Sabine in 991 GT3 on the Ring, finally
09-06-2015, 11:18 AM
#31
Rennlist Member
Not the right forum for this comment but I have to say that new car buyers miss out on the fun.
Just watch that video. Floor it, brake, turn in and then floor it again. No drama, so easy and effortless. New cars are extremely capable and fast but miss that exitement.
I have ridden shotgun beside Sabine at the ring when I had a 964 RS and she known that track as the back of her hand. She was very relaxed yet very fast and I learned a ton from her. People pass her on tourist days and brag about it but I very much doubt they could stay with her if she was really trying.
Just watch that video. Floor it, brake, turn in and then floor it again. No drama, so easy and effortless. New cars are extremely capable and fast but miss that exitement.
I have ridden shotgun beside Sabine at the ring when I had a 964 RS and she known that track as the back of her hand. She was very relaxed yet very fast and I learned a ton from her. People pass her on tourist days and brag about it but I very much doubt they could stay with her if she was really trying.
09-06-2015, 08:38 PM
#32
Drifting
Not the right forum for this comment but I have to say that new car buyers miss out on the fun.
Just watch that video. Floor it, brake, turn in and then floor it again. No drama, so easy and effortless. New cars are extremely capable and fast but miss that exitement.
I have ridden shotgun beside Sabine at the ring when I had a 964 RS and she known that track as the back of her hand. She was very relaxed yet very fast and I learned a ton from her. People pass her on tourist days and brag about it but I very much doubt they could stay with her if she was really trying.
Just watch that video. Floor it, brake, turn in and then floor it again. No drama, so easy and effortless. New cars are extremely capable and fast but miss that exitement.
I have ridden shotgun beside Sabine at the ring when I had a 964 RS and she known that track as the back of her hand. She was very relaxed yet very fast and I learned a ton from her. People pass her on tourist days and brag about it but I very much doubt they could stay with her if she was really trying.
Any other interesting antidotes?
09-06-2015, 09:07 PM
#33
Rennlist Member
And that was a HANS harness (thinner at the shoulders) too. This snubbing of HANS in Europe is still a mystery to me.
09-07-2015, 12:58 AM
#35
Rennlist Member
Down the hatzenbach she was passed by a couple of GT3 RS 997:S and that set her in racemode it seemed! After that she stopped talking and after fuchsröre she passed them back. I remember up the bergwerk there is a kink and when approaching that I thought she must surely brake but no! She just flicked the wheel and got the tail out just a little to get the car through that kink without lifting off and that was at about 200km/h. That takes some skill to do in your first lap in an unknown car and the 964 RS is not ladies car.
Impressive!
09-07-2015, 03:03 AM
#36
Drifting
Nice catch...
09-07-2015, 03:05 AM
#37
Drifting
This was a private trackday so no tourist day. Right after we set out on the lap she said that my cars suspension was to stiff for the ring and that it was the only Porsche to have racecarstiff suspension from factory. She was the talking alot and fiddgering with her watch and helmet which was to big since she had borrowed it.
Down the hatzenbach she was passed by a couple of GT3 RS 997:S and that set her in racemode it seemed! After that she stopped talking and after fuchsröre she passed them back. I remember up the bergwerk there is a kink and when approaching that I thought she must surely brake but no! She just flicked the wheel and got the tail out just a little to get the car through that kink without lifting off and that was at about 200km/h. That takes some skill to do in your first lap in an unknown car and the 964 RS is not ladies car.
Impressive!
Down the hatzenbach she was passed by a couple of GT3 RS 997:S and that set her in racemode it seemed! After that she stopped talking and after fuchsröre she passed them back. I remember up the bergwerk there is a kink and when approaching that I thought she must surely brake but no! She just flicked the wheel and got the tail out just a little to get the car through that kink without lifting off and that was at about 200km/h. That takes some skill to do in your first lap in an unknown car and the 964 RS is not ladies car.
Impressive!
09-07-2015, 04:19 AM
#38
Race Car
If you drive touristdays at Nürburgring HANS is not allowed.
I use Hybrid when driving at trackdays at Nordschleife.
All race drivers use HANS or Hybrid (or equivalent) when training and racing.
09-07-2015, 09:08 AM
#39
Rennlist Member
09-07-2015, 11:14 AM
#41
Race Car
5/6pt are allowed.
"Trucks and vehicles with the following specifications and/or systems: full bucket seats (driver and passenger), upgraded or not standard removable steering wheels, HANS (head and neck support) and unpadded cages and other components that can endanger the driver or road safety shall also not be allowed to drive on the race track."
Note that Full bucket seats are allowed as long as they don't interfere with your sight.
I suspect that this seat might not be OK:
https://www.recaro-automotive.com/en...p-1300-gt.html
Source:
http://www.nuerburgring.de/fileadmin...tions-2012.pdf
"Trucks and vehicles with the following specifications and/or systems: full bucket seats (driver and passenger), upgraded or not standard removable steering wheels, HANS (head and neck support) and unpadded cages and other components that can endanger the driver or road safety shall also not be allowed to drive on the race track."
Note that Full bucket seats are allowed as long as they don't interfere with your sight.
I suspect that this seat might not be OK:
https://www.recaro-automotive.com/en...p-1300-gt.html
Source:
http://www.nuerburgring.de/fileadmin...tions-2012.pdf