28-10-2013, 12:45 AM
I really enjoyed the practice and the build up to the races but unfortunately I was not lucky in either races despite my attempts to have a clean race.
Practice & Qualifying
I had a great practice session and managed to complete 47 laps as well as achieve a high 1:27 which was a PB, I was also pleased to be able to consistently post competitive race speed laps with race fuel in practice. Qualifying wasn't as good, I got nervous and it affected my performance, I was left disappointed with a 1:29 after a lot of failed laps.
Race 1
The first race went well for 1 lap and by the end of that first, slow lap I felt there was enough space to speed up, unfortunately I was caught off guard at Massenet when the car in front became extremely slow, I managed to slow down but not enough to avoid a minor collision which involved my front left touching the car in front's rear right tyre, predictably this caused both vehicles to lose stability and slow down further. At this point the car was not damaged on my end, however it was at this point that I was shunted again and sent over the barrier at Massenet, I rejoined the circuit but the damage was severe so I pulled over and retired the car at Casino.
Race 2
The second race was more disappointing than the first as it only lasted a corner for me. I started in 6th and found myself struggling for space which brought my car up on the inside of the corner, which I would have to hug to get around safely, at this point a car running parallel was forcing me out of space leading to an eventual two into one situation at the scaffolding on the apex of the turn, wheels contacted, car lost stability and drifted into the barrier on the opposite side of the track, instantaneously I was struck by another vehicle from behind and the car finished up with the rear wheels on the barrier, no chance of it moving so I had to retire again.
I enjoyed the time I had on the track, however I can't help but feel that I'm the new member who has been blamed for other retiring, I'm fairly certain there was little I did wrong to cause or avoid both incidents so please view the replay in detail before posting accusations.
Practice & Qualifying
I had a great practice session and managed to complete 47 laps as well as achieve a high 1:27 which was a PB, I was also pleased to be able to consistently post competitive race speed laps with race fuel in practice. Qualifying wasn't as good, I got nervous and it affected my performance, I was left disappointed with a 1:29 after a lot of failed laps.
Race 1
The first race went well for 1 lap and by the end of that first, slow lap I felt there was enough space to speed up, unfortunately I was caught off guard at Massenet when the car in front became extremely slow, I managed to slow down but not enough to avoid a minor collision which involved my front left touching the car in front's rear right tyre, predictably this caused both vehicles to lose stability and slow down further. At this point the car was not damaged on my end, however it was at this point that I was shunted again and sent over the barrier at Massenet, I rejoined the circuit but the damage was severe so I pulled over and retired the car at Casino.
Race 2
The second race was more disappointing than the first as it only lasted a corner for me. I started in 6th and found myself struggling for space which brought my car up on the inside of the corner, which I would have to hug to get around safely, at this point a car running parallel was forcing me out of space leading to an eventual two into one situation at the scaffolding on the apex of the turn, wheels contacted, car lost stability and drifted into the barrier on the opposite side of the track, instantaneously I was struck by another vehicle from behind and the car finished up with the rear wheels on the barrier, no chance of it moving so I had to retire again.
I enjoyed the time I had on the track, however I can't help but feel that I'm the new member who has been blamed for other retiring, I'm fairly certain there was little I did wrong to cause or avoid both incidents so please view the replay in detail before posting accusations.