RE: Caterham R500 vs 996 GT2
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iggletiggle said:
10JH said:
Videos not working for me. I hate Windows Media Player!
ditto..sounds good though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwRgSZiKTk
Chris71 said:
That one's already done the rounds in the Caterham forum. There was a long and conclusion-less discussion about whether the guy was a driving god or a tad hamfisted.
Pfft conclusionless! 
We concluded that although the guy clearly knew his way round the ring and had a badly setup car, he was no driving god and his style didn't help towards keeping it tidy.
Or to use my original, more succinct words that upset some 'He's got some bottle, but meh'
The most impressive thing was by far the lap time, if a more capable ringmeister was sat in a well setup R500 it'd make for a surprisingly good time, despite the Caterham's inherent lack of top speed.
Edited by The Wookie on Wednesday 10th February 17:07
The Wookie said:
Chris71 said:
That one's already done the rounds in the Caterham forum. There was a long and conclusion-less discussion about whether the guy was a driving god or a tad hamfisted.
Pfft conclusionless! We concluded that although the guy clearly knew his way round the ring and had a badly setup car, he was no driving god and his style didn't help towards keeping it tidy.
Or to use my original, more succinct words that upset some 'He's got some bottle, but meh'
The most impressive thing was by far the lap time, if a more capable ringmeister was sat in a well setup R500 it'd make for a surprisingly good time, despite the Caterham's inherent lack of top speed.
Edited by The Wookie on Wednesday 10th February 17:07
vz-r_dave said:
The Wookie said:
Chris71 said:
That one's already done the rounds in the Caterham forum. There was a long and conclusion-less discussion about whether the guy was a driving god or a tad hamfisted.
Pfft conclusionless! We concluded that although the guy clearly knew his way round the ring and had a badly setup car, he was no driving god and his style didn't help towards keeping it tidy.
Or to use my original, more succinct words that upset some 'He's got some bottle, but meh'
The most impressive thing was by far the lap time, if a more capable ringmeister was sat in a well setup R500 it'd make for a surprisingly good time, despite the Caterham's inherent lack of top speed.
Edited by The Wookie on Wednesday 10th February 17:07
L100NYY said:
iggletiggle said:
10JH said:
Videos not working for me. I hate Windows Media Player!
ditto..sounds good though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwRgSZiKTk
I tried the external link but nothing worked (using Chrome).
ks the size of melons" then! I would have loved to see some similar footage inside the GT2, it looked remarkably stable but then it has a whole heap more downforce than the R500.Without being disrespectful, he is 'knackered' mentally if not physically 3/4 the way round, missed gears, slotting the wrong gears etc. But of course, we don't know how many laps he's done prior to this, I hope he pulled in after this.
How can I say this.... I've raced and FINISHED two 24hour races at The 'Ring in a Caterham! There's no way you could drive for a tankful, let alone stint after stint, driving like that, no way.
Anyway... respect to the guy, he was certainly 'on it'
How can I say this.... I've raced and FINISHED two 24hour races at The 'Ring in a Caterham! There's no way you could drive for a tankful, let alone stint after stint, driving like that, no way.
Anyway... respect to the guy, he was certainly 'on it'
xcat said:
Without being disrespectful, he is 'knackered' mentally if not physically 3/4 the way round, missed gears, slotting the wrong gears etc. But of course, we don't know how many laps he's done prior to this, I hope he pulled in after this.
How can I say this.... I've raced and FINISHED two 24hour races at The 'Ring in a Caterham! There's no way you could drive for a tankful, let alone stint after stint, driving like that, no way.
Anyway... respect to the guy, he was certainly 'on it'
He's done one lap already according to the text at the start I believe - think thats a flying lap though as it quotes lap time so might effectively be his third lap I don't know.How can I say this.... I've raced and FINISHED two 24hour races at The 'Ring in a Caterham! There's no way you could drive for a tankful, let alone stint after stint, driving like that, no way.
Anyway... respect to the guy, he was certainly 'on it'
It is a fascinating duel. They both certainly put on a good show
Theres a vid from the GT2 too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRI5Zdtqe8U&fea...
xcat said:
Without being disrespectful, he is 'knackered' mentally if not physically 3/4 the way round, missed gears, slotting the wrong gears etc. But of course, we don't know how many laps he's done prior to this, I hope he pulled in after this.
to be fair i was 'knackered' 3/4 the way round just watching it !
good drive but imo he was pussing it a little bit to much for a track day, taking it a little to serious
i like my track days fun, not scary
Without being disrespectful, he is 'knackered' mentally if not physically 3/4 the way round, missed gears, slotting the wrong gears etc. But of course, we don't know how many laps he's done prior to this, I hope he pulled in after this.
to be fair i was 'knackered' 3/4 the way round just watching it !
good drive but imo he was pussing it a little bit to much for a track day, taking it a little to serious
i like my track days fun, not scary
Looks pretty handy to me. To be commited you've gotta be confident that you know what your doing or stupid enough to not recognise your impending shunt and I'd say he keeps it all in check pretty well. Driving that hard for anything over 5 mins in a Caterham is gonna get tiring hence the odd mistake but on the whole I thought it was a great drive.
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