When you have reached the end of a lap and you come under the last "gantry", there is a long straight before the exit to the pits. You can tell the "newbies", as they tend to then go flat out down here (any half fast car can hit 150+mph here).

My advice is to use the straight to cool the car as much as possible (cruising off the throttle at 90mph) and to then do a cool down lap of the surrounding roads (about a mile round trip). This prevents the heat shock of the temps ramping up if you just pull straight in and park up (warps discs and stresses the cooling system).

Just a bit of common sense, and it would be a bit like pulling straight into the pits after a hot lap on track and parking straight up - you wouldn't do that, so same principle applies.

Use your mirrors and indicate and pull over to the RIGHT so cars can always pass on left.

Watch out for bikes diving in on your inside.

Watch out for locals considerably faster than you in complete shit boxes (knowledge is EVERYTHING when 147 corners are involved) .

 

Yeah i agree with all of the above, especially caning it on the straight, how to put heat it at the one point you should be taking it out!

 

Also - dont' crash.

You can't afford it!

 

Also, driving gloves (as sad as people think that sounds ) are a very good idea, as the last thing you want is hands slipping off the wheel at a crucial point .

 

....for those that like the feel of leather against their skin

 

Argre on all of the above pity i take no notice of the straight bit though and have to have an extra long cool down

Honk your horn at arrogrant bikers if there in the way dosent work for me and chip but may for others ( chip will know what i mean )

 

Driving glothes are ideal if you want to look like a tosser too, although for Mike thats acedemic

 

I prefer the alcantara of the Sparco ones

 

God yeah that guy was such a tosser, i was sat about 12" off his tail light beeping away by the time he finally moved over.

To avoid having someone telling stories about what a tosser you are too, i would suggest to everyone that they use their mirrors and make way for faster cars.

Some of the bikers and car drivers out there are just mobile chicanes, which is fine if thats how they want to go round, but use your mirrors and move over!

 

 

Brit bikers are typically the worst, most have the usual 'bikes are faster than cars' attitude so they never get out of your way.

 

Be nice to hit 150 anywhere on the track LOL

 

you got a flat cap too mike or is it just the fangio style leather helmet and goggles you will be sporting old chap

 

Yes, but I only wear those to bed .

 

couple of place you could manage that in your car i should think mate.

personally on the larger straights i dont accelerate flat out all the way along them, i actually back off a bit for the middle of them just in the interests of mechanical sympathy, not a good idea if you are chasing lap times, but fine for enjoying the corners which is all i go round for, ive no interest in timing myself really.

 

You sure about that chip

Timing that is

 

I like to have a vauge indiction john, but no point worrying about it to the exact second or anything like that, it varies so much with traffic anyway.

 

Sort of remember you saying did i break 10 minutes on your first couple of laps rather excitdley

 

good advice mike

i also don't bother pushing the car on the flat out uphill section - there's no challenge there, so i don't bother, i give it a rest ready for the next twisty section

 

I think we probably managed ten on the first lap with brakes, but definately didnt manage on the lap before i changed your pads, fook me that was scarey, 3 mins into it and faded worse than a first world war propaganda poster.

 

Then 3 hours to change em lol, much respect for your efforts there m8

 

LOL! fooking seized calipers and no tools whilst 500 miles from home, not good.

in truth though, it brightened up my day having something to do, so no worries

 

Ya did look rather happy, infact ya seemed more pleased than after some anal with cally

 

i just bought a stopwatch lol

anyway, as for the straight cool down thingy, if someone could point it out and tell me where to go it would be most appreciated.

saying that its not my car im gonna be abusing but i do want to drive it home lol.

 

Well, its more interesting, after all if you have fucked one arse you've fucked them all, but every set of calipers is subtley different

 

The straight mike is on about is at the end of the track, you know you are on it cause you see the cones up ahead in the distance where you enter the track in the first place.

 

ah right, cheers mate.

oh, shall i bring the ECU for you too?

 

Yes mate, that would be spot on if you dont mind

Are you staying in the same hotel as us? (the one on-ujah sorted?)

 

yeah i think so mate

 

The Hotel Zur Krone?

Is that the one?

 

yeah, "house paula" or summut

this is the email

From: Moselgasthaus Zur Krone Familie Preiß info@krone-oberfell.de

Date: 12 July 2005 17:19:47 BST

To: 'Simon Woolley' simon.woolley@futurenet.co.uk

Subject: AW: AW: Reservation - Hotel Zur Krone

Your reservation 09. - 12.09.2005

Our offer from 07.07.2005



Dear Mr. Wooley,



Thank you for your reply.



We have reserved 2 single rooms in house "Paula" as described in our

offer from 07.07.2005. Please contact us, if there is any changing.



We wish you a nice trip to Germany.

Kind regards,



Family Preiß and Crown- team

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Fook knows what all that Paula stuff is about, but sounds like the same place thats cool, one more person to carry me back to room if im out cold with booze

 

ha, you reckon

 

Yeah, and if you or Beardy bends it, you can forget about coming back into work on Tuesday.

 

Its really nice that you have such a caring employer who would offer you time off after an accident without making a fuss about it.

 

You have been told .

 

I dunno if this is the right thread to ask this, but how much does it cost to use the 'ring?

 

15 euros a lap if i remember correctly, but i always get a 6 or 5 lasp ticket but cant fookin remember the cost 60 euros or somet.

 

you mean i gotta work tuesday

ill be fooked (broken arm etc from stacking the ST )

 

john we were buying 5 lap tickets, must be used on the same day, 60 euros a pop