Unfortunately my Turbo did have troubles
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But during the laps I did get in, wowser! Vid: youtube
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You definitely need your brave pills.
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For the first couple of laps I was pretty tentative, and with most of the circuit being quite open and flat and with such fast and long corners, it takes a little bit of time to figure out lines and stuff.
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I was reminding myself to look as far up the circuit as possible to plan ahead which helped me and I'd also watched some youtube vids so it wasn't long before I was more comfortable.
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Church corner is definitely awesome and you really can carry insane speed through there as long as you don't lift mid corner
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- best do get braking done really early and carry speed and throttle to keep it more settled.
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Despite that I had a few moments anyway but nothing too unexpected, and I saw 105+ mph in some laps.
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The truth is though that the whole circuit is edgy:
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Through Allard I was only teasing the brake, then flat heading to the first chicane with the car moving around a decent amount.
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Segrave was flat with a shortshift to 4th, a slight brake for Noble with the car moving around again over the bumps, and again through Goodwood, with the car loaded up for ages.
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The final chicane really tests your bravery but and it's pretty ridiculous how late you can brake there, unfortunately I didn't have enough laps to really find out.
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I went with a friend who took his MK3 and kindly
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(foolishly?!) let me out for a few laps.
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The MK2 is much more lively through the high speed stuff
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- in comparison the MK3 was super composed, and extremely good on the brakes.
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I much prefer the driving position and feedback through the wheel and pedals with mine though!
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I'd say don't hesitate if you're thinking of going to Thruxton, it really is awesome, and I've driven Silverstone, Combe, Bedford and Blyton but only Donington really challenges it.
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Just make sure your car can cope with the sustained cornering load through all the right handers!