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Hahahaha, this car is awesome on the track!!! I cannot contain my grin, just amazing. I believed I perfected my driving at VIR with the Cayman, I knew how to do few 2:17s with new R888s, but my best was 2:18:6 ever on old R888s.
First session with the GT3, very sloppy driving overall, multiple 2:19s. Second session, better driving but still sloppy, multiple low 2:16s, on street tires!!! The car is just amazing ![]()
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Can't wait to hear more.
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Day complete, four total session, quite relaxed, not a lot of car during open practice, but a lot of different types, including spec ford racers, cobras, corvettes, rx-8s, bmws, etc.
Incredable weather, hit 78, slight increasing winds. The last two sessions, I got slower and slower. I suspect it was due to getting tired and temps increasing fast and high that impacted my body negatively. The car is superb. It is not difficult to drive, but I am not deciphering all the signals yet. I cranked up the wing to full up in the afternoon, maybe that slowed me down ![]() The car is gaining speed very fast and doesn't let up. I am not used to such power, so I am backing off earlier from the throttle at the end of the straights. Looking at data, old and new, the power of the GT3 is worth about 3 secs on the circuit, but at braking and corners I lost about 2.5 sec to the time I was driving the Cayman. Most of that is due to the tires I think. The Toyo Proxes 1 don't quite have the grip of the R888s, and don't stand to heat as well as r-comps of course. More track time tomorrow, and I should get more comfortable with the car. Unfortunately, it is going to be very busy, I will most likely have 2 students, so that means 9 sessions in a single day, running from one to another. Cheers,
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Fatih Selekler 997.2 GT3 Last edited by FTS; 03-09-2011 at 10:08 AM. |
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Enjoy it Fatih!
Feels great doesn't it? Keep en eye on your rear pads with SC and TC on..
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Peter National PCA Instructor. Pics and youtubes ==> Daily driver '10RS white/gold. White OEM RS roll bar, red schroth seat belts, CUP LSD, lip and Gurney, Sharky, V1, K40 laser blocker. Sold '07GT3 white |
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The weekend was truly awesome; after 5 months being off track, it was much needed for me. First time with a 911, I was apprehensive, but the car turned out to be very stable, easy to push, and the power is relentless all the way to red line. As I posted earlier, my lap times were lower the first two sessions and it just got worse from there until Sunday. I think initially I was the 'unconscious novice' and was just trying to drive without thinking. As I started to think more and become conscious about my driving and feel more of the car, I slowed down; I was just not familiar with the way the car was communicating, so I did not know how to interpret the signals. But on Sunday, I felt more and more comfortable with the car and my times started to drop steadily. I am going to write my opinion in an article later on for new comers to the GT3, but for now here are few interesting notes:
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Fatih Selekler 997.2 GT3 Last edited by FTS; 03-09-2011 at 10:09 AM. |
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