UKGTL Season 11 European Classic Car Cup - Porto - Mar 3

[Wiltshire Tony]

Congrats on the win and on the good race report.

[Fred Joseph]

If you don't have all the sim content loaded how will you "see it" online?
Download everything! Wiser folk than me say you don't have to buy all the new cars. Just the ones you plan to run yourself.
Please, please try to join us next time

I'll try

But I get "tired" of all that downloading, problems and everything with those "old" games...
That's why I really think about renewing my subscription to that simulator you know... isomething .. but that's another debate 

[M Cinderby]

If you don't have all the sim content loaded how will you "see it" online?
Download everything! Wiser folk than me say you don't have to buy all the new cars. Just the ones you plan to run yourself.
Please, please try to join us next time

I'll try

But I get "tired" of all that downloading, problems and everything with those "old" games...
That's why I really think about renewing my subscription to that simulator you know... isomething .. but that's another debate 

Hi Fred. Are you the same Fred Joseph from Simjunkies? 

[Fred Joseph]

Hi Fred. Are you the same Fred Joseph from Simjunkies? 

Naaaaah this one is drinking (see avatar), the one from SJ is not     

[M Cinderby]

  Ah Doppelganger.

[Fred Joseph]

 

[BillThomas]

I can't believe I was still running at the end. I must have crashed into chicanes at full speed at least five times.

All I did was prove just how fragile the Mini is.  Just clipped the wall before the last chicane and bounced between the walls and failed to pit  - had another crash and shot the suspension completely, wouldn't even drive in straight line. 

[Wiltshire Tony]

Bad luck that Bill, but kudos on taking your beloved Mini. After I hit a tyre wall on the first lap my car also suffered a crab like tendency but decided to persevere rather than pit and be lapped early

[Alex vV]

Unofficial LapChart

Had some great battles with people, Syd, Legzy and Alex, spent several laps chasing Alex, caught, fell back etc etc
tried a couple of moves up the inside where I was faster but kept making contact, 2nd time Alex bounced off the bales
I waited of course, but he quit, shame if I had passed you would have zoomed back past on the straight anyways

I would if I could. After the second impact my engine was dead..
Must admit that I was a bit disappointed with ending the race in the tire wall and throwing away a secure 6th spot with a few laps to go.
But it was a great battle Matt where I had to hold on several times for dear life especially in those first fast corners and I must admit that in equal machinery your pace would easily outclass me. Also had some luck with circumventing some mishaps at the beginning (I recall an Escort backing up  ).

A big bow to the drivers who didn't choose the obvious; I chickened out on this tricky circuit and a special applause to my teamie for stubbornly going on in the orange Racing Team Holland (TM) 904 despite being laps down. You won eventually  .

Till we meet again!  (I hope anyway because the server funding issue doesn't look good  )

Last time we see the Elan  :'( (and the Elite)

Why the Elite also?

[Sandor M]

Tough race on this track.

First a sorry for Alex for messing up your quali-lap . Luckily you could turn in another good lap.

Race was a bit strange. First had a meeting with Wiltshire Tony who parked his car in the half chicane on the very long straight.
Waited for Tony to get back and started the race again.
All went well untill the end of lap 2 .
Bill braked to enter the chicane before S/F and I braked hard to avoid him.
Unfortunately Spanner decided to use my car to slow down and my car went in flipper mode over the barriers.

Everything worked correct and I managed to drive through a fence at T1.
But because I did not cross the S/F line the appropiate way GTP decided I still was in Lap 2  
So 1 lap down to all after just 2 laps driving, that's a good start.

Wanted to stay for the fun and had some fun with Tony for a few moments.
Screwed up the suspension and made a pitstop of almost 2 minutes. Was last already so no harm there.
Rest was just driving and not get in the way of someone else.

Tough race but had fun in the 904/4

[Wiltshire Tony]

I recall an Escort backing up  

That would have been me. I had to guess when all the others had been by me by sound alone.

Last time we see the Elan  :'( (and the Elite)

Why the Elite also?

It's the car manufacturer that counts, not the car type. So if Lotus go it is all the Lotus's not just the Elan. Same for Ferrari, Austin Healey etc

By the end of the race Sandor's Porsche had been heavily "modernised" by the Dutch styling house.

[M Cinderby]

I recall an Escort backing up  

That would have been me. I had to guess when all the others had been by me by sound alone.

Last time we see the Elan  :'( (and the Elite)

Why the Elite also?

It's the car manufacturer that counts, not the car type. So if Lotus go it is all the Lotus's not just the Elan. Same for Ferrari, Austin Healey etc

So if the Healey goes do we lose the Mini as well?  

[Wiltshire Tony]

I recall an Escort backing up  

That would have been me. I had to guess when all the others had been by me by sound alone.

Last time we see the Elan  :'( (and the Elite)

Why the Elite also?

It's the car manufacturer that counts, not the car type. So if Lotus go it is all the Lotus's not just the Elan. Same for Ferrari, Austin Healey etc

So if the Healey goes do we lose the Mini as well?  

No Mike, they are categorised as Austin Healey and Austin Cooper for the purposes of this competition. The categories are shown on the race announcement page.

[phspok]

Last quarter's funds were met, this is now a new quarter, the dial will go up as people get their hands in their pockets.
I had done no practice in the A110 which was probably a mistake at this track, Most of the time I coped with
it's desire to swap ends into T1, a couple of time I ran wider than intended or expected, really sorry that
Alex was unable to carry on. The Renault was way faster through the last sequence - chicane and over the line
than most other cars, the closing speed kept taking me by surprise, once I think I misjudged and shoved