Elise Cup - Round 5 - Estoril - 19th Sept

[Minton]

  Got caught up in Big G spin on first lap coming out of the chicane and that dropped me backed from Ruskus then had a great battle with Big G for the 4th place nice one mate. Had too much rear wing , was running 10 .

[Truetom]

Have to apologize to Grinsomat for punting him. Let him pass me back but that's not the same. 
I had another contact that was my fault - pressed brake too quick and the car was sliding. Don't realy know who it was, will look at replay. 

On the other hand I had been punted at least twice, quite unnecessary I think. I must say the quality of the racing was good but closer battles resulted in many contacts so I have the impression that the racers were more careful in Endurance, even in Sprints, than here.

Good race anyway, especialy with Greg, Grinsomat (while it lasted  ) and Pablo at the last quarter of the race.

Grats to Jon  and thanks to Pedro for setup.

TT

[Pedro[PL]]

It could have been my first UKGTR victory if there was no JonM on track Congratulations pal for winning the race and the series!

Happily I managed to start quite well and overtook Jon at T1. I was sure he would attack that on the inside so I went wide - apparently without a necessity. First few laps I managed to get away from chase but as mentioned earlier - Jon was 0.1s quicker by lap and even though he went off twice he managed to catch me up and eventually overtake (not without my generous help ). I guess if it was not my mistake we could have battled until the race end.

Jon it was true that my wing at 5 gave me some problems for the the last 7-8 laps, as my tires seemed to deteriorate much quicker than during my solo practice. Adjusting the brake bias between the corners didn't help After two stupid mistakes I gave up the chase and finished second. At least best lap of the race is mine

Congratulations to all you gentelmen. See you soon in GTR2!

[greg130]

Another tough race, very competetive with some close racing.
Appologies to TT for the contact, just couldnt miss you mate, sorry.

[BigG]

P3 in Qually was my best ever, so happy there.
Race, Got a good start and held P3 into T1, very concouis of not taking out the leaders, or leaving a gap for Ruskus to get by. But was holding my own until the chicane on L1. Yep to much right foot and around she went, a total 360. Ruskus just got by but Dan had no where to go, sorry mate. The Greg got past me and Dan, so I dropped to P7 by the end of lap 1.

On the next lap Dan got past Greg and I followed, so P6. Then the next lap I got a run on Dan and got past, Andy went off at T1 so I was now upto P4 again. I was then slowly pulling away from Dan when the next silly mistake was mafde by me going into T4 and I spun, so Dan was past again. At this point

I think I was some 5-6 sec down on him and and to chase very hard to catch him. It took some 7-8 laps before I got near him. Then another stupid mistake and I was again looking at a 2-3 sec gap to Dan. God I was getting really pissed at myself by this point. So I was chasing him again. Dan you def needed less wing mate! I caught him again and this time I got past him going into T1, ok, I think, no more mistakes, but this time I take it too easy and Dan did a good move into T4 and once more I was P5!

I followed him around to the straight and again blast past him. This time I did start to pull away, but by now the leaders where some 20 secs down the road, so I just concentrated as hard a poss to keep ahead of Dan till the end.

Cheers Dan for the interesting race. If it was not for the speed diff on the straight I might not have caught you. Well done the top 3.

Congrates to Jon on the championship. I do hope MJ does not make the last race, cause then I might get 3rd in the Championship! Dream on!

[Jeffrey]

I think I was too early with my congrats to Jon's champ victory. if he doesn't score and I win, I can still win it .
So you need to perform Jon, you gotta, never losen up.... . Did that give you any pressure 

[Truetom]

Np, Greg, I'm talking about the contacts, that could (should  ) be avoided. Close racing produces various situations. I guess it might be a different discussion if we wouldn't be able to post just after the race, but the next day. Would be far less heat, I think, as we tend to remember the good stuff. 

TT

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

I think I was too early with my congrats to Jon's champ victory. if he doesn't score and I win, I can still win it .
So you need to perform Jon, you gotta, never losen up.... . Did that give you any pressure 

LOL. Team championship's still very tight too...

[Pedro[PL]]

I just hope that Shark team will have it's leader in the final race so we could win with some greater point advantage 

[silver53]

sorry i did not turn up had a domestic stitution during praccy and it precluded taking part. no gtr2 from gameseek as yet by the way/cheers gerald

[Grinsomat]

Have to apologize to Grinsomat for punting him. Let him pass me back but that's not the same. 


TT

not a problem to me, as the Elise isn`t my favorite car and I didn`T have a lot of practice before the race ( bout 20 mins )
I had some nice battles out there, a very good one with TT, sadly the contact ruined my race as I had to pit in and after that contact the car was undriveable. Pitting in didn`t help much !
But like I said, no prob for me as I wasn`T even thinking after qualifying 14th beeing anywhere near the top 5 !
Was good fun, but  Iam really looking forward to the Spa race on 24th !
Real cars........lol

[Simon Gymer]

I just hope that Shark team will have it's leader in the final race so we could win with some greater point advantage 

Team Shark's financial director, Barry 'Stingray' Tightarse, says we can't fund another Team Shark Elise, so my hands are tied I'm afraid.

Your both faster drivers than me so you don't need me to drive anyway.

Best of luck on the team title, I'm confident you can get it next week in California.

[Pedro[PL]]

We just need someone to block the pack behind us preferable spinning a lot and causing some major pileups. I think you would fit perfectly for that job instead of Ruskus who had to do this "dirty" task at Estoril 

[BigG]

I think you would fit perfectly for that job instead of Ruskus who had to do this "dirty" task at Estoril 

I think that was me......Damm it. LOL

[Mark J]

I do hope MJ does not make the last race, cause then I might get 3rd in the Championship! Dream on!

heh, your in luck Big G....i have 'retired' from the series unfortunately, due to new pc and getting GTR2. Shame i didnt get to fight until the end but hey ho.  Hope you get it !, you've been driving great lately