UKPnG Season 8 Sports Car Series - Spa - Oct 17

[Walter Conn]

The Pantera was lots of fun to drive on this track. I was able to finish in 10th place because some other people had bad luck. Sorry to see Frex get disco at last minute. I went wide in Pouhon on the first lap. Then I was able to make up a few positions. I spent the second half of the race chasing Clive and Jarda, but they were quicker today. Great race everyone! WC

[Stefan aka Postal]

Apologies to Postal for hitting you. I simply couldn't stop the car. To be honest, I was in two minds whether to bother racing tonight or not. I guess I should have done something else.

Well Mogget, i was a bit annoyed when i got the tap. But then i reckoned it was probably an racing incident. These things happen, especially with these fire breathing monsters with less then no brakes! Please don't leave next time, so i wont have to do the last laps on my one  

Before race i couldn't decide which car to take. GT40; great but bugger understeer. Tried two versions of 906. One was pleasent but little off pace too (for me). So scrambled a setup together for the Pantera and it turned out to be quite an alright race car. Never did drive Spa before, superb stuff!

[Mogget]

I started braking with plenty of space between us, but the car just would not slow down as quickly as your Pantera. I was a helpless passenger until impact I left the server because I thought that you had given up. I slowed down and waited, but you never appeared....

[Stefan aka Postal]

well eehhm I had a little trouble getting the darn thing turned around with awful little lock in the wheel. Then i saw an icecream van on the side of the road...had to stop..

[phspok]

Results and Replay Posted

[fzcfede]

Worn out tires, no problem for the contact.

Hello to the next.

[Mark J]

Spent all my build up time to the race trying to make the gt40 work for me but it proved a forlorn hope  :'(
So at the last minute I took the Pantera which I hadn't used before and had to use qually to put a setup together, which meant dialling out the oversteer !

Got caught out on the start lights as the second I looked behind me whilst someone hadn't joined, the flipping lights changed.
Had a good clean couple of laps dicing with others then got a stupid oversteer turn around in pouhon. Had no choice but to watch the rest of the grid go past and rejoined dead last and lost 20 secs 
Enjoyed rest of the race chasing and passing others and a good little battle with Syd then Matt but could not close on Walter ahead in 10th.
Finished 11th

Good turnout tonight 

[Alex vV]

Unofficial LapChart

Lol    Looked like I chose the wrong Pantera...

[IvanStanchev]

Made some setup changes in Q wich slowed me a little bit but still managed to finish That was a hard one. Made lots of mistakes and lost several positions. On the 8th lap i saw that my engine remains 5% so I had to slow down a little. The last 3 laps it was showing 1 % so i had to keep it on lower revs to be sure i'll finish Never happened before but added some extra thrill in the race. Grats to the winners!

[goldtop]

Tough race for me. Was going well in practice and was hoping to better my mid 36 pb in quali, but never got close. Car was very difficult for the first few laps with entry oversteer and exit understeer probably caused by a mixture of bad setup and over driving. After about 5 laps I noticed my engine health was at 16% and dropping every time I over-revved, so had to be careful.

Had a nice chase with Legzy and eventually got past when he made a mistake. Then had a couple of laps chasing down Federico and passed him into La Source on the final lap. Crossed the line 4th with 3% 

[phspok]

Otto, Federico, and Bob

Please would you add your country to your profile so you get a nice flag against your name

 

[Rombo27]

Good evening all,
very funny race yesterday, real fight with John and Giuseppe on the historic track of Spa.
I'm pleased to meet a lot of fair drivers with a correct approach to the simulation.

See U next time and many thanks to the Staff for hospitality Team Seven members

Ciao....and sorry for my orrible english

[Clive Loynes]

Qually went well, with a PB, and I made a good start but found myself in the slow lane through Eau-Rouge and up the Kemell to Les Combes.  Just as I was about to make a move into Les Comes I suddenly found Mogget's bus alongside and so that plan was scuppered!

The bus finally went off, presumably to get passengers, and I was able to start chasing Tudor.

I was making his life as difficult as I could but then in my efforts to appear in all of his mirrors at once I scraped the inside wall at La Source, which cost me a couple of seconds.  I then had a half spin at Les Combes, which dropped me a further few seconds back and spent the rest of the race trying, without success, to close the gap. 

Jarda fell out of the fight up ahead and I managed to pass him going into Eau Rouge, thanks to his sensible approach to what I suddenly realised was otherwise going to be an accident as we charged down the hill.

Ivan was my next target and I managed to nip past him whilst he nursed his engine to the finish.

Congratulations to Giuseppe, Otto and John, who had a race of their own, way off in the distance.