First Track Day in My F12

Thanks to the Arizona Porsche Club for letting my run with you today. Much better car than I am a driver. Great day. Cannot wait to get more time on the track soon! YouTube video to follow.
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Car was fantastic. I was worried that it would feel big and sloppy on the track. I thought it would tend to understeer because of the frontward placement of the engine. I was also concerned about being throttle happy and causing non linear oversteer. Damn was I wrong. Car was probably easier to drive on the track than on the street. The hulking power and linear acceleration made managing oversteer out of corners intuitive. The car was not at all prone to much understeer. Turn in was sharper than i'd of imagined and after a few laps I felt more and more comfortable braking later and later and getting on the throttle earlier at exit. If I were a better driver I could have easily pushed the car much harder. I would say I was 6-7/10 at max. In a word: Incredible

Here's one of my laps:

https://youtu.be/YVhB4d6SZAA

 

https://www.gps-laptimer.de

 

Note the use of the word "Frontward" instead of "Front".

 

"Trust" is the correct word. I was often off the throttle early. I also was tending to turn in early. Time and patience.

 

So visceral. An absolute joy.

 

It's just an app on the iphone called Harry's Lap Timer.

I just used a suction cup mount and mounted the iphone to the inside of the windshield for video. The app measures, speed, g force, lap time, etc. you can download most any track.

https://www.gps-laptimer.de/

 

I was in Race but didn't feel 'the nannies' kick in...that I am aware of anyway...even coming out of corners a little side ways. I am still tentative to dial in CT Off. Maybe after a few more session...but hopefully before I need to replace the brakes.

Thanks for the advice.

 

LOL...i'm hoping to just stay in the 'bark' zone. 'Bites' with the F12 could prove costly .