Race Department Forum Racing - Season 31

Aidan Keranen · Feb 20, 2019

nah I went to the bar in the pitstop and needed to sleep it off
finish

edit: funny I say that, @TTupsi my Napue Gin arrived today

Márk Lintner · Feb 20, 2019

Start ... I will be slow this week sorry teammates because Im at Checkpoints CPX 360

Márk Lintner · Feb 20, 2019

Márk Lintner · Feb 20, 2019

Finish

Benutzername · Feb 20, 2019

Aidan Keranen said:
nah I went to the bar in the pitstop and needed to sleep it off
finish

edit: funny I say that, @TTupsi my Napue Gin arrived today

I like Gin, but havent tried Napue.
How good is it?

Aidan Keranen · Feb 20, 2019

Benutzername said:
I like Gin, but havent tried Napue.
How good is it?

I have no idea

Had gone out tonight and didn't really feel like trying it out. Have my 4 pack of Fever Tree ready to go, either Thursday or Friday night at this point.

TTupsi · Feb 20, 2019

Aidan Keranen said:
nah I went to the bar in the pitstop and needed to sleep it off
finish

edit: funny I say that, @TTupsi my Napue Gin arrived today

Hah, I just went out and bought myself a 500ml bottle too yesterday. Too bad I only have the cheapest crap tonic water in the fridge

I'm eager to hear how you find Napue once you get to tasting it!

Jimlaad43 · Feb 22, 2019

UTZER WINS AT HOME
Ben Utzer took his first win of the season with a commanding victory at the Hockenheimring. The German didn't look back as he left the rest of the grid to argue over the rest of the points. A clearly angered Lesley Buurlage - looking at a second race in a row without a win - rather aggressively pushed the star Lotus driver of Tapio Rinneaho out of the way to steal 2nd place. Caterham occupied 4th and 5th, while the other Red Bull drivers struggled, exacerbated by Lintner's last place finish. Lotus seemed to show that they can only ever get one car on the podium as Keranen and Roach struggled at the back of the field.

@Benutzername, a home victory must be an amazing feeling. Do you have any chance of catching up to Lesley in the championship?
@TTupsi, first podium of the season. Why does the Lotus car seem to either struggle or end up on the podium?
@Márk Lintner @Dovi design both of you have identical finishing records so far this season. Which one of you will get a podium first?

Just to try something different.
The next race will start on Sunday at some time around 10:30am GMT. Be there or be square.

Benutzername · Feb 22, 2019

Jimlaad43 said:
UTZER WINS AT HOME

@Benutzername, a home victory must be an amazing feeling. Do you have any chance of catching up to Lesley in the championship?

I always had bad performances in my home race. To now finally be able to win a GP in my home country is indeed an amazing feeling - Especially in that manner and against the superb Red Bull car.
Of course i have a chance to catch uo, but i don't think its realistic if nothing goes wrong on Lesleys side. On the other hand it reminds me of the title winning season of Manolis. He dominated the first races but slowly but surely i was able to catch up. Still, Lesley looks even stronger than Manolis did back then.

rubaru · Feb 22, 2019

Jimlaad43 said:
The next race will start on Sunday at some time around 10:30am GMT. Be there or be square.

So, 5:30am for me on a Sunday. That's not happening.

Lesley Buurlage · Feb 22, 2019

Benutzername said:
He dominated the first races but slowly but surely i was able to catch up. Still, Lesley looks even stronger than Manolis did back then.

and now they're both in the same team battling against you, oooh boy this is going to be spicy

Dovi design · Feb 22, 2019

Jimlaad43 said:
UTZER WINS AT HOME
Ben Utzer took his first win of the season with a commanding victory at the Hockenheimring. The German didn't look back as he left the rest of the grid to argue over the rest of the points. A clearly angered Lesley Buurlage - looking at a second race in a row without a win - rather aggressively pushed the star Lotus driver of Tapio Rinneaho out of the way to steal 2nd place. Caterham occupied 4th and 5th, while the other Red Bull drivers struggled, exacerbated by Lintner's last place finish. Lotus seemed to show that they can only ever get one car on the podium as Keranen and Roach struggled at the back of the field.
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@Benutzername, a home victory must be an amazing feeling. Do you have any chance of catching up to Lesley in the championship?
@TTupsi, first podium of the season. Why does the Lotus car seem to either struggle or end up on the podium?
@Márk Lintner @Dovi design both of you have identical finishing records so far this season. Which one of you will get a podium first?

Just to try something different.
The next race will start on Sunday at some time around 10:30am GMT. Be there or be square.

We'll have to wait and see then. hehe

TTupsi · Feb 22, 2019

Jimlaad43 said:
@TTupsi, first podium of the season. Why does the Lotus car seem to either struggle or end up on the podium?

First of all I'm quite flattered to be called a star driver despite being piss-poor before this race. It appears that our car has very limited window where it works well and today was one of those days. I had a great setup, had a strong start to the race and finished well although I lost one position to Lesley. Nevertheless I'm very happy with my speed. Now we just have to work out how to make all cars work well from weekend to weekend, as a whole we haven't been happy with how the season has been unfolding.