Damp Donnington

[mrh3113]

Track day at Donnington tomorrow, looks as though will be damp at best, wet at worst. Any tips for Donny in these conditions? Only ever done it dry; I suspect Craners won't be flat in the wet. Any specifically treacherous corners? When I did Oulton in the wet it wasn't too bad apart from Druids which was horrific-cars sliding off all over the shop.

Cheers

[jon-]

I found turn 1 is quite slippy online. Generally Donny is pretty slippy in the wet, the (apparent) mix of aviation fuel and tarmac design means it's extra slippy when greasy.

Take it easy and enjoy yourself. You'll find there are a lot of people at extremely slow paces, I've out dragged evo's / scoobys etc out of the old hairpin many times in the wet where they don't dare put power down.

It's a battle to get heat into the tyres, the slower you go the slower you end up going.

[jonamacg83]

Always seems slippery all the way from redgate (corner one) through craners and down to the old hairpin. The old wives tale is that the aircraft fuel makes the track more slippery in the wet than other tracks, but personally I don't really notice.

Jonny

[shim]

forecast says good weather, maybe a slight chance of drizzle at lunch time but otherwsie fine maybe sunny

i reckon sunstroke could be the biggest worry!

see you there maybe

[woppum]

Shim we have done wet days ther before, or were to too chickenpoo to go out

[shim]

had too many wet days at Donny this year and even went out on some of them.

Had one day with sleet and one with snow as well, although i have to say i was under my blanket in the garages!

this was april

Edited by shim on Monday 6th October 23:18