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This was one of three intriguing accidents we encountered en-route to Hungary. as NASCAR would say.
Since my first blog entry, I've travelled to Hungary for my two days of Porsche Supercup testing with Lechner Racing at the Hungaroring Grand Prix circuit.
Yesterday, we embarked on the eight hour road trip to Hungary from Austria, stopping on the way only to attend to a B-train truck that had literally taken a lie down across a six-lane highway and strewn cardboard boxes as far as the eye could see.
We arrived at the track late in the evening and the team proceeded to set up while I met the other drivers and marvelled at how Formula BMWs were testing right up until the sun set at 09:00pm. With Europe far less 'PC' than NZ, they don't seem they give a toss about noise limits and the surrounding residents. Awesome!
The Hungaroring itself is relatively short in Formula One terms at 4.4km, but it extremely technical and a few laps checking it out on the Lechner Racing mopeds showed that it would be a real challenge to get the most out of a Porsche around here.
Travelling back into Budapest for the evening, it was really
The Hungaroring
Embedded in the hills and forest of Hungary. eye-opening to witness the Eastern European standard of living, with rubbish piled up on doorsteps and block after block of cramped, dirty 'projects' type buildings. It made me realise just how nice a place New Zealand really is.
After a good night's sleep in another quaint little motel much like in Austria, I stocked up on breads and meats (the norm for breakfast in these parts I understand) and headed for the track, full of nervous excitement.
Between 9am and 7pm we could do as we pleased, so working in with my team of mechanics and engineers, I began my first of many runs in the amazing Supercup car throughout the day, with upgrades over the NZ GT3 such as carbon ceramic brakes and a resinating muffler-less exhaust.
Overall the car wasn't that different to what I was used to, and I made steady improvements over the course of the day to finish setting some really quick and consistent lap times and, more importantly, having not put a foot wrong in the process.
It's more of the same tomorrow before travelling back to Austria for the weekend, and with Damien Faulkner joining Stefan Rosina, the two
The Ride
Setup tweaks between sessions in the Supercup GT3. Saudi Princes and myself, there will be plenty of talent to gauge myself against once again.
I'll have some pics of me with, and in, the car tomorrow.
Talk soon!
Jono
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anonymous
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Great you didn't put a foot wrong...and become another "intriguing accident" !