castle combe dangerous bend

[Highmast]

if anyome could explain me why there is so many crash on this bend...i can't believe all drivers on this video have not brain...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ0-zkEyHIE

[shimmy]

something to do with off camber but ive never been

my tip is JUST STAY AWAY!!:thumbs:

[jibm]

Dolomite Sprint....they never did like corners

[TANKSLAPPER]

The crash tyres do a good job. some of the damage is pretty light

should have more of them on circuits.

[mole]

The crash tyres do a good job. some of the damage is pretty light

should have more of them on circuits.

Looking at some of the cars after the impacts with the tyres, the damage is surprisingly light. :thumbs:

[mattCSLnut]

something to do with off camber but ive never been

my tip is JUST STAY AWAY!!:thumbs:
Which corner is this then ? I've done the C.C. a few times and not experience that problem :whistle:

[kbird]

Wow, the bloke in the Lotus was very lucky!!

Nothing wrong with this corner provided you brake before the brow and treat it as a wide hairpin with a very late apex. If you brake after the brow you're off early. If you get the power on before the apex you're off late!

TIP; after braking before the brow aim for the traffic lights on the bank and turn in late, then apex late and let car run to the end of of the rumble strip on the outside of the corner. Anyone who tells you they can brake after the brow in a road derived car is dreaming or driving too slow!!

[$w!ft]

Ive done Castle Combe just 2 weeks ago and saw this video before. I think its just inexperienced drivers mainly, that corner has a ridiculously late apex

[spanner]

I could never quite weigh up the problem!

The corner has a huge straight leading to it so braking is very heavy for it, braking is also over a crest and the line through the bend is not the easiest.

It is not that tricky to fathom out though. I think the main problem is that you can go on track there quite regularly for £20 a session so the type of driver will be very different to on a track day!

[$w!ft]

This video is hilarious, check the understeer on that golf! :D



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7tfkerF2Y4

[Nords]

It is at the end of the fastest part of the circuit, if you make it over Avon Rise and the slight left hander there, this corner then catches you out!

[mattCSLnut]

This video is hilarious, check the understeer on that golf! :D



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7tfkerF2Y4
Never mind the Golf... the White Evo has no steering at all... :hahaha: :whistle:

[thegingerninja]

Novice drivers turn in too early - then run out of road at the exit. Nearly all of them do it to begin with, but some need to learn the hard way.

[englebert]

Depends in what car you're in really... the instructors will say aim for the middle where the marshalls post is. The natural line is to go as wide as possible, but then you have to set yourself up to brake diagonally in a straightline.

In my Elise i never made the corner no matter what line, so generally just headed straight for the apex.

As said, the crashes are down to mis-timing of braking, normally on the rise just when the car has no grip...

I personally never saw the problem, but then i don't need to brake until after the rise is done, being a fucking legend.

[mattCSLnut]

It is at the end of the fastest part of the circuit, if you make it over Avon Rise and the slight left hander there, this corner then catches you out!


Sounds like QUARRY corner :whistle:. I have to say I find braking from 135 mph trough Avon Rise (before Quarry) more dangerous, as the surface is bumpy and causes the car to undulate :119: while braking and turning left slightly, upsetting the ABS and the dynamics of the chassis. Maybe it's just me :smt017

[northernjim]

how that guy in the Z3 m coupe missed that driver.......... jesus he was lucky!!!!!