Awesome day.. SIDC at Knockhill - big tks to John Stewart for another great day
Esprit was running nice: depsite my still getting used to it and running ill suited A032s which went off way to quickly.. her pace compared to what I was used in the old M was quite mind-blowing... I think in the right hands she'd easily put in sub-60 [at Knockhill] as she wasn't half as difficult as I expected but getting more than 80% will take more skill than I have through the back complex..
The Extreme Evo was very quick and prb that fastest single lap on the day depending on what Ross or the 340R put in - It past me on the pit straight after I was slow going round a 7 and he took advantage of my pause... hard to stick with him tho as he carried a lot of pace through the back complex .. went over to speak with them and their best lap of the day was a 58 secs.. and I expect the 340R and superlights were running a bit quicker but for a big ol gal she was running nice straightline until her intake temps started to run hot.. (will sort that b4 silverstone) great fun to chase down Elises/Scoobs for a change. Looking fwd to having some tustles with those Type R Exiges next..
Was a pleasure to be chaffeured in Col's Golf - loved that - such a sleeper but with honest pace..and benign handling - Esprit struggled for traction out of the slower bends without a slipper and no slicks but it was all good nonetheless... good fun to steer.. quite old school - lots of degrees of counter steering but I learned more in that day about oversteer than I have since owning the M.. I suspect she'll run nicely on the wider tracks as she's pretty long-geared and in going into 5th she was still pulling like she was in third..
Yoshi's Lex getting ever faster and is pretty sweet out of Taylor's now - just needs bigger or faster spooling tubbies.. those bollards stopping him with his BTCC launches over the kerbs.. hope the whine isn't anything too major..
Great to catch with SSC guys and tks to Callum, Dave etc etc who came over to help me load up. Also nice to meet Shug and Gordon - gr8 to put names to faces and a pity I never got a chance to speak with more of the SE guys.
I stayed back with Dave B to watch some qualy - some cracking machinery out there and also AndrewW was running nicely in his #87 Fezza.
will post up my footage shortly
Top quality !!
No comments:
Post a Comment