Hello everyone!
I don't have the video/videos yet but I will write the story behind the last track day at Hungaroring while it is still fresh...
As usual, the interested people list was quite big but due to some objective or subjective reasons the group consisted of 4 people and 3 cars.
Along side was a friend driving a Scirocco 2.0 TDI DSG (engine remap, semislicks, big H&R ARB's, BBK) and a friend driving a M235xi (stock).
The Sciroccco was the fastest of the bunch since the M235xi was driven by a non experienced driver having his first track day.
The weather was great. Truly awesome... for sunbathing... 26 degrees at the shade with clear skies :). Not really the ideal weather for turbocharged cars.
The track seemed to be even gripier than it used to be (it was redone last year) and there were even subtle changes to the layout. The chicane seemed to be a bit slower than it used to be.
The car behaved wonderfully except for the engine. Without looking at videos or GPS data I felt that I was significantly slower. I really had a lot of cases where, previously, I changed gears much sooner than I did now.
After I returned home I realized my REVO settings were not the same (Performance A vs Performance B) but I don't know if the software setup or the outside temperature are to blaim.
I got to test the new Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires and I LOVED them. The sidewalls are definitely not as hard as the Direzza 03G, but the tires are sooooo predictable. I suspect they are slower than the Direzza's but for me perfectibility comes first. On the downside, the car was not as lively and I had no oversteers. I think this is a great setup for Nurburgring but not so great for Hungaroring.
So, I definitely recommend these tires.
The brakes were awesome, as usual. I got a bit lazy and I did not install the cooling brake ducts so after a few laps I started experiencing brake fade. But I had 2 or 3 fast laps followed by a cooling lap. This was also tied with the oil temperature, which got to 138 degrees so I decided not to push to hard.
Unlike most of the other trips, there were some insanely fast cars: a 458 Italia, 991 GTS, 991 Carrera S, Radical - driven very fast.
There are a lot of things going in my personal life (got married a few days ago, building a house, recent job change) and I am really glad I had time to be able to enjoy the car like I used to in the past.
And a few photos (unfortunately the photographer had a memory card issue and most of the photos are lost :( )
