Porsche 911 (997 Turbo) Thruxton track day drive

[scarfy1988]

such a drag, i can see you just wanted to do what you wanted to do, sod the passenger driver assist, ilew take my 1.2 clio for fun .

[steveoz32]

@scarfy1988 yeh defo give it a go, the track is good fun, plenty of room. It was my first time out on the track, so I didn't mind the tuition, but yes would be nice to just go with it. I've been meaning to go back there for a bit but have just been way too busy, hoping to take the 996 for a spin there soon.

[steveoz32]

Totally. The cones were a bit off putting to start with, as I was actually concentrating on not hitting them lol, but soon relaxed. I think it's to make sure that new people give the pitlane a wide birth and exiting vehicles. The place cones on the outside wern't too bad, they helped mark out brake points etc and apex's which was quite good. It was a good track though, the last sweeping bend on the back of the track is awesome for building up speed after a bit of practice :)

[eitherwaybarneyrubbl]

@steveoz32 yeah i agree with you on that one fella i did the track day today and yeah at first they were off putting but yeah after a while I learnt to use them to full advantage like you say where to brake, speed up, etc, but i think the track had some great turns but the last sweeping bend was amazing and yeah after practice that was amazing corner!!

[steveoz32]

@eitherwaybarneyrubbl Good stuff, thruxton is a great track once you've done a few laps :) The last sweeping corner is great!

[j1mmytt]

its good to have an instructor for your first few laps of a new track. Do they always use cones all the way round the track, i hate that :( did they remove them atall? id like to visit this track one day but not with the amount of cones.