27-04-2015, 11:19 AM
Wasn't sure if I was going to run the race as I had next to no practice and was very tired right before the race. Decided to run and Tim was so nice to share his setup with me. Many thanks once again, was a great setup, fast and very driveable 
Qualy
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Went great, wasn't expecting to be so fast, really encouraging stuff. Put me on 4th spot in the end but it was all downwards from that point onward.
Race
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Good start and settled into the race nicely. Was eager not to make stupid mistakes, being cautious in the first lap but still couldn't manage a clean lap (once again, really have to work on this). Made another big mistake in first lap and found myself a few spots back. And this first lap set the tone for the rest of the race. I made so many mistakes resulting in contact with the wall that I really didn't deserve to get anything out of the race and if it wasn't for the 49% damage I wouldn't. First few contacts made no damage to the car, at one point I damaged the left front which didn't affect handling very much just lost a bit of top speed. Made two pit-stops (as planned) in the course of the race, not repairing the damage. Found myself in eight spot after the 2nd pit-stop, about 35s behind Ramon and over 1min in front of the next guy. So the race was more or less settled from that point on, never got closer to Ramon as I still made a lot of mistakes. Unfortunately my teammate had to retire at some point, which put me into 7th place.
Never felt so relieved after running over the finish line. 7th place, probably would have taken that at the start of the weekend, bit disappointing after Qualy though. But as the race went its probably more than I derserved. Just happy I didn't crash anyone.
Still an improvement over last years race at Nords where I didn't make it to the finish and it somehow still feels good, hanging on and finishing the race, even if not in style
90 mins at Nords, with the Lola and day/night transistion is quite a challenge and it was great to see 20 people taking the challenge! Great stuff guys and congrats to all finishers
Shame Dieter had problems, was very quick and made it into 3rd spot in Qualy. Hope you get this problems sorted, let us know if we can help! Looking forward to see you on track soon.
Regarding day/night transistion I think ISI made a great job with the new tone mapper, lighting was nice all the way through the race
David and Gorka battling once again, awesome stuff guys! And well done John for final spot on podium!
Well, on to the next round
Qualy
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Went great, wasn't expecting to be so fast, really encouraging stuff. Put me on 4th spot in the end but it was all downwards from that point onward.
Race
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Good start and settled into the race nicely. Was eager not to make stupid mistakes, being cautious in the first lap but still couldn't manage a clean lap (once again, really have to work on this). Made another big mistake in first lap and found myself a few spots back. And this first lap set the tone for the rest of the race. I made so many mistakes resulting in contact with the wall that I really didn't deserve to get anything out of the race and if it wasn't for the 49% damage I wouldn't. First few contacts made no damage to the car, at one point I damaged the left front which didn't affect handling very much just lost a bit of top speed. Made two pit-stops (as planned) in the course of the race, not repairing the damage. Found myself in eight spot after the 2nd pit-stop, about 35s behind Ramon and over 1min in front of the next guy. So the race was more or less settled from that point on, never got closer to Ramon as I still made a lot of mistakes. Unfortunately my teammate had to retire at some point, which put me into 7th place.
Never felt so relieved after running over the finish line. 7th place, probably would have taken that at the start of the weekend, bit disappointing after Qualy though. But as the race went its probably more than I derserved. Just happy I didn't crash anyone.
Still an improvement over last years race at Nords where I didn't make it to the finish and it somehow still feels good, hanging on and finishing the race, even if not in style
90 mins at Nords, with the Lola and day/night transistion is quite a challenge and it was great to see 20 people taking the challenge! Great stuff guys and congrats to all finishers
Shame Dieter had problems, was very quick and made it into 3rd spot in Qualy. Hope you get this problems sorted, let us know if we can help! Looking forward to see you on track soon.
Regarding day/night transistion I think ISI made a great job with the new tone mapper, lighting was nice all the way through the race
David and Gorka battling once again, awesome stuff guys! And well done John for final spot on podium!
Well, on to the next round