David_Lawson
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Re:Round 4 Earls Hall Park - 2008/09/10 07:53
Well the track is now up and running so Paul and I held a practice session last night.
The cars assembeld in the new grand prix paddock at Earls Hall Park.
The support paddock
I thought I would have a go at some "action" photography - here Bryan's BRM races past the pits.
Jim's superb Lola at speed on the back straight.
We decided to have Paul drive all the cars in practice and after a few minutes with each car to get used to their characteristics he did a 10 lap timed run. The times were incredibly close.
1 Graham BRM 4.62sec
2 David Ferrari 4.69
3 Bryan BRM 4.78
4 Bill Porsche 4.84
5 Jay Brabham 4.85
6 Paul Cooper 4.90
7 Alan Lotus 4.90
8 Jim Lola 4.96
9 Alexis Ferrari 4.96
10 Charlie BRM 4.97
11 Dave BRM 4.97
12 Joel Ferrari 4.98
13 Mac Ferrari 4.98
14 John BRP 4.98
15 Al Ferguson No Time
As I've said the times are so close, if I had more sophisticated timing we would perhaps have split some of the cars with a thousandth of a second but this timing in 10ths and hundredths of a second is in keeping with grand prix racing in the 1960s.
The cars have been described in detail previously but a few comments about how they cope with Earls Hall Park.
Graham's BRM is head and shoulders above the rest of the field, it is so stable and consistent.
I'm not sure how my Sharknose managed second fastest time, it does have pretty good brakes and acceleration but the handling is a bit knife edge and prone to tipping - my guess is that it will not keep that pace up in race conditions.
Bryan's BRM goes as well as it looks, a stunning car.
Bill's Porsche is very well balanced and has no vices and felt even quicker than the time suggests.
Jay's Brabham is another great looking car that performs as well as it looks, once again Paul felt the car was quicker than the time suggests but with the times so close it is only fractions that we're talking about.
Paul's Cooper felt very much at home at Earls Hall Park and felt stable and consistent.
Alan's Lotus seemed quicker and is another very predictable performer, perhaps just a touch tail happy which maybe costs it a bit of time.
Jim's Lola drives so smoothly and predictably but on the night thhe car suddenly suffered a lack of grip. It only happened to this car so it can't have been track conditions, maybe there is something about these set of tyres, I'll try another set before the race to see if that helps.
Alexis' Ferrari has good brakes and really got round the circuit very well.
Charli's BRM has good grip and is very stable, a bit surprising it was at this end of the times.
John's BRP really suffered with a lack of brakes but is a lovely car to drive.
I'll practice Al's car when it returns from the wilds of Lancashire.
Anyway that's enough from me, I better get off to work.
David
Post edited by: David_Lawson, at: 2008/09/11 18:07
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