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Practice: 20:00 (10 mins)
Qual: 20:10 (15 mins)
Race: 20:25 (20 laps) about 40 mins

Track: Istanbul
Cars: FBMW

Time of Day: 14:00
Weather: Dry
Start: STANDING

Server: SimRacing.org.uk
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

This one will be good!!  ;D Be great to see a big grid for this one ....see you all there.

I think if we were to get larger grids, these races would become classic.

Can't make this one. In Lanzarote for 2 weeks.

TC

Yes, looking forward to this one. One of the few enjoyable modern circuits.

While I'm on I forgot to thank all of you for pointing me in the right direction with setup and driving technique. Hopefully I can put it to good use in Turkey?

Anybody done much practice? Whats a good time?

Practice is when i join the server. Until then I have no times, no setup and only my knowledge of previous races at Istanbul in completely different cars. ;D

I'm with Simon, haven't seen the track before, no time for practice, everything on full whatever, see you at tea time ;D have a good race.

I'm totally buying Race 07

Had a job getting on, intially during practice.

After about two laps in the race people kept disappearing in front of me, and then to make matters worse connection lost with host!!!

I was going to pull out ant way because I didn't know whether technical issues were mine, the sim, or the others. I didn't want ruin anybody elses race.

Issues seem to have started ever since Steam got me to down load a update for the sim before the last race, these issues don't warm one to this sim, despite a complete reinstall.

I do like that track, it is one of the best GP circuits around with so many different corners and overtaking opportunities. Seemed a bit big for the poor little F-BMWs, but I had fun anyway. I led the race when Jeff decided to start at the back and for a few laps I WAS GOD! Unfortunately up stepped the real god who then proceeded to dance a merry little dance round my car and much like a cat playing with a mouse juggling it in the air with it's back feet Jeffrey put me in my place.

Of course like a true team player, Jeffrey on the last lap put on his Eddie Irvine cap, his car developed sudden technical problems 2 inches before the line for me to grasp victory in a move that will provide much debate among the ITV commentary crew for the next few weeks.

It's a real shame more people don't race these cars as they are so much fun. For being so pitifully under powered, they have so much chuck-ability in them it's brilliant. Maybe it's the setup we're using, but the cars are twitchy little oversteering fruit flies on it and it makes it a lot better.

As this is the last time (at least for a while) Jeff will be racing with us I'd just like to say best of luck in your training and new career in Oxford and when you're done, we all expect a free flight to somewhere exotic (and with you as pilot, to get there faster than anyone has got there before!).

Had a great get away and nearly got the hole shot but simon covered the frist corner well...then i half spun at the first corner for the next 5 laps which ruined it for me ...still the cars are great fun though even though they felt abit dwarfed by the track.

Cheers and see you at the next race.

Yeah i second that but only if its in a Euro Fighter!!   
And good luck with the career Jeff maybe one day youll have a stack of money and be able to do this for real. ;)

If I could, I would ;D. But even family here in Holland can fly with for free, as it is seen as income and requires tax  :-X.

Maybe we can all come together for the European Championship, when Holland plays against England.... :wetfish: :clown:

Well what a mess I made of that race. Same setup as Shark and Ruskus used but in my hands it got to be undriveable. The longer the race went on the less I could get round the medium speed corners. Sat there doing donuts at one stage as I could get the think to stop spinning  :-[

Good job the grids are small so I still got some reasonable points. Now how do I stop Shark attending the next round and get myself a win ;) Damn Ruskus for letting him passed  :-\

Nice to get on the podium but felt it was more because of my consistency rather than speed. Unlike most here I did run a couple of brief practice sessions and went full wing to get my confidence in the car and track. I could see in practice and qually I was loosing out a fair bit on the straights so I tried a couple of clicks off front and back but didn't manage a flying lap before the session ended (noticed this game doesn't allow you to end a lap when the times up!!).

I went with that setting for the race and the first few laps were hectic to say the least. I still seemed to be loosing out on the straights but neither did I seem to have a big advantage in the corners. Through that final slow sequence I had my DFP against the stops and it was still understeering off the track unless I slowed up and people were still virtually driving around me!!

Anyway the safe setup did allow me to stay on track while others spun or half spun around me. Eventually I had some clear track in front and behind and I thought there would only be a few laps left but when I glanced at the display there was only seven down and thirteen to go!!!

I churned them out and even though picnic passed me a couple of times towards the end he kept spinning to allow me to cross the line in 3rd.

This track is superb and I didn't think these cars were too lost out there. As with the last round, I'd like to know where to get the 2 seconds from though??

Your wish is my command because I won't be able to attend the next race as I'm on holiday in Sicily! That is unless Don does the right thing and move the race to next Tuesday instead (now that UKGTR has opened up the slot temporarily). ;) :angel:

Don, don't you dare ;) Mind you staying on at Monza for 40 mins will be hard, I'll be drifting off to sleep on those loooong straights

I dunno, just up the steering lock, use the lowest wing setting possible and make the car as stiff as it will go, I'm sure you'll find some entertainment even on the straights as you go bouncing along with a twitchy car and no downforce.

It's probably more fair to everyone else to leave the day as it is?
Don't worry Picnic hopefully you have someone nipping at your heals looking for the draft down those straights :o

Goth speed Ruskus......(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc75/gothwitch_bucket/alien.gif)