First visit to Curborough. Camped the night before which was a good social but bloody cold ! Had briefing then had to wait for the Ambulance, which never arrived
Tris did all he could to sort it, but they let him down.
Queued for the first lap. Outbraked myself into the first corner ! That`s a good start... lol First lap was a 32.7 (all times from my PBox, start/finish may not be exact)
Queued again. went better, 29.8
Queued again 30.0
Queued again 28.9
Had lunch and gave the car a quick once over, all good
Inbetween all the queuing I had a good chat with loads of people, from the social side of the event, I can see the appeal, but the amount of queuing on what was a `quiet` day was too much, on a busy day, it would do my head in.
`Sprinting` isn`t for me...
The circuit is harder than it appears, you know you only have one shot and it`s very easy to overdrive. I liked the fact that at the end of the day, I still knew there was lots of time to find. It`s a circuit where previous knowledge is a huge advantage, I suspect people who`ve done a lot of events will be on the pace straight away. A lot like the ring in that respect. I spent most of the event trying different lines. A second visit would yield quicker times I`m sure. The Aero, as expected made absolutely no difference. Quickest corner speed was about 60mph and that was just a curve. I knew it wouldn`t make a difference but left it on anyway.
People were a friendly bunch and it was a very relaxed affair.
I was able to experiment with the camera mounted at different positions to usual as external Suction mounts were allowed.
H&T
Water leak, from either the radiator or a hose stopped play, but it was 4pm by then anyway, so it wasnt` too bad.
Matt went out for an hour after lunch taking photos. Had a quick play with some of the footage this morning. A stitched together `lap` A couple of bits that could be improved, but it was just a quickly thrown together clip. Took about 30 minutes in total lol
Had a quick play with some of the footage this morning. A stitched together `lap` A couple of bits that could be improved, but it was just a quickly thrown together clip. Took about 30 minutes in total