First HPDE at RPM

TypeZ

Thanks guys for all the tips. I put most of them to good use.

I had a total of 180 minutes of drive time over the weekend, across 8 sessions (all 20 minutes, save the last that was 40 minutes). Saturday started with a wet track that dried out over the course of the day, and Sunday was damp and cold to start, and then it poured the rest of the day.

I ran the whole time with the yaw sensor disabled. I think that was the right choice, even though I spun out 3 times. I started learning to feel and correct the car slipping in the wet.

I did get to start pushing it pretty hard in the dry on Saturday. I could definitely feel I was hitting the limits of the A/S3+ in the carousel (5/6) and the turn onto the front straight (14), and they were squealing like lil' piggies. The Carbotechs were amazing and the oil cooler kept the car below 205 the entire time.

They pushed me up to HPDE 2 for the final session, so I guess I was doing something right!

Now...to maintain patience for the next one

Thanks again for all your pointers!

Rusty

Glad you had a good time. You made the right choice on the yaw sensor. With it and the VDC engaged. It will do some funky stuff. Like applying a rear brake caliper to correct for the rear stepping out. Only to point you in the wrong direction.

Did you take notes?

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TypeZ

That's exactly what I had read about the VDC/ABLS, and I was hoping to make the car as predictable as possible for my first time out there. Even if it was "less safe."


Pages and pages of them. I need to spend some time going over and consolidating them. We covered a lot of material and I kept track of tire pressures, temps, where the grip was, general behavior of the car, and words of wisdom from the senior drivers. Lots to keep track of.