Well again I want to start off by thanking everyone who raced in the Radiators All series for being excellent and professional drivers and the Radiators admin and staff for organising an excellent and fun league! I really enjoyed my return back to pro sim racing and its down to radiators.
Here is the race report. Qualifying was quite average for me I was excited to get out on track and put in a decent time, however I was once again held up on a couple of attempts when going slightly quicker I think, if I had timed things right and not encountered traffic on some laps I might of been a couple of places up the grid but really the top 3 were way out of my reach. in practice I had driven a 1:20.1 which would of put me 4th, but I just couldn't get my laptime anywhere near that and ended up 7th on a 1:20.6.
It didn't matter too much as when the lights went green for the first race I was surprised to have my PC grind to a complete stop at the first corner which lost me a good 15-20 seconds as I ended up last, I just put my head down and got on with it, chasing down the guys in front, I saw Matt Dawson after I think he had some contact with another driver and for about 2 laps we had a little on track battle, I went wide coming off one of the bumps in the last section and grazed the wall letting Matt back past me, but I managed to get back past about a lap later, I put the car to the limit to catch up with Graziano and Andrea. I managed to catch right up to them both on the last lap but still finished a disapointed 11th place!
Race 2 was much better even though I had a really bad start and again my PC froze which catapulted me off the track and damaged my car, I recovered to the box but was about half a lap down, I just drove the car to the absolute limit, Biggio had a spin or an off so I managed to gain one place quite quickly, gaining alot on Lanzino infront I finally made a successful move into turn 1 on him, after a few attempts which ended up with some minor contact between us on a couple of corners, then a couple of corners after that, I saw Biggio sliding down the inside at the hairpin towards my car so I went a bit wider to let him pass. I was a bit held up for a couple of laps, so I was trying to pass him at every opportunity. We had a great battle and he just caught my wheel as I managed to make the move stick, he managed to overtake me again, then on the next lap I had the corner into turn 1 after he had outbraked himself and we had a small collision, racing incident, I don't think he knew I was there, luckily there was no damage to my car and I was still pointing in the right direction! I was able to keep my tyres in a good condition and quite quickly caught upto Andrea, we then had a brilliant wheel to wheel battle just giving each other enough room in each corner, excellent side by side racing! I gained the position and started to edge out a gap between us, chasing down Graziano, the gap was too big however and I just couldn't close it enough, Unluckily for Jamsek however who just ran out of fuel short of the finish line allowing me to pick up another place and finishing the race in 8th! which conisdering how far behind I was, was a good achievement I felt!
Congratulations to Vanore and Charalampou on winning the races and to Vanore in winning the All Series Championship!
Here are the results:
Here is the race report. Qualifying was quite average for me I was excited to get out on track and put in a decent time, however I was once again held up on a couple of attempts when going slightly quicker I think, if I had timed things right and not encountered traffic on some laps I might of been a couple of places up the grid but really the top 3 were way out of my reach. in practice I had driven a 1:20.1 which would of put me 4th, but I just couldn't get my laptime anywhere near that and ended up 7th on a 1:20.6.
It didn't matter too much as when the lights went green for the first race I was surprised to have my PC grind to a complete stop at the first corner which lost me a good 15-20 seconds as I ended up last, I just put my head down and got on with it, chasing down the guys in front, I saw Matt Dawson after I think he had some contact with another driver and for about 2 laps we had a little on track battle, I went wide coming off one of the bumps in the last section and grazed the wall letting Matt back past me, but I managed to get back past about a lap later, I put the car to the limit to catch up with Graziano and Andrea. I managed to catch right up to them both on the last lap but still finished a disapointed 11th place!
Race 2 was much better even though I had a really bad start and again my PC froze which catapulted me off the track and damaged my car, I recovered to the box but was about half a lap down, I just drove the car to the absolute limit, Biggio had a spin or an off so I managed to gain one place quite quickly, gaining alot on Lanzino infront I finally made a successful move into turn 1 on him, after a few attempts which ended up with some minor contact between us on a couple of corners, then a couple of corners after that, I saw Biggio sliding down the inside at the hairpin towards my car so I went a bit wider to let him pass. I was a bit held up for a couple of laps, so I was trying to pass him at every opportunity. We had a great battle and he just caught my wheel as I managed to make the move stick, he managed to overtake me again, then on the next lap I had the corner into turn 1 after he had outbraked himself and we had a small collision, racing incident, I don't think he knew I was there, luckily there was no damage to my car and I was still pointing in the right direction! I was able to keep my tyres in a good condition and quite quickly caught upto Andrea, we then had a brilliant wheel to wheel battle just giving each other enough room in each corner, excellent side by side racing! I gained the position and started to edge out a gap between us, chasing down Graziano, the gap was too big however and I just couldn't close it enough, Unluckily for Jamsek however who just ran out of fuel short of the finish line allowing me to pick up another place and finishing the race in 8th! which conisdering how far behind I was, was a good achievement I felt!
Congratulations to Vanore and Charalampou on winning the races and to Vanore in winning the All Series Championship!
Here are the results:
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The result saw Vermin Racing finishing 7th overall in the championship, which is an excellent first season of racing, when it hasn't been a full season and is well above what I expected for my first season back in sim racing. I managed to finish up 13th overall in the drivers champ, just a couple of points shy of 11th place.
Both well above what I imagined and predicted.
I have had so much fun and next year I want to bring in some more drivers to radiators as I am pondering the move up into KS2 to partner Slava. so there will be some racing seats available if any drivers are interested. Either as a
partner to Slava (if I decide to race in a lower series) and one partnering me in the lower series or both in the lower series.
More news to come soon. Thanks to all, enjoy your break!
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