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I went for the first time this summer. Lots of elevation and banked corners as it finds its way around the sand dunes. As such it is an interesting circuit. Takes a bit of time to find your way around and there seem to be so many different lines available with sequences of corners and a wide track in places. Made more sense to me after I followed a local around for a bit. Worth doing if you fancy a trip. Concrete walls and catch fencing around the banked corners are a bit daunting.
The day before it was a historic GP meeting which was great.
Combined it with a bit of a holiday trip so that I could enjoy some Belgian beer.
The only downside for us was the travelling to and fro during the hottest period in recorded European history in an old Elise with no air conditioning and radiator pipes in the sills under your elbows. Everything in the bare metal cockpit was hot to the touch except the seats and steering wheel.
Hopefully your car is more accommodating
The day before it was a historic GP meeting which was great.
Combined it with a bit of a holiday trip so that I could enjoy some Belgian beer.
The only downside for us was the travelling to and fro during the hottest period in recorded European history in an old Elise with no air conditioning and radiator pipes in the sills under your elbows. Everything in the bare metal cockpit was hot to the touch except the seats and steering wheel.
Hopefully your car is more accommodating
I did it quite a few years ago, I love tracks with elevations so it's right up my street (still need to do spa) a few things became clear.
Cars without some pull struggled on the elevations, doesn't mean you need big power, but power to weight matters. It was hard on some cars brakes, not as hard as short tracks like Blyton. But not kind. You wanted something with both some legs and wind up, that straight is long in a slow car but you don't get a thrill from it in something that doesn't get there quickly enough if that makes sense.
And as above like any of these places it's not somewhere I'd want to spin off, although plenty did on the day I was on (and there lies another issue, a spun car in track can be a nasty surprise on that track) and stayed on the black.
But do it and have fun.
Cars without some pull struggled on the elevations, doesn't mean you need big power, but power to weight matters. It was hard on some cars brakes, not as hard as short tracks like Blyton. But not kind. You wanted something with both some legs and wind up, that straight is long in a slow car but you don't get a thrill from it in something that doesn't get there quickly enough if that makes sense.
And as above like any of these places it's not somewhere I'd want to spin off, although plenty did on the day I was on (and there lies another issue, a spun car in track can be a nasty surprise on that track) and stayed on the black.
But do it and have fun.
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