Originally Posted by Frank 993 C4S

Seb - thanks for posting! Somewhat painful for me to watch as I was taken out by one of the slower GTB3 drivers in lap 10 at turn 10 in Sprint 1. You see me limping the car back as you come around in lap 11.

This is some very nice driving!! I am no expert on Sebring, but you might want to wait a bit more with the downshift into T17 until you pass the wall on the right and maybe try heel-toe downshifts. In general, I would recommend you slow down a bit as I will be in your mirrors with my extra hp this year.

Originally Posted by mannym5

Great vids Seb and nice driving. Here is some spb action from last year. This was my first spec boxster event. I was so bummed my tranny went on race 2. Can't wait for this year!

944 lap traffic got quite interesting here at the 23:40 mark

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Don't take this the wrong way, but in the 2nd video, at :14 to :28, that tire heating swerving looked like a disaster waiting to happen.
I can't believe orange car was doing that with you at his right side.

Just the other day, I saw a video of crash their Mustang into the wall when doing the tire swerve warm up.

Originally Posted by sugarwood

In 2nd video, what happened at 25:00 ?
Couldn't get car in gear.

Originally Posted by mkd944

Thanks for sharing the videos. Great action, particularly in the 2nd video. I was really enjoying the close racing. Despite all the pressure, Mr. Gomez did not make any mistakes that would let you get by and he was pretty good at driving a wide car.

Since you asked...IMHO, it appears that, on more than one lap, you are turning in slightly early at T15 which causes you to ride the top of the big rumbles at track out and affects your rhythm and ability to get to the apex at T16. Not sure what is going on behind you, but, if you don't have to protect the the turn-in at T16, you may want to swinging slightly to the left to give yourself a wider arc as there are more than a few laps where it does not appear that you are getting down to the apex rumble.

And, as Frank 993 C4S mentioned, you may want to try a 5-4 downshift in the braking zone before the wall at T17, trail brake into the turn and just past the wall you get an instant where you are not cranking on the wheel too much where you can do your 4-3 downshift.

Both of these things are very minor and there are laps when you appear to be hitting the right marks. And since I don't know what is going on in your mirrors, I hesitate to be too critical and sound like some PITAKIA (Pain In The *** Know It All) . You are obviously doing a great job based on your results.

Good luck for continued success,
Mike

Originally Posted by ProCoach

My friend, Stevan McAleer, doing the business and passing fifteen cars in the first lap in the Conti race a few years ago. EXIT SPEED, baby! Although driving into the braking zone, hard and fast, then releasing the brakes earlier than the rest helps, too.

Originally Posted by Gary R.

Love it, but what was with all the hand signals??

Originally Posted by ProCoach

Those are actually quite common in pro racing. Drivers realize that they have to work together, especially if they are starting at the back and have another car or two that needs to get through the pack with them.

In this case, Stevan was put at the rear of the field (after earning pole) due to a technical infringement (radiator sealing was not in place, IIRC). His hand signals were acknowledgements and encouraging others with him to work WITH him to get through to the front.

Actually happens in SM quite often, too. SPB guys? Not so much!

Originally Posted by ProCoach

My friend, Stevan McAleer, doing the business and passing fifteen cars in the first lap in the Conti race a few years ago. EXIT SPEED, baby! Although driving into the braking zone, hard and fast, then releasing the brakes earlier than the rest helps, too.

https://youtu.be/UrJR81LB848

Originally Posted by FredC

Epic! I like the way he goes around people in Bishops...