UKGTL Season 17 Ford Asia Endurance Cup - Shanghai - Oct 30

[Geoffers]

Bizarrely I rather enjoyed this race, despite having got rather bored of these cars & not liking this track. 

Showing how interested I was, I entered the lobby & went to join the server only to discover I had not even installed the track!    I had raced it before so I knew the way round & with a few minor tweeks to my Yas Marina setup I was ready to go.

Hoped for a bit of a battle with Clive as we were fairly close in qually but it didn't materialise as he went off on the first lap. The Div 1 cars disappeared into the distance & I was soon well ahead of the chasing pack. First half of the race was fairly lonely but the second half was enlivened by trying to work out how fast Tony was catching me after his pitstop & if I could hold on to 3rd place. Initially I thought I had plenty in hand but as the tyres wore my laptimes started increasing dramatically & getting out of the curve onto the long straight was becoming more tricky as the car just wanted to oversteer. With about 5 laps left I reckoned I had about 5s to spare at the end, it turned out to be 8s. If the race had been a lap or two more it may have been a different story.

Congrats to Ziu & Erling. 

Cya all at Brands. 

[EvilClive]

I was also looking forward to a battle with Matt, but when he did not appear, Geoffers stepped in 

As normal I was struggling with these monsters but was slowly finding the sweet ( ish ) line and chipping away at Geoffer's quick quali time. Another 30 minutes and I might have got close, but probably not.
The rolling start was OK and I was focused on trying to hang on to Geoffers when things got serious. The first half lap of real racing felt fine and I was tailing Geoffers as planned until my screen crashed to desktop!! By the time I had regained graphics, I was clanking along some Armco and just about dead last!!
 
Needless to say, Geoffers did not wait for me...can't really say that I blame him 

The red mist was particularly thick when I got going again and I confess that the tyres probably suffered more abuse in the first 5 laps than was prudent. I had to abandon the chase after Geoffers when the reality of how little rubber I had left to complete the second half of the race became clear. TBH I doubt that I could have caught him anyway unless he made a serious error, which was unlikely 

The only excitement in the second half of the race was when Tony came steaming up behind me in his Div 1 car. Pathetically I tried to hold him off for about 2 corners lol, well a guy can dream can't he??

Grats to Ziu and Erling  and to Geoffers for getting a Div 2 car onto the podium.

Good to see Fulvio racing here again, we know each other from many battles in GPL.

[Erling G-P]

Uneventful race that went exactly as expected.   In some of the early laps, gaps in front and behind me were growing in exact symmetry - I was moving away from Tony at the same rate Ziu was moving away from me.  That of course meant I was soon all alone, as often before.  Only distraction came from lapping a few Div 2 cars late in the race.

Do love these cars, but races are not very interesting; really wish I had someone to race a little closer with.   Anyway, grats to Ziu for another win and what is surely securing the Div 1 Championship, and grats to Geoffers for bringing a Div 2 car on the podium.

Welcome to Fulvio and a heads up, in case you're not already aware of it:  These cars are quite fragile and easy to damage, but can't be repaired in the pits - if you try, you end up with an undriveable car; all rear grip vanishes.  Thus best to avoid damage, if at all possible, and should you sustain some, it's almost certainly best not to attempt a repair.

[fpolicardi]

Welcome to Fulvio and a heads up, in case you're not already aware of it:  These cars are quite fragile and easy to damage, but can't be repaired in the pits - if you try, you end up with an undriveable car; all rear grip vanishes.  Thus best to avoid damage, if at all possible, and should you sustain some, it's almost certainly best not to attempt a repair.

Thx 

[SpecialKS]

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[Wiltshire Tony]

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Thanks Kurt 

[EvilClive]

Do love these cars, but races are not very interesting; really wish I had someone to race a little closer with. 
 

If I thought that I could handle those Div 1 cars and extract some of their performance, I would have joined in and maybe offered a small hassle factor. A few more seasons with these cars and I might have been able to graduate from Div 2 (This is NOT a request for Tony to run these cars again!! ).
The other chink ( more of a gaping hole  ) in my ability is Pit Stops, which needs some serious practice if I am ever going to offer a challenge in races that require fuel and tyres.

[Erling G-P]

....This is NOT a request for Tony to run these cars again!!...

That's funny; I distinctly see a desire to run these again... 

Joking aside; I believe you weren't far off my pace in Shanghai, when you played around with the Div 1 car.  But no worries; you're leading Div 2 currently, so more than understandable if you stay in Div 2 - I would for sure! 

[Jeep]

Despite my lowly finishing position I really enjoyed that one. A bit thin on the ground unfortunately and other than Geoffers who did manage to stay with the D1 cars for a while the rest of us D2 drivers had our own race over a lap down at the end.

A total lack of practice and was still learning the track for the 1st few laps. Made a complete mess of one of the corners on the 1st flying lap so was relegated to a very distant last place. managed to catch Roguk after a few laps and later passed Fulvio. Maintained a safe distance ahead but he was always close enough to remind me a mistake was going to cost me the place. I do think if these were to return in the future we should go with a single class I just don't think we have the turnout to make both D1 & D2 worthwhile in the same race.

I would like a chance to race these on a more flowing track. I think they would be a blast somewhere like the 60's Monza. I'm not a fan of straights interrupted by hairpins and 90 degree corners I much prefer tackling something like Curve Grand and Parabolica where it's not a battle of the late brakers all the time.

TTFN
John.

[Erling G-P]

...I would like a chance to race these on a more flowing track. I think they would be a blast somewhere like the 60's Monza. I'm not a fan of straights interrupted by hairpins and 90 degree corners I much prefer tackling something like Curve Grand and Parabolica where it's not a battle of the late brakers all the time.

TTFN
John.

Try a Div. 1 on Spa'67..