UKGTR Season 14 F1 - Jacarepaguá - May 17

[Blunder]

Thanks guys, enjoyed that.. right up to the point I hit Legzy!  :'(

Sorry buddy, my fault  :'(

Think I may need something slower!

[phspok]

That was interesting. was wayy behind martin's pace in qual (I was still running race setup) but was only a tenth off
in race pace. Lowered the car some and suddenly i had more grip without less top end, so that was usefull
Having no idea where the pit entrance was, nevermind what the road in was like, I overcooked it into the fence and
took off the front wing, saw Laz apparently stuck at the pit entrance with a front wheel and wing missing
so as I was already in for a longggg stop, had a go at trying to push him round and to his pit box, but as i was
turning him to face the right direction he left   perhaps my ministrations were not required, and actually
he was just wating for me to get to my box, ahh well best intentions and all that. Unlapped myself from Martin
than caught Jann, and unlapped myself the saem, he seemd to have trouble off line and then quit.

[H@L9000]

A good event even if I did suffer some major damage.

Sorry TT.

After going a few laps down for repairs I had some short but fun chases with TT and GT.

Excellent fun, see you all at the next one.

[evert blommert]

Guys I need help.
During the race tonight the game returned to desktop no less than 4 times.
It's hard racing on a black screen. Anyone had the same problem or is aware of a solution?
Hope I wasn't in anyone's way tonight.
See you all sppn.

Gr. Evert

[goldtop]

Results and replays in the usual places

[Geoffers]

Sorry Geoffers That was a combination of me running to close and catching lag at the same time. I was preparing to give myself a drive through penalty for being such a noob. sorry again.

No worries Lazlow, I should have let you through, you were much faster than me.

[goldtop]

Surprised to come away with a win tonight as I was well and truly outgunned in quali. Race went as I thought it would, losing places on the straights but able to close back up through the corners but with little opportunity to pass.

A few laps in and in 3rd place, desperate to get on the power I did a 360 pulling onto the straight but fortunately kept it going only losing 3 or 4 places. From then on I made no mistakes and quickly gained back those places as others went off. Had to get a bit defensive with Legzy at the end of the straight at one point, I think you were still far enough behind so I hope that was ok   Had a very nice battle with spanner which lasted a few laps, very enjoyable. Another chase with Matt which ended when he spun in the same place I had. Made my way up to Navin, who seemed to be struggling for grip as I closed in. I decided to wait to see if he would pit and then cover it but when I caught him I was able to pass easily for 2nd when he went a little wide, or maybe he let me through    

My tyres were holding up better than I'd anticipated so I decided to go for a no stop. With a few laps to go I had Legzy about 4 secs or so behind and gradually closing the gap, while I was closing down Blunder a little quicker. On about lap 26 I saw Legzy run out at T1 which eased the pressure and I was able to concentrate on catching Blunder, who then had a bit of an off and I was through to the lead. A couple of nervous laps on very spent tyres and I was home  

Well done to Legzy and Navin and the other finishers and thanks for all who turned out for this  

[Navin R Johnson]

Race had a lot of action the first few laps. I got a good start and through some argy bargy not of my own I was able to sneak through for 2nd. Couldn't stay with Blunder but was able to get a 6 second gap from 3rd. But then a problem arose as the tires wore I realized I missed the setup on this one big time.. I didn't do any long run testing and missed the downforce level for this one. I was way too light at 30F,28R. Once the tires started to go I was a lame duck. Goldtop was the first to run me down and at first I tried to fight but realized all I was doing was slowing GT down in the slow corners and then pulling away on the back straight easily enough that he had no chance of passing even in the draft. So I did pull offline a bit to let you through GT and not slow us both down anymore . Plus being so much slower in the corners I was worried about getting hit from behind. Better to fight another day and get some points. More or less the same when Legzy caught me next. They both left me in the dust after that. Just tried to be smooth with everything to get to the end. The last few laps were really slow at like 4-5 seconds off the pace. Kind of like the current F-1 .
  Congrats to Goldtop for a well earned comeback win. Grats to Legzy for 3rd place as well.

[lazlow]

1.24.8 with one set of tyres...nice going GT

[purdie]

Moved house and the internet was live this morning for the first time! Shame I missed this event.

I played the original mod on rFactor lots and lots so will make the next race  

(and cheat and take the remaining McLaren if poss )

[goldtop]

1.24.8 with one set of tyres...nice going GT

I was surprised to see that also, especially as for most of the race I was concentrating on looking after my tyres. I know there's some utility for race analysis so if anyone knows how to create it, it would be useful.

Moved house and the internet was live this morning for the first time! Shame I missed this event.

I played the original mod on rFactor lots and lots so will make the next race  

(and cheat and take the remaining McLaren if poss )

Would be great to see you Purdie. Would be a good idea to do some runs in the some of the cars at either Brno, Suzuka, Jerez or Jacarepagua to see where you might best fit in. When you've decided, please make your choice here....

https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=9337.0  
 

[lazlow]

Unofficial LapChart

[Truetom]

Was driving slowly and learning the track a bit more, daring more and more and it was ok ... until H@l spun around the corner. Saw him trying to get out of the way but unfortunately in our eagerness we both went for the same spot. Front damage, had to pit and stayed there for two minutes. Changed tyres and had to drive for 45 min with that set then. Well, I must say they fared better than I thought, had to lift off the full speed left hander only towards the end. Back to H@l - things like that happen and we can only be glad the damage is virtual or we would both be very dead.

Must confirm what I said about things going too quick in these cars - my attempt to let by two cars lapping me failed miserably, I went off track and we all lost time. Hope things get better when we get to be more confident in these cars.

Ade, did you crash or were you just lazy?

Nice to have some more drivers on the grid, hope you guys can stay with us. Grats pody.

[lazlow]

1.24.8 with one set of tyres...nice going GT

I was surprised to see that also, especially as for most of the race I was concentrating on looking after my tyres.

I was also hoping to do the race on one set of tyres, but as I got near the half way point (having to drive at 110% just to stay near the pace) I was starting to loose grip and there was only going to be one outcome. Albeit it was my own fault I had to drive balls out because I followed Ade off the track in one of the corners
I do find it a bit disheartening that you were able to race at 95% of the cars ability though, when I'm having to thrash my car round the track to just to be competitive Maybe the next race will be different.

[goldtop]

Ta for putting up that data Lazlow.

I wouldn't say I was driving at 95%, I was on it all race just that I was concentrating on not sliding it around too much. I only eased back on the last lap or 2 when the race was won and I was getting tyre warnings every couple of corners. My fastest lap was on lap 4 when I was desperately trying to keep Legzy behind me and also had some tow from Spanner down the straight. I spun out on the following lap because I was overdriving, but didn't put a foot wrong after that.

I think Jaca particularly suited the Benetton but I don't think it will have the grunt to be competetive on all these tracks. Imola will be very tough for it, so I've already started practising 

Great pace in the Minardi Lazlow It's clearly the slowest car on the grid by some way . I wouldn't be disheartened as this is exactly the kind of challenge I had in mind for these races.