NGT Sprint Cup - Season 2, Round 2, Magny Cours - Nov 1st

[as-here]

hard qualifying times quite fast . sorry to however i hit on the first lap . left quit a gap then it was gone . apart from that quit a good race till tyres went off at the end .

[PaulW]

Rotten luck Picnic

I was in need of a smooth race after the fiasco of Barcelona.... didn't happen!

Qualified 6th and pretty pleased but had two subsequent faster laps at 0.5 secs up bought to an end by clumsy rejoins from other drivers. Tad annoying, but that qually session felt really hectic to me, don't know about anyone else.

Thinsg got even better witha  tap from behind into the big braking zone of lap one. Span off and rejoined in about 15th. At the end of the very same lap the f***ing invisible cones got me and span the car round. Got back into it in 18th then. 12 places lost on lap one- is that a record?!

Tried to have a consistent race after that and picked up places here and there, almost enjoyed the overtaking challenge, but not quite 

Congrats to Pedro on a nice move on me very late on in teh race- I didn't have the rear tyres to hold you off any longer

Finished 9th. Bit fed up.

[JonM_uk]

Started 2nd finished 2nd  
Not alot in between apart from hitting a cone in the road....Sorry Rob bywater for some reason my car really wanted to stay behind you while you tried to let us through  
Nice podium finishes for Ze insane penguins 2nd+3rd nice one Truetom  
Grats to Mo on victory and an awesome Pole lap  

[greg130]

Things got even better with a tap from behind into the big braking zone of lap one. Span off and rejoined in about 15th. At the end of the very same lap the f***ing invisible cones got me and span the car round. Got back into it in 18th then. 12 places lost on lap one- is that a record?!

Sorry mate that record goes to be tonight, 6th - 22nd in one lap, bloody invisible bollards.

Anyway what a disaster.
Qualed in 10th, not to bad for me, never been any good with the NGT cars.
Race started well, soon found myself up to 6th and cruising around nicely.
Then hit the invisible bollard on the s/f straight, puncture.  Oh just great I get to do a whole lap with a flat.
Rejoined after pit in 22nd and last place.
Managed to crawl back up to 13th to score a massive 2 team points, oh well.
Not very offten you do a whole race without a spin at Magny and end up 13th, real shame a top 6 finish should have been there for the taking tonight.
Onto the next event and hopefully a bit more luck.

[Simon Gymer]

Started 4th with what I thought was a stunning time in the Morgan (at least i was extremely pleased with it), finished 4th, some interesting stuff inbetween and I had to pull off a difficult move on Locutus with 1 lap to go to get my 4th back after I span too many times and at one point from a dodgy track rejoin from another driver.

Going to try and get 10 straight 4th positions for the season.

Well done Mo, you were awesome today, stunning pace.

[Wilier]

That was a mixed bag for me.

Great quali saw me 8th in the Mos, my best ever

Race started OK, but I managed to tangle with Rich_A putting him into a spin (sorry bud).

Couple of laps after I got passed at Adelaide then spun on the acceleration, just managed to avoid Picnic.

Then set about maintaining 8th place, got into 7th after someone dropped, then feck me, about 5 laps from the end, just cought Picnic after he spun, all set for a ding-dong and Mrs Wil comes in the study and taps my shoulder. I nearly jumped outta my skin and left the track in the process

Finished up 8th I think, still not bad for a slow coach like me.

[PaulW]

Things got even better with a tap from behind into the big braking zone of lap one. Span off and rejoined in about 15th. At the end of the very same lap the f***ing invisible cones got me and span the car round. Got back into it in 18th then. 12 places lost on lap one- is that a record?!

Sorry mate that record goes to be tonight, 6th - 22nd in one lap, bloody invisible bollards.

They're a total killer eh? I remember a few peoples races got ruined last season at Magny because of them. Oh.... and this season too. Once someone hits them it's like a mini lottery every lap

And lol Willier. Well done on the finish- your best yet in sprints? My other half is under strict instructions that, unless the house is on fire, I'm not to be disturbed 

[codsworth]

Well what can I say...

Started last...ended last.

At least I was consistant!

Thanks for a good race guys, enjoyed every minute!

Cods

[Pedro[PL]]

Qualified 3th. Finished 7th. Terrible shame as I really hoped to score some major points for Team Shark (and for myself as well )

Half the distance, my pit-crew called me in for refuel. I though "what the..." because I was sure of proper setup. In the pits it turned out, that my fuel tank got punctured - probably on an invisible pole. Loaded my tank full and rejoined - of course my third position turned into 13th So, with nothing to loose I have started my chase. With lots of load on-board it was difficult at first, but then I have managed to gain some positions. Sorry Pops if I was too aggressive while overtaking, but you have opened an obvious overtaking opportunity to me and there was no time for rubbing your rear bumper any more Btw. Magny-Course is great if comes to overtaking. If you are brave enough, every single corner is an opportunity!

Shark - that "driver" rejoining like a blind grandma was me Sorry man I should have seen you! No excuse here.

I must admin, that due to my pit-stop adventure, second half of the race was one of the best ever! My motivation was incredibly high. Guess next Tuesday I will start from back of the grid

[picnic]

Replay and provisional results uploaded

[pswillies]

Terrible qualifying... couldn't seem to put a good clean lap in.  Ran in to a rogue bollard  on the straight coming up to the hairpin in quali... managed to miss them in the race!

Seemed to be going ok in the race and made up a few positions from my duff quali place, until I pushed a little too much through the exit of the second chicane and came out of it backwards and in to the wall.  The ensuing pit stop had my crew deciding (in their wisdom ) that I needed another 30 laps of fuel! 

The highlight of my race though was following the finish when Enz13 seemed to manage a triple somersault over the gravel trap! 

Hope there weren't any full timer's who didn't get in... I waited until 8:42'ish before joining. 

[Rich_A]

GT3RS is a difficult car but for first time there in it 43.1 not bad! Made an ok move on you Wilies and left you room on exit of hairpin... then you braked way too late and only my car stopped you from going wide. Maybe in frustration but your frustration is unfounded cause I got a great run out of T2, which is not something I can't do every time!! I'll remember!!

Had a few laps with some guys although no way you'll have any grip over ten laps locking up all the time.. 1m43.1 in race which beat my quali time three seconds to 1m40 ouch. I'll stick with this car but it's a bit confusing to drive, certainly got to use engine braking alot.

[Simon Gymer]

Shark - that "driver" rejoining like a blind grandma was me Sorry man I should have seen you! No excuse here.

That corner is a nightmare for rejoining as the person rejoining can neither glance left or look behind to tell if someone is coming. You have to do it purely on sound. There isn't really any way to safely come back at that corner, however, I think coming back on slower is the best ploy. It was a bit of a panic from me seeing you come back on so fast that caused myself to spin (that and just got distracted by another spinning (I think that was Mark)) which is unusual for me normally hard to unsettle in a race.

Rejoining is a difficult issue, but generally the best bet is to come on slower and as gradually as you can especially in situations where you simply have no visuals on where other cars are.

I hope I didn't cause any problems with my rejoins, tried to be as good as I could, but I know I span more times than I usually do. Don't recall any particularly close call, I do find Magny Cours seems to get more off-line marbles than any other track (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it  )

P.S. That wasn't the incident I was REALLY annoyed about. But I wont go into that one in public.

[Aagramn]

Was doing consistant 1:43 laps in practise offline and was hoping for a good finish, but Magny is a nightmare when trying to follow a car closely and I was having to tip-toe around. My race didn't last long. I braked lightly and early into T2 to avoid getting too close to the car in front and went into a vicious spin. Flew through the sand trap and lost the engine. 

Great pole time and win by Mo.

[locutos ukgtr]

Man thats a hairy place to drive with a full turn out. Qual 5th finished 5th. Had a bit of a moment on lap 1 at hairpin as I braked early and seemed 3 cars tried to pass inside and outside, Got squeezed by PaulW and some1 else with result of Paul spinning out. Midway through race came up on Codsworth who may have been trying to let me pass inside but all he did was move into my line as I had lined up to pass outside, result was a bump into his rear. Only other exciting event was a little tussle with shark on last couple of laps, went defensive on the hairpin to keep him behind but he pulled a gr8 manoeuvre couple of corners later that I didn't think needed a defensive line, I know for future though, nice move bud, deserved the place.