Race report
Q1: P2
I decided after a bit of testing with Jere that my race set-up minus fuel was the way to go here.
P2 lap was scruffy but I could not better it so quite happy Congratz to Dimitry back in form I see!
Special note, the game gave the last pit box on the grid, awesome
Race: P1
Amazing race! I must say thanks to the presto team for the weather randomness, adds a new dimension! Just keep it close to world series weather for the most part please :wink:
Strategy was simple in a 1 stopper if it didn't rain and if it did then jump in and put the old wets on if it did without having to refuel.
Through some testing the wets seemed to perform around a second a lap faster than inters IF you looked after them.
My start was poor and by the time i hit 3rd gear Janek was up the outside of me which I didn't see coming sorry! Picked a good braking spot for T1 and was up into 2nd. Some mild contact from David but luckily nothing to worry about.
Janek was on fire and I thought he must be light on fuel and running 2 stops, but he spun on the last hairpin and I inherited 1st.
Dimitry was closing me down fast, I believed he was also 2 stopping so I didn't put up much of a fight and planned to draft him down the straights if I could keep up and hopefully let him do all the hard work to pull us away from the chasing pack.
He passed on lap 7 into T1.
All was going well until I decided to brake whilst turning into the long right hander, slow motion spin and back to 3rd
I rejoined behind Janek and then managed to creep up on him, all very fair but I did not like your lap 17 effort going off track :rally: to avoid the tow TS1707.07 I did think about following but thought better of it.
He pitted end of lap 18 and I knew I had to have a good in-lap. Did ok and managed to emerge ahead of both Janek and Dimitry which surprised me. Some guys were running long so I was out in 3rd, managed to catch and pass Peter Marshall on lap 22. Vincenzo pitted lap 24 and I regained the lead.
Now I got lucky here, Dimitry and Janek started scrapping with themselves and also got slowed a bit passing Peter so I managed to edge out a nice gap of 11+ secs until the sky turned on lap 33.
I had a small issue here, I was lapping p11 and p12. Andy Paires moved out of the way,p11 and Vincenzo decided to jump him and not let me through for another 4 corners before I guess he realised I was there and braked unexpectedly and I ran into him :ups: . I must thank the Italian engineers as the car seemed to take the abuse this race in its stride. Miffed I decided not to do another lap on worn tyres and pitted. This worked out great as it stated to rain as I got my shiny new identical in appearance wet tyres.
I emerged and managed to look after them well enough to see a good gap appear to Dimitry then used 1 gear higher each corner to ensure it came home in one piece.
Fantastic race, really enjoyed it.
Thanks guys
Congratulations to all finishers tricky weather conditions.
Special mention to Ventis for set-up help again and Jere for qualifying advice on Sunday :thanks:
See you in Barcelona!
Regards
Chris
I decided after a bit of testing with Jere that my race set-up minus fuel was the way to go here.
P2 lap was scruffy but I could not better it so quite happy Congratz to Dimitry back in form I see!
Special note, the game gave the last pit box on the grid, awesome
Race: P1
Amazing race! I must say thanks to the presto team for the weather randomness, adds a new dimension! Just keep it close to world series weather for the most part please :wink:
Strategy was simple in a 1 stopper if it didn't rain and if it did then jump in and put the old wets on if it did without having to refuel.
Through some testing the wets seemed to perform around a second a lap faster than inters IF you looked after them.
My start was poor and by the time i hit 3rd gear Janek was up the outside of me which I didn't see coming sorry! Picked a good braking spot for T1 and was up into 2nd. Some mild contact from David but luckily nothing to worry about.
Janek was on fire and I thought he must be light on fuel and running 2 stops, but he spun on the last hairpin and I inherited 1st.
Dimitry was closing me down fast, I believed he was also 2 stopping so I didn't put up much of a fight and planned to draft him down the straights if I could keep up and hopefully let him do all the hard work to pull us away from the chasing pack.
He passed on lap 7 into T1.
All was going well until I decided to brake whilst turning into the long right hander, slow motion spin and back to 3rd
I rejoined behind Janek and then managed to creep up on him, all very fair but I did not like your lap 17 effort going off track :rally: to avoid the tow TS1707.07 I did think about following but thought better of it.
He pitted end of lap 18 and I knew I had to have a good in-lap. Did ok and managed to emerge ahead of both Janek and Dimitry which surprised me. Some guys were running long so I was out in 3rd, managed to catch and pass Peter Marshall on lap 22. Vincenzo pitted lap 24 and I regained the lead.
Now I got lucky here, Dimitry and Janek started scrapping with themselves and also got slowed a bit passing Peter so I managed to edge out a nice gap of 11+ secs until the sky turned on lap 33.
I had a small issue here, I was lapping p11 and p12. Andy Paires moved out of the way,p11 and Vincenzo decided to jump him and not let me through for another 4 corners before I guess he realised I was there and braked unexpectedly and I ran into him :ups: . I must thank the Italian engineers as the car seemed to take the abuse this race in its stride. Miffed I decided not to do another lap on worn tyres and pitted. This worked out great as it stated to rain as I got my shiny new identical in appearance wet tyres.
I emerged and managed to look after them well enough to see a good gap appear to Dimitry then used 1 gear higher each corner to ensure it came home in one piece.
Fantastic race, really enjoyed it.
Thanks guys
Congratulations to all finishers tricky weather conditions.
Special mention to Ventis for set-up help again and Jere for qualifying advice on Sunday :thanks:
See you in Barcelona!
Regards
Chris