Endurance Championship - Season 3, Round 4, Anderstorp - 16th July

[Simon Gymer]

Hey, I've just noticed the NGT team championship is looking pretty close... as if we needed any more motivation to badmouth the opposition 

Only half way through the season. Lots to play for in the drivers and team championship. Luis and I took a chunk out of TrueTom's lead in the NGT drivers championship yesterday so he hasn't waltzed off with that one yet either.

With the 2 addon tracks to come that is sure to spice things up too.

[Mark J]

Its looking great for the rest of the season contesting wise, unfortunately i am away on holidays over the next couple of weeks and will probably miss out on all the fun  :'(

I might make next sundays race at Estoril but its a real long shot. Gutted.

Dont s'pose we can delay the rest of the season  

ps How did Truetom manage a pit stop a whopping 14 seconds less than most ? Thats a huge advantage when everybody is racing similar lap times.
Good job he was slow out on track    

[Simon Gymer]

ps How did Truetom manage a pit stop a whopping 14 seconds less than most ? Thats a huge advantage when everybody is racing similar lap times.
Good job he was slow out on track    

Very good in and out of pits probably and maybe he didn't change tyres? and no fuel?

[Mark J]

Very good in and out of pits probably and maybe he didn't change tyres? and no fuel?

damn, you guys think of everything in your quest for glory    Not content with merely wupping us mortals on the track, you even resort to pitlane skills  ....guess i'll have to start practising those now 

[Truetom]

I changed tyres but had no need for extra fuel. Now you know. 

TT

[Paul968]

Hmm, interestingly looking at the lap chart, my pitstop was no faster than anyone else's really.

Pit stop lap time...
Shark - 2:22.
Pops - 2:59 (although he had extra 30 seconds-ish for waiting for it to become free).
Mark - 2:24
Luis - 2:18
TrueTom - 2:10

It just shows you how much extra fuel that Mosler uses that I didn't actually make any time in the pits. I think it's about 25% extra over the other cars. Despite putting in 100L to start I had to fuel it to 66L to get to the end, so an extra 30L approx put in at the stop.
(Assuming everyone else either started with 100L and didn't need to fill up at all (or hardly to put any in) or started with 40 minutes of fuel and put another 40 mins of fuel.)

I think you are missing something Simon. You stopped after the start line whereas everyone else was before. You need to add up the 2 laps either side to get the true picture:

Shark - 1:37 + 2:22 = 3:59
Pops - 2:59 + 1:50 = 4:49 (although he had extra 30 seconds-ish for waiting for it to become free).
Mark - 2:24 + 1:51 = 4:15
Luis - 2:18 + 1:49 = 4:07
TrueTom - 2:10 + 1:52 = 4:02

So are you going to tell them where you gained a few extra secs Simon or do they need to check the replay? 
 

[silver53]

Sorry for my no show had unexpected family commitment.cheers gerald

[Simon Gymer]

I think you are missing something Simon. You stopped after the start line whereas everyone else was before. You need to add up the 2 laps either side to get the true picture:

Shark - 1:37 + 2:22 = 3:59
Pops - 2:59 + 1:50 = 4:49 (although he had extra 30 seconds-ish for waiting for it to become free).
Mark - 2:24 + 1:51 = 4:15
Luis - 2:18 + 1:49 = 4:07
TrueTom - 2:10 + 1:52 = 4:02

So are you going to tell them where you gained a few extra secs Simon or do they need to check the replay? 

Ah, yes well done Paul, as usual my maths is totally appauling.

My skill in an out of the pits of course Paul. 

[Paul968]

'skill' or 'knowledge'? 

[Simon Gymer]

'skill' or 'knowledge'? 

Track knowledge is vital as is putting in the extra effort before hand to get all the track knowledge you can.   

To be fair though looking at your extra figures, my in and out laps were much better than the others too and I do perform a well drilled stop. I don't waste any time starting the stop when the board comes up and I go as soon as my engine will fire back up.

I also think those figures are quite distorted as they happened to be the laps that Mark and Luis had lost time elsewhere on I believe?

[Mark J]

hmm, have we got a bit of a 'Stewards Enquiry' going on here ......time to go check the replay i believe.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

hmm, have we got a bit of a 'Stewards Enquiry' going on here ......time to go check the replay i believe.

It's pure jealousy from those not able to grow row upon row of razor sharp, er, pit stop skills.

[Mark J]

Hmm, yes....i guess one of those pitstop,ahem, 'skills' is somehow knowing that you can floor it once past the signboard rather than the traffic lights where i (and presume others) thought you had to wait until ? (i checked the replay)....thats got to be worth nearly 5 seconds straight away !

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing 


not taking anything away from your very fast race pace of course sharky boy 

[Simon Gymer]

My foot slipped. 

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

My foot slipped. 

Shhhh! Don't tell them about the pedal-operated pit lane speed limiter!