27-05-2013, 10:58 AM
Fantastic nights racing again, loads of people made for exciting races on this great circuit from the legendary Feels3.
In practice, I knew I had a 1.11 in me and 1.12.3 was achieved easily.
In qualifying, I couldn't get as smooth as I would have liked and only managed a 1.12.5, putting me in 5th on the grid. I was on for a 1.11 easy last lap but messed up the final turn. 5th on the grid.
Race 1 - Got an ok start but DC came flying past at the entry to T1. I was chasing him and Gorka for a while, then I was able to overtake DC on the straight after he got a bit out of shape on the exit. Gorka was my next target. Caught him up and put him under some pressure and he went wide. I was past him and into 4th place. Pitted on lap 10 I think, but came out of the pits with Gorka coming screaming down the straight behind me and was level going into T1. Our wheels touched and I went spinning off. Got back on the track and proceeded to chase him down again through the traffic. I ran out of laps though and had to settle for 5th.
Race 2 - This time I was able to gain a place going into T1 as Gorka sensibly backed off to avoid incident allowing me to take the inside line and overtake him. The race was relatively straight forward, I knew I had the pace to keep 4th place safe and after pitting and getting through the traffic, I began to gain on DJC in 3rd but I wasn't as consistent as I'd like and he pipped me to the line by 0.3 of a second.
Race 3 - Got an ok start and was on the inside line on the approach to T1. To my surprise, I saw DJC in my right mirror attempting an overtake from half on the grass! Not a great decision, I thought, and was proved right when he attempted to get back on the track and clipped me. Well, we all make bad decisions at times. I went spinning off with damage. I got back on track and made my way through the traffic til I caught K.Knorpp on the the fabulously drifty left turn after the hairpin. I was well on the inside but he unfortunately oversteered and lost control from the outside line and as he lost traction and his back end came round, he hit me and I picked up more damage! Chased a few more down and was in 9th, catching 8th but ran out of laps. Finished a disappointed 9th.
Awesome nights racing, more lessons learned, thanks to all participants and the great admin for the part we all play in making SR4L such a popular and competitive league.
In practice, I knew I had a 1.11 in me and 1.12.3 was achieved easily.
In qualifying, I couldn't get as smooth as I would have liked and only managed a 1.12.5, putting me in 5th on the grid. I was on for a 1.11 easy last lap but messed up the final turn. 5th on the grid.
Race 1 - Got an ok start but DC came flying past at the entry to T1. I was chasing him and Gorka for a while, then I was able to overtake DC on the straight after he got a bit out of shape on the exit. Gorka was my next target. Caught him up and put him under some pressure and he went wide. I was past him and into 4th place. Pitted on lap 10 I think, but came out of the pits with Gorka coming screaming down the straight behind me and was level going into T1. Our wheels touched and I went spinning off. Got back on the track and proceeded to chase him down again through the traffic. I ran out of laps though and had to settle for 5th.
Race 2 - This time I was able to gain a place going into T1 as Gorka sensibly backed off to avoid incident allowing me to take the inside line and overtake him. The race was relatively straight forward, I knew I had the pace to keep 4th place safe and after pitting and getting through the traffic, I began to gain on DJC in 3rd but I wasn't as consistent as I'd like and he pipped me to the line by 0.3 of a second.
Race 3 - Got an ok start and was on the inside line on the approach to T1. To my surprise, I saw DJC in my right mirror attempting an overtake from half on the grass! Not a great decision, I thought, and was proved right when he attempted to get back on the track and clipped me. Well, we all make bad decisions at times. I went spinning off with damage. I got back on track and made my way through the traffic til I caught K.Knorpp on the the fabulously drifty left turn after the hairpin. I was well on the inside but he unfortunately oversteered and lost control from the outside line and as he lost traction and his back end came round, he hit me and I picked up more damage! Chased a few more down and was in 9th, catching 8th but ran out of laps. Finished a disappointed 9th.
Awesome nights racing, more lessons learned, thanks to all participants and the great admin for the part we all play in making SR4L such a popular and competitive league.