i6e Endurance Sundays Round Four - Spa-Franchorchamps Endurance - May 22

[Darren Seal]

I have another noob question for anyone willing to listen. How to join the server when it is available? Will it be listed in the Dashboard?

If you go HOSTED -> 'Join a Race' you'll be presented with a list of hosted sessions.  After 18:15 a SROUK Enduro event will be listed...  Click on it and enter the password listed above to join...

[Mike Miller]

Got it. Thanks Darren.

[Fred Basset]

Gutted!!!!! :'(

Not as gutted as I am David. I've put the practice in for this and was running in low to mid 12's on full tanks but an over running family event has left me with too many things to get done. :'(

Darren thanks for the kind words.

Adam, sorry

Regards
Gary

[Simon Gymer]

Unbelievable. 

[Adam Parle]

Another carp turnout .... fun race though.

Without Picnic being in the race I'd have seen no-one, and raced no-one, as it was it was a great race.  We were running nose to tail for a good few laps until I got a great run on him out of Eau Rouge and did the biz at the next corner.  After that the lapping DP's allowed me to stretch a bit of a lead, and I was a few seconds ahead until my stop.

After that I was just trying to stay consistent and when Picnic came out of the pits I had a healthy lead.  The Shark pit crew must have put some "special juice" in the tank, as Pete proceded to reel me in bit by bit, and with a few laps to go it was clear it was going to go to the wire.

With 2 to go, I got the call that I had about 2 laps of fuel left ... it wasn't looking good.  Worn tyres, defending like a madman ... it all took its toll, and I finally ran out of fuel just before the bus-stop, and that was that.  I managed to get round to the finish, for 4th place - courtesy of the low turnout and discos.

Great race Pete - that was ace

Cheers to all that participated ... lets try and drag everyone back for the next one eh!

[GizMoTo]

thanks guys for a good evenings running  surprised myself by finishing this one

  my apologies for the double figures incidents   was struggling the whole race {sore arm long story hence surprised I even finished}

anyway again thanks for a clean race don't think I touched anybody during the race .oh apologies to the mustang driver on the last lap i expected you to go to left coming to the last chicane took me by surprise when ya didn't so took to the grass so as not to touch ya ...then had no brakes on the grass  


Ian

[Adam Parle]

Double figures incidents are very easy to rack up - I don't think you've anything to worry about.

[adrian matthews]

was having a great night racing with you all thank you.
really upset i was just about to make my first pit stop when failed unacceptable level came up.
i guess i am still really up set look very much forward to racing with you all again.
i hope my driving is up to standard.
thanks Ade

[JazzGreenway]

Meh, that was pretty frustrating. I was constantly fighting the Mustang and not really having fun driving it. Managed to keep up with the top 3 which was nice for a while until I spun it coming out of the bus stop. That got me so angry I quit the session The low turnout I have to say is really killing my motivation to keep running the series, but I'm still frustrated so maybe that viewpoint will change...

[GizMoTo]

was having a great night racing with you all thank you.
really upset i was just about to make my first pit stop when failed unacceptable level came up.
i guess i am still really up set look very much forward to racing with you all again.
i hope my driving is up to standard.
thanks Ade

Ah that's where you went I was wondering where you would be after the pit-stop wasn't expecting to get by ya but was hoping to be a bit close with a chance to try and beat ya by the end of the race but ya was gone 

nothing wrong with your driving standards as far as I could tell Adrian  i was enjoying the race with ya in that first half 

Ian

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

really upset i was just about to make my first pit stop when failed unacceptable level came up.
i guess i am still really up set look very much forward to racing with you all again.

That was a real shame - though you did the job I wanted you to and held up Darren a tiny bit after his stop.

Really didn't expect pole - must be something in the water at Spa, I always seem to be able to drag that one magic lap out of the car here where others struggle to do a legal lap.

For once I didn't muck the start up and hand the lead over, but I knew Darren had more basic speed and it wasn't a surprise when he found a way by. It was more of a surprise that I could just about stay with him, but I didn't know how hard he was actually pushing, and it became apparent after a quarter distance that I was a tiny bit short on fuel and would have to take two clicks more at the stop than I had planned for.

As usual I had a great stop (we pay our crews an extra herring each for every second gained on a Legends car Pete's crew will go hungry tonight!) and gained 5 of the 7 seconds gap back, but with hindsight I needed to stop two laps earlier and try one of David Coulthard's "undercuts" to get track position on him. After that it was just a matter of keeping focused and maintaining the gap to Mike behind - I was having to drive at full military power to stay ahead, but luckily not having to use the qualifying afterburners.

Well done to Mike for fighting back past David Ward after his late splash and dash to make it two Sharks on the podium in DP.

Like the ORO race last night the turnout was low but thanks to being in close proximity to closely matched cars for most of the race it was worth every penny - so much more fun than the Grand Am Premiere race I did this morning where my Mustang finished ahead of all the DPs but two laps down from the three leading cars.

[Jove]

Very disappointed in myself, in 30mins i couldn't get a clean lap in qualifying kept getting 1x when ever i went for a flying lap so i had to start from the back.

The race was a completely joke, smashed it into a wall to avoid a Mustang that moved across in front of me, crawled back to the pits and got a "magic repair" so fuelled it up and went back out to see if i could gain any places, managed to battle my way back to 3rd but i had over worked the tyres and they was completely shot then spun out and Mike got ahead.

I hate Spa.

Well done to all the podiums very well deserved

[Mike Wrightson]

My first iRacing event for over a month, and it went well.  Which was nice.  

My setup was OK, but did become a little unstable once the tyres wore down.  At least it was getting round the track and had grip for a change.  Qualifying 3rd was a surprise, and I found I could hold onto Dave and Darren in the opening laps.  They began to ease away though and I focussed more on the gap back to Oily.

All of a sudden, I found myself with a large gap behind and a much smaller one in front and it was all looking pretty good.  I was going to run the full tank through and see how far I would get, figured it should be a 1 stop race.  But it was not going to be so easy!  On lap 21 my engine broke and I dragged it into the pits smoking heavilly.  I was half expecting the crew to tell me it was terminal, but no, they repaired it!

All was looking good after that until I got close to the end and realised I would be slightly short of fuel to make the end, even trying to save it I would still run dry, so into the pits for a splash of fuel. No Herring for my pit crew tonight as despite me telling them not to change the tyres, they did it anyway.  As a result I charged out of the pits right ahead of David , who promptly passed me on the straight.  

No way was I going to give that up without a fight and set about trying to get the place back, smashing my previous fastest lap in the process.  David spun in the last chicane and that was that.

It's good to be back racing

[Raimo Piiksi]

Spa is my favorite track and I have been driving it all week

Did a 1 lap quali with low fuel and was surprised to see a 2.44 lap.
Race start was ok.  But Mike had a nice timed start and got the lead into Eau Rouge. Good close battle and nice driving. Managed to get a run on him and make a pass. First lappings from DP's went well until a Dp wanted to fight for the apex out onto the long backstraight up to the chicane. By share luck I managed to throw my car off line and out of the track. This made Mike go by again
After catching him up, we had another good battle for position and I saw Simon catching us lap after lap. After a cut penalty for Mike at Eau Rouge I got by him, and I saw Simon 1-2 sec behind us. I was pushing hard after I saw Simon had picked up his pace, but was surprised to not see him behind when I came around for another lap. With the whole week driving on this track, I had no problems staying consistent and safe for the rest of the race and bring it home after 2 hours of sweating.

Raimo

The race was a completely joke, smashed it into a wall to avoid a Mustang that moved across in front of me.

Well I guess I have to thank you for not making a joke out of my race also then. I thought you knew this corner is an entry onto a very long straight and we Mustangs have to commit to the corner long before you are even there.

[picnic]

Great race Adam, I tried hard to keep you behind at the start as I fully expected you to be much quicker. After you got passed I held on for a couple of laps before getting a slow down, Then it was watching the gap slowly increase. Lapping cars making it yo yo a bit. Just before your pitstop I felt I had slightly better pace and hoped that with you taking a slightly early stop your tyres might be suffering come the end of the race. I kept the faith and kept chasing. The battle we had just before you ran out of fuel when we went side by side through Pouhon, down the straight and half way though the chicane was awesome.

I must say sorry to a bunch of DPs. A lap after my pitsop I found myself entering Eau Rouge with 3 of you bearing down on me. With my still coldish tyres and trying to keep the speed up to hinder you guys as little as possible I got well out of shape. Somehow held it but I think you guys all had to take avoiding action

Embarrassed by the number of incident points I picked up too