14-10-2013, 09:47 AM
Dick, I understand the words you say about people wanting to go to the back of the grid. But we must comprenhend that some people still don't get confident enough to start the reversed race at the front rows and they prefer to start at the back while their confidence increments race after the race. Could this be a disadvantage to a fast guy who had bad luck at race1 and can get a good position at race2? well, nobody does it deliberately.
Now if you get a disaster in race1 you can get a good change of winning at race2 and recover from it, but earlier, when we did 3-20min races things were more difficult as you risked everything in race1: If you had a bad race1, you started at the back of the pack at race2 while the fast guys started again on the first rows. So you ended race2 at mid pack and therefore started reversed race at mid pack again, where normally the crashes take place at reversed races. So a bad race1 meant for a totally bad event (now you at least can recover from that).
Edwin, I don't thinks there's any fault of yours. By memory; As I approached you, Marcel glued on my slipstream, I just had to find a quick way past. Thought in trying through the left, but the natural line of the road at final curve moves car throught there, so I tried changing to the right but the wavings of the surface moved us in the same direction and so my left front tire hit your right rear. Nothing you can take the blame.
My race report
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Qualifying went quite well. I early achieved a 40.5 which allowed me to try to improve that time more comfortable. In one of those attempts I found Nikos and took advantage of his slipstream to reach a 40.4 which brought me to pole position.
Race 1
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The objetive was to try and get a lead to Bart and Marcel and get them out of my slipstream. But Marcel quickly got mine and couldn't get him out of behind. Approaching lapped cars I was able to get him just enough far but I had to ease off to avoid Cossimo and so he went back to my mirrors.
Then came the lapping incident and I was quite worried about how much time I had lost. I saw I was 4th with David some seconds ahead. I was able to catch David but for three laps couldn't find a good draft to try to safely pass him. So we both reached our pitstop at the same time. David had trouble braking and went through the grass at the pitlane, at that moment I wandered If he could get a speed penalty for not being able to brake through the grass and avoid battling him.
Pitstop was slow, 51 seconds. The second half of the race was a battle with David and after overtaking him a battle to catch Bart. I was approaching him when, two or three laps to the end, he kissed the wall at the worst place of the back straight destroying his car. I was lucky to avoid the debris and made it to second place at the finish line.
Race 2
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Starting at the back was quite difficult. The first 4 laps were quite busy in traffic and quite stressfull trying to find a clean way. As laps went by I saw David Coyne was out of race, such a pitty to him as I was sure he was about to win the race (he had the pace and was starting in second place). Later I saw Bart on the grass too.
By that moment DD was leading the race ahead of Marcel, DjC and me. I was able to catch and pass DjC and started closing up on Marcel. Following Marcel's line I give a little kiss to the outside wall off the first curve ang got some damage to my front suspension. That really worried me but the next laps I could see I was not losing that much time, about 1-2 tenths per lap (from the 40.6s-40.7s to 40.8s).
Being between Marcel and DjC something wierd happened. Bryan opened his way to the left exitting turn 1, (I though he was just letting us pass by) Marcel went to the left to Bryans rear (I though he was looking for his slipstream) But when I approached them I saw Marcel had lost a lot of speed. That left me in second place and 4.5 seconds behind DD. At this moment, with about 25 laps to go I though there could be a little change I could win the race.
Pitstop time came to me and DjC. This time had a better pitstop, 48sec, so I didn't lose my position to him. The next 4 laps were a bit confusing in my racing position, I didn't know where Marcel nor DD were. After DD went to his pitstop I found myself leading the race with a 4 sec lead to David. Just turned off displays and went for lap after lap racing at my pace. By the end of the race the gap was 5.5 sec to Marcel and victory was mine.
Great to have the second win of the season.
Note
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Well, we all new this could be a wreckage but anyway, Montecarlo will be a car killer too.
Now if you get a disaster in race1 you can get a good change of winning at race2 and recover from it, but earlier, when we did 3-20min races things were more difficult as you risked everything in race1: If you had a bad race1, you started at the back of the pack at race2 while the fast guys started again on the first rows. So you ended race2 at mid pack and therefore started reversed race at mid pack again, where normally the crashes take place at reversed races. So a bad race1 meant for a totally bad event (now you at least can recover from that).
Edwin, I don't thinks there's any fault of yours. By memory; As I approached you, Marcel glued on my slipstream, I just had to find a quick way past. Thought in trying through the left, but the natural line of the road at final curve moves car throught there, so I tried changing to the right but the wavings of the surface moved us in the same direction and so my left front tire hit your right rear. Nothing you can take the blame.
My race report
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Qualifying went quite well. I early achieved a 40.5 which allowed me to try to improve that time more comfortable. In one of those attempts I found Nikos and took advantage of his slipstream to reach a 40.4 which brought me to pole position.
Race 1
--------
The objetive was to try and get a lead to Bart and Marcel and get them out of my slipstream. But Marcel quickly got mine and couldn't get him out of behind. Approaching lapped cars I was able to get him just enough far but I had to ease off to avoid Cossimo and so he went back to my mirrors.
Then came the lapping incident and I was quite worried about how much time I had lost. I saw I was 4th with David some seconds ahead. I was able to catch David but for three laps couldn't find a good draft to try to safely pass him. So we both reached our pitstop at the same time. David had trouble braking and went through the grass at the pitlane, at that moment I wandered If he could get a speed penalty for not being able to brake through the grass and avoid battling him.
Pitstop was slow, 51 seconds. The second half of the race was a battle with David and after overtaking him a battle to catch Bart. I was approaching him when, two or three laps to the end, he kissed the wall at the worst place of the back straight destroying his car. I was lucky to avoid the debris and made it to second place at the finish line.
Race 2
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Starting at the back was quite difficult. The first 4 laps were quite busy in traffic and quite stressfull trying to find a clean way. As laps went by I saw David Coyne was out of race, such a pitty to him as I was sure he was about to win the race (he had the pace and was starting in second place). Later I saw Bart on the grass too.
By that moment DD was leading the race ahead of Marcel, DjC and me. I was able to catch and pass DjC and started closing up on Marcel. Following Marcel's line I give a little kiss to the outside wall off the first curve ang got some damage to my front suspension. That really worried me but the next laps I could see I was not losing that much time, about 1-2 tenths per lap (from the 40.6s-40.7s to 40.8s).
Being between Marcel and DjC something wierd happened. Bryan opened his way to the left exitting turn 1, (I though he was just letting us pass by) Marcel went to the left to Bryans rear (I though he was looking for his slipstream) But when I approached them I saw Marcel had lost a lot of speed. That left me in second place and 4.5 seconds behind DD. At this moment, with about 25 laps to go I though there could be a little change I could win the race.
Pitstop time came to me and DjC. This time had a better pitstop, 48sec, so I didn't lose my position to him. The next 4 laps were a bit confusing in my racing position, I didn't know where Marcel nor DD were. After DD went to his pitstop I found myself leading the race with a 4 sec lead to David. Just turned off displays and went for lap after lap racing at my pace. By the end of the race the gap was 5.5 sec to Marcel and victory was mine.
Great to have the second win of the season.
Note
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Well, we all new this could be a wreckage but anyway, Montecarlo will be a car killer too.
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