I've now been to this track probably half a dozen times or more and it's short, but it's nice for testing changes because you can turn a ton of laps in a session and get a nice sample size for evaluating if something helped or hurt.
This time I'd moved my front bar a notch softer and messed with tire pressure a little and finally found a way to do turn 3 that actually doesn't feel awkward. This resulted in a personal best 1:09.4x for the weekend, and a lap average that was about a second quicker overall than the last time I was here in similar conditions.
After watching my videos, I keep willing myself to downshift for T2, and turn in earlier and use more curb at the chicane before the start/finish straight....maybe things to try next time. I also felt like I ended up sawing the wheel too much at times, but it may have been a reaction to a little tread squirm from basically brand-new star-specs.
Session 2/5: (also, check out my buddy's near-scandanavian-flick at ~11:50)
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Session 3/5: (Lap 5 was my quickest on the day)
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This time I'd moved my front bar a notch softer and messed with tire pressure a little and finally found a way to do turn 3 that actually doesn't feel awkward. This resulted in a personal best 1:09.4x for the weekend, and a lap average that was about a second quicker overall than the last time I was here in similar conditions.
After watching my videos, I keep willing myself to downshift for T2, and turn in earlier and use more curb at the chicane before the start/finish straight....maybe things to try next time. I also felt like I ended up sawing the wheel too much at times, but it may have been a reaction to a little tread squirm from basically brand-new star-specs.
Session 2/5: (also, check out my buddy's near-scandanavian-flick at ~11:50)
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GKj_lFzLOEU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Session 3/5: (Lap 5 was my quickest on the day)
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AzIvFihYSVg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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