Brands Hatch Indy lap times!

[Phatgixer]

Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away this happened :hahaha:

[Phatgixer]

Gent's e46 was in the 48s earlier this year

Kev Clarke's car dips into the 48s on new rubber, too.

Anyhting sub 50 secs is good for a E46 racer. Anything above starts becoming fodder for the E36 GusBus! (best lap 51.1, but will be nearly 1 second better on new rubber)

I think mine and Chalkie's road CSLs used to be in the 54s on cups, but that was a while back so my memory may be wrong!

[cslgirl]

I was doing about 1min 2/3 which I didn't think was too sad for my first track day on a cold Feb day, with cups.

[The Gorilla]

Hi,

Andy Prialux was testing on the Brands Indy
circuit in Oct 2008 with the 2007 spec car.

It was in a 2007 WTC spec car, but not the
car he actually races.

Was not cold but not warm that day,
Track was very dry and was quite well 'rubbered',
they were doing some testing on tyres with revised
Suspension settings etc.

His best lap that afternoon was 52 secs +/-,
they said that in full race spec etc then they
would expect about another sec or so off.

What was interesting was they did 2 full on laps
with wets, in the Dry.

Something about how rapid progressive tyre degredation
impacts on suspension and handling.

There was also Z4 M in ETCC spec, but I never saw that do
any laps that afternoon.

Don't know if that tells you much.

Regards,

The Gorilla.

[Paul_D]

It was quite a good day as many went home early, leaving the track quite empty.

Being able to do a few clear laps in a row seemed to make quite a difference in improving.

This is one of my better laps from the day, (although not the best) and you can see how empty the track is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTTLlsM2o8M

[shimmy]

Shimmy,

Going back to your original question....

My last track day this year was at Brands Indy.

According to my Racechrono software, in my fully spec'd heavy M3, with Kuhmo V70a's, HSD coilovers, and AP front brakes my best time was 57.01 seconds.

I'm still a bit of a novice, so I would have thought a decent driver in a CSL could knock a couple of seconds off that?

Cheers Paul, sounds like a v good time!

[Paul_D]

Shimmy,

Going back to your original question....

My last track day this year was at Brands Indy.

According to my Racechrono software, in my fully spec'd heavy M3, with Kuhmo V70a's, HSD coilovers, and AP front brakes my best time was 57.01 seconds.

I'm still a bit of a novice, so I would have thought a decent driver in a CSL could knock a couple of seconds off that?

[Dan]

wELL I DONT FOOKIN KNOW WHO THE HELL kEITH gENT IS DO I !!! :hahaha:

No, but you know you ain't a gent :whistle:

No but as above! :bigcry:

[DuncanR]

No, but you know you ain't a gent :whistle:

Thats it then !! signature mod required methinks !! :hahaha:

[_Nathan_]

wELL I DONT FOOKIN KNOW WHO THE HELL kEITH gENT IS DO I !!! :hahaha:

No, but you know you ain't a gent :whistle:

[DuncanR]

You wolly! :hahaha: :hahaha: :bigcry:

wELL I DONT FOOKIN KNOW WHO THE HELL kEITH gENT IS DO I !!! :hahaha:

[Dan]

Ya fookin muppet !!! .. I thought YOU were addressing us as gents ! :banghead:

You wolly! :hahaha: :hahaha: :bigcry:

[DuncanR]

Nothing to do with me buddy, it belonged to Keith Gent, hence "Gent's"

Ya fookin muppet !!! .. I thought YOU were addressing us as gents ! :banghead:

[_Nathan_]

dunc just take off the csl badge and get yer name down:thumbs:

:thumbs:

[_Nathan_]

There's always ONE isnt there !! ... quick lap mate ! ... was it yours though ... not clear in original post !:hahaha:

Nothing to do with me buddy, it belonged to Keith Gent, hence "Gent's"