For those that have driven Brands Hatch Indy

[sonny]

Watching this will put things into perspective.

Just look at the speed these things are doing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJmCocxD ... re=related

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I love brands Indy.
Some bitch and moan that it's too short with too few corners but I disagree.
Every corner is great and being short means you get to do them time after time relatively soon after the last lap so you learn lots quickly.
Paddock hill corner is worth it one - blind apex, downhill, camber change leading to off camber with limited run off ending in a very solid wall. Pure faith in the car it'll stick. Then whilst still buzzing speed build quickly down the hill (much steeper than it looks from videos) into Druids hairpin. Seen quite a few track day wrecks at graham hill bend - I suspect the initial left kink throws people off and tricks them into an early Apex...

However it really flatters lighter cars - theres no real space for power cars to make use of it and plenty big turbo nutter barges get eaten alive by little lightweight beasties.

Been fortunate enough to be a pax there in serious fast machinery. Can't remember the laptimes but was circa 40ish seconds iirc.

[P_G]

It's the speed they can carry into and through corners and grip that makes me chuckle compared to a road car. But then the best example for me of that is seeing an F1 car flat out through Eau Rouge; the direction changes are just phenomenal

[Nudenut]

Superb... must take them days to stop head spinning after that!!

Power of aero!!

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Power of aero!!

Damn right! I never really adjusted to aero - but if you get the chance to experience it with a professional driver then it really just completely screws up what you think is possible.

[sonny]

Agree, Brands is a fantastic circuit that incorporates lots of elevation, its this that makes up for its small length.

I would rather watch DTM than F1 as its something that you can associate yourself with, esp if you track on the circuits you see these cars on.

What was the 40second lap in Ads?

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What was the 40second lap in Ads?

2 seat F1 car - 900-ish hp 3.5 V10, under 600 kgs (no minimum weight) and a current (at the time) F1 driver doing the pedaling.
Do some work for F1 and its all about freebies. Been out and about at quite a few tracks now but I think Hungoring was the most intense with the long pit straight into a hairpin. 5g braking from nearly 200mph to about 40 in under 2 seconds (or there abouts - I wasn't counting as eyballs trying to launch through helmet at the time). Got some onboard footage somewhere with telemetry overlay and on one lap the car slides off the track onto the artifical grass at about 100mph. All four wheels off the track going sideways and not once did the driver lift off the throttle - just some manic steering corrections and back onto the track. Real deal though - they could technically qualify based on pace under the 107% rule. Michael Shumacher drove one time and was putting in lap times with a passenger that would have qualified him midfield in the F1 race on the same circuit.

[sonny]

Sounds amazing, can only imagine how that must feel.

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It's just do different. Acceleration was expected but cornering and especially braking is unreal. I've done lot of various Motorsport including near 2 hour stints on endurance racing. Less than 10 llaps of Hungary and I could barely walk.

[535dboy]

My favourite track because it suits my car down to the ground

They are quick though !!

[Jonmurgie]

My one and only trip to Brands as it's a fair old trek! I'm in my old 1.9 8v 205 GTi with a mate in his Mi16 205 GTi following

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otRT2n5PA20

Let the abuse begin

[sonny]

My one and only trip to Brands as it's a fair old trek! I'm in my old 1.9 8v 205 GTi with a mate in his Mi16 205 GTi following

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otRT2n5PA20

Let the abuse begin

Dont you just hate it when someone on a sighting lap speeds up and you cant keep up hehe

Good work fella, cant beat a bit of fire spitting.

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He yeah - I was chasing a radical in one of my past track cars and was probably going 11/10ths but holding station.
I was right chuffed until he pulled into the pits and I realised he was on a cool down lap!