2009-05-04 : MLR : Spa-Francorchamps : Boelsphotography.be

[Kristof Boels]

Today I was there for a few hours ... More than 400 pictures are online!

Direct link: http://www.boelsphotography.be/2009-...mps/index.html


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[shimmy]

is that me hiding behind Dontdobends???:beer:

[shimmy]

there i am!


champs/sized_MLR%

[englebert]

Whos is the one with the Britcar sticker? You missed the race at the weekend :hahaha:

[shimmy]

it's Nathan and Manny and they have only just started testing:thumbs:

[glendog74]

Cool! Will check the website later after sleep! :hahaha:

[Andyk]

Nice...fun had by all then...:thumbs:

[_Nathan_]

We'll be out later in the year Englebert, testing and (lots of) driver training first, stickers went on to make it look less like a chav car and more like a race car and to get some shots for a website

[deleted_user_0_csl]

What lap times did you do Nathan? :beer:

[shimmy]

my best was 2m 54.0s tucked up behind Curly

interestingly my top speed was 6 mph faster than last time at the end fo the straight after eau rouge

not sure if i was getting more grip through ERouge with the intrax, or Insp 1 made the car run better or air temp helped but :thumbs:

[_Nathan_]

Slow Steve - far too slow. very low 2:56 with traffic and carrying 115kg of ballast (passenger, seat, mounts and harnesses) on utterly knackered second hand slicks. Wrong front bumper and so splitter too if that makes a difference. Theoretical best using 5 sectors was 2:50.5 which shows that

a) there was too much traffic on the timed runs
b) I need to learn to not make mistakes every 3rd corner

Massive learning curve for us now, only got the car back a week ago so we have to get as much seat time as possible.

Think the chav wing is costing speed on Kemel too i think, car was brilliantly planted at Blancimont though, in fact all the longer faster corners the car was feeling awesome, I struggled in the slower bits to be honest, need to have a think about setup.

Gears are confusing too with the different final drive, few places are a bit more awkward now like running out of 4th having to pull 5th before Eau Rouge and Phouon - end up with not only an extra upshift but also a downshift.

Need to get to a proper test day rather than track days and need to get brand new slicks on 10" wide wheels to get a setup sorted.

Shimmy was on the case for sure, good driving from him

[DazBlackCSL]

pics look good boys ... and the cars :thumbs:

Got the ring in a few weeks cant wait to get out there :drool:

[Curly]

some great pic there, Nathan your car looks really flat in the corners and the colour scheme suits it, I couldnt seem to get my lap timer working!!! but last night on the ferry I checked a few laps on the video - did a low 2.52 with 2 traffic hold ups in the lap. I will give it check tonight and see if I can see any clear laps, Shimmy was going well for a big lad hopefully put some vid up in the next couple of days if wheelsburg can get his finger out :hahaha:

[azrael]

Love the photo of T17CSL

Looks like a gret time had by all, gutted I missed it!

[houlbt]

Nice pics...

Whoever has the red wheels owes me royalties... not that I have a red set on anymore.