Lakeside Laps v.4 - 29 April 2012 (breakfast)

[RoknRob]

Glad you like it At the start for the first few laps I was stuck behind a polo gti around the back of the circuit but it didn't bother me, I just took a cool-lap while playing Gran-Turismo music (suited quite well haha) and then had almost the whole track to myself.

That was me. My bad, and I do apologize. I hoped to be the last one out, but obviously misjudged it. I intended to let everyone go by while I found my feet,too. I think I thought we would all just be warming up for the first couple of laps. I'll know better next time. Sorry.


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[THE_EGG]

That was me. My bad, and I do apologize. I hoped to be the last one out, but obviously misjudged it. I intended to let everyone go by while I found my feet,too. I think I thought we would all just be warming up for the first couple of laps. I'll know better next time. Sorry.


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Hey man no worries! Don't be sorry! You left me in the dust on the straights anyway haha. But yeh don't worry, after 2-3 laps i just took a cool-down lap and had tonnes of space to myself and could start pushing again. You probably thought you were last out because I was fumbling around with my phone trying to strap it to my headrest but failed epically because it stopped recording after 2 minutes haha.

I know with my first happy laps I held up a few people around the back while I found my feet in the first few laps. So yeh no worries

[Candy GTI]

That Gran Turismo music sounds like something I could listen to while driving as well haha!

[Scuby_snax84]

GT music. Lol

Good idea.

All I could hear the whole time was the lotus in front of me.

[Mr.B]

Sorry I couldn't make it Clay. Car was getting serviced.

[team_v]

GT music. Lol

Good idea.

All I could hear the whole time was the lotus in front of me.

I was in that position last time for half the race, it's a glorious noise isn't it!
Like a wailing banshee!

Sorry I couldn't make it Clay. Car was getting serviced.

No worries mate.
Maybe the next one out at QR or the one i will try and schedule at Lakeside for June.

[Candy GTI]

All I had to listen to was my fake engine noise speaker thing lol

Read that the new F10 M5 has one now!

[seangti]

I'm more than happy to let someone past me, even if I know that I could be faster than them. Bottom line is that I don't have a spare $50,000 lying around to pay out my lease if my car gets written off, so if someone wants to drive with utter disregard for others, I would rather they do it well out in front of me rather than right behind/beside me.

On the other side of the coin, as others have well said, if you're being held up by someone, take it easy for a lap or two. It gives you a chance to chill out a bit, gives your car a bit of a rest, and best of all, gives you some clear track between you and the slower vehicle.

If I wanted to drive my car above 80-90% I would get a helmet and a suit, pay the bigger dollars and race it in the sprints, and I would urge others to do the same if that's what they want to do.

To me, this event is just a chance to have a spirited drive, and drive the way I might otherwise drive on a windy mountain road if this event were not available to us. Because I would much prefer to drive "spiritedly" within the confines of a racetrack, I very much want this event to continue to remain open to us for that very reason.

Sprints are bloody good fun and allow for that increased level of driving "spirit"- though it is not racing and rules are essentially those that we abide by during happy laps - except for speed limitations.

I'm sure on reflection Nat accepts that the move was high risk, though so is lapping without looking in your mirrors (which IMO is the most dangerous behaviour that commonly occurs on a circuit). Same behaviour occurs at sprints, these are lessons we all learn as we as a group get more experience at these events. Lets not point fingers over right and wrong, but learn from both sides that it could have been avoided. We as a group need to define what we consider acceptable driving and risk taking - which I feel we are doing. As time goes on, our track interactions will get safer as lessons are learnt (and hopefully with minimal fuss)

[team_v]

Sprints are bloody good fun and allow for that increased level of driving "spirit"- though it is not racing and rules are essentially those that we abide by during happy laps - except for speed limitations.

I'm sure on reflection Nat accepts that the move was high risk, though so is lapping without looking in your mirrors (which IMO is the most dangerous behaviour that commonly occurs on a circuit). Same behaviour occurs at sprints, these are lessons we all learn as we as a group get more experience at these events. Lets not point fingers over right and wrong, but learn from both sides that it could have been avoided. We as a group need to define what we consider acceptable driving and risk taking - which I feel we are doing. As time goes on, our track interactions will get safer as lessons are learnt (and hopefully with minimal fuss)

Spot on there!
The way i see it we do these events and each time we learn new things that should and should not be done.
I.e. i was happy to slow down and let people go past and also to indicate that i was going to pull over so people knew i wasn't going to belt it down the main straight.

Looking in your mirror is a big thing i found was needed and since you don't have to look atyour speedo as frequently, you have hte time to check mirrors and work out where people are nad what they are going to do.


Hopefully we can still enjoy these as a spirited drive rather than a full on race.
Most of all, i just want everyone to be able to go out there and drive their cars, meet some great people, have a bit of fun but also drive safely so that we can keep thee going and that everyone feels comfortable enough out there to come again.
This involves mostly courtesy and a bit of common sense that we all need to practice.

[Tobes_WIR35]

Yes, I should qualify that I wasn't specifically having a go at anyone in particular, it was just a general comment.