UKGTR Season 4 Sprint GT - Monza (GP) - Jan 30

[Jeffrey]

That was a tough one.

I knew CJ would imrpove his endurance qually time, so I knew that 1:40's would be pole. Luckily the 550 gave me the edge.

The start of the race went quite well. Just like a few races ago, I could pull away from CJ for the first few laps, but again, the gap settled and he started gaining from that point on.
I had to push to keep the gap, but I was also trying to be gentle on the tyres, as I expected it to be a last lap fight. In the end, after 40 minutes of racing, the gap was only .3 s  .

IF the race was any longer....good thing it wasn't then 

[Simon Gymer]

Replay and provisional results available.

[linco24]

Martin,

Very sorry mate I think I nudged you going into Ascari. Outbraked myself  

Apart from that I think I did okay, made it up to 15th then had a horrible few laps, 9 and 10. Then I don't know why but I pitted and didnt mean too!  

Congratulations to winner and podium finishers

Regards
Colin

[picnic]

it appears as if I had choosen the AI (Paul Knapfield, do you see him in the results?) to drive my car from the pit board menu. He drove off  :oand I had no control . So quit out. I take it this is not a feature that should be enabled? Did not even know you could do that online.

A-ha, not read the reports for the Donington Acedemy Endurance have we This exact same thing happened to me In my view, as AI is not allowed via a server setting, this is a bug but for the solution so it doesn't happen again Radius has the answer, posted here

[Jeffrey]

Unofficial Lapchart

[jan duijs]

Well done top three,also a big compliment to MarkMc in the Viper steady stuff mate  .Enjoyed it,sweating the last 2 laps as MJ was closing in very quick,the checkered flag came just in time

Jan

[Paul Richards]

Driving like an idiot tonight!
Sorry to anyone I may have troubled.
Had the podium lapping at lightning speed! tried to keep out the way, clipped the grass,
180 spin, hit Paul I think!?
If I did Paul / ? I can't apologise enough!?

Very embarrassed!?

M.

 

Hey no worries Martin nothing you could do about that! I saw your wheels on the grass as you went around but unfortunately for both of us I couldn't quite avoid you but no damage done and hopefully not for you either. I had just been lapped myself so I would have been coming up to race you for position so in a way you helped me out but we lost the chance for a bit of a battle.

Strange race for me set a PB in qual so pleased with that. As normal battling around the 10th mark when Perdy lost it braking into the first chicane. I then lost in under braking trying to avoid him so it was a bit like synchronised pirouetting    . Whats worse is that I then got a stop and go for cutting the track while backwards  . Took that and last place it was. To my delight a few laps later  I think Perdy had a stop\go as well and he left the pits as I went by. He chased me hard for a few laps until he lost it at the exit of Ascari and got a good bit of air bouncing off the barriers. Unlucky mate. The rest of the race was just playing catchup but with the speed of the entire field could only gain a few places and those were due to off etc.. Congrats to podium.

[Joss]

Well that was a fun race. Had a race long duel with Baracus which started with him driving past me on lap 1 after the first chicane. I managed to fight back into the second chicane (hope I left you enough room Bara, was worried for a sec), and again he just drove past on the exit. The Fezza's are pure evil round this place!
After that it was just a battle of consistency and nerves. We were about 1.5 secs apart for the whole race and that gap fluctuated a little each lap, throughout each lap. It was soo frustrating to repeatedly close 0.5 seconds round the chicanes and lesmo's, only to lose it all down the straights every lap. Oh well - was a fun dice and can console myself with top non-Fezza finish and a pb in qualifying.
Well done to all finishers. And nice save into T1 Bara - it threw me off soo much I think I lost more time than you did!

See ya for a (wet) Hockenheim.

[baracus250gt]

nice save into T1 Bara - it threw me off soo much I think I lost more time than you did!

Oh yeah I forgot about that! Thanks
All my mental energy went on trying to keep my head together in the last few laps with you closing in like a demon!

If you had not have run wide out of Ascari on lap 21 to give me a little breather I don't know what would have happened as I was already as tense as my body would allow!

Was a really good race even tho it was a bit of a procession in terms of passing, but really interesting all the same.

FreQ, you definately gave enough room at the 2nd chicane then. I knew you had the inside line and could hear you did a much later braking effort than me so I tried to leave the gap for you, but lucky for me I could get the power down a fraction earlier as I didnt have to slow as much (being more on the racing line than you), so managed to breeze past again ;P

Then it was soaking up pressure all the way but I started losing the plot a bit on the last 10 laps or so
I blame my front left tyre that was much more worn than the other 3, nothing to do with my state of mind

[Joss]

FreQ, you definately gave enough room at the 2nd chicane then

Phew, glad to hear it.

If you had not have run wide out of Ascari on lap 21 to give me a little breather I don't know what would have happened as I was already as tense as my body would allow!

Give yourself some credit. I very nearly lost it there because I was having to push soo hard round the corners to stay with you. I've seen a few drivers get speared off the track at Ascari when they catch the exit kerbing badly and I did the exact same thing. I was the lucky one there, not you. 

Was a good battle. Plus it's always nicer to lose to someone who sounds like they enjoyed the race. 

[Mark J]

Another poor race for me at Monza, to complete a dire hat trick of events here in S4 

I dont know why but i am consistently a second off my practise times here whether i am in an RSR or the 550  I couldnt even squeeze into the 42's in qually and yet i had been doing mid 42's consistently before the race night and likewise for race pace where my normal mid 43's slipped down to 44's and 45's.
Was in the top 10 qually for a while but whilst everyone improved their times i just slid down the order to 16th?
Race start was way too timid by me and i struggled for grip for the first few laps dicing with Jan and Jure for a while. I ran wide/too deep a couple of times and kept letting others past and then struggling to get back past them despite seeming to have more pace. Eventually went off down at Variante when i braked too late on the outside of a 3 car battle and went bouncing across the kitty litter, without any contact, and carried on my way albeit down to 19th
With some clean air i was finally able to nail it and set about chasing down and getting past several cars back upto 14th.
I was closing on Jan at something like 1-2 secs a lap and closed right up with a lap remaining but the concertina effect of heavy braking and power straights meant i couldnt stay close enough to draft him before the finish line. I was hoping Jans tyres were shot but his Saleen still had loads of traction out of the corners. Another close battle between us over
I still feel a bit of a novice in GT cars and need more 'race-practise' in them to feel confident in traffic, as i still often brake like i am in an NGT. 

Well done to Ruskus, beating CJ is no mean feat 

[linco24]

Hi Mark,

I think you and Big.G were battling together behind me when i outbraked myself into T1, I was raging! You both passed and I really wanted to get a scrap together because I felt comfortable in the Viper and on the brakes. probably served me right for being a bit cocky!

[Radius]

I'm just glad Monza is over with those f**&*&"! -king cars starting with a "F" and ending in "550" 

I'll just say np to Leaven for hitting me (happens dude dont worry) and grats to all those with balls in non Ferrari's (except Shark who was testing ofc ) ...and especially grats to Mark MC who went with the Viper!!!

[Jure]

Race start was way too timid by me and i struggled for grip for the first few laps dicing with Jan and Jure for a while. I ran wide/too deep a couple of times and kept letting others past and then struggling to get back past them despite seeming to have more pace. Eventually went off down at Variante when i braked too late on the outside of a 3 car battle and went bouncing across the kitty litter, without any contact, and carried on my way albeit down to 19th

rofl. sounds like my race story!!!! 

yeah, was a great battle  

funny enough, I think Jan was the slowest car out of 3 involved in that battle, at least at that time, must have had high speed understeer and low speed oversteer. I tried to stay on your tails to pick up any leftovers, which I did. When I heard and saw your car on the outside, I said out loud (to my GF/race engineer) "he's on adrenalin rush and will brake too late". And voila! 


I'd apologise to all that I've clipped and was clipped by. (namely:... emm.... yellow saleen, think it was Jan, u need to fix your low speed agility, it felt like following a Titanic, hihi)

And thanks to winner and runner up for passing me 1 lap before finish, enjoyed the view of your battle, very neat. Hope I didn't get in the way, I let the leader by out of 2nd chicane, then ran wide on purpose out of lesmo2 to let the 2nd one by.   

And oh yeah, at last lap I've discovered TAB button. Was wondering how the hell you guys know who's who on the track.  

Fun race, wasn't sure I'd finish it since the last time I drove was... endurance race in Monza... 

As per "i can't match practice times" few of you quoted... I think it's down to lower full race FPS, can't be anything else.

[Pedro[PL]]

Mark you forgot to mention a tiny formation lap slap you gave me and the following T1 slap as well No injuries taken - I love GTR2 for finally being able to scratch that paint!