Well I had a great day and came back in one piece 
Set off was nice and early from up norf' but when we arrived at 7.30ish we had bacon sarnies and a good l' cuppa to get ready for the day.Day was delayed a little bit because of people not turning up on time so instead of sighting laps at 9ish it was about 9.30 before the sighting laps were done and the open pit day was properly open.
There was a lot of race prepped/track day only cars as well as an Aston Martin DBS, he wasnt even pussyfooting around, giving it the beans into corners. Good on him! I had a problem with a green scooby(suprised?) who was up my bum in corners at the start of the day, last thing you need as a novice is someone giving you no room. Funny thing was he didnt have the power to overtake on straights, I had to let him by, much to my amusment
It was chilly and the temps were only a few degrees above zero but most of the track had good sunshine on it so was defrosting nicley. Its such an exciting track with such a varying set of cambers/turns/hills so is pretty unlike any other circuit. I can see why its called the mini Nurbug'! there were alot of saxos with cages/mods that were doing some blistering laps/corners but of the 5 there, 3 didnt make it passed the morning.
The Cupra did better than I expected. It never felt like it was loosing power due to heat soak(it was a cold day overall though) and the EBC Red Brake pads (once bedded in properly on track after about 3 laps) were fcking brilliant. They have a lot less power at road speeds but they are still better on the road than standard brakes. never had any issues of fade with the combo of them and the Superblue fluid. The Tyres were brill though i've not used other tyres on track so cant really comment. Still got plenty left on them too. Brake pads are scorched from the heat(proud of that lol) but as said, I never felt any problems. Did get much faster/confident through the morning and into the afternoon sessions. Keeping up with a renaultsport clio prepped for race series through the corners for about 5 laps. Another fun one was a new shape S3 who I let past on the back straight, but I kept my foot planted and it was a very slow overtake
Really enjoyed the track, though I found the lines on the longer "double apex" corners like coppice and chris curve(i think) very difficult to grasp. Never had any lights,extreme temps or failures, used oil (to be expected) but not a lot and I didnt have time for it all to drain back to the sump. Will be booking up again for sure!
Couldnt get any vids from car (gutted) because it was a suction mount phone holder.
Track photos look great will get them sorted when i get them sent to me.
Set off was nice and early from up norf' but when we arrived at 7.30ish we had bacon sarnies and a good l' cuppa to get ready for the day.Day was delayed a little bit because of people not turning up on time so instead of sighting laps at 9ish it was about 9.30 before the sighting laps were done and the open pit day was properly open.
There was a lot of race prepped/track day only cars as well as an Aston Martin DBS, he wasnt even pussyfooting around, giving it the beans into corners. Good on him! I had a problem with a green scooby(suprised?) who was up my bum in corners at the start of the day, last thing you need as a novice is someone giving you no room. Funny thing was he didnt have the power to overtake on straights, I had to let him by, much to my amusment
It was chilly and the temps were only a few degrees above zero but most of the track had good sunshine on it so was defrosting nicley. Its such an exciting track with such a varying set of cambers/turns/hills so is pretty unlike any other circuit. I can see why its called the mini Nurbug'! there were alot of saxos with cages/mods that were doing some blistering laps/corners but of the 5 there, 3 didnt make it passed the morning.
The Cupra did better than I expected. It never felt like it was loosing power due to heat soak(it was a cold day overall though) and the EBC Red Brake pads (once bedded in properly on track after about 3 laps) were fcking brilliant. They have a lot less power at road speeds but they are still better on the road than standard brakes. never had any issues of fade with the combo of them and the Superblue fluid. The Tyres were brill though i've not used other tyres on track so cant really comment. Still got plenty left on them too. Brake pads are scorched from the heat(proud of that lol) but as said, I never felt any problems. Did get much faster/confident through the morning and into the afternoon sessions. Keeping up with a renaultsport clio prepped for race series through the corners for about 5 laps. Another fun one was a new shape S3 who I let past on the back straight, but I kept my foot planted and it was a very slow overtake
Really enjoyed the track, though I found the lines on the longer "double apex" corners like coppice and chris curve(i think) very difficult to grasp. Never had any lights,extreme temps or failures, used oil (to be expected) but not a lot and I didnt have time for it all to drain back to the sump. Will be booking up again for sure!
Couldnt get any vids from car (gutted) because it was a suction mount phone holder.
Track photos look great will get them sorted when i get them sent to me.
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