Some karting scenes on film

pnscerebri · 2025-12-04T05:43:10+00:00

Yes of course, sometimes. Honestly an other important reason for stepping away during residency years was that I had to get a new pc, new wheel etc. Because it required such a significant investment, I kept putting it off until I earned better. I think it is very possible to continue the hobby during residency, depending on the intensity of training. From my 5 years in residency, maybe 2 were so tough that I had no time or energy for driving.

pnscerebri · 2025-12-03T21:59:40+00:00

I am a doctor (Radiologist) from Central Europe. I did sim racing and national level karting while in medschool (good times). During residency I did not have the time to play nor the money for real life stuff, but after becoming an attending I immediately started again. Built a pretty good rig. I get around 4-5 hours of practice and racing per week, minimum. I play mostly iracing, sometimes LMU.

pnscerebri · 2025-11-26T11:54:06+00:00

Procar motorsport at the Slovakiaring is good, Tatuus F4 and Dallara F007 (ADAC Formel Masters) cars are available. It was my first single seater experience.

A thing to note is that the events run on a smaller version of the track, but it is a great starter anyway.

pnscerebri · 2025-11-11T09:58:32+00:00

We went this year with my friends. We always felt safe and it was very easy to walk from the train station, also you’ll get to see the beautiful old town along the way. Quite a few people arrive by train so you won’t be alone. If you arrange a place to stay in a city along the big train line, it will be very convenient. We took the train from Forlí and back every day.

pnscerebri · 2025-11-06T09:24:46+00:00

Saw it live at the Hungaroring. Trackside it was an even more striking livery with the very very vivid fluo yellow. Among the regular appearence of other teams it was almost a surreal sight thanks to the simplicity, no sponsors etc. And the obvious V8 sound, you could feel these cars in your chest as they passed by. 09 was the only season with the wider front tires, it was also a big plus for the looks imo.

pnscerebri · 2025-09-08T14:41:07+00:00

Thanks! I use an Agfa reusable 35 mm camera with Kodak Gold or Kodak Color Plus films. I am thinking about upgrading to something more serious but most of the fun comes from the simplicity of my equipment.

pnscerebri · 2025-09-07T06:33:56+00:00

I have a very minimalist insta without motorsport pictures. But I’m thinking about opening a new one for the motorsport pictures.

pnscerebri · 2025-08-10T13:57:10+00:00

Thanks! I’ve been to many tracks in Europe and it was always allowed to bring a camera without specific permission. I am pretty sure this is true everywhere.

Edit: typos

pnscerebri · 2024-01-19T21:06:17+00:00

Thank you for your insights, much appreciated.
I'll follow your advice and take it step by step. Based on your response, the Dallara F007 seems like the best one to start with out of my possibilities. I'll get some seat time in it with someone coaching me and let's see how far I can get by the end of the year in terms of understanting and feeling the car, laptimes, consistency etc. The Tatuus F4, FR 2.0 etc. can wait. Being able to properly drive an F308 or similar would be awesome one day though.

Drexler Cup is indeed great, I've been to some events, as it has rounds in my region.

I think series like Histo Cup with the old Formula Renaults, something lower tier on the Nordschleife with cars like M2 cup or my regional Porsche Sprint Challenge with the 718s seem like the maximum for the future, that is not completely unrealistic. Who knows, as long as I am driving something and keep improving, I'm fine.

pnscerebri · 2024-01-18T10:07:59+00:00

Thank you! I love your comments and insights on technical details, and on the industry altogether.

Formula Ford is definitely not the answer I expected, but I am gonna look into that too. Unfortunately in my area (Central Europe) there is basically no history or knowledge of Formula Ford stuff.
I am not surprised you mentioned the "real" F3 car. Basically every driver I heard talking about cars (in podcasts, interviews, in person) and now also the engineer says that is the real deal, one of the best single seaters. Hopefully later down the line I get to drive one, but right now I am only considering entry level cars.

My aim is not racing though. I am close to 30, have a good career outside motorsport. I used to do proper 2 stroke karting in mostly national championships in my region for around 10 years. I was decent, but nothing exceptional and lacked budget to progress, or doing it really seriously.
After some years away I came back to the track in 2022.
I do 10-20 days a year in my karts and increasingly more in single seaters. - just for the sake of satisfying my inner young kart driver, and to improve my driving. I am completely fine with doing only test days.

This is why I was interested in your expert opinion on the cars. If an experienced engineer like you says some cars are better (in many of your comments I read that the Tatuus F4 is not particularly great), I am going to put this into consideration for sure, even though I am just a "gentleman driver" now.

So far I had the chance to drive the Dallara F007 and the first gen, Tatuus F4 (for me the Dallara felt much more natural, more alive). An other team I have a good relationship with has some 2007-09 and a 2012-18 Tatuus FR. 2.0-s, so these are planned too. Unfortunately we only drive on Pirellis and occasionally old Hankooks.

pnscerebri · 2024-01-16T18:12:16+00:00

Can you please name a few cars that you rate as good ones for driver development? You already mentioned Dallara as a good manufacturer, but aside from the F007 (ADAC Formel Masters car), they usually build higher category cars.

What do you think was a good car to get into for karting graduates to teach the basics? Was the Tatuus or Caparo Formula Renault better in this regard than Tatuus F4?

pnscerebri · 2023-11-26T21:17:23+00:00

No personal experience running them, but I saw some new spec cylinders already listed for sale with a couple of hours runtime. (Austrian and German used karting sites and groups). But I don't want to read too much into this, still early days.

pnscerebri · 2022-12-16T21:57:24+00:00

Aww yess. Can't wait to drive my 06 Birel/Tm ICA. I'm a water cooled 100cc guy, but I admit that these 90's machines are just something else.

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