21-01-2013, 11:36 AM
Quali
I guess this set the tone for this event, I was first out of the pits checked the pit lights on the way down the pit lane –no red so passed the lights - got a stop and go – the lights don’t work at Brianza Grrrrrrr , I should have watched the pitlane guy .
Race 1
Got a good start and made a few places before Curve Grande , drafted a blue Eve and passed it approaching Parabolica but whoever it was decided to draft back passed me , by then I was already in the braking area and no way was that Eve going to make the corner , he duly T-boned the car in front and both of them were sideways across and blocking parobolica , I stood on the brakes but could not avoid gently hitting them , just as I was thinking I had got away with it , someone hit me hard from behind this put me onto the grass where I was hit again which put me in the gravel from where I saw another blue Eve come straight into me . The car was still running but crabbing so I had to go straight to pit fortunately not far away , 144 seconds later I was on my way , after that I scraped home 13th
Race 2
Got another good start and made a load of places but was on the inside at curve grande , I was just going to back off and tuck in when 2 cars along side of me decided to throw themselves at the scenery so I claimed 3rd , after that Johannes and I battled all race long , he got passed me but made a mistake going into Lesmo1 so I got the position back which I managed to keep hold of until race finish , this pleased me as being realistic Johannes is the better faster driver and this will probably be the one and only time I get near him all season .
Race 3
Made another good start but 3 rows in front there was a startline crash ?!!!!! and I was carrying too much speed to avoid it , I piled in and damaged the rear , the car was drivable through the bends but wandered badly on the fast straights , I decided to try and run the race normally , I survived without falling off until my pit stop which took 90secs , I then drove as fast as I could to see if I could make places , I managed to get from 13th to 8th and would have been 7th if the startline had been another 100metres farther on , Jose appeared to run out of fuel exiting Paroblica and I was gaining very fast .
That was an enjoyable meeting and good fun , big thanks to Bryan / Paul
I guess this set the tone for this event, I was first out of the pits checked the pit lights on the way down the pit lane –no red so passed the lights - got a stop and go – the lights don’t work at Brianza Grrrrrrr , I should have watched the pitlane guy .
Race 1
Got a good start and made a few places before Curve Grande , drafted a blue Eve and passed it approaching Parabolica but whoever it was decided to draft back passed me , by then I was already in the braking area and no way was that Eve going to make the corner , he duly T-boned the car in front and both of them were sideways across and blocking parobolica , I stood on the brakes but could not avoid gently hitting them , just as I was thinking I had got away with it , someone hit me hard from behind this put me onto the grass where I was hit again which put me in the gravel from where I saw another blue Eve come straight into me . The car was still running but crabbing so I had to go straight to pit fortunately not far away , 144 seconds later I was on my way , after that I scraped home 13th
Race 2
Got another good start and made a load of places but was on the inside at curve grande , I was just going to back off and tuck in when 2 cars along side of me decided to throw themselves at the scenery so I claimed 3rd , after that Johannes and I battled all race long , he got passed me but made a mistake going into Lesmo1 so I got the position back which I managed to keep hold of until race finish , this pleased me as being realistic Johannes is the better faster driver and this will probably be the one and only time I get near him all season .
Race 3
Made another good start but 3 rows in front there was a startline crash ?!!!!! and I was carrying too much speed to avoid it , I piled in and damaged the rear , the car was drivable through the bends but wandered badly on the fast straights , I decided to try and run the race normally , I survived without falling off until my pit stop which took 90secs , I then drove as fast as I could to see if I could make places , I managed to get from 13th to 8th and would have been 7th if the startline had been another 100metres farther on , Jose appeared to run out of fuel exiting Paroblica and I was gaining very fast .
That was an enjoyable meeting and good fun , big thanks to Bryan / Paul
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