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Brands hatch 30 oct open pit lane
mark chandler - 8/10/12 at 10:59 AM

I will be booking up later this week, anyone want to share the costs of a garage?

Big enough to get 4 cars in one

Cheers Mark


ernie - 8/10/12 at 03:00 PM

Every time I have been to brands (quite a lot as its only 20mins away) Very few peps book garages, there is always a least 10 empty ones. Enter by the main gate from the A20, as the paddock entrance is always closed. When in the pits, drive to the end garage nos 30 -31


bi22le - 8/10/12 at 04:53 PM

Yeah, i never pay for a garage. Just get there early.


mark chandler - 28/10/12 at 09:41 AM

Bump, anyone else going ?


bi22le - 28/10/12 at 10:10 AM

You should book on the 17th.
Me and Mazie on here are going. Plus its a Saturday.

I hope the weather is still dry.


CRAIGR - 28/10/12 at 10:22 AM

Think its all booked now Mark as we tried last week

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[Edited on 28/10/12 by CRAIGR]


mark chandler - 28/10/12 at 01:02 PM

All booked up a few weeks ago, brrrrgh it's getting cold

Just hope the weather holds


CRAIGR - 28/10/12 at 01:43 PM

Lets hope theres not 4" of snow like it was when we met up there before.lol
Have a good day


bi22le - 30/10/12 at 08:07 PM

How was it Mark?

Any vids? You had perfect weather, I hope I get the same in November.


mark chandler - 30/10/12 at 10:17 PM

Hello Bizzle, perfect weather indeed, the track was a little damp first thing, however we stayed with slicks all day.

Best lap time based upon vid recordings 54.98 seconds, I know where it is possible to gain a little more, braking later after the pit lane for a start but a very good time for a £3000 car

Puts me into Porsche 911 GT3 RS best lap times.

I will try and put up a vid later on, struggling with Utube, never posted on this before.

Cheers Mark


bi22le - 30/10/12 at 10:33 PM

Which car did you use? Thats not a bad time.

Last time out the big lesson eddie99 taught me was late apex and lots of speed through surtees.

This time round its late breaking into paddock,as you mention, and more speed carried through druids. Also to concentrate on getting a better set up generally.

Paddock is all about big balls. By the end of my last day there i was contemplating not even shifting out of fourth and just stabbing the brakes hard as it settles after the brow. Big words now, ill report back at the end of the month!!

Well done. I would love to see the vits.


mark chandler - 30/10/12 at 10:39 PM

Spanked hard turbo blade

Had to back off by the pits to help preserve the engine.

Still trying with vids my Internet explorer is not supported.


welderman - 31/10/12 at 07:29 PM

You manage to get the video working ?


Proby - 31/10/12 at 08:14 PM

We want vids! We want vids! We want vids!

What's the problem uploading Mark? Anything we can help with?


mark chandler - 31/10/12 at 08:34 PM

Working on it work laptop version of ie is not supported. Using Firefox it crashes after 15 minutes

Anyway of compressing would help, the file is 56meg for 1 minute.


bi22le - 31/10/12 at 10:45 PM

OoO Thats big. Race render has a free version and compresses vids.


mark chandler - 31/10/12 at 11:05 PM

Here is a terrible vid finally, I need another camera, sold as HD, seems to be CCTV quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7heqsCqBLmU&feature=youtu.be

Not sure if it includes a sub 56 sec but you can see how fast I can slip by cars.... lots of blocking