Free practise ! Qualifying ! worries !
 

Does anybody else feel like the " PACE " is way to quick on the warm up and practise sessions lol..im thinking to myself " slow down lads jeesh its a warm up..i can barely keep up now "..and " where the heck is my grid position was that 12 or 13th oh no i have forgotten "

If i remember rightly it was one of my scariest moments wondering where i have to be on grid.LOL

Phil

[Edited on 2-6-2005 by fil2]

No ;)

I think we need to pick up the pace a bit...

SOT is the solution!!!

I'll have 40 minutes under my belt by the drop of the flag for the first DD race. And the big boys can suck me along in their jet streams to up my pace!

Although the wets/warmers issue may leave me at a slight disadvantage.

I'm sooooooo looking forward to it!

My thoughts exactly.

I think we should form a disorderly queue behind Geoff for qualifying, and then we can all start from pole :D

:lol::lol::lol:

The video looks like a mini? Assen type track, is loads of slipstreaming in order?

125GP tactics?

Slippery when wet?

Rolling rolling rolling rolling rolling......

It's a bit like Thruxton, but flat and with a couple more nasty chicanes

There was a better (albeit slower) video online from Motorcycle Folly... it shows the current layout and is 2 laps long (about 20mb download) dunno where it is though. I got it on my pc if you would like me to email it?

Yes please Dom,will download it when in the office on the network!

Not been to Thruxton either....might have it on video at home though.

who is Geoff.........??...........:puzzled:



:P

only real slip streaming is on the start finish straight.........its a circuit where i think the gearing is very very important......who mentioned wet....its gonna be dry....

Phil

are we practicing and qualifying with the 125/250GP's/F400's and Hornets??

thats what my New Era paperwork suggests??

going to be a bit busy, no??

50 are allowed on track in practise i think.?..yup its gonna be busy out there.............but fun..............i think..?

Phil

going to be a bit busy, YES!

I have fitted extra wide bungs....

so given we're out with the Rossi wannabee's and manic despatch riders, I assume all the classes run similar lap times??

i believe so....its deffo going to be hard to get a clear lap in and log some decent times but everybody will be in the same boat............i like it in traffic it adds to the whole race feel.......

im not sure which is worse the rossi wannebee's the manic despatch riders or the dd axemen

Phil

i hope they retract in on the fast straights or the wind dragg is gonna cost you 15mph........


Phil

:o

I'm hoping for a tailwind, set spinnaker and away......

but still faster than others.........:frog:

it tends to be a cross wind at castle coombe....down the start finish straight i was almost getting me knee down trying to counter balance the wind strenght.....:D

Phil

This is going to be well scary, I can't wait!
Cadwell was just a sunday afty rideout by comparison :o

:devil:

with your weight to power ration nick you are gonna have to seriously weight the bike down to keep control at speed over all those bumpy sections and with the cross wind to boot you may well be given it " mary poppins "

;)

Phil

With my wind shadow being the length of the main straight you'll have no problem with side winds, give us a cheery wave as you lap me Mary ;)