UKGTR Endurance Academy - Donington GP - Jan 14

[Oliver Bateson]

very dissapointed :'(, got my best qualy of 1:34 after lots of practice . The time showed on the qualy board but did not give me the correct position? Then when the server goes to race I find myself not on the grid ? Was I DQ'd maybe? Anyway, it allows me to Click on race and then it puts me in a field   ???.

I know im not the fastest but I don't deserve to be put in a field. Although, I suppose it was for the best - i would have just got in someones way

Anyone know what happened - is there a server limit or was I booted??

[picnic]

Very strange goings on tonight, I went in for my pit stop, pfaffed around trying to cancel repair work before pressing return to accept stuff as the crew were shouting at me only for the AI to drive the car out of the pits and is still driving now. So sorry for the inconsiderate lines I'm now taking as you GT guys try to come passed.

Came out of pits first in NGT class too, although I doubt I would have held that. Come on car, keep 2nd

[John]

Another dia race for me.
Didn't help that i was used as a brake at the chicane.
Or be knocked off by a lapping GT car that couldn't wait till we were out of the turn and on a 1/4 mile long straight.
Dont they realise that were all racing for position or what.
Anyway after that I'd had enough and quit.
Glad to see the back of this track.
2 poor performances in a week.
What a nightmare.

[silver53]

Hi that was tough. Dave I thought you were in my pit it was so close to the entrance so was not sure thought you would be in a good position so whent round againcheers gerald

[John]

By the way,Picnic

I was behind your car for the last few laps.
And to be fair,if that was the AI driving.
He was doing alright.
I was struggling to catch him.

[Don]

Another moan from me, but why! in an Endurance event do people have to bump and barge past on the opening laps of the race?
99 secs worth of damage on lap 2, race was over for me from then on but refused to give up.

[Blunder]

Enjoyable race, ended up 12 th! A good result for me!
Mainly as everybody else seemed happy to drop out etc!!
Sorry to a couple of the GT guys! A couple of minor moments as GT's pushed to overtake at
less than ideal times but as Donnington is pretty much one long corner with a few interuptions then
it was never gonna be easy!
Had a brilliant time chasing down Multek?, but a combination of a couple of GT's and a minor mistake / spin
put pay to that!

Really enjoyed it !! Look forward to the next!

Martin

[Munkez]

Didn't help that i was used as a brake at the chicane.
Or be knocked off by a lapping GT car that couldn't wait till we were out of the turn and on a 1/4 mile long straight.
Dont they realise that were all racing for position or what.

Yeah had the same happen to me at Goddard's before the start/finish straight.... kept going though to finish 5th i think in class!! well chuffed
Did make the one mistake taking in a trip to the sand trap at Old Hairpin.... might of cost me a podium

[Munkez]

Had a brilliant time chasing down Multek?, but a combination of a couple of GT's and a minor mistake / spin
put pay to that!

I think you mean me..... munkez 

[ossie]

Terrible race once again for me. Came off early on and had to wait for EVERY car to pass me before I managed to get back onto the track.  Had a really hard fight passing all the NGT's to regroup with the GT's.

Found the track awful for passing the slower cars, had an incident with one NGT thinking he was giving me room then closing me down and unfortunately he came off worse.

good racing all and congrats top of class!!!

[Blunder]

Oops, sorry buddy your right!!
Fantastic chasing you!!

M.

[Kerr]

Another bad race. My virus software downloaded an update and minimized the game. Even worse that i was in the lead and easing away with a nice car. Lost me 5 positions or so. Managed to pass edamspeed and making good progress to catch.

Came around craner curve(I'm sure right bend) on lap 10-11, and could see a car off the track and assumed he could see us. He just drove straight into the middle of the track car and i could not go anywhere. Major damage which lead to a long pit stop and also forced me to make another pit stop to make the distance.

Thought i had a decent chance of a win but not to be. Well done to all.

[Adam Parle]

Not a great race for me, took forever to get up to speed.  Had a couple of 1 fps moments courtesy of forgetting to disable Norton (sorry to any people I scared the bejesus out of you).  Had a massive fight with Chunky for the largest part of the race, getting the upper hand only to lose it after having to pit for a splash and dash ... but I managed to get by again on the penultimate lap .... good racing though.

Speaking of pitting .... when an NGT car announces their intention to pit 2 corners in advance, please would the GT drivers not overtake on the inside of the final corner approaching the pits.  This happened to me, and I had to run another lap before finally being able to pit, not to mention settling down again after being somewhat distracted.


But....when all's said and done, it's good to get another race under my belt after the computer problems that I've been having of late, shame I wasn't problem free (my fault ... damn you Norton!!).  Not a good performance though, time to get back to form for the next one.

[cej]

wow what a race. Wasn't up to speed (haven't had much practice) . Very hard to pass the NGTs on this track. Most gave me room ,but not all 

I was chasing down 3rd position and then with only a couple of laps to go and an NGT (won't mention any names) decided to smash into my rear knocking me deep into the sand. I was backing up to avoid hitting Adam Parle, apparently the driver behind didn't see Adam going onto the grass and coming back in..

Fortunately kept my 4th,but might have been a close 3rd if not for that incident 


But apart from that, a very good race and thx to all NGTs who let me by without hassle. I know it's not easy to give room and at the same time fight for position   

[DynoDaz]

Completely agree Don..  Luckily it didn't happen to me this time because I had you to hold the traffic off me for a couple of laps.  

Completely gutted.  Qualified on pole and managed to gain a 5 second lead over the opening laps.  But my stupidity and carelessness of some GT drivers cost me that lead.  

When a NGT car is at the chicane there is nowhere for us to go.  We are not there as brakes.  

Being shunted by 2 GT cars at the chicane forced me to pit early and as a result screwed up my fuel load for the rest of the race.  Why doesn't it add to your current fuel instead emptying your tank and then filling up to the requested amount?

Anyway, had to pit with 1 lap to go changing 2nd into 7th  

Well done Luke.