AC Friendly Development Series (MX5 Cup) @ Nürburgring Sprint - Sunday 10th July 2016

Bazooka_Joe · Jun 27, 2016

Hey Tobias - 10th July works perfectly for me.

Queequeg · Jun 27, 2016

Sounds good tio me.

TobiasR · Jun 27, 2016

Might do the whole thing 45minutes earlier because of the Euro finals though

Bazooka_Joe · Jun 30, 2016

Hey friendly folks - my best practice lap so far is 1:50:009. Planning to knock at least 1-2 seconds more (that first slow section is definitely letting me down) prior to our session on 10th.

Are your times much quicker than my target and shall I raise my expectations? Or should I just bury my head in sand and pretend I've never asked that?

Paul Blythe · Jul 2, 2016

10th is good for me to

My fastest time on Nurburgring Sprint so far is 1:51.286 ... I'd be happy if I could get my times under 1:50.

Bazooka_Joe · Jul 2, 2016

Looked at the RSR and 1:45 being the top one (at the time of typing) 1-2 seconds will be difficult to achieve. Lapping consistently at ~1:53 so bringing the consistent lap down by that much would be good!

Paul Blythe · Jul 3, 2016

That 1:45.077 on RSR is mad ... 0.085 slower than the theoretical fast lap

Had a go without ABS this morning, managing to go way quicker than previous efforts ... 1:48.579, consistency <=1:50.xxx

Still hate driving this [and other rear wheel drive cars] without stability control active. Just can't get the same flow with traction control instead of stability

Bazooka_Joe · Jul 8, 2016

Paul Blythe said:
Had a go without ABS this morning, managing to go way quicker than previous efforts ... 1:48.579, consistency <=1:50.xxx

Need to try that - got it down to 1:48.7 but it was a one-off lucky lap, however had a stint with 6 sub 1:50 laps in a row. I'll see if turning ABS off helps me a little too. Thanks for the hint!

BTW: Top time on RSR is now set to 1:43.729

TobiasR · Jul 9, 2016

Tomorrows the day finally. Since it's just the 5 of us, I might throw a few "full course yellows" during the race, so we can practice overtaking if everything gets too stretched out.

Paul Blythe · Jul 9, 2016

Tobias Röhner said:
Tomorrows the day finally. Since it's just the 5 of us, I might throw a few "full course yellows" during the race, so we can practice overtaking if everything gets too stretched out.

Nice idea

ATM, I'm just getting slower as I try to up my pace ... I'll figure it out eventually

Tommi Saari · Jul 10, 2016

Sign me up, please.

Queequeg · Jul 10, 2016

I'm having a bad cold and don't fell up to the task. Sorry guys. At least I will get around to making some skins.

TobiasR · Jul 10, 2016

Giuseppe's baseline

Bazooka_Joe · Jul 10, 2016

Thank you guys for a great time today. Learned a lot and will be more gentle on the brakes now

Also - who can spin when leading on the build up to restart just at the start of the main straight? Me

Anyway, looking forward for further FD series!

Paul Blythe · Jul 10, 2016

You weren't the only one doing pirouettes on the race track

Had some fun today, thanks everyone

Now know just how far behind I am with this car. Tobias said be more aggressive with turn in & get on the throttle earlier, but for me that just equates to slide and spin at the moment.

Much more practice needed ...