29-04-2013, 07:32 PM
I remembered how difficult Snetterton was in last F3 season, so i practiced alot and was well prepared.
My setup wasn't good anymore after the update, less grip and somehow felt like a boat. Bryan kindly gave me his setup.
I felt how fast it was but couldn't control it. So i took his gears and interpolated his changes to suspension vs default suspension setting. Bias to known good 61:39.
-> Still fast but less aggressive. My way of setting up a car - LOL
Before quali I practiced doing a whole race distance. 10 laps without a mistake -> Felt confident. In Quali 2:03 -> great.
The racing highlights:
In race 1 everything was fine till the pitstop. My pit was occupied! Luckily I remembered one of gorka's race reports that one pit can server more than one car.
At the end of race 1 I had a fight with Neela for 14th place. I knew Neela's clean style, so waiting for a mistake doesn't work.
I had to overtake knowing I'm not good in overtaking (not enough practice). For a clean and less dangerous overtake i tried to be faster out of a turn before a longer straight.
But i made a mistake even before entering the turn being too close and touched, we spun. Sorry Neela, this was clearly my mistake, I knew you have different breaking points.
I lost, but it was a great lesson! (now practicing how to overtake properly)
In race 3 I overtook Nikos in the pits. I was 10 sec behind Nikos before the pitstop and 10 sec in front after the pitstop. This was quite surprising and I watched the replays and calculated:
On a ~500m pit lane, the difference between driving close to 100km/h and 60 km/h is 12 sec! I didn't thought there is that much difference.
Overall, a difficult but thrilling race. No points made and i'm still 10 points behind Nikos. I'm starting to doubt. How many races are there left in the F2 season?
My setup wasn't good anymore after the update, less grip and somehow felt like a boat. Bryan kindly gave me his setup.
I felt how fast it was but couldn't control it. So i took his gears and interpolated his changes to suspension vs default suspension setting. Bias to known good 61:39.
-> Still fast but less aggressive. My way of setting up a car - LOL
Before quali I practiced doing a whole race distance. 10 laps without a mistake -> Felt confident. In Quali 2:03 -> great.
The racing highlights:
In race 1 everything was fine till the pitstop. My pit was occupied! Luckily I remembered one of gorka's race reports that one pit can server more than one car.
At the end of race 1 I had a fight with Neela for 14th place. I knew Neela's clean style, so waiting for a mistake doesn't work.
I had to overtake knowing I'm not good in overtaking (not enough practice). For a clean and less dangerous overtake i tried to be faster out of a turn before a longer straight.
But i made a mistake even before entering the turn being too close and touched, we spun. Sorry Neela, this was clearly my mistake, I knew you have different breaking points.
I lost, but it was a great lesson! (now practicing how to overtake properly)
In race 3 I overtook Nikos in the pits. I was 10 sec behind Nikos before the pitstop and 10 sec in front after the pitstop. This was quite surprising and I watched the replays and calculated:
On a ~500m pit lane, the difference between driving close to 100km/h and 60 km/h is 12 sec! I didn't thought there is that much difference.
Overall, a difficult but thrilling race. No points made and i'm still 10 points behind Nikos. I'm starting to doubt. How many races are there left in the F2 season?