17-08-2015, 01:22 PM
Qually
Went out early and set a time which got me pole , I knew this would be like a red rag to a bull for DJ , sure enough he went out late in the session and pinched it , I was stupid not to go out again as there was more time in the car .
Race
Messed up my start with lots of wheelspin and then clutch slip , was lucky to make 1st corner in 3rd place , followed DJ and G and was just trying to stay in touch whilst preserving my tyres , I was hoping to be able to attack later in the stint .
I was trying something new for me with the tyres , my fronts had a very high pressure whilst my rears were my normal pressure , I found this gave great braking and turn in and tyre degradation was only 2% per lap .
On lap 3 I totally missed my braking for turn 1 and flat spotted my tyres , this gave me a horrendous vibration for the rest of the stint , this appeared to effect the handling but it could have been my confidence which was damaged ,i started to drop away from the leaders , the good side was it kept me awake .
On my last lap of the first stint I came across Gorka scrabbling in the gravel at indianapolis which gave me a few seconds to get into the pits before him , knowing how quick G is with his pitstops I thought this was a blessing .
Managed to get out of pits before G , I knew he would try to close me down but I knew my front tyres gave a lot of grip when cold so I decided to push and see if I could pull him into mistakes , fortunately it worked for me , after that I just tried to keep it tidy .
Towards the end I started making silly mistakes as my concentration lapsed , I did an unitentional double downshift entering mulsanne and spun off , then on the last lap I took the escape road at indianapolis but fortunately I held my position and made the finish , PHEW that was a hard one .
Well done DJ you showed why your a great champ , well done Cookie you pinched my number 3 but its only on loan
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Big well done to all SR4L admin , you gave us a very classy 8) and fun series .
Went out early and set a time which got me pole , I knew this would be like a red rag to a bull for DJ , sure enough he went out late in the session and pinched it , I was stupid not to go out again as there was more time in the car .
Race
Messed up my start with lots of wheelspin and then clutch slip , was lucky to make 1st corner in 3rd place , followed DJ and G and was just trying to stay in touch whilst preserving my tyres , I was hoping to be able to attack later in the stint .
I was trying something new for me with the tyres , my fronts had a very high pressure whilst my rears were my normal pressure , I found this gave great braking and turn in and tyre degradation was only 2% per lap .
On lap 3 I totally missed my braking for turn 1 and flat spotted my tyres , this gave me a horrendous vibration for the rest of the stint , this appeared to effect the handling but it could have been my confidence which was damaged ,i started to drop away from the leaders , the good side was it kept me awake .
On my last lap of the first stint I came across Gorka scrabbling in the gravel at indianapolis which gave me a few seconds to get into the pits before him , knowing how quick G is with his pitstops I thought this was a blessing .
Managed to get out of pits before G , I knew he would try to close me down but I knew my front tyres gave a lot of grip when cold so I decided to push and see if I could pull him into mistakes , fortunately it worked for me , after that I just tried to keep it tidy .
Towards the end I started making silly mistakes as my concentration lapsed , I did an unitentional double downshift entering mulsanne and spun off , then on the last lap I took the escape road at indianapolis but fortunately I held my position and made the finish , PHEW that was a hard one .
Well done DJ you showed why your a great champ , well done Cookie you pinched my number 3 but its only on loan
.Big well done to all SR4L admin , you gave us a very classy 8) and fun series .
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