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May 01, 2023, 08:42:14 PM +0100 - Baku (GP 2016+) - UKGTL Season 23 World Touring Car Trophy
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Nat. Make Model Class Qualifying Race
Tyres Pos Time/Gap Pos Time/Gap Laps Stops Best Retirement
reason
Ballast
Daz9
 
Holden Commodore VL (#87034) GTC-TC-76 1 2:27.912
90.209mph
1 59:22.489
86.144mph
23 2:26.053
91.357mph
Dunlop  
Geoffers
 Kerb Crawlers
BMW M3 E30 (#89033) GTC-TC-76 4 +3.119
88.346mph
2 +1:31.789
83.980mph
23 2:32.289
87.616mph
Pirelli  
EvilClive
 Blue Moose Racing
BMW M3 E30 (#89037) GTC-TC-76 5 +3.723
87.994mph
3 +2:08.066
83.155mph
23 2:34.038
86.621mph
Pirelli  
Wiltshire Tony
 Toyland Racing
Holden Commodore VL (#87024) GTC-TC-76 6 +7.096
86.079mph
4 +1L
80.822mph
22 2:34.423
86.405mph
Dunlop  
phspok
 Team Pseudo Racing
Holden Commodore VL (#89035) GTC-TC-76 3 +2.148
88.917mph
5 +2L
77.950mph
21 2:30.684
88.549mph
Dunlop  
Erling G-P
 TEAM-GTLDK
Holden Commodore VL (#88038) GTC-TC-76 2 +0.689
89.790mph
6 +15L 8 2:30.498
88.659mph
accident
Dunlop  
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GTC-TC-76
2:27.912
90.209mph
Daz9
Qualifying
Holden Commodore VLMay 01, 2023, 08:42:14 PM +0100
L23WTCT
GT Legends
GTC-TC-76
2:26.053
91.357mph
Daz9
Race
Holden Commodore VLMay 01, 2023, 08:42:14 PM +0100
L23WTCT
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« on: January 22, 2023, 03:02:38 PM +0000 »

Championship standings HERE

Grid/server capacity: 22

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Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (20 mins)
Race: 20:40 (23 laps)

Track: Baku City Circuit, Azerbaijan

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Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: x2
Pit stops: Required

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« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2023, 10:53:22 PM +0100 »

This one may require some practice guys.

A helpful tip to which way the next turn goes is this. If it's a LH turn approaching then the distance markers will generally be on the right of the track and vice versa. But some parts of the track have distance markers on both sides of the track.
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« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2023, 10:04:08 PM +0100 »

Just did about 6 laps and, as Tony says, actually seeing which way the next corner turns is NOT obvious. Also beware of the red/white kerbs marking the apexes!! and the CUT TRACK warnings  scared scared
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« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2023, 11:21:40 PM +0100 »

I have not turned a lap here yet & unlikely to before tomorrow evening, so I think I will be struggling to achieve anything but last on the grid.  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2023, 10:09:16 AM +0100 »

........................yeah, we believe you Geoff, absolutely Roll Eyes
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« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2023, 10:47:24 AM +0100 »

I have learned "some" of it. left, left, err left? oh no that's a barrier.... right, left up the castle, right, right ... um left, left. left..fast bit.. start again
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« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2023, 12:21:57 PM +0100 »

Frustrated at my efforts elsewhere on track last night I did do a few laps in the Holden, best was a 1.28.9....I have done a version of this track before I think.
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« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2023, 09:17:13 PM +0100 »

 censored censored censored censored   Minding my own business in a comfortable 2nd place, when I stupidly turned on driver tags, just in time to see that Daz was in the pits surprisingly early.  Distracted me enough to miss my brake point, hit the barrier, killing the car...  cursing cursing cursing
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« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2023, 09:48:45 PM +0100 »

censored censored censored censored   Minding my own business in a comfortable 2nd place, when I stupidly turned on driver tags, just in time to see that Daz was in the pits surprisingly early.  Distracted me enough to miss my brake point, hit the barrier, killing the car...  cursing cursing cursing
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« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2023, 10:11:15 PM +0100 »

Results and replay now posted.
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« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2023, 12:38:55 PM +0100 »

Well that result was more down to luck than anything else, like judgement.

I know Clive was sceptical but I had honestly not seen the track before joining the server. I never watch F1 & had no idea what the track was like so as it turned out, choosing the M3 was probably not the best option. Fortunately the track was not too difficult to learn & after half a dozen laps I had a pretty good idea which corner came next but getting a suitable setup for the car was another matter & apart from a few basic tweaks I used the default.

Early part of the race did not go well, first corner came up quicker than I expected & I only just managed to scrabble around it, forcing Daz wide, sorry. Got frightened by Matt's approach speed for T2 thinking I had braked way too early, only to see him head off for whichever country is next to Azerbaijan. I was a bit slow through the following section & Daz, Tony & Clive all went past. At the LHer coming back down the hill I came across Clive nose first into the barriers & could not quite stop in time & ran into him & had to wait while he got going again. He kindly let me past shortly after as I think he was assessing what damage he had.

Next 3 or 4 laps went well but then I turned into T1 too early & hit the apex barrier & spun the car allowing Clive to regain the place. Gained another couple few laps later when Tony pitted & Erling retired. Around this point I realised that with a little short shifting I could possibly save enough fuel to forgo a pitstop & with about 5 laps to go I had enough fuel in hand to get to the finish. Final stroke of luck was Clive pitting for a splash & dash with 2 laps left & me inheriting a far from deserved 2nd place. Shocked

Congrats to Daz & Clive on the podium  clap clap & commiserations to those who succumbed to misfortune.
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« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2023, 12:42:52 PM +0100 »

This was an intimidating track with very little room for any errors... as Matt and Erling proved. I think Tony also discovered another line through corners that did not work?
My ow3n attempt was not without peril and very early in the race I totally missed a braking point and stuffed the BMW straight into the barriers, conveniently blocking Geoff's route. Roll Eyes So I relinquished that position, only to discover Geoff stuck sideways at T1 a few laps later.
By now it was clear that the Holden was much quicker than the Beemer and 4th/5th might be the best possible position.

But then I passed a very sad looking Tony, this lifted me to 3rd and a sniff of the champagne, A few laps later Erling challenged the barriers .... and lost promoting me to 2nd, Unless Daz made a total Horlicks of a corner that was probably the best it could get, until.............Daz went to the pits Shocked  leaving me in the oxygen starved heights of 1st place.

My plan had been to go the whole race without stopping and I strongly suspected that Geoff was using the same strategy book as the 10second lead that I had over him was not diminishing, so either he was saving fuel or he had a damaged car??
Conveniently for me, when Daz emerged from the pits he was behind Geoff and was delayed for a few laps.

I kept telling myself "you are not racing Daz, he has a 4-5 sec per lap advantage over you, focus on saving fue4l and keeping Geoff at arm's length"

A good plan that might have worked if I had not been seduced into trying to keep Daz behind..................fat chance!!! The 5 or 6 laps of wasted effort used up the few litres of fuel that I needed for the final lap and I was force to do a splash and dash, or more like a drip and dawdle.
 Geoff's chuckles could be heard as he swept past the pits!!
Grats to Daz and Geoff and to Tony for nursing his lame Holden for may laps to take the flag. For me surviving and taking 3rd was quite satisfying.
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« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2023, 06:20:31 PM +0100 »

Result


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