UKGTR Season 11 - Donington Park (GP) - Nov 29

[Mcfids]

I, like Dave, also forgot about the seeded weather and struggled to control the TVR in the unfamiliar damp conditions. I plumped for slicks (hard rears, medium fronts) but looking at the previous posts that won't have helped my cause.

I'm guessing that soft/med combos were the optimum in these conditions as they could be kept cool in the damp? Could anyone clarify that?

Not sure about the TVR; I wanted to try something new and it was fun and pretty competitive in the dry but a beast in the wet.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

I'm guessing that soft/med combos were the optimum in these conditions as they could be kept cool in the damp? Could anyone clarify that?

In my case it was more a case of trying to get them warm rather than keeping them cool!

[Craske]

WOW what a difficult start that was, I had a lot of practice for this one but mostly in the dry.
When I rejoined the server and saw rain on the track I knew I was in trouble.
I went out in qualy with intermediate fr and rr tyres which was clearly a bad choice so I got the best lap time I could with them and made a quick change to soft slicks which worked well and I managed to sneak 5th.

Race time came and I had no idea what tyres to go with and for some strange reason decided that hard slicks on the rear and meds on the front would be a good idea, It wasn't and I spent the first half of my race on cold tyres which was challenging to say the least and my 5th position quickly became 12th.

I pitted early and changed tyres to med/soft which seemed to be the right choice I managed to find some pace and made back a couple of positions to eventually finish 8th which considering everything I’m very pleased with.

I found it a real struggle to get past the GTCs with out messing them up or coming off the track myself and I’m really sorry for any incidents that occurred as a result of this.

Really looking forward to next weeks race which I suspect given its location will be another wet race .

[goldtop]

Not the best start to S11 for me.

Chose inters for first quali stint, but went with SBG's advice of s/m slicks for my second run which almost netted us a 1/2 in the GTCs with Peter just sneaking in between us at the end. Stuck with same tyres for the race (which seemed the right choice for me Dave).

All went wrong before we'd even started, as on the warm up lap I went a few inches off line coming out of Old Hairpin, skewing me inside onto the grass. That was the story all through the race for me; on the dry line there was good grip, but the slightest deviation and I was figure skating. It was during one of these episodes that I slid into JB while allowing him the racing line on the final hairpin and it sounds like this ultimately cost him the race Very sorry for that JB.

I eventually finished last of the runners and way back, only really stucking it out to pick up team points if anything happened to jpv. Really looking forward to the rest of the series and what looks like being a great team battle with the sharkies.

Congrats to SBG, Simon and the rest of the podies and finishers

[Legzy]

I just realised, that's the 1st time I've managed a top 15 finish in a GT1 event.
Previously I always got lapped even by some cars in lower classes .
I know a couple of aliens were missing, but really pleased to have improved enough to pick up forth spot & mass a whopping 25 overtakes . Dead chuffed.

[Jayblue]

All went wrong before we'd even started, as on the warm up lap I went a few inches off line coming out of Old Hairpin, skewing me inside onto the grass. That was the story all through the race for me; on the dry line there was good grip, but the slightest deviation and I was figure skating. It was during one of these episodes that I slid into JB while allowing him the racing line on the final hairpin and it sounds like this ultimately cost him the race Very sorry for that JB.

It was not your fault - the damage was very minimal and it was a game bug/glitch that cost me the race, not you! TBH having had time to think about it loosing 1 minute in the pit and still finishing second was lucky, at any other event i would have lost far more positions and ground in the championship.

[spanner]

Well the wet conditions really caught me out. Even in the dry i thought it was going to be struggle having not really done a full distance in it yet. Went with inters early on in qually but realised it was drying up but only got one lap on softs/meds. With the race starting off quite wet i chose inters to start with and it felt quite nice and with people struggling early on even managed to get into 3rd. But as soon as i mentioned on TS that the car felt ok with the fronts well into the green, it was as though the tyres just fell away and it seemed a few corners were still quite damp as typically out of the hairpin i seemed to spin it allot! lol. So after plumeting down the order and harasing some of the GTC's i thought i'd better just stop and change tyres. Wasnt entirely sure about the fuel as i'd started with an equal stint of fuel so it didnt give me much to play with, I just filled it up and would see towards the end.

For the most part the slicks were brilliant but was still getting caught out so sorry to the GTC's i seemed to meet quite often after falling off again! The corner on the the back straight was still bad, often getting it pretty sideways and with about 12mins to go i was hopeful i'd might make it on the fuel but spun it round on the exit and hit the barriers hard, loosing the front and getting a puncture. I'd been tempted to Esc out alot earlier but after some cajoling stayed in but that was the last straw so decided to just quit out, i was the last GT1 anyway.

Nice to see the Prodigy Aston get an outing, sadly only by Legzy who thought it might be a white grid anyway. Wow its bright lol!

If anyone wants to stand out on the grid in the Aston, we are always looking for new blood!

[Truetom]

Finaly an almost wet race. Nothing much to say, was driving alone most of the time, with an occasional GTC car to brake dull time. Was trying to be patient and wait for a sade overtaking opportunity - I think I mostly succeeded.