UKGTR Endurance Masters - Donington GP - Jan 7

[LEUVEN]

lobby is up !  I'm in

I take back everything bad I said about them now.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Lobby came back about 5 minutes after the event was due to start so I shortened the length of Practice 1 by 5 minutes and set it off.

I thought it would be wet but the current weather at East Midlands is dry you lucky sods.

[mo]

Well it was a short race for me that's for sure,  my pc froze completely after only a few laps.
It was good while it lasted though, battling with Leuven and Paul and having a really enjoyable race when picture just froze and sound went into a loop.
Hope my parked car didn't cause mayhem, although I',m not optimistic because it happened in the middle of the Craner Curves with a car right behind

Hopefully be there again in the Vertigo on Tuesday for the sprint

[popabawa]

I managed to blow up my engine for the 2nd race in succession :'(

I have no idea how you got the Vertigo round there so quickly Mo! 

[Kerr]

When i made my pit stop on lap 31 someone was already in my bay. I had to sit and wait for ages until his pitstop was complete and that ruined my race completely. Any idea why that happened?

[Martin Steinmetz]

Dunno what to say, don't think i ever caused so much trouble in a race before, I'm really sorry, especially for Paul, who lost his 1st in class through my fault. :-(

Should've quited in Lap 1 already after touching Ruskus. Had some nice fights as a result and so did Ruskus i presume, but it was a bad omen for the rest of the race.

Don't think I'll bother you again in the next races, have a nice season guys. :-)

[Madd-RIP]

Reasonable quali for me, race went not too bad except for always coming up on NGT's in Craner curves all the time, just my luck! fuel played a trick in second stint, 5 minutes left, enough for 5 laps, 1 minute left no fuel, godamn it, splash and dash ruined it tbh. 

[Jimmie]

That was quite a stunning race, at the beginning I got 2nd place due a first corner moment from some other guys
But I lost that place when I ran a bit wide few laps later, my pace was just high enough to keep up with the front pack, but after a few mistakes I just was loosing time and couldn't get the time I lost with that back, after the pitstop I was a bit more easy on my tyres and that resulted I could go hunting at the end of the race, FlyBri was taking it easy I think cause I was closing on him real fast, when he noticed it we ran like 1.26 laps at the end of the race really pushing it. Few times I got side by side but the 550 just blasts away on the following straight

[Paul968]

I hope you don't mean that you won't race Martin? Nobody wants that and everyone knows you are not a dirty driver. Yes, I was a bit fed up to lose the lead in NGT, but these things happen. I took Bernie out at the same place while scrapping with Simon (sorry Bernie), so no complaints here :-).

Report to follow when I've seen the replay, but just to say I had a great race, especially the long battle with Simon in his extra widened BMW .

Paul

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

When i made my pit stop on lap 31 someone was already in my bay. I had to sit and wait for ages until his pitstop was complete and that ruined my race completely. Any idea why that happened?

At most tracks there aren't enough pit bays for everyone to pit at once; the game allocates your bay when you join so if anyone you're sharing with is in when you pit you have to wait or go around.

There's some anecdotal evidence to suggest that issuing a pit request and only pitting when they say they're ready reduces the chances of having to share, instead of simply turning up unannounced. That probably assumes that a car you're sharing with hasn't nipped in unannounced ahead of you.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Don't think I'll bother you again in the next races, have a nice season guys. :-)

Pease don't quite on the basis of one bad race! It's hard enough filling the Endurance grids as it is! :'(

[Madd-RIP]

Martin, I've got some of your car in my Lambo  , You'll have to race again so I can give it back to you m8!

[Kerr]

Yes I made pit request and since i never had enough fuel for any more laps i was stuffed. Had to wait

[Kerr]

and there was only about 4 cars in the pits at that time

[Radius]

Hope my parked car didn't cause mayhem, although I',m not optimistic because it happened in the middle of the Craner Curves with a car right behind

Yip, that was me  I took at wide entry to get a good run out and WHAM!!! A face full of frozen red vertislow!!! hahaha...was upset but I lmao seconds later!!! np thou, happens 

...but oh what a great race....top 5 NGT guys running with 2 secs for a loooong time! I was surprised at how easy it is to let the GT guys through, just have to be sensible about it

After mo's car sent me off track i ended up behind MJ but dispatched of him easily i was a man possessed and started lapping fast and consistent and made up 13 secs to the front runners just before halfway mark...When pitstops came i was battling tough with Simon and Dan so i decided to let them get on with it and I'll pit 3 laps earlier and use my fresh rubber to leap them and hopefully Paul as well!

...then the pit guys just stood there, staring at each other for like 6 secs  lol  doing nothing then decides to start fueling, so when pit out i was 14 secs behind the front guys and started the chase all over again!!!!!!

with 3 laps left i was on Simon's tail ready to pounce as i sussed him up very quickly (early on the brakes good exit he drove) and we fought it out till 2nd last hairpin i had a late stab but thought better of it and he kept the place...was just looking for one more lap, thought id get it but just before s/f line the flag comes out EEEK dammit!

Simon was very relieved i could tell!!! haha

Good battle all, that was great...I'll def have another NGT Enduro sometime with you chaps!

PS: The GT were well behaved bu thats cause NGT were kind  ...and Martin!!! must've been a brain lapse!! 

PS: OMG CLAUS!!! You made them look amateurish! Amazing drive m8!