hms Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Had a great day at Bedford with Lotus on Track. The day, as you may have read elsewhere got off to an auspicious start, however, no real damage to the Hornet, the front bumper paint is crazed and there are brown streaks of wood preserver around. At least the hornet will not suffer from woodworm! Anyway, a description Bedford GT circuit. Exit the pit lane takes you to Hangar haripin. This leads to Palmer Curves, a chicane that runs into a sweeping left hander. Palmer Curves can be taken with a feathered throttle in 4th applying power on the exit, hold into the left and take the unnamed right hander at full throttle, keep on the throttle to pif-paf still at full throttle in 4th. Down into third for Bank, a not too tight hairpin. Down into second if you can manage it. Now you have the long back straight leading to The Flick. I found it better to drive through The Flick in third rather than feather the throttle and coast through. Approaching the flick I was approaching the rev limiter in 4th normally around an indicated 95 mph, if I had been in second at the bank then I was approaching the flick at around 100! Exiting the flick back into 4th and flat out through harrier 1 down into 3rd for the unamed bend after harrier 2, left hander in 3rd. Short straight to another left hander which lead up to a tight hairpin then a sweeping right hander down the runway. Difficulty here was picking out the correct cones as the cones either side of the track and the apex cone were all identical. Down the straight to o'rouge right to the right hander at tower, again flat in 4th onto the starting straight. There's plenty of run out on all corners so you can be more agressive. After lunch, one of the guys, Tim whom I had been sprinting wth last year took me out for a couple of laps in his elise. What an eye opener! He showed me that I could put a lot more into my driving, and I'm sure my laps after that were a lot quicker than before. Actually managed an overtake or two as well, and MG and an Elise! (Well the Elise wasn't being driven at 10 10th's). Both the overtakes are on the attached video. Click the black screen below for the video to start. h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Was it at night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hms Posted February 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Title not aded to video yet, hence a black screen to open with. Video still work in progress. Click the black screen, et voila, video h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Note to self h..... Tell us in advance. I'll watch the vid tomorrow when i have clean underpants on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hms Posted February 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 ? Clicking on the black box works for me! h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 ?Clicking on the black box works for me! h And me ........ looks like you had very good day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-O Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 I love a bit of bedford :angry: That first left hander when you exit the pits is lethal on anything other than a dry day due to petrol etc being spilt from filler caps etc... I also think the long back straight is a hidden danger at times- i was braking heavily to set myself up for the first chicane (left/right) and the front right locked (no abs) and the car started to slide nose first towards the armco - luckily it straightened out when i let the brakes go again... parp ! The last 2 days i have been have always been wet at stages - gave me some great opportunities to hold some tailslides and then focus on speed later in the day when it dried up I have always been the slowest car on the day since they are mainly dominated by 911's, skylines and beemers... would be great to see more 5's out there. Looking forward to getting back there in a few months methinks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hms Posted March 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Steve-o, have you seen MoT are doing the Bedford GT circuit, Mon 21st March for £99? I'm booked in the Hornet? h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorps Posted March 13, 2011 Report Share Posted March 13, 2011 Nice video, apart from the (lets call it) over run seems like you had a good run and 2 cars despatched quite quickly. love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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