Comments on: Dances with Wolves (Silverstone) http://www.blowdog.com/cars/dances-with-wolves-silverstone/ Actually doing what I always wanted to do Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:46:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Glenn McMenamin http://www.blowdog.com/cars/dances-with-wolves-silverstone/comment-page-1/#comment-5287 Glenn McMenamin Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:56:45 +0000 http://www.blowdog.com/?p=3513#comment-5287 Mate, THIS, is how you drive Silverstone ;-) This guy is awesome, do you know him ?? http://www.vimeo.com/2014513 Mate,

THIS, is how you drive Silverstone ;-)

This guy is awesome, do you know him ??

http://www.vimeo.com/2014513

]]> By: BlowDog http://www.blowdog.com/cars/dances-with-wolves-silverstone/comment-page-1/#comment-5273 BlowDog Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:05:42 +0000 http://www.blowdog.com/?p=3513#comment-5273 I suppose if you've done the circuit 100 times as you have, then it can become a challenge in itself to master and shave seconds by turning relatively bland complexes into an exercise of study and deliberation. Let's just not forget who's the one constantly asked to teach others! I suppose if you’ve done the circuit 100 times as you have, then it can become a challenge in itself to master and shave seconds by turning relatively bland complexes into an exercise of study and deliberation.

Let’s just not forget who’s the one constantly asked to teach others!

]]> By: Glenn McMenamin http://www.blowdog.com/cars/dances-with-wolves-silverstone/comment-page-1/#comment-5272 Glenn McMenamin Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:28:03 +0000 http://www.blowdog.com/?p=3513#comment-5272 Silverstone is indeed pretty featureless, but what people don't appreciate, is just how technically challenging the track is. Those 'repetitive complexes' are there for a reason, and that is to make you think more about your lines. Too many UK tracks (esp Snetterton) have straight forward curves which can be learned and mastered in just a couple of laps, yet in all the years i have been doing Silverstone, even I find the odd bit of extra speed from experimenting with lines there, it leaves you guessing a lot of the time. The bottom line, is that sometimes you need to go slower to got faster, as some of them pre curves are sacrificial to guarantee a straighter exit a,d better entry for the next etc... Anyway, you got owned good and proper, so a i think you need so tuition :-D G. Silverstone is indeed pretty featureless, but what people don’t appreciate, is just how technically challenging the track is.
Those ‘repetitive complexes’ are there for a reason, and that is to make you think more about your lines. Too many UK tracks (esp Snetterton) have straight forward curves which can be learned and mastered in just a couple of laps, yet in all the years i have been doing Silverstone, even I find the odd bit of extra speed from experimenting with lines there, it leaves you guessing a lot of the time.
The bottom line, is that sometimes you need to go slower to got faster, as some of them pre curves are sacrificial to guarantee a straighter exit a,d better entry for the next etc…

Anyway, you got owned good and proper, so a i think you need so tuition :-D

G.

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