White 430S

One other idea. I fitted Cup car grills on my 997 GT3RS to protect the radiators from stones as the mesh in the stock grill was rather large. Scuderia also has large mesh. Is there a Challenge car type of grill that might fit in the Scuderia opening? If not I will probably use my tried and trusted method of chicken wire on top of the OEM grill when I am going fast. Works great but hardly concours good looking

 

how about some pics of the new puppy along with the other big dogs at the Dog House?

 

Good idea! You come over and take them. I am going to Zhuhai to practice in my Formula Renault like crazy for the Pan Asian Festival of Speed. Am unlikely to be back in HK for about 10 days unless the weather turns nasty or I get too tired to practice anymore. Cracking 1:40 in the heat and humidity is not easy!

 

Would love to do that! PM me anytime, I am no expert in photo shooting though

I have no track experience, but from what I read it seems like 1:50s is already pretty fast for the jap tuners? I can't imagine what under 1:40 would be like!!

Since you mentioned Zhuhai, do you have any info on the racing schools there? Me and a couples of mates are interested in taking some Novice course. What kind of price range are we looking at and what sort of packages are being offered? At this stage I think open wheelers would be a waste of time for us as we do not have the skills to appreciate them. We are more interested in learning how to find the racing lines and apexes; and most importantly learning how to feel the limits of one car. I apologize if this sounds foolish to you as all I have under my belt is a little bit of non-competitive karting and the roads around the south...

Good luck with the event mate

 

Was playing at ZIGC today and heard you guys blasting all day

It was music to my ears, but not so much for the others

 

I would do Formula Renault training at ART. They have 2 day courses for novices. You will learn 10x in a Formula car compared with a touring car. ART have the best instructors, cars have data logging. There is a course at the end of September. ART's website: http://www.art-motorsports.com/

I am not so familiar with the touring car options at ZIC.

 

It was very hot on the track. I achieved my target time and am encouraged by my speed in various segments. I did a 1:40.5 without too much difficulty. My next target will be a 1:39.5 which in this heat is about the most I can hope for. That means T10 flat and T14 at 157+ with no other mistakes. I did 3 full days - 4 sessions per day. No crashes and I feel great. Lots of Formula Wests on the track during our sessions - we call them the rolling chicanes. A lot of crashes so many red flags

 

Thanks for the info and link DM, will look into it tonight!

So where would a 1:39.5 put you among the group?

Hole no.4's tee had a view of T7 I believe? It was great to hear and see the cars going through that corner! It was cool how some of the cars sounded like machine gun when they shift, why is that?

lol, why do the Formula Wests have more crashes? Is it because its a less advance group?

 

No idea where a 1:39.5 would put me. Field should be 25 cars. Maybe 20? Hopefully not last! Only time will tell. It is the best I can hope for now given that I did not touch my car from March until September. I want to race and can only do my best

Formula Wests spun a lot but not too many big crashes. It was the Formula Renaults that were hitting the walls. Several cars needed forklift truck to get back to the pits. People are starting to push to get ready for the Pan Asian race. One guy hit the wall quite hard at T10 - fairly typical crash

 

Not sure. Formula Renault has sequential gearbox so we can downshift very fast at high RPM's. We need the engine braking to make the corners We come into T7 at +220kph and brake at 90m for a 2nd gear hairpin. Scary

 

Saw this at the CHP run on Sunday. Looked great!
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it's all about the experience and having fun, obviously I am sure it would be nice to win or be in top 5; but afterall what matters is that you have a good time. Don't under estimate yourself! Even Toro Rosso can win!

Scary indeed, I can hear the tires screaming under braking from that far!

 

There are lots of kids from all over the world and they are scary fast. In my last race i was older than my 3 team mates combined. I was older than any of their fathers by a good margin. Have to be realistic. I am doing this for fun and to push myself to improve. There is zero chance to win or even top 5. I got a championship point once and that to me was a victory.

Braking is tough. You need exactly 70 brake pressure. 75 = lock up and 65 = gravel if you are braking late. If don't brake late you will be slow and get passed very easily. Laws of physics are so easy to understand but hard to apply

My car is pale blue and white with a red stripe - number 18. Did you see it?

 

Must not be easy to deal with just to keep up with the youngsters...

I was at the tee for a good 5 minutes just seeing the cars exiting T7 while waiting to tee off (it was packed!)... I did try to look out for you and I do remember the colors of your car from your site. Unfortunately with the distance and where the sun is, I could hardly see any colors, let alone the numbers. The only obvious color was yellow!!

 

that looks SO good. congratulations

 

i hv few question for the 430s,could u mind gv me ur msn?

 

Just send me a PM

 

I just realised I either saw your car, or one very similar, last week.
If it wasn't yours, you have a twin in HK

I liked the grey stripes and wheels on white. Its subtle, but aggressive looking.

Looked great!

 

Just picked up my car from the dealer where I had the 430C shift paddles fitted. What a big improvement. Highly recommend this to any 430S owner - a cheap upgrade with Ferrari parts that dramatically improves the driving experience. The 430C shift paddles are comparatively ugly to the 430S carbon fibre paddles but they work a lot better for shifting in corners. Thank you to the See Fu who pointed me in this direction.

Will post some photos when I get the chance. No time to drive the car lately

 

Cool man! Looking forward to seeing pics.

 

Happy to see you here Pap.

 

Happy to be here.

 

That is super cool... photos!!!!!!

 

No problem DM18. And thank you for the tip on the Scud Spider!

 

Had tea with friends on China National Day. They thought an easier solution would be to duct tape chopsticks to the shift paddles. I will stick with the 430C shift paddles