Someone mention rain?

love this vid

I like this vid - I've a friend with the same set-up (Honda K20a) who did a 7:50 bridge to gantry. Sounds fantastic - I had the same set-up but with a supercharger, but I'm a lot slower!

Went 4 years ago and it is an amazing place the car park alone and the surrounding area is worth the trip alone.

As already said, go in the week if you can as its alot quieter and easy to drive round, also go early and late, stay on the right and take a passenger to also keep an eye out.

I learnt alot of it on the GT and it does help to at least know which way the next corner is going, even though after a while you will forget and it is a tad strange.

I did have an off doing about 110 but got stopped by the wet grass and only bent an alloy so not all bad.

Go, have fun enjoy

I spoke to a guy with a 911 GT2 who races his E36 M3 on the Ring.

He had a wishbone snap on the 911 and took out 30 metres of Armco. Add that into the price of the circuit having to close and you are talking about a bill of nearly £50,000 which no insurance company would pick up - that excluded damage to his car which was considerable!

yea i think I've got his headlight we walked the top section of the track during the day before we went round, found a nice little souvenir.

Don't try and "learn" the track - it's nigh on impossible and over confidence can set in

What?

That's an absolute must!

Ideally on a Playstation or XBox, PURELY to give you some reference, knowing where you are and what corner is next can mean the difference between going home in one piece or not!

I'm going for a long weekend on Thursday (4th year running) and have always treated the place with huge respect - I've 24 laps now and still consider myself to be a complete novice!

It'll be nice to park my vRS in the car park next to some exotica!

Always drive WELL within your ability and NEVER 10/10ths!

It's not a race!

The ONLY prize is leaving with happy memories with everything intact (except tyres & brakes) !!!

My best from last year...

What?

That's an absolute must!

Ideally on a Playstation or XBox, PURELY to give you some reference, knowing where you are and what corner is next can mean the difference between going home in one piece or not!

OK, perhaps I didn't explain particularly well!

With around 170 corners and God knows how many changes of elevation added to the fact the place seems to look very different depending on the weather, I meant don't try and learn the track too much - concentrate on driving within the limits and watching out for other people rather than thinking "now which way does the track go on the Playstation...........oh I missed that guy in the M3"!!

You run the risk of over-confidence and REALLY screwing up if you think it goes one way from memory but in actual fact goes the other way! Advice was aimed at the novice driver.

Like you I've done a number of laps over more than one visit in differing machinary and yeah, there are bits I know quite well but the place still catches me out more often than not and it's resulted a couple of brown trouser moments over the years!

I reckon it's best to go into it with your eyes open and approach the corners with enough respect so that if you do totally miss an apex, it's not going to end up in a tankslapper!

Anyway, I wonder how the OP got on - he was going on Saturday! Still alive mate?

Fair enough...

Above all, drive sensibly and respect the place!

OP still quiet? I'd have been raving!

Hopefully he got back in one piece!

Oh totally - I've had a few heart in the mouth moments but nothing involving car damage (mine or somebody elses!) or expensive barriers and I reckon it's just plain common sense and respect thats got me this far

I spent two solid days jabbering on about it to everybody who would listen the first time I went!

It's hard to describe it to somebody though don't you think? The only saving grace was it "went public" at one point on Top Gear" with the delectable Ms Schmitz so at least people kinda know what you are yakking on about now!

As long Sabine Schmitz isn't on the track at the same time I'm sure you will be fine!

It's hard to describe it to somebody though don't you think? The only saving grace was it "went public" at one point on Top Gear" with the delectable Ms Schmitz so at least people kinda know what you are yakking on about now!

Very much so - 9-11minutes of pure adrenalin, even at slow speeds, my missus did a 16min lap last year (her first) but had the biggest smile ever afterwards!

I almost wish it hadn't been on Topgear though - it's gone from €7 a lap in 2003/4 to €26 this year and they keep ditching the multiple tickets, 8, then 15 lap tickets disappeared last year, this year I think I'll be doing 2 x 4, sod givin the robbin gits any more! Can't wait for the local government to get rid of the corrupt ****s they gave the contract to who then splashed over €300m on pointless 'Nuro-Disney' crap that no-one wants!

The vRS is the support car this year but it'll have to do one lap to earn it's ring-sticker Hoping for a low 9 but I'm not bothered. No doubt traffic will be an issue and the weather isn't looking too good :(

As long Sabine Schmitz isn't on the track at the same time I'm sure you will be fine!

I want to marry her!

She went past me in (I think) an M5 fully laden in a 4 wheel drift at well over 100 - made me want to just park up and go home!

Awesome driver!

yeah I'm alive did a lap in the pouring rain typical really, wanted to do more but in those conditions it wasn't worth risking the car. The traffic wasnt too bad either cus of the weather. Although the lap i did wasn't slow, i knew the track pretty well overtook two cars on the karusell which was interesting. Great trip though apart from driving though belgium as the belgian driving test must consist of driving round an empty carpark.