28-09-2015, 11:03 AM
Qually
Went out early and set a time that I knew would get me on the 2nd row , I was happy with that but had to keep my eye on Dan who was threatening to push me back , fortunately didnt need to go out again .
Race 1
Got a good start and got Gorka at turn 1 , tried to stay with Rik in the hope he would tow me away from Gorka , this was working well until I made a mess of the last corner and got into a tail slide which scrubbed my speed off , this allowed Gorka to close and get my draft and get passed .
Chased after him but I was overdriving and dropping away , went for pitstop on lap 6 but just went over speed limit for about 1 sec which got me a drive through , I thought that would drop me way back , did the drive through on the next lap and then just pushed hard , luckily it panned out for me and I ended back in 3rd place .
Race 2
Got a good start again , made a place and was alongside someone on the approach to turn 1 , he didnt see me and started to pull out , we touched but neither of us went off , exiting turn 1 the car in front shot over to the right and I thought he was backing off to let the pack through , I thought I had cleared him but he came back at me under braking for the 2nd corner and we touched , this pushed me wide and someone else tapped me , fortunately no damage was done and I chased after Dan and Tim , we stayed like this until Tim slide wide at turn 10 when Dan and I slipped passed .
This allowed me to get close to Dan and draft pass on the main striaght , I could then see Rik harrying Dan so I pushed to try and gain as much time as I could before my planned early pitstop , did my pitstop very carefully this time and came out in clear air , pushed hard for a few laps then I could see Rik just coming out of the pits , unfortunately I was just too far back to pass him before turn 1 . We stayed this way for the rest of the race .
I could see Dan was in the lead and was waiting for him to do his stop this would have put me in 2nd place , as we neared the end I thought Dan was going to do his stop on the last lap as his pitbox must be before the startline , its what I would have done if mine was , unfortunately he miscalculated and must be kicking himself after a good drive .
This was a great start to the season and a lot of fun , I hope the new guys enjoyed it and was pleased to see Connor and Rik back .
Well done and thanks Admin you did SR4L proud .
Went out early and set a time that I knew would get me on the 2nd row , I was happy with that but had to keep my eye on Dan who was threatening to push me back , fortunately didnt need to go out again .
Race 1
Got a good start and got Gorka at turn 1 , tried to stay with Rik in the hope he would tow me away from Gorka , this was working well until I made a mess of the last corner and got into a tail slide which scrubbed my speed off , this allowed Gorka to close and get my draft and get passed .
Chased after him but I was overdriving and dropping away , went for pitstop on lap 6 but just went over speed limit for about 1 sec which got me a drive through , I thought that would drop me way back , did the drive through on the next lap and then just pushed hard , luckily it panned out for me and I ended back in 3rd place .
Race 2
Got a good start again , made a place and was alongside someone on the approach to turn 1 , he didnt see me and started to pull out , we touched but neither of us went off , exiting turn 1 the car in front shot over to the right and I thought he was backing off to let the pack through , I thought I had cleared him but he came back at me under braking for the 2nd corner and we touched , this pushed me wide and someone else tapped me , fortunately no damage was done and I chased after Dan and Tim , we stayed like this until Tim slide wide at turn 10 when Dan and I slipped passed .
This allowed me to get close to Dan and draft pass on the main striaght , I could then see Rik harrying Dan so I pushed to try and gain as much time as I could before my planned early pitstop , did my pitstop very carefully this time and came out in clear air , pushed hard for a few laps then I could see Rik just coming out of the pits , unfortunately I was just too far back to pass him before turn 1 . We stayed this way for the rest of the race .
I could see Dan was in the lead and was waiting for him to do his stop this would have put me in 2nd place , as we neared the end I thought Dan was going to do his stop on the last lap as his pitbox must be before the startline , its what I would have done if mine was , unfortunately he miscalculated and must be kicking himself after a good drive .
This was a great start to the season and a lot of fun , I hope the new guys enjoyed it and was pleased to see Connor and Rik back .
Well done and thanks Admin you did SR4L proud .
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