Track was not particularly quick, but my lack of practice had a larger effect I think. Ended up improving by 0.9 seconds on both Clubman and Sprint, compared to last time I ran which was before the aero parts, about 100 laps of Lakeside ago, on the old A1RM brake pads, and before the new alignment. Down to 64.3 seconds on Clubman, 61.4 on Sprint, and I finally ran National for the first time and put down a 1:29.4. Unfortunately it turns out that if you use wifi to wake the GoPro (to watch your off-track excursion and turn 2), it switches one-button record mode back off. Since I did use wifi after the last Clubman session, I didn't get any footage of my Sprint sessions.
I also drove Kirk's supercharged NB8B in the third Sprint session, just to see what it could do. Best time of 62.7 on sprint, taking it easyish through T1 and T2, and all braking zones. AD08Rs, MCA X-C coilovers and oem brakes are quite capable for a few laps, before I cooked the brakes coming into the crossover and returned to pits. The speedo was showing 195-200kmh on the front straight before braking early for T1, takes off very well out of T6 and pulls all the way through to redline. Sometimes a bit of power is nice.
I was impressed by Thane in one of the orange 86s, especially considering it was his first time at QR. He set some very quick times, even for having ~170rwkw at his disposal. Going to be very, very quick when he gets some more practice. It's just a shame he lives 2000km from any tracks, and only gets down here occasionally.
Clubman 64.3:
National 1:29.4:
And a clip of the brakes after a Sprint session. Didn't fade, so I'm guessing it's rubber chunks melting on the inside of the wheel. Still, looks like I'm working hard
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