Driving up on
an overcast saturday morning the weather didn't look like it was going to stay good for my first attempt at driving the E30 320 on track. Luckily the rain held off long enough for me to get the car unloaded off of the trailer so at least I was dry.
However it wasn't to stay that way for long and by the time the circuit opened the track surface was wet and very slippery.
We had been warned that there wasn't a great deal of grip on the circuit however I slightly underestimated how greasy it was a promptly managed to spin on my second or third lap at the apex of paddock hill, only a very minor spin. Didn't even leave the circuit but it still didn't meet with the approval of the organizers.
Through out the day there was in the region of 15 red flags so I wasn't the only one caught out by the conditions.
By the afternoon the track had dried out and some more sensible laps were put in, a few seconds off where I'd ideally be but the cold surface, old R888's and lack of experience in the car wouldn't have helped.
A quick video of the last session is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0Unf5twcIo
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