UKGTR Season 10 Lower Endurance - Anderstorp (GP) - Sep 27

[Jure]

Disco. I hope I didn't hit anyone, I heard a clonk (but no impact)... 

[Ted]

Didn't have any time to practice for this one and eventually had a couple of silly mistakes just before half way. Decided to leave rather than ruin anybody's night.

Good luck to team mates, must find some time to practice before the next one 

[JonM_uk]

Had a good race. Qually'd 1st and just tried to be steady in the race. Thanks to the guys being lapped you were all great Well done to all the finishers and to gsi bob and JayBlue on a great first race. Well done Api and see you next Sunday.

[Legzy]

Best race I've had in ages. Which is odd because I would not list this as a track I'm a fan off

Will give more detail tomorrow, jumping on the server again to practice for Tuesday's race 

[Jayblue]

Things went well for a first event here. Jon was clearly too quick in both quali and the race but i set my sights on maintaining my quali position for the race. Initially the guys behind held on to me but as i got a rhythm going i pulled away gradually. Jon had a big lead at his stop but when i left the pit i was only 8 seconds behind him again. Unfortunately i gambled on not taking new rear tyres and my car was very difficult to control for a large part of the second stint, i had one off with all the oversteer and decided to settle to a comfortable pace after that.

Great win Jon, congrats to the podium and winners of GT3 too. I was very impressed by the standard of driving on display, all the backmarkers were beyond reproach in allowing themselves to be lapped. I think the league is really good, thanks to the admins and site owners. Also it was great to be back on a grid with over 20 runners in it, really rejuvinated my GTR2 enthusiasm. Looking forward to next weeks event, i was going to do tuesday night too but i have to go out somewhere 

[picnic]

Replay and provisional results posted

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[goldtop]

Enjoyed driving the 997 instead of the F360 although I did find the track pretty dull. Went for a tyres only strategy, but somehow must have miscalculated my fuel which meant another stop for a splash/dash late on.

Hard luck to Bob who I think took some damage on the last lap, allowing me to pass after we'd had a nice little battle throughout the race.

Congrats to both podies.

[H@L9000]

Nice race.

Had a good fight/chase with MJ and Gazza early on. Had a nice chase with Legzy in the second half of the race.  Not a big fan of the track but, I have had some good races on it including tonight. It has very different character from the other official tracks. Although not to good in its own rite, as part of a championship, I like it.

I span out from 4th place with approx 15 mins remaining which lead me to bang my hand on my desk in anger which I do not do often.  I was very keen to stay in front of Legzy and MJ, but they out concentrated me. In an enduro race, that is the same as out drove me.

Well done podiums and thanks GT3 drivers. Also well done new drivers. You can see that Jayblue has good taste as he decided to take one of the lovely Team Pseudo cars.

[Mark J]

what a cracking race that was and i dont even like this place!  

Never been a fan of anderstorp but cannot deny i always have a great race there with plenty of battles and this was no exception.
Wasnt even intending to race tonight but jumped on a server late this afternoon for about 20minutes and was fast out of the box so thought eh, why not.  

Glad i did. The race was absolutely flat out mental, an 80minute sprint !!   I enjoyed fantastic races with H@L, Gazza and finally Legzy for a nail biting end that saw us cross the line less than a second apart  ...not bad after 80minutes of continuous battling racing !

still completely befuddled by pitstop voodoo   i didnt put a foot wrong tonight and yet still lost out massively in the stops  :'(
I was only 6 seconds behind Simon in 3rd when he made his stop, whereas i was running longer to 50mins so i carried on. Even near the end of my stint i was still pumping in 1:30's and 31's on worn tyres and had a 43 second lead over him. My late stop meant i assumedly took on less fuel and yet when i emerged from the pits i was 36 seconds behind him !!?   I just cant see how i could lose so much time as the stop was totally routine   Even Legzy and H@L had jumped ahead and i had a decent lead over both before i stopped.
It was quite disheartening but the racer in me fired up the adrenaline and chased those ahead down. H@l went off track and i chased Legzy hard for the last 5 laps or so right behind him and hoping he would crack under pressure. I so nearly had him at the penultimate corner when he got nervous at that tight left hander but his car was sufficiently wide enough to prevent me getting past.

Brilliant fun and great racing. Well done Jon on the win and pody guys.  

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

One of my worst performances ever, unfortunately.

Got my strategy totally wrasse about face; started on softs thinking that with the low temperatures they would go to half distance. For the first few laps it was looking okay, but once they started to wear I was struggling to stay ahead of Lazlow and nsfast. Decided to pit early and switch to mediums, but temperatures then dropped and could never really get them properly warmed up.

Should've tuned the car for mediums and done two equal length stints, or at least started on mediums and then switch to softs for a short final stint.

After the stop my car was woolier than a sheep in a sweater, wandering all over the place in the braking zones and just feeling like it had no grip at all, and I had 3 big offs which cost me 20-30 seconds apiece. The final one was after Lazlow's splash and dash; TBH I did the last 40 minutes wanting to park it, and only hung in there for the sake of the team championship.

Sorry to Spanner who ran off behind me in the banked left hander when I was stayng high and slow to let him lap me.

My late stop meant i assumedly took on less fuel

Total fuel burn will be the same, so if you started with the same amount he'll have added the same as you...

[Simon Gymer]

Decided at the last minute to have a go in the Porsche 997. Never been a fan of the way they drive or the way I drive them, but it was certainly something very different for me! Anderstorp is quite a boring track to hotlap, but we always seem to have good races there. I think it's the fact that there are clear cut overtaking opportunities all the way around the circuit and the nice long front straight too.

Anyway, managed to qualify 4th behind TT and chased him hard at the start on a full tank of fuel and some medium tyres. In the very early laps I took it easy and TT pulled away a little, but once I was happy the car was properly warmed up I started to catch him and put him under pressure. He secumbed to the pressure and span at the end of the back straight, unfortunately right in the middle of the track. I had no chance to avoid as I was so close. This damaged my front end and meant I had no headlights. I carried on whilst TT lost a lot more time though. As 40 minutes approached it was starting to get pretty dark and hard to see the braking point for T1 especially without any headlights.

Pitted at half way, topped up to 63 litres (which was probably 1 or 2 laps too much) and got my lights back with some damage repair at the pit stop. After that I never looked back and was never challenged, which was a shame as it meant the second half was pretty dull. I had one off near the end when I missed the braking point half way around the track, but no other mistakes and managed 1:30s consistently in the second stint.

Overall, I'm surprised to say I actually quite enjoyed the 997, I might use it again.

Nice to see the new faces arrive and glad you enjoyed the racing.

[Legzy]

that was 80mins of blinding fun!

For the second week in a row, I've had a poor qually. Didn't manage to get within 1 sec of my race setup PB with my qually setup, regularly blowing laps where I was up buy 0.6 etc. 
Effectively that meant that instead of being 2nd/3rd on the grid, I had to settle for 7th. But I would start the race confident that I could go faster & work my way up.

Well that was how it started... Gazza, MJ, Hal & me all within about a 20-30 meter spread for the 1st eighteen laps! Amazing stuff, till Gazza fell off. Then as I continued to pester Hal without being quick enough to make a pass, MJ started sneaking away. Hal had a little moment & I managed to sneak through just before everyone started to pit.

After my stop for 4 new tyres & fuel (yes MJ, I took on four new tyres & fuel... are you stopping for a cup of tea too? ), the car felt wrong. I think I had two little excursions/spins off & that let Hal back through. It wasn't long before I caught him again & stuck on his rear bumper for another 6/7 laps, but once more I just didn't get the opportunity to pass him (good driving Hal). Then I thought I'd blown it, going well well well wide at T1 as Hal disappeared down the main straight  :'(. Imagine my joy surprise to see a cloud of dust & Hal facing the wrong way at T3, gifting me back 4th spot. Unlucky mate.

Now with about 11 laps to go, I had MJ closing me down at pace. He had already worked the gap down to 5 secs & I knew I needed to pick up the pace to stay ahead. So I immediately lost concentration & got a cut track while losing 3secs  , but from that moment I banged in good solid 1:30's & plonked my rear end where it needed to be to keep MJ behind me.
What a finish, what a race. 

See you all on Tuesday night for the next UKGTR2 event: Portimão

[Gazza49er]

That was a bit of a disaster for me!

Qually went horrible and ended up 8th 

Start of the race was fantastic with me Legzy, MJ and H@l all battling very close and i managed to get past them all with some good driving, but then i realised i had started the race on my qually setup which meant i had soft tyres front and rear and by 25 mins the fronts were ******  .  This was allowing MJ to catch me back up and i had to pit early.

Panicked at the pitstop and put way to much fuel in and wasted alot of time. Did quite a good steady second stint but was all alone really and was to far behind to catch anyone.

My fronts at the end had 33 wear as they just about managed 50+ mins.  and i had 33 litres still in the tank 

I dont mind this track and always have close races but im just not very good round here for some reason.

Grats to all podiums.

[Truetom]

Anyway, managed to qualify 4th behind TT and chased him hard at the start on a full tank of fuel and some medium tyres. In the very early laps I took it easy and TT pulled away a little, but once I was happy the car was properly warmed up I started to catch him and put him under pressure. He secumbed to the pressure and span at the end of the back straight, unfortunately right in the middle of the track. I had no chance to avoid as I was so close. This damaged my front end and meant I had no headlights. I carried on whilst TT lost a lot more time though. As 40 minutes approached it was starting to get pretty dark and hard to see the braking point for T1 especially without any headlights.

I was confident I could keep you behind and prepaired for a steady pace, then put a tyre on a curb and spun. It was just a mistake, I wasn't even nervous as I trusted you not to make st00pid moves. Well, then I made one instead. After the contact I had a damage, car was undrivable and I had to pit. Spent there a lot of time repairing damage and came out dead last, 20 sec behind the last GT3. This was in the opening laps and that meant one more stop for the tyres. Was driving quite quickly (3rd GT2 laptime) but the the time lost was not possible to regain. Gap to Gazzer in the last 25 minutes came from 42 seconds to 14 at the end, but I ran out of time.

Too bad I made a mistake, was gonna be a tight duel with Shark for 3rd place.

Grats to Jayblue on 2nd and to Jon for the win. Likewise to GT3s. 

@gsi bob: was I the cause of your spin? I though I left you enough room, but suddenly saw you spinning.

[Legzy]

@gsi bob: was I the cause of your spin? I though I left you enough room, but suddenly saw you spinning.

That reminds me... thanks to all the guys that made it as easy as possible for me to get past. One of whom was Dave, who I think may have gone off for his efforts? Sorry chap 
& a sorry also to JonM who I think I might have given a fright to as I rejoined the main straight from the pits. I was blasting along, I could hear another engine but I knew non of my competitors were near me & so if a GT3 car was there, I'd be able to push on.... so I looked behind but no car . So I assumed (stupidly) that it must be the sound of the car just ahead... as the thought on me being lapped didn't even occur to me these days! 
I'm such a plonker, sorry