UKAC Season 2 Blancpain Sprint - Silverstone - Aug 3

[Mark J]

good turnout on the praccy server tonight  think there were 8 drivers present at one point.  Few new faces popped in but none of them engage in chat or seem to want to take part further, odd.    Maybe they are just seeing a fuller server so pop in for someone to chase/race. Still, makes it more entertaining with more cars present. 

ps, please be respectful to any new faces, even if they are being a tad annoying requesting a session skip. Just tell them we are practising, dont shout 'please block him'. I'm trying to encourage more racers not make them think they are bothering us.

[Mark J]

Managed to creep into the 2:02's with full race fuel last night so quite pleased with that for a practise session. Still 4 quick guys ahead of me though 

stracker.simracing.org.uk:50041/lapstat

[Linus27]

nfsw55, just sent you a PM

[Mark J]

A little taster to show how it should be done:

https://youtu.be/8pKklco8sUk

[Mark J]

Race day gents  hope we return to a fuller grid now some are back from their hols, though guess a few are still away.

[malveen92]

wow nfsw got some good practice on this track 150 laps man...

[Jeffrey]

wow nfsw got some good practice on this track 150 laps man...

He always puts a sick amount of laps in 

[garyjpaterson]

I'm hopeful I'll be back racing tonight after a 2 race hiatus. Internet has technically been back since Saurday, though has been terrible slow and unreliable; today seems a lot better, so I'll hop on the server soon to check

If anyone sees my connection looking too bad and disrupting others, let me know and I'll stop.

Anyway, I haven't been practicing for weeks, and wasn't expecting to be able to race tonight so haven't set a single laptime yet 

Could be well out the points today 

[picnic]

>>>>> LAP Charts <<<<<

[Linus27]

Good race tonight and happy with my performance after last weeks cock up. Made a good start and settled behind Mark in his bright green Lambo. Managed to get past him on the Wellington straight on lap 2. After that, I saw nobody. Those behind were dropping back and Picnic who was in front was pulling away.

Still, very enjoyable, some good points and loving this championship.

[Maikel K.]

Had a great race again tonight.

Started 2nd and had a good start, few mistakes first laps but had a consistent race after that. Saw Jeffrey slowly pulling away. Around lap 12 the tyres were starting to go yellow and complain, but they forgot who was in charge here  (slave labour 
Then I noticed Jeffrey was kinda of beginning to struggle aswell and since the Merc isn't  as dependant on grip as the McLaren, I was slowly gaining in on him. Managed to work the gap back from 4,5 seconds to about 1,5 in the end. Shame the race didn't last a couple of laps longer  

No actual battles, but the constant focus on pushing the car and watching Jeffrey's gap was intense

Does anybody have a working replay btw? Mine saved but whenever I try to view it it just loads and then goes back to the main menu  

[Mark J]

whoohoo, awesome race for me and my first Blancpain podium   and hard earned too, gaining two places from a 5th place grid spot.  

Qually was cool with a good battle going on for the top 5 slots at least and despite popping up as high as 4th late on I eventually got 5th.
Got a semi decent start and kept my position whilst battling a z4 in the early corners. he then seemed to get out of shape and I slipped past following nsf's GTR.
I then had a superb high speed dice with nsf, the Bentley and Nissan perfectly matched as a couple of heavyweight bruisers  for the next 11 laps or so, always glued to his tail and putting him under pressure to hope he'd make a mistake whilst also trying to keep my tyres surviving as they seemed to be wearing at an alarming rate.
Eventually he cracked and lost it at Becketts and I narrowly avoided his wayward car which he just kept under control but I was through  
It was now a case of not making any errors with him chasing but I was sure his tyres were in a similar state as mine as we both looked a bit edgy in the corners and I gradually pulled out a few secs lead only to throw a lot of it away when I had a big moment at Beckets myself a few laps later but I kept it driving straight and again pulled out a safety cushion until the chequered flag.
Hurrah for 3rd  
Big congrats to the flying McLaren with Jeff at the helm and Maikel in 2nd place  

Hope everyone else had a good race, still down on attendees at 14, hope some more return to action soon but still seems good action going on  

[Jeffrey]

During qualification was the first time I drove with softs here, so when I steered into turn 1 on my first hotlap, it turned in a lot quicker than the mediums, and I think I cut the corner there, so I aborted the attempt and went back to pits, because softs are only good for 1 lap. But even in that 1 flying lap do they overheat like crazy, so the last attempt I tried on mediums, but only had 1 timed lap, which isn't enough time to heat them up, but was still able to get within 3 tenths of my soft tyre lap, so really, what is the use of that soft tyre? 

Maikel and I had an equal start, and were both finding our grip during the first lap, both gaining and losing at different places. For the race I opted for the rear wing 1 click lower, but I regretted that the first time steering into Becketts. Car oversteered as I turned in, which took away the confidence I had in the car. With fresh tyres I was able to slowly increase the gap, till around 4 seconds. Buth with 5 laps to go, the tyres felt completely worn, eventhough only 1 tyre was yellow. Car became really tricky to drive, and Maggots and Becketts was a butt clenching ride every time.

Last few laps I was really driving cautiously, but that caused my tyres to have a too low pressure, which made it even worst. Had no pace in the car anymore at the end, and was barely able to hold Maikel off. 1 Lap longer could have been too much  .

Had to push the whole race, so it was a tough one, eventhough there were no direct fights, there was just no time to relax.

Well done MJ on finishing 3rd in that thing. I tried it, and hated it 

[Mark J]

You tried it with my untried setup Jeff, should try it again after numerous tweaks to suit Silverstone  

Driver standings after 5 rounds:-

GT3 - Drivers Championship (scoring)
Rank    Drivers.          Total

1   Jeffrey      93.0   McLaren 650 GT3   25.0   18.0       25.0   25.0   
2   nfsw55      91.0   Nissan GT-R   18.0   25.0   18.0   18.0   12.0   
3   Maikel K.      83.0   Mercedes AMG G…   15.0   15.0   25.0   10.0   18.0   
4   Shark      43.0   Mercedes AMG G…   12.0   4.0   15.0   12.0       
5   Mark J      37.0   Bentley Contin…   10.0   8.0   4.0       15.0   
6   FullMetalGasket      30.0   BMW Z4M   8.0       6.0   15.0   1.0   
7   kaifos      30.0   BMW Z4M      12.0       8.0   10.0   
8   picnic      25.0   Lamborghini Hu…   2.0   1.0   12.0   2.0   8.0   
9   Linus27      17.0   Nissan GT-R           10.0   1.0   6.0   
10   keikojoe      12.0   McLaren 650 GT3       10.0           2.0   
11   Luka Peklaj      12.0   BMW Z4M   6.0   6.0               
12   spanner      8.0   Lamborghini Hu…               4.0   4.0   
13   Brocookie      8.0   McLaren 650 GT3         8.0           
14   Sutol      7.0   McLaren MP4-12C   1.0           6.0       
15   garyjpaterson      6.0   Mercedes AMG G…   4.0   2.0               
16   Samb      2.0   McLaren MP4-12C          2.0           
17   Eck Simpson      1.0   

[Mark J]

Top 3 are very close in points, going to be a tight championship battle for those 3, then from 4th to 8th in a fair fair fighting group too.