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Originally Posted by Suze
They won the class at Abingdon which is also a quick venue (long straights with 90s), and Goodwood is fast too. I think if more chicanes etc went in at Brands we'd have some very unhappy competitors - we get comments they don't like some of the furniture in there as it is!  |
A lot depends on gearing - the Escort is very short geared (we hit the limiter in 6th at Brands and Goodwood). We've seen/heard other Escorts with plenty of puff left at those venues. Starkest example we saw of this was at Longmoor - on the straight past the service area we were pulling 6th gear, one of the other Escorts was in 3rd at the same point! Some people will change their gearing depending on the venue (we don't have budget for that sort of faffing about!)
We need the chicane on the start / finish straight - without it we'd be bouncing off the limiter for ages (not so much in the Astra!). The chicanes in/behind the pit lane slow the cars on the approach to the hairpin - if they weren't there then I suspect there would be a lot more accidents at the hairpin.