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Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:21 am
by Le_Fromage_Grande
It's wet at Snett
So far everyone has had their first session and the fast are on their second, all sessions have been red flagged for fallers, in mine (slow) a bloke on an unfaired Triumph 765 came off at the Esses on the first sighting lap, it's raining now so my hope of getting a dry session is looking unlikely.
Inters now going out
More later
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:22 am
by weeksy
meh, i hate that... middle of sodding summer and rain
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:24 am
by Le_Fromage_Grande
And it sounds like they've stopped
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:26 am
by Le_Fromage_Grande
weeksy wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:22 am
meh, i hate that... middle of sodding summer and rain
It's a bit crap, especially as there just seems to be a cloud stuck over Snett
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:28 am
by Yorick
Oh bollox.
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:31 am
by Bigyin
I think its gonna be wet/damp all day according to expected radar rain map i saw yesterday .... small hit and miss showers scattered across the afternoon
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:33 am
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:24 am
And it sounds like they've stopped
The ambulance has gone out, so possibly serious
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:34 am
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Bigyin wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:31 am
I think its gonna be wet/damp all day according to expected radar rain map i saw yesterday .... small hit and miss showers scattered across the afternoon
Yeah just deciding whether to do the next session or not, think I'll take a look, do a couple of laps and see what I think
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:36 am
by Bigyin
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:34 am
Bigyin wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:31 am
I think its gonna be wet/damp all day according to expected radar rain map i saw yesterday .... small hit and miss showers scattered across the afternoon
Yeah just deciding whether to do the next session or not, think I'll take a look, do a couple of laps and see what I think
You know Snetterton well. If the showers miss then its flat and enough wind to dry the track fairly quickly
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:53 am
by KungFooBob
I got my first DD podium at Snetterton in the wet.
Everyone else fell off.
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:54 am
by Yorick
Snetterton is dead grippy in the wet
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:02 am
by Le_Fromage_Grande
It's okay, be better without a sheen of oil at the Bombhole, tyres are getting warmed up, if it doesn't rain before my next session the track will be dry.
The oil is from a Fireblade that's now rather second hand.
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:19 am
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Chap on the Fireblade high sided on the oil and broke his arm, his mate is taking his bike home for him.
The track is currently being cleaned.
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 12:54 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Session no.3 advanced dry, inters dry, novice 1 dry lap and then the heavens opened, I decided to come in because I couldn't see where I was going, I'm now sulking in the car, engine running, heater going full blast to dry me out.
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:50 pm
by Nobby
KungFooBob wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:53 am
I got my first DD podium at Snetterton in the wet.
Everyone else except 2 fell off.
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:51 pm
by KungFooBob
Nobby wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:50 pm
KungFooBob wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:53 am
I got my first DD podium at Snetterton in the wet.
Everyone else except 2 fell off.
Goes without saying.
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:14 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Just been out for a very short session, it's about to piss down again, correction, it's pissing down, looks like the last session may be dry
It's actually hammering down
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:22 pm
by Bigyin
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:14 pm
Just been out for a very short session, it's about to piss down again, correction, it's pissing down, looks like the last session may be dry
It's actually hammering down
Seems the same all over the county. I was out earlier in sky splitting sunshine and 15 minutes later hammering down followed by sunshine again
Currently pissing down here as well but sunshine in the distance
Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:22 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
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Re: Snetterton 9th August
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 3:32 pm
by Yorick
Aren't the pits open ?