I've been working at it for months, finally managed a 7:59.311 at the 'ring
;-)
Malc.
Congratulations! I managed a sub 8 minute time at the 'ring once. Well, I
was only half way around and I quit in frustration, but it took less than 8
minutes!! ;o)
"Malc" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I've been working at it for months, finally managed a 7:59.311 at the'ring
> ;-)
>
> Malc.
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"Malc" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I've been working at it for months, finally managed a 7:59.311 at the'ring
> ;-)
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> Malc.
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Congratulations!!!
Hard work paying off :-)
/Carl
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> >I've been working at it for months, finally managed a 7:59.311 at the 'ring >;-) > >Malc. > >> Congratulations :-) !
Thanks chaps ;-)
Malc.
Malc wrote:
> I've been working at it for months, finally managed a 7:59.311 at the 'ring
Great time, two thumbs up :)
(I just did my first clean GPL lap at the Ring - 12th or so lap ever -
in 8:54.02,
but now I have *no* idea whatsoever in which curves the real Big Leaps
Forward lie hidden ;)
Regards, Ruud
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>I've been working at it for months, finally managed a 7:59.311 at the 'ring
>;-)
Whoa - nice going!
At the rate I'm 'improving', RL will be out before I break 8:00...
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"Ruud Dingemans" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Malc wrote:
> > I've been working at it for months, finally managed a 7:59.311 at the'ring
I started out like that too, about four years ago. One of the main reasons I
bought gpl was to drive the 'ring.
Getting down to 8:30/8:40's was just a matter of experience for me. Once you
start to remember what's coming up, and you manage your first clean, fast
laps you can knock whole tens of seconds off your laptimes simply by not
crashing as much ;-)
Once you get down to the 8:20's (ie negative) is starts to get even harder
to improve, because once you know the track, and can do clean laps, it
becomes just like any other track. You're searching for 10th's at every
corner.
I managed an 8:06 almost a year ago, and it's taken just about every spare
evening & weekend since to find those extra 7 seconds, chipping away at my
PB bit by bit.
What's been really frustrating recently though is having GPLRA tell you your
combined laptime would be a sub-8, if only you could get a clean lap in.
When every lap you do could be your first sub-8, every tiny mistake counts,
just like any other track.
Malc.
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> > > Great time, two thumbs up :) > > (I just did my first clean GPL lap at the Ring - 12th or so lap ever - > in 8:54.02, > but now I have *no* idea whatsoever in which curves the real Big Leaps > Forward lie hidden ;)Congrats... I have a VERY frustrating 8.00.60 as my PB, would have given the
world to shave those measly 6/10ths of.
Now I have given up on the Lotus and if I ever break the 8 minute barrier it
will be in my beautiful Eagle.
Mikkel
Malc <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I've been working at it for months, finally managed a 7:59.311 at the'ring
> ;-)
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> Malc.
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If you are running 2/3 dampers all round try raising them all a notch &
lowering the car one click. It got me the 0.7 secs I needed.
I've had previous PB's of 8:00.35, 8:00.25, 8:00.22 too. Gutting isn't it
;-)
Malc.
"Mikkel Gram-Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Congrats... I have a VERY frustrating 8.00.60 as my PB, would have giventhe
> world to shave those measly 6/10ths of.
> Now I have given up on the Lotus and if I ever break the 8 minute barrierit
