Spa Mon 8th & Tues 9th September 2014

[stu]

I'm only at the start of qualifying. The weather is hilarious.

[PJC]

Welcome to Spa

[sonny]

I'm trying to imagine... does an RS4 get through Eau Rouge flat out or do you have to come off full throttle?

It's a genuine question! No laughing at the newbie

Surely 400hp can't haul 1700kg to a fast enough speed from La Source to cause a problem?

I must try and find a few track day vids...

Depends how good a driver you are and how well you know the track/corner is the main question.

IIRC in my RS4 I took the approach and ER in 4th, part throttle, this was what I was comfortable with at the time, in the Clio, its 4th gear flat out, no breaking no lifting off, this maintains the speed needed to push you up Radilion to get a good top end speed down Kemal.

The true way through it is 5th gear, breaking by the traffic light before the Breaking Point (BP) possible downshift to 4th then up ER to Radilion.

There is great camber going up ER, use it to your advantage,touch and hold the right hand kerb for good exit.

[sonny]

This clip shows me in the Clio (doing a poor lap) car was underpowered due to piston ring failure but you still get an idea of what im talking about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8742OJC ... KRJuq2F-1A

a year later with a working engine lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmI2uSj ... KRJuq2F-1A

[stu]

This clip shows me in the Clio (doing a poor lap) car was underpowered due to piston ring failure but you still get an idea of what im talking about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8742OJC ... KRJuq2F-1A

a year later with a working engine lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmI2uSj ... KRJuq2F-1A

Good vids, especially the first one. Just watched your RS4 lap as well. Two convertibles with the tops down in the rain?! Or maybe you just lapped him.

[HYFR]

Mc12 was written off at Eau Rouge last year, having 2 days gives you plenty of time to get settled in without going too hard too soon.

It wasn't written off
We saw it again and spoke to the dude at the ring this year

[PJC]

Did he tell you how big the repair bill was?

[HYFR]

No, we didn't discuss "the crash"

[PJC]

Probably was too painful a memory.

[PJC]

Dave, what time are you guys arriving at the Ring on the Sunday ?

[Nudenut]

We'll be there Saturday

[PJC]

Are you joining us on the same crossing ?

[Nudenut]

We're letting the train take the strain on Sat morning.

[PJC]

I think we're on the 10.20

[Nudenut]

Pretty sure 08:20 for us, nice early start for DK fom Brum