So it's been a dream of mine to do some laps around the Hockenheimring since I have been here in Europe. It's a little less than 3 hours from where I live and work. The first tourist day of the season this year was posted on the Book of Faces by all the car guys in the area that are members of the groups for gearheads. I had just upgraded my front brake pads to HP+ pads and put Super Blue fluid in. I jumped at the chance.
We left here and headed off onto the autobahn towards Hockenheim. It took us less than 3 hours even with stopping for fuel just before getting there. I had gone through a half tank. Even while cruising at 100-110MPH the whole time minus a couple places where there was construction going on and the normal speed of 80mph in the large city areas.
Overall I had a great time and it was pretty organized. 40 people on the course at once was almost too many for me because of slow and fast traffic either holding you up or zooming by you. German road rules were supposed to be followed which prohibits passing on the right but that went out the window the first lap. I took around 60 pictures or so which you can find on my Flikr page which has a link in my Sig. Here are the videos of the first session which lasted 15ish minutes. I did two more sessions and the traffic got worse throughout the day. I taped the second session but being that my computer is slow and the internet here in Germany is slower the others must wait. I did manage to find the grip threshold of the tires and that the brakes worked really well. Here are the vids. Enjoy.
http://youtu.be/hxNSmo_9RUk
http://youtu.be/u6F2cdSXqYc
http://youtu.be/MXMhv2tgaTM
http://youtu.be/xRdUABe7G54
We left here and headed off onto the autobahn towards Hockenheim. It took us less than 3 hours even with stopping for fuel just before getting there. I had gone through a half tank. Even while cruising at 100-110MPH the whole time minus a couple places where there was construction going on and the normal speed of 80mph in the large city areas.
Overall I had a great time and it was pretty organized. 40 people on the course at once was almost too many for me because of slow and fast traffic either holding you up or zooming by you. German road rules were supposed to be followed which prohibits passing on the right but that went out the window the first lap. I took around 60 pictures or so which you can find on my Flikr page which has a link in my Sig. Here are the videos of the first session which lasted 15ish minutes. I did two more sessions and the traffic got worse throughout the day. I taped the second session but being that my computer is slow and the internet here in Germany is slower the others must wait. I did manage to find the grip threshold of the tires and that the brakes worked really well. Here are the vids. Enjoy.
http://youtu.be/hxNSmo_9RUk
http://youtu.be/u6F2cdSXqYc
http://youtu.be/MXMhv2tgaTM
http://youtu.be/xRdUABe7G54
