UKGTL Season 6 GT Classics Cup - Crystal Palace - Sep 25

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[pribeiro]

Gutted  A great race with PR for fifth brought to an end by a CTD and what looks like a overheating gpu. O well I think everyone has suffered a dnf through no fault of there own now.

 

Man, i was wondering what happened to you, i was really happy with our fight, lasted 25 laps 
Race post tomorrow 
Congrats Baracus 

[Minton]

Awesome race!!   Followed Bara for the first few laps but he was a couple of tenths quicker and just started to edge away until he made a mistake at the right hander at the end of the back straight. Just about squeezed through and then had Bara following me for the next 15 or so laps ,  Could keep the gap at around 8 tenths but new Bara would be through if i made the slightest mistake. Great battle mate.
Unluckly while lapping someone i got rear ended which cost me the lead and followed Bara home for second.

Grats to Bara and Steve on the third, thx all the lappers not one of the easiest tracks to look forward and in the mirror.

[Davor Mirkovic]

Very tough, yet enjoyable race. Without previous practice I managed 1:01, and could have gone into low 1:00s, but consistency was not there, and I produced way too many mistakes. Also, with so many cars on such short and twisty track it was a nightmare to let all people pass easily. I (and also others as I have seen) had a few scary moments, and I think I have caught PRibeiro when I tried to save the car in the turn before the long straight. I checked my replay, but there was only invisible car flashing at me. My apologies.
Otherwise, really great race. I am in love with that uphill turn after the long straight. It feels almost suicidal on approach, but somehow car bites the road every single time. Amazing.

[Wiltshire Tony]

Very tough, yet enjoyable race. Without previous practice I managed 1:01, and could have gone into low 1:00s, but consistency was not there, and I produced way too many mistakes. Also, with so many cars on such short and twisty track it was a nightmare to let all people pass easily. I (and also others as I have seen) had a few scary moments, and I think I have caught PRibeiro when I tried to save the car in the turn before the long straight. I checked my replay, but there was only invisible car flashing at me. My apologies.
Otherwise, really great race. I am in love with that uphill turn after the long straight. It feels almost suicidal on approach, but somehow car bites the road every single time. Amazing.

What circuit was he racing?

[Davor Mirkovic]

OK,OK, relatively long straight.

[Steve Holmes]

Yeah, I agree Davor, really nice corner that right hander.   

Grats to Bara and Dan, good pace, sounds like you had some fun, just wish I'd been able to produce my best so I could join in instead of trundling round rather conservatively.

Shoulda realised I wasn't at my sharpest when after 12-14 qually laps I was still well off the pace I'd done in practice couple of days ago, finally, on the last gasp I managed a decent lap, but that was the only one for the whole evening!  Just didn't have the reactions to push right to the limit, had to take it down a notch in the race and play it safe running 1:00.1/2/3s, about three or four tenths off what I'd been aiming for.   Finishing ten seconds off Bara certainly flatters my pace.

Actually kind of worked, only a couple of minor mistakes one of which lost me momentum and 3rd to Assassino, but I think he lost it later after lapping someone and entering a corner off-line.  So a podium was pretty good considering.  Driving safely isn't nearly as much fun as riding the limit all night though.    My setup wasn't perfect, pretty stiff, particularly at the rear, had terrible traction out of T2 and round T3 compared to the guys ahead, but it paid back in the faster bits so not too bad.

Lappees were brilliant last night, everyone did a great job, and Martin, thanks, you were most courteous of all, I owe ya! 

[pribeiro]

and I think I have caught PRibeiro when I tried to save the car in the turn before the long straight.

No mate, you didnt, i passed safely, all went well.  


To be honest, i was with big hopes for this racing, why? Because as some of you know, i enjoy so much,
weird and odd performance cars.  
Qualified with a 0.59.xxx and in a track like this all could happen, for good and for bad aswell.  
After the start (great start from all, no mess) i soon realised that will be very difficult to follow
the front drivers though, i was loosing a few tenths every lap, despite keep them in sight.
But the top enjoy of the race was, with no dought, the batlle beetween SBGinsters and me,  
very, very, very and very close, i am sure, i spent more time looking to my rear mirror than to the front
windscreen (im glad i always stayed on the tarmac)  
Congratulations to  Baracus win, glad your connection issues are fixed  
Congrats to Dan and Steve for the podium, and thanks to Assassino for the team game (good points
to the overall table possitions)  

Thanks and an applause for the all backmarkers, they were just fantastic, trying to keep they own pace
but letting us overtook them very easely. Although the similar effect cars and a hard layout track,
they did a very good job.  

Cheers

[Blunder]

Aaargh, DQ !? DQ!? Where did that come from?
As far as I am aware I finished I think it was 11th!?

Admins, please can you check it out!?

Shocked! and worried!  :'(

[Legzy]

OK race, not one to write home about. Seem to remember overtaking once & being overtaken twice (other then being lapped) & neighbouring cars always seemed to be a good few seconds either side of me.

Two biggest bonus' from this race:
1) When we raced here about two months ago I span out about 5 times & lost loads of time, tonight I didn't spin out once
2) My teammate (Blunder) has been disqualified & re-ranked one place behind me. Perfect!!! 

[Blunder]

2) My teammate (Blunder) has been disqualified & re-ranked one place behind me. Perfect!!! 

'Team mate' - have you read the dictionary definition!?  :'(

[EdamSpeed]

"Teammate" - usually the first guy you have to beat, right?

[Legzy]

"Teammate" - usually the first guy you have to beat, right?

Usually? What do you mean usually? Surely you meant 'always'?

Just to quote our Team Oldie Handbook, subsection 6f - "Beat your teammates at all costs, take all/any opportunities to nudge them into ditches/walls (when safe for your own car to do so)." 

Legzy (Dick Dastardly)

p.s. If they can just DQ Tinman too, then I move up again to score a Championship point 

[Davor Mirkovic]

Also: "Never have your teammate as co-driver in rally events"

[phspok]

Good fun race, the Merc was sufficiently odd and the track testing enough to make it
for me at least a real challenge. Had done 42 laps straight in testing without falling off once
managed a PB in Qual, didn't quite get under 60, so was hoping for an interesting race.
How is it that I can lap for ever without falling off, give me a car to chase and oh dear
there's another wall mark downthe side of me car. Must be the stress 

Had some fun with Oily in the first few laps, passed him 1.5 times, took some white paint
off the pit wall doing it, as room was at a "premium", let him past on the back straight
as I'd screwed up the brow, and then spun a couple of laps later trying to outdrag him
again on the front straight. Kept catching up with the Spanner/Ossie/Syd battle
and no sooner would I catch them up than I'd fall off, and have to do it all over again
Overall had a good time.
Grats to podium for staying on the grey, and Organisers for the event, oh and a special
round of applause to the marshalls without whom we would not be able to race.