. It was for me the ultimate pilgrimage/mecca which i've wanted to do for a long time.
I wasn't dissapointed, it really is the best circuit i've ever driven.
Got there on a very wet Friday afternoon (torrential rain). Thanx to Dom
(white ITR) who took us all out so we could have a quick look at the circuit. I went out for a recce and found it very slippy, loads of standing water and the first tight right hander i came to (Hocheichen) resulted in something of an unexpected wash out understeer moment. I quickly gathered it up though so it didn't get to the point of being scary, but realised that grip levels were going to be unpredictable in these conditions. The first few sections are very fast
(was seeing 120mph in my MR2) but i didn't push it too much on my first lap. The next morning it was hot and sunny and this totally transformed the circuit.
I followed Ben (Formesyn) round for a couple of laps and was having a whale of a time in the latter sections of the lap after Brunchen. The Karussel is totally bonkers, really steep banking and you kind of drop into it and the car bounces around over the concrete blocks, but due to the banking you can go pretty quickly around it.
After about 4 laps i was wary of feeling confident as i've heard the horror stories, so i tried not to be complacent, but found that GT4 was surprisingly accurate and meant that i knew which way the next corner was going which obviously helps over blind crests.
I had some fab little scraps
(we weren't racing of course) with Stuart (faulds) in his BM though he knew his way round better than me. Went out with Rachel which was tops and then took her out in my car and managed a drift up on to the kerb on the exit of Briedscheide which left a nice 3 feet until the concrete wall. This was about as fast as i ever want to go through this corner and i think Stuart who was following commented that he expected impending doom, but really it was fine. I had paid my euros so wasn't going to use just half the track.Managed a goon
(ie sideways) all the way round the 'mini-karousell' Overall bikes zoomed past on the straights but were very slow in the corners, resorted to overtaking one on the outside round Brunchen.
Went out with Slambert in the caternail and he managed to make me scream, as we got seriously airborne just before Flugplatz.
. Was a blinding lap though. Mucho impressed!Overall.
Ettiquette was okay, though a little hit and miss, but didn't really find it a problem, plus the cars seemed to spread out a bit the further round you got. Pics:
taken by anon photographer:
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@ Brunchen
Stu, Ben, mine and Michael one of the German MR2 crowd we met:
Sabine in Ring Taxi
@ Breidscheide:
SLambert's Caternail I hitched a lift in:
Stuart's BM who i had much fun playing with:
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