Today I went from 9:40 to 9:20 immediately upon switching to this car with
Hine's setup. I think this is THE car to use for learning this track.
rms
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On Thu 03 Aug 2000 11:55:58pm, Roger Squires wrote:
>Today I went from 9:40 to 9:20 immediately upon switching to this
>car with Hine's setup. I think this is THE car to use for learning
>this track.
It was the *last* car I drove there (yep, after the BRM and Honda), but
then I'm just weird... I used to despise the Cooper, Alison's setups or
not, but I find it a lot easier now I've had practice in other chassis.
I did most of my Ring learning in the Brabham and Lotus.
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David. (GPLRank handicap: -3.90)
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
It might well be! Also the Ferrari is fabulous from Hina, my second ever
finishes lap of the session gave me around 9.49.xx
Marko
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> Today I went from 9:40 to 9:20 immediately upon switching to this car with > Hine's setup. I think this is THE car to use for learning this track. > > rms > [email hidden] > > >I was referring to Alison Hine, The Eagle Woman, sorry the typo "Hina".
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> > Hine's setup. I think this is THE car to use for learning this track. > > > > rms > > [email hidden] > > > > > > > >David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote:
I learned the ring on Brabham and Cooper, but the Lotus has so far
proved best for me: I honestly think it isn't as bad-tempered as people
claim - I find it much more responsive than the neurotic Ferrari or
the lethargic vehicle which, for a more descriptive symbolic animal,
would be best rebaptized Cow.
The thing that makes Lotus best for me on the Ring is the acceleration.
I drive the slow and knotty parts very very very carefully, and then
floor it when the road opens the slightest bit.
The Cooper's advantage is that I can always make it go exactly where
I want it. This is a priceless attritube, because it enables me to
trust the car. On the Ring it becomes the exact opposite of the Lotus:
I'm not afraid to take curves much more boldly, but at the same time
can't take as good advantage of the spaces between them.
When I'll get around to updating my Monaco PB to a less embarrassing
level, I'll be doing it on the Cooper. I can't imagine surviving a
timed lap below 1:40 on any other car there.
BTW, on Alison Hine's setup collections: I recently acquired them,
having until then been content with fuel-adjusted default setups.
They all seem horribly nervous, twitchy and prone to oversteering,
but I did shave FOUR seconds off my Zandy PB with them on my first
decent lap after some habituation. The question: are they meant as
hotlap setups? Or as balanced 'race' setups?
+Cinquo
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> On Thu 03 Aug 2000 11:55:58pm, Roger Squires wrote: >>Today I went from 9:40 to 9:20 immediately upon switching to this >>car with Hine's setup. I think this is THE car to use for learning >>this track. > It was the *last* car I drove there (yep, after the BRM and Honda), but > then I'm just weird... I used to despise the Cooper, Alison's setups or > not, but I find it a lot easier now I've had practice in other chassis. > I did most of my Ring learning in the Brabham and Lotus.On Fri 04 Aug 2000 08:16:34pm, Ville V Sinkko wrote:
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>When I'll get around to updating my Monaco PB to a less embarrassing
>level, I'll be doing it on the Cooper. I can't imagine surviving a
>timed lap below 1:40 on any other car there.
Last night, I spent ages trying to get the Cooper below 1:32 at Monaco.
At least 20 laps, most of which felt OK, but no better than a 1:32.1.
Then I thought, "what the hell, let's give the red car a blast", and
within half an hour was into the 1:30s. You work it out....
>BTW, on Alison Hine's setup collections: <snip>
>are they meant as
>hotlap setups? Or as balanced 'race' setups?
Whatever works, really. I've never used them as race setups, and I
don't use them much anyway (except for the Cooper ones), but they seem
to work quite well as hotlappers.
--
David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.12)
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
On 5 Aug 2000 09:27:41 GMT, [email hidden] (David Buttery)
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>Last night, I spent ages trying to get the Cooper below 1:32 at Monaco.
>At least 20 laps, most of which felt OK, but no better than a 1:32.1.
>Then I thought, "what the hell, let's give the red car a blast", and
>within half an hour was into the 1:30s. You work it out....<snip>
The car runs better so close to home?
Jens ;-)
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