Couple of vids from a soggy Brands last night

[MarkRS]

Couple of videos from last nights OpenTrack event at Brands. After a week of decent sunshine the heavens opened for most of the day! Luckily the rain stayed to a minimum during the track time and we even saw a slight dry line develop. I was running on the AD08Rs on my road wheels and although I'd brought my Cup rubber on the 507 wheels, I never changed over.

We came with 2 cars (C63 and MR2) and 4 passengers. MR2 didn't have a tow eye so didn't get past sighting which left it to the Merc to be Hatch taxi for the evening with back to back stints. RaceChrono told me I'd done 1 hour 49 minutes, 56 miles and 47 laps! Best time was a 1:02:49 in the damp, 2 seconds quicker than my old A220 D in the wet (oops) and a full 8 seconds slower than my old Clio in the dry.

Car felt very balanced, understeer was easily felt and easily held, oversteer was a little harder to gauge but the car helped me out with 'small testes' mode enabled. The C63 continues to impress...it's not a track car but it has a good go at beating any tarmac it meets into submission.

https://youtu.be/hOjxQb-ipCs

https://youtu.be/vdxf55ukNfs

https://youtu.be/u8S8TqpAqwM

https://youtu.be/2FIslvsx3Xg

 

[ernie]

Really enjoyed watching the videos. Just one comment....a better view of the instruments particularly the speedo (digital?) would have put the runs into context for the viewer.

Ernie

 

[MarkRS]

I do have RaceChrono that I log all data with but I just haven't got it synced to the camera (only works with GoPro). I might try it next time though and see how it looks?

 

[ernie]

That could be helpful...or even just a slightly different camera angle so that the speedo is in better view. As it is I could just see the needle as it edged over 3 figures - a bit of a guess though from knowledge of the scale calibration.

Thanks for sharing anyway; I should have said that in my first post.

Ernie

 

[MarkRS]

Yeah no worries, always post my vids as you don't often see an 1800kg motor being tracked! Will try and get better ideas of speed at the Ring in 3 weeks.