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Yeah, to say this place is tricky is a lot nicer than some of the comments I've heard. But others love this track. In any case, it's a real challenge and an opportunity to learn a lot more about how the GTCs react to slow corners, fast corners and elevation changes. You have to keep the wing flat for the long straights but you can't take off too much or you'll end up in the toolies in the twisty stuff...
Just for something different, let's take a couple laps around Algarve while it was still under construction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v+A-6T5f4O16c
And here's an annotated track map. Note all the blind corners:
Definitely not a track you want to skip on the practice laps...
Our scheduled instructor this session is Dwayne Jans, who hopefully will reveal his planet of origin
and share some speed secrets. Download the track
Event Schedule (All times are U.S. Central time)
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM = Open Practice
8:00 PM – 8:30 PM = Classroom (Instructor Presentation, Roundtable, etc)
8:30 PM – 9:00 PM = Practice
9:00 PM – 9:15 PM = Race Qualifying
9:15 PM – 9:20 PM = Race Warm Up
9:20 PM – 9:40 PM = Race 1
9:45 PM – 10:05 PM = Race 2 (Reverse Qualifying Order)
10:05 PM – ? = Post Race Discussion
Any questions, feel free to post them to this thread and we'll see you at the track!
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