Had a bit of a 'moment' at Castle Combe on Thursday.....

[Englebert]

The Formula Ford Festival is quite simply, mental! Definitely something to look forward to.

 

[Ash87]

great read, congrats on the first race, will prob watch a race or two this year as combe is local

 

[Steve M.]

Found a couple pics of me from the race, wooo.....

Courtesy of www.visualexcellence.co.uk

(i'm no. 44)

 

[Jay Payne]

looks like you need a booster seat mate, sitting a lot lower than everyone else

 

[Steve M.]

They're all illegal - if you draw an imaginary line from the top of the roll cage to the top of the chassis (above the steering wheel), your helmet needs to be 50mm below that line (obviously it's a rule that some teams don't adhere to). If they roll their car then they run the risk of their head hitting the tarmac, and if it happens on grass and their roll cage gets buried a bit into the grass, their head will get pushed into their spine, which i hear is a bad thing

I value my head and spine, so i'm happy to sit low.

 

[Jay Payne]

Probably all came in after their first run in the car and said 'I cant see anything'

I see what you mean looking again, higher than where the car would be if upside down

 

[Steve M.]

When I sat in the car for the very first time i did make a comment to the team boss that I couldn't see much of the road directly in front of me, his exact response: "you don't need to see that bit anyway". He's got a point - I'll always see the car in front. The corners are spotted towards the side, and i'll see it and start to turn in way before it gets close enough to fall in my blind spot, so it's all good.

 

[Jay Payne]

All goes back to what you said, single seaters are so different to anything else.

Kind of fancy another go in one. Had to drive bare foot last time (big shoes)

 

[Steve M.]

Yup, totally different. Next time I'm testing I'll try and take a picture roughly at eye level so you can see what I mean about the visibility.

 

[Tony Hunter]

I like the sensation of speed in ss,100mph feels like 150mph, that and having your head bobbing around in the breeze.

 

[Darren S]

Superb - excellent write-up there!

Would love to do that myself - even the few track-days I've done are enough to get me addicted!

D.