RACE 07 Racing Club (Merged)

[Attila Domján]

Hya all

As a start lets kick some WTCC cars after the pause period.


Time: 19.00 GMT / 20.00 CET
Practise: 30 min
Qualy: 30 min
Race: 2*10 laps
Weather: Dry

Track: Istanbul
Cars: WTCC 06 and 07

Server name: RSC # RPMnet.org
Password: spa


Server 1 - RSC @ RPMnet.org #1

1. Attila Domján - Chevy
2. Gareth Hickling - Peugeot
3. Pauliebhoy Harrigan - Seat Leon
4. Gregory Degreef - BMW E90
5. Mehmet Arikan - Seat
6. Jerome Benard - Alfa Romeo
7. Cristian Haba - BMW E90
8. Christian Deparis - Seat 07
9. Jens Hoeppner - BMW E90
10. Patrick van Driel -Seat Leon
11. James Yates - BMW E46
12. Jari Vinnari - BMW E90
13. Marcel Hulsbergen - Alfa 156
14. Peter Böszörményi - Seat Leon
15. Kent Karlén - Chevy 07
16. darron miller - Peugeot
17. Michael Herrmann - Alfa 156
18. Nico Major - BMW E90
19. Rami Kaukola - BMW E90
20. Christopher Aponte - Seat LEon
21. Simon Trendell - Peugeot
22. big daddy Morpheus Lightning McQueen - car tbd
23. Baron-Rouge[NO-B] - Seat Leon
24. ingemar petersson Seat Leon
25. Nevermind - Seat Leon

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[ajokay]

Sign me up!

 

[Bob Miley]

Did a few laps to test my normal set up. Feels good. Just check fuel and steering lock.

 

[Rui Duarte]

Hello Dennis, please sign me up for what will be my first race!

 

[Peter Ell]

Sign me up please...

 

[Sid Davis]

Hi Dennis.... how do I go about being a part of this?

 

[Dennis Phelan]

You need a free RD racing licence, available here. Once you've received that just ask to be signed up!

 

[Kennett Ylitalo]

Remembered that this was on thursday around midnight..

 

[Björn]

I'm in - but likely not very competitive.. those first few corners..

 

[Björn]

I'd go with a 'maybe'

 

[shardshunt]

7 in the morning huh? #whynottoliveinnz

 

[ajokay]

I'm afraid I need to pull my entry from this event. Sorry! Still in for the STCC2's on wednesday though.

 

[Arunas]

Unpredictable evening, so I can signup on last minute

 

[H34d5h07]

Im in for this!

 

[Kimi Asumaniemi]

I don't even remember the last time I raced at RaceDepartment, but count me in here!

 

[H34d5h07]

@Kimi Asumaniemi

I rarely race with R07 these days, but can't say no to Nurburgring can we?

 

[Nelson Ullinskey]

Well today was not my day. Setup sucked, and whatever I did made it worse. Got spun out in the first race and finished sixth. In the second race, I lost it into T1 and would have slammed into everyone if I did not retire. So sorry if I hit anyone there.

 

[Björn]

Well.. that was unexpected?

I did practice a few laps during the last days, however, most of them were in the Camaro - as expected, that, in combination with my kinda late arrival at P2's start, led to my first lap times being.. developable?
However, I found a few seconds and managed to get to what seemed a pretty median lap time.
I still took race fuel into quals as I wasn't feeling that fast and didn't want to get into too much trouble (well, didn't that work out? ) - qualified 5th, IIRC.

Had a great start into race #1 and claimed P1 (Kimi in pole re-pitted and thus DNF'd, unfortunately). However, Daniel and Joe were pushing hard and I found myself under pressure defending my position. Took a turn too wide in lap 3 and had to let them pass.
Now fighting each other, they couldn't quite gain any time, however, and Alex was a good 3-5 secs behind me - meaning I could enjoy watching Daniel and Joe for a few laps. Three-ish laps from the finish, it seemed as if they were in bigger tyre-trouble than me as I could pass Joe to get 2nd position and a few kilometres down, Daniel went wide (ironically, the exact same turn that I screwed up earlier ) and I could pass.
Still, there were about 2 laps to go and both were still behind me - I was yearning for the finish line.
Concentrating (and with better tyres, I assume), I managed to hold the position for an unexpected victory

Starting from behind in race #2, I didn't start quite as well but soon gained a few positions through T1 trouble - quickly fell back, though, as I took a turn too wide and went into the gravel. Now in P7 (Nelson DNF'd), I was hunting down Michel and Dennis. Upon 'arrival', Michel had passed Dennis, so we hunted him, again
Dennis passed, I followed soon and chased him - managed to pass him due to a smaller error (IIRC) and stayed in P5 until the end

Thanks for racing, everyone (great to see new guys in the grid!), and thanks Dennis for organization

 

[H34d5h07]

Todays event is something I wish every race would be like. Epic, tight racing from start to finish. If you don't have pain in your wrists, sweat pour down your back, like a waterfall, and are almost the brink of falling unconscious, you're doing it wrong. Period!

First race I was so confident I would win. Picked up the lead, after chasing @Björn Golda for a few laps, at the same time as @Joe Cannarozzo kept breathing down my neck. After 2-3 laps, Björn made a tiny error, and I passed him, and so did Joe.

Close to the end, I had built up a small lead, and that's when I were confident I would take the checkered flag. On lap 9 (I think) I started to think about boobies and had a brain fart, and forgot to break (sorry, don't know the name of the corner but around T6, same place as Björn went of earlier) and found myself in the sand trap for a brief period. Both Björn and Joe passed me, and I finished 3rd.

2nd race, had the lead once again, But not for long. I think it was Kimi who passed me, but I took it back just to lose it again a little later. Few laps later Joe
at T10 (I think?) did a extremely bravely move on me, and passed me on the outside. Beautiful done! However, I was able to pass him again.
A little later Joe and one guy, who is not signed up, so I can't remember his name, were right behind me but passed me when Joe bumped into me at the chicane,
I lost the control of the car for a few seconds. Gotta love FWD thou, just floor it, and turn the wheel at the direction you wanna go and voila, back on!

They both got away, so I slapped myself in the face, and could actually caught up with Joe. On the last lap, I manage to pass him, but once again, he bumped into me on the last corner before the start/finish straight, and passed me. But he were really kind, and slowed down and gave the position back to me. Once again, finished 3rd.

Epic race, just pure epic!

 

[Kimi Asumaniemi]

I hadn't been club racing for almost a year, so it was nice to have some less serious racing again.

So I got the pole, with race fuel accidentally

I had already entered the grid at race 1, when I remembered that I should change the FOV to get wider view. As Björn said I got DNF'd. I had never before left the grid so didn't know that, but now I know

Reversed grid for the race 2 so I was on pole again. Had a good start but got hit behind into turn 1 by Nelson who had lost control, so you didn't retire just early enough But no problem Managed to continue from P5 I think without any major damage. Quickly passed Dennis into turn 7. After the 1st lap I was on P3. For the next couple of laps I was just behind Daniel and Joe. On lap 5 or 6 I was on left side of Joe into the chicane. I know the Volvo was very good under braking so I out braked Joe who then bumped into Daniel. I was able to pass both and drove to victory.

Good fun, thanks!

 

[Dennis Phelan]

The back half of this track is so nice, the front could use a new face. Oh well a different track for next week!

R1: What a horrible start for me but I think it kept me out of trouble. I did nothing but problms beset other drivers. I just kept riving!
R2: Lucky in T1 on the first lap my joyride ended soon after. L3 and a bump to Bob's rear set me back a few places. Belet and I fought for a bit, a very nice one but Bjorn was right behind. I managed a squeeze on Belet but trying to keep Bjorn penned up ruined my tires and he was past.

I hope everyone likes the track enough to come back on Thursday!