We didn't seem to have any freezes in the Privateers but all joking aside it might have something to do with the spacing of the cars - its tight in the Works not in the Privateers so each screen has less going on. Just a thought.  Cheers to Tim for hosting us.

BTW I did a PB in Qually as well - and I wasn't last on the grid  - mind you my PB was 2:00.55  :'(

Not as long for me as you...

...at least on laps completed 

I know these things to be true - I consider myself unworthy of HER because I cannot resist trying to brake late.

The spins look way cool on the replay and at least I am spinning REALLY fast...

Thanks for the advice guys. Now I just have to get my wife to let me practice and SHE really is tough...

Karliss' time is very disappointing    I was hoping to race him based on Mosport but I can't get below 1:56 - very frustrating. 1:55 race pace would be nice but I just can't get there <sigh>. I've been practicing a bit and sometimes I am running at 1:59-2:01 and sometimes steady 1:56.5-1:57. But even with Banzai laps I can't get that last couple of seconds without spinning out - I am losing it all on the last part of the lap - coming out of the Schikane I have the line but I seem to lose time round that little kink and then am slow round the Rindt curve - I did a compare with one of Nigels laps from last year (as he is in the Honda) and I was faster to the Bosch kurve but lost two seconds plus from there to the start - just can't seem to find a fast line - is the groove reasonable?

Good point Jason... Mind you, of those that didn't disco I was slowest...


... and last 

Looking forward to Sunday.

Thanks chaps - I am humbled.

Thanks Evil-San. I listen and obey. Actually, I probably get excited and crash I was running tenth at Mosport and doing OK when it all went wrong and then I tried too hard to catch up. It is a bit frustrating to run at my pace and watch everyone else disappearing. The differential at Spa means I am hoping for a crash every other lap  Not too sure I will achieve too much there but there is always my friend DISCO...

OK - I get it - I have a LOT to work on...

Mike

I'm a Waza - I couldn't possibly touch a Lotus - SHE would be cross (Ok - but only if you don't tell HER!) 

Cheers.

Hiki Waza rules - nobody can drive like me   

H,

The setups are very useful but I am obviously looking for Honda setups - is the weight distribution in the 65 the same as in the 67? And if so, does that mean that other cars setups cannot be copied across? Sorry to be so dense.

P.

Chaps,

This stuff is all quite helpful but almost none of it refers to the 65 mod. It is also difficult for a newbie wannabe alien (although with a gpl rank of 229 I am somewhat outlandish). The biggest issue I am finding is setting up the gears - I have heard that the WazaMobile in the 65 should only use the revs between 9 and 11 but other guides indicate that you should be in top revs in 6 to set the gears.

The other thing that is really tough is that if you use, say, Setup Assistant 65 to set the gears and get a nice looking graph - it doesn't behave on track! At Mosport I was exiting Moss at about 45 mph and finishing at about 148 mph - which seemed to compare OK to most other people but everyone blasted past me on that straight - my acceleration was awful. Is that just how I set up the gears, the way I drive, or how I exited Moss?

I think you ought to re-iterate that line and exit speed make much more differnce than the setup as long as the setup allows you to brake without spinning, accelerate without spinning and the steering is reasonably neutral.

Perhaps what I am saying is that you fine gents ought to right a 'definitive' newbies setup guide that concentrates on the basics. And I do mean basic. Lots of the terms go unexplained - so a taller gear - does that mean the number is higher? Easier to accelerate but what is the downside. Why not set nice tall gears for every circuit - that sort of thing. And what the hell do you do with cambers. I was testing last night and my tyre temperatures were equal on the otside and inside and 5 deg hotter in the middle!

Cheers,

P.

I do think I will get better but the size of the gap is what worries me - I used to brake straight and then turn into the corner as if I were driving a road car, I learnt to trail brake (although I am still a novice at that) and that took off loads. The improvements I am making now are still basic (line, exit speed) but the time differnces are tenths of a second. How am I ever going to bridge the kind of gap I have at Spa?

The main issue I guess is that I feel like I am doing it right and yet the times are slow - witness Mosport. Try as I might I could not get below 1:30. If I look at Tim Muttrams replays his tyres are squealing all the way through a corner - as soon as I go fast enough to get the tyres screaming I lose it. That may well be line and experience but trying to drive within myself to keep it on the tarmac seems to militate against learning to drive on the edge.

My basic car control is relatively poor and I take my hats off to the rest of you. Frustrating but fun. I would never go on a real track though - I'd kill somebody - probably me 

Sage advice - the problem is that the head knows I should slow down for that corner and score 1 point for the team...

...the heart says 'ooh, you can brake a little later and carry more speed in here - there's a PB going begging'

Guess which wins.

'Hello hedge!' 

Well I do have a degree in Mathematics 

I just wanted to know how bad it was going to be... For instance, my PB in a 65 at Spa is 3:56 - still 15 seconds down. I top out at 165mph - is that OK? I must be losing a bunch of time in the corners. Sector times are evenish around 1.01m, 55sec, 57secs and 1.02. Don't even mention Adelaide