UKGTR Season 10 - Portimão - Sep 29

[Gazza49er]

Had a go here last night with the mad bunch lol seems like a good track.

Unfortunately wont be able to do the race as im out for the champions league game.

Have fun 

[mr_oily]

Had a go here last night with the mad bunch

Yep you really should quit it with those crazy lunges Gaz 

[Legzy]

Yeah, had about 9 on for practice last night, was great fun.

I was quite happy in the Team Oldie Cr6 but, I jumped in the new Oldie F550 & did manage to get my PB from a 1:42.0 to a 1:39.9... so I decided the Oldie CR6 must be broken.

But the mechanics must have fixed it again in time for SBG to go round in mid 1:38's I don't think he realised that the Oldie skins need to be driven gently & treated with a bit more care . It's not all about speed you know

[picnic]

I downloaded and tried this last night, excellent rollercoaster ride

My first 'flying' lap was a 1:41.6 - every other lap (3) I fell off Hopefully I'll be better tonight. But at least I've done some practice, more than I usually get time to do 

[Gazza49er]

Yep you really should quit it with those crazy lunges Gaz 

Me??  i didnt know the track so every corner looked like a crazy lunge lol

[Legzy]

Yep you really should quit it with those crazy lunges Gaz 

Me??  i didnt know the track so every corner looked like a crazy lunge lol

I think that was probably more in reference to Oily's "controlled driving" last night 

[Legzy]

Speaking of Oily, I think he meant to post this here :

Got a feeling Asda home delivery will be bringing my enduro to a premature end this eve so might well catch some of you at Bathurst after Portimao.

Incidentally - Dave this track is brilliant, more of the same please!

[goldtop]

Just sneaked a few laps in the F550 and looking a bit better in mid 1:40.xxx. Just couldn't get the power down out of the corners in the MC12. Get the feeling that the temptation to go and play in all that sand will be too much for me to resist tonight though.

[mr_oily]

Speaking of Oily, I think he meant to post this here :

Yes he is incompetent,  ta Legz!

Track still brilliant, would like to see more different ones as I'm slowly starting to like this GTR malarky again.

[Mark J]

ba'h didnt get home till late and hadnt done any laps so passed. Hope you had a good race and maybe we can do it again in a league race if its a good track.

[Busi]

oh damn, forgot about this race until now, too late anyway, watching FC Barcelona at the moment so I'm having fun too

[ginsters sponsored]

That tracks good for hotlapping and pretty damn good for racing I'd say

Was gapping all, and hopefully JR, until tyres ran out very quickly, lost some time and was right behind JR as he exited pits. He made a slight slip, those gents do make them occasionally , I got overexcited and spun in sympathy whilst he was good enough to hold it. Was gutted cause that could have been good but what followed was a-maz-ing. Side by side with TT for what felt like two laps As good as it gets and my save after he loved tapped me through one of those fast right handers had me laughing out loud. Great fun.

Cheers for that Dave and I'll pretty much race anything on a Tuesday but perhaps a little more notice might drag some punters in? Congrats JR/all   Is Tudor still out there?  

p.s. sorry for the after party DSQ Dave, I got caught up in the moment

[picnic]

Replay and provisional results posted

LapChart

[Legzy]

Really enjoyed that.

Had some great laps with Spanner & Pete was just behind him. Didn't know how the tyres would hold out so waited till half way to see what my pit plan would be. My Meds were still only on about 10 front & back so figured I'd do a splash & dash near the end.

Found myself alone upfront as the only one on that strategy & laughed as Jeff started closing the gap down. With about 7 mins to go he was on my tail & ......... my PC's AV decided to popup with an update opportunity!!! Got rid of that & came back, didn't know which way I was facing so had to wait for the next car. It was SBG & I was pointing the right way. Started off, decided I'd pit straight away. Announced I was pitting twice & hugged the inside of the kerb as best I could (but it was starting to drift out a little). Simon was right behind me & obviously trying to carry as much speed as possible on to the home straight (understandably). Just as I was about to ease right off & try to turn in to the pit, it looked like he made a dart up my inside , so I steered out to avoid & unfortunately so did he. We both ended up in the gravel. I waited for him to move & nothing. I wondered if he was stuck so gave him a little push & on came his reverse lights   . Tried again & in the end just maneuvered myself & into the pits. Shame that, for both of us. Being the car in front, I probably should have ignored what looked like an attempt up my inside, but these things happen I guess.

Decided then to change tyres & enjoy some softs. Great track that, hope to see it again soon.

[Truetom]

What if this is as good as it gets, as Jack said?  Good enough for me. Great fun, even Marcos can be tamed into those corners. Oily came close from the start, that F550 is quite fast. Didn't even think that much close racing is possible, sbg. Hell yea, two laps side by side, now is this great or what?! Only compromising for my car was the last looooong right-hander, JR passed easy there.

Yes, yes, let's have a league race here, GT2s might be even more fun.


EDIT: sbg = DQ