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Ohhhh!!!! So *THIS* is where I've been going wrong!!!

You're supposed to downshift AFTER corner entry and straighten up your line BEFORE the apex and then jerk the steering wheel back.

He just didn't do anything when it started to let go!! ahaha.

LOL - that's exactly what I was thinking when I watched it. He may as well have been sitting in the passenger seat once he lost it.

Also had to laugh as I have that exact same helmet, so it's a bit of a worry!

yeah this has been posted a few times since it happend. I think his main problem was he took two big bites at the corner, and down shifted mid corner for some reason. I actually feel sorry for the poor guy, i mean he was at a driver training day. he just made a mistake due to his inexperience and was unlucky enough that there was a pond on the inside of the track. i still don't know what track they were using as that's the issue i have. it doesn't look very safe at all. it looks more like a road with some witches hats randomly placed...

Bo hoo hoo i lost mummys car in the itty water.Lol.

He downshifted/ or poped the clutch mid cnr,but only after the car was allready in a slide,which was probably started from the wrong gear selection and not enuff brake in the first place. :P

Cant wait to meet up with you guys in a few weeks and put some names to faces.I just had the blue slip done so!!!

Let me tell you.It was allot of faRt asSing arrounD.

and was unlucky enough that there was a pond on the inside of the track.

That pond would have done less damage than a concrete wall trackside. He would have written off the car and compacted it into a cube had he blindsided a concrete wall instead of having that run-off area and a pond to slow him down :lol:

Dry off the car, use a borescope and make sure no water was ingested and his mum would never know the difference :P

That pond would have done less damage than a concrete wall trackside. He would have written off the car and compacted it into a cube had he blindsided a concrete wall instead of having that run-off area and a pond to slow him down  :lol:

Dry off the car, use a borescope and make sure no water was ingested and his mum would never know the difference :P

yes that's for sure! My friend would agree. he lost control of his GT3 cup car at turn 1 EC and i'm sure would have preferred a qucik bath as opposed to the concrete wall he hit. but my point was that place didn't really look like a race track at all. there were close trees lining the outside of the first corner. it just didn't look right.

It's Darlington Park, QLD... and yeah, it's a Corolla.

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I feel sorry for the guy, he's taken it to the track to try and learn more, and obviously has made a mistake and then panicked.

It's very easy for easy to see exactly what he did wrong from the comfort of our computer chairs (or couches if you've got wireless :P), but in the moment, i'm sure some of us when learning to drive could have made the same mistakes, especially if we panicked.

Cheers,

Tommo.

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