Hello Rob, John, Matt and the Spa fans!
I am back from Spa Classic 2017, and it was a very nice meeting as before.
Sad from our side that there were no members from your club, but we all know the reasons...
Friday was flooded and it rained only once... The whole day!
My two track sessions with the caged white 300 ZXTT were like driving with eggs in the hands and under the feet! Nice experience to learn the limits. I stayed on track but accelerations had to be late out of turns, and quite impressive on straights with some slides! The clutch is now standing the torque!
No sessions on saturday as they were already full when asking! That was the day for having a look around the paddocks and hundreds of nice examples present, both on races and visitors parkings.
Saturday and Sunday were dry and much nicer than Friday.
I had two more sessions on Sunday, and this was really nice... and fast!
People seem to forget about rules this year too...
Session 6 on Sunday started with a first lap following the pace car.
It then dissapeared, and the driving was real fast and fun... for one lap...
Red flag and end of session after five minutes!!!
A Renault V6 RS (we just were questionning about what that car was doing in this classic event!) had a co-pilot WITHOUT Helmet, even if this was clearly stated as an obligation this year! Not only he had no helmet, but the driver in the same car drove crazy and went out of the track, finishing backwards in a wall! Doctor emergency car was to come immediately, and consequently, the track Boss decided to put the red flag, finishing the session.
The drivers were mad, and it is lucky that this car could not be found after the session! I am sure that it woukd have finished upside down!
70 pilots paying 100 Euros is 7000 Euros payed for one lap session due to a brainless team in that car!
Not wearing the helmet when it is an obligation looks like the usual behaviour that caracterize people nowadays!
I could recover session 6 bis and 7, and I had 45 minutes on track to forget about this.
That was just enough to compensate for the frustration!
Just wondering if such meetings are going to last for the future years with thack sessions....
I am not sure, and this is really sad. But it is like everything nowadays: You cannot fix rules to be strictly followed....
Very nice meeting with the club, and good belgian beer!
We had a good time... and hope we will see you again (on your way to Nurburgring?!)
And for those who drive down to France, You are invited for a stop in Reims on your way!
