GT Academy - Silverstone Boot Camp - General Discussion Thread
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Such is the price of fame and fortune. Next will be an article on the front page of Womans Day - "Pirelli Girls tell all" "TiZzla's trackside sex romp"
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Such is the price of fame and fortune. Next will be an article on the front page of Womans Day - "Pirelli Girls tell all" "TiZzla's trackside sex romp"
i wouldnt mind that one......
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Well, I got back from Silverstone last week and it was an experience Ill never forget. I dont know where to start as the whole thing now seems like some sort of crazy dream.
Firstly, the organisation of the event was absolutely amazing. If any of you have been to any of the Goodwood events (Festival of Speed and Revival) these are the only things I can think of to compare it with, albeit on a much smaller scale. The Silverstone staff, TV crew, event organisers and hotel staff all worked together seamlessly so that everything was laid on for us and all we had to do was turn up on time.
I was one of the last to arrive on the Thursday night and only had time to be measured up for race kit and to have a quick shower before going down and enjoying dinner sitting opposite Sabine. She was friendly, funny and genuinely interested in GT and how we had progressed to the final which helped me relax a bit. After speaking to some of the other competitors and meeting Lucas and Johnny Herbert in the bar, I returned to my room to find a holdall containing the following items:
Alpinestars race suit with name badge attached, boots, gloves, balaclavas (x2)
GT Academy branded polo shirts (x5), baseball caps (x2), fitness shirts (x2), shorts (x2), shell jacket, waterproof jacket
We didnt receive schedules for each day until the night before and even then we were only told what kit to wear so it was impossible to plan or prepare for the events ahead.
The first morning consisted of a briefing, a written test and then straight into the 370Zs for a superpole competition around the Stowe circuit. We got 8 laps practice with advice from an instructor followed by a timed lap where the instructor stayed silent. The cars were left hand drive, paddle shift, and it was very wet. Having never driven a car on track before and being used to right hand drive, manual, front wheel drive cars there was a lot to take in for me over the 8 laps practice. The traction/stability control was quite intrusive and was easy to activate in the wet conditions which cost time. I was concentrating on not activating the electronic aids for better corner exits and had a smooth if not particularly quick timed lap. Following lunch at the hotel, we headed to Milton Keynes for the endurance karting event. Full face helmets with our names and countrys flags were waiting for us on arrival and the track was kitted out with GT Academy and Nissan flags. We were using the full national circuit and the top 85mph karts with Rotax 125cc engines. We were split into teams of 2, by country where possible and the format was a 45 minute practice session followed by a 2 hour race. We were left to define our own race and refuelling strategies. Alex and I decided on a 3 stop strategy with 2 half hour sessions each. This was probably our downfall as the top teams employed a single stop strategy and an hour each in the kart. We underestimated how long it would take to change over and it cost us a lot of time in the end. During the actual driving we were quite consistent with only a couple of minor spins but on average a good 2 seconds a lap off the pace. Alex was definitely quicker in the kart than me as he has the perfect build for it. Im all knees and elbows and hauling 14 stone out of the bottom hairpin up the hill while the lighter guys flew past me was torture. There were a few media drivers (car magazines) mixed with pro kart racers also competing in the race as well as Lucas who I tried to follow for a while to no avail. It was fairly late when I crossed the line at the end of the race with aching hands, bruised back and fingers numb to the middle knuckle with the cold. We were second to last amongst the Academy teams only finishing ahead of the Dan H and Tony pairing following Dans quite scary looking crash into the tyre wall.
Day 2 involved 2 more practice laps and 2 more timed laps in the 370Zs to see if we had improved since the previous day. Again, the conditions were very wet and there was an F3000 champion setting benchmark laps for the judges which were at about 63 seconds. My practice laps were around 69s and 67s which were slightly quicker than the previous day after discovering I wasnt been nearly aggressive enough on the brakes (still in road driving mode!) I improved my timed laps to 66s and then 65s but the improvements were coming too late after starting from a slower place then some of the faster guys with more track experience. I feel that if I could have had more track time I would have been on the pace but this competition was about being quick straight away and unfortunately I just had too much to learn and not enough laps to do it in. The top guys were within a second of the benchmark and looking really good. It was at this point I could see a clear division between those who had previous track experience and those who didnt, the exception being Daniel Collins who as you all know put in a superb performance throughout the week and was hugely impressive.
In the afternoon we had head to head runs around an autotest style coned course in the awesome GTRs. The conditions at this point were the wettest of all with loads of standing water and pouring rain. Despite the conditions the acceleration achievable from the standing starts seemed to defy all existing laws of physics with only a brief murmur from the traction control. The car could be flung around like a go kart and the only time you noticed the size and weight was doing a 360 around a single cone where the electronics wouldnt allow a quick spin as you would in say a Caterham. In my 2 runs I was up against Marko from Finland and I just pipped him to the post by about half a second each time so I was fairly happy with this.
The next activities were a similar autotest course in the 370Z (this time with traction/stability control disabled) but solely against the clock and a drifting exercise around a figure 8 course in another 370Z which was fitted with a racing clutch. The drift instructor was Brian Svensson who has worked previously with Colin McCrae amongst many others. I was happy with my autotest performance having a clean and quick run but struggled with the drifting in the wet conditions. Not braking enough led to chronic understeer and killed any rhythm I had built up. I did manage to string a few nice drifts together towards the end of the run but as always was left wanting more time to practice. The final driving activity was to go back to the Stowe circuit for a short session in the 370Z to show the instructors what we had learned through the day. This was where I made my biggest mistake and the only part I wish I could go back and do again. I was eager to impress the instructor as it was my last opportunity before the eviction but this led to me overdriving, missing braking points and taking horrible lines which in turn knocked my confidence and led to further mistakes. I regret leaving such a bad impression with the instructor as it wasn't a true reflection of what I had learned and how I had been driving earlier in the day. I rectified this later in the week on the national circuit with the same instructor who said I had an excellent session but by then it was too late.
The final task of the day was the pit stop/driver change with the Nissan 370Z race car under the watchful eye of the RJN team boss Bob Neville. Both teams did an excellent job but I was on the winning team who were only a couple of seconds short of the real pit crew.
The end of day 2 unfortunately saw the end to my participation in the competition along with Alex and many excellent drivers. Johnny Herbert was kind enough to explain the reasons why afterwards and as I suspected it was simply due to a slight lack of pace in the 370Z laps and in the karting. Improvements were made but when theres competition also making similar improvements to faster initial laps it was always going to be difficult. I would say to anyone competing in the GT Academy in future to do as much karting as possible and to certainly get some track time in a car beforehand.
Of course I was disappointed to leave the competition but to learn we were still going to be participating in many more driving activities over the remaining 3 days softened the blow a bit. The evictees as we were affectionately known, spent the next 3 days on a separate schedule to the remaining competitors, our paths crossing at various key moments during the competition so that we could watch the exciting parts of their racing. Meanwhile, we were looked after by Steve Warburton, senior instructor at Silverstone, comedian, race driver, bus driver, drifter and all round nice bloke. The atmosphere was much more relaxed during the last 3 days and became more like an adventure holiday than a competition although there was still a competitive element to the driving activities. During the 3 days we experienced the assault course, the Silverstone national circuit (approx 10 laps in the 370Z and 10 laps in the GTR), a mind blowing few laps in the GTR on a dry Stowe circuit, a competition on the GT5 demo, Rage buggy racing around a great track with jumps, berms and loads and loads of mud, lunch in the BRDC and watching the final race of the competition from the timekeepers office and race control.
Throughout the rest of the competition, even when watching the remaining competitors we were still made to feel very much part of the event. Sabine, Johnny, Eddie, the instructors, Lucas, the film crew and photographers, the Jardine folks and everyone we came into contact with always had a smile, some words of wisdom or a laugh and a joke. We just wondered around like kids in a sweet shop taking in the sights and the sounds and never felt like we were in the way.
I wont go into detail here about the rest of the competition as you were all obviously following on Twitter and Facebook but I will say a massive congratulations to Jordan and Luca who were so impressive in everything they did and looked almost like professionals after the first 2 days. Also many congratulations to Marco and Daniel who made it a really exciting competition and did themselves proud. I cant emphasise enough how impressed I was by Daniels performance. He had the least track experience of the last 4 but to watch the giant strides forward he made during the week was inspirational. I was really hoping he would make it into the top two and I think he came closer to achieving this then even he realises. I hope the TV show allows this to shine through.
Finally, thanks to all my friends on here for their support, all the new friends I met at Silverstone and everyone who made this once in a lifetime experience everything it was. We all learned a lot, not only about driving but about the fitness, mental strength, working with the media, teamwork and all the other things it takes to be a racing driver. If I didnt respect professional racers fully before, I most certainly do now.
Some photos here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=194271&id=680994187&l=0607521ad9
Sorry there are none from the first 2 days - I was too busy! There are plenty kicking around from the other lads though.
Cheers,
John
Firstly, the organisation of the event was absolutely amazing. If any of you have been to any of the Goodwood events (Festival of Speed and Revival) these are the only things I can think of to compare it with, albeit on a much smaller scale. The Silverstone staff, TV crew, event organisers and hotel staff all worked together seamlessly so that everything was laid on for us and all we had to do was turn up on time.
I was one of the last to arrive on the Thursday night and only had time to be measured up for race kit and to have a quick shower before going down and enjoying dinner sitting opposite Sabine. She was friendly, funny and genuinely interested in GT and how we had progressed to the final which helped me relax a bit. After speaking to some of the other competitors and meeting Lucas and Johnny Herbert in the bar, I returned to my room to find a holdall containing the following items:
Alpinestars race suit with name badge attached, boots, gloves, balaclavas (x2)
GT Academy branded polo shirts (x5), baseball caps (x2), fitness shirts (x2), shorts (x2), shell jacket, waterproof jacket
We didnt receive schedules for each day until the night before and even then we were only told what kit to wear so it was impossible to plan or prepare for the events ahead.
The first morning consisted of a briefing, a written test and then straight into the 370Zs for a superpole competition around the Stowe circuit. We got 8 laps practice with advice from an instructor followed by a timed lap where the instructor stayed silent. The cars were left hand drive, paddle shift, and it was very wet. Having never driven a car on track before and being used to right hand drive, manual, front wheel drive cars there was a lot to take in for me over the 8 laps practice. The traction/stability control was quite intrusive and was easy to activate in the wet conditions which cost time. I was concentrating on not activating the electronic aids for better corner exits and had a smooth if not particularly quick timed lap. Following lunch at the hotel, we headed to Milton Keynes for the endurance karting event. Full face helmets with our names and countrys flags were waiting for us on arrival and the track was kitted out with GT Academy and Nissan flags. We were using the full national circuit and the top 85mph karts with Rotax 125cc engines. We were split into teams of 2, by country where possible and the format was a 45 minute practice session followed by a 2 hour race. We were left to define our own race and refuelling strategies. Alex and I decided on a 3 stop strategy with 2 half hour sessions each. This was probably our downfall as the top teams employed a single stop strategy and an hour each in the kart. We underestimated how long it would take to change over and it cost us a lot of time in the end. During the actual driving we were quite consistent with only a couple of minor spins but on average a good 2 seconds a lap off the pace. Alex was definitely quicker in the kart than me as he has the perfect build for it. Im all knees and elbows and hauling 14 stone out of the bottom hairpin up the hill while the lighter guys flew past me was torture. There were a few media drivers (car magazines) mixed with pro kart racers also competing in the race as well as Lucas who I tried to follow for a while to no avail. It was fairly late when I crossed the line at the end of the race with aching hands, bruised back and fingers numb to the middle knuckle with the cold. We were second to last amongst the Academy teams only finishing ahead of the Dan H and Tony pairing following Dans quite scary looking crash into the tyre wall.
Day 2 involved 2 more practice laps and 2 more timed laps in the 370Zs to see if we had improved since the previous day. Again, the conditions were very wet and there was an F3000 champion setting benchmark laps for the judges which were at about 63 seconds. My practice laps were around 69s and 67s which were slightly quicker than the previous day after discovering I wasnt been nearly aggressive enough on the brakes (still in road driving mode!) I improved my timed laps to 66s and then 65s but the improvements were coming too late after starting from a slower place then some of the faster guys with more track experience. I feel that if I could have had more track time I would have been on the pace but this competition was about being quick straight away and unfortunately I just had too much to learn and not enough laps to do it in. The top guys were within a second of the benchmark and looking really good. It was at this point I could see a clear division between those who had previous track experience and those who didnt, the exception being Daniel Collins who as you all know put in a superb performance throughout the week and was hugely impressive.
In the afternoon we had head to head runs around an autotest style coned course in the awesome GTRs. The conditions at this point were the wettest of all with loads of standing water and pouring rain. Despite the conditions the acceleration achievable from the standing starts seemed to defy all existing laws of physics with only a brief murmur from the traction control. The car could be flung around like a go kart and the only time you noticed the size and weight was doing a 360 around a single cone where the electronics wouldnt allow a quick spin as you would in say a Caterham. In my 2 runs I was up against Marko from Finland and I just pipped him to the post by about half a second each time so I was fairly happy with this.
The next activities were a similar autotest course in the 370Z (this time with traction/stability control disabled) but solely against the clock and a drifting exercise around a figure 8 course in another 370Z which was fitted with a racing clutch. The drift instructor was Brian Svensson who has worked previously with Colin McCrae amongst many others. I was happy with my autotest performance having a clean and quick run but struggled with the drifting in the wet conditions. Not braking enough led to chronic understeer and killed any rhythm I had built up. I did manage to string a few nice drifts together towards the end of the run but as always was left wanting more time to practice. The final driving activity was to go back to the Stowe circuit for a short session in the 370Z to show the instructors what we had learned through the day. This was where I made my biggest mistake and the only part I wish I could go back and do again. I was eager to impress the instructor as it was my last opportunity before the eviction but this led to me overdriving, missing braking points and taking horrible lines which in turn knocked my confidence and led to further mistakes. I regret leaving such a bad impression with the instructor as it wasn't a true reflection of what I had learned and how I had been driving earlier in the day. I rectified this later in the week on the national circuit with the same instructor who said I had an excellent session but by then it was too late.
The final task of the day was the pit stop/driver change with the Nissan 370Z race car under the watchful eye of the RJN team boss Bob Neville. Both teams did an excellent job but I was on the winning team who were only a couple of seconds short of the real pit crew.
The end of day 2 unfortunately saw the end to my participation in the competition along with Alex and many excellent drivers. Johnny Herbert was kind enough to explain the reasons why afterwards and as I suspected it was simply due to a slight lack of pace in the 370Z laps and in the karting. Improvements were made but when theres competition also making similar improvements to faster initial laps it was always going to be difficult. I would say to anyone competing in the GT Academy in future to do as much karting as possible and to certainly get some track time in a car beforehand.
Of course I was disappointed to leave the competition but to learn we were still going to be participating in many more driving activities over the remaining 3 days softened the blow a bit. The evictees as we were affectionately known, spent the next 3 days on a separate schedule to the remaining competitors, our paths crossing at various key moments during the competition so that we could watch the exciting parts of their racing. Meanwhile, we were looked after by Steve Warburton, senior instructor at Silverstone, comedian, race driver, bus driver, drifter and all round nice bloke. The atmosphere was much more relaxed during the last 3 days and became more like an adventure holiday than a competition although there was still a competitive element to the driving activities. During the 3 days we experienced the assault course, the Silverstone national circuit (approx 10 laps in the 370Z and 10 laps in the GTR), a mind blowing few laps in the GTR on a dry Stowe circuit, a competition on the GT5 demo, Rage buggy racing around a great track with jumps, berms and loads and loads of mud, lunch in the BRDC and watching the final race of the competition from the timekeepers office and race control.
Throughout the rest of the competition, even when watching the remaining competitors we were still made to feel very much part of the event. Sabine, Johnny, Eddie, the instructors, Lucas, the film crew and photographers, the Jardine folks and everyone we came into contact with always had a smile, some words of wisdom or a laugh and a joke. We just wondered around like kids in a sweet shop taking in the sights and the sounds and never felt like we were in the way.
I wont go into detail here about the rest of the competition as you were all obviously following on Twitter and Facebook but I will say a massive congratulations to Jordan and Luca who were so impressive in everything they did and looked almost like professionals after the first 2 days. Also many congratulations to Marco and Daniel who made it a really exciting competition and did themselves proud. I cant emphasise enough how impressed I was by Daniels performance. He had the least track experience of the last 4 but to watch the giant strides forward he made during the week was inspirational. I was really hoping he would make it into the top two and I think he came closer to achieving this then even he realises. I hope the TV show allows this to shine through.
Finally, thanks to all my friends on here for their support, all the new friends I met at Silverstone and everyone who made this once in a lifetime experience everything it was. We all learned a lot, not only about driving but about the fitness, mental strength, working with the media, teamwork and all the other things it takes to be a racing driver. If I didnt respect professional racers fully before, I most certainly do now.
Some photos here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=194271&id=680994187&l=0607521ad9
Sorry there are none from the first 2 days - I was too busy! There are plenty kicking around from the other lads though.
Cheers,
John
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Hi all,
Some great write-ups of the event here, I'm not sure that I have much else to add! I should start first by offering my congratulations to both Luca and Jordan, they were both incredibly fast from the very first turn of the wheel, and developed into very worthy winners.
A big thank you has to go out to anyone involved in the competition. I have to agree with John that it was a fantasticly organised event, incredibly fun, and an experience which money couldn't buy. I learned so much from talking to the various instructors and judges, all of which were very approachable and helpful.
If the competition is run in the future, I believe that the experience I gained this year would be a fantastic benefit, and I would love to give it another stab (assuming I can scrape through the national finals by the skin of my teeth like I did this year...) I'm going to make sure that I get as much track experience in the mean time. Like John mentioned, the very fastest Kart drivers were quite a bit quicker than the pair of us, but I didn't feel so bad when Jordan told me he had done a few 24 hour races. Kinda beats the sum total of two hours I'd had anyway!
Highlights for me? Driving the GTR, around Stowe circuit, in the dry, was incredible. So much power! In fact, taking it around the national circuit in the pouring rain was pretty special too, running a wet line around the outside of both Luffield and Copse at full chat certainly takes some balls! (Oh, and taking Copse at 80-90 ish mph in the GTR, feeling scarily fast, makes you wonder how on gods earth an F1 car can take it at 190mph...) The Rage buggies were pretty fun too, I was following Dan Holland at close quarters in one of the races, which resulted in me getting out of the buggy looking like this:
To be honest I picking two highlights out of five days worth is kind of arbitrary, because the whole experience was, quite simply, a series of highlights. I've met so many great people, and learned so much.
Cheers
Alex
Some great write-ups of the event here, I'm not sure that I have much else to add! I should start first by offering my congratulations to both Luca and Jordan, they were both incredibly fast from the very first turn of the wheel, and developed into very worthy winners.
A big thank you has to go out to anyone involved in the competition. I have to agree with John that it was a fantasticly organised event, incredibly fun, and an experience which money couldn't buy. I learned so much from talking to the various instructors and judges, all of which were very approachable and helpful.
If the competition is run in the future, I believe that the experience I gained this year would be a fantastic benefit, and I would love to give it another stab (assuming I can scrape through the national finals by the skin of my teeth like I did this year...) I'm going to make sure that I get as much track experience in the mean time. Like John mentioned, the very fastest Kart drivers were quite a bit quicker than the pair of us, but I didn't feel so bad when Jordan told me he had done a few 24 hour races. Kinda beats the sum total of two hours I'd had anyway!
Highlights for me? Driving the GTR, around Stowe circuit, in the dry, was incredible. So much power! In fact, taking it around the national circuit in the pouring rain was pretty special too, running a wet line around the outside of both Luffield and Copse at full chat certainly takes some balls! (Oh, and taking Copse at 80-90 ish mph in the GTR, feeling scarily fast, makes you wonder how on gods earth an F1 car can take it at 190mph...) The Rage buggies were pretty fun too, I was following Dan Holland at close quarters in one of the races, which resulted in me getting out of the buggy looking like this:
To be honest I picking two highlights out of five days worth is kind of arbitrary, because the whole experience was, quite simply, a series of highlights. I've met so many great people, and learned so much.
Cheers
Alex
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Those buggies look like fun, always wanted to do that.
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http://www.3news.co.nz/Kiwi-GT-Acad...rack-/tabid/317/articleID/145504/Default.aspx
- Follow up story for 3 news, funny thing is it says i've come home a fully licensed race car driver.... first ive heard!
- Follow up story for 3 news, funny thing is it says i've come home a fully licensed race car driver.... first ive heard!
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http://www.3news.co.nz/Kiwi-GT-Acad...rack-/tabid/317/articleID/145504/Default.aspx
- Follow up story for 3 news, funny thing is it says i've come home a fully licensed race car driver.... first ive heard!
Congratulations!
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Great job Tony, you´re an official Recedriver now!
I like journalist who have no plan what they´re talking about.
I´m exited for the article of an interview i gave to a woman from a local newspaper:
She: What did you do on day 2?
Me: We had a drift training...!
She: Whats drifting???
Me: Emm...
I like journalist who have no plan what they´re talking about.
I´m exited for the article of an interview i gave to a woman from a local newspaper:
She: What did you do on day 2?
Me: We had a drift training...!
She: Whats drifting???
Me: Emm...
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Hi everyone,
Just wanted to leave a quick message to say that it's been great following the GT Academy through GT Planet over the past few months.
From the sounds of the lucky few who got to be part of the boot camp, it sounded like an incredible experience and a brief look into what it must be like to be a real life under pressure race driver.
I put a lot of hours into the demo to try and make the grade, but fell short a bit (Think I came about 63rd in UK). If there is a future GT academy then I will of course try again, attempting to go that extra mile. The advice on this board is everywhere and is a great starting point for anyone looking for advice and preparation for a future competition!
Congrats to the winners of GT Academy, from the sounds of people's write ups they are thoroughly deserving winners and I wish them all the best.
Lastly, it's good to see such a 'clean' atmosphere regarding racing online. It's hard to come across and the only thing that i've found that comes close is iRacing.
If anybody is after some decent, clean racing on PS3 GT5 Prologue in prep for GT5, my PSN ID is 'Bolosaurus'.
Cheers,
Patrick
Just wanted to leave a quick message to say that it's been great following the GT Academy through GT Planet over the past few months.
From the sounds of the lucky few who got to be part of the boot camp, it sounded like an incredible experience and a brief look into what it must be like to be a real life under pressure race driver.
I put a lot of hours into the demo to try and make the grade, but fell short a bit (Think I came about 63rd in UK). If there is a future GT academy then I will of course try again, attempting to go that extra mile. The advice on this board is everywhere and is a great starting point for anyone looking for advice and preparation for a future competition!
Congrats to the winners of GT Academy, from the sounds of people's write ups they are thoroughly deserving winners and I wish them all the best.
Lastly, it's good to see such a 'clean' atmosphere regarding racing online. It's hard to come across and the only thing that i've found that comes close is iRacing.
If anybody is after some decent, clean racing on PS3 GT5 Prologue in prep for GT5, my PSN ID is 'Bolosaurus'.
Cheers,
Patrick
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Try the online racing chat, mainly in the weekends though.
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/addonchat.php
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Just found a day 5 video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KulVb_uIuc
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Been a while since a new post was last seen here. Can any of the finalists be kind enough to shed some light on this video I stumbled upon:
I'm not sure if its footage from the Silverstone 2010 final but I remember from somewhere that a few of the instructors/Lucas were given the keys to the GT-R before the finalists had a go.
If that's the case did the lucky 18 have the luxury of having all those cones out on track during their turns?
Edit: I'm guessing those cones are reference points in the circuit? (braking, apex, exit, ideal line etc.). Would definitely help to find the bit of track where you should be braking for a corner when you're doing 200 km/h odd on an unfamiliar car and track!
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I'm not sure if its footage from the Silverstone 2010 final but I remember from somewhere that a few of the instructors/Lucas were given the keys to the GT-R before the finalists had a go.
If that's the case did the lucky 18 have the luxury of having all those cones out on track during their turns?
Edit: I'm guessing those cones are reference points in the circuit? (braking, apex, exit, ideal line etc.). Would definitely help to find the bit of track where you should be braking for a corner when you're doing 200 km/h odd on an unfamiliar car and track!
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