Picked up my 1538 GP 'GiusePpe' last Thursday which I love Yesterday I took it on a novice track day at Brands Hatch, watch what happened to the red BMW on the last lap of the day... We were all very lucky!

 

Phew! Glad you and your GP were fine

 

Clarkson style driving!!!

I was actually more worried about the folks that where behind you, either they missed a waving yellow or it was out too late!

Also it looks like your turn signal indicator was illuminated (4s-17s into the vid)

 

holy crap! this is what kinda scares me about autoxing my car... do you know if he hit the siderail or was he able to stop before hitting anything?

 

pole, what do you think of your kumho's?

 

Thanks for all your comments The green light was when the cruise control was accidentally turned on but it wasn't actually active. The BMW stopped before hitting the barriers so was very lucky, we were worried it would hit the barrier and be sent across the track back into our path. I think the yellow flags were either out too late or the drivers decided to ignore them, it was quite a shock to say the least!

 

Well as a first time change from the stock run-flats, they're great! I haven't autoxed before so I can't really give a race perspective but from the street its a definite change. The ride is a little smoother when going over bumpy roads as the regular tires absorb a little more of the shock. I do notice that I do lose a little crispness in the turn-in because of the stiffness of the run-flats but I enjoy the tires nonetheless due to the comfort. I also enjoy the extra 20mm of width to the tire in terms of looks and it is very slightly a little bit taller than the stock tires, so it closes that wheel gap in the wheel wells that much more. However, I think I have lost some mpg's due to the increased contact patch, maybe around 1-2 mpgs. Oh well, there's a trade off for comfort and looks over preformance.

 

That would be scary. It's a good thing every one was ok.

 

So, would a track junky be willing to explain what happened here to us? It looks like something caused the front end to go the wrong direction, then they applied the brakes which cause the rear end to come out. But what cause the front end to go the wrong direction in the first place?

 

Wow, that was awesome... scary... but awesome. Glad he missed your GP!

 

I'm not an expert, but it looks like the rear broke first, but I don't know why. Drifters do this on purpose to get a drift started. The mistake was panic braking and not knowing how to recover quicker.

Count yourself lucky!