Siverstone was extremely greasy last night; one guy managed to bin it during the first session on the second sighting lap! Following a red flag and a short wait in the pits my mate binned his Gixer on Copse - luckily he was ok, however the Gixer was fairly well lunched, so therefore unrideable. The track was proper greasy, so what with the conditions and the fact that I was trying to learn the track I found it fairly intimidating. Most went home after the first and second sessions, which resulted in an open pitlane format and countless red flags.
trixynut wrote:Noise doesn't usually matter at Silverstone, so you'll be fine. I've never known them noise test when I've been on trackdays there, and even if they did and they've got a nominal 102db limit, this won't worry you as that's fuggin' loud! (think racebike loud!).
During the briefing the Silverstone dude came accross quite strict with regards to noise, and insisted they'd be constantly monitoring for anything over 102db. He stated offenders will be asked to leave and won't be given the opportunity to refit baffles. They did however offer the option to noise test before the sessions started to give people the opportunity to refit baffels, which I went for. Mine easily passed, so I see now; that is fuggin' loud!
All in all not a great evening, so I'm keen to give Silverstone another try in the future and hope for better conditions.
) on Monday 02 June 2008. As it's an evening jobbie it'll be from about 5.30pm to 8.30pm, so around 2-3 sessions, all for £55. I've never been on the track at Silverstone, so I'd better get some practice in on Forza Motorsport first! I'll of course be in the novice group.
