Here's a lap or two from Gridlife Laguna Seca. It was a tough weekend.
Haven't driven the car since COTA back in April, had another kid, and just confidently showed up to Laguna thinking it'd be great.
And what a fucking track it is... Every time I'm there, every time you're just sending it through 6 or catapulting down the Corkscrew, sliding out of 11 onto the straight thinking about the Burgmeister / Magnussen battle chaos. Just legendary! And again, to be there in this iteration of the E92... this violent, energetic, lively and manic fucking iteration. It's so hard to drive it calm and collected. Every time you're in it, it feels like someone's just sending cocaine through a jet turbine straight into your face. I can't imagine what it'll be like when we add another 200hp.
With multiple crashes during the event, I had only 2 full sessions to really drive. One on Friday, with a bad setup, and one on Sunday morning. Sadly, it wasn't enough to get us into the top 5 podium sprint, but had that 86 let me by instead of holding me up, we'd have likely made the cut with a low 31 lap. Regardless, PROGRESS! This thing ran a 1:36 2 years ago, and to know it's a 31 now, without adding power, is radical.
I'll share some photos later, but for now, here's the lap. Tomorrow, we test at Buttonwillow to get ready for GTA Finals in November.
And here's one of the most insane battles, ever, referenced above.