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Sunset Red 1.4 TSI(TFSI) GT Sport - daily drive & track car
rex:
This Monday I payed another visit to the Hungarian F1 Track, Hungaroring. I really wanted to go to see if everything is ok before a Nurburgring trip this summer. And, thank God, everything is ok!
I've had a very pleasant trip with some close friends and we all had a lot of fun on the track and we all came back safe and sound (and so did our cars). The weather was colder than expected (14 degrees at noon) but this weather was great for the engines. Unfortunately, I had some troubles getting the tires to temperature... During the first session the car was not quite controllable. Because the tires were not warm the brakes were not working as expected and the car would oversteer a lot. I saw this as a chance to practice oversteer recovery and had some limited success. I understood that I am not quite as good as I though I was after I span out of control. I really liked playing with the car but I would definitely not do the same on the Ring :innocent:.
As I previously said, I really wanted to test the new engine and see if everything is alright. The engine was great, no errors were recorded but I did not change gears at the rev limiter in order not to push it too far.
The brakes were awesome. I had absolutely no issues with them even though I have done 2 sessions (aka 40 minutes) straight (twice) and no brake fade. I am not sure if it was because of the colder weather or because of the brake ducts, but I suspect the brake ducts have a great contribution to this (also the heat radiated from the discs, after the session was done, was much less than before).
The car, as a whole behaved wonderfully. The balance was just right and I was happy/scared that the car would surprise me with an oversteer from time to time, in places where it would normally understeer. Although some of the oversteers were at speed above 130 kph (80 mph) I somehow managed not to lose the car out of control. But, I must admit that I found some of them quite scary!
Here is the only photo from the event (I will post some others as soon as I have them):
And the session with the best lap:
You might find this session boring since almost all 6 laps are the same (and times) and they are mostly influenced by traffic.
The scariest moment of the trip was the oversteer at min 3:35 . That is the corner where you are most likely to crash the car.
Thanks for watching! Any comments are welcomed! :drinking:
Tfsi_Mike:
Great stuff Vlad, as always :smiley:
Top Cat:
The car looks very neutral Rex, I think the oversteer was due to the car taking off over the curb kind of like lift off oversteer as the weight transferred. You certainly know how to carry the speed through the corner. :happy2:
RENNTAG:
Nice video :happy2:
Looks like a well set up car. And good save with the oversteer.
rex:
Thank you for your comments guys! :notworthy:
--- Quote from: Tfsi_Mike on May 16, 2013, 07:24:11 pm ---Great stuff Vlad, as always :smiley:
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Thanks Mike! :driver:
--- Quote from: Top Cat on May 16, 2013, 07:33:30 pm ---The car looks very neutral Rex, I think the oversteer was due to the car taking off over the curb kind of like lift off oversteer as the weight transferred. You certainly know how to carry the speed through the corner. :happy2:
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Yup, it seems very neutral (at least according to my standards and my driving technique). The curb definitely had something to do with it. That bend is the trickiest one at Hungaroring (in my view) because on turn in there is a little peak that can make the car oversteer and because you have to ride the curb in order to be fast. Combined with very limited run of to the left, it is pretty much a bend where you do not want to lose control. I have seen quite a few accidents over there (from other videos or even live, with the car that was in front of me).
Because of my lack of horsepower I really need to be very efficient with carrying the speed through the corner. I really hope I am doing a good job over here but I think I can do better.
--- Quote from: bendy on May 16, 2013, 07:39:52 pm ---Nice video :happy2:
Looks like a well set up car. And good save with the oversteer.
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Thanks! I like the current setup and I would change nothing about it!
Although I managed to keep the car on track and I have had plenty of practice with oversteers this time, I am afraid most of the saves where instinctively. I wish I were more comfortable with oversteers but there is plenty of time to improve...
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