Anyone Driven/Competed On Stowe Circuit

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:21 pm

Got an entry for the last MLR Sprint of the year, and its at Silvestone. Just wondering if anyone had been there and driven it?? if so is it any good, tight and twisty or open etc??

Also, anyone got any 17" used R888 tyres??? 235/45/17 preferably!

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:26 pm

Did Stowe last year with Andy ESL and Ben Brett. It's the circuit that Richard Hammond tried to drive round in the Renault F1 car.

Unusually, it's anti-clockwise with, as you'd expect plenty of left turns with only one right bend iirc. It's located within the main complex and so, is a track all on it's own, i.e. it's not a part of the GP, like the National is.

If you find SS on google earth, you can see it quite clearly.

You'll love it, especially when it pees down.

drifter · Post by **drifter** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:26 pm

Wasn't it Stowe that Hammond took the F1 car around on Topgear? Looked quite compact, no long straights

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:28 pm

Cool, the tighter the better for me, otherwise the monster BHP lads will have it sown up!

Hmm, prefer if it was dry but if its wet it evens out the field.

I'll have a look on youtube later....bound to be some footage on there!

drifter · Post by **drifter** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 pm

Map of it here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Circ ... rstone.svg

Better hope they use the chicanes on the straights. Never looked like that on TG.

gary@apt · Post by **gary@apt** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:29 pm

i got a set of my wheels if you want a lend for day :-D

dont wear them out!!

Gerry H · Post by **Gerry H** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:31 pm

Big power will be useful. Prepare to not win.

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:33 pm

gary@apt wrote:i got a set of my wheels if you want a lend for day :-D

dont wear them out!!

Might have to speak you about that Gary, cheers

blacky · Post by **blacky** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 6:34 pm

Gerry H wrote:Big power will be useful. Prepare to not win.

Never though I could win....too much weight, standard suspension etc....just be interesting to see where I can get to with all the equipment there!

Hopefully the chicanes are used.....

LR6GSR · Post by **LR6GSR** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:32 pm

The map for Silverstone i think the layout will stay the same
About half way down the page.

http://www.lancerregister.com/showthrea ... rstone+map

Liam