UKGTR Season 10 Lower Endurance - Estoril (GP) - Jul 12

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Replay and provisional results posted

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[Gazza49er]

Gawd my patience is running thin   Hope I didn't take you with me Gazza, was having the time of my life   Were you running with a full tank as well? Would it last till end?

No you didnt SBG, did give me a bit of a fright though as you just went sharp right into the barrior on the last corner. I wasnt on a full tank at the start which is probably why i was able to stay with you, so it would of been interesting to see how it would of panned out. I suspect you would have had the edge if you were gunna make the fuel last. I did gamble on the tyres which just about worked.

Was able to keep a good gap after SBG's off but i wasnt very good at traffic tonight and kept losing some time. Wasnt sure on what i was gunna do at the stop, change all tyres or just front? I thought i had enough time to change both and it just about worked as Jose was 7 secs behind.  He kept me honest in the last stint but i just drove smooth and tried to maintain the gap. Think Jose must of had an off as he was 20 secs behind at the end.

Grats Jose and TT

Grats RM and Psuedo  and Ted,  Good team showing tonight.  

[Legzy]

LOL, just the 8 of 14 of us in GT2 driving the F430 then  

Well, embarked on my defence of the GT2 Endurance Crown with a very respectable 4th spot. Happy with that considering the number of aliens ahead of me (3!). Chuffed that Blunder backed me up in the team result & we're keeping the Psuedo & Legend teams honest (currently).

Had a great race with Spanner, finishing about 1 sec ahead of him, but he'd been gaining on me since the pitstops & to say I was getting nervous was an understatement!

But I'm always dissapointed when MJ's a no show. He usually finishes just a few seconds behind me too (hope you're limp wrist is better for the next one buddy )

[ginsters sponsored]

No you didnt SBG, did give me a bit of a fright though as you just went sharp right into the barrior on the last corner.

So, my ghost carries on even though freezes at my end (just stuck mid-corner here). Does that point to anything (doing my ruddy nut in this)?

[psuedo]

all during very limited praccy, I was well off the pace...but I was quite happy with getting near qually times of the top few...not a vertigo track this one....tooo many straight/fast bits..no idea how busi can be so fast here in the verti....any chance of driving team pseudo again mate?? lol....

great team result though again...Team shark.....who are ya..who are ya.......

well done all...a good race that.

grats winners and podiums

[Truetom]

Had a CTD in Q2, re-qulifying took me from 3rd to 5th place, still 0,5 sec slower than my pb.
Was sad to see Paul968 drop on the start, others too.   SBG and RM were having their fight, so were me and Jose. Gallardo is faster on a straight, while F430 is more stable, so we switched places a few times but were close every lap. Had a wobbly pass through the killing chicane and then another. And another.   

Strange car, this Gallardo. While it's faster than F430 if you get it right, it's unstable enough that I didn't get it right every time. And when tyres got more worn I was having trouble catching it on braking more and more. I used F430 last season and to compare it: you can set F430 to trail brake and you can do it however you want, it's very stable. I was trying to set Gallardo this way and when I did I had trouble on the exit - understeering. When I set it to get the exit right, I was getting snap oversteer entering the corner and skidding all over. Maybe it was just the track, I don't remember having that much trouble at Donington.

All in all, I'm satisfied with the 3rd place. Grats to winners and podiums.
GJ JPS, too bad MJ was missing. Get well! Soon!

TT   

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Knew this track was going to be one of the worst for the Z33, what with all the long corners, but based on what I saw in pre-dinner practice I didn't think I'd be too far off the pace. That hope evapourated in qualifying and I found myself dead last in GT3, and only ahead of the GT2 stragglers.

I did a final fuel run at the end of qualifying with the power side of the diff upped from 0% to 5%, as I was worried about getting spat off under power in the slower corners, but once into the race it just increased the understeer slightly, and I still managed to get spat off in the penultimate corner, face planting myself into the barrier. I had to wait an age for the track to clear so that I could rejoin, and having picked up a dink to the rear earlier on, I dived into the pits, the crew acknowledging my request about 10 yards before I reached the speed limit line, topped up with fuel, repaired the damage and took on fresh mediums.

That had rather spoiled my plan, which was to run long and then pit late for a splash of go go juice and soft rubber, but I didn't want to risk staying out with a damaged car and losing yet more time. As it turned out I just didn't have the pace to be competetive anyway, and gradually slipped down the order as other cars took their stops. Late in the race the track temperature seemed to fall away and I was struggling to keep any heat in the tyres; the last 10 minutes I was just cruising to the flag and letting the traffic by.

[Mark J]

LOL, just the 8 of 14 of us in GT2 driving the F430 then  
But I'm always dissapointed when MJ's a no show. He usually finishes just a few seconds behind me too (hope you're limp wrist is better for the next one buddy )

M'eh, just like the real GT2 class this season then ! Looking forward to getting back into action and taking the Porsche fight to them all  ala Richard westbrook but without the talent 

I will hopefully be back for the next one and i will be gunning for Legzy and co  though hanging onto the shirt tails of them there aliens will be a challenge 

[ginsters sponsored]

Strange car, this Gallardo. While it's faster than F430 if you get it right, it's unstable enough that I didn't get it right every time.

The 430 and Gallardo were on exactly the same pace for me, and the 911 wasn't far off so its got to be said Daves done an excellent job, as normal  The GT1's I've tried are also beautifully matched. As everyone has plumped for the 430 its Gallardo for me next time, which will be a while as I'm at Spa next GT2 time out 

[Burtoner]

At least I was faster than Dave for once, and I wasnt last, but no way could I keep going for the whole race!

[Truetom]

Strange car, this Gallardo. While it's faster than F430 if you get it right, it's unstable enough that I didn't get it right every time.

The 430 and Gallardo were on exactly the same pace for me, and the 911 wasn't far off so its got to be said Daves done an excellent job, as normal 

Was not meant as a criticism of DG or Psuedo and his elves - just an observation of the car behaviour.   I agree, cars are greatly matched. I'm tempted for Aston Martin(s) in S11, though the nagging feeling of overlooked car (by me) drags me to GT2 Porsche...

[Blunder]

Unexpectedly good result from me!
Was still downloading the physics pack as qualifying was going on!
Manged to join, load my Valencia set up, (Thanks for the tip Legzy)
and got one very slow timed lap in trying to remember the circuit as I had done
no practice! So was next to last! Not a suprise! 
Anyway, race went really well, got quicker and quicker all race and was only 30 secs behind Legzy aand Spanner
at the end! Not bad from the back of the grid!
Really enjoyed it! Gives me the motivation to stick with this series this season!
Might even do some practice! 

Thanks all, great fun

M.

[Josè Arrogantio]

Had an overheating engine in qualifying and then totally forgot to increase the cooling before the race. I was short shifting most of the time but engine temp was still around 104C all the time and health was below 60% by the end.
 

Think Jose must of had an off as he was 20 secs behind at the end.

I got caught up with some battling GT3’s and after that decided to just cruse to the finish.
I didn’t have any straight line speed advantage over the GT3 cars so lapping was really hard.

Reign Man, when I was behind you towards the end of the race you had some sporadic warping IIRC.

[Legzy]

Reign Man, when I was behind you towards the end of the race you had some sporadic warping IIRC.

Spanner & I also noticed your warping, just meant it cost a few more corners to get past safely. No Biggie.

[Reign Man]

Thanks for letting me know about the warping.  Its worrying, my connection hasn't been any good recently for some reason.

As for the race, It was a pretty quiet one.  I was racing along with a GT2 for the first quarter, but after that I found myself on ma own for the rest of the race.