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Practice 1:	20:00	(25 mins)
Qual 2:	20:25	(30 mins)
Race:	20:55	(80 mins)	note: no warmup!

Cars allowed: any GT1 or GTC from the UKGTR Skin Pack v2.7.5.0 (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#msg54519) (download from here (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54519#msg54519)).
Weather: changeable, based on real-world conditions at the start of the event.
Track: Mugello - download from here (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54521#post_mugello)
Race Start Time 14:00
Pit Stops: You must make a minimum of one pit stop during which you must take on at least 1 litre of fuel or change your tyres. You cannot take your mandatory stop at the end of the pace lap, or with less than 1 lap to go.

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Hurrah !! its back on the calendar  8)

Would have been a travesty to leave it off just to avoid traffic between car classes...tell that to the ALMS boys!

Nice one DG  :)

As a footnote, why not divide the qual session between GT1 and GTC boys so no one can complain of spoilt laps, contact etc? Im not fussed at all, but could be an option in some rounds where traffic is an issue. :-\

Guess there will be another Vertigo out this race  ;D

Damn, Thats my hope of GTC pole gone then... ;D

What the :cursing: happened there? I was sitting on the grid waiting for the start when I got dumped back to the pits with a DQ as the countdown got to zero :'( :surrender:

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FFS!!!!!!!!!!!! Best quali ever, ever, ever got me 3rd. Then disco'd on warm up. If I swear anymore, I think I may be arrested. I so love this track, now will never know if I was good enough to have a good go!

Hope everyone else has a problem free race. I'm off to F & Blind at the wife, or telly...or both!

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Three mistakes in four laps, i guess i´m a bit tired of GTR after 2 or 3 years driving it   :(
Anyone for a LMP1 and LMP2 Prototype league? Ford Mustang SE? SGT Japan GT300?  :-\
Just asking  ;D I hope you had fun.
Cheers

I couldn't believe it!!! :o :o :oNice qualification n ,my PB ,nice second place but my game crash,so I came back and I did 2 laps ,but big traffic on track,I FINISHED 5'TH.In parade lap was some weird situation also and I think Stewrovo has got some connection or PC problem,and I don't understand why he stayed one whole lap on grip :o :o :o ::).I was just behind car on straight and then BIG CRASH!! with Stewprovo's car and my engine  0% !!!! GAME OVER >:( >:( >:( such a shame ,I was looking forward for this night :(
Congratulation podium

Sorry it was my car that finished you, but until I dc'd, all was well, I was right behind Freq & SBG until I disco'd coming out of last corner. I went straight from behind them to lobby...then all the swearing started :D

Second race in a row that I have been disconnected. I never normally have connection trouble. Whats goin on  ???

I was just starting to pick up the pace aswell, I think I had just set my fastest lap :) . I think Picnic was behind me at the time. Hope I didn't cause you any drama.

Hope the rest of Team Pseudo at least reaches the finish!

RM

Sorry about your lagging Reign Man. I checked with 5 other members on TeamSpeak before typing about your lagging, but it was horrendous as your car would just stop in the middle of the track and then reappear somewhere else.

That was an awful race. From the lagging on the formation lap which saw SBGs car placed in the middle of the GT1s just as we put on the limiters, to not seeing another GT1 competitor (other than being lapped near the end) for the whole race. I was bored out of my mind. I hate that circuit, it's really not for me. I kinda wish I hadn't turned up as I enjoyed that about as much as sticking pins in my eyes. Only thing that kept me going was the amusing TeamSpeak chatter and that Gizmo was having an even worse race than me :angel:. I could have coped if the circuit/car combo had been fun to drive, but it was diabolical. Glad Mugello is out the way now.

Shame about the severe disco/ctd/lagging problems that were occuring, no doubt a lobby problem. :-\

That was horrible.  :(

Disco city in qually, a really weird pace lap with disco's, ctd's and standstills....been on the praccy server on and off since 7.30am this morning....not a single problem anywhere, with others joining leaving etc....very strange ???

Never got a good qually lap 1.5 secs off my pb  :(....traffic wasn't too much of a prob, just couldn't seem to get a lap. Managed to get to about class 5th or 6th then CTD. start right at back between 2 GT1's that had also crashed....not good.

First half of race I was S-L-O-W....couldn't find any pace with full tanks tonight...running nearly 2 secs off my 'normal' times ???
Faster in the second half.....but still struggled to get anywhere due to a speeding stop n go  ::)....oh, and SBG knocking me off track everytime he lapped me  :P :laugh:

Grats to winners and podiums....I think everybody should double check they have all the right connection settings btw, 'isdn'. seems strange how its been ok all day then mucked up for the race.

Replay and Provisional Results posted

That was a very tough race, really feel like ive driven it for real  :o

Got a CTD in qually and had to start again. Think it is a lobby issue as had the same earlier today in a different online race and never normally suffer them.

Had great fights all race long with picnic, Darren and Jan, always a handful of seconds dividing us all on track.
My stop went perfect from my side again, but once again the stupid AI put a little fuel in even though its set to 0 litres in my setup  ::) Came out the pits and i found myself 13 seconds behind Picnic even though it was down to a few before we both stopped on same lap.
I then set about chasing Picnic and Darren down, thinking Darren still had to make a stop, but he had done a crafty early one.
Then as i came through sector 2 in the uphill section i saw Darren and Picnic had had a coming together, but i felt a bit gutted (but also pleased ;)) as i was closing the pair of them down at 1-3 secs a lap and with still a good 20 odd mins left so was shaping up for a titanic 3-way end of race scrap. After that i had an anti-climax end of race, with team mate TT about 30 seconds up the road and the nearest behind me by 22 seconds so just coasted around to the end.

Finished 5th behind TT's 4th. Did a solid job but a lot of effort for the scant reward of 5th after 80mins hard graft
I find it a bit de-moralising that i cant get a sniff of a podium when there is 3 aliens always up front. :(  But i even finished 35 secs down on TT, so obviously still not got this track cracked setup wise  :-[

GT1 guys were all great at lapping, though H@9000 is still way to hesitant to pass and i kept losing time hanging off racing line expecting him to go through only for him to sit back behind me. Gentlemanly i know, but would rather you nipped through a bit more aggressively to save us both time  :)
Congrats to the uber fast guys on the respective class podiums.  8)

That was a pretty tough race. CTD just before the end of qually dumped me out of 6th and to the back with Hal's GT1 Fezza.

Formation lap seemed very concertina-ish from where  was and then Stewprovo's problem at the start caused chaos towards the back. I decided that being behind all the GTCs it was safer to just get on with it and I jumped the start and nipped past most which reduced the cars I had to pass at racing speed to a bare minimum. Once Hal was clear of Mike in the GTC lead I slowed right down and let him catch up so we could have a proper race.

Pulled away from Hal a little and went to stop slightly early. Pit crew gave me the okay but as I pulled in, Jan Duijs was in my spot. Did you request a stop or just turn up? I was pretty peeved and went out again rather than queueing, switching my strategy to run long instead so that I had more tyres left at the end. Pushed hard and went off a few times, nothing major but it as costing me too much time and Hal was disappearing into the distance.

Finally pitted and came out about 40 seconds behind and dead last in GT1. Wasn't really making any progress, then suddenly Hal lost a little time time and I started to gain at 1 or 2 seconds a lap. Was a repeat of Brno's last lap pass on the cards? I pushed hard and despite a few minor offs I was catching, catching, catching. With about 5 to go I caught him as we lapped (I think) Darren and coming through the uphill esses, I was massively quicker than him and managed to squeak past (after giving him a love tap and backing off again). Couldn't pull away much as my front tyres were shot but did enough to not allow him to get near me coming out of the last corner.

Really frustrating and demoralising race :( right up to the point where the possibility of catching Hal emerged. After that a really exciting end to the race. ;D

ps. Must say thanks to all the GTC drivers - I was taking no prisoners in the last 30 minutes and each and every car I passed was both predictable and in some case downright helpful in letting me fly past. :thumbup1:

Blimey that was the most stressfull race EVER!

First off my car just felt awfull and was way off my normal pace, so went for a slight punt with soft fronts for first stint.  Kind of worked. Mayhem at the start, First Backo spins infront of me in parade lap, then a car in the middle of the track as we engaged speed limiter.  Big crash first lap with Backo and stew so i was up to 4th and on pace with Dan but traffic and little errors meant i couldnt catch.

My fronts were gone by lap 22 so came in 3 laps earlier than planned but didnt add a few litres for second stint. Dan pitted and somehow i got passed so 3rd was in the offering. Then it seemed like everyone decided to spin infront of me givin me a few scarey moments and then reign mans car jumping all over the place for a lap (i actually hit him twice).

So about 6 mins left and i was holding Dan but i could see my fuel wasnt gunna last!  My first podium would of been there with one more lap!!!

Anyway grats to both podiums.

p.s dunno if i should say here but there were definately some jump starts.

Write an incidentreport :).

Jump starts were prolly caused by the lagging, crashing, spinning magic roundabout during pace lap....I didn't have a clue what was happening and dont think I ever even got chance to engage my limiter before everyone was off.  ::)

Shame to hear about all that technical grief. Including Stew after his quality quali. I thought I did an ok job with warm up lap and I guess problems were technical but I apologise if I messed up.

Very good race that :)

First half of race spent within 2 secs of Freq and we duly swapped places a couple of times, including his incredible pass whilst I threaded my way through two GTC's. Almost fell off my chair  :D Got ahead for pitstop but just knew Freq would jump me there, those shark crew are well drilled. He duly came out 3 seconds ahead of me after. Closed gap, only to have Freq pull away as we diced in traffic till end. Hope I kept him honest and I don't think I've ever pushed that hard for so long. Shattered :)

GTC were very predictable and made it very easy  :thumbup2: That said there was one person I decided to whack every single ruddy time I passed him :whistling:. Congrats to Freq (ta for taking the ballast), Dan, JR and my fellow KC members  :)

During practice the car was horrible. Loads of understeer that I couldn't drive around. Used my, well, Psuedos actually, Brno setup, just a little less camber and gearing change.
In Qually I put on soft fronts, which I hadn't tested beforehand because I thought they would never last the race. Suddenly, the car was sooo much better. Finally it went where I wanted it to go, without pumping gas and brakes, trying to coax the thing to change direction as was the case with med/med tires. I got a decent lap, 50.990, but *of course* Ruskus had set a 50.989  :alien:
Took another 5 laps worth of fuel and got the pole. Then Ruskus disco'd, so I guess the .990 time would have been enough anyways.


Race was going well. I thought it was "in the bag", that I'd finally get my first win. I was in first (of the GTCs) with a 4 second gap or so, that wasn't shrinking, maybe even growing slowly. I was taking it easy, making sure there were no screeching sounds from the left front in T1, T3, ...well, all the right handers  ;D

I felt everything was finally going like it should, everything was stable, I was calm, car worked great and tire wear, though over 20 on that left front towards the end of the first stint, was still manageable, Ruskus wasn't gaining. It actually looked like you had more tire problems then I did.

I stayed out an extra lap or two, to make absolutely sure I would not run out of gas like at Brno. Not sure how much effective gap I had to Ruskus when I came in, as he had pitted earlier, but when I came out not only Ruskus but Paul968 zoomed past on the straight, while I was still in the pit lane. To top it all off, I made my first serious mistake in the race that very lap, letting a GT1 through at the long (double) right, and I ended up in the kitty litter.

I got so angry with myself I was sweating like a pig. How could I take such a good rhytm and such a very good race position, something I've very much wanted since I joined the first race here, and just...well, trash it like that. Was I cursed, or was I just the biggest tool around? I don't mind loosing a race, or a duel, but I was *really* getting tired of making these stupid silly mistakes, that nullify all (most, at least) my efforts up to that point. Feels like almost every race I've done so far it's the same old story. Looking good, then kapow.... Okay I'll stop bitching now.  :D

Driving in that mindset wasn't very easy, I can tell you that   ;D

Calmed down a few laps later, and it seemed Paul was starting to have problems after a bit. I was inching closer from 8, to 7.8, to 7.7, to 7.5, to 7.6, but then all of a sudden 6.8, then 5.5 and now I could see him. That felt invigorating and the chase was on. If I wasn't going to win, maybe I could have a great duel for 2nd. I'd pick a good race over a good position any day of the week, so maybe my luck was good after all  :)

But I guess Paul wanted to help his team mate (me) out, because he left so much room I couldn't pass it up. In fact, he left the whole track to me, sliding off after that long double righthander.

Oh well, no battle for 2nd then.

Ruskus was about 5 secs ahead, not many laps to go now-- What the heck, I'll push. The left front didn't like that, wear number climbing rapidly, but I was catching Ruskus, albeit slowly. 4 secs, 3 secs, closer, closer. Oh no, times up, I'm still 2 secs down. In my eagerness to catch up with a last ditch effort, I of course tried too hard and was bouncing off the curbs, not catching Ruskus at all.

When we crossed the finish line, I was surprised it wasn't over, one more lap to go still. Ooh, floor it! By the end of that lap I wasn't quite close enough, but maybe, just maybe if I get the best exit ever onto the start/finish straight, that Vertigo is slower on the straights compared to my Fezza, combined with the slipstream....I can hope. Here comes the turn, just a little more speed going in then usual, sliding... eeek, aaand throt...nooo, right tires are off the tarmac in the sand :o >:(

No drag race to the finish line either.

So, not quite what I hoped for, but still, that second stint was exciting, just watching the tenths roll this way and that. Sowly catching up to first Paul and then Ruskus.

How you guys pit so fast I don't know. You bribe the pit crew or something?  :D


EDIT: Whoa, I'm really writing short novels now. Practicing for it at least. Wonder if anyone will ever read allt hose ramblings.  :laugh:

Sorry about that. Though if it were a novel, I'd call it: "Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory".

What was that in the middle?  :shifty:

TT

Great read Mike, and great race ;D.

See, I'm also writing novels, but for dyslectic people, so I keep it simple and short :lol:.

Write an indecentreport?  ;D

TT

I didn't expect that tonight!

Joined late because I was watching the St Peterburg round of the Indycars....had to quit that whilst Justin Wilson was leading  to join the server....bah!

Saw SBG had already got to a 42.5......straight away thought I'd really struggle to beat that as my previous best was a 42.8....but it never really mattered as after my first, fairly average lap, Dave came on TS to say I was lagging all over the place.....thank god he told me as there were 2 minutes left and I quickly escaped out and smacked my housemates over the head to stop their friggin uploading! Hooray!  ::)
This race wouldn't have happened without that shout out, so big thanks to the Z Boss  8)

Was surprised and relieved that a 43.7 was *just* enough for 2nd after Backo's problems. I wouldn't have got near SBG's eventual 42.1, so well done on the pole ;D

Big shame for Stew on such a good qually.......I spose it's better to happen at the start than 3 corners from the end!  :laugh:
I knew I'd be strong off the line as the Saleen's epic on torque, so pulled out and nearly went round the outside of T1...but SBG held it well. After that I thought I'd struggle to stay with him with his pace and Minton snapping at my heels, but then got into a groove and kept the gap around a second.

Then replay moment number one: My pass on SBG - 1440secs
I'm quite proud of that one.....similar to the Hock moment with Fred Joseph ;D

Couldn't escape as our pace was fairly similar....but then I slowed a little with worn tyres and SBG came back at me! Cue...

Replay moment number 2: SBG's re-pass on me - 2350secs
I cocked up on the kerb and SBG took full advantage and got me into the next flipflop chicane. Nice one  8)

We pitted one lap apart and I was chuffed to beat him out by 3 seconds....I didn't realise the S7 was soo fuel efficient!
I thought SBG would come back at me, but the gap stayed fairly constant. At the end my teamies were telling me to slow down so they wouldn't have to do another lap! I would have, but with about 10 seconds to slow down, and Ginsters just 4.8 behind, we had one more to go!  8) 8)

Well done to Jeff on another win. I think he should take the 350z for the next one ;D ;D

Hard luck to all those with connection problems...I had a crash myself in Q2 :(

And well played to SBG. I genuinely thought this one would be yours....I guess I got lucky.  :angel: Cheers peeps!  8)

Jeff's always performing those...I didn't know he wrote them too!

We need to get Jon back on our TS channel.....him and Jeff really are indecent  :laugh:

Not that thing again  ::) ;D.


 :whistling: Who started talking about my favourit colour brown... ::) ;D

Would you prefer, "vaginal discharge" Red? ;D

We clean our cars with ladies....oh yes  8)

And some re-overtaking after spinning off on the pace lap. >:(

It's clearly against the rules to re-overtake on the pace lap. If a driver spins off of his own accord then it's their own fault and they should suffer the consequences. *finger wag*.

great post race report Mike !  :)

and JR/Freq...get a room  :o  ;D

I offered him room, but he didn't take it...oh....A room, sorry, I don't share with 5 other guys  :P ;D

That was good fun...Bit of a nightmare start with Stewpovos car freezing coming onto the s/f straight, His car was still there at the end of lap 1 and just about avoided it which left Backo no chance to ovoid (sorry mate didnt see it till late).  Couldnt stay with Ginsters and Freq and gazza slowly stared to catch but managed to keep the gap due to the traffic. Made my pitstop which took 75 bloody secs and changed the fronts to softs.
Gazza flew past as i exited the pitlane and then i went straight of at the first corner trying to use the clutch pedal as a brake ::). This left me 12 seconds behind Gazza but i started to gain ,  Had a great battle as we lapped the GTC boys and was just about to make my move as i had a better drive coming out of the final corner (due to Gazza,s fuel running out)  when Gaz just slowed ,real shame would have been a great last lap.
Grats to class podiums and sorry for the tap Jan and everyones weird connection problems
Cheers

That was hard work all the way through. Could quite get on the pace of Mike or Ruskus so had to settle for 3rd on the grid. Things panned out much as I expected. Initially I was quite close to Ruskus but never had a real chance to get past. After that he eased away even when I was driving 10/10ths, so I had to settle into a rhythm and hope he made a error. This didn't happen (no surprise there  ::)) but towards the end of the stint he started to come back to me and I passed him as he entered the pitlane. I pitted a lap later for a splash of fuel and tyres, got it pretty much spot on but had to watch him cruise past down the straight as I came out. When Mike pitted I was happy to see him emerge behind me and quite relieved to see the gap grow shortly after. Mike soon started to get back on the pace though, and as the clock wound down he was clearly in my mirrors. I was just trying to work out how to keep him behind when I lost concentration and went off - plonker  ::) That was game over really as the gap back to TT was around half a minute, so I had to settle for 3rd.

Congrats to JR on the win and to Mike for a storming drive to 2nd. Also to Freq and SBG in GT1 - looks like you had a great battle  :thumbup1: Thanks to those I lapped and those who lapped me - apart from a minor tap at the hairpin it all went pretty smoothly.

Bad luck with all those CTDs and Legends team leader not able to join the fray.  :( Also for Darren who had a pace for 4th - damn that unnecessary wall they put there, eh?  ;)
After the initial cloud of smoke went away I was behind MJ who was trying to overtake Picnic. High wing, MJ?  :P
Later I got a good run on Picnic on s/f straight and managed to get by on braking. Good pace in that TVR, Picnic.  8)
That was about all that is to say about my race. Couldn't get near the pace of the first three, and I was faster than the guys behind.  :yawn:  I think only getting out of the way of the GTs was what kept me awake.  :sleep1:  Good result for MJ, 5th.  :thumbup1:
What is interesting is the difference from the Sprint race here. I thought I have a good pace and have 2nd place to prove it. 3 aliens appear and one gets a totaly different perspective.

So: either drive regularly, or stay away - you're disrupting the order!    :smartass:

TT

Unofficial Race Report (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.harrington/Mugello%20S7%20UE/)

Let's get the penthouse suite! ;D

But yea, Jeff tried to let me past into Arabiatta 1, which is a real bitch to go side-by-side into, and I thought the Vertigo in Jeff's hands would be just about as fast as most GT1's, so I elected to stay behind. The next time I caught him at exactly the same friggin spot, he went nice and fast through it and cost us both much less.  8)

Very much enjoyed last nights race.Good fights with MJ (as always) and Darren,after a total disastrous pitstop  ihad to settle for 5th i think.
Last thing about the overtaking issue at Mugello have a look at replay 1435 involved are Freq ,SBG, darren and myself.
Piece of cake aint it ;) ;).


Jan

-just saw that freq picked the same moment (1440) for different reasons ;D ;D ;D

CTD near the end of qualy  :(

Slight mix up with a Morgan, pribeiro i think, leaving the pits in qualy as i was quickly trying to get another lap in after my CTD. We both went to let each other past and it got very messy. Sorry mate my fault as I was in the GT1 I should have just gone past  :(  It would have made an amusing replay moment  ;D

Thanks for waiting Dave, the race would have been very boring for me if you had not done that  :)  Shame I put it in the gravel when I got close to you preventing a closer battle but there was a few side by side moments :).


Yep sorry mate. I was being extra careful this race as i had allot of overtaking of GTC to do and I had a few suspect moments in the last UE race. But yes I can see that I over did that and i think quite a few people ended up losing some time because of this. My intention was not to slow any GTCs down at all. As I had large gaps between me and other GT1s most of the race I thought I would just take it very easy when passing GTCs.

Thanks for the advise MJ, notes have been taken for the next race  :)