PumaJay
Active member
Went to Trax last weekend and did a session in at lunch time. Weather was pretty poor all day but it did dry about an hour before my session and the drifters had been out for a bit before which helped to dry the track a little bit.... It did start to drizzle as I lined up ready to go out which made the track uber slippy!
It took 3 or 4 laps to really get any heat into the tyres and I had to tip toe round all the corners until I gained a bit of confidence that the car would grip and not just try to put me on the grass.
Having never driven the Silverstone National circuit either it was also a little bit of a learning curve to pick braking points but its a relatively simple track and I was soon on top of it.
I managed 12 laps in the 20 minute session and went from 1:28.80 on my first flying lap down to a 1:22.56 on my fastest and last flying lap.
I was quite impressed with the Nankang AR1's as well, the fronts we're due for replacement and I was hoping for dry weather to get them through one more session but even with a very greasy track they still performed pretty well... even though they are a very worn set now.
Only 2 cars to overtake me we're a BMW M3 and a Golf R.
Anyway... here's the onboard
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utUF5CAlPq0[/youtube]
It took 3 or 4 laps to really get any heat into the tyres and I had to tip toe round all the corners until I gained a bit of confidence that the car would grip and not just try to put me on the grass.
Having never driven the Silverstone National circuit either it was also a little bit of a learning curve to pick braking points but its a relatively simple track and I was soon on top of it.
I managed 12 laps in the 20 minute session and went from 1:28.80 on my first flying lap down to a 1:22.56 on my fastest and last flying lap.
I was quite impressed with the Nankang AR1's as well, the fronts we're due for replacement and I was hoping for dry weather to get them through one more session but even with a very greasy track they still performed pretty well... even though they are a very worn set now.
Only 2 cars to overtake me we're a BMW M3 and a Golf R.
Anyway... here's the onboard
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utUF5CAlPq0[/youtube]