Steve Brookes
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If you edit your booking you'll see that you can add instruction, presuming there are slots available.
Spa Francorchamps and Zandvoort 2014
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If you edit your booking you'll see that you can add instruction, presuming there are slots available.
Thanks Steve
ORIGINAL: oldtimer
True - end of Kemmel straight and just before the new 'bustop' chicane will do it for big stops . Book an early session with the instructor Ian , as the lines are important if you are going to follow Gruppenfuhrer's advice on braking in general []
you also might want to tell the instructor your plan before you reach the first corner. [
][]Seriously, whilst there are 3 big stopping points, each is preceeded and followed by a section much lighter on brakes, so plenty of chance to cool down in between.
PhilRS
New member
Indeed! So much so that in cool weather it is easy to get to bus stop with cold brakes and have a moment! (Even in a 964
ORIGINAL: h_____
ORIGINAL: oldtimer
True - end of Kemmel straight and just before the new 'bustop' chicane will do it for big stops . Book an early session with the instructor Ian , as the lines are important if you are going to follow Gruppenfuhrer's advice on braking in general [
you also might want to tell the instructor your plan before you reach the first corner. [
Seriously, whilst there are 3 big stopping points, each is preceeded and followed by a section much lighter on brakes, so plenty of chance to cool down in between.
Steve Brookes
Moderator
The Rennlist 964 boys did their Spa trip at the end of March:
and here's one of the guys demonstrating what not to do at Eau Rouge....wait until the end. []
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClIlyX_YBSo
and here's one of the guys demonstrating what not to do at Eau Rouge....wait until the end. [
]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClIlyX_YBSo
I may have a Double/Twin Room available at Neil and Anne's B&B, deposit paid, Civic duty may take longer[&o]
Maybe he didn't take enough speed off in the depression --- he never really turned in ---
He could have trailed the nose in and then hard on the throttle up the hill, turning the car on the throttle up the lower section of Radillon even though the car goes light ---
On a tangent, Steve and I will be catching the ferry from Hull to Zeebrugge on Saturday 12th July for the overnight sailing to Zeebrugge. Return Thursday evening 17th July ---
Anybody else planning this ?
He could have trailed the nose in and then hard on the throttle up the hill, turning the car on the throttle up the lower section of Radillon even though the car goes light ---
On a tangent, Steve and I will be catching the ferry from Hull to Zeebrugge on Saturday 12th July for the overnight sailing to Zeebrugge. Return Thursday evening 17th July ---
Anybody else planning this ?
Steve Brookes
Moderator
We're doing Hull-Rotterdam overnight on the 12th and back on the 16th because the ferry is at 9 pm and Rotterdam is only a short drive from Zandvoort. Some are doing Harwich to Hook of Holland. Again using night crossings on the 12th and 16th.
I'll be emailing you some directions for the hotel but hopefully we'll meet at the last services on the E40 before the turn off to Vervier.
We are on the same ferry as Steve and a good few others including Kevin and john, I believe. This particular North Sea Ferries crossing is really good, I've used it on a number of occasions - very comfortable, great restaurant, casino. Should be a good start to the trip.
As I understand it, we will have a very relaxed schedule on Sunday as we make our way to Spa. I gather that the route is very tedious with
an awful motorway surface all the way there. Should we look for a bit of a 'road-trip' instead of going straight there or is there an incentive to get to Spa quickly?
As I understand it, we will have a very relaxed schedule on Sunday as we make our way to Spa. I gather that the route is very tedious with
an awful motorway surface all the way there. Should we look for a bit of a 'road-trip' instead of going straight there or is there an incentive to get to Spa quickly?
Steve Brookes
Moderator
That was the road we used from Calais to Lille last year. We won't be any where near that one when travelling from Holland. Happy for you to work out a route to lead us down. [
]Steve,
I'll have a good look, I'm sure we can come up with something interesting. A scenic route, good driving roads and a civilised lunch somewhere should suffice.
Ian
I'll have a good look, I'm sure we can come up with something interesting. A scenic route, good driving roads and a civilised lunch somewhere should suffice.
Ian
I've just been watching some of the Motors TV coverage of the WEC Spa 6 Hours (Porsche 919 still leading at the point where I stopped watching) I've set it to 'record' and will definitely be having another look as it gives added perspective to go with all the youtube clips that I've been looking at. That is one challenging track!
Mike Bert, who has his 2.8RSR looked after by the same guy as I do, apparently told my mechanic that he had to use all of his considerable experience (and talent) to avoid crashing there and couldn't wait to hand said car over to his co-driver Ziggi Brunn as soon as he could.
It's all making me nervous!
Ian
Mike Bert, who has his 2.8RSR looked after by the same guy as I do, apparently told my mechanic that he had to use all of his considerable experience (and talent) to avoid crashing there and couldn't wait to hand said car over to his co-driver Ziggi Brunn as soon as he could.
It's all making me nervous!
Ian
PhilRS
New member
A lot happens above or near 100mph. At these speeds big mistakes with the lines often lead to big crashes--particularly at Raidillon.
I remember an otherwise boisterous crowd looking very solemnly at their beers, on the terrasse of Relais de Pommard, the day before the trackday, having gone to see what Raidillon really was like. Even Des was silenced! [][]
I remember an otherwise boisterous crowd looking very solemnly at their beers, on the terrasse of Relais de Pommard, the day before the trackday, having gone to see what Raidillon really was like. Even Des was silenced! [
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