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CSCC Silverstone (inc video)
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05/05/2019 23:04
05/05/2019 23:04
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Challenging race at Silverstone (jinxed by Fishy Dave of this parish declaring it a “dry” Silverstone) with heavy showers in the middle of the race causing several crashes and the last 10 minutes of the race under a safety car. I qualified 4th of 42-ish entries and finished 2nd overall and 2nd in class. How I didn’t share paint with one of the other Alfas, I don’t know - we came very close in the horribly slippery conditions. I also had bits of my dash shedding themselves during the race which was rather distracting when it’s amongst your pedals. Still, a great deal of fun. Roll on my debut at Oulton Pk. https://youtu.be/srXITvGuXTM
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Re: CSCC Silverstone (inc video)
[Re: MeanRedSpider]
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06/05/2019 11:18
06/05/2019 11:18
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Nice moving between 9' and 10' You were lucky that piece of hardware didn't lodge itself somewhere less convenient at 10'43"! Rain on dry track later
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Re: CSCC Silverstone (inc video)
[Re: Jim_Clennell]
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06/05/2019 19:14
06/05/2019 19:14
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I wouldn't if you can help it - we'd need a lot more paint to fix that! Ha - very witty, Jim. I must find 5 secs to check air line and weekend dates. So stupidly busy...
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Re: CSCC Silverstone (inc video)
[Re: MeanRedSpider]
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07/05/2019 12:20
07/05/2019 12:20
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Genuine question, not an insult or "You should drive like this....". Your line through the last chicane seems different to how I would take it. I would have taken the first entry tighter leaving a smoother entry and exit from the chicane (Hope that makes sense). In my mind that gives better drive and line for the entry into Start finish. That being said, I am not circuit racer, but Gymkhana racer. You are a circuit racer so hoping you can explain where I am wrong? (it may help me in FormulaG) This is our TV show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1jWcIaFoFM
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Re: CSCC Silverstone (inc video)
[Re: MeanRedSpider]
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07/05/2019 18:23
07/05/2019 18:23
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Hi Elder - always open to a critique and I don’t know that my line is the best. I try a few things when I’m learning a circuit based on an approach Mark Hales taught me but I’m far from perfect.
I just watched Lewis Hamilton’s 2018 pole - he takes a slightly wider line but not massively. I find I’m grip-limited on the Club corner onto the straight in any case so it doesn’t feel like a wider line will gain me much as I could get the car to corner much quicker even if I had a wider line of attack. In a race, turning in late (I’m not sure if that’s what you mean by tighter) to the left-hander exposes you to a block-pass dive up the inside (something I’ve used myself).
In quali I tried some different lines so I’ll take a look at my data to see which actually worked best and, in quali, I took the opportunity (especially if the lap was wrecked by a slower car) to completely compromise the chicane to start the next lap absolutely on the ideal approach to the straight. If you’re doing a one-lap sprint-style thing, I’d do that.
ETA - kudos for the FormulaG stuff - that looks like my idea of hell trying to remember where to go. I did a sprint at Alford many years ago that resembled that type of course and I hated it!
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