rF2 2h WEC GT Racing @ São Paulo - Saturday 14th March 2015

Frederic Schornstein · Mar 11, 2015

David O'Reilly said:
My pleasure.
The setup I used last time at Sao Paulo (where I was running in the top few) is in the community folder in setups. Ill link below. Following the Nurburgring experience I will probably be lowering diff lock on coast.
If I make any other changes Ill let you know.
Look for Nissan GT1 sao race
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/a5uoz32kn6ev0q3/AAAx4EVf0hY7T--gHrnGiP5Ja?dl=0

Just a short note. Fuel tank size is diffrent to the original and it might be better to run lower wings than the original ISI cars to be able to compete on the straights with the other cars, but the rest should to the trick as well on the BOP cars.

Stefan Woudenberg · Mar 11, 2015

Thanx @David O'Reilly !!

Will try to take it for a spin asap.

David O'Reilly · Mar 11, 2015

Stefan Woudenberg said:
Thanx @David O'Reilly !! Will try to take it for a spin asap.

Cool, check diff lock on coast it might be too high and need lowering.

Christian Michel · Mar 11, 2015

Sign me out please.

Wolff Lynx · Mar 12, 2015

Hello, I'd like to sign up please.
I'm new to RaceDepartment, WEC and rFactor 2, but have a lot of experience with rFactor (1) and F1

April Dillon · Mar 12, 2015

Sign me out please, I have to sit this one out

Ben Goymer · Mar 13, 2015

Sorry guys going to have to sign out of this one.

Matt Sentell · Mar 14, 2015

Sorry but I can't make this after all. Please sign me out.

James Early · Mar 14, 2015

I would like to sign up, if it is not too late!

Frederic Schornstein · Mar 14, 2015

James Early said:
I would like to sign up, if it is not too late!

No problem. @David O'Reilly already added you

A bit sorry I missed promoting this event in the usual places. Busy two weeks since Nords, but looking forward to this today

David O'Reilly · Mar 14, 2015

12 is still a nice number for this track anyway. Its not as long!
@Frederic Schornstein is the BOP same as last race?

David O'Reilly · Mar 14, 2015

@Stefan Woudenberg
Wing at 2/18 and diff lock on coast to 20% are my changes.
Its just as fast in S2 with the lower wing.
Fuel is 2.8 lit/lap
Race dist prob 75-76 laps

David O'Reilly · Mar 14, 2015

Oh the Nissan is appr 2 sec slower than stock here.

Jason · Mar 14, 2015

Argh this starts at an annoying time, gonna have to rush around a little but I should still make it. Prob gonna take the SLS

Jason · Mar 14, 2015

Is anyone online now for practice?

Jason · Mar 14, 2015

Argh just consulted the diary/the better half and the timings are a no go...for some reason I thought it started later.

soz

Franco Becagli · Mar 14, 2015

sign me up please

Matt Horst · Mar 14, 2015

Probably won't be fast with no practice so far but i think i will join anyway.

Frederic Schornstein · Mar 14, 2015

After Joao pitted the second time I knew I could bring it home and left as I had problems with my stomach before the race and felt pretty bad with 50min to go.

Just a questiom for the GT-R drivers was the fuel tank to small for a one stop strategy or was it to have fresher tires?

Joao Fernandes · Mar 14, 2015

@Frederic Schornstein Fresher tires. I went with 70L which gave me about 40 minutes of racing for each stint.

What a race that was. Fighting until the finish line.
Right from the beginning i knew i was going for a 2 pit stop strategy so i had to try and gain some time. Didn't have much luck since i got "stuck" behind Simon and lost precious seconds that would be of much use for the final stint.
After a while manged to overtake him and kept pushing trying my best to recover and put me in a better position for the first pit stop.

I was first and pushing like mad and then it was time for the first stop. Everything went without problems and joined in a good position but that lost time at the start was now doing some damage. Again pushing like crazy until the next stop, got some positions back and was again in first when the other pitted.

I knew that Fred was out of reach when i went for my second pit stop. Next goal was to try and stay on the podium. Pushing to the limit i was closing in on Simon and Matt but the time was running out. Caught Simon on the last minutes but again he defended his position pretty well so i didn't have the time to overtake him before the race was over. Those seconds lost on the first few minutes were crucial and the outcome could have been different.

Thanks and see you next time.