rFactor 2 Round 3 Clermont Ferrand 1965 - Wed May 6, 2026

Cant promise, I have no "safemode"

 

This is really cool track. I could not make one lap in the first 1 hour, but then I started to feel the car with little changes. Now I enjoy the track and the car too. I will definitely crash, if I sign up.

 

Was there an update for this track yesterday evening?

 

Hmm probably confuced some other track as had one track update pending.

 

Realistically the lighter cars such as the Ferrari/Lotus/Brabham should be faster than the Honda and BRM's but I'm not even sure if that's the case. The lighter cars aren't settled at all and really get disrupted by the bumps and jumps. Going to try some laps in the Honda, which on paper should be awful around here.

 

Unfortunately, I didn't have time to work on my “matra” style skin for tonight

 

Safety mode found!
Last 5-6 laps was trying to beat my best lap since found 6 tenths in the 1st sector. Figured now 3 tenths more and can challenge fastest lap....
Holy moly hit something every lap.
Very happy to finish, Honda was very handfull rear beeing so light. Superb racing.
@Julien you had so much trust that can keep the line on the pass. Happy i put tiny pedal on like 30 minutes before race and moved the radar so that can see it
Apparently your rear snapped on the left hander then? Thats how it felt to me anyhow.
Just pure racing, im sort of out of words and dont even remember whole race. All i know is Maddie rode to horizon and fighting Kostas, Julien or Lars whole race.
So many outs and close calls but still proud and happy..
Thank you!!

 

That looked very tough out there!! Well done all!

 

Span on my first qualifying lap and was tempted to just keep it as my only time because it was still a 53, but was worried that someone would beat it so went back out. Second and final lap wasn't perfect but still pretty good and close to the limit.

Race start went fine and Kostas kept up fairly well. Didn't really have any issues in the race apart from one dodgy backmarker incident which I'll talk about in a bit. Near the end the car started becoming uncontrollable over the bumps again so I had to pull my pace in a bit. Had a spin and an Austin Powers moment really late on which cost about 12-13 seconds but didn't damage the car thankfully. I loved the layout of this track but the quality was kinda ass and the bumps made driving it hell. Glad that round is over. Congrats to the podium and finishers.

On the lapping incident: On lap 5 I caught and was lapping @Rick Law (They raced under Bob Loblaw). I was behind them in a section which is barely a lift. As I was preparing to pass, Bob slammed the brakes on causing me to almost crash. Please, in the future, keep to your line and racing speed and be predictable when letting leaders past. This was so dangerous and almost caused me to crash out.

 

I thought I could catch up with Kostas, but I always made a mistake at the wrong moment!
Yes @Toni Talvitie , I lost the rear end in the right-hand bend I’m sorry...
I wanted to let you pass after that, but I realised you were waiting for me to go first. Anyway, I missed my braking on the downhill section and you were able to get back in front anyway.
It’s a shame you damaged your car just before the last lap!

I had two proper scares during the race, but I’m glad I finished; until yesterday, I didn’t think I was capable of it. Also, I was right to switch to the Brabham at the last minute. I’d trained mostly with the Honda, but as Maddie said it probably wasn’t a great choice, I thought I had nothing to lose by trying a change. The Brabham seemed safer to me. (And Thank's @Lars Hagemann for the car settings advices yesterday)

 

Broadcast just caught you both heading into the trees with no clue what happened. The auto director seemed to get a little drunk later in the race.

 

Mr. Maddie. Lets be clear about something. That was my first race in a while, on a long twisty, tough track with a one hour duration. I was trying my best to stay out of people's way. Watching my mirror and negotiating tight turns simultaneously is very tricky. You need to learn to be patient in a situation like that and read the room. You were in a substantial lead and could have been more cautious. Be a little gracious.

 

*Miss.

As a backmarker, you should be predictable in your actions. You pretty much brake-checked me. I was pretty patient but it's a single line corner and I can't do anything other than slam the brakes to avoid hitting you, which I almost did. You saw me in your mirror, panicked and then slammed the brakes which was very dangerous. I stand by my words and I'm not driving any different when it comes to backmarkers.