08-10-2012, 11:26 AM
Qualy
I had a good qually , I went out with the intention of drafting someone to get a good time, but couldn’t get near anyone to do it, I got 3rd so I was pleased .
Race 1
Joined the grid and my heart sank as I had only fuelled for 5 laps and realised it was 6 , so I thought I would just draft and try and save fuel and see how it worked out , I made a good start , tippy toed through eau rouge and was just behind Marcel , DJC was tailing me close , held this position until after Malmedy when DJC pulled alongside , we all went into Masta together but DJ and Marcel touched, DJ flew off to the right so I went left and wide to give Marcel space as it looked as if he was going to spin , instead he did a very good impression of a torpedo and speared into the side of me taking us both out into the boonies . Race over no fuel worries :'( .
Race 2
Made a good start and survived eau rouge , came fast round les combes to see Nikos doing an excellent impression of the space shuttle and going straight up and fortunately over the top of me , I caught Everon and had DJC and Paul C in tow , for the next couple of laps Everon , DJ and me kept swapping places , Paul wisely kept a watching brief , coming out of Masta I drafted past Everon he then picked up my draft and I think was going to try for it at Stavelot but he was carrying too much speed and went off , this made DJ and Paul back off and gave me a chance to break away , this I successfully did , there was no chance of me catching the Aliens in front so I just controlled the gap behind. Finished 3rd.
Race 3
Another good start made places up and survived carnage on exit of eau rouge , settled down nicely to lap quickly but on entering Stavelot found a hay bale on the racing line , tried to avoid it but at those speeds it nearly impossible , clipped it which threw me into a spin , removed a front wheel on the fence but car was still running , decided to get back to pits , car handled quite well on 3 wheels but brakes were non existent, just how non existent I discovered when I got to La Source , I think I ended up in the next village before I could stop and turn around , drove into pits too fast couldn’t slow and overshot pitbox by about 5 pit garages , so reversed , repair forecast was 311secs , looking at the track map I saw I was 10th, so I waited and waited eventually got going only to discover I had been given a stop and go for speeding , did a lap and pitted again , found I was now in 8th, so I thought go for it as some will fall out , this they duly did and I finished a lap down but in 5th
An excellent meeting once again , well done to all who turned up and big thank you to Paul and Dany for setting this up and also to Bryan for watching over us , (missed you on track mate , get a rig set up).
Belgium is a great track and can give excellent and exciting racing as we saw with Marcel and Gorka , but , I think it still needs some modding , there are far too many objects that can be scattered across the track to catch out the unwary and to destroy the race , all 3 races had very high attrition rates with I think only 5 finishers in each , it would have been a great shame if the Marcel / Gorka fight had been destroyed by a distance post that had been knocked onto the track and are almost invisible to see (wonder if thats what happened to Paul C), if we cant avoid them at F3 speeds what chance would faster cars have.
I had a good qually , I went out with the intention of drafting someone to get a good time, but couldn’t get near anyone to do it, I got 3rd so I was pleased .
Race 1
Joined the grid and my heart sank as I had only fuelled for 5 laps and realised it was 6 , so I thought I would just draft and try and save fuel and see how it worked out , I made a good start , tippy toed through eau rouge and was just behind Marcel , DJC was tailing me close , held this position until after Malmedy when DJC pulled alongside , we all went into Masta together but DJ and Marcel touched, DJ flew off to the right so I went left and wide to give Marcel space as it looked as if he was going to spin , instead he did a very good impression of a torpedo and speared into the side of me taking us both out into the boonies . Race over no fuel worries :'( .
Race 2
Made a good start and survived eau rouge , came fast round les combes to see Nikos doing an excellent impression of the space shuttle and going straight up and fortunately over the top of me , I caught Everon and had DJC and Paul C in tow , for the next couple of laps Everon , DJ and me kept swapping places , Paul wisely kept a watching brief , coming out of Masta I drafted past Everon he then picked up my draft and I think was going to try for it at Stavelot but he was carrying too much speed and went off , this made DJ and Paul back off and gave me a chance to break away , this I successfully did , there was no chance of me catching the Aliens in front so I just controlled the gap behind. Finished 3rd.
Race 3
Another good start made places up and survived carnage on exit of eau rouge , settled down nicely to lap quickly but on entering Stavelot found a hay bale on the racing line , tried to avoid it but at those speeds it nearly impossible , clipped it which threw me into a spin , removed a front wheel on the fence but car was still running , decided to get back to pits , car handled quite well on 3 wheels but brakes were non existent, just how non existent I discovered when I got to La Source , I think I ended up in the next village before I could stop and turn around , drove into pits too fast couldn’t slow and overshot pitbox by about 5 pit garages , so reversed , repair forecast was 311secs , looking at the track map I saw I was 10th, so I waited and waited eventually got going only to discover I had been given a stop and go for speeding , did a lap and pitted again , found I was now in 8th, so I thought go for it as some will fall out , this they duly did and I finished a lap down but in 5th
An excellent meeting once again , well done to all who turned up and big thank you to Paul and Dany for setting this up and also to Bryan for watching over us , (missed you on track mate , get a rig set up).
Belgium is a great track and can give excellent and exciting racing as we saw with Marcel and Gorka , but , I think it still needs some modding , there are far too many objects that can be scattered across the track to catch out the unwary and to destroy the race , all 3 races had very high attrition rates with I think only 5 finishers in each , it would have been a great shame if the Marcel / Gorka fight had been destroyed by a distance post that had been knocked onto the track and are almost invisible to see (wonder if thats what happened to Paul C), if we cant avoid them at F3 speeds what chance would faster cars have.
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