16-09-2013, 01:21 AM
Race 1 well... Green flag drops and its go go go, Marcel (directly infront of me in 1st)must of sandpapered his tyres b4 race start cos he got a cracking start, over to my right DJC and Gorka(both on front row) both got a squirmy start with there rears jumping, I saw Gorka get ahead slightly but looked like he was closing the door on DJC, then DJC was looking for more room moving across towards me but notice I was there and held his position at that time Gorka was still closing the door and DJC was stuck, I believe there tyres connected DJC went into a spin and both cars came directly at me and took me off. I remember thinking something bad was going to happen and maybe I should back off but if I let Marcel get too far away I wont be able to keep up. Its amazing the thoughts that go through your mind in such a tiny space of time. All the above was really 2-3 seconds. That was it then I recovered off the spin into the grass with damage only to find my two best friends infront of me again. Then the whole restart restart calling, man that confused me I didn't try accelerating away cos I was almost convinced a restart would happen. But as I saw them both with damage trying to accelerate and keep straight I decided to continue as fast as i could. I got past them both no probs it look like they got more damage than me. I had to do some quick thinking, how many places had I lost, should I pit now that ment I'd have to go 19 laps. The damage was too great the car really didn't want to drive straight and it was hard work under braking because of my odd setup.
I pitted luckily the damage got repaired and my car was behaving like normal. That was it really to the end of the race DJC was behind me 10secs most of the race duration.
I manage to gain a couple more places towards the end and I finished in a lucky 4th place well I'm lucky to still get good points.
Race 2 completely fabulous, easily one of my best at SR4L, starting 4th from back I had Marcel behind me, I knew he would be quick, I had plans to follow him cos he gets good grip on his starts. The green flag dropped I accelerated really quick with good grip too only to find lag or delayed reactions to the start infront of me I almost hit someone but i let off , then it was a lot of ppl going from left to right and right to left and having colisions and smoke. It was kind of accelerate let off accelerate let off once the pack started to get thin way before t1 it was time to start working out where I was.
So I brought up my LCD and cycled up, where was Marcel ? I got to the top of the list while driving only to find Mel fisk and Gorka there. Then I knew he must still be behind me somewhere and not directly behind either. That was it then it was go as hard and fast as I could while not heating my tyres. I can only remember passing Mel which was quite hard to catch he was fast in the race, I got behind him and realised my car really misbehaving in the draft so I waited it out, I didnt want to ruin his race or risk anything. I knew Mels the type of driver to yeild if slightly behind so I waited till I could get enough speed up to be infront, once settled there it was time to catch Gorka, looking at the time differences he was actually getting away from me yet I was setting good times myself. After a few laps tho it all came apparent I knew there was nobody infront just Gorka and a name tag flashed in the distance on the approach to Lesmos, I figured he must of been pressing too hard trying to get way making up some distance and had an accident. He was badly wounded I flew past in a few seconds to find myself now in first well this was great I couldnt believe it, I was first after not so much effort or work. My concerns where Marcel, I kept checking my LCD only to find he was gaining, I think he was somewhere 3rd-4th before my pit tustling with yerke and maybe hector was there too. lap 8-9 came around and I had some strange car behaviour, It down geared on me very strangley round a corner, that really heated my rears and they came sloppy in the next corner at lesmos, so I paniced I thought I better pit early if my car was wearing early. It seams it was the right choice Marcel also came in the pit. When I left it was a 10 sec gap and all I had to do was keep good to high average lap time without tiring my car, he was still gaining but not by much and I certainly made him work for it if he wanted 1st, he couldnt go 1 sec faster than me every lap without killing his tyres. Well thats it , I loved the race and I think it leaves me in a good position at the start of the season, now for the next lengthy practice at the next track.
I pitted luckily the damage got repaired and my car was behaving like normal. That was it really to the end of the race DJC was behind me 10secs most of the race duration.
I manage to gain a couple more places towards the end and I finished in a lucky 4th place well I'm lucky to still get good points.
Race 2 completely fabulous, easily one of my best at SR4L, starting 4th from back I had Marcel behind me, I knew he would be quick, I had plans to follow him cos he gets good grip on his starts. The green flag dropped I accelerated really quick with good grip too only to find lag or delayed reactions to the start infront of me I almost hit someone but i let off , then it was a lot of ppl going from left to right and right to left and having colisions and smoke. It was kind of accelerate let off accelerate let off once the pack started to get thin way before t1 it was time to start working out where I was.
So I brought up my LCD and cycled up, where was Marcel ? I got to the top of the list while driving only to find Mel fisk and Gorka there. Then I knew he must still be behind me somewhere and not directly behind either. That was it then it was go as hard and fast as I could while not heating my tyres. I can only remember passing Mel which was quite hard to catch he was fast in the race, I got behind him and realised my car really misbehaving in the draft so I waited it out, I didnt want to ruin his race or risk anything. I knew Mels the type of driver to yeild if slightly behind so I waited till I could get enough speed up to be infront, once settled there it was time to catch Gorka, looking at the time differences he was actually getting away from me yet I was setting good times myself. After a few laps tho it all came apparent I knew there was nobody infront just Gorka and a name tag flashed in the distance on the approach to Lesmos, I figured he must of been pressing too hard trying to get way making up some distance and had an accident. He was badly wounded I flew past in a few seconds to find myself now in first well this was great I couldnt believe it, I was first after not so much effort or work. My concerns where Marcel, I kept checking my LCD only to find he was gaining, I think he was somewhere 3rd-4th before my pit tustling with yerke and maybe hector was there too. lap 8-9 came around and I had some strange car behaviour, It down geared on me very strangley round a corner, that really heated my rears and they came sloppy in the next corner at lesmos, so I paniced I thought I better pit early if my car was wearing early. It seams it was the right choice Marcel also came in the pit. When I left it was a 10 sec gap and all I had to do was keep good to high average lap time without tiring my car, he was still gaining but not by much and I certainly made him work for it if he wanted 1st, he couldnt go 1 sec faster than me every lap without killing his tyres. Well thats it , I loved the race and I think it leaves me in a good position at the start of the season, now for the next lengthy practice at the next track.