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Took my M3 and M5 to Spa

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#1 ·
Here is a small report from our trip to SPA a few days ago.

Woke up at 5:45 at Ringhaus to start driving to SPA - it was wet :(
The Ringhaus E30 can be seen - RIP:


The M3 and the M5 waking up:


Here you can also see how wet it was - we did not like the situation!!!


Here we are at Spa - driving under the track to enter the pit area:




Quite a group of cars - those 4 are over 2000hp combined :)


We rented a garage and here is the red M5 in place:


Here I am trying to clean most of the road dirt off the cars:


Our neighbours have arrived:


Still cleaning:


It´s almost as if the red M5 is eager to get going on the track:


Shortly after driving started the first accident happened - a guy went off on Eu Rouge:


My friend Saemi will be happy to have this picture later - to be able to show
the beginning of his racing career :)


Here I had started driving the white one and I am here explaining to
a Porsche owner (the one in the blue shoes) why he was slower on the
track :)


Here is a pic from just before we left - there is the Honda that crashed
while trying to keep up with RNGTOY. He had been in my way, did not
let me pass, was much slower and was sliding the back end in the turns.
I waited behind him until the straight and the passed him while I was doing
200 km/h. I then watched him in the mirror in the fast left turn and saw
him slide outwards over the red/white edge of the outside of the track.
He then spun and ended on the wall on the inside of the track. He must
have been doing 160 km/h. As you can see the car is rather damaged:




One pic of the M5's:


Here we are on our way to get more gas - RNGTOY was running on fumes:
 
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#2 ·
Here is the gas station that did good business that day - three very thirsty cars :)




Here we are on our way back to Ringhaus:


The M5 had so much brake dust it seems as if the wheels are gunmetal colored:




The white one was doing well after a difficult day:








Also, here is a video:
http://www.onno.is/thordur/almennt/eurotour2007/SPA_290507.wmv
 
#18 · (Edited)
Yes I drove the blue one also - it´s in the video blasting towards Eu Rouge in the wet
at approx 1:20, front/back shots.

It has more brake dust in the back for 2 reasons, the disks are more uneven and the
wheel spokes sit much closser to the brakes than the front ones.

Here are some more pics from the event:
http://www.vazily.be/jalbum/29 05 2007 MLR trackday @ Spa/album/index.html

There you can see some pics of an E60 M5 Touring that was driving very fast in the
morning while it was wet. I had to let it pass several times and it was as if I was
standing still :eek:

I later found out it was former F1 driver Nigel Mansell that was driving :)

I will hopefully go back to Spa on June 23rd - keeping my fingers crossed.....
 
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#24 ·
DUUUUUUUUUUUDE Spafrancorchamps!!>?!!?!?!?! MY FAV F1 TRACK NEXT TO SUZUKA!!!

When I go to Europe. You and me. And a rental day with your E30. We need to have a French Breakfast and hang out.

If i ever get the chance to pull what Schumacher and Raikkonen pull on Eu Rouge....omg...the power the speed of that corner.
 
#27 ·
Just got confirmed that I´m driving again on Spa the 23rd!!!!! :banana:
This time I´ll try to tape some in-car videos for you guys.

The camera used for the photographs was a Canon DSLR, I think the
350D or 400D (Rebel XT). My friend did the shooting and I did the Photoshopping :)
 
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