One of the greatest drivers of all time! And a truly gracious gentleman. He spent time at length talking with my son and I about qualifying the 917 at Lemans, while standing near a similar 917. A true legend!
My dad used to race at Limerick in the early 60s... I remember the first cars with wings (Chappelles)... Watched Mark Donahue & Paul Newman race there in the 70s. Lived in a house at the park entrance when I was one (dad is from Sharron CT). Great memories of being a kid ❤
yeah, LRP has an epic history and memories for many, many. It's one of the only tracks where you can easily see everything. And, it's extremely intimate. The 962 was a handful there as the track was not smooth at all. It felt like a stone skipping across the water. You can see / hear it in Derek's drive. Brian Redman, in the Group-C Jägermeister 962, passed me on the front straight like I wasn't there. I told him afterwards, and he asked why was that. I said, cause you did that downhill flat like a proper Englishman. Totally Love him!
What a beautiful car, designed when people designed car unlike today where computers and CFD dictate the design. And the beauty is more than skin deep. I had a chance to see this car in the garage at WGI, without the body work, and can say it is elegant inside and out. This is a great demonstration of man and machine working together to achieve remarkable results, and it is a privilege to see a master at work on a track I know quite well. Thanks for sharing.
The 962 is based on the 956 as everyone knows. The IMSA variant, as this car is, uses an all air cooled engine. IMSA didn't want the twin turbo Group C 956 coming to the USA. So they banned it. So Porsche lengthened the chassis to get the driver's feet in back of the front axle, and came up with this engine, which had more power and more turbo lag than the 956. The rest was history. Little known is that the 956 was designed in only 9 months from start to running car, for LeMans. That was back in 1981/82. That basic design won world championships into the 1990's.
@@bill9626 The differences between the 956 and the 962 were 1) the 962 had a longer chassis to put the driver's feet behind the front axle line and 2) it had a single turbo, compared with the 956 which had 2.
@@thethirdman225 Yes. The 962 chassis was lengthened to move the driver feet back behind the front axle. It's easy to spot a 956 by looking at the distance from the front edge of the door to the rear edge of the front wheel opening. It's only about 2 to 3 inches. However, on a 962 that distance is notably larger. I owned a 956 and the difference was something you were somewhat aware of when on track. It had twin turbos with water cooled heads. The 962 also had twin turbos with water cooled heads. When they made the IMSA variant of the 962 (as this car is), they based the motor on a derivative of the 935 motor. It is single turbo, and all air cooled. The European variant of the 962 continued to evolve until it had water cooled heads and cylinders.
@@bill9626 They were probably still traumatized by Walter Röhrl lapping the whole field at Niagara Falls, driving 3+ seconds faster per lap. Which is when Trans AM banned the Audi after the reeeeeeeeee of American teams how "unfair" the Audi was (they were most certainly rules compliant, Americans are just angry that they can only build flying bricks, that are "good" at going fast in a straight line and that they were beaten by 2.2/2.3 liter engine car, driving 5 6 and even 7 liters themselves)... It's the same thing (essentially) that killed CART Championship (Indy's predecessor). American whining over the field being dominated by European and other foreign drivers, European and Japanese manufacturers outdoing the Americans, and the president of IMS (Indianopolis Motorspeedway) making his own series and going to court to stop CART from using the Indy name. They even make their own LeMans, just so they can win at anything kek
Lime Rock is a short and terrifying bull ring of a track, I race a small 200hp car with no aero around it, I can’t imagine a 962 with that engine and that aero. I love it when he cranks up the boost dial at the beginning of his second lap!
Watching him is like watching a superhero. Just unbelievable no Flappy paddle just shifting breaking steering accelerating without hitting anything and no driver aids.
A very, very long time ago I drove am MG-A around LRP on an open track day. Just getting around the track was a victory. This video brought back some great memories in a highly compressed form. I noted the intense throttle modulation on the Big Bend, Hook and left hand curves. I assume the engine had power to spare. I would have loved to race there but I never had the money. Driving a Volvo 544 fast on gravel was more my thing.
At that race, we initially were not using the chicane at the top of the uphill. It was created because Morton flew a 962 over the guard rail into the trees. But at this race we were not using it. Then the Brumos 962 went up the hill with some steering input (you turn into that hill), and he didn’t unwind the steering input fast enough. When the car settled it obviously went right immediately. Car sustained major damage hitting the tire wall on the right. So then the race stewards made us use the chicane, which is what you see with Derek in this video.
I met Derek Bell back in the 90’s at the Charlotte Camel GT race. One of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. Didn’t mind spending time talking about racing with fans,unlike his team mate at the time,Al Holbert. Both were at the peak of their careers and Al would be killed in an aircraft accident not too far in the future. I’m sure his reluctance to talk with fans was because he was managing the team and dealing with the press.
The ideal of Jim Clarke/Stewart smooth on the edge and the reality of actual violent fast lap times e.g. Senna on board at Monaco or the legendary Derek Bell here is an education. I think it's all true..internally
I would love to see Derek doing a few laps around Mosport park in Ontario Canada , there has to be footage of those IMSA races, I was there live when they happened,, Seeing this race brings back awesome memories of Mosport from the late 70' to the 90's
Talk about short gearing. Seems like he's using 2nd as he comes into the back chicane, then shifts to 3rd going towards west bend and 4th coming out of it, then up to 5th halfway down the main straight, then back down to 3rd for T1. The torque these cars must've had with short gearing is crazy and explains why it seems they get on the throttle so late.
The appearance of getting on the throttle late is due to the large turbo spool up lag from the single turbo. From the data logging recordings, he’s on full throttle early in the turn, timing the spool up to reach power as he crosses from apex to track out.
Hola. Alguien me puede explicar porque parece que el volante estuviera a la derecha y la palanca de cambios también? Dónde está realmente el piloto, a la derecha o a la izquierda?😅
In the 70's His wife sat in the pasingers seat of his road car, "Don't you think you are going a bit fast?" he starts to reply "not really" looking down at the speedo, 180 mph. They where in his Ferrari Daytona.
at 1.00 stuck behind a911 flat out, having to wait for a whole train of lmp cars to go past effortlessly....these cars certainly had to wrestled round the track...it was (and still is) a hard days work....
For people wondering about the steering, that's what it was like back then with wide front rubber, lots of caster for stability, and no power steering. It's the lots of caster constantly trying to straighten the steering every little bump or undulation you cross over that you are fighting. No wonder some of them had to be lifted out of the cars after long stints.
Derek Bell est un pilote qui a conduit toutes les Porsches Protos : 917, 936, 908/80, 956, 962. Ainsi que plein d'autres voitures. Autant dire que c'est une sacrée pointures
It's not rev-limited. Shift light was set at 7,000 RPM. So shifting is a little higher. In this IMSA car we don't go above 7,300 RPM. Group-C 962's would shift limit at 8,400 RPM.
The Brumos 962 was crashed at that turn in this race, without the chicane. He had steering input to the right when the car settled after traversing the hill. Immediately went right and collected the tire wall. They. Add us use the chicane after that.
How far technology has come... He's doing about 1 min laps, there are quite a few early 2000's cars that can do that with basic bolt on's now and many new sport cars off the show room floor that can get there with a good driver.
The chicane after the uphill is costing him 2 sec (and the track is a few sec faster now after the repave) but I thought the same thing. I have been in the low 59s with a 2006 Cayman S. And today’s tires are much better.
I think his best lap that day was about a 0:50.0. Maybe a 0:51. I’d have to look it up. That circuit was fairly easy to learn, but tricky to get incrementally faster at the limit. I think with that uphill chicane it slows you a LOT. It was put in after Morton flew the prototype over the guardrail on the uphill. I recall they were down to 0:49 lap times back then in that car. It’s a long way from a 0:59 to a 0:49 or 0:50
Interesting that the grass is yellow and the trees largely bare. Could this have been very early/late in the season and therefore fairly cold track temp? 2 takeaways for me: he takes big bend tighter than the other drivers and his exit from the left hander looked better than everyone else as well. Nice recovery after being skunked by traffic early in the video. John, 60 year old Alfa's with pea-shooter 1.3L engines and skinny 5.5" vintage race tires do 1:07's at LRP these days, but to be fair that's without the back chicane. Seriously, you guys who do 1:00's in street cars are clearly very good drivers.
People should educate themselves on this track before making silly comments. This is a track race drivers all over the world adore. It's location, geographical, beautiful trees and rolling hills, farms nearby all around it. This track is one that's slowly being replaced by cookie cutter corporate tracks that morons think are better. It's a true white knuckler track that requires full attention. A real racers track definitely not a place for the weak minded. Also was maintained very well by skip barber for many years. Very accommodating staff of workers and volunteers. Type of place you could walk right up to people like Rodger Penseke, Oliver Gavin, Bobby Rahal, Paul Newman, Allen McNish and have a man to man chat about racing. Place is like field of dreams for motorsport.
It's a shocker with a very poorly prepared racing surface. No wonder Derek Bell is taking it so easy on the corners. When you race, the intention is not to go farming.
I like the natural g force indicator, the tag on the ignition key!
Oops, hadn't seen your post until I posted mine.
Cool comment!!!
good one
That was my first thought. Fully analog😅
One of the greatest drivers of all time! And a truly gracious gentleman. He spent time at length talking with my son and I about qualifying the 917 at Lemans, while standing near a similar 917. A true legend!
Derek had the privilege of driving some of the most awesome cars ever built.
extremely dangerous privilege ( ;
My dad used to race at Limerick in the early 60s... I remember the first cars with wings (Chappelles)... Watched Mark Donahue & Paul Newman race there in the 70s. Lived in a house at the park entrance when I was one (dad is from Sharron CT). Great memories of being a kid ❤
yeah, LRP has an epic history and memories for many, many. It's one of the only tracks where you can easily see everything. And, it's extremely intimate. The 962 was a handful there as the track was not smooth at all. It felt like a stone skipping across the water. You can see / hear it in Derek's drive.
Brian Redman, in the Group-C Jägermeister 962, passed me on the front straight like I wasn't there. I told him afterwards, and he asked why was that. I said, cause you did that downhill flat like a proper Englishman. Totally Love him!
Nice driving and setting.. ❤️👍
Bloody hell, I got tired just watching him wrestling the 962 around Lime Rock. Nice work Derek.
What a beautiful car, designed when people designed car unlike today where computers and CFD dictate the design. And the beauty is more than skin deep. I had a chance to see this car in the garage at WGI, without the body work, and can say it is elegant inside and out. This is a great demonstration of man and machine working together to achieve remarkable results, and it is a privilege to see a master at work on a track I know quite well. Thanks for sharing.
The 962 is based on the 956 as everyone knows. The IMSA variant, as this car is, uses an all air cooled engine. IMSA didn't want the twin turbo Group C 956 coming to the USA. So they banned it. So Porsche lengthened the chassis to get the driver's feet in back of the front axle, and came up with this engine, which had more power and more turbo lag than the 956. The rest was history. Little known is that the 956 was designed in only 9 months from start to running car, for LeMans. That was back in 1981/82. That basic design won world championships into the 1990's.
@@bill9626 The differences between the 956 and the 962 were 1) the 962 had a longer chassis to put the driver's feet behind the front axle line and 2) it had a single turbo, compared with the 956 which had 2.
@@thethirdman225 Yes. The 962 chassis was lengthened to move the driver feet back behind the front axle. It's easy to spot a 956 by looking at the distance from the front edge of the door to the rear edge of the front wheel opening. It's only about 2 to 3 inches. However, on a 962 that distance is notably larger. I owned a 956 and the difference was something you were somewhat aware of when on track. It had twin turbos with water cooled heads. The 962 also had twin turbos with water cooled heads. When they made the IMSA variant of the 962 (as this car is), they based the motor on a derivative of the 935 motor. It is single turbo, and all air cooled. The European variant of the 962 continued to evolve until it had water cooled heads and cylinders.
@@bill9626 They were probably still traumatized by Walter Röhrl lapping the whole field at Niagara Falls, driving 3+ seconds faster per lap. Which is when Trans AM banned the Audi after the reeeeeeeeee of American teams how "unfair" the Audi was (they were most certainly rules compliant, Americans are just angry that they can only build flying bricks, that are "good" at going fast in a straight line and that they were beaten by 2.2/2.3 liter engine car, driving 5 6 and even 7 liters themselves)...
It's the same thing (essentially) that killed CART Championship (Indy's predecessor). American whining over the field being dominated by European and other foreign drivers, European and Japanese manufacturers outdoing the Americans, and the president of IMS (Indianopolis Motorspeedway) making his own series and going to court to stop CART from using the Indy name.
They even make their own LeMans, just so they can win at anything kek
@@bill9626 the 962 isn't an aluminium chassis death trap either. Better handling, more power but a little bit heavier.
Legend..car and driver. The mechanical sound is awesome.
Lime Rock is a short and terrifying bull ring of a track, I race a small 200hp car with no aero around it, I can’t imagine a 962 with that engine and that aero. I love it when he cranks up the boost dial at the beginning of his second lap!
One of the world's best drivers and one of the nicest most engaging person you will ever meet
Watching him is like watching a superhero. Just unbelievable no Flappy paddle just shifting breaking steering accelerating without hitting anything and no driver aids.
Love the turbo sound. What a glorious Flat-6!
A very, very long time ago I drove am MG-A around LRP on an open track day. Just getting around the track was a victory. This video brought back some great memories in a highly compressed form.
I noted the intense throttle modulation on the Big Bend, Hook and left hand curves. I assume the engine had power to spare. I would have loved to race there but I never had the money. Driving a Volvo 544 fast on gravel was more my thing.
Senna used the throttle blipping too
The key tag moving around is mesmerizing.
It is his G meter.
@@testpilot2184 And it only cost 10 cents. The cheapest instrument ever put in a Porsche.
Got to love the sound of the off boost compressor surge.
That blind entry, off camber chicane is insane
At that race, we initially were not using the chicane at the top of the uphill. It was created because Morton flew a 962 over the guard rail into the trees. But at this race we were not using it. Then the Brumos 962 went up the hill with some steering input (you turn into that hill), and he didn’t unwind the steering input fast enough. When the car settled it obviously went right immediately. Car sustained major damage hitting the tire wall on the right. So then the race stewards made us use the chicane, which is what you see with Derek in this video.
Derek drove the greatest beasts of motor racing. Awesome.
Lime Rock. The only time your steering wheel is pointed straight ahead is when you change direction
You bet it man.
Sorry but video appears to show otherwise.
@@wschell4023 Lol.
Love limerock
Amazing that he lived a long life doing this over and over again....dang! Is he good lucky or both???
Look at the way the car gripped after a few laps it's mind blowing. Fantastic driving by the master also.
Nice onboard.
The bumps look like those as the Schalbenschwanz on the Nordschleife.👍🚘👍
Yeah. For sure! That old track was super bumpy in a ground effects car like the 962. We had very stiff springs in that setup
The sound alone is intoxicating
Awesome footage! You can even kind of get a feel of the car!
I met Derek Bell back in the 90’s at the Charlotte Camel GT race. One of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. Didn’t mind spending time talking about racing with fans,unlike his team mate at the time,Al Holbert. Both were at the peak of their careers and Al would be killed in an aircraft accident not too far in the future. I’m sure his reluctance to talk with fans was because he was managing the team and dealing with the press.
These cars on these track, crazy..
But i love it😁👍
Great video!
Brilliant cockpit,like an aeroplane,and very useful fuel management systems etc.
I love how raw it looked to drive these cars. So direct and physical. Must've been so physically demanding but its also so impressive and entertaining
Watching these cars round this track is like watching a bored lion pace around a small cage
Everything sounds so violent. I love it.
It's the first Rennsport reunion in July 2001. I was there for the whole event and met Mr. Bell
That's what I thought as well, great memories of that event!
OK, that explains the fact that there never were any Jagermeister liveried Porsche 962s in IMSA in the 1990s, as far as I can recall.
And that, gentlemen, is how you drive a racecar...
*As you can see, the Car even had a G-Indicator, the red Key with the yellow Tag on the bottom left ;)*
great uploads man, love seeing the legends raced by legends not dentists
👽Braking late and "apexing" the competition... surgically...Bell is badass.
The way he rotates the car into position and puts down throttle early at the top of the hill is remarkable!
O som do turbo flutter é animal🔥🔥🔥🔥
What a driver, I'm exhausted just from watching this
Great driving Derek,
Hearing the difference in the boost between the 1st lap and when he cranks up the boost knob to start the 2nd lap is terrifying.
That's a really short track. Your front end almost catches your rear end. I'm used to Road America.
8:20 nice double pass and holding on there lol.
TURN IT UP! It's BOOST TIME!
good times at LimeRock
Hypnotizing! 😀
The ideal of Jim Clarke/Stewart smooth on the edge and the reality of actual violent fast lap times e.g. Senna on board at Monaco or the legendary Derek Bell here is an education. I think it's all true..internally
Derek is a gentlemen and a great ambassador of a bygone era of sports
I would love to see Derek doing a few laps around Mosport park in Ontario Canada , there has to be footage of those IMSA races, I was there live when they happened,,
Seeing this race brings back awesome memories of Mosport from the late 70' to the 90's
1985 1000km driving to a win in one of the three Rothmans liveried 962s.
Talk about short gearing. Seems like he's using 2nd as he comes into the back chicane, then shifts to 3rd going towards west bend and 4th coming out of it, then up to 5th halfway down the main straight, then back down to 3rd for T1. The torque these cars must've had with short gearing is crazy and explains why it seems they get on the throttle so late.
The appearance of getting on the throttle late is due to the large turbo spool up lag from the single turbo. From the data logging recordings, he’s on full throttle early in the turn, timing the spool up to reach power as he crosses from apex to track out.
I didn't know Jagermeister made such good car.
Hola. Alguien me puede explicar porque parece que el volante estuviera a la derecha y la palanca de cambios también? Dónde está realmente el piloto, a la derecha o a la izquierda?😅
In the 70's His wife sat in the pasingers seat of his road car, "Don't you think you are going a bit fast?" he starts to reply "not really" looking down at the speedo, 180 mph. They where in his Ferrari Daytona.
And the keytag works great as G-meter :)
hahahahaha true. funny
really the climbing turn bus stop? back in the day? I don't think so
no fancy electronics, no airbags, just biiiiiiiiig balls.
1:12 boost nob?
at 1.00 stuck behind a911 flat out, having to wait for a whole train of lmp cars to go past effortlessly....these cars certainly had to wrestled round the track...it was (and still is) a hard days work....
the 911 was almost run off the track as you can see he was up on the curb, no doubt seeing Derek fill is rear view mirror and the train bearing down
Love the old school shifting
Looks like a bit of a handful 👍😎⚠️😯
Can’t figure out when this took place....1986?🤔
Looks like early to mid nineties since Derek passed a 993 GT2 Evo?
Rennsport Reunion in 2001, I think.
@@dudley7540 thanks Dudley...you’re probably right. He doesn’t mention this car racing at Lime Rock in his book.😉
Was this filmed at the Rennsport Reunion?
Fantastic
bloody hell.
What year was this recorded? Never clicked with me that the 962 and the 993 raced in the same series
2001 Porsche Rennsport Reunion - as mentioned elsewhere in this thread
When he got held up was he getting passed by cars in his class?
Sometimes I wonder where do they find the guts to drive like that
Any time you strap one of those on your back the adrenaline rush MAKES you drive like that. 61 second laps
I sometimes wonder why more people don't have the balls to do shit like this. It's so much damn fun.
@@WaRLoKWYATT it’s not for everyone. In those days, every race could have been your last🤷🏼♂️
@@WaRLoKWYATT it's obviously money and free time.
@@WaRLoKWYATT And it's really fucking expensive too$$$ LOL
For people wondering about the steering, that's what it was like back then with wide front rubber, lots of caster for stability, and no power steering. It's the lots of caster constantly trying to straighten the steering every little bump or undulation you cross over that you are fighting. No wonder some of them had to be lifted out of the cars after long stints.
How old was Derek, here?
Look at the G's pulling the yellow key tag from side to side. Sweeet.
When race cars needed race car drivers to drive them.
Hell yeah, I feel the same way about Big Rigs with manual gear boxes!!!
Seems like this car is setup to be slow in fast out. Looks like a blast to race
that compression lock...
Derek Bell est un pilote qui a conduit toutes les Porsches Protos :
917, 936, 908/80, 956, 962.
Ainsi que plein d'autres voitures.
Autant dire que c'est une sacrée pointures
Fierce.... totally fierce.
If you want to win a race you get a German to build the car and a Brit to drive it.
The sound is significantly behind the video .
Lime Rock needs to be ground . super rough .....
That top gear is for the imaginary Mulsanne that isn't on LimeRock :D Cool video though, hard work!
can’t take my eyes of the yellow keytag..
That's the G-Force gauge...
@@BossaNossa1 That's exactly what I was gonna say.
Va muy acojonado...
Sub 60sec. Laps with the safety chicane.
I recall he got about 49 or 50 sec in that race. They did get to around 46 sec’s sometimes, before track was so bumpy with the concrete in the turns.
Is it just me or is that thing seriously rev-limited? Seems like he could wind that thing up about 5,000 rpm more.
It's not rev-limited. Shift light was set at 7,000 RPM. So shifting is a little higher. In this IMSA car we don't go above 7,300 RPM. Group-C 962's would shift limit at 8,400 RPM.
1.15 turn up that BOOST DEREK!!!!
could be a break bias adjustment too
@@arfshesaid4325 Dampfrad=Turbo!
Great driver, great track. Not as great with those daft chicanes added but still great all the same.
Remember when John Morton literally flew off the top of the rising turn in 1988?
The Brumos 962 was crashed at that turn in this race, without the chicane. He had steering input to the right when the car settled after traversing the hill. Immediately went right and collected the tire wall. They. Add us use the chicane after that.
Subscribed for backlog😉
That track looks rougher than a goat trail. I’ve seen mountain fire roads that look smoother!
I have been ,Mr Bells mechanic......,
Lime Rock is at its best without chicanes
Holy shit!
How far technology has come... He's doing about 1 min laps, there are quite a few early 2000's cars that can do that with basic bolt on's now and many new sport cars off the show room floor that can get there with a good driver.
The chicane after the uphill is costing him 2 sec (and the track is a few sec faster now after the repave) but I thought the same thing. I have been in the low 59s with a 2006 Cayman S. And today’s tires are much better.
@@craigmahon1303 I guess you're a good driver then, lol. Trying to get there myself. my best time is a 1:08 in an '86 Porsche 928.
I think his best lap that day was about a 0:50.0. Maybe a 0:51. I’d have to look it up. That circuit was fairly easy to learn, but tricky to get incrementally faster at the limit. I think with that uphill chicane it slows you a LOT. It was put in after Morton flew the prototype over the guardrail on the uphill. I recall they were down to 0:49 lap times back then in that car. It’s a long way from a 0:59 to a 0:49 or 0:50
John DePietro - also of note on this circuit, also in an IMSA spec Porsche 962, in the 1985 IMSA race Holbert & Bell lap time 0:47.6
Interesting that the grass is yellow and the trees largely bare. Could this have been very early/late in the season and therefore fairly cold track temp? 2 takeaways for me: he takes big bend tighter than the other drivers and his exit from the left hander looked better than everyone else as well. Nice recovery after being skunked by traffic early in the video. John, 60 year old Alfa's with pea-shooter 1.3L engines and skinny 5.5" vintage race tires do 1:07's at LRP these days, but to be fair that's without the back chicane. Seriously, you guys who do 1:00's in street cars are clearly very good drivers.
before it was paved...soooo bumpy...... the kink at top of hill?.....because hi powered cars were getting airborne prior...lol
I'm glad you noticed that too. Posted three years ago but shot in the 80's I think. GS and TCR cars still get air at the top of that hill.
I like the old Porsche962 group C car although it’s steering is a bit clumsy
I miss the concrete patches...
What what a knock speed
when a car is too big for a track jaja! amazing
I miss the days when you had to wrestle a car around the track like it’s a wild animal
Nice
He really got entangled with that Porsche at 0:47... Lost 3 positions pretty quick. Looks like a mechanic stole Derek's car and racing suit.
What a terrible track for that big a car.
I disagree. It goes well well enough around there. Good test of car and driver.
That Porsche didn't stand a chance vs Derek!
🚦
People should educate themselves on this track before making silly comments. This is a track race drivers all over the world adore. It's location, geographical, beautiful trees and rolling hills, farms nearby all around it.
This track is one that's slowly being replaced by cookie cutter corporate tracks that morons think are better. It's a true white knuckler track that requires full attention. A real racers track definitely not a place for the weak minded.
Also was maintained very well by skip barber for many years. Very accommodating staff of workers and volunteers. Type of place you could walk right up to people like Rodger Penseke, Oliver Gavin, Bobby Rahal, Paul Newman, Allen McNish and have a man to man chat about racing.
Place is like field of dreams for motorsport.
It's a shocker with a very poorly prepared racing surface. No wonder Derek Bell is taking it so easy on the corners. When you race, the intention is not to go farming.