"TBH practice on the track actually counts far more than being a decent trackday driver, even a very average trackday driver could get an 8 in a reasonable car with a few dozen laps practice, but you would have to have balls of steel to manage the same on your first ever lap even if you were a very competant driver indeed. "
Chip,
I did one reminder lap to make sure it was the same as i learned from the video and then did an 8:43 3 up with damp sections of the track.
RW