Donington Park Bike track day in inters. 19/3/2023. 3rd session mostly dry, Honda Fireblade 2009

[@ChasingTenths]

nice smooth riding mate , great confident overtaking

[@LowsideLew]

Inters is flattering me here. Didn't fancy Advanced for the first TD of the year but probably should have been. Good reminder of how much harder you get used to braking and gasing on exit between the 2 groups

[@ChasingTenths]

@@LowsideLew absolutely mate, totally agree with you there. If you are a fast group guy Never ever book inters Accident waiting to happen

[@LowsideLew]

@@ChasingTenths yea I think passing 7 on the brakes at the end of the back straight told me I would have been better in advanced Also being on VO2 slicks I didn’t have the luxury of taking it easy early laps with heat drop off in the low temps You live and learn

[@ChasingTenths]

@@LowsideLew aahh ok makes sense

[@dan_the_drifter321]

You came past me at 4:38 I made a video from that day, feel free to take a look. You can tell your normally fast group, might have a few seconds of you flying past me 😂

[@LowsideLew]

I watched your vid too, looking decent! Nice lines in general and that was a tricky day conditions wide at Donny You have a lot to gain on the brakes, get that downshifting in as soon as you hit the brakes, makes a bigger difference. Also at Donny you can drive hard all the from the old hairpin up the hill, you can see me close up on you there quite a bit. I remember you in another session around Melbourne loop, I came past you and you thought about lining me up 😁 for a cut back. But I parked it on the Apex and picked it up on the gas on the exit 👍

[@dan_the_drifter321]

@Lewis Brown that's good to hear Lewis, I will have to try and find that Melbourne loop clip, ha! Thanks for detailed reply. I agree totally the brakes are my weak point, was watching my videos back and thinking why am I braking this early towards the esses?! But always easier to criticise than actually do it lol. I've just been to Anglesey for a 2 dayer, although still not as good as I could be, made a big effort to brake late as possible and bang down the gears straight away, as you say, rear wheel was having a bit of a wiggle on towards the last corner so definitely felt I was getting on the brakes that bit harder. I will try and put a video up over the next week or so. If you see me again anywhere feel free to say hello. All the best.

[@LowsideLew]

@@dan_the_drifter321 If I find the clip I'll add it for you, pretty sure I followed you and your buddies for a few corners before passing too

[@dan_the_drifter321]

@Lewis Brown nice one, I'm pretty sure I do remember your bike but will go back and look through the footage when I get a minute. Cheers for the sub, be working on my Anglesey video over next week or two so you can see if you think I've made any improvements. Cheers

[@1555rs]

Think you should move to fast group mate, will be better for you buddy.

[@LowsideLew]

I normally would be, but first TD of the year and feeling very rusty. Back to advanced next week at Brands 👍