Right lads, basically as you know I entered a competition to win a shot in the LFA never really thinking I'd get to the final, let alone win. Anyway, win I did and here's how it went.
AWESOME!!!!
I was a little over enthusiastic and got there an hour early so had time to banter around with the Lexus people and film production team. Great people and one gent in particular had been involved in the development of the LFA since its conception in 2000. While we were waiting for our slots in the ISF and the LFA (yes both cars! :dance: ) there was a row of 4 old school Sega Rally video games with seat, gears, handbrake, the lot and of course i got to thrash the Sega Rally Celica GT4 around :woot: There was a competition between the three of us there who won the comp and a Lexus chap - course I chose the GT4 and won the Sega competition with the fastest lap and got a bottle of champers for it too Lots of banter about cheating by the fact I own one.
Into the ISF first which simply put was brutal. Mega power and immense brakes!!! We got about 15-20 minutes each with an instructor going round the track at Silverstone, us driving. The Silverstone track we drove was the full F1 track which if you know Silverstone, you know is a huge privilege as they only open the full thing up about once a year. I was probably only getting the hang of it towards the end as it's such a huge track with tons of corners to learn but so glad we went out in the ISF before the LFA
We each had to do a TV style interview before we embarked on the driving and as I was there first it meant i got to drive the LFA first... Now, I wish i was better with words to describe how the LFA was as an experience for both writing this and to have been able to respond better to the interview after I got out of the car! Probably sounded pretty simple but who cares! It was a little different to when I went to the Blyton Park OC gig in an Evo X as you could imagine.
Took the first lap fairly slowly but by the fourth I was pushing it as hard as i could with my limited talent, much to the vocalisation of the Lexus people
I had to though, I'll never get to do it again!
It was video'd with two cameras, one on me and one looking out and the final cut will be released as a Lexus 90 second promo vid next week. Sweet.
Here's a pic or two
After I finished I was taken out for a 'Hot Lap' or two with the LFA driver, he was a F3 driver called Charlie - all i know is he came 2nd in the Australian F3 Championship and the other LFA driver was called Ben, who came 1st! So there was some good friendly competition between the two. I've never had to hang on for dear life so much ever in my life!!!! It's as though he'd had his fear gland removed... mental!! Just went to show how utterly gash i was in comparison... desperate for some more practice
Anyway, I'm back in Notts now, still shaking... it was insane and the LFA was literally all it was hyped up to be and then some and the NOISE!!!!
An experience I'll never forget.
PS - Note my shirt
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