Don McCorkle
Bathurst (Mount Panarama) - long back straight
Isle of Man TT circuit
Avus - two v.long straights!
I seem to remember that Glacier (sp?) also has a long straight?
8-)
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>>But the daddy of GPL straights has got to be the back straight at
>>Solitude with its "dont blink", absolutely flat in 5th hump/kink
>>and sphincter cramp inducing brakingzone for Schatten at the end.
>>A straight which seperates the men from the boys, IMO.
> Flat in 5th?!?
> I guess I'll go play outside with the rest of the boys...<g>
> Eldred
Now, Masta is still just a conundrum for me. I have yet to get the
right approach that will let me go through there at speed with any
sort of confidence.
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>Now, Masta is still just a conundrum for me. I have yet to get the
>right approach that will let me go through there at speed with any
>sort of confidence.
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> Now, Masta is still just a conundrum for me. I have yet to get the
> right approach that will let me go through there at speed with any
> sort of confidence.
In the Eagle (I use Peter Jensen's stable setups) just lift a bit past
the last brake marker, and at the same time, steer in, and smoothly put
on throttle again. Stay LEFT LEFT in this first bit, until your focus
shifts to the armco barrier on the right. Then I just whack the weel all
the way to the right and keep it there until I'm sure I'm gonna make it
past the frietkot (that's the french fries bar on the left where we all
do regular interior redesign with F1 cars flying into the living at full
speed...) and straighten out. Well, helps me nearly always make the
turn, anyway...
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I found out two things about the Monaco chicane though, let's see if
it's the same for others:
- you *need* to be on the lefthand side entering it, one wheel on the
(pink) pavement usually. Otherwise, it's crunch time.
- you *need* to aim right through it without steering at all. If you
steer while in or near it, your rear end gets unstable (especially since
it's in the air a lot due to those darn bumps) and it's crunch time again.
(- and if you make it, you're in extreme danger of being so relieved
that you're miss your braking point and crash right out of Tabac ;)
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I don't think I was all the way on the left. I'd barely clip the curb on the
left, but I couldn't run as close as others seem to. If I do, the car wants to
hit the left wall on exit. I don't see how guys can be farther over that curb,
as fast as they are, and *still* keep it off the left wall. Doesn't seem
possible.
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> >If you finished a race at Monaco you're way better than ME..! :)
> I've actually finished SEVERAL. :-)
That was one of the most fun races in which I ever participated in
GPL.
Aliens... entering on the left and riding the curb in addition to it!
I may survive riding the curb on the right side, but not on the left.
And anyway I prefer not to ride the curb at all and just enter from
the right side.
Actually, it's a simple straight with a bump in the middle, though
it's well camouflaged as a chicane :-)
Alex.
Rickard is indeed very quick and consistent there. Last season in MARA-E, I
got the drop on him at the start and managed to hold him off to the finish.
That was a loooong race!! ;-)
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Yeah, well, obviously this a qualifying only thing and one does lift to
prevent an overrev when the rear wheels momentarily get airborne, but
basically, yes, flat in 5th.
Keep your foot in it, aim to cut it slightly (just noticed apex is blind as
well <g>) and burp the throttle as the car "sails" over the hump (wouldn't
call it a jump). I think it's possible to keep one's foot buried all the
way, but you will bang it off the rev limiter when you do.
I've put an example here...
http://users.skynet.be/bs175993/backstretch.rpy
You'll note I'm about a tyre-width wide (left front should hover over
verge), but I still make it with plenty to spare.
Observe chickenshit braking for Schatten in above replay ;-)... 'cos that's
the scary part. The hump is basically setup and a bit of confidence in the
car.
Jan.
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