New TeamSport Warrington Hot Lap! (Shorter Track With Electric Karts) 53.055

[@dylanedwards6913]

Well done brad great to see you back racing again, great lap time just been to Warrington today and got the new track record of a 52.578

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

It’s only gunna get faster now 😯 cheers

[@dylanedwards6913]

@@BradJonesGoKartingyeah I think it might, due to it being on speed 4 tonight for the members event

[@Oliver.tomasz.whalen.]

I was in ur race like last month Dylan but u beat me by a few hundreds of a Secand

[@JGKarting]

He's back! Great laptime especially for the current state of the track in terms of grip. Set a high 54.3 on the junior Grid Series race but that'll come down soon, had never raced electric before and hit about 4 apexes all night 😂

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

Yes! I reckon I could do a 51 easily with some tow now. I struggled to hit apexes also and then I changed my driving style

[@JGKarting]

@@BradJonesGoKarting Yeah the main problem corner for me was the OG hairpin just before the down ramp. Track not rubbered in and karts a lot heavier so my usual braking point wasn't the one. It'll be mega quick once everything's up to grip again

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

@@JGKarting my video tomorrow will explain what I think the lap times will be like. I think low 50s, high 49s by BIKC

[@jas318]

great to see you back mate!

[@charliecg7v]

I've noticed that with the new electric karts the timer seems to break so often. My track (Clydebank) got "new" electric karts that turned out to be 6 years old from Farnborough. I'm second fastest ever in a public session but I'm 16th on the leaderboard from unreal times or real-ish times from slow drivers and the guys there need to keep updating it.

[@G.G_karting]

One of my favourite tracks 😊

[@rsoulinternet]

I love the flat out S at the start.

[@bhm1712]

I’ve found these E karts really struggle for grip especially when braking. A hell of a lot of braking shimmy unlike the old petrol karts. TeamSport Nottinghams track has remained the same since the switch but the lap times are down by about 2 seconds compared to the petrol karts. They’ve also removed the boost buttons now.

[@AndrewCromarty]

Yes brad! That looks proper quick

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

It feels quick too 😂😂

[@leegriffiths312]

Great footage, what camera are you using?

[@levy2jz]

Good to see you posting again!

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

Thanks man 😎

[@KartingBishop]

Nice Video! It's sad to see the petrol karts go from Warrington, and same will go for probably the rest of the tracks 😕. I've never tried the electric karts though and I'm not sure how different they are to the petrol karts, Also the track seems to be noticeably shorter since your getting 52 sec laps but i can't see where they shortened it?

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

They removed turn 7, 8 and 9! Also, these just have instant power. So no need to rely on your kart being able to smoothly rev up

[@JakeA2010]

Nice to see you back Brad how’d you find it

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

Was better than I thought it would be. Track is bumpier than ever, but that might change as it wears in

[@KristineKolodziejski]

How did you find the braking compared to petrol ones? I tried electric ones in the US a few weeks ago and hated them. We still have petrol ones at my local track (Leicester) and hope it stays like this for a few years 🤣

[@rjarookie4654]

Braking is the biggest difference I've found between petrol and electric karts. I'm used to them now but having just done BIKC regionals in petrol going back to electric brakes is annoying. Aside from that though I much prefer electric karts, it's much more even between weight classes. I'm much more competitive being a 90kg driver than I was in petrol karts.

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

I have a video coming out tomorrow and I talk about how the brakes work there! All tracks will be fully electric before 2025 also. That’s just what the government guidelines are wanting 🥲

[@bethanytough1476]

Went today got 54.5 but found I cudnt get the kart underneath me for the twisty stuff..always took a lot of speed into corners but will have adjust in electric karts brake earlier seems to better

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

Id suggest slow in and out fast! You can basically stop dead with these karts now and still accelerate faster than ever before

[@okipullup5792]

Howd you get a priv session? Also are the speed of electric vs the old ones the same?

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

The social media manager (Akhil) invited me to go test the track with a couple of others. We had 1hr total track time and got filmed for their socials!

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

These are faster. And it’s very noticeable

[@okipullup5792]

​@BradJonesGoKarting thanks a bunch, pity I don't have the social standing for a closed race with a couple mates 😂 planning to come again soon tho to test out the electric ones

[@rjarookie4654]

Looks even more bumpy, heavier drivers might find they are pretty close to lightweights now I'd imagine.

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

I have a video coming out tomorrow with me and Jonny Elliott. He’s only 0.3 behind my time and we weigh 23kg difference

[@rjarookie4654]

@@BradJonesGoKarting Pretty crazy how close the times are now especially considering how long a track warrington is. It's about the same at Nottingham and that track is 20 seconds shorter.

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

@@rjarookie4654 it’s the torque of the electric karts. The main reason the heavies were a lot slower was because their exit speeds lacked. Now they’re pretty similar

[@rjarookie4654]

@@BradJonesGoKarting Still slower going up ramps especially after a slow corner like the hairpin at notts and at Sheffield. Warrington doesn't seem like it has many slow corners now.

[@AndersLadAndDad]

What did you think?

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

Surprisingly decent? I enjoyed it and did 1hr total racing

[@AndersLadAndDad]

@@BradJonesGoKarting I think they take some skill away, keeping the revs up on a petrol engine is a skill, these balance it out more I’d say. But I weirdly enjoyed driving them

[@ihateunderscores_2607]

hell nah

[@LCKarting]

aint no way they changed to electric.. such an L.

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

Unfortunately it’s eventually going to become the normality (yes I’m not happy about it either), though the experience was better than I ever imagined

[@Nicks_karting]

​@@BradJonesGoKartingI don't think they are too bad I went up last week and the karts felt amazing and the track was great Still bumpy though 🤕

[@cheersy2206]

Nah they can’t change to electric, that’s just wrong

[@BradJonesGoKarting]

Blame the government guidelines 🫠

[@cheersy2206]

@@BradJonesGoKarting damn the government, always ruining good things

[@dexterbarrett2085]

*PromoSM* 🤷

[@jamesyouds570]

Oh my god they’ve absolutely ruined it

[@theryaman6578]

​@jerrycherry-sr6tt Farnborough was always a eletric track

[@JamesSmith-gc5ru]

​@theryaman6578 this ain't Farnborough.

[@Mushfwog_thefwog]

Atleast Your Track has not lost its best corner unlike Here in Berkshire Reading

[@kevinrace2648]

@@Mushfwog_thefwog yep they ruined the Newcastle track to bringing in the electric karts 🙈🙈

[@ceve2009]

Reading was completely ruined