Driving on Fuji Speedway

Held at Fuji Speedway in June this yearPorsche Experience Day."I had the chance to drive a Panamera on a race track for the first time at a Fuji Speedway event. I lined up even before the event started to get the first 70 tickets and drove two laps around the Fuji Speedway. Although the speed was relatively slow since the 70 cars were running in formation, I was very satisfied with the circuit driving experience.

However, at key turns, I felt a centrifugal force that I had never experienced before, and I was a little scared, thinking, "Is this what it means to be unable to complete a turn? I also felt a bit of fear, and I was a bit flustered because I didn't know when to brake, which made me realize once again how bad I am at driving.

Whether on the street or on the track

Yesterday, I conducted an interview for the fourth installment of this blog. The interviewer is a car enthusiast who is so fascinated by circuit driving that he participates in races every week. Let me tell you about him.They say that a Porsche is a car that can be enjoyed both on the street and on the track, is that true?"I asked him, "It's true. There is no doubt about it," he said.

Also, as for the person's circuit driving friends around him, even if they were driving cars from other companies at first, they wereMany people eventually switch to Porsche.That's right. And once they switch to a Porsche, they usually stay with it for the rest of their racing career.Is it really that much fun to drive a Porsche on the track?"He told us about the appeal of Porsche on the circuit.

(1) Can be driven on a circuit without modification

He has driven BMWs and Ferraris on the track.Even M3 is more or less modified(Is it called tuning?)As for the Ferrari, it is no fun to bring a street car to the track.They need to be tuned.
However, it seems that Porsche doesn't need to be modified at all.You can go shopping after driving on the Nürburgring."The official website's tagline, "The world's most popular music festival," is exactly what it says.If you take a car that is running on the street and bring it to a race track, you can really show off its performance and make it very fun and interesting to drive.They said. This is not possible with other manufacturers, he said.

(2) Durability

When you race Porsche and BMW together, you can have a good first lap, but gradually the gap between the two cars starts to drift apart. He said that it was not a matter of driving technique, but the durability of the Porsche.No matter how much the Porsche is driven, the oil and water temperatures are stable, and no matter how many laps are run, the same time can be set as the first lap.

(iii) High performance as a sports car

At a quick glance, he said, it is difficult to tell the difference in specifications from other companies' cars. However, he said he could feel the German craftsmanship...and the high performance of the car. The engine turns smoothly, the steering feels unique to German cars, and the car is easy to drive.He feels again that Porsche is a sports car maker after all.He said he thought they probably spent an awful lot of money on the parts you can't see and inside. He said he thought that they probably spent a great deal of money on parts that were not visible or inside.

I want to drive on a circuit.

Recently I have been hearing a lot of people around me say that they have been driving on the circuit or that they are hooked on the circuit. Even though Porsche is a car that can be driven on public roads and enjoyed on circuitsI guess you can only get the most out of the capabilities you have when you bring it to the circuit.Especially the GT series. I would also like to practice circuit driving with Gran Turismo on the PlayStation, and once I learn the track well, I would like to have the experience of driving on a circuit again...but first, I need to be able to drive a Boxster with a manual transmission.

Let's go for it!