UKGTR Season 4 Sprint NGT Academy - Hockenheim (National) - Feb 6

[linco24]

Masters can join in GT2?

In Endurance... This is sprint and you have your own division to run in...

I just thought that myself!! Dam, he must be good!!!

What sort of lap times are people doing? ive just crept under 1.27.xx with PB of 1.26.8xx but i wont be capable of that during quali on the night, i expect a 1.27.5xx

I'm getting high 1:27's and with race fuel, around the 1:28/29 mark. If I can keep the pace.

Regards
Colin

[Fred Joseph]

Are you going for Hero-status membership in 1 weeks time Fred ??

I'm sorry guys I can't hold my big mouth..
I'm a spam whore 

[Reign Man]

This should be a nice close race for everyone. I am looking forward to this

[purdie]

this is gonna be a disaster...still haven't practised 

[LuKe#69]

I'm expecting my own qualifying time to be in the 1:28s, possibly a 27. By cutting outrageously at turn 1 I can get into the low 26s but I won't do that (unless Luke or Picnic outqualify me ).

So you will only cheat if your not winning??   

[LuKe#69]

Its not going to be easy to set a fast lap having to concentrate all the time on cutting or not cutting,too much kerb or not enough kerb.....Do my best..... 
I saw that Perdy   
See you all tonight..

[Fred Joseph]

I don't see the server ??
You guys do ? 

[picnic]

Tis there Fred, UKGTR NGT Sprint Masters, could try direct IP to games.avonrise.co.uk but that's never worked for me

[Paul Richards]

Got to be quick as need to go out. I am shaking like a leaf! Good qual getting pole i have been a bit flaking in qually recently so was well pleased with that.

Made a slight mistake at turn 2 but was able to get on the power and keep the lead on the first lap. Was then able to control it some what although Luke forced me to keep pushing. Just tried to save the tyres as much as I could and not accidently cut anywhere as it is so easy here. Had a slight moment into the complex while lapping a back marker who kindly let me through through that little kink. Was in the wrong gear wrong place and missed the turn into the first of the last 2 right handers. Ran onto that drag strip and came back on ensuring I didn't get a run at the second corner. Not sure if I was supposed to stop so may need investigation. If all ok then well chuffed with my first win   

[linco24]

Well,

What can I say, great race! My best finish by far, really pleased with 5th though I think perdy pitted with a few laps to go. Had a great scrap with Darren pretty much the whole way through. Great racing mate, I almost cracked a few times with the pressure!

Didn't make a great start then made a silly error to let edamspeed past and I was never going to get back.

Well done (whoever actually won ) and the podium finishers

Regards
Colin

[Buckie]

Pretty sure i finished in either 4th or 5th place but as you all know there server went haywire, i didnt even know race was over. So i done an extra lap it would seem and when i quit it showed me as 1st and whole field had DNF.   .

Well done Paul on your 1st win.

[purdie]

well that was so close in quali!!! Quali'd 3rd behind my two arch enemies!!  lol

was a great race at beginning, was behind Luke but couldn't pass, and with a small mistake the gap opened up and stayed at 3 secs later increasing to about 5secs.....Luke made a mistake but was back on track as quick as he came off! I then locked up in hair-pin, slid over the curb and got a s/g 

Had some fun holding off Luke for about 2 more corners before he put a QUALITY move on me! Then I held off Edam for a couple of laps then did my s/g. Would have pitted earlier but wanted to have a bit of fun after a fairly boring race before hand!!! Came out 9th and finished there!!!!!!!!!! annoying cos i was hoping to consolidate with 3rd, but my front left was past 30, giving me tyre wear warnings!!! Should have done meds all round!

Grats Paul R, very consistent and a perfect race i think!  and surely champ lead! grats luke too! can't wait to see (and weep) and new championship standings!! 

EDIT: just worked it out (cos i'm sad!) lol   ...current standings

1. Paul           213
2. perdy450    188 (-25)
3. Luke          152 (-61)

so unfortunately Luke can't win the champ but can get 2nd....I also have a few corner cuts pending from Monza so am expecting a penalty of some kind which may affect points too.....this is fun 

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

That was an utter and complete nightmare. I really thought I'd tweaked enough of the understeer out of the 350Z to at least be competitve, if not a sprint front runner, but I was obviously wrong.

Start went well and I made up a couple of places (sorry about the tap, Martin) and set off after TinMan's M3, which was clearly about half a second a lap slower, but try as I might I just couldn't find a way past. I just couldn't get on the power early enough onto the short back straight and on all the other straights it was just too fast in a straight line to make better exit speed pay, so despite being miles better on the brakes, I could never get close enough to outbrake him. I did get one run though the twiddly bits at the back of the circuit but he ran wide and I got bumped wide too and that was the only real sniff I got.

Managed to run into Picnic too while he was trying to let me by. Dunno why, he was miles faster!

Finally looked like I might get another go at TinMan in the last couple of laps on low fuel but then the masters server wrote its replay and everyone disappeared for a few seconds and that opened up a small gap as I backed off a tad just in case.

Very frustrating and to cap it all I could've made softs go the distance but chose mediums and never really got them properly hot.

Back to the TVR for Endurance methinks.

[picnic]

Replay and Provisional Results are available

[EdamSpeed]

Great race!

Got past Colin in the early stages, then was chasing down Buckie for a fair few laps. Got a run on him coming into the Südkurve, and thought I had a good enough overlap, but looking on the replay it was a bit iffy - Buckie turned in at his usual spot (guess he didn't see me there) and we made brief contact, which sent him slightly wide, but otherwise no damage - sorry for that, Buckie!

Next half of the race was a bit quiet, but towards the end, the Porches' tyres in front of me were going off, and I was able to catch up with Perdy and Luke. Luck had a moment which briefly demoted him to third, and I thought I'd get him, but he managed to sprint away. I was all over the back of Perdy for about a lap, but was surprised to see him announce his 'pit in', so was gifted that place really.

Was closing in on Luke at the end too - one scary moment when the Masters race reply saved, and Luke appeared RIGHT in front of my nose going into T2.. The game registered a hit, and so did my sphincter I needed just a few more laps and perhaps might have got him  At the finish, we must have been no more than 1/2 a second apart.

Excellent race