ROUND 1 - Constructive Critcism Please

[Demon]

As with most events, there are glitches and problems here and there. Amprex motorsports would like to apologise for any shortcomings during Round 1 of the D1 Grand Prix Malaysia Series. We look forward to continuing this exciting events and aim to improve as we progress. As such, if there are any suggestions, complaints, criticism (constructive ones please), and such, please feel free to post it here. All postings will be taken note of, and we will try our very best to improve ourselves for the future D1 events to come.

Extended appreciation to everyone at R3, D1 Technical Sponsor, without whom this event may never have taken off. Also a big thank you to ALL D1 Grand Prix Malaysia Series Sponsors: IDEMITSU OILS, PROTON, ALLA FONTE mineral water, ISOMAX, and Tourism Malaysia.

A VERY VERY BIG THANK YOU to all the participants and spectators for making this event a fun-filled and trouble free event.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the coming rounds of D1 Grand Prix Malaysia Series, proudly brought to you by AMPREX MOTORSPORTS.

 

[space_cowboy]

Good day.

Well done on your very first D1 GP Malaysia. I had a great time there.


cheers'

 

[glanza]

for me everything is ok but i confused 1 thing...
i arrived there at 10.30 am (i thought i was late..) and time attack was started.. i dont care about that coz i just want to look d1 drift.. at 12 pm i decided to came home first coz no tanda2 nak start lagilaa... then at 3 pm i came back n enter by stadium entry, i was shocked when RELA at the entrance want to collect a fee. i asked him how much n he said RM5!!!!.. i looked at the bunting that was hung at tiang lampu wrote MASUK PERCUMA!!!.. i was so :baring_teeth: and decided to ignore him.. can D1 official explain about this..?

 

[ZeE]

The event went pretty well just some thing i wanna say:

Some items to note:
1) More practice time, and no change of rules(example: practice that time Keichi said cannot go out of curb. then after practice say can (pros n cons lo lol)

2) The Track layout. k. the entry and exit was actually great. but the U turn... errr. not much complain about it coz it is called D1, but if it was SSO everyone would say. WTF is this LOLOL... try not to have u-turns. Fat arse cars tents to fly off track at u turn. and small arse cars cant power out of the turn... so no uturns plz

3) Others: More crew passes maybe ?, more chairs for drifters (some while briefing have to stand up ? ) Pit walk for spectators to view the Drift cars :)

Other then that. i think everything went pretty good ! Great Event ! woooot !

ZeE

 

[MK84]

Err... Can we have some sponge blocks as a barrier ala Daiba/Ebisu?

 

[raymondslugs]

D1 is great beside da weather. damn hot woi. but djan's bomoh is working well. lucky din bet with him.
sponge block or sponge bob oso cannot help ler... MK.
u miss da TA barriers but u come and HAMTAM D1 barriers kuat kuat...

cheers to all.

 

[infernaL]

As a spectator , the event went well as each of the events proceeded ahead of plan without any delays ( ie after top16-final after Tsuchiya's run ) . IMHO

1) The staff which replaced the water + tire barier was efficient doing their work
2) Plenty of space for spectators at the 1st corner compared to the previous event in bukit jalil

some minor suggestions :

1) maps on how to get to locations for sesat ppl like me
2) more details on the event

 

[mazranz]

As a photographer there, seems like the marshalls are standing right in the middle of the 'magic shot' point. I know they have to be around for safety but don't block those magic points (the u-turn)...

I think the schedule didn't come out in time (at least on this site) so ended up coming early but drift only starting after lunch time.

but otherwise, a great event!! Enjoyed it tremendously!

 

[nottyeddy]

i heard keiichi complaining that the switcover is taking too long.. maybe the marshalls can take a look into it..

 

[Demon]

Thanks for your valuable feedback everyone..

Glanza,

Entry to watch the sso and D1 is free but there was a parking charge, unfortunately this information should've been made public at a much earlier date. will take note.

Zee,

Will look into it. The track was a bit small to start with, lets hope future venues help ensure a better designed track.
Drifters come with some equipement, spares, tools, etc, reason we didnt allow spectators into the pit/paddock area was to ensure that no competitors would end up loosing anything. Control control is a major issue. Maybe a diff. venue layout, more manpower, we may be able to try it out.
Add.passes & chairs: i'll bring it up with the bosses.. and hope they can accomodate it...

MK84,

yeah..hashimoto did mention something about sponge/foam barriers... but i cant recall wat though.. wen i hear about it again, i'll keep u posted.

SLUGS!!,

thanks for your help on the day man...

infernaL & nottyeddy,

Points noted. thanks.

mazranz,

a bit hard to cater to everyone's needs.. and safety does come first in D1. We'll see how the next one goes..

 

[BLISTER KIT]

Congratulations to Amprex Motorsports, R3 and all sponsors for such a sucessful event..the crews running the show on the track did a great job and the arrangement was fun and exiciting for the spectators as well..

i agree wif Zee's comments which i find is very true..only wanna add that the door boys etc in the pit area gave ppl the feeling that they were in an environment of government department or sumthing like that..hopefully in future they can have a more frenly approach to participants as well as spectators..


Overall, it was a very very good event and our appreciation goes out to the organisers and participants for making it such a great event...

Cheers!

 

[Demon]

BlisterKit,

Yeah.. that would be my fault cause i briefed the "door boys" and reminded them agian n again that pit/paddock security is very important. 1. the place is small and inadequate parking, 2. as mentioned earlier, security of participants stuff, 3. safety.

We'll look into another system of identifying competitors & their crews the next round - either wrist straps or rubber stamps. We faced a big problem with competitors passing theri tags to frens to gain access. I shall try to propose to the bosses to increase number of crew passes to curb these from happening again.

THanks again everyone for your support and suggestions.. hopefully D1 will be here to stay.. with bigger and better things to come.

cheers!

 

[midship]

MK.. i think better to have sponge blocks wrapped around your car... that way more cost efficient :)

 

[topui11]

midship... muakakakakakka

Demon

i think the door boys/gals are doing an excellent job!

 

[MK84]

Ahahahaha wei I'm not the only one who decided to test the barriers ler. :P

Regarding photogs, perhaps can take a page from the Daiba round also, I remember what they did was put the medias in a designated box.

It's good that spectators were not allowed in the paddock. Too many itchy hands and butts these days. There's this one time this idiot for a father simply put his 1-2 year old daugher sit on my GT Wing.

 

[netmatrix]

I only stayed a little longer after MK did his fountain barrier trick. I was too tired then, after lepak at Time Attack nearby. But the good points is There was bigger area for spectator to view the event. I especially like the hillside just behind the judging stand. But i got some issues with the trees. Maybe need to employ MK to doa number on them, as he did on the car part the other side, some looong time ago. hahah.

The track seems short. But i like that it forces the drifters to start the drift early. I just wish the go kart track could widen their roads a little. Make 3 feet more? Makes a difference.

The booth area is so sparce of exhibitors. Only Idemitsu, Prince of drift, Traffic and Amprex. Damn.... I thought maybe the organizers could allow/ invite some un-automotive related companies to fill up the booth area. At least it could turn to carnival like atmosphere. Right?

Lastly suggest to put up temporary signs for parking and to event area. Great event none the less.

 

[ninja_iga]

security is GOOD.

but need passes le. 2 crew per car/driver AINT enough!
it's getting more and more serious, with teams fron S'pore and ... Malaysia (where are them Thais?!)

sponge barriers are great i think, being very re-usable after a crash !
and relatively light ( isn't it?)

then must make one technical rule:
MK84 MUST ATTACH 2 SPONGE BARRIERS TO HIS MR2 before every EVENT. NO EXCEPTIONS!

LOLOLOLOL
*cabut!!!!!

 

[mazranz]

I agree with MK about the designated media/photographers area... that's a good idea. :)

 

[space_cowboy]

Hmm..

Just one more thing to act. Can you guys have more food stalls? They stall selling those Japanese food, canr make it ler. Those 'udons' are sour wei..

Maybe, u can cater food for us, as we will be there the whole day. Drinking water supplied to us are sufficient.

Thanks.


cheers'

 

[KP61]

Demon,
What do u mean by safety do not come 1st in D1. For every motorsport other than daredevil stunts, safety is the main thing. Please rephrase that. If safety does not comes 1st than why have barriers, barricades,.....etc.......just my 2 cents.
Everything went well but the offroad thingy for the drifters is a slack part. Try to have another road rather than offroad as most of the drift cars are low cars........

 

[glanza]

why the commentator don't give a chance to tsuchiya to be a japanese commentator? i really missed it that day..( even i dont understand what will he says hehe..) i hope next time it will be happen huhuhu..

 

[MrNismo]

Hi Demon,

I hope you all can consider marking the outside of the course with something less damaging than the water-filled plastic barriers, especially on the faster turns, which, in Shah Alam's case, is the 1st turn. From what I see, it's doing more damage than good.

I think majority of the drifters would like to have more margin for errors ie. some run-off after going off-track before hitting something. Impact sponges do a great job stopping cars without damaging them too much.

 

[MrNismo]

Also, I've spoken to Ginnie regarding the placement of the official D1 stickers. I hope the organiser can consider giving more placement option to the square sponsor sticker ie. can be placed on front fenders/door instead of strictly on the door only. This way we can have the D1 stickers on our cars without messing up the stickers of our personal sponsor. It's better for the organisers/sponsors as well since we can leave the sticker there instead of tearing it off after the event.

You can refer to the D1GP standard.
http://www.d1gp.co.jp/2006_decare_position.pdf
http://www.d1gp.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=15

 

[Demon]

KP61,

err... where u referring to? i think i wrote SAFETY DOES COME FIRST IN D1.. unless it was a typo or i baca salah.. forgive me if i'm wrong tho'.

MrNIsmo,

i think if u've spoken to ginnie bout it, then i'll remind her about it again and see wat the outcome is. D1 Corp. controls the placement of official comp. stickers, we'll see wat they say about it...

Thanks again for the feedback guys..

 

[ivan78]

any news of the product voucher and t-shirts?