Ross Neilson
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« on: August 30, 2012, 10:31:11 PM +0100 » |
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The summer slumber is over, but there's still time to hit the beach as we head to the sand dunes of Zandvoort in Holland. Three wins out of three so far for points leader Hristo Itchov, who is already looking hard to catch in the title battle. Race list | iGOR | Server | UKGPL_GPG | IP address | 62.195.32.131 | Date | 02-09-2012 | Race time | Race starts at 21:30 UK time | Qualifying time | Between 30 and 60 minutes, starting no later than 21:00 UK time | Track | Zandvoort | Mod | 67 | Damage model | PRO | Race length | 35 laps | Replay | Available here |
Reserve drivers please note; you must leave the server with 35 minutes of qualifying left, for a total of 5 minutes, to allow full timers to join. The red zone will be fully moderated for lap 1 only. For this event the red zone will be from the start line to the exit of turn 4, Hugenholtzbocht. Other moderation will be on reported incidents only. The chassis token system is explained on the Works standings page. Please ensure you choose a chassis that is within your budget, which can be seen by hovering the mouse over your points total in the standings.
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« Last Edit: September 08, 2012, 07:42:32 AM +0100 by Ross Neilson »
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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2012, 10:08:56 AM +0100 » |
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GPG server is already set to 35 laps Long race and listening on Igor. Ciao
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Fulvio Policardi Team7 Driver
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Ross Neilson
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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2012, 11:23:19 AM +0100 » |
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Thank you Fulvio.
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EvilClive
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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2012, 12:20:18 PM +0100 » |
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AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!!! the season re-starts !!! what happened to the break? ?
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Evil Waza, now a completely reformed character! **NOW AVAILABLE ON TWITCH @ evilclive67 Rank Only when I sweat
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« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2012, 08:08:27 PM +0100 » |
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It has already been broken! So did it get thrashed, before it gets trashed?
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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2012, 02:00:52 PM +0100 » |
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The proper way to overtake at Zandvoort: link
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EvilClive
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« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2012, 09:01:42 PM +0100 » |
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lolol It looks even more impressive from where i was sitting....in the cockpit of the Honda!!!!
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« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2012, 10:10:11 PM +0100 » |
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Oh dear, Very early bath for me, the first corner incident resulted in my car becoming a three wheeler. I limped roond for a lap but there really was no point as no-one else dropped oot in that lap. Art ran wide and spun at T1, I tried to avoid but couldn't quite and the mayhem ensued...just like in the real thing...only different! I don't think anyone was to blame, one of those things. Interestingly for me Zandy was my first race in 2008 and my times are almost identical Not too pleasing on the progress front, even though I am sure my practice has improved... Bob.
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« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2012, 10:41:28 PM +0100 » |
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Well at least the other half of Team Barf had a better day. As ever I couldn't Q in anything like the pace I can do at other times, and was frustrated to start 7th. I avoided the mess at T1, only to be taken out by someone else trying to avoid it, and that left me dead last.
That meant I had fun chasing down Sky and then Al, both of whom made small errors just as I got close, which let me by. I then spent the rest of the race chasing Ronnie down. Quick enough to catch him, but not enough to pass.....
It didn't help that I made a couple of small mistakes that gave him breathing space for a few laps. All in all though, it was great fun, and I finished less than a second behind him. Well done Ronnie.
Grats to all finishers, shame about Baab
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Ross Neilson
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« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2012, 11:38:39 PM +0100 » |
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Results and replay uploaded. Incident reports by 9th September please.
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« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2012, 03:48:52 AM +0100 » |
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I approached this round at Zandvoort more or less from the point of view of just collecting the ‘starting money’. I don’t get on well here for some reason. I find the layout very tiring and the main straight does little to relax me. The constant wheel work has seen me retire with fatigue from much, much shorter races. I find, too, that my pace can be all over the map. I can go out for five or six laps of qualifying or hot lapping and each lap feels much the same yet the last tour will be 1-1/2 to 2 seconds faster and I don’t know why as it feels every bit the same as the others. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I don’t like the circuit; I just don’t quite ‘get it’. Congratulations to Hristo on a fine drive! A very profitable weekend for H. Well done and congratulations to both ‘Tillio & Bart for taking the other podium slots. The start. Well! Quite a scrum down there in Tarzan. I took off from the grid without revving up the H-16 and dumping the clutch; just puttered away not wishing to get too close to the potential action down in Tarzan that so often occurs. Turned out that it paid off. Cars going every which way with a Ferrari(Andrew)on its lid and a BT24(Bob)minus a corner. Heavens! I picked my way thru the debris to gain all manner of positions but immediately started to hand them back as there was no way I was going to be able to defend against runners so much faster. The upshot of all this was to have me placed P10 at the end of Lap2, running on my own and happy to do so. I just settled down and looked to turn consistent laps without falling off the road. On Lap8, I flashed thru Scheiviak to see a white car off the road on the outside. This turned out to be Evil who’s Honda was handling, well...evil. Clive had taken a hard hit in the Tarzan business on Lap1 and a further knock from JR on Lap3. After passing, I thoroughly expected to see the Honda roaring back to pass but the gap seemed to stay relatively stagnant. For sure, if Clive’s Red Ball Special had been healthy, I’d have been easy meat. The laps reeled off. Evil closed only slightly as in the last 1/3 of the race, I upped my pace to try to hang onto that P8 placing. Hristo came blasting thru to lap me around Lap22. Clive had me in sight only four seconds off my tail til, sadly, a spin on Lap29 ended his threat. Made it home without any dramas. A bit annoyed with myself that I scored one ‘64' lap(off track)as I let Bart by for position on Lap1. Ah, well... Can’t have everything.
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« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2012, 08:52:27 AM +0100 » |
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Guys, apologies for that T1 mess. All my fault of course, although I am still not totally sure of what happened, as I had tried the standing start with full tanks and my braking point at the end of the row of people on the right was on the safe side. Since I could see in my mirrors Hristo's Honda well behind on the straight, I decided to go for the apex at T1, but I must have been still half checking if the guy behind could slow down enough while I was turning, so both line and braking werent what they should have been, and I started to oh so slowly drift toward the grass and the dreaded first lap spin. When I clipped the grass it sent me straight into the middle of the track, leaving absolutely no one (apart from that stinky Honda, he is even lucky ... ) the chance to avoid me :'( :'(. I was hit three or four times while desperately trying to accelerate away from the maelstrom, each time forcing me to lift and reposition the car. Really sorry for the two guys I forced to retire (Bob and Andrew), and to the ones who ended up with a bent car (Clive for sure, not sure about others). It was a genuine mistake, but being L1 the mods will certainly look into it . By the time I had managed to regain power over the directional decisions of my car (in relative terms of course..), Hristo was 4 secs ahead and I knew I had a mountain to climb, as even if I managed to reel him in, I would have needed to find a way past him on that joke of a straight, which doesnt even give you the time to glance at prib with some ease. But all that was academic, as I managed another spin at lap 5 or 6, which added another 10 secs to the tally. From then on, it was just about trying to keep focus and limit the gap as much as I could. Thanks to the guys I came across to lap, who were all rather collaborative. And grats to Hristo and Pod for win and podium. Commiserations to all those who had to limp around for 50 mins thanks to me..I am disappointed by not being able to fully match H in the race, even with a car which is a full second faster, that first sector is so difficult to get consistently right for me. Still, a good improvement from last race here, will be back for more in two weeks. Cheers guys, see you at the next one.
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EvilClive
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« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2012, 09:07:30 AM +0100 » |
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As I said in chat after the race..."that was painful". I thought I had almost avoided the carnage at T1 by hugging the inside, but fate decreed that I was to get some "treatment" too and a heavy head on clunk stopped me in my tracks. I managed to scramble through the scrap metal and emerged in about 3rd spot...."this could be good" I thought until I glanced at prib and saw everyone closing far too quickly from behind. When they caught me, I was a passed easily on the straight, far too easily...something was not right! Then as the pack caught me at Tarzan I wondered if I could hold them off with some defensive driving but obviously I was too defensive, because someone punted me up the bank at the Esses!! and the whole field swept past and into the distance. I think the two impacts did something to the Waza technology that was not good, because I could not close the gap to the cars in front no matter how hard I tried. Braking for Tarzan ( in fact braking for any right hand bend!! ) was a lottery as the car would suddenly snap into a spin if I got it even slightly wrong. In off line practice I could get down to almost 1:25 dead with race fuel, but I struggled to even hit a 1:28 in this race no matter how hard I pushed. It was not until I was lapped and I managed to get a tow that I broke into the very high 1:27's in the last few laps I struggled all race but kept going "for the team" and the points. Grats to Hristo and the podium and to all those in front. I hope I did not hinder any of those who lapped me, I was honestly going as fast as I could!!
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« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2012, 09:40:36 AM +0100 » |
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I find, too, that my pace can be all over the map. I can go out for five or six laps of qualifying or hot lapping and each lap feels much the same yet the last tour will be 1-1/2 to 2 seconds faster and I don’t know why as it feels every bit the same as the others. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I don’t like the circuit; I just don’t quite ‘get it’.
How strange Doni - precisely my feelings too. I don't think I've ever managed to get on top of this circuit & to compound matters hadn't turned a wheel since the summer break. Am in the middle of moving house at the moment so didn't think I'd make the race at all. Despite my woeful lack of practice, all the first lap incidents elevated me as high as 5th but a trip into the sand dunes allowed both Arf & Sky through, which was just as well as I doubt I had the pace to fend them off anyway. Congrats to H & Art & also to teammates Bart & Ronnie.
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« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2012, 11:12:39 AM +0100 » |
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I can't call this race one of my best, but it's definitely one of my luckiest For the last few days I was struggling to find my pace and all I could do in qual was hi 1:25 witch was about 0,5s slower than my PB. I've survived T1 crash without any damage and restarted my race from the back. I've found my rhythm and started catching others, who were kind enough to let me go by crashing or spinning Afther some laps I've realised that I was on lonely 3rd place and all I had to do was to keep my rhythm and stay on track. At about 15 laps to go I had 15s advantage over my teammate Ronnie. That made me little bit to relaxed and afther few corners I've spun loosing about 10s. Afther that I've started to push again and bring my lucky 3rd place to the finish. Grats to Hristo, Art and to all finishers.
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