Congrats Jonny, Axel, and Clive! I wish I had been up to the task of racing with you all. It's a shame John had technical problems. It's weird to say this. I hoped you had wrecked.
This one was a good example of what happens to me if I don't practice. That's one of the things that limits my racing. I'm not a safe driver if I don't practice. I wish I had practiced. I'd like to have seen what I might get out of the Brabham on this track. I had a chance to do that until I slid across the sticks inside T1. So INT damage removes wheels when sliding sideways across those stick just like Pro damage. I was actually a little shocked when I saw the wheel go flying.
All drivers are permitted unlimited Shift R’s, but each reset must be followed by a Stop & Go in the pit lane within 2 laps.
Thanks! I forgot to pit on the lap of my reset. I remembered just after I passed the beginning of the pit wall. I did remember to do it on the next lap.
Throughout the whole race, even when I was racing hard with Axel the front tyres stayed absolutely cold. So I do wonder how some of you manage to get your front tyres to overheat??
My front tires were cool too Clive. I see that a lot. It was very strange that my LF tire stayed dark blue in Prib throughout the race. The RF was often in the light blue color. I would have expected the LF to be warmer thinking it would be under more stress than the RF.
In the past I'd run 8:04s at Nurburgring and I'd rarely see any of the tires change color in Pribluda. The fronts always stayed in the dark blue. Once I started breaking 8:00, I did begin to see higher tire temps but the fronts would still stay somewhat cool.
It's rare for me to have high temperature problems with the front tires. I see it some at ovals and I think there a few road courses that heat my front tires well but most of the time they're cooler than I'd like. Kyalami in the BRM is the only one I can remember at the moment that I have to be careful about overheating the front tires. I'm often using more front brake bias than I have to. When the rear tires are at a good temperature and the fronts are cool, the last thing I want to do is use more rear brake bias even if I can handle it.
I've been doing something else I would consider weird. I'm often using a slightly higher spring rate on the front to get more heat in the front tires. Considering most of the weight is on the rear, I'd expect to need higher spring rates there. I don't worry about it anymore. I set the pressure at 24 psi after several laps of use and ignore the low temperatures. But I still try to find ways to get the front and rear tires near the same temperature.
Take care guys.