AUDI R8 LMS EVO II MOUNT PANORAMA HYMO ANALYSIS

Let’s take a look at this hot lap of Mount Panorama in the Audi R8 LMS EVO II driven by HYMO.

The Track

The 23-turn Mount Panorama Circuit is technical, fast and incredibly tricky to get right as it contains incredible levels of elevation, fortunately HYMO have you covered, and you can get the very same setup used in this hot lap video here.

Originally built as a tourist drive, the Mount Panorama Circuit in Australia opened in 1938 and is home to the legendary Bathurst 1000 and Bathurst 12 Hour endurance races. The racetrack is known for its elevation change with 143m from the lowest point to the highest.

As well as this, a large majority of the 6.213km course is aligned with concrete walls, making this one of the most challenging tracks in the world.

To help you out, the HYMO setup used in this hot lap video is available for you to try HERE.

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Analysis

When comparing the HYMO lap with a community lap in the Track Titan platform, we can see in the incredibly steep downhill run towards Forrest’s Elbow that the community driver loses +0.245 in time. Almost all the time loss in the braking zone on the approach to the slow left hander, which leads onto the 1.6km Conrod Straight.

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Braking

The exit of this corner is vital, and our community driver importantly gets a good run onto Conrod straight, however, there is equally as much time to be lost through the esses and down into the hairpin.

As you can see our HYMO driver is slightly earlier on the brakes but smoother, if we look on the braking graph, the HYMO driver makes a perfect arch in the braking zone whereas the community driver starts soft but then applies a lot of braking pressure as the car falls down the hill towards the hairpin.

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Racing Line

Because of the camber of the turn at Forrest’s Elbow the tradition racing line is not as effective as it would be on a traditional hairpin. The HYMO driver darts towards the apex of the corner and hugs the wall on the inside before unwinding the steering lock on the exit of the corner. The community driver uses a more traditional line, running slightly wider on the approach to the corner and making more of a v shape around the turn.

You can analyse every other turn on this very technical Mount Panorama track using the Track Titan platform; see reference lap here. You can also take it to the next level and compare it against your own driving, just sign up to track titan for free today.

You can analyse every other turn in the Track Titan platform; see reference lap here.
You can also take it to the next level and compare it against your own driving, just sign up to Track Titan for FREE today here.

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Sim Racing Top Tips

The Audi R8 LMS EVO II is traditionally the best car over the top of the Mount Panorama Circuit, its aero package is well suited to the high speed nature of the Australian race track.

While the German machine may sacrifice a little bit of time down the long straights of Mountain Straight and Conrod Straight, the current spec Audi R8 is the most stable, predictable and therefore easiest to extract speed from across the top of the mountain.

Mount Panorama is a confidence track and one that you really have to build up to. You need to get right up to concrete walls, use all of the track to maximise the minimum speed through a corner.

Don't know where to improve? Use the HYMO hotlap to find out.

To see full lap analysis of your own driving, you can sign up to Track Titan for FREE today here.

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