10-07-2013, 12:05 PM
Qualy
I did my usual and went early , set a time I was happy with on lap 4 , after that I watched Bryan get nearer and nearer to my time and for a while it looked like we would start on the same row , then KK and Richard arrived and set times above me which split us on separate rows .
Race 1
Got a good start and followed the fast lads , saw the crash at the chicane which I avoided and made a couple of places , 2nd lap saw another crash at the chicane but this time I was collected by a spinning car and was damaged , limped to pits for a 145sec stop , as I came out of pits I pulled over to let a car pass and slid wide to brush a barrier , this caused yet more damage but was drivable , so drove for a finish .
Race 2
Got a great start and shot up the outside of the 2 rows in front of me , unfortunately Mel saw me coming and correctly moved over to block me , I followed Mel into turn 2 and misjudged my braking and just about tapped him (Sry Mel) into a spin but then someone hit me hard and I went up in the air and landed damaged , so limped to pits for repairs, got going again and was lapping nicely , I could see Gorka was in front of me and I was taking time out of him , I continued chasing and it looked like I was in with a chance of a last lap overtake , on the penultimate lap I locked my wheels going into chicane and went wide and seemingly gently brushed the outside barrier , unfortunately this did a lot of damage to the rear and I couldn’t continue , race over .
Race 3
Got a great start up to 2nd and chased Jason , everything went well through the race and pitstop , towards the end I could see Bryan closing me down slowly , I knew he would be near me by race end , we came out of the hairpin fairly close and I thought he would have a go at me exiting the last corner so I tried to keep my line tight and my speed up , I had just started to turn into the last apex when my engine died no fuel X#x~# , this unbalanced the car and started a spin , Bryan didn’t have a chance at this point he had started his run on me and I think I must have presented myself side on to him , we tangled but it was race over for me .
This was a good event on a good track that demanded a lot of concentration , this was my downfall , I struggled to hold my concentration it was this that caught me out in race 3 , I had used the same fuel for races 1-2 without problem , I never kept my eye on the fuel usage in race 3 , Dammit Bryans got passed me again so its down to the last race , ok of to the Gym I go .
I did my usual and went early , set a time I was happy with on lap 4 , after that I watched Bryan get nearer and nearer to my time and for a while it looked like we would start on the same row , then KK and Richard arrived and set times above me which split us on separate rows .
Race 1
Got a good start and followed the fast lads , saw the crash at the chicane which I avoided and made a couple of places , 2nd lap saw another crash at the chicane but this time I was collected by a spinning car and was damaged , limped to pits for a 145sec stop , as I came out of pits I pulled over to let a car pass and slid wide to brush a barrier , this caused yet more damage but was drivable , so drove for a finish .
Race 2
Got a great start and shot up the outside of the 2 rows in front of me , unfortunately Mel saw me coming and correctly moved over to block me , I followed Mel into turn 2 and misjudged my braking and just about tapped him (Sry Mel) into a spin but then someone hit me hard and I went up in the air and landed damaged , so limped to pits for repairs, got going again and was lapping nicely , I could see Gorka was in front of me and I was taking time out of him , I continued chasing and it looked like I was in with a chance of a last lap overtake , on the penultimate lap I locked my wheels going into chicane and went wide and seemingly gently brushed the outside barrier , unfortunately this did a lot of damage to the rear and I couldn’t continue , race over .
Race 3
Got a great start up to 2nd and chased Jason , everything went well through the race and pitstop , towards the end I could see Bryan closing me down slowly , I knew he would be near me by race end , we came out of the hairpin fairly close and I thought he would have a go at me exiting the last corner so I tried to keep my line tight and my speed up , I had just started to turn into the last apex when my engine died no fuel X#x~# , this unbalanced the car and started a spin , Bryan didn’t have a chance at this point he had started his run on me and I think I must have presented myself side on to him , we tangled but it was race over for me .
This was a good event on a good track that demanded a lot of concentration , this was my downfall , I struggled to hold my concentration it was this that caught me out in race 3 , I had used the same fuel for races 1-2 without problem , I never kept my eye on the fuel usage in race 3 , Dammit Bryans got passed me again so its down to the last race , ok of to the Gym I go .
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