnt flow for me .

car was 230bhp caterham.

[juansolo]

Coastal circuit flows better in a Caterham IMO.

[jleroux]

Dave J said:

I just found the track didnt flow for me.

Not sure I can even find the words to explain how much I disagree with that!

Jonny
BaT

[Dave J]

thats fair enough Jonny - each to our own ;)

[topless_mx5]

I've only driven the Full circuit, but I found the 'Corkscrew' corner to be an absolute delight. I think the coastal layout cuts out half of that corner which is a shame.

[jleroux]

topless_mx5 said:

I've only driven the Full circuit, but I found the 'Corkscrew' corner to be an absolute delight. I think the coastal layout cuts out half of that corner which is a shame.

The Corkscrew is only used on the Coastal Circuit. The left hander at the top of the Corkscrew is used on the international GP circuit. Not sure what it's formal name is, but I refer to it as Mansfield - as it's very similar to that corner at Cadwell.

The GP circuit adds a couple of straights and a hairpin, which is good for dispersing traffic (overtaking). Conversely the Coastal circuit is quite bad for bunching as there's no real straights to speak of.

Finally, the GP circuit is quite a bit safer than the Coastal circuit, because the most dangerous corner on the circuit (coming onto the pit straight) is slowed down and the car is in a straight line before you turn into the corner. Amazing how many people concentrate so hard on the Corkscrew that by the time the corner is over, they've forgotton about the off-camber, late-tightening corner onto the pit straight. The car is wobbling side to side from having negotiated the corkscrew at that point and it's caught a few people out.

Jonny
BaT

[craig-A]

jleroux said:

Dave J said:

I just found the track didnt flow for me.

Not sure I can even find the words to explain how much I disagree with that!

Jonny
BaT

Have to agree with Jonny here, did Anglesey last summer for the first time with BaT and thought it was fantastic.Coming from someone living within earshot of Knockhill, i'd drive to North Wales for a track day before knockhill.
The GP circuit was great fun and the corkscrew extremely challenging, don't think i got it right all day but had great fun trying. Of course it helped that the weather was fantastic.

[sfaulds]

craig-A said:

The GP circuit was great fun and the corkscrew extremely challenging, don't think i got it right all day but had great fun trying. Of course it helped that the weather was fantastic.

jleroux said:

The Corkscrew is only used on the Coastal Circuit. The left hander at the top of the Corkscrew is used on the international GP circuit.

Which probably explains why you didn't get it right all day


IMHO the 'corkscrew' is the only bit of the circuit that doesn't 'flow' on the coastal, which is why I much prefer the other 2 layouts. Each to their own though.

[craig-A]

sfaulds said:

craig-A said:

The GP circuit was great fun and the corkscrew extremely challenging, don't think i got it right all day but had great fun trying. Of course it helped that the weather was fantastic.

jleroux said:

The Corkscrew is only used on the Coastal Circuit. The left hander at the top of the Corkscrew is used on the international GP circuit.

Which probably explains why you didn't get it right all day


IMHO the 'corkscrew' is the only bit of the circuit that doesn't 'flow' on the coastal, which is why I much prefer the other 2 layouts. Each to their own though.

Doh!

[Scho]

Having driven both, coastal first then the other layout including the hairpin I found the coastal layout much more fun.

Swapping the corkscrew for that off camber left and a hairpin felt like a raw deal although the hairpin is great for sideways action!