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Gabriel,Aug 26 2009, 08:16 PM Wrote:It does seem pretty steep . What was your  speed through that turn ? If you had time to look  :blink:
I think a little pic could help to better understand the situation ...
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Now that I know the corner pretty good I can start the corner at 150 ... at the crest of the hill I'm already in 5th and I generally shift at 140 to 145 - then just before the second apex it's full on the gas and up to 160 to 165 - but I tell you this is a sphincter-tightening moment because at that speed the car will track out to the far turtles no matter what you do ... and at this point minimal steering input is allowed, and there is no braking or lifting because you'll lose traction and go off.

And that's not the end of it ... at 160 you have very little time to get over to the left and lined up for turn 3 (especially if you've caught up to other traffic) ... you have to scrub 60 kph in about a second of braking otherwise you'll go wide on 3 (the turn in is much sooner than it looks to be) and that's definitely not good. And the thing about other traffic is that the next short straight is a passing zone, so I have to be up the other guys ass through the corner to make the point that I want by.

Because my car is a "momentum" car (ie: no hp) I have to be extremely careful about my line because if I scrub speed it takes forever to get it back. In a way I'm grateful for this because IMO its helped me learn how to drive as opposed to just pushing the pedals to the floor.