IB License No. 10 Gold medal acquired.
Time: 1'54.899
License Center : IB License Tests : IB10 "1 Lap Guide Run (Hong Kong)"
Test Car: MG F '97
Venue: Hong Kong
Gold: 1'55.200
# Failed Attempts: 3
7 mins
Please keep in mind that these are not necessarily my best times (CLICK HERE for my best times/replays).
This is a fun track, with a good mix of high, medium, and slow speed turns. TCS is turned on, so smooth steering into and out of turns will help get a good time.
I launch near 7000, and I wait until I'm between gears to steer to the left (to prepare for the first turn). I begin braking for the first right as the left side wall starts to veer toward the outside of the track. I begin turn-in at the same time, and the car slows from 61 to 41, before I start fluttering the gas. I lift a little as the inside curb approaches, then I get back to full throttle as I roll over it. I finish the turn on the outside (the left side), and I try to fall into the Pace Car's draft.
The right hand kink can be taken much better than I took it. I brake from 83 to 76, a little bit past the Pace Car's braking point. My entry angle is too thin, and it sends me a little wide for the exit. I bump the wall, but not hard enough for a DQ. I settle down and prepare for the coming right handers.
I begin braking just before the 2nd-to-last lamp post and slow down from 77 to 62. I get back to full-throttle, and try to stay to the right. This turn can be taken with a much higher average speed, in the mid to high 60s.
I begin braking for the 90 degree left just as I pass under the yellow 50 m sign. I brake from 72 to 38, then aim for the inside curb. I ease back into the gas as it approaches, then go flat out as I roll over it.
I cross T1 at 0'40.971, and make my way to the left side. The oddly shaped left side curb seems to unsettle the car when the left side rolls over it. I try to stay on the outside as much as I can, and begin braking just as I hit it, going from 65 to 37. I get back on the gas before passing the inside curb, but I make a correction to the outside that slows me down. I settle the car down, and complete the turn on the outside.
I follow the Pace Car's draft up the slight hill, and prepare for the sharp left by staying to the right. The right-side wall can be used as an additional brake, but caution is needed to avoid a DQ. I begin braking as I pass under the footbridge (midway through the candy-striped wall), slowing down from 97 to 30. I don't start turning in until I can see the exit, then I complete the turn in 2nd gear.
I end up on the outside, readying for the upcoming left hander. I begin braking shortly after passing the 50 m sign overhead, and turn in shortly after. This turn has a widened section along the right side, but the "island" curbing can easily unsettle the car. I found that it's better to take a bigger part of the inside curb and stay out of the outside curbing, than to take a thin part of the inside curb and run wide for the exit. It might just be the way I drive...
I cross T2 at 1'20.394, and prepare for the right turn by staying to the left. I begin braking as I pass under the yellow 50 m sign, and begin turn in when the barrier falls away from the left side. I brake from 84 to 40, then get back to full throttle as I pass over the inside curb. I try to take a smooth exit and fall behind in the Pace Car's draft.
I follow it back to the right side, and prepare for the final left-right-left complex. Braking begins as I pass under the yellow 50 m sign, slowing from 76 to 46. I get back on the gas as I roll over the inside curb, and maintain steering to the left to prepare for the next right.
I swing the steering to the right, well before I'm near the left side wall, and then I brake into the right hander. I slow from 58 to 33, then ease back into the gas as I pass the inside curb. I prefer to enter the final left more to the right side, but for this run I'm more in the middle of the track.
I don't brake for the final left, and I simply lift from 46 down to 42 before getting back on the gas. I'm a little too early and hard on it, and I nearly understeer into the right side wall. A smoother exit would've been much better, but I manage to cross for a gold time anyway.
I cross at 1'54.899 going 69 mph in 3rd gear.
Here's a video of my run:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-436764270875211638
Thanks for reading. Thanks for watching. And Have A Great Drive!
RoadHazard
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