I think I win the shortest race prize? Ronnie was quicker off the grid and snatched 2nd place into St Devote and although I was able to stick to his tail pipes I was expecting a long race just waiting for a chance to sneak through.
As a plan that was OK, but it all went wrong on the 2nd lap when I got too excited with the gear shift exiting Portier and ripped it off the desk!!!
In the resulting confusion I clipped the wall and lost a wheel. A quick review of the situation and it was decided that I would probably not survive another 28 laps on 3 wheels......so I retired.
Grats to the podium and finishers and I hope my mechanical modifications at Portier did not cause any problems for anyone.
Fran . At Monaco there is no long straight, so your gear ratios need to be very exact. You want the max acceleration out of the hairpins BUT very little wheelspin and you need to be able to get on the power as early as possible out of the slow corners. It is your exit speed from the last corner that will determine the top speed that you can achieve along the S/F straight. I find that it is easy to go into St Devote too fast and fight the car losing speed all the time, but if you slow a little earlier and really pick your apex ( to just miss the kerb on the inside as you go up the hill) you can get on the power early and really nail the gas up the slope. The Ferrari certainly has enough power to be quick and I find that it delivers that power very smoothly, which should make it ideal around a twisty track like Monaco?
Well at least you finished Francesco. My (team)mate Clutch had trouble logging on to UKGPL on & cannot see the race details . In the end I texted him the password so he had very little qually time. Cookie was faster off the line (everyone is
) & Clutch passed me when I went wide after Portier which I didn't mind but then Francesco followed him through at the same time!!! ::)Then I detached the front wheel at the harbour chicane. Once again failed to complete a lap.
On behalf of Clutch has anyone any ideas why he can't see the race details?
Norm H
It just might be that he has ticked/unticked one of the boxes below the server list that decides which servers are shown ?
or
he does not have ( or IGOR does not think that he has) the correct mod installed?
About all I can suggest I'm afraid as I am not an expert on these things.