25-11-2013, 09:02 AM
Well, new playseat, new computer finally installed on saturday midnight, no motec software, sunday morning running event, sunday afternoon F1 in Interlagos... and finally 1 hour before the race I started practicing.
Qualy
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Seeing me in 5th place was great considering the lack of practice and the mistakes due to getting used to a new driving position, gear lever position, pedals position....
Race 1
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Main mission was surviving as I had done no more than 4 consecutive laps.
First laps were quite a struggle, being in 5th place for the first laps until in turn 4 I slipped brake pedal and went wide enough for Hectary and David Coyne, who were just behind me, to pass me.
Pitstop time arrived, David Coyne, two seconds in front of me also went for his pitstop. He was approaching the pitlane quite carefully whereas I was approacing it fast. This caused me to give David a push and cause him to spin out. I waited for him to recover, but damaged was already done, sorry David.
Going back to race I was lapping behind David at a similar pace. Whatching him I saw he was succesfully using the kerbs at the exit of some corners so I tried to do the same so I could improve my pace.... but rule number X of racing: Changing your racing line to try to match other driver's can only result in time lost or a crash. And so it happened, at the exit of turn 5 I went wide enough to go through the grass, lost the rear of the car and crashed against the wall ripping off one of my front wheels, race over.
Race 2
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I was supposed to start 4th in this race, but I found myself in the pole, maybe some of the drivers that should be ahead weren't online.
I did a good start and started pulling a gap to Jesus which increased up to 5 seconds. But quickly I saw Marcel had overtaken Jesus and he was approaching me quickly. He finally catched me and overtook me at the straight between turn 5 and 6 (No need to fight him as he was way too fast). Just kept driving hoping a second place could be such a superb result here but when I headed for the pits I had forgotten the room had been reloaded between race1 and race2 and so that area was completely green compared to the rubber it had at race1. That caused me to go wide and kiss the wall just enough to get a 79sec pitstop repairing the left front suspension. The remaining 8 laps where quite boring driving in no man's land finally finishing 5th or 6th, don't quite remember.
Qualy
-------
Seeing me in 5th place was great considering the lack of practice and the mistakes due to getting used to a new driving position, gear lever position, pedals position....
Race 1
--------
Main mission was surviving as I had done no more than 4 consecutive laps.
First laps were quite a struggle, being in 5th place for the first laps until in turn 4 I slipped brake pedal and went wide enough for Hectary and David Coyne, who were just behind me, to pass me.
Pitstop time arrived, David Coyne, two seconds in front of me also went for his pitstop. He was approaching the pitlane quite carefully whereas I was approacing it fast. This caused me to give David a push and cause him to spin out. I waited for him to recover, but damaged was already done, sorry David.
Going back to race I was lapping behind David at a similar pace. Whatching him I saw he was succesfully using the kerbs at the exit of some corners so I tried to do the same so I could improve my pace.... but rule number X of racing: Changing your racing line to try to match other driver's can only result in time lost or a crash. And so it happened, at the exit of turn 5 I went wide enough to go through the grass, lost the rear of the car and crashed against the wall ripping off one of my front wheels, race over.
Race 2
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I was supposed to start 4th in this race, but I found myself in the pole, maybe some of the drivers that should be ahead weren't online.
I did a good start and started pulling a gap to Jesus which increased up to 5 seconds. But quickly I saw Marcel had overtaken Jesus and he was approaching me quickly. He finally catched me and overtook me at the straight between turn 5 and 6 (No need to fight him as he was way too fast). Just kept driving hoping a second place could be such a superb result here but when I headed for the pits I had forgotten the room had been reloaded between race1 and race2 and so that area was completely green compared to the rubber it had at race1. That caused me to go wide and kiss the wall just enough to get a 79sec pitstop repairing the left front suspension. The remaining 8 laps where quite boring driving in no man's land finally finishing 5th or 6th, don't quite remember.
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