Heals, toes, left feet and dopey team mates
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Found this as well. In car at Brands in a 996Cup. This was early in my cup car driving career. I've learned a lot since then and wouldn't drive one like that now but it may be interesting all the same. Got the lap record during that weekend. God knows how..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i6e_vnGivU&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i6e_vnGivU&fea...
BertBert said:
Was that ending what I thought it was? Eeek
Yep and the guy driving the red 964 was one of my team mates. Caused a few problems in the Paddock with one of my sponsors who'd brought about 50 guests along. On reflection, I should have just blocked off the guy behind me and waited. Great video Steve, it really adds to the drama showing your techniques close up. You are obviously a very accomplished driver.
Would it be fair to say that your being a little bit frenetic and maybe need to be a touch smoother?
Don't mean to be critical by the way, you are a far better driver than me, just interested in your view.
Would it be fair to say that your being a little bit frenetic and maybe need to be a touch smoother?
Don't mean to be critical by the way, you are a far better driver than me, just interested in your view.
Edited by mollytherocker on Thursday 22 November 20:57
Yep. Partly because it was an endurance event and I was on full tanks and parly because my technique wasn't right. If you get a chance to see the other film that I posted up, you will see how a cup car should be driven. Everything is a learning process. The trick is to be open to learn I suppose.
That weekend I did a 49.4ish which at the time was a class lap record I think in the 996. I think that the way I would drive it now I'd expect a low 48. In the 997 I'd expect a low 47. To give you an idea of how much quicker the 997 is, i did a 50.3 in torrential rain with standing water and i was 5th quickest. Harvey did a 50.1. thats fast in those conditions. Don't recall my times around the GP in the 996. I remember sticking the 997 on pole in the GT cup with a 1.31 on the GP circuit which was a lap record at the time. We had a lot of trouble getting the control Dunlops to work and I had to change my driving style to compensate for the geo changes. Joerg, my engineer reckoned that the Michelin was worth 1.5 - 2 seconds there so a mid to high 1.29 would be my target. This is in a stock 2008 997. The new cars are a lot quicker.
Edited by Steve Rance on Thursday 22 November 22:06
Yep. I didn't drive well that day. Made a few mistakes and that was one that I remember. I think that you can see the motec over rev light come on. It's good practice never to get flustered when you are racing but I did after the off. Looking back at that footage, my technique has changed so much in Cup cars since those early days. I use this footage to compare to later footage when I'm instructing drivers. They find it very helpful. These days I'm a lot later on the brakes and earlier on the throttle and employ a technique which allows the driver to be smoother and less demanding on his tyres. I also do not left foot brake a lot less. Other than that the footwork is just as frenetic. Some things can't ever really change.
For you guys who are interested in the argument between PDK and manual on the 991GT3, have a look at the 996/997 flat shift thread that I posted. You may find that interesting
For you guys who are interested in the argument between PDK and manual on the 991GT3, have a look at the 996/997 flat shift thread that I posted. You may find that interesting
Something else that you may find interesting is how the car is behaving because of its weight. Because of the series rules it's carrying 50kg of ballast which combined with the feul load makes the car quite difficult. This was a real bugbear of mine because I was invariably racing against class 1 cars that had no power weight or aero restrictions. I think that both cars behind me has 600 and 800 bhp.
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