Looks like you had seen the Mini and reacted, the o/s went onto the grass, causing the traction system to engage, when you got back onto the track there must have been a bit of excessive torque through the o/s wheels which you could see by your steering input to counter against that torque vector. Personally I'd blame the Mini driver 😂
Clearly looks, him was pushing to hard. Knowing is a daily driven car, probably was better not to push to hard and get some cadwell track experience on it. I been on the evening track day day 8 in Cadwell with my pepper white mini cooper. I had lots of fun and I did drive back home because I didn't wanted go too hard.
At least he went on track and drove that car the best he can. Many people buy cool cars and are only good at accelerating on straights. Now he will process his mistakes, learn some more theory, and become a better driver.
I think you could really benefit from some tuition - Don’t be put off doing trackdays or offended, but getting some tuition will make you smoother, faster, will let you have more fun and be at less of a risk of this happening again.
The Bradford joke tickled me Hopefully the car will be sorted soon enough to so you can get back behind the wheel doing what you enjoy. Having good and bad days is apart of life
Firstly glad youre alright Lee, any crash you can walk away from is a result. Without sounding too cynical and this comes from a respectful place but why focus on doing all these mods, chasing more bhp etc.. when youre clearly struggling to drive the car within its abilities in standard form? Just seems abit daft 🫤 seats/harness and a neck brace would have been more sensible. These cars are so capable in standard form, get used to that power, learn how to shift properly and learn the cars characteristics to the point where you know every inch of it and can anticipate its behavior when pushed . Anyone can map a car turn the traction off and go fast..but when you run out of skill then then big bhp means nowt. Glad you walked away from it in one piece but dial it back mate and get the basics down 💪❤
A bit of nerd info for you.... A 1 dB change in a sound equates to about a 26% difference in sound energy (remember that a 3 dB difference is a doubling of energy levels). In terms of subjective loudness, a 1 dB change yields just over a 7% change. A 3 dB change yields a 100% increase in sound energy and just over a 23% increase in loudness. It's the reason I took the AR1's off of my car.
Yes there are always those who judge but who are not confident enough to share their own mishaps but i for one loved the content, passion and honesty. Hats off to you for having the balls to be who you are
To be honest, I’d rather see you crash at that speed on a track unlike the idiots driving at them speeds on public roads and crashing. Consider yourself lucky to be walking away in one piece
Track days seem like such fun until you're in the barrier. Glad you're ok and 🙏🏿 the car can be fixed quickly and fully without cutting into the budget for jackets. 😉
No control over the car. You should have tested it more before you go to a track day. Lerning process, hope the cwr and you are soon ready for more action but please be careful..
seeing how you were driving (over the limit, no car control), not surprised to see how it ended... if you want to push limits on track buy a used race car with proper safety systems.
Looked like he was all over the track and didn't dial it back in, just kept pushing and driving beyond ability, was lucky he didn't crash into anyone else
@@MrFlavio83if you think the problem was just the grass you have 0 idea, he didn’t even anticipate it nor did he counter steer fast enough just sailed into the barrier like it was a day out
I think we're being a bit harsh lads, if we want to keep seeing evil gt we should support Lee into a little tuition. Comments like this are just going to cause the channel to stop.
knocking in the front end in the location you mentioned is caused by the plastic tray under window. Also if you have any steering grinding issue toyota lubricated the spline shafts and fixed the issue.
Cadwell is a technical track. If you're going to turn off stability control and driver aids for the first time for god sake do it at somewhere flat like Bedford.
You seen the mini braking you shit yourself let off and the back end came round simple Just get some track tution to learn how to handle a car better 🤷
I always remember my first race lesson takeaway. Less is more - less steering inputs, less jerking on off power / brakes - everything. I’d recommend a few lessons - you’ll enjoy it more and be safer to all around you, especially you! For the wider audience, I’d also recommend a private session for the first time you turn all the TC / stability stuff off!
His money would have been a lot better spent on tuition instead of remaps and tyres, that sort of skill level does not need to go any faster than the stock car and road tyres yet🤦♂️live and learn unfortunately sometimes the hard way
Overdriving past your limit, all over the shop, you'd think you'd have calmed down after the first trip on the grass.... take it you've not seen people come off there, spit back over and down the hill onto the otherside? As for the crash, the line is not fine, your already pushing wide, way too quick and on the grass again, you also can't be looking that far through the corners and onto the next apex as you were coming up on that Mini super fast. It begs the question that even if you didn't hit the grass, could you have avoided rear ending that Mini? What a fucken liability pal. These cars are so capable you can really push well past their limit, fair play for the bravery out there and sticking the "i fuct up" video up but looks that bravery will cost you, glad you were not hurt though. Don't quit trackdays, just focus less on the entry speed and more on the exit speed and build up to entering faster, you'll spend less on repairs that way.
Thanks mate I’m still learning after 12 years of trackdays, problem is I don’t see the danger and just want to enjoy myself, but the car is nearly fixed and I’m not sore anymore 😂
Don't want to be harsh, but its a case of having the right gear but with no idea. You are all over the road, borderline out of control most the time, and eventually you found that out the hard way. This in no way was the cars fault, its entirely on the driver. You *need* proper tuition, a better driving position and much more time behind the wheel before pursuing to go faster, otherwise this will inevitably happen again. Glad this wasnt worse for you, onwards and upwards!
Sorry to see a crash, but the meantime, while your car is being fixed, please go to a driving school, even something with drifting. You just froze and did not countersteer enough. This would have been easily saved. Anyway, hope you will not be afraid to push in the future, but try and understand your mistake now, so it will not happen again. Best of luck!
it'll be fixed, dont worry. your TCS started doing its "magic", even before the left hander so you went wide on the grass. then probably hit the brakes while two wheels are still off tarmac? btw lights are expensive as hell :(
Cadwell is not forgiving, very common place for that to happen, run wide onto grass open steering so it’s pointing as straight as possible down hill any lock combine with grass your a gonna. Little tip always dab the brake in the goose neck between the right left transition it will squat the car down and give stability
I’m sorry you had the accident. Semi slicks are great with higher limits, but the breakaway at the limit is much more snappy needing anticipation and quicker reactions. Less grippy tyres sometimes better in a nimble car. I also have a GR. AT LEAST YOU ARE OK!
Enjoyed the last vid, this one not so much. Not nice to see cars getting crashed but at least it wasn’t the gt3. Glad you’re ok. Adding more grip and power only means you are going faster when it goes wrong. Just think that a pro driver would lap faster in the standard car. Better to spend money on safety and improving your skills. Keep the vids coming 👍
Looks like the ESC was coming in as you went through the corner when you crashed, which probably pushed you wide leading to your rear right wheel being on either the grass or the less grippy kerb and then sending you into the wall. If you're in track mode, you need to hold down the Traction Control button long enough to turn off Expert in the digital display. Then all the nannies are off. Hope you get your car back into working order mate.
So sorry this happened to you buddy. I hope you'll get a harness fitted? Now, on the subject of Ohlin's.. I love em, but in the past their packaging sucked!! I bought them for my GT86's back in the day and the trouble i had with damage was a joke. Whereas KW come in a box with corrugated stiffeners keeping everything separate, the Ohlin's came in a box with foam bags that allowed the shocks to hit each other and cause damage.. it was a nightmare. I hope they've changed.
Mine conti sc7 looks exactly the same after 1000km and 50km on a track (very small and technical). I will be trying to get the warranty action on them because either there is a major problem with quality control or conti is just lying in their marketing materials. No other tire is degrading that fast. You cant call it UUHP tire if they are melting faster then smoking winter tires in 20C temp on track
Absolute Kudos champ for hanging it all out there for the world to see - takes balls💪 great to watch, you’ll come back better and plenty of us are learning from your experiences and vids. Out of curiosity can you run harnesses with the stock seats?
I can only repeat myself, don’t turn ESP off, really all of us „wanna be race drivers“ will not be faster with ESP off before we are not able to drive clean, knowing the track and car. This accident happened because you turned the ESP, TRC etc. off. The sport or Race modes with a bit rest of help are just fine. Good luck next time 🍀 Keep it going
Track insurance is 100% worth it even if you back your own talents. I recently had to claim on mine after two other cars nearly collided, went spinning and one took me out! Very annoying but you only cover yourself on track regardless of fault. I paid £130 insurance for the day with Moris and they paid out in 2 weeks from submitting the claim. £8k paid out and free to use any garage, new or old parts and they paid out with no quibble less my excess. Definitely worth it should the worst unfortunately happen. Luckily my car can be saved and it's all covered.
I don’t think you fully know where your wheels are pointed at any given point and you definitely need work on placement, oversteer, general control really it’s like you turn in (harshly) and then relinquish control to the car but you’ve turned the assists off that’s baffling. You need to build it back with harnesses, then get some tuition, a lot of it. Drift and track. The more competent you get with the car whilst it’s sideways the more competent you’ll be when it’s straight, and be able to keep it straight. I don’t mean any offence by this obviously not everyone is born with natural ability unfortunately but that doesn’t mean they can’t learn to be able to put in some decent times round a track. It’ll also save you a lot of money in the future as if you don’t get tuition I guarantee you’ll bin it again when it’s fixed. There’s no shame in bettering your driving! At the end of the day I’m glad it wasn’t but that could have been a lot worse and you didn’t know what to do when you crashed either (cross arms sit back) so there’s a lot for you to learn if you want to continue to have fun on track!!
Sorry to learn of your accident but at least you’re ok. I ran AR1 all last year. Went through 22 of them. A good tyre but very noisy and only reasonable on track in the wet. Just had two sets of the new Bridgestone Potenza Race. They are another level and much quieter. Price wise about the same too. Sadly my i30n and driving style at the ring eats up the outer edges so I went back to AR1 last weekend. They are much harder and accommodating for wear but less grip and much noisier. . If you’re predominantly using it on the road the Bridgestone are great and you’ll love it on track. They are probably not far off an AO52 and good value.
Segment around 8mins showed quite aggressive steering inputs (and using curb!), that initial off and style should have been a warning to slow down a bit. It’s hard to judge giving nothing else of the track day was put up here? Maybe crashed within the first 5mins? Putting up only the crash and the off is going to lead to a lot of assumptions and criticism. Glad he came up unscathed.
You should have started a rebuild episode 🎉and I’m sure the channel would have blown up even faster than it already is. Il definitely be up for watching that ❤
Good advice from me: get a pc and a mid priced sim rig and a decent game like assetto corsa. Not gran turismo or something like that. Especially drifting different types of cars (fwd,rwd,awd) in the simulation will give you so much understanding about how the physics of the car work and teach you reacting to these kind of situations. Thats the way i learned racing before getting myself a yaris. In your situation as soon as you had touched the grass and as you had noticed the car starts spinning the right thing would have been to put the accelerator to the floor and steer in the direction where you want to go. As with awd cars the front wheels pull you into the direction where the tyres are headed under acceleration
Reminds me of a local Pro-AM driver I know. His Audi R8 LMS is always being repaired for something because the driver lacks RESTRAINT. Has lots of money though so I guess they can afford to 😅
For someone who is knocking on a bit you certainly like the toys. Don’t let this put you off but if I could offer any advice it would be this. When the car is fixed you definitely need better seats and 100% a harness to keep you in place should you have another excursion. Cadwell is no Joke Lee. then maybe swallow your pride and invest in track day tuition which I’m told is worth it. Everyone I know who’s done it has learned a lot and recommended it. Lastly I reckon every track day at Cadwell sees a crash at the goose neck. Yours was a calamity though. The change in direction then there’s a wicked lip and dip combined with lift off over steer and jumping on the brakes was tragic. Get tuition and you will see they teach you to look much further ahead for instance. You clearly didn’t see how fast you were catching the Mini. I suspect you were looking at the Speedo maybe too? Anyway good luck with the Bradford boys innit
before an accident, it is necessary to throw the steering wheel and pedals... stretch the regular seat belts before leaving the track! do not lose heart, and think about racing belts and seats!
Not sure I understand how you were gaining confidence while in the grass the first time. Not too fussed about you wiping yourself out - I obviously don’t want to see any injury’s - just don’t hit me in the process please.
bro is driving like he's a time attack champion, trying to hit the limits of grip, when he doesn't have the basics down and he's just hitting his limits 💀
If the red Mini wasn't there you would probably have powered out of that. You were sliding a bit and I think you hit the brakes before you were straight again. Hope it's fixed soon so you're back at it soon!
How much are the GR & they don’t even come with an arm rest 😂 Also next time let go of the wheel before you hit the barrier might save you a back injury
Ah shit mate, happens to the best of us. Your usual pragmatic self shining through in the video. Is what it is and it’s only a car, so can be repaired 👍🏼
You should watch a couple of recent videos from REPerormance as he talks about tracks days and spends a bit of time talking about tires, he highly recommends sticking with road tires and not slicks as you need completely different suspension geometry to make the slicks actually work otherwise you go backwards from road tires. I get the feeling you would have caught that with road tires and not had the accident as there’s no doubt those slicks weren’t in their optimal operating temps
Yeah I was thinking the same. The semis are good but I’m not sure any better than the road tyres 🤷🏻♂️ Ove gone for cup 2’s now so let’s see what they are like
Looks like you had seen the Mini and reacted, the o/s went onto the grass, causing the traction system to engage, when you got back onto the track there must have been a bit of excessive torque through the o/s wheels which you could see by your steering input to counter against that torque vector. Personally I'd blame the Mini driver 😂
Sounds like a great excuse to me 🙌😂
It can not be them rings never
which traction system when it was all turned off?
Agree, the mini brake way earlier than it should’ve
Pinning the single comment that says it’s not your fault… lol
You ran out of skill there mate. You're all over the track, no control.
Clearly looks, him was pushing to hard. Knowing is a daily driven car, probably was better not to push to hard and get some cadwell track experience on it.
I been on the evening track day day 8 in Cadwell with my pepper white mini cooper. I had lots of fun and I did drive back home because I didn't wanted go too hard.
At least he went on track and drove that car the best he can. Many people buy cool cars and are only good at accelerating on straights. Now he will process his mistakes, learn some more theory, and become a better driver.
HE NEEDS A 6 WHEELER BRABUS OR A TESLA HOPEFULLY ITLL DRIVE BETTER FOR HIM 😅😅😅😅😅
Yeah he definitely pushed over his own limits…
@@CURRYPOWDERR teslas cant do trackdays their brakes suck
You found YOUR limit. Not the one of the car. Glad you are fine.
several times at that!
I think you could really benefit from some tuition - Don’t be put off doing trackdays or offended, but getting some tuition will make you smoother, faster, will let you have more fun and be at less of a risk of this happening again.
Bradford repair section was very funny 🤣
The Bradford joke tickled me
Hopefully the car will be sorted soon enough to so you can get back behind the wheel doing what you enjoy.
Having good and bad days is apart of life
Firstly glad youre alright Lee, any crash you can walk away from is a result.
Without sounding too cynical and this comes from a respectful place but why focus on doing all these mods, chasing more bhp etc.. when youre clearly struggling to drive the car within its abilities in standard form? Just seems abit daft 🫤 seats/harness and a neck brace would have been more sensible.
These cars are so capable in standard form, get used to that power, learn how to shift properly and learn the cars characteristics to the point where you know every inch of it and can anticipate its behavior when pushed .
Anyone can map a car turn the traction off and go fast..but when you run out of skill then then big bhp means nowt.
Glad you walked away from it in one piece but dial it back mate and get the basics down 💪❤
Not dialing it back after 8:05 is questionable. Glad you're alright but know your limits mate.
Seems like he started pushing too hard already at 7:56
I bet you've had more fun in the cheap yaris than With the un cheap 911?
Mate 30k ain’t cheap lol
@@ricowswave1324 that yaris is 30k ????
Know I see why harnesses are used
Another great video.
Keep em coming
As a GRrr owner this is fascinating to watch.
+ Haans if possible!
A bit of nerd info for you.... A 1 dB change in a sound equates to about a 26% difference in sound energy (remember that a 3 dB difference is a doubling of energy levels). In terms of subjective loudness, a 1 dB change yields just over a 7% change. A 3 dB change yields a 100% increase in sound energy and just over a 23% increase in loudness.
It's the reason I took the AR1's off of my car.
Weren’t they both rated at 72 though.
Yes there are always those who judge but who are not confident enough to share their own mishaps but i for one loved the content, passion and honesty. Hats off to you for having the balls to be who you are
Thanks 🙏
To be honest, I’d rather see you crash at that speed on a track unlike the idiots driving at them speeds on public roads and crashing. Consider yourself lucky to be walking away in one piece
Track days seem like such fun until you're in the barrier. Glad you're ok and 🙏🏿 the car can be fixed quickly and fully without cutting into the budget for jackets. 😉
High performance car low performance driver 😂
Only joking, good honest video. Keep going but as said some tuition will help you 👍
You’re not wrong 😂
No control over the car.
You should have tested it more before you go to a track day.
Lerning process, hope the cwr and you are soon ready for more action but please be careful..
Nice driving but way too aggressive for a track day. You could have easily taken out the Mini.
&🤔….. 🔔 end behind the wheel again🙄🥱
@Sutter-Cane49 How can I or would I be jealous about crashing a Yaris ffs🤔🙄
Think harnes should be added to the shopping list
Poorly Yaris!! Can see why race harnesses are used now! Glad your not too injured 😁🇬🇧👍🏻
seeing how you were driving (over the limit, no car control), not surprised to see how it ended... if you want to push limits on track buy a used race car with proper safety systems.
Looked like he was all over the track and didn't dial it back in, just kept pushing and driving beyond ability, was lucky he didn't crash into anyone else
Je Hits the grass and it Beginn to rothated!what do you think?do you Drive anytime a 4wd car?
@@MrFlavio83if you think the problem was just the grass you have 0 idea, he didn’t even anticipate it nor did he counter steer fast enough just sailed into the barrier like it was a day out
I think we're being a bit harsh lads, if we want to keep seeing evil gt we should support Lee into a little tuition. Comments like this are just going to cause the channel to stop.
@@AI-Records24 you are the Expert you now how it happens just by looking at the Laptop;)you Are a Genius
knocking in the front end in the location you mentioned is caused by the plastic tray under window.
Also if you have any steering grinding issue toyota lubricated the spline shafts and fixed the issue.
Am surprised that the seat belt didn’t tension up tight
I am curious about that also, it should have worked...
the answer lies in the seating position.
The inside footage looks brutal as long as you are ok that’s the main thing.
Genuinely do yourself and others a favour in safety and get some serious tuition… this is some scary bad driving
I believe you should hire a pro instructor for 1 day and the knowledge and experience you get will pay for itself 10x.
Cadwell is a technical track. If you're going to turn off stability control and driver aids for the first time for god sake do it at somewhere flat like Bedford.
You seen the mini braking you shit yourself let off and the back end came round simple
Just get some track tution to learn how to handle a car better 🤷
You deffo need some car control training. More power doesnt equal faster, smooth equals faster. Fair play though good effort.
And that’s why you don’t turn all the aids off, especially in a Yaris
I always remember my first race lesson takeaway. Less is more - less steering inputs, less jerking on off power / brakes - everything. I’d recommend a few lessons - you’ll enjoy it more and be safer to all around you, especially you! For the wider audience, I’d also recommend a private session for the first time you turn all the TC / stability stuff off!
I’ve had plenty of lessons 😂 I just go for it and have fun, sometime I crash 😂🤷🏻♂️
You are doing everything wrong, first you have to put the hardware then you tune it
No harness and wearing a helmet without HANS. This could have been a lot worse.
Spending money on tyres but not on keeping yourself safe is crazy.
His money would have been a lot better spent on tuition instead of remaps and tyres, that sort of skill level does not need to go any faster than the stock car and road tyres yet🤦♂️live and learn unfortunately sometimes the hard way
@Sutter-Cane49 yes, technically I am.. well, ex anyway. I still do a lot of track and I teach advanced courses for emergency services.
@BluePeter158 he's 100% right though.
Some 18 inch amir khans
No lee you found your limit not the cars😂😂😂
Overdriving past your limit, all over the shop, you'd think you'd have calmed down after the first trip on the grass.... take it you've not seen people come off there, spit back over and down the hill onto the otherside?
As for the crash, the line is not fine, your already pushing wide, way too quick and on the grass again, you also can't be looking that far through the corners and onto the next apex as you were coming up on that Mini super fast. It begs the question that even if you didn't hit the grass, could you have avoided rear ending that Mini? What a fucken liability pal.
These cars are so capable you can really push well past their limit, fair play for the bravery out there and sticking the "i fuct up" video up but looks that bravery will cost you, glad you were not hurt though. Don't quit trackdays, just focus less on the entry speed and more on the exit speed and build up to entering faster, you'll spend less on repairs that way.
Thanks mate I’m still learning after 12 years of trackdays, problem is I don’t see the danger and just want to enjoy myself, but the car is nearly fixed and I’m not sore anymore 😂
You need to de tune it Lee, not add more power mate 👍
It’s 100hp now 😂
Seen a few people do this. Rear wheel touches grass and spits you across
Don't want to be harsh, but its a case of having the right gear but with no idea. You are all over the road, borderline out of control most the time, and eventually you found that out the hard way. This in no way was the cars fault, its entirely on the driver. You *need* proper tuition, a better driving position and much more time behind the wheel before pursuing to go faster, otherwise this will inevitably happen again. Glad this wasnt worse for you, onwards and upwards!
I take the criticism and I agree, good fun though 😂
Sorry to see a crash, but the meantime, while your car is being fixed, please go to a driving school, even something with drifting. You just froze and did not countersteer enough. This would have been easily saved.
Anyway, hope you will not be afraid to push in the future, but try and understand your mistake now, so it will not happen again.
Best of luck!
Thanks for the advice
What’s REALLY important to your viewers is “ where’s your boyfriend gone” have you two had a lovers tiff ❤❤❤ and you
😂 all is well between myself and Ben
@@evilgtlee well it can`t be "that" well if you`ve split up, as a team you were a hit, solo, either 1 of you is gonna struggle🙄🙄
it'll be fixed, dont worry. your TCS started doing its "magic", even before the left hander so you went wide on the grass. then probably hit the brakes while two wheels are still off tarmac? btw lights are expensive as hell :(
Yeah I just realised the cost of repairing 😂 £700 each for the lights
Sell it to Matt Armstrong, buy it back, then do a video about all the faults due to bodged repairs 😂
😂
Cadwell is not forgiving, very common place for that to happen, run wide onto grass open steering so it’s pointing as straight as possible down hill any lock combine with grass your a gonna. Little tip always dab the brake in the goose neck between the right left transition it will squat the car down and give stability
Are you guys doing any more content together or you doing more frequent ones? We miss the entertainment hope all is ok! !
Maybe the odd or two in the future 🤷🏻♂️
I’m sorry you had the accident. Semi slicks are great with higher limits, but the breakaway at the limit is much more snappy needing anticipation and quicker reactions. Less grippy tyres sometimes better in a nimble car. I also have a GR. AT LEAST YOU ARE OK!
Yes, semi-slicks often do more harm than good for inexperienced drivers, especially on SWB cars. Fast road tires are the way while learning.
Enjoyed the last vid, this one not so much. Not nice to see cars getting crashed but at least it wasn’t the gt3. Glad you’re ok. Adding more grip and power only means you are going faster when it goes wrong. Just think that a pro driver would lap faster in the standard car. Better to spend money on safety and improving your skills. Keep the vids coming 👍
U sitting position is very bad mate. Thats the result. U cant do anything in this situation in this sitting position 🤷♂️
Just kicking back taking it easy 😂🙌
Whats happening with ben and the other channel
You’re sitting way to relaxed behind the wheel! You’re elbows need to be 90 decrees.
I need a steering wheel spacer, it’s on my list 🙌
Sorry about your crash. Better luck in the future!
Looks like the ESC was coming in as you went through the corner when you crashed, which probably pushed you wide leading to your rear right wheel being on either the grass or the less grippy kerb and then sending you into the wall. If you're in track mode, you need to hold down the Traction Control button long enough to turn off Expert in the digital display. Then all the nannies are off. Hope you get your car back into working order mate.
You don't seem a confident driver
Not anymore 😂
Well you've learnt your lesson the hard way. You wont be doing that again!
Never say never 😂
Glad your ok but you can’t drive
So sorry this happened to you buddy. I hope you'll get a harness fitted? Now, on the subject of Ohlin's.. I love em, but in the past their packaging sucked!! I bought them for my GT86's back in the day and the trouble i had with damage was a joke. Whereas KW come in a box with corrugated stiffeners keeping everything separate, the Ohlin's came in a box with foam bags that allowed the shocks to hit each other and cause damage.. it was a nightmare. I hope they've changed.
Let go of the steering wheel next time lucky didn’t shatter arms or wrist
Yeah I was lucky there 🙌
If I was going to push too hard cadwell is not the place to do it 😮 madness
need to try some re71rs :)
Awesome video Lee and some great driving... Until it wasn't!
Glad you are ok and you have good friends around you. Can't wait for the next update!
I think you took the GR Yaris rallye philosophy too far.
100% 😂
Mine conti sc7 looks exactly the same after 1000km and 50km on a track (very small and technical). I will be trying to get the warranty action on them because either there is a major problem with quality control or conti is just lying in their marketing materials. No other tire is degrading that fast. You cant call it UUHP tire if they are melting faster then smoking winter tires in 20C temp on track
Sad to say but if it wasn’t mapped probably wouldn’t of happened hope you get it sorted out soon
Absolute Kudos champ for hanging it all out there for the world to see - takes balls💪 great to watch, you’ll come back better and plenty of us are learning from your experiences and vids. Out of curiosity can you run harnesses with the stock seats?
Thanks mate appreciate it 🙏 stock seats have no holes for the shoulder straps to go through I wouldn’t think you would be able to do it 🤷🏻♂️
I can only repeat myself, don’t turn ESP off, really all of us „wanna be race drivers“ will not be faster with ESP off before we are not able to drive clean, knowing the track and car.
This accident happened because you turned the ESP, TRC etc. off. The sport or Race modes with a bit rest of help are just fine.
Good luck next time 🍀
Keep it going
Track insurance is 100% worth it even if you back your own talents. I recently had to claim on mine after two other cars nearly collided, went spinning and one took me out! Very annoying but you only cover yourself on track regardless of fault. I paid £130 insurance for the day with Moris and they paid out in 2 weeks from submitting the claim. £8k paid out and free to use any garage, new or old parts and they paid out with no quibble less my excess. Definitely worth it should the worst unfortunately happen. Luckily my car can be saved and it's all covered.
Good job you’ve got plenty of money mate because you haven’t got plenty of talent.
I’d rather have more money than talent 😂
You get charged for the barrier, track closure, etc?
No charges
I don’t think you fully know where your wheels are pointed at any given point and you definitely need work on placement, oversteer, general control really it’s like you turn in (harshly) and then relinquish control to the car but you’ve turned the assists off that’s baffling. You need to build it back with harnesses, then get some tuition, a lot of it. Drift and track. The more competent you get with the car whilst it’s sideways the more competent you’ll be when it’s straight, and be able to keep it straight. I don’t mean any offence by this obviously not everyone is born with natural ability unfortunately but that doesn’t mean they can’t learn to be able to put in some decent times round a track. It’ll also save you a lot of money in the future as if you don’t get tuition I guarantee you’ll bin it again when it’s fixed. There’s no shame in bettering your driving! At the end of the day I’m glad it wasn’t but that could have been a lot worse and you didn’t know what to do when you crashed either (cross arms sit back) so there’s a lot for you to learn if you want to continue to have fun on track!!
I love the Bradford bit 😂😂
Sorry to learn of your accident but at least you’re ok. I ran AR1 all last year. Went through 22 of them. A good tyre but very noisy and only reasonable on track in the wet. Just had two sets of the new Bridgestone Potenza Race. They are another level and much quieter. Price wise about the same too. Sadly my i30n and driving style at the ring eats up the outer edges so I went back to AR1 last weekend. They are much harder and accommodating for wear but less grip and much noisier. . If you’re predominantly using it on the road the Bridgestone are great and you’ll love it on track. They are probably not far off an AO52 and good value.
Bradistan repair shop 😂
Segment around 8mins showed quite aggressive steering inputs (and using curb!), that initial off and style should have been a warning to slow down a bit.
It’s hard to judge giving nothing else of the track day was put up here? Maybe crashed within the first 5mins?
Putting up only the crash and the off is going to lead to a lot of assumptions and criticism.
Glad he came up unscathed.
You should have started a rebuild episode 🎉and I’m sure the channel would have blown up even faster than it already is. Il definitely be up for watching that ❤
I’m filming the rebuild right now, hopefully it comes out good 🤞
What has happened to Ben ?
He quit
By the way ugly ugly wheels
Great video, if you are outside the track several times you need to slow down and chill, not go harder. Basics first, then add speed.
Good advice from me: get a pc and a mid priced sim rig and a decent game like assetto corsa. Not gran turismo or something like that. Especially drifting different types of cars (fwd,rwd,awd) in the simulation will give you so much understanding about how the physics of the car work and teach you reacting to these kind of situations. Thats the way i learned racing before getting myself a yaris. In your situation as soon as you had touched the grass and as you had noticed the car starts spinning the right thing would have been to put the accelerator to the floor and steer in the direction where you want to go. As with awd cars the front wheels pull you into the direction where the tyres are headed under acceleration
You seem as good at track day racing as you do drifting on retail parks in rs focus
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Reminds me of a local Pro-AM driver I know. His Audi R8 LMS is always being repaired for something because the driver lacks RESTRAINT. Has lots of money though so I guess they can afford to 😅
For someone who is knocking on a bit you certainly like the toys. Don’t let this put you off but if I could offer any advice it would be this. When the car is fixed you definitely need better seats and 100% a harness to keep you in place should you have another excursion. Cadwell is no Joke Lee. then maybe swallow your pride and invest in track day tuition which I’m told is worth it. Everyone I know who’s done it has learned a lot and recommended it. Lastly I reckon every track day at Cadwell sees a crash at the goose neck. Yours was a calamity though. The change in direction then there’s a wicked lip and dip combined with lift off over steer and jumping on the brakes was tragic. Get tuition and you will see they teach you to look much further ahead for instance. You clearly didn’t see how fast you were catching the Mini. I suspect you were looking at the Speedo maybe too? Anyway good luck with the Bradford boys innit
Brutal man, hope you get the Yaris sorted and back out in it soon. Hopefully no long term recovery for you too 💪😎
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before an accident, it is necessary to throw the steering wheel and pedals... stretch the regular seat belts before leaving the track!
do not lose heart, and think about racing belts and seats!
Saw this in the car park of a pub in Lymm a few weeks ago, obvs before the crash ☹
Jolly Thresher
@@evilgtlee Ha yeah I was in there for a meal, sadly I'd left my GR at home and was in the Ateca otherwise I would have parked up and had a quick pic
Not sure I understand how you were gaining confidence while in the grass the first time. Not too fussed about you wiping yourself out - I obviously don’t want to see any injury’s - just don’t hit me in the process please.
bro is driving like he's a time attack champion, trying to hit the limits of grip, when he doesn't have the basics down and he's just hitting his limits 💀
You not only have to enjoy doing it, you also have to be able to do it. 😉
So true!
Crashed on purpose by the looks of it 😉🤣
Just so I can make this next rebuild video 😉
shit happens and it will again. def get a harness
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If the red Mini wasn't there you would probably have powered out of that. You were sliding a bit and I think you hit the brakes before you were straight again. Hope it's fixed soon so you're back at it soon!
How much are the GR & they don’t even come with an arm rest 😂 Also next time let go of the wheel before you hit the barrier might save you a back injury
Bucket seats
6 point harnass
And
A Hans system 😉
Get some coaching on the first trackday and youre good to go!
Ah shit mate, happens to the best of us.
Your usual pragmatic self shining through in the video. Is what it is and it’s only a car, so can be repaired 👍🏼
Hey man,
Happy you are okay and much respect for sharing this. Invest some money for good on-track coaching and get back on it!!
I always trailered a retired cheapo race car to track days..using your road car if money is tight is recepie for trouble
Lee is the insurance going help 🤣.... was sad to see it crash and is this the new EVIL GT channel now ?
It looked like you step on the gas too early, pushed the car going wide and onto the grass. Hence rear-end came out on you leading the crash.
Big up the Bradford garage for the rip timson banner he was a big part of the car seen where I live and a great guy who was taken too soon rip Dave
You should watch a couple of recent videos from REPerormance as he talks about tracks days and spends a bit of time talking about tires, he highly recommends sticking with road tires and not slicks as you need completely different suspension geometry to make the slicks actually work otherwise you go backwards from road tires. I get the feeling you would have caught that with road tires and not had the accident as there’s no doubt those slicks weren’t in their optimal operating temps
Yeah I was thinking the same. The semis are good but I’m not sure any better than the road tyres 🤷🏻♂️ Ove gone for cup 2’s now so let’s see what they are like
Might be worth getting some track time with an instructor made all the difference to the way I drive on track days 😊