CROFT CIRCUIT

1 Clervaux

You should be running tight to the pit wall on the approach to C roft’s first corner, pinned on the throttle until you reach the broken yellow markings that denote the pitlane exit. If you’re feeling brave, or are riding a smaller capacity bike, you can keep on the power a little bit longer, but ultimately you should be hard on the brakes by the time you reach the red-coloured banding to the left of the track.

Concentrate on staying out to the left of the track as you scrub off speed and go down sufficient gears to tackle C lervaux. There are two plastic posts on the left of the track edge; use the second one as your reference to turn in for the right hander’s apex. The bend’s less acute than you might think, and probably a bit more bumpy than you’d imagine too, but the trick is to apex tightly on the inside kerb, thinking simultaneously about getting on the power immediately (or even a bit before the kerb), to fire you out to the rumble strip on the left hand side of the track.

2 Hawthorn Bend

The run into H awthorn will see you crossing onto the