You werent the only one dude, about 75% of us were n00bs to EC i had never driven a full lap there and on my 1st laps i did the same as you trying to remember which way the turns went after the crests
If you had been on a track before that is the main concern, you should know how to pick a line through a corner after a days racing at any other track.
If we were to run a familiarisation session for everyone who was a 1st timer to EC we wouldnt have started the sprints until after lunch and at Oran Pk everyone complained when the 1st timers session took 1 hr with only 15 or so people who were 1st timers.
These things are all at the discretion of the clerk of course, they need to agree with us on the way we would like to do things if not we have to do it their way.
Cheers,
Nathan