GTP Forums: The Rolex Sports Car Series on GT5

GTPlanet Forums: The Rolex Sports Car Series on Gran Turismo 5

The Rolex Sports Car Series is a motorsport event that was established in 2000 after taking over from previous events similar in their setup, and was originally under the Grand American Road Racing Championship name when it began. The series itself runs a mixture of racing prototype machines and Grand Touring specified sports cars over a series of different tracks across America, each being an endurance style format across roughly a three hour length, with the exception of Daytona Road Course, which is a 24-hour event. Using elements of this well known series as a base, members of the GTPlanet Forums, polarbear345 and james6653, have decided to create a racing series on Gran Turismo 5 that can be participated by any and all who are interested, regardless of skill level. Since the event is only a namesake of the original Rolex Series, it does have its own differences in structure, ruling and regulation aspects.

The basic layout of the GTPlanet Rolex Series is that there are eight different tracks, each of them having a set number of laps hoping to last within the duration of an hour and twenty minutes. The number of laps varies, depending on the length of the track itself and tested lap times set by the cars involved, though many of the races length are similar in distance. Each track chosen is a well renowned race course from around the world, but will include tracks mainly from North America, in an attempt to keep as close to the original series’ entirely American layout as possible. A total of 16 drivers can compete in the event, which is evenly split so that eight drivers race in the Daytona Prototype (DP) class, while eight race in the Grand Touring (GT) class.

The cars used in this series try to remain as close to the mark as possible, but on a game such as Gran Turismo 5, the use of the Daytona Prototypes is impossible, therefore Le Mans Prototypes are used instead. The Grand Touring class is comprised of a number of premium model sportscars that are tuned to racing specifications, and given aerodynamic parts to improve cornering and downforce. For the Daytona Prototype class, the Bentley Speed 8, Toyota GT-ONE and two Peugeot 908 (Team Oreca and Team Total) race cars are used. As for the Grand Touring class, the Audi R8 4.2 Quattro, the Ferrari 458 Italia, the Dodge Viper SRT10 and the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 are used for this event.

Rules and regulations play a big part to any racing event, and this is no exception. Rigorous testing has been applied to each and every car involved, with overwhelming feedback from many drivers. There were cars that originally were going to compete in the series, but could not keep up with the ever changing regulations, either through falling short of competitiveness, or failing to meet certain criteria. As it stands, the Daytona Prototype class has been issued with a weight limit of 970kg for all cars included in the class. However, their power limits have reflected testing, and thus the power limit has been set for around 580bhp, give or take, for each prototype, which is surprisingly good. The GT class has seen the most dramatic testing, and thus has the most dramatic settings of the series. Cars here have been set to a weight limit of 1280kg, while the power limits range from 460bhp, to as high as 510bhp.

The procedure for the each race is just as important, as there are cars of greatly varying performance levels competing together. Before each race, there is a qualifying period, in which the Daytona Prototype cars will emerge first. They will have ten minutes (which may vary per race) to perform their fastest lap around the circuit in order to get the best possible grid start. Once their allotted time is up, the Grand Touring class cars will emerge, and the Prototypes must come into the pit area and standby for the race. The GT cars follow the same allotted time limit, in which they will qualify for position on the grid also. Once the GT cars have used up their time, the race countdown timer will commence, and soon the race will follow.

At the start of the race, the Prototypes will begin first, and get into their respective position on the formation lap, and around 30 seconds later, the Touring class will join the formation lap. The cars are limited to 75mph on the formation lap, which will only cease once the class’ respective pole sitter reaches the line or the pace car pulls into the pits. After the race is finished, each class will be awarded points depending on where they finished in their respective classes, with 1st place achieving eighty points, and each place after that awarded ten less points. For the series, there will be not only a driver’s championship, but also a constructor’s title. This will determine just which manufacturer from each class is the best overall.

Now that the introduction is almost at an end, I would like to wish each driver currently participating in the GTPlanet Rolex Sports Car Series (GTP RSCS) the best of luck in the competition. I will now introduce each manufacturer, and their respective drivers:


Toyota:
GT-ONE Race Car {575 bhp & 970kg}
~ unrealanthony
~

Bentley:
Speed 8 Race Car {565 bhp & 970kg}
~ w1nner101
~

Team Total (Peugeot):
908 Race Car {575 bhp & 970kg}
~
~

Team Oreca (Peugeot):
908 Race Car {585 bhp & 970kg}
~ adeadsnipermatt
~ Pepsimaxcrew

Chevrolet:
Corvette Z06 (C6) {500 bhp & 1280kg}
~
~

Audi:
R8 4.2 FSI R tronic {465 bhp & 1280kg}
~ james6653
~ ColinJDM

Dodge:
Viper SRT10 Coupé ’06 {510 bhp & 1280kg}
~ StormPacer17
~

Ferrari:
458 Italia {460 bhp & 1280kg}
~ polarbear345
~ nitrorocks

Note: You may have noticed that there are spots open for certain classes. PM polarbear345 or james6653 if you have any intentions of joining. The next race is scheduled at Daytona on Saturday 21st of April, with practice on the Friday. Each week, I will be writing up a pre-race review of the track, detailing the layout and other information regarding the track. There will also be details on how testing is being handled mid-season, as well as write a full practice, qualifying and race review. I will also be having talks with certain participants on how they think the season is shaping up for them, and what they aim to achieve through the first season.

I officially welcome all to the GTPlanet Rolex Sports Car Series on Gran Turismo 5!!! Let’s Race!!!

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=248934

Pre-season: Testing

The pre-season testing, be it privately or amongst the competition, always has its fair share of apprehension and excitement. On one hand in the private sessions, the excitement of getting to the track, seeing how the car handles and making changes that eventually result in improvements in performance and lap times. On the other hand, the apprehension that the other teams are doing exactly the same, and not knowing where the car’s strengths and weaknesses are in relation to them. Amongst the competition, there is apprehension as to whether it is the driver or the car that is responsible, and whether making changes will disturb the synergy of the two or improve it. However, there is that excitement of understanding how the field is shaping up, and the strength and weaknesses of the each car and driver, giving the strategists and engineers the ammunition to sit back and think of the next course of action.

The pre-season racing gives each team a complete map of everything they need to know, and everything that needs considering under race situations. Essential information such as tyre wear, fuel depletion, mentality and consistency of the drivers is crucial, as it allows unique and complex tactics to bubble to the surface. The element of surprise plays its part in events, and tests the adaptability of each team in an ever-changing environment above all, because the wrong choice at the wrong time could spell disaster, and let the current grip on the race slip ever so suddenly. Again, there is that sensation of excitement and anxiety which, oddly, seem to intertwine frequently because, in a race, there is only one shot at claiming the best results possible, and the wild unknown is there to be discovered.

A lot of pre season testing had been performed by the teams, some more than others, and many regulation testing procedures had been undertaken by some teams lucky enough to have the access and funds to test a number of the cars in the series to maximise feedback. Much of the early testing initially took place on the Daytona Raceway in Florida, where the first official race of the calendar is set to begin. However, after a number of unsuccessful practice sessions and scheduled races at the track, the series had to delay starting officially until later. The Prototype class had surprisingly few teams and members showing up, for one reason or another, but the feedback on the regulation analysis was satisfactory despite the setbacks. The Touring class, which at this time included the Nissan 370z, BMW M3, Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro SS ’10 in the line-up, saw much better results. While the field only managing a rather quiet and lacklustre pre-season race, they receive enormous feedback from the old 450bhp / 1285kg regulations, which saw the weight lowered to 1280kg, and allowed the max power limit to vary depending on the car used, so that the field was relatively even.

After the current regulations were addressed and finalised, a new date for the season’s opening race was scheduled, and the testing moved from Daytona to Laguna Seca Raceway in California on the 6th of April, 2012. Again, the Daytona Prototype class disappointed once again for the most part, lack of attendance being the haunting issue, while the Grand Touring car class maintained consistency. The new regulations in place proved to ensure that all GT cars competing were rather close in their lap times; the only defining feature in the equation was the driver skill, and that alone. This was very exciting indeed, since it appeared to show only slight differences in skill, evident within the ever punctual Team Ferrari; the team of nitrorocks and series founder, polarbear345. Another regular to the GT class sessions was Team Dodge member StormPacer, who up until the end of the Daytona testing was actually part of the Team Audi roster, before an unexpected change allowed ColinJDM to pair up with the series co-founder, james6653. This change meant that StormPacer was now jeffpothead420’s new partner. In the Thursday evening before the Friday practice, GTPlanet’s reporters managed to grab a few words with StormPacer with regards to the sudden jump to Dodge, and how he thinks the series is running.

GTP: “Hi there StormPacer.”

SP: “Hello! Storm is fine.”

GTP: “Ok. So Storm, tell us about how you think the RSCS is progressing in your eyes.”

SP: “Well, it’s actually going well considering it got off to a bit of a rough start. The testing at Daytona and Laguna has been enjoyable. Tough, yes, but that’s what you expect in the pre-season, in fact all season really, but you have a laugh with the other drivers along the way.”

GTP: “I see, I see. And how are things going with you and your new partner, jeffpothead420?”

SP: “Erm.... I hardly say much of anything to Jeff actually! He keeps to himself and his side of the Dodge team working on the specs of his car in preparation for the start of the series, which you can’t blame him for and let’s face it; it gives me fewer distractions from testing too.”

GTP: “Do you see the two of you cooperation through the season?”

SP: “Yeah, at some point. I think right now the priority is to get our respective cars sorted to our liking, so we can take it to the track and see how the first race shapes up for us. Hopefully the two of us can strike a bond and work together.”

GTP: “That’s good. Now.... the burning question on people’s lips is the change from Audi to Dodge so late in the campaign.”

SP: “I figured it would at some point.”

GTP: “So is there an underlying issue there?”

SP: “No not at all, I worked really well with the Audi R8 for quite some time, and had been testing the Corvette and Italia in between to gather information for Polar and James. Towards the end of the Daytona pre season period we had ColinJDM show interest in the GT class, and Audi in particular. At first I was a little agitated by the guy ‘cause of the work I had already put in, and only had a couple of days to work with the new rules on the car, but I took that as a chance to start a new venture, and saw that Dodge had one slot open, so I jumped at it.”

GTP: “Speaking of the Dodge, how is it performing?”

SP: “It was performing very well around Daytona. The setup of the car needed a lot of tweaking to tackle the first corner better under braking and driving through the turn, but it worked out really well and I ended up setting a similar lap time to what I had achieved in the Audi a week prior. It helped I knew the track very well by this time too.”

GTP: “And Laguna?”

SP: “I did run into some major issues around Laguna Seca, since the corners highlighted the understeering problem it has being a car with a front mounted engine and rear wheel drive. I think I’ll considering some changes to the suspension, but since I know Laguna Seca very little, I’ll need more time on the track with the car in order to figure out how best to drive it.”

GTP: “So it’s more driver error than car trouble?”

SP: “That’s fair to say, yes.”

GTP: “Now we know you have a bold choice of colour for your cars, does the Viper have the same lavish green and carbon spread as the Audi R8 you had?”

SP: “Oh my, funny you mention that.... yes it does!! The Viper has the black carbon hood, and rear spoiler like the R8 had, while I found a similar green colour to the one I chose for the Audi, and used it on the rest of the bodywork. It’s a trademark of mine, I guess.”

GTP: “Great! So one final question: How do you think this weekend’s race will go?”

SP: “Honestly? Not the slightest clue...” *chortles* “I’m hoping it goes well, but since I don’t know how the other GT cars are performing in their private testing, I’ll have to hope I have the car and track all figured out by Saturday.”

GTP: “Thanks Storm, good luck this weekend.”

SP: “Cheers.”

Following his talk with GTPlanet, StormPacer was ruled out of Friday’s practice due to connection issues to the host of the lobby, and fatigue played a part in further putting him out of the session, as his GMT time zone is ahead of the majority of competitors. However, one person that did make Friday’s practice session was the organiser, polarbear345. GTPlanet decided to have a few words with him the following day on his thoughts of the season ahead.

GTP: “Hello polarbear345, it’s great to see you. Tell us about how the Rolex Series is looking so far, from your viewpoint.”

PB: “I think that so far things have gone better than I expected. We have had great drivers sign up from around the world... this may not be great for connections however... but we’ve got lots of people and they all seem to have done something like this before, and those people have been a great help to me, and James both. I think that we have a good calendar of tracks lined up, with the possible addition of a Barber Motorsports Park lay out for the last race of the year, there is lots of potential for lots of fun!”

GTP: “Sounds promising. I heard that previous attempts at an official start to the season had to be put off, until now, due to some serious considerations to both car classes and their regulations, as well as less than consistent attendance to the events. Does this mean that there may still be changes to regulations mid-season?”


PB: “The only changes I can see happening are the Corvette getting a horsepower reduction. Also the qualifying will be switched so the GT cars will go first. Maybe little tweaks here and there, but nothing too major...I think!”

GTP: “That will be a relief to many. Now, we had the Friday practice yesterday, and I was hoping you could talk about how that went, both in your paddock with the Ferrari, and overall from both the DP and GT class.”

PB: “I’d say it went fairly well. I think I have a pretty solid setup, and am looking forward to the upcoming race. The Ferrari Paddock was fairly quiet; not much conversing between drivers, but hopefully that will change in the coming weekends!

GTP: “Great! Now, you're paired with nitrorocks this season for Ferrari. Have you had much bonding time with him at all? Do you plan to share information of your cars to one another?”

PB: “We've chatted here, and on his leagues thread and the continental tire series thread. I plan on us sharing info between us, though I'm not sure how well it'll work. Only time will tell.”

GTP: “One more thing before we go. Are you using the time in today's race for some ideas?”

PB: “Yes, as it's a pre-season race I will try some things I wouldn't on a normal weekend, I may try some odd things with the pit strategy and suspension I’m not totally used to; to see if they will work not only at Laguna Seca but in general too!”

GTP: “It sounds like a riveting season is set to unfold. Thanks for your time, Polarbear345!”

So, that concludes the report on the goings on at the eve of the pre-season race at Laguna Seca. Unfortunately we had run out of time this time around to talk with other competitors in the series, especially james6653, but we’ll have plenty of time to gather his and other thoughts as the season nears its first official race day. Coming up in the next report will be the pre-season race at Laguna Seca, so stay tuned!

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Rolex Sports Car Series Race 2: Monza

Round Two of the Rolex Sports Car Series on GTPlanet is to be held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy; known mainly for its involvement in the FIA Formula One roster, and as the home of the Italian Grand Prix. The track itself is 3.60 miles long, and is considered a very high speed track since the track is comprised of long straights broken up by three chicanes; two of which are quite tricky and tight in the earlier part of the lap. Upon the long start/finish straight, the first of the chicanes comes at the end of Rettifilo, and is a very tight right-to-left that requires very hard and stable braking. This leads onto the high speed Curva Grande, and onto turn three, the left-to-right chicane. After that, turns four and five are medium speed right handers collectively known as the Lesmo Curves. After the sharper of the two Lesmo turns, the drivers go up a gradually inclining, slightly angled turn six, with the straight leading onto turn 7; a sweeping, high speed, left-right-left chicane. Another long straight follows therafter, and takes a fair deal of braking into the start of turn 8; the Parabolica Curve. The curve gradually lessens off into a straight just before the pit lane, and remains straight up to the line.

The Race:

Two new arrivals to the series decided to compete in the GT class for Chevrolet; Anirishnirvana and Freshseth83. Once again, the Prototype Class had a severe lack of attendance, with only james6653 making an entrance. Aside from Colin JDM and Nitrorocks, the rest of the GT field were raring to go. In Saturday’s Qualifying session, It was the Audi of Melancholy and the Corvette of Seth took the front row of the grid, with Polarbear’s Ferrari and Storm’s Dodge occupying the second row; Nirvana took the third row, and started, oddly, in front of an all-but-preoccupied James. As the race began, Seth and Melancholy charged ahead, leaving Polar, Storm and Nirvana to wrestle between each other. Storm broke away from the Italia and Corvette to mount a charge on the front running Corvette and the R8 in second place. It wasn’t until the pits where Storm got his moment to gain ground, as it became clear that he had not only started the race on Mediums, but decided to qualify in them too. Storm switched to softs, and almost immediately the Viper saw it gaining on both front runners, passing Melancholy just a few laps after pitting. At around lap 20, Seth’s hug gap of 18 seconds over Storm was being eaten away at, but unfortunately a disconnection from Polar halted the race at that point. Seth in first, Storm in second, Melancholy in third, with fourth and fifth awarded to Polar and Nirvana. James, the sole driver in DP to attend, was sixth. Since he was hardly driving, James was awarded points as if he were a GT runner.

There was a major debate at that point, as to whether the race should be continued from that point, or whether it should be abandoned. StormPacer, feeling a strong sense of being denied what he perceived as a potential win for him given the flow of the race, wanted the race to be stopped and rescheduled for the following week. However, Polarbear345 (the creator) decided to restart with 15 laps in a gradually raining scenario to finish the race. Storm, livid, refused to partake in the race at that point, while the rest decided to continue. The race started, with Seth and Melancholy getting off to another great start, this time with Polar making a stronger start. Strangely, as the track got wetter, Melancholy decided to stay out on his Racing Hard tyres, while the rest of the pack pitted. Polar pitted, switching directly to Rain tyres despite being only 30% wet on the track’s surface. Seth pitted and put on Intermediates, while Nirvana also went to rain tyres. Storm, watching the race, was worried about whether Nirvana and Polar were being wise on switching to the full Rain tyres so early in the race, as he knew the tyre degradation they underwent in comparison to the intermediates was extremely quick, and their level of grip in the situation was almost definitely inferior to the intermediates at that level of water on track.

Sure enough, Nirvana was struggling on both parts, but Polar stood surprisingly well on them. Seth however was charging out in front. The water level refused to stop rising, and eventually Melancholy had to pit, switching to rain tyres halfway through the race, and took 3rd place from the Corvette of Nirvana a couple laps later, after some questionable implications at the first chicane where Nirvana ended up being unintentionally pushed off onto the grass at the exit. In the dying parts of the race, Seth switched to full rain tyres, but had been passed by Polar in the process. With the car’s tyres looking ready to run out, Polar was left trying to fight Seth off just a couple laps from the end, with Melancholy catching them both too. Eventually Seth passed, and scored an impressive and comfortable win. Storm reckoned that Polar would hit the cliff before the final lap was out, but surprisingly, Polar managed to hold out, comfortably taking second and beating Melancholy in third. Nirvana took home fourth, while James.... well, James didn’t really race again, but took 5th place over Storm, who was still counted despite not actually racing. There was a debate over how the points were to be given, until Storm decided that it’d be best to give everyone half the points from the point where the race was stopped, while half was given for when the race was restarted. This way, Seth was awarded the full 80 points for finishing first in both races, and Melancholy was given 60 points for coming third in both races.

Here is how the points were given:

1st Place: freshseth83 (finished 1st in both races) = (80 + 80) / 2 = 80 pts.
2nd Place: MrMelancholy15 (finished 3nd in both races) = (60 + 60) / 2 = 60 pts.
2nd Place: Polarbear345 (finished 4th in Race 1, 2nd in Race 2) = (50 + 70) / 2 = 60 pts.
4th Place: StormPacer (finished 2nd in Race 1, 6th in Race 2) = (70 + 30) /2 = 50 pts.
5th Place: Anirishnirvana (finished 5th in race 1, 4th in Race 2) = (40 + 50) = 45 pts.
6th Place: James 6653 (finished 6th in Race 1, 5th in Race 2) = (30 + 40) = 35 pts.

So how does this affect the standings, well....

DP Class, Drivers:

1st Place: James6653 (Toyota) – 85 pts.
2nd Place: W1nner101 (Bentley) – 80 pts.
3rd Place: Carnby7 (Bentley) – 70 pts.
4rd Place: Unrealanthony (Toyota) – 60 pts.
5th Place: Adeadsnipermatt (Peugeot Oreca) – 0 pts.
6th Place: Pepsimaxcrew (Peugeot Oreca) – 0 pts.
7th Place:
8th Place:

DP Class, Teams:

1st Place: Bentley – 150 pts.
2nd Place: Toyota – 145 pts.
3rd Place: Peugeot Oreca – 0 pts.
4th Place: Peugeot Total – 0 pts.

GT Class, Drivers:

1st Place: StormPacer17 – 130 pts.
1st Place: MrMelancholy15 – 130 pts.
3rd Place: Polarbear345 – 120 pts.
4th Place: freshseth83 – 80pts.
5th Place: Anirishnirvana – 45 pts.
6th Place: Nitrorocks – 0 pts.
7th Place: ColinJDM – 0 pts.
8th Place: N/A – 0 pts.

GT Class, Teams:

1st Place: Dodge – 130 pts.
1st Place: Audi – 130 pts.
3rd Place: Chevrolet – 125 pts.
4th Place: Ferrari – 120 pts.

Sadly, this will be the last entry for the Rolex Sports Car Series on GTPlanet for this season. The effort I (StormPacer) was willing to apply doesn't match the numerous complications and let-downs in some aspects of the series. This will return next season, where hopefully the woes of this year will be gone, and I can bring lots of coverage from both classes, not just the GT Class.

Some very detailed good reports here 👍

Furinkazen

Some very detailed good reports here 👍

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I agree I really enjoy reading his point of view about the races I know mine but i like to here someone elses sometimes 👍 👍

james6653

I agree I really enjoy reading his point of view about the races I know mine but i like to here someone elses sometimes 👍 👍

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Yeah. I agree with everyone here so far. There are some first season glitches to be worked out. (The least of which is my bladder. O.o)

I also know that Storm does a great job of this series report. Season 2, I think Storm and I (perhaps) should resurrect this. I would enjoy summarizing qualifying...

Nothing for this weeks race?

StormPacer

Thanks a lot people! I'm glad you enjoy it, but unfortunately for this season's racing I'm giving it a miss. I would like to capture more of the Prototype side of things, but unfortunately with the lack of attendance in the Proto Class, all the action is GT orientated.

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james6653

Nothing for this weeks race?

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I'm not even going to explain.

MrMelancholy15

I'm not even going to explain.

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Oh I guess I missed that

Yeah, so it's clearer.

Not doing race reports until Season TWO

I hope I haven't blinded anyone with the font colour.

StormPacer

Yeah, so it's clearer.

Not doing race reports until Season TWO

I hope I haven't blinded anyone with the font colour.

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Haha, I prefer red for the ITCC, but, that green REALLY does catch the eye. It's somewhat tacky though. Now, ironic emote time!

How about each of us give our own little race report in a type of official manner? I'll start-

Freshseth83's Audi R8 Race Report:

General Summary; Fuji is one of the most picturesque tracks in GT5 with a majestic Mount Fuji in the backdrop overlooking the home track of Toyota in the land of the rising sun, Japan!

Strategy; For round 6 a compromise must be made in terms of setup. Do you run low downforce for a high top speed on Fuji's infamous 1km+ straight, or run higher downforce to gain precious tenths in the high speed turns? I chose a setup of medium-high downforce, sacrificing some top speed for better cornering. This proved beneficial for me as I was able to pull a nice gap of some seconds over the other GT members in the opening stint. For reduced tire wear I lowered the differential of the forward 4wd bias as the 4wd cars like the Audi tend to use front tires up faster than the rears.

Race Report; Even though tire wear seemed a bit better than usual in terms of laps able to be ran on the same set of tires, the performance rate dropped off mightily after 5 laps. To counter this, I chose to do 8 laps for the first stint as that's when fuel is heaviest. With no need for refueling the next stints were easier on the tires. 9 lap stints were my goal, and even though the times dropped from high 35's to 39's at the end of the stint, I felt it was worth it. There was no real challenge after the disconnects from the competitors, but towards the end of the race I put on conservation mode with the tires to make them last to the last lap. By my calculations, I figured GT would be down 3-4 laps on the DP guys, so that way we would be able to take a gamble on tire strategy and still have life left at the end of the race. My plan worked but almost backfired as I realized we had 3 minutes left after the DP's finished! This meant at least 2 laps would be completed in addition so we would technically only be down 2 laps from the DP's instead of the 4 that I calculated my strategy for!

Race Results and Afterthoughts; To win for the 5th time in 6 races and to take 4 straight is more than I imagined. With this result I've helped Team Audi clinch the constructors championship in GT, and boosted my standings in the drivers championship taking 2nd place from the Dodge Viper or Storm. Now there's only 20 points separating me from my teammate 'MrM' as I like to call him, from 1st to 2nd place. It was a good battle in the closing stages of the race with the other Audi, even though our philosophies on tuning may differ, and our engine parts and tuning- the end result is 2 tenths after 30+laps at one of the fastest tracks on the circuit! On to round 7!