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Just been karting at Red Lodge in Suffolk. I watched this video the night before to get some tips for karting in the wet. Wow, I am so glad I did! Having never karted in the wet, I finished first racing with my co-workers who stuck to the traditional racing line, which was like ice in the wet! Really great video, it's so counter - intuitive going the long way round a corner but it sure works!
Really good video, really enjoyed it even as someone who drives these karts alot and has raced at sandown a few times! In my experience at Sandown is the Rotax Karts have no bottom end acceleration and are prone to 'bogging' and by the time the engine catches and you are in the power band you are almost at the end of the straight because it only has the main straight and potentially the back straight to get the engine up to revs. (to clarify the engine catches earlier on the wet line but on the corners with a short straight between them you dont benefit from the better exit enough to mitigate the time lost on corner entry & mid corner) Personally I use the wet line on the final corner as the better exit more than makes up for the loss on entry, after turn 1 I use a dry line then wet line onto the back straight then dry line. Where as if you drive these karts at Tamworth (Birmingham) you have the same change in tarmac but you use the wet lines alot more because your higher up the RPM and carry more momentum at Tamworth.
age doesnt matter in racing, just experience, study sportsmanship behavior, racing principles and basics like racing lines etc., give yourself realistic challenges like go faster in some turns or brake later
Go to your local karting track (better outdoor but they can be far) and go to some club races until you get promoted into more competitive karting. One thing I would suggest don’t be frustrated if you get a bad result it’s a opportunity to learn from last time. And most importantly, have fun
In the wet you want to keep the accelerator down though out the corner or you are gonna have understeer, but too mutch accelerator sends you spinning and DO NOT lock up the brakes since it would make you flying into the barriers and you can do nothing about it. People have different opinions on what racing line to take in the wet. I usually take the dry line (the driving line you would take on a dry track) and with a technique of constently accelerating and releasing, to make the back loose grip and rotate the go-kart (kind of like drifting), but the (original) wet driving line is a bit different. As you might/might not know when rubber touches rubber when its wet, it is more slippery than rubber toching asphalt (or what ever is used for the surface of the track) so you would try to not contact the rubber on the track (left by other karts), instead you would take a mutch wider line around the rubber and come back in (kida like what you did on turn two, around the start of the vid), but realy the best way is to just make one up your self.
I think staying on the kerbs really helps when driving on the wet. When I race in the rain (very few times because I’m from Spain), I try to oversteer on corner entry to have more rotation and have a straighter exit from the turn. I’m not sure if that’s the best way to do it, but for sure it makes you learn kart control by hard
haha I had the same experience at Sandown Park a fair few years ago. I had so so much trouble with turn 1 but as soon as I nailed I beat my friends by a second. Turn 5 was difficult also.
10:05 I wanted to spook him lol, WTF if someone did that to me in a race I would not be spooked i would be extremely mad and at the end of the race it would be a full-on street fight like Rocky V
The karts are all different, and all seem to function differently, I've had karts here on this track several times, that are practically knackered so it does spoil the competitive side of this..
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Just been karting at Red Lodge in Suffolk. I watched this video the night before to get some tips for karting in the wet. Wow, I am so glad I did! Having never karted in the wet, I finished first racing with my co-workers who stuck to the traditional racing line, which was like ice in the wet! Really great video, it's so counter - intuitive going the long way round a corner but it sure works!
Cameron:we are going to find out why British drivers are so good in the wet
Max Verstappen: Am I a joke to you?
he said British not Dutch? he meant British drivers? hes not good in the wet anyway only like 1 good race thats about it he got lucky tbh
thing is you can't name more than 3 op rain drivers from the netherlands.
@@noobpyxl because not many dutch got to f1 unlike british drivers we are a much smaller country
@@Chunkyyyyoioi78oh so almost an overtake a lap while your teammate got stuck in a train is luck
@@Chunkyyyyoioi78ok mr #blessed
Really good video, really enjoyed it even as someone who drives these karts alot and has raced at sandown a few times!
In my experience at Sandown is the Rotax Karts have no bottom end acceleration and are prone to 'bogging' and by the time the engine catches and you are in the power band you are almost at the end of the straight because it only has the main straight and potentially the back straight to get the engine up to revs. (to clarify the engine catches earlier on the wet line but on the corners with a short straight between them you dont benefit from the better exit enough to mitigate the time lost on corner entry & mid corner)
Personally I use the wet line on the final corner as the better exit more than makes up for the loss on entry, after turn 1 I use a dry line then wet line onto the back straight then dry line.
Where as if you drive these karts at Tamworth (Birmingham) you have the same change in tarmac but you use the wet lines alot more because your higher up the RPM and carry more momentum at Tamworth.
Great video and commentary. Thanks and well done
Hey I'm 10 yr yes that's young but I love go Karting any tips for people my age??
You go competitive karting or casual?
Same I’m also ten but I race competively
Casual
age doesnt matter in racing, just experience, study sportsmanship behavior, racing principles and basics like racing lines etc., give yourself realistic challenges like go faster in some turns or brake later
Go to your local karting track (better outdoor but they can be far) and go to some club races until you get promoted into more competitive karting. One thing I would suggest don’t be frustrated if you get a bad result it’s a opportunity to learn from last time. And most importantly, have fun
Ahhhhhhhhh this is where I go for go karting it’s cool to know someone who is a professional racer goes here
Where is it
@@Michaganfishing daytona sandown park in the uk
@@MixeralfiebtF1 drivers go to this track, this isn’t just one professional racer💀
In the wet you want to keep the accelerator down though out the corner or you are gonna have understeer, but too mutch accelerator sends you spinning and DO NOT lock up the brakes since it would make you flying into the barriers and you can do nothing about it. People have different opinions on what racing line to take in the wet.
I usually take the dry line (the driving line you would take on a dry track) and with a technique of constently accelerating and releasing, to make the back loose grip and rotate the go-kart (kind of like drifting), but the (original) wet driving line is a bit different. As you might/might not know when rubber touches rubber when its wet, it is more slippery than rubber toching asphalt (or what ever is used for the surface of the track) so you would try to not contact the rubber on the track (left by other karts), instead you would take a mutch wider line around the rubber and come back in (kida like what you did on turn two, around the start of the vid), but realy the best way is to just make one up your self.
I think staying on the kerbs really helps when driving on the wet.
When I race in the rain (very few times because I’m from Spain), I try to oversteer on corner entry to have more rotation and have a straighter exit from the turn. I’m not sure if that’s the best way to do it, but for sure it makes you learn kart control by hard
i love your videos man greetings from germany
I have a race tomorrow. This helps a lot
haha I had the same experience at Sandown Park a fair few years ago. I had so so much trouble with turn 1 but as soon as I nailed I beat my friends by a second. Turn 5 was difficult also.
Hey, that's fast trax only about 10 mins away from me. My friends and I have a blast trying to fast lap eachother there.
Nice vid! Thx for listening to my suggestion!!!
What a helm mount do you habe on yout helmet ? Can you make a video to show yout setup ?
Best regards
Tim 😉
Exciting racing!
I think u also had a quicker kart then the driver who started in p3
I basically live next to that race track in Sandown it is made by datona
10:05 I wanted to spook him lol, WTF if someone did that to me in a race I would not be spooked i would be extremely mad and at the end of the race it would be a full-on street fight like Rocky V
He didnt do anything wrong tho
I’m 11 and in the junior karts but it still is quite hard to control the kart but I managed to get a p3 in i kart!
I drive Profesionel karting and if you hit the kerb you Will have a lot of grip:)
Depends if the track is new then Kurbs are worse due to the water surface but on some tracks yea
For me in proper racing like championships racing in the wet requires skill but not fitness where in the dry you need fitness and skill
This is really good help because I’m 12yrs old.
Just like the netherlands, it rains alot
I’m just happy that he didn’t mention Lando Norris’s mishap in Russia 2021… 😳
was this in Scotland or england
He's asking why britains are so good in wet. I think the question is answered by the question.
amazing
Mate, the simple answer is: it rains all the time 💀
Camera and camera settings?
i had recently a wet race, but compared to this it could propably be considered flood race
The karts are all different, and all seem to function differently, I've had karts here on this track several times, that are practically knackered so it does spoil the competitive side of this..
Damn P1 got 0.8s a lap on you!
What track is this?
Had anyone seen P1 in this race?
you overtaked during a yellow flag And yellow means no overtaking
I'm sorry but the way you said Surrey pain just pain
Ayrton Senna >>>>>>>>>>>>>
I hate racing in the rain I just completely suck at finding grip in the wet