Brands Hatch Indy Sat 1 Feb 2020

boggissimo Won't Shut Up Posts: 778	Brands Hatch Indy Sat 1 Feb 2020 Jan 21, 2020 16:31:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by boggissimo on Jan 21, 2020 16:31:17 GMT I've just booked my spot via MSV here - anyone else doing it? It'll be my first go on track in my Eunos (all my previous track time was in a Subaru).

FFS Corders Global Moderator Posts: 1,848	Brands Hatch Indy Sat 1 Feb 2020 Jan 22, 2020 11:46:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by FFS Corders on Jan 22, 2020 11:46:10 GMT Shame I'm away, really need to book brands as it's really nearby

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Brands Hatch Indy Sat 1 Feb 2020 Feb 3, 2020 10:34:42 GMT FFS Corders and Zed. like this

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Had a great time and nothing broke! It dried up by about 11.30 and conditions were excellent. Tyres (Toyo Proxes T1R) got a bit warm and bobbled on the surface but were pretty grippy, so no complaints. Lack of ABS took a bit of getting used to, a few lockups but always felt I could have braked harder.

Not that I was timing my laps, honest, but my best time of 65 seconds was as fast as my old Subaru, even though I was 20 mph slower down the main straight.

Some video coming soon!

FFS Corders Global Moderator Posts: 1,848	Brands Hatch Indy Sat 1 Feb 2020 Feb 3, 2020 11:08:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by FFS Corders on Feb 3, 2020 11:08:01 GMT T1Rs always melt on track, they're definitely more of a "fast road" tyre Good that it dried up, weather was not looking great earlier in the week. Are you planning to do more soon?

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Brands Hatch Indy Sat 1 Feb 2020 Feb 3, 2020 13:15:48 GMT via mobile

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Feb 3, 2020 11:08:01 GMT FFS Corders said:

T1Rs always melt on track, they're definitely more of a "fast road" tyre

Good that it dried up, weather was not looking great earlier in the week. Are you planning to do more soon?

I'm doing the Pomeroy Trophy in a couple of weeks at Silverstone, which has a session lapping the Grand Prix circuit for 40 minutes (as well as a few other tests like braking, acceleration and something about picnic baskets!). The trackday was really for me to get to know the car before that, but I'll probably do some more later in the year.

A few laps in this video:

Last Edit: Feb 4, 2020 16:17:29 GMT by boggissimo

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