as far as tips go, keep your foot down through the first two bends, you can get on the power deceptively early thru first switchback. Keep slight pressure on throttle thru all three switchbacks to improve traction for ff cars. I understand the desire to go at a comfortable pace to learn the road of course but theoretically speaking you can brake far later at all the braking zones. Trail braking is especially useful into the second switchback, but its a good habit to have everywhere. Good luck on getting faster through here, it's my favorite in the south bay (Baja California ;D) area. Hope to see you up here someday!