British GT 2018
Discussion
Dinoboy said:
Good drive from J Adam and F Haigh there, sets up a nice finale to the season at Donnington.
Agreed. Great race for first and third. Neither settled until a lap from the end. Not bad for a two-hour race. The first Caterham race was exciting as well. I've got some images of the racing, plus video, I'll post later on my website. Surprised how few there were there. I know it is holiday time, but still. I got in the queue for South Bank at a bit before 8am as I expected a rush and as it didn't go back to the A20 I thought they'd opened up early.Anyone know why Phil Keen had to retire the Lambo?
Derek Smith said:
Agreed. Great race for first and third. Neither settled until a lap from the end. Not bad for a two-hour race. The first Caterham race was exciting as well. I've got some images of the racing, plus video, I'll post later on my website. Surprised how few there were there. I know it is holiday time, but still. I got in the queue for South Bank at a bit before 8am as I expected a rush and as it didn't go back to the A20 I thought they'd opened up early.
Anyone know why Phil Keen had to retire the Lambo?
We've been to Brands every year for the past 5-6 years for the GT's, it did seem quiet yesterday compared to normal, maybe everyone went to the beach instead?Anyone know why Phil Keen had to retire the Lambo?
Yeah the Lambo was retired due to overheating caused by debris (arch liner of another car) VERY unlucky, and yet another nail biting Donington finale for Barwell and the 33 car.
Did anyone see the GT4 crash with the F-Type and the Ginetta? We were sat right behind the line looking down the straight, I'd like to watch it again, but it definitely looked a deliberate move by the Ginetta to crowd the Jag onto the grass, with the Ginetta coming off MUCH worse, I hope I'm wrong.
jurbie said:
Connectors said:
Debris in the radiator caused it to overheat.
Preferable to debris in the cockpit which caused the 47 Jetstream Aston Martin to retire. The driver is okay but went to hospital as a precaution as there was concern he might have had shards of glass in his eyes.The Lambo collected an arch liner off the back of one of the McLaren GT4 cars which had suffered a puncture. That blocked the water rad and boiled the engine.
Great drive from Jonny Adam again. A shame my friend in the 69 Lambo didn't get the win (rears gave up with 5mins to go and he made one little mistake out of Hawthorne which was enough for Jonny Adam to get a run on him) as they've had a nightmare of a season and the BOP is hugely against the Lambo this year, but he was still pretty buzzing with second.
Our GT4 cars both had problems. One a split gearbox casing, and the other boiled brakes
jurbie said:
Preferable to debris in the cockpit which caused the 47 Jetstream Aston Martin to retire. The driver is okay but went to hospital as a precaution as there was concern he might have had shards of glass in his eyes.
I know Graham Davidison very well (he has raced for us in the Dubai 24hr) and yes Max is ok.Perhaps it is time to mandate the drivers racing with visors being closed (the drivers have to use full face helmets) as a safety measure?
Gary29 said:
Did anyone see the GT4 crash with the F-Type and the Ginetta? We were sat right behind the line looking down the straight, I'd like to watch it again, but it definitely looked a deliberate move by the Ginetta to crowd the Jag onto the grass, with the Ginetta coming off MUCH worse, I hope I'm wrong.
It doesn’t show it on the footage but the reaction of the ginetta driver suggests otherwise - he refused to be interviewed and went straight to the jag garage for a chat.I am told that the invictus jags have crashed at every round. Put the mclaren into a wall at rockingham and wrote a chassis off at spa.
As for visors that was the definition of freak accident, trade off for vision/comfort isn’t a proportional response.
IanUAE said:
Perhaps it is time to mandate the drivers racing with visors being closed (the drivers have to use full face helmets) as a safety measure?
I think I'd pass out if I had to race in a closed cockpit car with my visor shut. It's pushing 60deg air temp in there when it's a hot day like Sunday and the warm breeze that blows at your face is about the only thing that helps you not get heat exhaustion.I was in the pits when a T400r came in for a driver change. I was placed in a spot by the door to get a photograph.
As the mechanic opened the door a great rush of super heated air exploded out and I all but fell over backwards. What was worse, I didn't get my photo.
There was an all-female crew of a T400r at the first LMES race. One of the drivers came out looking par-boiled. One of the male drivers was standing in front of me after his stint and it was like sitting in front of a 4kw fire.
Those who can make split second decisions in the heat are a bit special. When they make a mistake, perhaps a bit of generosity is demanded.
As the mechanic opened the door a great rush of super heated air exploded out and I all but fell over backwards. What was worse, I didn't get my photo.
There was an all-female crew of a T400r at the first LMES race. One of the drivers came out looking par-boiled. One of the male drivers was standing in front of me after his stint and it was like sitting in front of a 4kw fire.
Those who can make split second decisions in the heat are a bit special. When they make a mistake, perhaps a bit of generosity is demanded.
Derek Smith said:
Those who can make split second decisions in the heat are a bit special. When they make a mistake, perhaps a bit of generosity is demanded.
The worst I've ever experienced was 2015 Brands GP in an Aston GT4. Nearly 30deg outside, and no opening windows meant that the end of my hour long stint was fairly hard work. I remember asking over the radio how long we had left, and when I was told 10mins, thinking that even that seemed too long to deal with it any longer. I eventually ended up switching the air feed from my face to my feat as it helped shift some of the intense radiant heat that comes through the trans tunnel from the Cats. They sit about 10mm from the (ally) floorpan and radiate 700deg, slowly cooking your right leg (great when you're trying to hold full throttle) to the point that you get pins and needles in your foot.
I got out at the end, drank about 3 litres of water and then almost passed out. It was 'comforting' to know that 18 year old racing snake Ross Gunn (in the Beechdean GT4 car) got out in a similar fashion and then threw up! It was fairly horrible.
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