Spa rocks!!! Following Walshy through Eau Rouge, going as flat out as i dared on cold tyres, with Martin Donnelly right behind me, on the first lap of this years LOT race was the highlight of my driving year so far.
Spa rocks!!! Following Walshy through Eau Rouge, going as flat out as i dared on cold tyres
Stop talking bollox, you were either flat out, or you weren’t!
Twas a great spectacle though
Brilliant Jonny, great two days! Next year will be better see you soon
Ok, good! JonnyFox or I can have a chat at the next Bat event.
I don’t mind organising something with you - unless anyone from here wants to? I’m still a relative newbie and don’t want to tread on any toes!
Definitely interested Mark! We did an exclusive day for the Lotus 7 Club a couple of years back and i’d love to put a day together for the exiges.com crew. We’re hoping to get 3 days on the trot next year so we could maybe still offer a double header to our regulars and give you guys the opportunity to get a group together for a semi-exclusive day.
As for the ring & Spa - i’d always recommend going to the ring AFTER Spa. Every year without fail we get at least 1 or 2 people no-show at Spa because they’ve diverted via the ring and things have gone pete tong.
Spa is a few hundred quid lost if you don’t show up - the ring is like �20 lap by lap - doesn’t take a genius!
Jonny
Pesky get yourself sorted and try again for Oct
Plenty of spaces left for the Auto Track event in Oct.
and special price for LOT ,Lotuses will be at Le Forge.
Come on guys you know you want to.
Some of the GT3 guys only ever go to Spa…
Deffo make SPa a special Exiges .com day next year. Count me in
And time for some footage. I had to convert the AVCHD to WMV to upload onto Vimeo (think I’ll buy a imac next time, use imovie).
My first laps quite poor, white flag then a yellow missed second apex twice going up the hill from Eu Rouge but the second behind Mark was loads of fun. Had to really hammer the breaks to keep up carring more than usual through most corners. Notice on the Kemmel Straight how the engine stops pulling when I go into 5th…hits 120mph in 4th no problem but almost stops in fifth! I am running allot of downforce I guess
Feedback VERY welcome, esspecially you seasoned boys. There’s always room for improvement!
Pesky get yourself sorted and try again for Oct
Will you be my step dad, please?
I cant watch it due to shite web connection but nice work getting the video up!
I had similar probs on the straight out of Ea Rouge - even when it was just me in the car (2 up in the vids)
I think I only got 125 and it just seemed to struggle after that. Normal roads it seems to pull much harder.
Not sure if we were at high altitude at Spa though?
Hopefully you can see the bit at Pouhon where I had a bit of a twitch!
Car sounds good from the 10 seconds I can see Jonny
Good quality vid, Jonny, I enjoyed that
Tarmac Terrorist had the same problem with “drag” during the LOT races at Spa last year. He ended up taking the wing off (but at least he kept the roof on!)
Nice footage John - Eau Rouge looks like a wall from the car !!!
Driving looked smooth enough to me - what did you set your Ohlins at ?
Def doing it next year - my cars gone as of Weds next week but should be spec’ing the 2-11 very soon now
Where did you buy your trailer from ? was it direct or from a local distributor and who did you get to fit the towbar to the Q7 ?
Lots of questions - sorry !!
I can�t think of the exact amount to fit but bought the parts direct from Audi and Autotech (do most of my Exige stuff, I�m getting there tho!) next door (handy) fitted it. He is not expensive and a top bloke even if he is a biker, lol! The trailer I brought from a farm in Aldridge, he holds stock, will PM you the details later.
I BLOODY LOVED THAT TRACK! I�ll definitely be onto Jonny L for an approx date as early as possible for next year to post on here. Brilliantly organised.
Nice footage!!
You guys have to remember that hill after Eau Rouge is bloody steep!!! Its a lot lot steeper that it looks.
I would deffo be up for an Exiges day / weekend at Spa!!
Yep it looked totally flat which was odd, but the way the speedo was behaving was like you were on a hill.
Should have the footage of my speedo through that part next week.
I remember waliking up it, I know i’m old, but man its a serious hill!!! lol
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Do you waliki allot?
My car just stopped accelerating full stop ON CAM! And I believe I’m being quite generous when I say 120mph! Maybe give or take an mph! What can the Elise trophy class B & C’s get up to on it?
my NA honda S1 elise would do 140mph. that was with an exit speed of 115mph from eau rouge.
my 160bhp S1 elise would only do 120mph on the limiter in 4th with the same exit speed. it wouldnt accelerate in 5th on that hill.
Do you waliki allot?
Lol, yeah I am quite partial to the odd Waliki every now and then.
My S1 saw about 165mph by the top of the hill.
165?!
My S1 saw about 165mph by the top of the hill.
With a SpecialK, I don’t believe it, sorry, mate. You’d be struggling to make that with your Audi with 400+ bhp.