Round 5 Watkins Glen Chicane

Good racing guys. Contact side to side racing for me otherwise great start. It happens. (Walks away head slumped over shoulders).

 

Well, I forgot to put race fuel. So after 5 laps had to stop and fuel 100L. Forgot to change the mediums.... back in the pits again, new set of mediums, also big in the red on the end of the race. Looking forward to next race, hope can atleast get the podium then!

 

Tried a race without a stop but did not worked out, so I had to pit with 5 minutes to go. I put too much fuel in therefore I had a longer stop than needed. Brought me back to P7 with a charging Karl form behind. He passed me but somehow I gained two spots in the last corner of the race. Denis pitted (no idea why) and Karl lost momentum which was my opportunity.

P6 is ok because it was my starting position and it could have been worse. But I wonder how Toni did make the race without a stop. Seems he is the best fuel saver here

Oh and sorry Larry if my move on you was too optimistic. It was right after you and Tony got together and I saw the chance.

 

no stream?

 

I was looking for the stream too...

 

Got jumped by Pablo's Merc at start and it made things very difficult.
I soon found its going to be impossible to pass even i had reserves to go faster.
So it made Johnny trying to pass me constantly thus giving all of us stressfull laps at start. Pressure was in front and behind.
I had to go plan B which was save tyres mode.
Driving behind Pablo was working to my advantage since could just cruise behind and save my tyres.
If i had gone faster, i would have pitted for tyres and who knows what would have happened to my race then.

Shame that stream isnt there since im sure we looked darn good taking our cars around the track.

Good race all!

 

Good Racing Guys.


If i can please make a point.

This rolling start, The guy directly in front of you(visually) is actually 2 places ahead, the guy diagonally to the left or right is the guy directly in front of you(race position.)
You need to hold position until on the main straight and crossing the start line for lap2 !!!!
I had a merc (Watson i think) jump 2 or 3 places coming out of the last corner.................. not good sportsmanship!!!

Otherwise great racing, made some mistakes myself and fumbled my gears on the last corner of the last lap. (clutch and H-Pattern G25!)
but really enjoyed the clean close racing.

 

Thanks for the race!

 

Congrats all, well done Toni and Pablo. I had a very bad qualify session, couldn't manage soft tires. I tried then to save fuel during the race and skip the pit stop to grab 2nd position, but fuel wasn't enough for about a litre so I had to pit eventually. Great fun !!

 

yeah, thats a very hard thing for the pole sitter to control.
most of us were trying to not crash into each other on the last corner.

in all honesty in the real world, last corner it start line is "speed up zone" no over take allowed until the start line.
that piece is nerve wrecking when you further back in the grid (i know you dont know what that is.... hehehe)
otherwise speed up zone needs to be 3rd or 2nd last corner.
your incident in round 1 was proof of that.

 

I agree with John, in other series or "Kens" series this worked with no problem. (Also the thing with passing onto the formation lap never occured before)
But ok, hopefully now everybody is informed

After we have no stream and my replay data only covered the last few corners of the race, I want to share that with you. Not that kind of spectacular, but still a pass down to the finish line.

 

yeah, thats the thing.
you do it right, you good at it.
first time im on pole im going to forget everything as im stresseing about the start.

dont get me wrong, im not saying you wrong, but its not as easy to the rest of us.
we do the same on simraceSA and starts are still dodgy when someone new is doing pace lap.

 

not the same, im talking of slow lap to race pace.
i was coasting to not crash into the guys in front of me when some oke spears past 3 cars.

racing laps is a different thing, and yes, ive seen it happen a few times, hence me saying