Nice to meet you after all these years Dave, but boy did you pick your second session
The track was so wet I've seen them not allow the professionals out at race meetings. Hope you enjoyed it all the same. Sadly I didn't get to Quarry and camera for the first session and the 2nd was just too wet to get it out.
Good to meet you too after all this time.
I just couldn't believe it as we sat in the pit exit road waiting to go for the second club session and the heavens opened!
It wasn't too bad for me - and finally I have convinced the other owners that their Bridegstone RE040s are lethally poor in the wet! They were aquaplaning all over the place - I got thrown into brief four wheel drifts a few times after hitting standing water. Worst thing was the spray (and the misting up - but the air con came back on to sort that out!) - the first half of the session was really dangerous, I saw four cars go up the escape road at the first chicane all at the same time.
Best bit was putting one over on all the 300ZX TT owners who had been telling me all morning how they were going to leave me for dead - the 350Zs left the pitlane last and I think I overtook pretty much all of them. Too big, too much power.
Had a major pants changing moment in the final bend when I missed my blip changing down into third and locked the rear end up
- thank goodness I left the ESP switched on!
I guess they haven't heard of late apexing - the turn in markers on the chicanes were all much too early. As much as I detest those chicanes they were great for experimenting with trail braking!
Will have to come back sometime in the summer for half a day and do it in the dry.
