CREMA RACE REPORT
Well now that the racing is over it was another close race, wow it felt good to
be in Class A with some excellent racers. Here is my race report.
Well now that the racing is over it was another close race, wow it felt good to
be in Class A with some excellent racers. Here is my race report.
Qualiy was a bit of a mixed bag for me, I was flying around at certain points and everytime I set a quicker sector time I came across traffic. Plus a massive accident in turn 1 didn't help my qualiy runs, I came around the corner to see two cars spread across the track and I had no time to react so ended up smashing into Jamsek unfortunatley, but I quickly set about hammering around again and then when I was on a really quick lap (good enough for 3rd because it was .500's up on my best and would of been a low 1:19, I was held up by traffic and didn't have enough time to put in another lap. Still 5th on the grid was a good effort.
Race 1 was really good, I got a great start and was harassing the top 4 drivers and was upto 4th and challenging for 3rd when they recovered from a spin, then I took a bit too much curb in turn 1 and went wide, didnt spin but took a trip across the grass rejoined and then was hit by a driver, after which the car had minor damage, and I had dropped right down the field, I fought hard to recatch the pack and was closing in on Dawson in 6th we both crossed the finish line neck and neck, If I had one more lap I reckon I could of made the pass and maybe challenged the two cars directly infront of him, but it would of been a miracle to pass them. It was a really great fight with Dawson.
Race 2 didn't go well at all, I got another great start but when I got to turn 1 (again) there was another accident in front of me I tried to brake and avoid the carnage but had no room and hit the car on the inside, this wrecked the cars steering, but I could just about manage to keep up with the pack, so I decided to change my strategy from stopping for fuel at mid distance to doing 4 laps with a damaged car then fueling the car until the end. And it turned out quite well I dropped to last but one after pitting had 2 spins and slightly damaged the car on the second spin but was able to keep up with competitive laptimes despite being really heavy on fuel and having really worn tyres at the end, I think if I hadn't had the 2 spins I would of finished higher up, but I managed to bring the car home in 6th after 30 laps and 26 laps on the same set of tyres. again it was great racing everyone, very competitve and very professional.
I look forward to the final race now for the All series league, Hopefully I will have a bit more luck but I am pleased I was on the pace in class A, just a shame the races didn't come together for me.
Race 1 was really good, I got a great start and was harassing the top 4 drivers and was upto 4th and challenging for 3rd when they recovered from a spin, then I took a bit too much curb in turn 1 and went wide, didnt spin but took a trip across the grass rejoined and then was hit by a driver, after which the car had minor damage, and I had dropped right down the field, I fought hard to recatch the pack and was closing in on Dawson in 6th we both crossed the finish line neck and neck, If I had one more lap I reckon I could of made the pass and maybe challenged the two cars directly infront of him, but it would of been a miracle to pass them. It was a really great fight with Dawson.
Race 2 didn't go well at all, I got another great start but when I got to turn 1 (again) there was another accident in front of me I tried to brake and avoid the carnage but had no room and hit the car on the inside, this wrecked the cars steering, but I could just about manage to keep up with the pack, so I decided to change my strategy from stopping for fuel at mid distance to doing 4 laps with a damaged car then fueling the car until the end. And it turned out quite well I dropped to last but one after pitting had 2 spins and slightly damaged the car on the second spin but was able to keep up with competitive laptimes despite being really heavy on fuel and having really worn tyres at the end, I think if I hadn't had the 2 spins I would of finished higher up, but I managed to bring the car home in 6th after 30 laps and 26 laps on the same set of tyres. again it was great racing everyone, very competitve and very professional.
I look forward to the final race now for the All series league, Hopefully I will have a bit more luck but I am pleased I was on the pace in class A, just a shame the races didn't come together for me.
Race 1:
gpcos_all-round_series_official_result_2011.04_crema_sector1_2011-11-10_race1.pdf |
Race 2:
gpcos_all-round_series_official_result_2011.04_crema_sector1_2011-11-10race_2.pdf |
The results have seen me go up in the championship to 17th, the aim for the season is top 15. anything above that I will be estactic!
here are the results:
See you at Monza!
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here are the results:
See you at Monza!
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