Ascari Race Resort - Track Day Report
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For those of you who still haven't seen this report on another famous Porsche Forum, here goes...
Last weekend I joined a group of friends at Ascari Race Resort ([url]www.ascari.net[/url]) for a private event and here's a short report...
We arrived on Friday evening to Ronda and before having dinner at a typical restaurant we checked-in the "Parador". This was the view we found when opening the rooms window...Breathtaking!
The day started early (too early) at 9.00am AT the circuit and after unloading the cars from the truck this the view of the paddock.
While the techs were fitting my kindly offered set of Dunlop slicks I took a walk throught the facility and found this Le Mans series car in pieces.
Please notice my wife's hand size compared to the HUGE carbon rotors...
Well it was time for the Gentlemen to start their engines and this was one of them, Manthey tweaked Mk2 GT3 with BBS ultra lightweight wheels and beautifully driven by its owner, a true gentleman himself.
This was another GT3 very well driven as well.
This LOVELY 964 RS belonging to another Gentleman himself(Dr. MC) was a handfull to drive but very rewarding once you get it right, the extremely heavy steering made me define the experience as making love: you get all sweaty and tired but its so good that makes you want to smoke a cigarette afterwards...
This was a RUF converted 993 TT driven very aggressively by its owner (nicknamed as "Ruf" by the group) whos a lovely chap himself and always with a smile.
The resort had their own instructors and cars like race prepared BMW 325 Ti's, Lotus Elises and these Radicals
They also have this Clubhouse called "El Cortijo" where ´we had our meal and your family can spend the day with a buffet service, swimming pool, etc.
The Ferrari 355 you see in the foto is being converted to a more track oriented car and driving it on the track made me change my mind about the 355. I had driven one like this on the road and I thought it was terrible, driving position, scuttle shake, noise, etc. but driving it on the track made me realize that its exactly where it belongs unlike the 360 and the latest Ferrari's I've driven (excluding the 360 CS Challenge).
There were some other interesting cars such as another 964 RS (Red) belonging to a charming couple (J & A) which I had the pleasure to get to know better that evening during dinner, some 997's with Gen 2 PCCB's hanging in there very well, 996 C4S, a beautiful 993 C4S, etc and 99% of them with racing rubber.
The track itself is very tecnical but very rewarding once you get it right, its got all sorts of turns some of them are exact replicas of some famous turns.
The weekend was great and I must thank once again for the hospitality... (they know who they are).
Here's a link to the organizer's club website with a report as well with plenty of pictures and in-car videos:
www.pasionporsche.com/newsite/content/view/103/26/
Last weekend I joined a group of friends at Ascari Race Resort ([url]www.ascari.net[/url]) for a private event and here's a short report...
We arrived on Friday evening to Ronda and before having dinner at a typical restaurant we checked-in the "Parador". This was the view we found when opening the rooms window...Breathtaking!
The day started early (too early) at 9.00am AT the circuit and after unloading the cars from the truck this the view of the paddock.
While the techs were fitting my kindly offered set of Dunlop slicks I took a walk throught the facility and found this Le Mans series car in pieces.
Please notice my wife's hand size compared to the HUGE carbon rotors...
Well it was time for the Gentlemen to start their engines and this was one of them, Manthey tweaked Mk2 GT3 with BBS ultra lightweight wheels and beautifully driven by its owner, a true gentleman himself.
This was another GT3 very well driven as well.
This LOVELY 964 RS belonging to another Gentleman himself(Dr. MC) was a handfull to drive but very rewarding once you get it right, the extremely heavy steering made me define the experience as making love: you get all sweaty and tired but its so good that makes you want to smoke a cigarette afterwards...
This was a RUF converted 993 TT driven very aggressively by its owner (nicknamed as "Ruf" by the group) whos a lovely chap himself and always with a smile.
The resort had their own instructors and cars like race prepared BMW 325 Ti's, Lotus Elises and these Radicals
They also have this Clubhouse called "El Cortijo" where ´we had our meal and your family can spend the day with a buffet service, swimming pool, etc.
The Ferrari 355 you see in the foto is being converted to a more track oriented car and driving it on the track made me change my mind about the 355. I had driven one like this on the road and I thought it was terrible, driving position, scuttle shake, noise, etc. but driving it on the track made me realize that its exactly where it belongs unlike the 360 and the latest Ferrari's I've driven (excluding the 360 CS Challenge).
There were some other interesting cars such as another 964 RS (Red) belonging to a charming couple (J & A) which I had the pleasure to get to know better that evening during dinner, some 997's with Gen 2 PCCB's hanging in there very well, 996 C4S, a beautiful 993 C4S, etc and 99% of them with racing rubber.
The track itself is very tecnical but very rewarding once you get it right, its got all sorts of turns some of them are exact replicas of some famous turns.
The weekend was great and I must thank once again for the hospitality... (they know who they are).
Here's a link to the organizer's club website with a report as well with plenty of pictures and in-car videos:
www.pasionporsche.com/newsite/content/view/103/26/
Edited by kiko on Monday 16th October 12:39
drhildr said:
How did you get on with their noise limits - I understood them to be 96db which has always put me off going!
No problem! I was on an Europipe Quiet and had no problem. the Grey 996 GT3 Mk2 is a full Manthey converted and no problem, they don't have a fixed sound check hidden in the track like some tracks, they do the test on the cars they reckon its too loud so there's some flexibility here. The only car that was checked was the Ferrari which had the Capristo exhausts fitted but we turned the button to quiet mode and Voilá!
For the 1/2 Day and Full Day courses and membership you can check their web, for renting the whole track (thats what the Club did) with Marshalls, Medical Team, Technicians, catering, etc I heard anything from 9000 to 18000 Euros but you'd have to contact them to know that for sure, if you want the direct contact of the person in charge please say so.
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