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Originally Posted by donk.
New fuel economy record: 39.9L / 100km. Hopefully pass that on the weekend....
Mission was a fun track, was expecting alot worse.
Defs harder on the brakes, may have slightly warped them, they sound kinda rough on the way home. Brakes at 350C after a cool down lap.
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Good lap and I love that fuel economy you're getting! You gotta aim to break 40L next time lol~
Couple of quick comments about your driving line:
T4
- You want to hug the wall (on the right) for a bit longer and turn in later
- If you review the video, you can see that your Vette is already turning into T4 by the time it passed the T4 turn-in marker. You want to turn in at the turn-in cone to stretch out the turn into a longer straight (for more acceleration).
T6
- essentially the same thing as T4 -- stay by the rumble strip on the right longer, and turn in later
T8 / T9
- good job for staying on throttle thru that stretch!
T9 exit
- Turn less and aim for the last cone (on the right) leading back to the pit lane. Let the car aim towards the wall and carve a long, gradual curve bringing the car back to the left.
- At any given point in time, your tires can only provide so much grip. If you used some for turning, you'll have less for accelerating. Because it is the front straight, you have all kinds of time to bring the car back to the left side to prepare for T1, so focus on turning less & accelerating more at T9. You will get a much faster lap time because you'll be carrying a lot more speed at the end of the front straight.
- One word of caution about exiting T9 with good acceleration though -- because you are in a Vette, you have gobs and gobs of power to overwhelm your rear tires. If your steering wheel is not straight, it is very easy overpower your rear tires and spin the car. Needless to say, this is
BAD NEWS if it happens at the T9 exit. The car will spin and ping pong off the concrete walls on both sides of the front straight, and nobody will be happy. And the unfortunate thing is, even from just my limited first hand experience, I have probably seen it happen at least 4 times over the past 14 - 15 years.
Good luck and I hope you'll keep setting new PBs~!