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Paul Dale
Добавлен 1 апр 2006
Brands Hatch GP - Lotus on Track - 11am session - 27/06/24
Full 11am session from Brands Hatch GP circuit. It was a sessioned day, and I was with Lotus on Track. Lovely weather and lots of nice cars including GT Porsches, Ariel Atom, Noble, and obviously lots of Lotus variants.
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Lotus Test Track (Hethel) in Exige 410 - Midday session
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A few laps from my midday session at Hethel. It was a very quiet day, with hardly any cars on track. There was a 2-11 and a 3-11 on circuit both of which are pretty rare cars.
Lotus Exige 410 at Lotus Test Track (Hethel) Best Lap
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My best lap from my final session at Hethel, home of Lotus and their test track.
Cadwell Park 29/05/24 - Full 1:15pm session
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Full session from my first run after lunch. Taking it nice and steady for the first lap or so to get the tyres back up to pressure and temperature.
Cadwell Park 29/05/24 - Full 10:15am session - Exige, Cayman and more!
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Full 10:15am session from Cadwell Park on the 29/05/24. It was a very busy day, and also lots of red flags (including one at the end of this session) Had some fun in this session with a Porsche Cayman track car.
Audi R8 at Snetterton - 2017
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Found a load of old videos on a hard drive today. A couple of clear laps in an Audi R8 V8 at Snetterton. This was taken some time in 2017.
Bedford Autodrome 29/04/24 - Full 3:15pm session in Lotus Exige 410
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A full session from Bedford on 29/04/24 in my Lotus Exige 410. Put the pedal cam in the car for this session. Nice steady warm up lap as the car / tyres had cooled down a bit since the previous session.
Bedford Autodrome 29/04/24 - 12pm session laps in Lotus Exige 410.
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3 laps from my 12pm session at Bedford Autodrome on 29/04/24. A lovely white Alpine A110 was pushing hard and nearly lost it at the first chicane (Lap 2), and then Stewart in his modified Exige 350 made a brief appearance before driving away from me!
Bedford Autodrome 29/04/24 - Lotus Exige 410 Fastest Laps
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My two fastest laps from Bedford Autodrome on 29/04/24. Only my second time there in the Exige, as I got black flagged for noise the first time I went 2 years ago. With my new South West Lotus exhaust I thought I'd give it another try, and I managed to lap all day without even a warning. Now I know I won't get thrown off I can hopefully visit a few more times and try to improve a bit. (It's a l...
Lotus Exige 410 - Snetterton 26/03/24 - 3 early laps
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3 fairly quiet laps from the morning at Snetterton on 26/03/24, only coming across my friend James in his lovely Exige 350 and a MX5 race car.
Snetterton 26/03/24 - 2:20pm full session. Lotus Exige, Zenos E10R, Cayman GT4, shed loads of MX5s..
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Full session from Snetterton on 26/03/24 with my friend Gary in the passenger seat who'd never been to a track day before. A very busy day at Snetterton, but only a couple of red flags and generally very good driving standards.
Lotus Exige 410 - Snetterton fastest lap - 2:08.56
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My best lap from Snetterton on 17/11/23, and my new best ever. According to the data, my theoretical optimal lap from the session would have been a 2:07.8.
Lotus Exige 410 chasing race cars at Snetterton - 17/11/23
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A good session at a very quiet Snetterton 300. After getting past a very unusual looking car, I then had a lot of fun trying to keep up with a Ginetta race car. This ended up with me improving on my best ever lap of Snetterton before backing off and heading back to the pits
Snetterton - Exige 410, Caterham 620R & McLaren 600LT
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Snetterton - Exige 410, Caterham 620R & McLaren 600LT
Snetterton - Best ever lap in my Exige 410
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Snetterton - Best ever lap in my Exige 410
Cadwell 23/05/23 - Lotus Exige 410 full session with Steve
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Cadwell 23/05/23 - Lotus Exige 410 full session with Steve
Lotus Exige 410 at Cadwell Park - Clear laps - 23/05/23
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Lotus Exige 410 at Cadwell Park - Clear laps - 23/05/23
Lotus Exige 410 - Donington Park Best Lap
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Lotus Exige 410 - Donington Park Best Lap
Lotus Exiges, a 2-11, a 3-11, and a load of Elises. Donington 19/04/23 - 10am Session.
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Lotus Exiges, a 2-11, a 3-11, and a load of Elises. Donington 19/04/23 - 10am Session.
Donington 19/04/23 - Exige 410 & Vauxhall VX220 - 11am Session
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Donington 19/04/23 - Exige 410 & Vauxhall VX220 - 11am Session
Lotus Exige 410 at Donington on 19/04/23. Full 4pm Session.
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Lotus Exige 410 at Donington on 19/04/23. Full 4pm Session.
Snetterton 12/03/23 - 12:30pm Full Session - Lots of cars
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Snetterton 12/03/23 - 12:30pm Full Session - Lots of cars
Snetterton Track Day 12/03/23 - Lotus Exige 410 - Full 11am session
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Snetterton Track Day 12/03/23 - Lotus Exige 410 - Full 11am session
Lotus Exige 410 - Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit - Clear Lap
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Lotus Exige 410 - Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit - Clear Lap
Lotus Exige 410 - Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit - 10/11/22 - Final Session
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Lotus Exige 410 - Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit - 10/11/22 - Final Session
Silverstone GP - 10/11/22 - Lotus Exige 410, 420 and Evora GT430
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Silverstone GP - 10/11/22 - Lotus Exige 410, 420 and Evora GT430
Cadwell Park 29/09/22 - 12pm session with some traffic
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Cadwell Park 29/09/22 - 12pm session with some traffic
Lotus Exige 410 - Cadwell Park 29/09/22 - Best Lap of day
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Lotus Exige 410 - Cadwell Park 29/09/22 - Best Lap of day
Lotus Exige 410 vs Modified Honda Civic - Cadwell Park 29/09/22 - Session stopped by Clio crash
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Lotus Exige 410 vs Modified Honda Civic - Cadwell Park 29/09/22 - Session stopped by Clio crash
Hey Paul are you on TLF? Ill be visiting the UK for 2 weeks next week near the London area and would love to see your car
Looks like a lot of grip in the videos, what tyres do you prefer ?
Gutted this was sold out! Nice laps. Have to say you are one of the most polite track day drivers with overtaking! Nice to see
It was a lovely day. Thanks mate, appreciate the comment. I do try to be polite, and not overtake unless I’m sure the car in front is aware. I think it’s easy to forget some people might not be experienced and will be so focussed on what they’re doing they might not notice cars behind.
Looks like a good course Paul. The Lotus sounds very tame. Have you swapped the exhaust?
@@williamtelford1 Yes, it has got a quiet track exhaust on now, but it’s been on all year. This video sounds quite different to the others as I had no rear camera, and I usually use the audio from the that instead of the internal camera
👍🏻
I take it the track exhaust left you with no issues at Bedford? Looking to get a 410 for lots of track days.
Yeah, it was absolutely fine. To be honest, I thought it might still fail as Bedford is so strict on drive by. I started off short shifting past the noise meters and gradually increased revs to find the ‘limit’. But after a few sessions I was full throttle / full revs and never even got a single warning
Lovely motor, good video too I was in the white fiesta in the video, first time out in a while so took the morning to get my confidence back. Car sounded great all day
Cheers mate. Was a crazy day with all the red flags wasn’t it? Especially if you hadn’t been out for a while, made it hard to get into the rhythm.
@@PNDale it was a little crazy with the amount of red flags throughout the day. We got lucky with the weather holding out all day didn’t we. Cannot beat Cadwell though it’s a fantastic track isn’t it
You’re a little more brave than me Paul taking your 410 on a track with barriers and tyres so close to the track, scary in the wet 😊
I love Cadwell Park. But I’d be the first to admit that when it’s wet I’m terrified of the place 😂
You seem to do all the tracks, what part of the country do you live?
@@alexplanky I’d like to do more. I actually live in a terrible part of the country for getting anywhere, right on the east coast of Suffolk. Snetterton is my closest circuit at an hour away. Everywhere else is at least two and half hours
@@PNDale that’s a bit of a distance from most tracks I guess. Do you trailer your Exige as I hate driving the Elise to the track racking up the miles before I even start 😂
@@alexplanky No, I always drive to circuit. I can’t be bothered messing about with a trailer. But I do normally just stay in a cheap hotel the night before so I’ve only got a 10 minute drive to the circuit
Great Car…Great Track…Great Driving….
Thanks mate, appreciate it
Seems a little well behaved compared to the Lotus Paul?
Yeah, it was obviously it’s 4wd which helps. It was also a while ago and I probably wouldn’t have been pushing it as hard as I do the Lotus. Partly because if I smashed it up I wouldn’t be able to get to work 😂
@@PNDale valid point!
How does it compare to the Lotus? Which do you prefer?
The R8 was my daily driver, and it was obviously better than the Lotus for that. But as a track car the Lotus blows it away. The R8 was very heavy and you could definitely feel that.
Great stuff Paul. Do you still have the Lotus? Glad to see you went manual on the R8 too!!!
This is an old video mate. The R8 was my daily driver 7 years ago. I’ve still got the Lotus 🙂
NICE WATCH
Great driving Paul and love the car. How many times have you driven the circuit?
Thanks mate. Not many times, I don’t know it as well as others yet. The first time was 14 years ago in an M3, but that was so long ago I could barely remember 😂 Then 2 years ago in the Exige. And then this third time.
@@PNDale You seem to know the racing line pretty well! I gave it a go last week for the first time. Got harassed by bloody 3 Ariel Atoms racing each other , not to mention them over taking in the breaking zones. A nice and shiny black McClaren did the same thing though Karma was on my side as he ended up smashing the car so was towed away. I'm studying your video for future references. Thanks
@@williamtelford1 Thanks for the comment. Bloody hell, that sounds like an ‘interesting’ day. I’m the same as you, I watched a few videos of other people before I went on that day. I find that it definitely helps. I also watch my own videos back, and it’s surprising how often you spot things that you think you could do differently. Always feels much harder to actually do once you’re back on track though 😂
@@PNDale It was an interesting day! I need to get myself a more orientated track car like yours. I am currently driving a SLK AMG, though it has the power it also has the weight!!
@@williamtelford1 Yeah, weight is a killer on track. Not just for speed, but for how quickly you go through tyres and brakes!
Great vid and nice driving! I was in the M4, really good to see this and check how much lean/dive there is but it looks fine, felt great on the day 😎
Thanks mate. You were absolutely flying, the M4 is a proper weapon. Was a shame about the traffic as it would have been fun to try and keep you in sight as long as I could!
@@PNDalethank you and likewise! I forgot to mention it’d just got new coilovers, that’s why it’s so good to see from the outside 👏
Paul - assume this vid is with your new track back box from SWL? Sounds great. Fitting mine tomorrow.
Yes mate, it is. I must admit I was still unsure that I’d be able to go flat out at Bedford as it’s so strict on noise. But the SWL exhaust did the job well.
Mega! Brands in 3 weeks… 🎉
Nice lap buddy.
Ha - sorry, I tried to make room for you into that left hander! White Alpine was a bit...wild.
Yeah, I know mate. I always play it safe into a corner though, just in case.
whats the rear camera set up? and any lsd?
The rear camera is just a normal GoPro. I’ve basically got a spare number plate that I’ve fitted a mount to. No, I haven’t got an LSD unfortunately. I don’t normally miss having one, but I think it would have been useful that day in the tight hairpins
Snetterton, 👍
Nice! Are these latest videos with the new track exhaust? Still stock headers?
Yes mate. These latest ones from Snetterton are with the new track exhaust. The rest of the exhaust system (headers and y-pipe) are still OEM, it was just the rear box that I’ve changed. 👍🏼
God I'm so slow... 🤣
Thanks Paul Second question, what data/camera system are you using? Looks better than the one I use. 😊
The cameras are just normal GoPros. The data is collected by the AIM digital dash. I then use PC software called Racerender3 to add everything together
Great video as always Paul What model head unit do you have as I like the size of yours and need to update mine 😊
Hi Alex. It's a Pioneer AVH-Z7000DAB, which is quite an old model now, but I think there are still places you can get them. One thing to be aware of, you do have to hold the indicator out of the way when the screen retracts in and out. Because of that I have mine set to just stay out permanently
How are you going past the microphone without being black flagged! I have to lift ALL THE TIME in my 410
I have an ‘add-on’ track silencer that I fitted for most circuits which worked for most circuits. (Although I have finally just given in and changed the exhaust for a quieter one)
@@PNDalewhich silencer did you have bud? I’ve got a dB eater and another bigger one which I’ve not used yet. In worried about leaning with that one
@@CyberChr1s It’s basically a DIY one that I ‘designed’ myself using some universal bits. I did a post about it one one of the lotus forums. forums.thelotusforums.com/topic/115347-diy-track-exhaust-silencer-for-exige-380410/
@@PNDalenice! I’ve read that post before. If you ever consider selling it let me know :)
What are you using for timing and overlay on video? Looks good😊
Thanks mate. The AIM dash records all the data. I then use software called racerender3 to turn it into the graphics and mix with the video
@@PNDale thanks, I'm using the dragy lap timer but haven't managed to get the data out of it yet, will work on that for my next track day 🤩
@@aleks_the_Great13 A lot of these things let you export the data as an excel type file. Most software can then use that
Hi Paul, how do you get the overlay graphics on your video? Are you using the AIM camera & race studio software?
nice drive, what data logger are you using?
WOW
Camera man was brave lol
Great video Paul What camera/data logging system are you using?
Watching this makes me miss my Exige SO much, and I can’t believe I’ve not done Caldwell it looks incredible! Off to Pistonheads…..
It’s a fantastic place. Driving a Lotus around there on a sunny day is Petrolhead heaven!
pas mal le speedster, c'est pourquoi je ne vendrai jamais le mien.
How did you get your 410 past noise limits on track?
Sorry, I’ve only just noticed this message. For most tracks I have an add on silencer that I just attach when I get to the circuit. At Cadwell if you can squeeze through the static test there’s no drive by to worry about
Very good video Paul. I do like the overlay. What software integrates that?
Thank you, I appreciate the comment. I use a program called Racerender3 to combine the video files and to create the graphics overlay. It uses the exported AIM data in CSV format, and there are multiple graphics to choose from and edit.
Oh no - I see you have rpm - so I guess you get that from the obd port. Bluetooth link to mobile phone? Capture using racerender?
@@rtdgreg Ah, sorry. The AIM digital dash records all of the parameters, and it can send it to a laptop via wifi
Mega lap time, well impressed... Wondering what the suspension setup is and what tyres are you running?😊
Thanks mate. I still use Michelin CUP2 tyres which is what it was supplied with originally. Suspension wise, the alignment is standard at the back, but I’ve had a bit more camber put on the front, and a little bit of toe out for sharper turn in. I do firm up the damper settings when I get to the track.
tires?
Michelin Cup2 in standard 215 front and 285 rear sizes
Well done the pair of you...bang on driving that, thoroughly enjoyed that footage..I had a VX NA then a VX turbo...Evora then the S2 Exige and bashed a ton of laps in all 4 cars, so I fully appreciate what's involved to get a good clean lap even in traffic and I must say it was great to watch..great driving. Was the VX a supercharged NA or either the turbo or the limited run of the legendary VXR, as I noticed that the wheels were what they had fitted on the VXR variant at factory from OZ rare and very hard to come by if sourced else wher ..Had a stop watch on you to so 1.20-1 23 in traffic was impressive 🏁🏁
Thanks for the comments. Sounds like you’ve had a nice selection of cars. I can’t remember the exact details of the VX, but it was a turbo that had been tuned to some level. It had been modified in other ways, so I’m not sure if it started off as a VXR. Yeah, our laps weren’t bad. I know mine has done a 1:18 with no traffic, but that was on knackered front tyres. I’d like to be in the 1:16’s when I go back next year really.
@@PNDale turns out I know the guy in the VX from back in the day 🤙
That vx is fast, considering the exigé pedigree, probably not stock 😂 good driving from both
What tyres are you on here Paul? Had the 410 had any suspension mods at this stage?
気持ち良さそう!マフラーはどこのメーカーの製品ですか?
It is the OEM Lotus Exhaust. Completely standard.
It‘s wonderful
Please Paul peux tu me dire où tu as trouvé ta caméra vue arrière ? 👌😍
That vauxhall has the legs
OK caught it this time.
Seems someone has removed all trace of the spin....most misleading.
I feel your pain here. A lack of awareness from slower drivers... Its very difficult to get clean laps at bedford. I had 1 or 2 clears laps the whole day a few weeks back!!
Clean lap! Nice to see the other drivers were switched on and using there indicators. Had a track day at Bedford last weekend. Lots of traffic and everyone seemed half asleep!
What camera/telemetry equipment do you use?
Hi. The cameras are all GoPros of different ages. (A Hero 9, 8 and 4). The telemetry all comes from the AIM digital dash that I fitted. I use Racerender3 software to put it all together on PC.
Car sounds epic! 🏎🚀
nice driving, I think you should do a 50% lift not a full lift just b4 you turn in for Craners. Then when you see you are going to make the Apex, floor it. You were going through the corner completely off the throttle.
Hey! nice video. how did u intall the acc extender? DId you make some hoIe at gas pedal? I also drive lotus exige430 cup, and gas pedal position makes me hard when I trying to doing a hill and toe.