GT Sprint - S3 R5 - Anderstorp - 13th June

[Rich_A]

As I said, let everyone use whatever and however they want. I will use same car through the season, that's what I am. And that's everything there is to it. 

TT

Same here. I only just started to understand 996 after Sprint S2, I think it takes at least a season for it to sink in. And if I went back to 996 now would take quite a few races to remember.. so the only way to get good results is to stick with one car. I'd have stuck with 996 but felt I wanted to learn F360, figured 996 would be harder so took it first but actually they're equally difficult.

[Jeffrey]

Can this whining please stop, first the cutting, and now the car changing.

In the NGT series, I started the first race with the Porsche, but I hated it. So I switched to the 360, and drove with that the whole time.

This race is only gonna be my second GT race this season. The first race (donny) I took the 550, even though I was almost 1s faster in the Lister. And second, I like the Lister much more. You can thow that car around much easier. More my style.

Ehhe, car swap, chicken, ehhe. Sure, keep that thought.

[Rich_A]

Well at least now I know something about rear engine cars. If i'd have chopped and changed cars in S2 i'd have learnt nothing.. would have confused me.

[ginsters sponsored]

That was oddly surprising, in a good way .

Right on the pace in quali and looking forward to the race. On first lap t1 was caught out when Zacari braked far earlier than me (never thought I would get to say that ) to slip off and go back to ninth. Moved smoothly up the field again to get back with Shark, and had in him in trouble. However he then caught me out by braking earlier than I expected. Slipped off, broke my spoiler and out of race. Glad I didn't rear end either of you.

Chuffed that I'm clearly getting hang of 550 and really chuffed than I could brake later than some of the big boys. A real shock when it happened and no points though  . At least it was better than watching Brazil.

[Simon Gymer]

Finally I got a decent result at Anderstorp. The trick is to not brake too late for the entire race. Much easier said than done that's for sure. But this time I just about managed it to came home 3rd just under 2 seconds behind Greg who I'd been reeling in hand over fist at about 0.2 seconds a lap lol. Only another 10 laps and I've had had that final 2 seconds. Was quite suprised to see Rich only a few seconds ahead of Greg too, so came home very near the front, which I'm really pleased with. Glad to see all the Sharkies finish tonight in the small field we get nice team points again.

[Aagramn]

Good win Rich.

Awful race for me, possibly my worst ever. Was pleased with a PB in qual and 7th, but made a succession of silly mistakes over the race. Sorry about the tap Jan. Think I'll probably take a break from championship racing.

[Jeffrey]

I had the weirdest warmup lap ever. First of all my FPS went from 50-60 in qually, to 17-18 at the start (standing still). When we got rolling they went up to 40 again .
Then halfway down the warmup lap I lost my wheel . That was easily fixed, but I went off and had to get back in line

The race was pretty fun at the start, half way it got boring. Then Zacari came up to me, and he was faster. I was trying to keep him behind, but 8 minutes before the finish I heard: "tyres worn" . Very strange, because only my left front tyre was 100-105 all race long, the rest was between 80-85. But after that my car just wouldn't turn anymore.
At the straight Zacari showed the power of the 550 when he went passed like I was standing stil . I then thought, oh  well, get the car home this time and don't blow it up again. But Zacari spun and I took his place, so I wanted to keep that place again. I braked for Hansen and locked up, so I expected Zac to overtake me again, but he followed my (bad) example and he also locked up, which gave me some breathing space.
Again, I settled just to finish, and got 4th. Not bad for starting 14th. Just by driving consistent and not spinning, because my fastest lap was 1s slower than Rich.

[Truetom]

Can this whining please stop, first the cutting, and now the car changing.
Ehhe, car swap, chicken, ehhe. Sure, keep that thought.

Whining, ha!  

You're right Ruskus, whatever say thou.  

Qualified 5th, finished 6th, fine with me as I never even practice GTs, except just before the GT Sprint race.
Had one off, braked too late, no damage to me or others. Came back to 6th and stayed there. Too bad there's so few drivers.
Grats to the winner, great driving Rich and others in front!

TT

[Zacari]

Quite a weak race from me again, quali'd in pole again but caught myself out losing concentration and span back to 5th behind SBG around lap 7.  Closed up pretty quickly and after he went off I was behind Shark in 4th.  Closed up fast but couldn't find anywhere to overtake without risking both cars, in frustration shifted to 1st not 2nd into T1 trying to set up a pass into T2, caught the car but ran out of road.

After that I was just hotlapping, Shark and Rus were ahead so no worry about team points.  Had a good battle with Rus for a while and got by into T2 eventually only to lose the back end a lap later on worn tyers  Cruised round for 5th.  Grats to Rich for a consistant drive for the win.

[greg130]

Grats to Rich, great drive mate.
Sharky boy, you were catching me a bit faster then 0.2 per lap, I was carrying some aero damage after brushing the pit wall, lack of concentration, lol.  Another 3 or 4 laps mate anf you would have had me for sure.
Anyway really pleased with 2nd, only 3 go now. 

[picnic]

Replay and provisional results available

[Zacari]

Grrrr I was on 95% downloading a replay then it cut out 'cause of that!

[Rich_A]

That's my third win I think..  Didn't expect it tbh, strategy was to try and stay with leaders but SBG out braked himself into T2 lap 1 and then Zacari had some good pace but then spun exitng T6 a few laps later. Would have been good to try for a three car break away but nevermind.

Pushed quite hard and did 1m26.4, not bad but still a second off CJ's record!! Had a spin exiting last turn but kept it 50 meters ahead of Greg and then kept it going to the chequered flag.

Car felt good but not perfect for Anders!

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Grrrr I was on 95% downloading a replay then it cut out 'cause of that!

The web server was quite flaky last night; GetRight reported 3 or 4 retries whilst pulling the replay. Sometimes it just has bad days.

[FlyBri]

A complete disaster for me, didnt really qualify very well (9th) and my race was worse. Got up to 5 th after the 2nd or so lap and that was only due to other ppls misfortune, From then on the race was a nightmare, went off at T1 and rejoined last and thats where i stayed for the rest of the race. Could only manage 1.29-1.31 laps which is gash. Must of spun off track every 3rd lap or so, lapped twice and even got lapped by the next car in front lol. Still kept with it and at least i finished 

possibley my worst ever race lol