22-11-2021, 11:25 AM
Qually
I wasnt too concerned with getting a high grid spot as long as I was near the other Brabhams , the draft is very powerful here and they realistically were my target , the Eagle and Ferrari,s were too fast for me to worry about .
Made a cockup striaght away by following 2 cars onto track and running a red light , got myself a stop go , so drove around and did practice pitstop , after that I got into the 37s and settled for that , I was behind DJ and JP which was great for me .
Race
Lady Luck decided to sit on my shoulder for this one , I decided to do a gentle start and watch what happened at Eau Rouge , the carnage kicked off and going into the corner 2 cars were across the track in front of me , I thought game over , then it was like the parting of the red sea , both cars went in opposite directions and a gap appeared on the end of my bonnet for me to drive through with barely a touch phew ! , coming round the penultimate corner I saw JP offtrack and 2 haybales dropping on me , both hit me at just the right height so no damage occurred .
At the end of lap 2 I passed Rick who was in the barrier at the exit of La Source and was feeling quite pleased with myself until I got to Stavelot and found a big blue car on my tail , he stayed with me through le carrier and then blew past on the approach to Blanchimont , now came a very enjoyable but frustrating dice with Rick , he was way faster on the striaghts but I was quicker through the corners , where I was fast he was slower and I had to keep compromising my exit speeds so I got a double whammy when he put the power down , I could stay with him but never get an attack in , was I glad when he pitted , I was fueled for 8 laps so I pushed hard trying to gain time on him , fortunately when I came out of my pitstop I had gained enough time to be clear , I could do nothing about Tobias he was well away so just kept an eye on Rick and brought it home .
Congrats to Tobias , that was a mighty drive
I wasnt too concerned with getting a high grid spot as long as I was near the other Brabhams , the draft is very powerful here and they realistically were my target , the Eagle and Ferrari,s were too fast for me to worry about .
Made a cockup striaght away by following 2 cars onto track and running a red light , got myself a stop go , so drove around and did practice pitstop , after that I got into the 37s and settled for that , I was behind DJ and JP which was great for me .
Race
Lady Luck decided to sit on my shoulder for this one , I decided to do a gentle start and watch what happened at Eau Rouge , the carnage kicked off and going into the corner 2 cars were across the track in front of me , I thought game over , then it was like the parting of the red sea , both cars went in opposite directions and a gap appeared on the end of my bonnet for me to drive through with barely a touch phew ! , coming round the penultimate corner I saw JP offtrack and 2 haybales dropping on me , both hit me at just the right height so no damage occurred .
At the end of lap 2 I passed Rick who was in the barrier at the exit of La Source and was feeling quite pleased with myself until I got to Stavelot and found a big blue car on my tail , he stayed with me through le carrier and then blew past on the approach to Blanchimont , now came a very enjoyable but frustrating dice with Rick , he was way faster on the striaghts but I was quicker through the corners , where I was fast he was slower and I had to keep compromising my exit speeds so I got a double whammy when he put the power down , I could stay with him but never get an attack in , was I glad when he pitted , I was fueled for 8 laps so I pushed hard trying to gain time on him , fortunately when I came out of my pitstop I had gained enough time to be clear , I could do nothing about Tobias he was well away so just kept an eye on Rick and brought it home .
Congrats to Tobias , that was a mighty drive
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