Goodwood today

[drakart]

I lapped Goodwood for the first time today. Very wet weather, very slippy and a car that the owner (sat in pass seat) picked up the day before - A standard Mk1 MX-5
Plenty off sliding around. The majority was 4 wheel drifts which didn't need correcting and are therefore hard to see on camera. Some slides after the corners were provoked, all others were natural!
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profil...

[Dan Friel]

MX-5 looks entertaining.. Who's driving? Clearly knows their way around Goodwood.

[drakart]

Dan Friel said:

MX-5 looks entertaining.. Who's driving? Clearly knows their way around Goodwood.

Erm, me on my first ever visit! I'd done a 15 min session earlier in the day before I put a camera on to film this. The owner and his father spent most of the time out on track. I just went to make sure the car was sound. Even with just 130hp, you can have fun. It was my first time in an MX-5 and I was impressed to say the least.

Edited by drakart on Saturday 15th December 21:43

[Seanick]

Enjoyed that. Would like to do it in my MX!!
Thanks for posting.

[drakart]

Seanick said:

Enjoyed that. Would like to do it in my MX!!
Thanks for posting.

Do it!! I think a Cooper S had dropped some coolant which made it more enjoyable tbh. There were spinners almost every session but no one hit the wall, so we didn't lose too much track time.

A car with more BHP would have meant some longer slides but you couldn't have put the power down properly anyway - I didn't feel that more horespower would have been beneficial in those conditions.

[HaylingJag]

loving that,

you must have some clout, Goodwood to yourself all day!! ok apart from some farmer in a RR taking the wrong turning

I done this years Jag day there in May, absolutely chucking it down on the morning, big sideways fun on Linglongs

Just bought an MX5 mk1 purely to track after ragging a friends one round abingdon,looking forward to putting that through its paces!!

[drakart]

HaylingJag said:

loving that,

you must have some clout, Goodwood to yourself all day!! ok apart from some farmer in a RR taking the wrong turning

I done this years Jag day there in May, absolutely chucking it down on the morning, big sideways fun on Linglongs

Just bought an MX5 mk1 purely to track after ragging a friends one round abingdon,looking forward to putting that through its paces!!

I do have friends in high places at Goodwood (watching by the exit of the chicane) but this was just a quiet charity day. The weather was so bad an hour earlier that most people went home!

If they all handle like that one, you'll have loads of fun.

[motor mad]

Looks good! What is the spec of your MX5?

[drakart]

motor mad said:

Looks good! What is the spec of your MX5?

As above - it's not mine, I just had a quick drive to make sure he hadn't bought a dog! It is a standard Mk1 1.8 with a roll hoop.