27-10-2013, 11:33 PM
Qualy
Went out early to get a clear track, it worked and I set my initial time on 2nd lap , this gave 2nd , I didn’t expect to hold it and soon dropped to 6th which was my target , went out again to try higher rear tyre pressure and made a tiny improvement in time but not places.
Race 1
Made a good start and dropped in behind DJ , gained a place on lap 1 when Gorka went swimming , I stayed close to DJ and slipped up his inside when he went wide at the last turn , I then spent what seemed forever watching my mirrors and trying to keep my car on the racing line trying not to give him a gap to go for , but I went wide when I was calling for my pitstop and DJ pounced and went past , my pitstop went ok and coming round on my second lap I saw DJ just starting to leave his pit so I luckily managed to snatch the place back , so again I was watching my mirrors and trying to lap cleanly and give him no opportunities , luckily every backmarker I came across drove superbly and didn’t hold me up at all so DJ couldn’t benefit from them , a few laps from the end I noticed him dropping back on certain parts of the track so I guessed he was nursing damage , I made sure I kept my driving tidy and managed to finish 2nd .
Race 2
Started slow and fortunately weaved through the start line crash , braked hard and avoided the carnage at turn one but got hit from behind , this gave me a puncture which caused me to spin into the wall just before Casino , this gave me more damage ,
Limped to pits and found Bart was in my pit so I had to wait for his stop to finish , I then had a 185 second stop , got going again and just got my head down and lapped as quick as I could with out taking too many risks , slowly worked my way up to 6th but 2 laps down .
Great Event and more fun than I thought it was going to be , well done and thanx to Marcel and Paul for setting this up .
Can I say well done to all drivers , everyone fast and slow who I came across during the race drove in an exemplary way on a difficult track
Went out early to get a clear track, it worked and I set my initial time on 2nd lap , this gave 2nd , I didn’t expect to hold it and soon dropped to 6th which was my target , went out again to try higher rear tyre pressure and made a tiny improvement in time but not places.
Race 1
Made a good start and dropped in behind DJ , gained a place on lap 1 when Gorka went swimming , I stayed close to DJ and slipped up his inside when he went wide at the last turn , I then spent what seemed forever watching my mirrors and trying to keep my car on the racing line trying not to give him a gap to go for , but I went wide when I was calling for my pitstop and DJ pounced and went past , my pitstop went ok and coming round on my second lap I saw DJ just starting to leave his pit so I luckily managed to snatch the place back , so again I was watching my mirrors and trying to lap cleanly and give him no opportunities , luckily every backmarker I came across drove superbly and didn’t hold me up at all so DJ couldn’t benefit from them , a few laps from the end I noticed him dropping back on certain parts of the track so I guessed he was nursing damage , I made sure I kept my driving tidy and managed to finish 2nd .
Race 2
Started slow and fortunately weaved through the start line crash , braked hard and avoided the carnage at turn one but got hit from behind , this gave me a puncture which caused me to spin into the wall just before Casino , this gave me more damage ,
Limped to pits and found Bart was in my pit so I had to wait for his stop to finish , I then had a 185 second stop , got going again and just got my head down and lapped as quick as I could with out taking too many risks , slowly worked my way up to 6th but 2 laps down .
Great Event and more fun than I thought it was going to be , well done and thanx to Marcel and Paul for setting this up .
Can I say well done to all drivers , everyone fast and slow who I came across during the race drove in an exemplary way on a difficult track
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