Nurburgring Trip 19th March 2012

[jhtrophy]

i agree robin, although if i could (which i can't) i would

[tony_danza]

A bit of drifting when others are safely enough behind and reading what you're doing is fine - everyone needs to be on the same page.

Trouble is, he's a thick headed pikey who ruined it for everyone by stacking his car - and then being so arrogant as to blame the car, and not his own piss poor skilz.

[RedRobin]

A bit of drifting when others are safely enough behind and reading what you're doing is fine - everyone needs to be on the same page.

....Exactly  - I bet that Darren wasn't too happy about it and his next pre-trackday briefing to all drivers will be mentioning drifting just for fun.

Trouble is, he's a thick headed pikey who ruined it for everyone by stacking his car - and then being so arrogant as to blame the car, and not his own piss poor skilz.

....I had no knowledge of who he was before this event but it immediately seemed very clear to me from the video that he is a prize idiot. Potentially spoils it for everyone else too. I'm not saying that drivers shouldn't have fun but only that there is a trackday etiquette and I expect that the Ring circuit owners could easily turn around and say stick to the Nordschleife only in future if they wanted.

[tony_danza]

He's done 5 laps. In that he's written off an RS4, buying 76m of armco and stacked this GT-R by failing to brake. Typical idiot thinking he's Stephan Bellof, fabricating bullsh*t laptimes and confusing track days with racing.

He can drive, some would argue to a standard anyone with that amount of money and opportunity could do too, but he can drive - he's sadly lacking his father's gifted talent and the ability to admit when he's simply got it wrong.

He's a laughing stock, and very quickly backpeddling his press release.

[rich83]

He sounds like a complete moron.. 

[danishmkvgti]

A bit of drifting when others are safely enough behind and reading what you're doing is fine - everyone needs to be on the same page.

Trouble is, he's a thick headed pikey who ruined it for everyone by stacking his car - and then being so arrogant as to blame the car, and not his own piss poor skilz.

I agree totally, that is no way to drive on a track day 

[Top Cat]

There was about 8 GTR's for this meeting and his Forge exhaust was by far the worst sounding their, i know exhaust note is subjective but i spent lots of time on the pit wall, right were that was filmed and all the others sounded wonderful at full chat bar his. 
But back to the main point the whole Forge and Litchfield outfit were really at the event to film there cars, the Mk5 forge had big bling wheels with silly offset and stretch tyres. They should be ashamed for taking an unprepared car to such a professional event. The Litchfield guy was not acting daft in anyway that i saw, and the couple of laps that he did were all sensible. 

[the bruce]

Great shots !!! 

I have been there at 18th and 25th (just "Touristenfahrt").

If you have you next trackday at the Nürburgring I'd choose a different line at the "Karussell".
Try to stay on the concrete, not the narrow strip of tarmac:



There are chances to damage the outer tyrers. Better do it this way:



That guy had thousends of laps there. 

[Janner_Sy]

Great shots !!!  

I have been there at 18th and 25th (just "Touristenfahrt").

If you have you next trackday at the Nürburgring I'd choose a different line at the "Karussell".
Try to stay on the concrete, not the narrow strip of tarmac:

Thats exactly the way it was taught to me by the instructors at RSR

[SteveP]

After that photo was taken I was also told the same thing by Rich Marshall when he took me on a quick lap in the Golf R