Well, Stefan, here is the video you requested with the first session of the day (first lap of the first session):
The tires were cold and the weather was very cold so it was an interesting session. I knew the car would oversteer but I was overconfident in my skills.
Firstly, in the first bend, I was 99,99% sure the car would oversteer so I was, lets say, prepared for it. But, as you can see in the video, I did not handle it well. I was expecting a nice drift but there was no such thing
.
Than, I started to warm up the tires and I was throwing the car around mid corner. Some corners the car did not need to be throw to oversteer. It was very, very interesting.
Lastly, at 2:12 I wanted to have some fun with the car and try to control a bigger oversteer. Unfortunately, this time I wasn't even close, so I ended up doing a
tete-a-queue. I remember this corner perfectly and this is how it all happened: I looked in the rear view mirrors to see that nobody was around. Knowing this was a place with a large runoff I knew not much could happen... I went a little bit too fast in that corner and the back began to slide. I steered in the opposite direction and pushed the throttle. But surprisingly, the car did not respond to my commands and continued to oversteer. So I steered more to the left hoping that would resolve the situation. Then, surprisingly, the car did a 180 degrees turn in the opposite direction. I was really surprised and I was just a passenger when this happened. I did not expect it to be so violent. Of course the engine died but at least I was safe and sound and I, once more, I have seen my limits.
I was expecting to solve the oversteer in a similar fashion to a rally car on gravel (I did this during my race driver training) but those oversteers were nothing like the oversteers at Hungaoring. My car is much more stable than the gravel rally cars and when I loose traction I find it harder to control the slide...
During both of the slides, the hand movement on the steering wheel is rubbish! I manage to turn the steering wheel quite fast but I am doing that with the wrong hand
. I should be steering with the right hand when turning right and with the left had when turning left.
This is not a video I am proud of, because it clearly shows my limits. But I think all of us should learn to push our limits in a safe and controlled environment (and not on the streets).
Hope I am mature enough not to try this at Nurburgring!
All the best!
