This month we bring you another You Tube link, one featuring this issue’s focus on Jaguar, Group 44 and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. From this particular view, however, what you see all seems so matter-of-fact and that’s-just-the-way-you-do-it simple as Chip Robinson guides the Group 44 Jaguar XJR-5 around the circuit’s original configuration at top speed.
It’s a short lap for a car as quick as the GTP Jag, and nothing much happens, but that’s really because both car and driver were so capable there. Still, we get to see how daunting Turn 2 used to be as a high-speed, left-hand corner and how easy the Corkscrew can be if you do it right.
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