So first time at full GP circuit with Viper. As only limited number of track days there with no noise limit(1 a year or so) here I am again from last year when I was there but it was the National circuit. A couple of hairpins towards the end make it a bit trickier to negotiate a manual, 3 pedal car, particularly with the somewhat balky heavy gearbox the ACR has.. 😂
Quite a busy morning with a number of red flags meant not easy to get a good lap. In the afternoon between 2 and 3:30(when it started to rain) there were however a couple of opportunities to properly gun it.
My optimal lap was 1:35.4 and I can see where I could gain time using those opportunities into my ultimate hot lap, but I also think that pushing a couple more of the corners with a bit more speed could bring me down another second or so.Not bad for a manual big American car that I then jumped back into and drove back home to London in! Not many cars you can do that with!!
Car was on used slicks having been used 2 days in the past so last day of use. I binned them after this track day. New slicks would also have added another second or so, so I reckon under perfect conditions I could dip into the 1:32's. Having said that I'd like to see how the OEM Kumho road tyres fair here too. I suspect that they won't be that far off the slick. Only problem is that they wouldn't last the day!😒😂 Well maybe next year!!