Season 8 Race 1 Istanbul - Setup

Jonas Lex · Jan 25, 2012

Thx Reik for this hot lap video makes it so much easier to find a good racing line
and also thx for all the setups posted here.
Even if this is not all completely new to me, cockpit view plus that fast car is very different (and a lot harder) from everything Ive driven so far but practising under these conditions is a lot of fun.
Im down to a 1:24.7 I think a 1:23.9 is possible for the super pole but the challenge will be to get a consistent pace for the race.

Reik Major · Jan 26, 2012

Good to hear about you're improvements and that you focus on consistancy. If you drive as much laps as you can with race setup you'll improve not only race consistancy but also your speed in generall. So you'll automatically be quicker in qualy mode, too.

Nicolai Nicholson · Jan 26, 2012

Another good idea Jonas is to do some laps online. You will both display a much better time at PrestoGP.com(I know the Race Director use those times to evaluate the drivers), and also the other drivers will get to know you etc.

Jim Hawley · Jan 26, 2012

Here are my setups for Istan, they're both last seasons but I did ok last time out so I don't see me making any significant changes

Jim

Jim Hawley · Jan 26, 2012

Cheers Nico

Valter Ostman · Jan 29, 2012

My race setup with softs. No tire warning the first 16 laps with brake power 85%. A little loose in rear with 27 wing. I do a best lap about 1.25.5 with fuel for 17 laps.

Jonas Lex · Jan 29, 2012

I recorded 2 livelaps and uploaded them so maybe you guys can give me some advice on what I did wrong in general in terms of my driving style (as far as thats even possible in only 2 laps)

Valter Ostman · Jan 29, 2012

Nice lap

David Turnbull · Jan 29, 2012

good laps mate, theres not an awful lot wrong with them, what i did notice though is your entry to turn 5 is very tight, causing to you to get out wide onto the kerb which in turn makes it more difficult to get the power back on, what to do is on the run down to turn 5 try get wider to the right of the track, take a wider entry to turn 5 and get the power on as early as possible to power out and through turn 6.

Jonas Lex · Jan 30, 2012

I see what you mean David, I probably have to brake harder at turn 4 to get to the right side in time for turn 5 I'll try to make that different

Reik Major · Jan 30, 2012

Very well driven Jonas!

I think David found the section where you can earn the most time in relation to the rest of the corners. Finally it's all fine tuning here and there. Considering your big improvment you seem to make over the last few weeks it's for sure your feeling for the car and driving line will automatically improve much more if you just enjoy all the events with us.

Nicolai Nicholson · Jan 30, 2012

To Jonas:

I feel silly for even suggestig anything seeing that you already drive the car faster than me

However, I will share my thought of your video (besides the fact that it was very nice driving):

In general I got the feeling that you were often "fast in - slow out", that you are too late on the throttle when exiting the turns. But I would think Reik and many others with him would be a better judge of this than me.

Jonas Lex · Jan 30, 2012

Thanks for your advice Nico, obviously youve great experience in driving these cars

I notice the same thing too sometimesthat Im too risky and that I prefer driving too fast into corners more than too slow wich also makes me spin more often. I just have to find the right amount of risk I guess

And thx Reik we'll see how it goes

Valter Ostman · Jan 31, 2012

Jonas,
In hotlapping my experience is that I gain from braking in the last moment in most cases. A turn with early apex and a long straight after may be an exception to that rule. I guess the extreme downforce, slick tires, super-brakes and powerful engine of these cars is the reason why it's not a good idea to break significantly early. I think getting the power on early is harder to do and more dangerous than braking late on the bumpy surface of Istanbul.

This is only my personal view of how to attack the corners and a little different from Nicolai's thoughts (forgive me Nicolai). When Nicolai have had the time to prepare himself on a track he is faster than me so you should listen to his advice primarily.

In race, following closely, I have found that braking light and rather early doesn't mean losing to the car in front. Sometimes it can even make me get closer. But it's a matter of trusting the judgement of the driver in front. In this case I use him as reference and if he goes off I usually miss the turn too.

Jonas Lex · Jan 31, 2012

Very interesting stuff Valter thx for that

Nicolai Nicholson · Jan 31, 2012

My race setup, slow and stable

2/22 wings

Anthony Ishak · Feb 1, 2012

I will be racing using Reik Q setup the -- baa-- one with the same wings and no changes at all except for the brake pressure I put it down to 90% .

I did a 16 laps stint yesterday (my first serious 16 laps stint) with softs all around and 65 l fuel, the grip was good and the car felt good as well all the way and my best lap was 124-4 I guess, I got tire warning on lap 15 but I was able to keep the car on track and finish the stint with the front right tire down to 49% and the rear left down to 58% ...

So looking forwards to see all the guys on track tomorrow morning.

are we still 11 hours ahead of the UK time with the daylight saving so the qualy starts at 7 AM for us down under ?
GOOD LUC KALL

Nicolai Nicholson · Feb 1, 2012

Anthony Ishak said:
are we still 11 hours ahead of the UK time with the daylight saving so the qualy starts at 7 AM for us down under ?

Good question... I think so, we have not set our watches since oktober last year. Right now it is... 9hours and 47min until qual starts

Anthony Ishak · Feb 1, 2012

Nicolai Nicholson said:
Good question... I think so, we have not set our watches since oktober last year. Right now it is... 9hours and 47min until qual starts

thx Nico,
it says here that you posted your reply at 9:12 PM local time, add the 9 hours and 47 minutes and that makes the 7 AM for the qualy

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Reik Major · Feb 1, 2012

Anthony Ishak said:
thx Nico,
it says here that you posted your reply at 9:12 PM local time, add the 9 hours and 47 minutes and that makes the 7 AM for the qualy .

7 AM should be correct for you, because you (Sydney) are 10 hours ahead of me (Germany) and for me qualy starts at 9 PM.