GT Sprint Cup - Season 1, Round 5, Donington - Aug 10th

[David M]

Not a problem

Everyone else in front of me avoided you, there was only 1 or 2 people behind me after starting dead last after my spin on Warmup Lap 

[ginsters sponsored]

Well pretty good race last night. Quali went crap. Generally i find 15 minutes just to hectic but all the best seem to cope OK so I will just have to get use to it.  Did not panic for race and gradually gained places, very few seemed to result from bugs etc which is pleasing. Then had great battle with FlyBri for 4 or five laps. I was clearly later on the brakes than him, your 550 looked like a beast m8, but he took an aggressive defensive line (is that possible?) and made it very difficult to pass. Mixed emotions when he ran wide as I was enjoying scrap so much but slipped through and that was end of excitement as I had quite 10 or so laps to finish.

p.s. Greg, can you please check championship table again. I am going to make the most of being above you while I can.

[greg130]

p.s. Greg, can you please check championship table again. I am going to make the most of being above you while I can.

We are talking footy here ?
Wolves are 7th with 4 points.
Reading are 8th with 3 points.
As for the gtr table, well you have a massive 42 point lead on me mate, that will take some clawing back.

[Mark Harrison]

Were you in a Saleen? There was a saleen with uberlag on L1 - I ploughed right through it with no damage!

Yes, I was in yellow Saleen. As far as I can tell I didn't cause a massive incident.  That's really strange 'cause I joined a public race and had no problems whatsoever. #&*#! Another race went by! 

Yeah I remember you being between Macleans and Coppice, stopped on track.  Luckily I saw you very early, after last week, and I think Jon in front did too.  Bloody game...

[ginsters sponsored]

Twas football Greg. I follow the Argyle not Reading. We are on 4 as well but have scored more goals than you. Difference is, you are nailed on for at least the playoffs whereas I am looking forward to a long hard season. Though I am looking forward to Southampton away and I am going to wolves on new years eve.

I will need those 42 points before Brno, your not bad there

[Rob Bywater "Kerb Crawlers"]

Twas football Greg. I follow the Argyle not Reading. We are on 4 as well but have scored more goals than you. Difference is, you are nailed on for at least the playoffs whereas I am looking forward to a long hard season. Though I am looking forward to Southampton away and I am going to wolves on new years eve. Hope I don't suffer the typical Argyle mid season slump and stay above you in gt league  , I think we will be pretty close by the end.

Hee hee, my Dad and brother are season ticket holders at the Molineux.

Cheers

Rob

[greg130]

Twas football Greg. I follow the Argyle not Reading. We are on 4 as well but have scored more goals than you. Difference is, you are nailed on for at least the playoffs whereas I am looking forward to a long hard season. Though I am looking forward to Southampton away and I am going to wolves on new years eve.

I will need those 42 points before Brno, your not bad there

Sorry mate for some reason I thought you were a reading man.  As for gtr, well its a long way to the finish, wish I had been there for the barc race.  There was more than an element of luck in the Brno win, besides its one of my fav's so I expected to be in the points there.  Should develop into a competitive season.

[bernie_eccle]

Somehow over the next 10 mins I crawl back up to 9th, then for the 3rd race running the car in front for some unknown reason hands me an extra place, thanks.
So finished 8th in the end, bloody amazing really considering all the events of the race.
Grats to the podium, great times guys.

That was me that handed you 8th.  I am absolutely gutted.  After qualifying about 18th, I ran a good race and looked after my tyres.  I passed a few guys early on then in the last third of the race applied pressure when the guys in front were obviously struggling with their tyres.  Anyway when I crossed the line I noticed that there was no time left in the race so I assumed that that was me finished, but just to make certain I kept going on that lap, as I came around the last corner I thought oh well that is fine I can pull into the pits only to escape and see that I was listed as DNF -arghhh!!!!  To compound matters I was really pushing on the last couple of laps and had got the gap down from 6 sec to 3 secs to 7th and I am sure that I probably could been very close if I had just done the last lap.
Oh well as they always say in CART and NASCAR - "We'll have another go next week"!

[FlyBri]

Well pretty good race last night. Quali went crap. Generally i find 15 minutes just to hectic but all the best seem to cope OK so I will just have to get use to it.  Did not panic for race and gradually gained places, very few seemed to result from bugs etc which is pleasing. Then had great battle with FlyBri for 4 or five laps. I was clearly later on the brakes than him, your 550 looked like a beast m8, but he took an aggressive defensive line (is that possible?) and made it very difficult to pass. Mixed emotions when he ran wide as I was enjoying scrap so much but slipped through and that was end of excitement as I had quite 10 or so laps to finish.

p.s. Greg, can you please check championship table again. I am going to make the most of being above you while I can.

Never been fast at Donnington, a track i tend to keep away from lol. Had been practicing through the week, but i never managed to break the 1.30 barrier  but in qualifing i managed a 1.28.5 which i was chuffed about and for a moment i thought i might be able to mix it with the big boys in the race....!! 

But my race wasnt pretty as Ginsters has already pointed out, i gambled on a untried risky set up to try and stop tyres from overheating (lol didnt work). Started 12th off grid, a few cars went off and got up to 9th with ginster a few secs behind, he found his rhythem and started to put pressure on, i was running in the 1.31's and ginster stayed within a sec of me for those 4 or 5 laps. like he mentioned i was struggling under braking (turned braked pressure down to 85% to stop lock ups), and had a couple of big moments braking for the last corner, you would have thought i would have learnt but again coming into last corner the back end came out slightly and pushed me car half on grass so i had to come off brakes to avoid a spin and took the scenic route around the last corner!!

That was that, Ginster then showed his true pace and sped off into the distance at over 1-2 secs a lap. Enjoyed that ginster while it lasted but you were too quick to hold off, i was overdriving the car (watched the replay and my car was constantly sideways or sliding  ) to try and keep a gap but the more i was overdriving the more my tyres cooked. Finished 7th in the end which wasnt too bad........

From the replays the car to have was the Lister, looked a solid car for the donigton track unlike MY ferrari!!

[Simon Gymer]

From the replays the car to have was the Lister, looked a solid car for the donigton track unlike MY ferrari!!

Yes, but why be like everyone else? Standout from the Lister crowd.
If both NGT and GT sprints carry on as they are Season 2 might need some incentives to take other cars.

[popabawa]

If both NGT and GT sprints carry on as they are Season 2 might need some incentives to take other cars.

[To clarify, I'm assuming you are referring to a lack of variety in car choice  ]

Do you have any thoughts on how that might work?

Pops.

[fozzmeister]

From the replays the car to have was the Lister, looked a solid car for the donigton track unlike MY ferrari!!

Yes, but why be like everyone else? Standout from the Lister crowd.
If both NGT and GT sprints carry on as they are Season 2 might need some incentives to take other cars.

I would prefer to see a "you must take the whole car for the whole season". Yes everyone may choose the Lister, but at least the F550 and Viper(?) etc will have a big atvantage at Monza as they have more powerful engines.

The NGT is a different matter, but there are only 2 competitive cars in that class, with the Bi-T being a very outside possibility, so its hardly surprising... There's gonna be loads of 911's and F360's. But we are using different tires and we are all setting up our own cars, so the are going to be stronger/weaker at specific turns etc.

[Paul968]

I agree with Fozz - always wanted to see a 'one car all season' restriction to make drivers take the rough with the smooth. Letting people cherry pick the best car for each track was always likely to encourage grids with a lot of the same car IMO. Having said that, the Lister is a good all-rounder and would be an attractive choice for the whole season.

Paul

[picnic]

always wanted to see a 'one car all season'

And some of us are driving one car all season John Guest sponsered 911 here all the way

[ginsters sponsored]

I will be using Lister all season. Its the only car I can handle.

I know more power will be crucial at Monza but swapping to suit tracks should be frowned upon. Its just not cricket (christ I sound like one of those legend boys).