Endurance Championship - Season 3, Round 2, Magny Cours - 11th June

[popabawa]

I've got a fan pointed at me & the PC 

[mclaessen]

LOL

Now I think of it. We are always complaining about the weather. Raining, too cold, now it's too hot. What weather should it be to make us happy 

[JonM_uk]

Well was going pretty well then I hit a double downshift just after I lapped shark and spun. Last time I have a really low 1st gear
Spun going into the 2nd bend on next lap then the heat made me realise that it was time to call it a day. Sweat dripping everywhere. Just couldn't muster the will to go on. Was quite pleased with C5R, thought it'd get blown away but was only losing 0.1-0.5 a lap not to bad. I'll deffo take it for the next enduro race. Now i'm gonna place me knackers in some cold water Can't believe my t-shirt's wet through after about 25mins of racing. Good luck to you 1h40min men

[maverick]

going just fine until a friend call me on skype and wen I went back was crashed a had to pit, wen I get back in race I was lapped by everyone, and lost concentration so spin a couple of times and then lost connection

[Nick Phillips]

Well happy with third, even more happy with only 3 self spins, which given the temperature and the fact two of them came quite late, and probably kept Mo more interested than he should have been , are almost excusable.

Good work by the NGT guys getting out of the way as well

Not bad considering no practice until joining the server due to work/football.

Can't make next week due to being away for the weekend but glad with my progress and the Team points

Good work Zacari but gutted to see you pointing the wrong way when you let Rich past out of the hairpin.

[Simon Gymer]

That was a sweaty gruelling affair.

Well done to Luis for wining NGT. I could not keep the Mosler on the circuit. The marble effect of live track at Magny Cours is way over done, it was making driving impossible. All in the same boat I guess though, so no excuses I was pretty poor tonight. Very inconsistent.

Will have to look at the replay to see what happened at the start. Was a bit of carnage. Luis and I at the front of NGT had to lock out brakes avoiding GT cars ahead who appeared to be stationary. Either a massive warp or something went wrong in the GT field. Pops the cheeky sod came flying past me and Luis at that point, deciding that taking a different line and overtaking was safer than trying to come to a standstill (probably a very wise move).

Had great fun battling with Pops, TT and Luis for the first 20 minutes or so. Then it was a case of mistakes every now and then and having no grip whatsoever. Was really hard work and disgustingly sweaty. 

Not sure what the GT result was. Looked like 2 Shark drivers in the top 3 though, did Zacari win?

[popabawa]

That was a sweaty one

Got a new PB in qually to get 4th on the grid but then at the end of the parade lap as we were accelerating, Truetom Luis and Shark seemed to stop in a cloud of smoke, I thought there was a big pile-up however, a gap opened up and I couldn't really stop safely so I just carried on. I'm really not sure whether I did the right thing or not, I'll leave that to the mods I guess... Sorry to the guys I held up though if I was at fault.

Had some high pressure racing as Shark and Luis queued up to overtake me. I manfully struggled for a while to keep them off (I think Sharky span cos I was too slow ). Luis, then Shark got past But I was just ahead of Truetom at midway.

I then stupidly went off just a couple of laps after my pitstop so I didn't see Truetom again Had some grat fun chasing down Whitham near the end

[Nick Phillips]

Rich then Zac then me I think Shark.

[Simon Gymer]

Oh ok. Well done Nick, first podium?

Good team points in GT.

[Jamera]

Well a really mixed race for me there. Qualified 7th (I, know, i, know I was in a GT, but let me enjoy being so far up the grid for once  ) Anyway, got going, car felt good then I clipped one of bollards in the last chicane and span. Then watched what seemed like 50 cars go streaming past. Got going again making up places and bugger me lost concentration and spun (cue back of grid again) Then the real p***er happened, I was done for not once, but TWICE by invisible bollards, lost loads of places again. Eventually got into 5th then had to pit. By the time I got out I was down to about 8-9th, then s**t ran wide on cold tyres lost loads of places again. Thought right, I need to concentrate here and managed to eventually get to 5th, next car was over a minute ahead so I just drove a very conservative end to race maintaining the gap between me and Luis.

[Nick Phillips]

Oh ok. Well done Nick, first podium?

Good team points in GT.

First one since my very first race at Barcelona, feels good thanks!!

[mclaessen]

My shirt is soaked. I really don't want to know how sweaty drivers irl would be after racing with an race suit

Nice race, but why o why do I spin out everytime I see the driver who is a position in front of me Without that I could have got an even better result

Got a few nice double downshifts too on top of that. But a good result for me nonetheless

[Truetom]

At the end of pace lap I was in the right position to see a cloud of smoke and a stationary car, one of the GTs. Saw Loius and Shark slow down and went to the left to avoid the expected pileup. Then Popa came through like a torpedo, like "Whoosh!"    and I thought he's gonna go to pieces and take some others with him. Lol, the gap must have been just the porker size   as it seemed totaly walled to me.  

Well, I was a bit left behind 'cause I slowed down too much so I had to work it up one by one. Had some duels with Dan Minton, Popa, Shark and Louis before pitstops. Seems like Popa had some difficulties while I was in the pits - he was in front at the time, but when I left the pits he was nowhere to be seen.

Came out right after Shark and with fresh tyres I was able to be close. Was looking for a chance to pass but got disturbed by an overtaking GT (not lapping) and though I didn't have to let him by, I did so 'cause it could be carnage. I lost 4 seconds in this and Shark was able to drive away. Seems all the time some or another sharky was underfoot.  

Anyway, I got mixed up with GTs who were in the same lap and was looking more into the rear mirror than through the windshield and lost loads of time in the process. The difference to Shark was 20 seconds and the next behind (Pops I suppose) was also about 20 sec behind. That was about 30 minutes before the end. It was a third NGT position so I settled to make it as it was. Then Shark made a mistake and then another and I was able to pass. Tricky, risky, etc. as my tyres were going to the end. Was being very careful and so Shark came less than 1 sec after me over the finish line.

Tough race, nice result! Grats to Louis, great driving. Shark had one of his lesser evenings today (lucky me    ) and Popa is driving better and better.    Too bad MJ couldn't make it.  

Dunno who won, congrats to the winner!  

TT  

[Zacari]

Totally wiped after that, not a good race from my pov at least!

Quali was fine, P1 easily once I managed to get a lap in.  The driving standards from one or two people were a bit lacking and a couple of laps got ruined by people on their outlap not letting a faster car through.  If you're on an out lap and someone appears in your mirrors, get the hell out of the way! If I get held up by a slower guy on a hot lap, fair enough, no issue there at all.

Race started fine, then on lap 3 or so I hit one of those bollards in the final chicane.  After that I never got the rhythm back, too many slow speed spins to count which was very random!  I ran with almost an identical setup to what I used in the sprint and it felt faaar worse on worn tyers.  Came home second, grats Rich and Luis for the wins

[whitham69]

Well i kinda messes up on the fuel i needed for that race i put in 118 liters but coming to end I new it was not going to be enough, I tryed to short shift which let pops close up faster than normal. i made mistake and let him though after that I could see that I had a big gap on the driver behind and decided to pit again letting pops out of my sight.

 Congats to the winners