Guy's brakes are nigh on the same as the GP bikes though.
Not in dry conditions - GP bikes have carbon discs whereas superbikes are mandated to have steel. GP bikes run metal discs in the wet.
Once up to race pace a superbike isn't that far behind a GP bike but on outright acceleration and braking a GP bike is a fair way ahead. Particularly if they'd had Dani Pedrosa riding his Honda 😀
Reasonably entertaining...
They should have let Guy have a go in the car, AND they should have a return race around the IoM.
(I found it funny that DC was scared of the bike 🙂 )
Would the braking be that much better though, the limiting factor in a straight line is keeping the rear down, not brake power or front grip.
Two challenges in and it looks biased to prevent the F1 car stomping it - inters on it in the drag race, lockup from the cones in the deacceleration err race. But you know, they gotta keep it interesting - good stuff otherwise. 🙂
Did DC really not know which way a bolt undoes?
Prolly been awhile since he's done much of that. Appreciate voiceover dude has to make it sound exciting but it was all pretty one sided.
The least interesting of all GM's shows IMO. Pretty ***ing pointless in fact.
I found it funny that DC was scared of the bike
He's never been that keen on fast bikes, I went to our local academy with him and raced motocross to a similar national level when he was coming up through the karting and formula ford race scene so we used to go to each others events - he tried my bikes a few times (KX100/KX125/KX250) but was never that confidant on them compared to someone who was raised on two wheels and vice versa i tried his karts and formula fords which i was pretty crap at compared to him - he never won the championship in F1 but he still has immense natural talent behind the wheel of a car.
^Cool!
Shame, it could have been very interesting, turned out to be less interesting than a bad episode of Top Gear
I sat in passenger seat of his car as the licence holder when he was still on L plates.
5 miles was far enough to get the turbo glowing on his Renault 5 gt turbo. Amuses me that he's now doing Road safety ads.
I remember that wee renault 5 gt turbo in 5th year at school, if i remember correctly it was a freebie from renault and our fav run was out to the Doon bay and back, totally irresponsible fun but like you say seeing a turbo almost reach critical meltdown was amusing to our feeble brains at the time.
EDIT : His driving museum/F1 collection has moved to my workplace [url= https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g1878435-d3659849-Reviews-David_Coultard_Museum-Twynholm_Dumfries_and_Galloway_Scotland.html ]here[/url] , quite decent and there is a Red Bull F1 actual size driving simulator that is good fun, the car is on hydraulic rams so you get the full effect.
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Also, Easter Monday, Wall of Death LIVE.
massive wall of death, 80-odd mph, Guy Martin, live on telly.
7:15pm Channel 4 (Monday 28 March)
Preview looked good.
