Post your Nordschleife lap times here

[Hurdy]

Damn, that is a very good time. Mine was on dry but after seing what you wrote I've just watched my HD video and I've seen I drove really slow because of traffic. I stayed there for 2 days wich were saturday and sunday. Unfortunately, saturday it was a local race and we only had 2 hours on that day + one accident. Imagine the circuit opened at 6PM and about 200 cars + 50 bikes entering at once ! It was chaos. Thsi year we will be staying 4 days and hopefully the 2 of them that are not weekend the traffic will be much lighter. Anyone can remember when did the track have the least traffic ? (morning, noon, evening)

Imagine what a proper trackday time will be (if it is dry!). No bikers, vans buses etc, just 150 cars on the day and probably less than half that at any one time on track   150 cars may sound a lot, but it only works out at around 10 cars per mile!! I also have the Quaife diff fitted now, so the times should drop anyway. Speed around corners generally is no 10-20mph faster than before the diff and that is what should make the difference Take off a good 60+kilos of weight from my car too and it should be a little more nimble.

[tony_danza]

Weekdays in the evening, from around 5-6:30 are the golden times to get on track. All the heros have gone home from the weekend and it's quiet, save for the locals as they know this time's best too.

I've never timed myself and never will.

[Hurdy]

I've never timed myself and never will.

You don't have to go for the fast lap time, just make a note of them. You don't even have to do that if you video it as the video does it for you and then you can get your lap times when you download the video. Mike, you have the recent video at Rockingham and I'd like to bet that you have made notes of the lap times from the video haven't you?

I cannot understand why people DON'T note their laptimes. Afterall, how can you tell if you are improving or not unless you compare your times?

Yes, there are people who will try and go just that little bit too far and bin it into the Armco, but surely consistent laptimes show you are doing the lap right, repeatable and hitting those apexes and exit lines.

[tony_danza]

I'm not worried about being quick or not, a good ring lap for me is nailing every apex and line - I know how quick I'm driving purely from this and you get the "that was a seriously good one" feeling.

I actually know how fast I can get around, as a passenger timed me without me knowing and told me, but I try and put it out of my mind and not even think about it. It's not so much not wanting to know, It's just I'm best not knowing as I've got a competitive streak a mile wide and it'll only lead to me trying to beat it at some stage.

Circuit driving, yes, I know what I can do and analyse it. I haven't looked at Rockingham in terms of times, as I didn't get chance for a lesson and that's what I would have compared, before and after. Oulton I know inside out and focus on my consistency and times in depth (afterwards, I won't look at times on the day)

I'm not against others timing, it's interesting to see. 

[94Luke]

I've never timed myself and never will.

Isn't it illegal to film yourself and time yourself now? From what I remember from Redline I think anyway...

[tony_danza]

If they see you with a camera or overt timing gear, they'll ban you.

[Hurdy]

I've never timed myself and never will.

Isn't it illegal to film yourself and time yourself now? From what I remember from Redline I think anyway...

On a normal touristfarten (sp?) at the 'ring all timing and videoing is forbidden. On the trackday I'm going on they actually promote fixed video cameras and timing is okay as long as it is handsfree, which my Racelogic box is

[RedRobin]

I'm not worried about being quick or not, a good ring lap for me is nailing every apex and line - I know how quick I'm driving purely from this and you get the "that was a seriously good one" feeling.

I actually know how fast I can get around, as a passenger timed me without me knowing and told me, but I try and put it out of my mind and not even think about it. It's not so much not wanting to know, It's just I'm best not knowing as I've got a competitive streak a mile wide and it'll only lead to me trying to beat it at some stage.

Circuit driving, yes, I know what I can do and analyse it. I haven't looked at Rockingham in terms of times, as I didn't get chance for a lesson and that's what I would have compared, before and after. Oulton I know inside out and focus on my consistency and times in depth (afterwards, I won't look at times on the day)

I'm not against others timing, it's interesting to see.  

....My attitude is very much like yours. I never bother to time myself - I just drive within my limits/comfort zone and feel safe in the knowledge that it's not pushing my car to its absolute limits, but I still really enjoy myself and feel I'm possibly a little faster as I learn.

There's always going to be both faster cars and faster drivers in 'lesser' cars. Trackdays and Nordschleife Touristenfahrten days are not competitions, they're opportunities to enjoy some spirited driving and soak up the atmosphere.

[RedRobin]

I cannot understand why people DON'T note their laptimes. Afterall, how can you tell if you are improving or not unless you compare your times?

....I do see your point, John, and in fact I look forward to possibly borrowing your gizmo and looking at the times etc later. But I'd say that you are very competitive by nature, though not in an irresponsible or aggressive way at all. You definitely like to compete against yourself!

[jhtrophy]

soon as the stopwatch comes out you take risks!! well i do not good

[Janner_Sy]

soon as the stopwatch comes out you take risks!! well i do not good

exactly why i never did that

[Hurdy]

Risks are part of feeling alive. I was an adrenaline junkie in my formative years, abseiling, white water canoeing, skydiving, bungeeeee etc and I guess that will always stay with me, but I know my limits and that is the main factor. When I see people doing things that even I wouldn't attempt, then it invariably ends up in a bad way for them, with me on the sidelines thinking "I knew that would happen!"

I know my limits and the cars. It is just that I personally like the extra buzz of knowing how fast I went as I'm a little geeky that way

[jhtrophy]

I think the linits of a well set up ed on the ring should be in the 7s, gettin it to do that is the hard bit.

[laurent.d]

Risks are part of feeling alive.

Yes! Reach your limit under control is a great feeling.



Time your laps around the Ring or not is always the big question.

It depend on people. Some will feel under pressure, others won't.

Anyway, if you go on the Ring to have fun, taking time to learn it, driving properly, then you may be fast.

If you go there to make a fast lap, you will crash.

[fuscobal]

I don't think the mk5 chassis is good for less than 8 mins. I mean...the fastest street cars reach 7'20"-7'30" !