Mux213 Levin GTS

[Mux213]

Nohachi,

Damn I missed you guys then, thats ashame...

You are 1000% right. Although I do think that a rookie should also have a chance to get someone to show him the ropes, getting in with just somebody is a bad bad idea, especially if that somebody thinks he knows the ring cause he placed it on a bloody PS2 Then again, I would suggest any rookie to first do alot of passenger laps him/herself so the ring becomes formiliar and learn his/her car first on a less dangerous racetrack like Zandvoort. Overconfidence is the one thing that gets you hurt on the ring with only luck protecting you.

So far I've only taken laps as a passenger with people from which I knew they had many laps to their name and are safe drivers. The only times I didn't where way in the beginning driving the RX7 together with Tim, we both were rookies, but we both knew we needed to take it slow and easy. Also having 2 pairs of eyes is a must when you are new to the ring, there is just to much going on, a little help is needed.

Tim has become a very good ringdriver and since we've driven together many times before in the RX7 and later in the Porsche it was no problem for him to be my passenger in the hachi roku. He knew my driving was safe, and he knew how to give me good keypoints to drive the ring safer. Indeed my only mistakes were made in my first lap getting used to the hachi's behaviour on the ring, and later on when Tim was no longer besides me.

The thing that I need to learn most now, is to be more relaxed about the other traffic. Especially when I have a number of bikes around me I get nervous. Its so damn easy to loose track of them and when you do......

Leon also trusted me to drive him around the ring. I was a little more carefull with that then with Tim because Leon can't help me out and having had only 3 laps this year and no laps last year I was hoping my mind knew the ring well enough. And indeed I got it wrong a few times but luckely I am not someone who takes risks, I tent to take full speed corners slowing down way to much instead of the other way around. Leon trusts my driving aswell as we've done many laps together on Zandvoort.

Its going to be interesting to see what Leon does when he finally takes on the ring. He's done a number of passenger laps and only now is starting to think of taking his BMW out on the ring. I'm confident enough to take a passenger lap with him on the ring as I know how well he drives. Having got his racing license this year with 'ease' underlines that, although this can also make someone overconfident. They know their driving skills are good, but they understimate that the ring is very different then say, Zandvoort. I hope Tim will be willing to drive the first laps with Leon to get him around the track safely.