Rockingham Oct 6th

Who’s ( if anybody ), going??:smiley:

guess not then:(

Which variation of circuit are you doing - did the small infield one a couple of months back, lots and lots of corners.

In inner one with lots of lefthand :Dcorners

Where is Rockingham, and is it easy to get to from London?

Er, whats lots of lefts? Unless they run it the other way to what I did, its got three lefts but they sort of roll into one. Start out down start finish, into right hander, this goes into a sort of chicane (right left), before another right, then another right (watch out for the surface repair, very bumpy), followed by another tight right, exiting uphill to another right then the first part of the left, accelerate through this to the next open left, again still way on the gas, this then turns into 3rd stage of the left, and watch the kerb on the right, it comes in very fast. This then leads down to a hairpin right and back onto the start finish straight.

A little bit further up than Silverstone - so no problem to ride there -
National circuit

http://www.trackdays.co.uk/tracks/rockingham.htm

Looks quite good, might consider this, it’s not too far for me either. See if I get set free next Thursday.

Never considered it myself, the other half booked me on the day so I couldn’t refuse it. Never been there before, but would go back. It is not a relaxing circuit at all, you are just about hanging off the bike all the time. The bumy right hander, was actually good for overtaking, as most people tried to stay on the inside of the repair section. If you went over the repair, it unsettled the bike but not that badly. If you want to practice cornering, I can highly recommend this circuit.

never cracked the hairpin:unsure:

For the last corner/apex before the start finish you need to turn in well after the rumble strips end

Yep, its a late turn in, get on the gas quite early, you can use the pit lane exit to get better drive out of the corner, just try and make it back to the track proper before the kerb, especially if its wet :wink:

Might be up for this, but have to check other appointments first…

No can do - after checking plans, there was a reason that weekend stood out in my mind… my cousin is getting married!

so…:cool:

Tell me about it… But I think I would be ex-communicated from the family if I didn’t atend :crazy:

J if we don’t go back to Wales that weekend I’ll come up and watch, is Al booked… couldn’t tell if V was or not either lol.

" ex-communicated from the family"

Think of the peace and quiet:D

Hey Ang babe - my own brollygirl and fan club and stalker – excellent!!

Suffering from G syndrome at the mo - duff shoulder…hope I shake it

…shattered only by the exquisite tones from my recently fixed exhaust system! :smooooth:

Couldn’t really tell from your replies - did you have a good time?I love Rockingham. Done it a couple of time, once using part of the banking too. So many corners, really technical. Lack of straights can be frustrating but I find the blast up the m-way on the way there and back takes care of that! :Whistling: