Thanks for kind comments and thoughts! Here is a link to the full session for those that find chasing fast lap times interesting: ua-cam.com/video/uFwdY2ZsgtM/v-deo.htmlsi=5RQg9_goOGHBR7sO
Great judgement! I get this, as I always try and steer the car when I'm going off backwards. I remember parking my Ferrari right by a marshal's post at Brands hatch, having skated through the gravel ass first. They seemed quite impressed with me.
This is the kinda shit you do, and when you're full of adrenaline, super excited to tell everyone, you can't put into words what you just experienced without downplaying it so you give up and start fumbling around with the cam to just show them. 😅
It appears to be shifting slow. If you own a PIWIS2 (and up), use it to recalibrate the clutches. Not the generic calibration. This is a "car on airjacks and safety's" situation. You'll spend 8-10 min each gear above 3k rpm.
Short answer: needed to get on the left side of the track for the next corner. Long answer: sun in my eyes, overcorrected, car upshifted at the wrong moment, overconfident in my own abilities and was not smooth enough.
Well done sir! Im sure you have spent quite a lot of time trying to figure out if you are just that good, or was there some rarely found luck out there on the track. Either way, it’s a win! Thanks for sharing.
I walked the track on Thursday, and noticed there's a ~1" dip from the surface of the pavement to the track-out kerb coming out of T9. Judging by your video, it's possible that your right rear tire got "hooked" onto that dip and that's what spun you around.
It was a bit strange, perhaps that was it, but I also overcorrected the slide to begin with. Sun was in my face, so I was not 100% sure where I was on the track.
I think it's a combination of too much and too aggressive steering left after catching the initial slide and car upshifting (you can hear it). Unloaded rear during upshift and very fast steering flick resulted in a spin.
George, thanks for sharing this gem of a video for us to see. What an epic save followed by a casual cruise into the paddocks! Bet nobody suspected a thing! Is that turn 10 service road into the paddock frequently used?
Not 100% sure, but combination of me trying to get on the other side too quickly, car upshifting and rear wheels loosing the grip... there is lots of speculation in the comments below:) Recalibrated clutches and will not let car shift itself anymore when PSM is off, that was stupid of me.
You had an active over steer and put in a fine initial correction, but once the initial rotation was halted, you resumed the steering input to get back on line. The reduced grip of the gators could not support the request so you resumed your oversteer. From there luck took over, but you kept trying to drive and did a great job picking up the ball after completing the spin aimed in a fortuitous direction.
Feels like you kept pushing the car when it was unsettled. I hear you applying throttle far too early in corners and even when I can visibly see the back end of the car has barely settled… what else did you expect to happen here? You need to calm down and learn to manage the weight transfer and grip of a mid drive chassis better.
@@giak Agreed, I was out in a GT4 this weekend and its actually a very stable car up to its limit. But it bites when it goes beyond that limit. The real tale is the front end, if you feel the front end is washing, or struggling for grip, the back won't be far behind it, so its time to back off. The 911 GT3 RS is more forgiving in that respect and tends to have much more benign rear end behaviour.
Thanks for kind comments and thoughts! Here is a link to the full session for those that find chasing fast lap times interesting:
ua-cam.com/video/uFwdY2ZsgtM/v-deo.htmlsi=5RQg9_goOGHBR7sO
That's when you just pull it straight into the trailer and call it a weekend. Nice save!
Me: Check the tire pressures, head back out
I'll have to remember to watch this everytime I'm debating buying track insurance
Wow. Glad there was no contact. Pretty sure reverse entry into the paddock is frowned upon.
Sometimes after a track day my wife actually asks how things went. “Just fine” is always a great answer!
Apart from that awesome maneuver, corkscrew at sunset looks amazing!
You just cashed in all your luck credits for the month.
Haha 😂
this is the kind of content I live for
😂
My God that's crazy from the inside of the cabin. Did anyone get that on film from the outside? Glad it worked out. That's some skill regardless.
Nop, nobody got it from the outside:(
@giak bummer that would have been epic. But at least you got it in cabin and all ended with seemingly everything intact. 😃👍
Holy cow, the race gods smiled on you.
Indeed!
Was not really intentional!
Glimpsed the opening in rear view mirror and decided to try and aim for it, and it worked:) lucky me!
The fact that is isn't a simulator but IRL! Holy shit!
BROOOoo hahaha unbelievable. No crash = maneuver lol great catch!!!
WTF, this guy need to do the Lottery at once.
Nice checking alignment as you roll in.
You watched it till the end:)
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Lol oh my lord!! Nice gather up -that was lucky 😅
that is an UNBELIEVABLE save
If you can call it that:) I did save it from hitting the wall if that's what you mean, but got very lucky too.
That worked out great!🏁
Great judgement! I get this, as I always try and steer the car when I'm going off backwards. I remember parking my Ferrari right by a marshal's post at Brands hatch, having skated through the gravel ass first. They seemed quite impressed with me.
Holy shit 😂 Glad you’re okay dude!
Glad you and the car are okay!
Great save!
a real code brown moment.
😅
Code brown!
luckiest safe ever ! insane instincts !
Coming in hot!
That was insane! Jesus take the wheel moment. Wow.
That was deliberate - Gimli as he falls off his horse 😂
😀
HOLY SMOKES
Ok that was awesome
That’s insane. Wow !!!
You were distracted by the sunset. Yeah, that's the real reason.
Like a boss !!
Nailed the last apex!
😁
"My people need me" 😂
Saving the car on a 180 is impressive. But dodging a barrier at high speed and escaping injury and damage to the car is insane!
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Crazy move ! ^^
errr you forgot to put your arm up as you're exiting! Amazing luck! so glad for you and what a vid to remember it.
This is the kinda shit you do, and when you're full of adrenaline, super excited to tell everyone, you can't put into words what you just experienced without downplaying it so you give up and start fumbling around with the cam to just show them. 😅
"mm guess it's late, might head off now"
Driving way over your limits
It appears to be shifting slow. If you own a PIWIS2 (and up), use it to recalibrate the clutches. Not the generic calibration. This is a "car on airjacks and safety's" situation. You'll spend 8-10 min each gear above 3k rpm.
Thanks, will do.
Outstanding save. May I ask why the second left flick? The initial slide seemed already well corrected? Only want to educate myself here.
Short answer: needed to get on the left side of the track for the next corner.
Long answer: sun in my eyes, overcorrected, car upshifted at the wrong moment, overconfident in my own abilities and was not smooth enough.
Well done sir! Im sure you have spent quite a lot of time trying to figure out if you are just that good, or was there some rarely found luck out there on the track. Either way, it’s a win! Thanks for sharing.
For sure got lucky!
Just taking a restroom break 😂. Good save though!
Seemed like you corrected for a slide that wasn't there, thank god the pit entry was there :P
Sir please remember to put your arm out the window with your fist up next time
Guilty of that😂
I walked the track on Thursday, and noticed there's a ~1" dip from the surface of the pavement to the track-out kerb coming out of T9. Judging by your video, it's possible that your right rear tire got "hooked" onto that dip and that's what spun you around.
It was a bit strange, perhaps that was it, but I also overcorrected the slide to begin with. Sun was in my face, so I was not 100% sure where I was on the track.
I think it's a combination of too much and too aggressive steering left after catching the initial slide and car upshifting (you can hear it). Unloaded rear during upshift and very fast steering flick resulted in a spin.
@@IvanLarionov Spot on! I hate that it shifts itself :(
Whoa!
George, thanks for sharing this gem of a video for us to see. What an epic save followed by a casual cruise into the paddocks! Bet nobody suspected a thing! Is that turn 10 service road into the paddock frequently used?
Its a proper way to exit during HPDEs :)
SO CLOSE!
Style Points+++
A lot of luck!
Woah 😳
Looks as real as assetto corsa with pure mod
"Meant to do that"
I saw the tyre pressure monitor signify the right rear was low so I thought I'd come in and get it checked.
I guess that's one way to do it. Don't think that's the recommended method though.
Ok how do I avoid this next week 😮
Don’t drive like me:)
But seriously, leave TC on or make sure shifting is in fully manual mode.
Holy shit!
Phew !
We would all be better drivers if exiting the track like this was a requirement.
ho-ly smokes!
haha what the fuck that was PERFECT
Not the usual track exit, but I'll allow it.
Pucker factor for sure, hopefully brought some spare undies 😂
Can you explain what happened coming out the Apex? It looked like oversteer but it came out of nowhere which was weird
Not 100% sure, but combination of me trying to get on the other side too quickly, car upshifting and rear wheels loosing the grip... there is lots of speculation in the comments below:) Recalibrated clutches and will not let car shift itself anymore when PSM is off, that was stupid of me.
You had an active over steer and put in a fine initial correction, but once the initial rotation was halted, you resumed the steering input to get back on line. The reduced grip of the gators could not support the request so you resumed your oversteer. From there luck took over, but you kept trying to drive and did a great job picking up the ball after completing the spin aimed in a fortuitous direction.
Pretty much, there was also unintended upshift that helped the rotation.
what caused the spin? one wheel off tarmac and lots of steering angle...
Sunset in my eyes, auto upshift that unloaded rear, too much input from me trying to get outside for the next corner...
And that’s why I don’t drive my 911 on the track!
Code brown.
Is it faster to let the car shift itself or why would you not shift yourself? Honest question
Not used to the car, I should have put it in manual mode when I switched off TC.
Ya play da guitar on da MTV…
did it upshift at the very last moment?
yep
wow, so how did the conversation with the track marshal go after that, or did you get away with it :)
Lol, he said workers reported a close call:)
Brilliant save. How badly did you ruin your pants? Bad enough you had to change the driver's seat too?
Pants were fine, used to this by now…
Code: Brown
Code brown
hell yeah LOL! totally on purpose
Now try it again :)
I'll try not to, but I suspect this was not the first or last similar incident of mine! Hey as long as I keep being lucky!!!
That would be the paddock entry, not the exit.
FUUUUUUUUUUCK 😅
omg dude wtf
😂😂😂
Feels like you kept pushing the car when it was unsettled. I hear you applying throttle far too early in corners and even when I can visibly see the back end of the car has barely settled… what else did you expect to happen here?
You need to calm down and learn to manage the weight transfer and grip of a mid drive chassis better.
I am overly aggressive in general:) Got lucky this time... and yes, 100% true, need to be more careful with mid engine cars.
@@giak Agreed, I was out in a GT4 this weekend and its actually a very stable car up to its limit. But it bites when it goes beyond that limit. The real tale is the front end, if you feel the front end is washing, or struggling for grip, the back won't be far behind it, so its time to back off.
The 911 GT3 RS is more forgiving in that respect and tends to have much more benign rear end behaviour.