Endurance Championship - Season 3, Round 8b, Monza - 20th August

[Zacari]

Well that was typical what a time to have internet issues, the server was already in the warmup before I solved the issue so no chance to re-join after a few cut-offs.  I'll keep quiet about any other comments until after the race result is known...

[Mark J]

End of season 'no-brainer' award goes to me....i loaded my Saleen race setup instead of the Porsche one somehow
Didnt notice until we picked up speed on the formation lap and as soon as i changed up a gear i lost control and span..>D'oh!!

Tried it for one lap but it was hopeless, the gear ratios were totally up the swannee

That'll teach me to come straight in from a bbq party and expect to race...dufus.

Hope you all had a good one.

[Edza]

Had a fekin call from work and had so much concentration (I know, I'm surprised too!  ) that as soon as the ringtone started I jumped and went flying.....

fekin work!

(note to self - gotta get meself a more chilled out ringtone)

[Jeffrey]

Sigh, it happened again. A disco after a pitstop. Grrrrrrr

Race was boring, but being in 2nd and getting a connection lost because of a router thingy, is quite upsetting. I hope this didn't cause Team Shark to lose the team champ

[will16v]

Well i was doing ok, till the missus came upstairs complaining that the bloody dvd player wasnt working, and asking me to sort it 
Inadvertently flew off after late/no breaking on the last corner (what is it called?). After hitting the tyre wall and seeing various Lister parts strewn around the gravel, i realised it was race over.
This was followed by intermittant swearing, and words like 'B & Q', 'Lock' & 'Door' 

[Nick Phillips]

Leuven 1st, me 3rd and Rich DQ on last lap for taking chequered through pits or something, so by my reckoning if DQ means last place we have just won the Team Championship.

Anyone confirm?

My race - off the pace but switched to 550 as the Lambo seemed too slow and had managed some decent laps with the 550 in practice.
Was just hoping for the best and ill to happen to non Shark boys - although not expecting much not having raced for 4 weeks.

Enjoyed this season though and happy to have got some silver ware.

Thanks to all involved in organising and hope GTR2 sees some more people arrive on a Sunday.

[popabawa]

Dunno if this is a brand new bug just in time for GTR2...

Came in to pit, had a one-stop strategy selected with tyres and fuel, and had a 1s pitstop... WTF? No fuel and no tyres

Had to come in again on the next lap for my 'proper' pitstop, by then I was miles behind Truetom and so I pretty much gave up and cruised the last 30-odd mins.

Well done to Sharky on his win and championship  

And well done to us on the team championship! 

[Simon Gymer]

On knife edge waiting for GT result after technical issues once again smited (smoted? smite?  ) Team Shark's GT drivers. Ruskus and pit stops just don't go together as he dropped out again at his pit stop (reall bummer, hopefully GTR 2 will be better for you) and was worried when Zacari didn't rejoin and Nick started last. Really gutted for you chaps if we lose the GT team championship after luck like that especially after your great show in Suzuka. Still whoever it is are deserved champions and it's going to be mighty close.

For me a complete turn up for the books. Had not raced since last Sunday with working so damned hard at work and just jumped into the Mosler to try and get my third straight endurance title. Lo and behold I manage to find some real pace at Monza and snatch pole from TT. 0.2 off my PB but the best pace I've had at Monza for some time I think about 0.2 ahead of TT on the grid who also had a nice time on the grid. Race under way and i was taking it pretty easy at the start just warming myself up for the slog ahead. Well no mistakes the entire race and a thirsty Mosler, with TT chasing me down near the end I felt pretty comfortable at the front as long as I didn't do anything stupid. Thankfully I held it all together to get a very very pleasing win at Monza and a nice way for me to end my GTR 1 Endurance career, the same way I started it...with a win. Wooooo haaaaa!

Good fight TT, you made me work for that pretty hard.

Well done to NGT Legends for another NGT team title. You are tough cookies in that category, we'll get you sooner or later though! 

[Simon Gymer]

Rich DQ on last lap for taking chequered through pits or something.

What was Rich doing in pits on the last lap?

[mclaessen]

Rich DQ on last lap for taking chequered through pits or something.

What was Rich doing in pits on the last lap?

He must have been there for a reason. Serving a stop&go maybe

[Nick Phillips]

No idea but he had gone down pit lane I believe and this caused a DQ - think he said something about a stop go penalty.

[Rich_A]

Yea stop and freakin go for cutting three times I think although I slowed down to not gain an advantage.. the white flag was flashing on MoTeC thought it was for last lap, but must have been stop go warning. Didn't get the initial call from pit for it but I did get the reminder!! .. agh well.

Was fun trying to keep up with MC but my Logi brake pedal is terrible, too chunky in DX. Looks like i'll be buying G25 when they're out.

[Simon Gymer]

Thanks to everyone involved this season for another good endurance championship. It's a shame more don't race this series as I think it is the best one of the 3 GTR championships with some of the most enjoyable races going.

Special thanks to Maurice for moderating this season and doing an excellent job as well as Picnic for all the behind the scenes stuff with the server and Gizmo for all the clever admin work in the background that makes this whole thing tick over nicely.

GTR 2 HERE WE COME!

[Rich_A]

Does anyone know, if I had made a normal pit stop I would not have been DQ'd .. this is a funny bug I think.

[LEUVEN]

Does anyone know, if I had made a normal pit stop I would not have been DQ'd .. this is a funny bug I think.

In real GTR , you can pit whenever "I think", but in SROUK you need to pitbefore last lap and after first flying lap,
However you had done your pit stop and was serving penalty when the race finished early so this is a tricky one.................