22-11-2016, 12:22 AM
argl Wrote:I had sudden reboots on my machine throughout the preceding weeks, plus my wheel died after years of good service. So in between the crashes I desperately tried to stabilize my system, getting used to my new wheel and preparing the move to my new house next week.
I managed to qualify 6th, to my surprise, and even had a decent start. Looking at my points tally for the season (zero), I desperately wanted to finish this time. After the first turns, I was tucked in nicely behind Ramon and David Coyne, both usually around a second quicker than me. I expected them to disappear in thr distance quickly and I tried to get into my own rhythm. Alas, the two battled in front of me and the gap would not open. Come lap three, it looked like David was trying something going into the chicane, and the two almost came to a complete stop. Unfortunately, I was not prepared for this and I hit David in the middle of the chicane, turning him into the barriers. Certainly no intention from my side, but Davids race was done. After that, I was running at my pace, had some slight moments with backmarkers and on my own, but held it together for a fourth place finish - much better than I have hoped for.
David, I am terribly sorry that your race ended like it did, I only had the slightest of damage from the impact (costing me 5 additional secs in the pits to repair). Once comitted to my braking point, there was not much room to alter the sequence of events, most probably to my lack of talent and judgement.
NP Andi thats racing , at the speed we are going in these cars you dont have a lot of time to react .
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