Donington GP v National
Discussion
I'm booked up to do Donners this Saturday. Ive done the national circuit quite a few times now and absolutely love it. Think Saturday is GP circuit, never done this full circuit - interested to see what the loop is like but heard that it really makes a big difference in terms of giving the car a hammering brakes in particular ....? Any pearls of wisdom, things I need to watch out for (Car is not very fast and quite heavy - tweaked porker 3.2 911)
topcarrera said:
I'm booked up to do Donners this Saturday. Ive done the national circuit quite a few times now and absolutely love it. Think Saturday is GP circuit, never done this full circuit - interested to see what the loop is like but heard that it really makes a big difference in terms of giving the car a hammering brakes in particular ....? Any pearls of wisdom, things I need to watch out for (Car is not very fast and quite heavy - tweaked porker 3.2 911)
The problem is that on the national circuit you have five braking areas all equally spaced out, and none are exeptionally heavy braking, so the brakes do have a short period to cool between each point.On the GP circuit you have seven, three very close together, and two are relatively hard, so the brakes do take some abuse. Best advice is be a little more sympathetic with your brakes, and don't stay out too long, especially if it is an open pit lane!VARLEYHYD said:
Yep
You will love the GP loop if you like to get the back end out
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so trueYou will love the GP loop if you like to get the back end out
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.....not too much else to it other than that...i was a bit disappointed otherwise. make a mess of your line out of that bottom corner and you will be in the petrol station!...hope it is not damp!
and Donington is not a Caterham friendly track, still I will have fun.Hi
Not just being contrarian but I like the GP even though it is harder on brakes. It adds a bit more variety as the rest is very flowing, chicane is good, push it on wide track at Melbourne hairpin and Goddards tricky entrance and camber make it different (and difficult for me). The national can feel a bit short to me and said to myself a couple of times, "I've just been past 'ere!" The same for all circuits I know.
Have a great time
Not just being contrarian but I like the GP even though it is harder on brakes. It adds a bit more variety as the rest is very flowing, chicane is good, push it on wide track at Melbourne hairpin and Goddards tricky entrance and camber make it different (and difficult for me). The national can feel a bit short to me and said to myself a couple of times, "I've just been past 'ere!" The same for all circuits I know.
Have a great time
Having done the GP circuit for the first time on Sunday I'm in 100% agreement about the extra strain it puts on your brakes. Mine faded badly in the second session and I had to adjust to a more sympathetic style so that the same didn't happen again.
However, it does offer a bit more technicality to the circuit. If you get it right you can stretch away from the cars behind that are having trouble with the lines and braking in that section. There seems to be multiple lines and techniques for Goddards especially (can't say I found the perfect one myself). If you don't give it respect it's an easy off on that one!
However, it does offer a bit more technicality to the circuit. If you get it right you can stretch away from the cars behind that are having trouble with the lines and braking in that section. There seems to be multiple lines and techniques for Goddards especially (can't say I found the perfect one myself). If you don't give it respect it's an easy off on that one!
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