30-09-2013, 01:50 AM
Qualy
Looking at laptimes in practice I envisaged some hard chargers being near the front of the grid and envisaged a possible pile up at turn 1 , I knew there were 4 drivers I couldn’t beat so I was aiming for 6th place then I could be on the inside line for turn 1, I got a time in quickly that got me 5th so I pitted and spent the rest of qualy mentally urging Yerkee to beat my time and push me down one , Must be the first time I wanted someone to beat me , he didn’t so I qualified on the outside .
Race 1
I was convinced there was going to be trouble at turn 1 and I wanted that inside line , so I had to either beat Bart off the line or hope he did a good start and I could drop in behind him , as it turned out I got the drop on him and made a good start , this allowed me to get that inside line . Going down to turn 1 I was waiting for things to happen , but , in front and behind of me everyone was very much in control and there was no drama’s (well done guys) . I went round turns 1-2 in 4th place but could see Bart was recovering lost ground , I thought I was going to be in for a very hard race .
Entering turn 5 I suddenly saw Bart spin in my mirrors , I breathed a sigh of relief and decided to push and make the most of it while he recovered , the next time I saw him 2-3 laps later I was lapping him so I presumed he suffered damage , he hovered around my rear for a couple of laps pushing and hoping for a mistake , but he went off again at turn 1 . I had a brief moment of excitement when I came across Gorka and someone else at turn 5 , they had tangled and gone off , this was on my pitting lap and Gorka followed me into the pits , I got a 46 sec stop But Gorkas pit crew where faster ( Red Bull trained) and he got away before me , after that I looked after the car and tyres and drove for a finish .
Race 2
I was on the inside so I was happy , flag dropped but the car in front didn’t move , I nearly hit him but managed to stop fortunately for me DJ who was behind me swerved around me , I avoided the conflict going down towards turn 1 (how can you crash on a straight ?) , I again missed the next crash at turn 1 and was behind DJ , he got taken out at turn 3 and I took to the grass to avoid his car , by this time my heart rate was matching my engine rpm , after all that mayhem things settled down , I could see Marcel running me down and thought it pointless to fight him as it would only slow us both down , so took a wide line at turn 1 and he slide underneath me , I tailed him until we caught 2 other guys who were fighting for position , I saw Marcel have a go and nearly get taken out , at that point we both appeared to make the same decision that an early pit stop would get us past them, so we both pitted , the blind and 1 armed pit crew kept me there for 53 secs , needless to say Marcel was well gone by the time I left the pits , got my head down and tried to do consistent fast laps , this payed of and I crept up to 4th place , I could see Yerkee was ahead of me and that I was closing him down , got near him on lap 22 but couldn’t get past , went into lap 23 and I decided to try and out brake him for turn 1 , this I duly did and almost made it , he just tagged my rear wheel and we both visited the scenery, no complaints it was just a racing incident , we didn’t get damaged but he was pointing the right way so drove off quickly , by the time I turned around I had dropped a place so I finished 5th .
A great nights racing and a lot of fun , well done everyone and big thanks as always to Paul and Bryan for setting this up ,
Bryan stop playing with your balls (cricket variety) your losing points :-*
Looking at laptimes in practice I envisaged some hard chargers being near the front of the grid and envisaged a possible pile up at turn 1 , I knew there were 4 drivers I couldn’t beat so I was aiming for 6th place then I could be on the inside line for turn 1, I got a time in quickly that got me 5th so I pitted and spent the rest of qualy mentally urging Yerkee to beat my time and push me down one , Must be the first time I wanted someone to beat me , he didn’t so I qualified on the outside .
Race 1
I was convinced there was going to be trouble at turn 1 and I wanted that inside line , so I had to either beat Bart off the line or hope he did a good start and I could drop in behind him , as it turned out I got the drop on him and made a good start , this allowed me to get that inside line . Going down to turn 1 I was waiting for things to happen , but , in front and behind of me everyone was very much in control and there was no drama’s (well done guys) . I went round turns 1-2 in 4th place but could see Bart was recovering lost ground , I thought I was going to be in for a very hard race .
Entering turn 5 I suddenly saw Bart spin in my mirrors , I breathed a sigh of relief and decided to push and make the most of it while he recovered , the next time I saw him 2-3 laps later I was lapping him so I presumed he suffered damage , he hovered around my rear for a couple of laps pushing and hoping for a mistake , but he went off again at turn 1 . I had a brief moment of excitement when I came across Gorka and someone else at turn 5 , they had tangled and gone off , this was on my pitting lap and Gorka followed me into the pits , I got a 46 sec stop But Gorkas pit crew where faster ( Red Bull trained) and he got away before me , after that I looked after the car and tyres and drove for a finish .
Race 2
I was on the inside so I was happy , flag dropped but the car in front didn’t move , I nearly hit him but managed to stop fortunately for me DJ who was behind me swerved around me , I avoided the conflict going down towards turn 1 (how can you crash on a straight ?) , I again missed the next crash at turn 1 and was behind DJ , he got taken out at turn 3 and I took to the grass to avoid his car , by this time my heart rate was matching my engine rpm , after all that mayhem things settled down , I could see Marcel running me down and thought it pointless to fight him as it would only slow us both down , so took a wide line at turn 1 and he slide underneath me , I tailed him until we caught 2 other guys who were fighting for position , I saw Marcel have a go and nearly get taken out , at that point we both appeared to make the same decision that an early pit stop would get us past them, so we both pitted , the blind and 1 armed pit crew kept me there for 53 secs , needless to say Marcel was well gone by the time I left the pits , got my head down and tried to do consistent fast laps , this payed of and I crept up to 4th place , I could see Yerkee was ahead of me and that I was closing him down , got near him on lap 22 but couldn’t get past , went into lap 23 and I decided to try and out brake him for turn 1 , this I duly did and almost made it , he just tagged my rear wheel and we both visited the scenery, no complaints it was just a racing incident , we didn’t get damaged but he was pointing the right way so drove off quickly , by the time I turned around I had dropped a place so I finished 5th .
A great nights racing and a lot of fun , well done everyone and big thanks as always to Paul and Bryan for setting this up ,
Bryan stop playing with your balls (cricket variety) your losing points :-*
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