16-06-2014, 02:55 PM
I wasn’t looking forward to this race as I dislike low grip tracks , for me it spoils the racing , I spend more time trying to beat the car and track rather than the other drivers and dare not get in close just incase I take someone out .
Race 1
Started ok and no drama,s on the first corner , I was chasing Dave and Christof and stayed that way until christof took too much kerb on the last corner and lost speed , I passed him and chased Dave , tried to stay close to him but was finding he had better traction out of the corners but I had the better braking going into the corners , there was no way I was going to get past him , when he went for his stop I decided to stay out and see if I could get track position , but I couldn’t really get faster lap times than I was doing , made my stop and came out behind Dave and Gorka , Dave unluckily went wide at turn 4 and I went through , I tried to chase down Gorka but there wasn’t enough laps left , finished 4th
Race2
I got caught out slightly at the start with the quick discussion on grid places , went into first corner and felt a touch with someone , after that my rear end felt mega loose , going into turn 6 the car just went sideways managed to hold it but lost it at the next corner , I thought I had a puncture but nothing showed up so decided to drive on , had lost loads of places so I just pushed but the car did not feel right , pitted early and after that the car was behaving , just got my head down and tried to make positions , started to chase Ed in the closing stages but he was driving well and I was never going to get past.
A good nights racing with a great turnout , great driving by everyone I saw very few incidents . Thanks Paul great job .
Race 1
Started ok and no drama,s on the first corner , I was chasing Dave and Christof and stayed that way until christof took too much kerb on the last corner and lost speed , I passed him and chased Dave , tried to stay close to him but was finding he had better traction out of the corners but I had the better braking going into the corners , there was no way I was going to get past him , when he went for his stop I decided to stay out and see if I could get track position , but I couldn’t really get faster lap times than I was doing , made my stop and came out behind Dave and Gorka , Dave unluckily went wide at turn 4 and I went through , I tried to chase down Gorka but there wasn’t enough laps left , finished 4th
Race2
I got caught out slightly at the start with the quick discussion on grid places , went into first corner and felt a touch with someone , after that my rear end felt mega loose , going into turn 6 the car just went sideways managed to hold it but lost it at the next corner , I thought I had a puncture but nothing showed up so decided to drive on , had lost loads of places so I just pushed but the car did not feel right , pitted early and after that the car was behaving , just got my head down and tried to make positions , started to chase Ed in the closing stages but he was driving well and I was never going to get past.
A good nights racing with a great turnout , great driving by everyone I saw very few incidents . Thanks Paul great job .
Understeer - is when you hit the wall with the front of the car
Oversteer - is when you hit the wall with the back of the car
Horsepower - is how fast you hit the wall
Torque - is how far you move the wall when you hit it
Oversteer - is when you hit the wall with the back of the car
Horsepower - is how fast you hit the wall
Torque - is how far you move the wall when you hit it