MB World at Brooklands?

[mymini007]

I was one of the construction engineers for this and wanted to know if anyone has been there?
I was looking after the test tracks, and the straight line braking and the workshop area finishing (tlies etc) as well as the heritage car parks for the museum.

 

[d w124]

We hold a gtg there every month http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/events/82825-february-gtg-brooklands-surrey.html

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I have, and it's great - thank you for doing a good job!!

The top layer of the track is a bit iffy in places though!!

 

[mymini007]

Whats iffy? Uneven, or wearing out?

 

[Howard]

Lots of potholes ..... in one place , there is a river running through it

 

[Mike Walker]

Went there for the end of season MB do and my friend and driver decided to go up the banking for fun. ABS was going mental and the road surface ain't too good - see earlier pic.

Which Contractor were you with mymini?

 

[mymini007]

Ahhh......
I think you may have been driving on the old one
bloody sat navs!!

 

[mymini007]

Went there for the end of season MB do and my friend and driver decided to go up the banking for fun. ABS was going mental and the road surface ain't too good - see earlier pic.

Which Contractor were you with mymini?

I was on for the Main contractor, Warings

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

Ahhh......
I think you may have been driving on the old one
bloody sat navs!!

Sorry. My attempt at humour.

Never been on the old track (photo) but been on the new one quite a few times.

It's quite a brutal circuit in an AMG - the accelerator and brake pedals are really on/off switches - full on the throttle or full on the brakes, and not much in between.

 

[crockers]

Thar's for the offroaders ..


PS.. Mymini007 -- you may want to read through your strap line...

 

[Howard]

Nick drove his S class on the old track a while back ..... said it was really scary.

 

[mymini007]

Nick drove his S class on the old track a while back ..... said it was really scary.

From what I can gather from the pics and information we had, it wasn't much better back in the day either, There is a picture of the napier, (16 litre aeroplane engined race car) blatting round one of the banked corners at speed, with all 4 wheels off the ground.

Old school motor racing at its best.

Bentley Blower

Napier

I love these old race pics

 

[Howard]

Interestingly , ( or not as the case may be ) , I was at Brooklands museum the other day and had a look at the Railton Napier and got talking to one of the museum assistants ....

24 litre , 535 bhp apparently there are only a few people allowed to drive it , Stirling Moss being one and Rowan Atkinson another

 

[Gridlock]

That's certainly not something you'd miss on the road, a 24 litre Napier with Blackadder behind the wheel...

Bob.

 

[Howard]

Honestly , the car is massive , and the bodywork is just polished aluminium . It's beautiful.

The leaf springs on the rear are works of art in themselves.

Forgot my camera when i went

 

[scumbag]

Nope.


never been


not me!

 

[Sp!ke]

They started it up and drove it when I was there last year.

No sign of Mr Bean or Stirling Moss.

 

[Howard]

I didn't say that they were the only ones cleared to drive it ...

 

[BTB 500]

I've been round the museum a couple of times ... worth a visit.

The museum at Sinsheim in Germany has an awesome car called "Brutus" with a 47 litre BMW V12 aero engine. They drive that from time to time, and run it up in the museum:

YouTube - Brutus spitting flames

 

[mymini007]

This one.... I said 16 ltr I stand corrected.