rF2 Marussia F1 @ Sebring - Sunday April 14th 2013

[Andrew Ford]

is this going to be 8pm british time? might make it but not sure.

 

[Stefan Woudenberg]

is this going to be 8pm british time? might make it but not sure.

Yes it is!

 

[Craig Booth]

is this going to be 8pm british time? might make it but not sure.

It should be 8:45 for us Brits, as we are now GMT+1 (BST). This doesn't change it's always 8:45.

 

[Craig Booth]

Hey guys, I was really looking forward to tonight but I feel very sick and probably won't be participating tonight, sorry. Craig Booth, you're can take revenge next week (there's probably a better friendly word for revenge but it doesn't come to mind right now)

Hope you get better, I'll be ready for you next time

 

[Stefan Mizzi]

Sign me up pls

 

[Andrew Ford]

well thanks guys. nice race. like an endurance event. lol
altho i know the track, i didn't in the marussia and i thought there would be hardly any grip. there wasn't. my quali lap was poor with no practise but also had wheel settings wrong so i ended up going faster in race with 20 laps fuel and medium tyres.

had some fun racing. i kept near stefan mainly due to very consistent, slow in fast out driving.
just as i was doing ok with stefan doing his balerina impression, i over throttled, hit a barrier and screwed my race. i went to pits for the 214 second stop but temp sign came on and engine overheated. i had put it in neutral but race ended.

very respectful racing. btw, how do i stop my engine overheating during pit stop?

 

[Kevin Cox]

Had a fun race. Managed to get 1st starting from 2nd on the grid going into the first corner!

As usual with me my consistency needs work as I eventually put it into the wall and damaged rear suspension. Took 145 secs to repair.

Still managed to get back to 5th after a few others got into trouble. Look forward to next race.

 

[Jean-Christophe Pires]

An incredible race for me, in spite of my best time in practice , I thought of leaving a little higher on the grid. A difficult race, I tried to keep my tires at most and to grow as much as possible. I understand now the difficulties of the drivers of current F1. I finished 2nd without any error, I am tired and dipped

Well done Mickael, whom I did not manage to catch up. Well done all for this respectful racing.

 

[Mickael Folcher]

Thanks guys, another good sunday with you.

 

[Kevin Cox]

Here is video of first few laps until I had to pit for repairs.

Any ideas on why replay doesn't show my skin I used for race?

 

[Stefan Woudenberg]

Pfffffttttt...... First great 1st half...... the worst in the second half....

My team just wanted to change tyres or repair damages. In the 1st time into the pit (damaged frontwing and worn tyres (super softs)). I seem to had speeded in the pitlane with the limiter on?
I just could not serve that penalty, so got DQ-ed.

Great time on TS. See you guys next time!

 

[Ian Franssen]

seems like I missed out on a lot of fun and congrats Michael Out of curiousity, Michael what were your average laptimes during race?

 

[Craig Booth]

My setup wasn't good enough for the race, Kevin kindly shared his, so I was able to improve my times. However I didn't have enough time to get used to it, so we pretty slow compared to others. Although I was slow I was pretty consistent, so finished 4th.

Great times on TS again with Kevin and Stefan.

 

[Stefan Mizzi]

This was a nice first experience with the Marussia for me I had not tried this car yet so I was happy with my pace, even though I was over 2 seconds slower than the leaders.

I put fuel for 50 minutes that I saw it was 40 mins!? I also used the medium tires to be safe. Car felts a bit heavy and not too much grip. Anyway, qualified 5th, had a good start and I was cautious and Stefan overtook me easily. I did not want to skid all over the place.

Then there were accidents, Kev, Marcel, then I saw Stefan spin in the last corner. I was not fast but was having a steady pace. I found myself 3rd. Then the 1st two went in to the pits and my tires were still holding on (Jenson style!). 2nd place, I was like yayy!

But!....I started pushing a bit more....my tires were not optimal and skid, hit the wall very bad! I almost took Craig out! Sorry mate. My car was too damaged and on the straight it lost grip again and hit the wall spinning. Some one must have seen this and laughed to death Race was over.

Great evening, thanks guys

 

[Jean-Christophe Pires]

My best lap in practice:

For my part I used soft tyres, with the yellow plan in the race.

 

[Craig Booth]

This was a nice first experience with the Marussia for me I had not tried this car yet so I was happy with my pace, even though I was over 2 seconds slower than the leaders.

I put fuel for 50 minutes that I saw it was 40 mins!? I also used the medium tires to be safe. Car felts a bit heavy and not too much grip. Anyway, qualified 5th, had a good start and I was cautious and Stefan overtook me easily. I did not want to skid all over the place.

Then there were accidents, Kev, Marcel, then I saw Stefan spin in the last corner. I was not fast but was having a steady pace. I found myself 3rd. Then the 1st two went in to the pits and my tires were still holding on (Jenson style!). 2nd place, I was like yayy!

But!....I started pushing a bit more....my tires were not optimal and skid, hit the wall very bad! I almost took Craig out! Sorry mate. My car was too damaged and on the straight it lost grip again and hit the wall spinning. Some one must have seen this and laughed to death Race was over.

Great evening, thanks guys

Hmm I forgot about that. I did wonder what you were playing at, at the time! No damage caused, so I'll forgive you this time

 

[Stefan Mizzi]

Hmm I forgot about that. I did wonder what you were playing at, at the time! No damage caused, so I'll forgive you this time

LOL, I have to see the replay. I guess you must have wondered..."WTF is he doing!" Glad didn't touch you though

 

[Craig Booth]

LOL, I have to see the replay. I guess you must have wondered..."WTF is he doing!" Glad didn't touch you though

Yeah exactly my thoughts. Although we did touch, thought I was gonna lose my front end, you just stopped dead in front of me.

 

[Stefan Mizzi]

Yeah exactly my thoughts. Although we did touch, thought I was gonna lose my front end, you just stopped dead in front of me.

Sorry My car was so badly damaged that it threw me on the grass and I could not stop it. Glad I did not damage yours. Noob mistake of course