3rd GTPlanet Formula 1 World Championship (Season Opening)

[kingmart1n]

Yeah I know King lol, I was just saying that's what happened, i'm not forcing you to concede your position....or am I? lmao

Only thing i would say is i did look back and you came straight back on to the racing line and gave Ginty no room but i didn't have you two view so will keep out of it.

 

[GINTY72]

i got a great start put going into turn 1 someone hit me and gave me a flat wish made me hit Hem and he hit Kak .when i got going again i waited for hem to pass me wich he did after a little battle with HEM he made a mistake putting me behind Kak wich he made a mistake leaving me behind my team mate all three off us were in a line when i pited and so did king i stayed behind king for about 2laps when Kak came out off pit he was infront off me and right behind king wich thay were having a good battle . but on the last straight thay side by side wich Kak went wide and came right back on cutting infront off me taking my wing off that was it really had another battle with Hem at the end wich made me finish 6th good win shaggy and well done to my team mate for finishing 3rd

 

[HEMIata]

Another race, another turn one shunt I seem to always brake too early or too late, oh well One of these days I might get it right and maybe fight for a win instead of trying to recover from early crashes at the mid point of the race there was a very near miss I had with GINTY after he left his mark on the Wall of Champions I actually hit the wall and him trying to squeeze between them as I came out of the last chicane 👍 Then I had an off a few laps later and hit the wall after the turn 2 👎 looking at the map instead of the track, in other words I pulled a Timo but that in turn made the last two laps very interesting as I came out of the pits I was right behind GINTY trying to stay with him on cold tires he ran a bit long at the hairpin and I was able to get a run and past before the last chicane Here's the great part, when you watch the video as I've have my last 2 laps in whole, you can see GINTY dogging me all of the final lap GREAT RACING MATE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZW1Fz5pheY

 

[Shaggy Alonso]

GTP 3rd PAL F1 Championship Round 9 - Montreal

Weather - Dry

Race order:

1st. Shaggy Alonso - 11 pts (Jordan GP)
2nd. +18.877 secs, FastDuck - 8 pts (Williams)
3rd. +21.058, Kingmart1n - 6 pts (Red Bull)
4th. +24.058, Kakundoo - 5 pts (Brawn GP)
5th. +34.804, HEMIata - 4 pts (Williams)
6th. +35.365, GINTY72 - 3 pts (Red Bull)
7th. +1:09.012, Crooky369 - 2 pts (Team Lotus)
8th. + 1 lap PJ-FFL- 1 pts (Team Lotus)

Pole Position - Shaggy Alonso - 1:09.505
Fastest Lap - Shaggy Alonso - 1:09.530

Williams - 12 pts
Jordan GP - 11 pts
Red Bull - 9 pts
Brawn GP - 5 pts
Team Lotus - 3 pts



Well that was a good race for me, but far from error free. Luckily my fellow drivers seemed busy tripping up over each other so that my errors weren't costly.

Qualy was great, although my first lap was a dud, my second was a 1:09.9 which I thought would hopefully be enough for pole but I decided not to rest on my laurels and went for it in the final lap, pulling out my fastest ever non draft assisted lap here for a 1:09.5. Just as well, even that was only enough to grab pole by a single tenth off birthday boy Kakundoo who proved his pace here with a 1:09.6

Though I was really happy to have got the pole, Jamie's pace had me very worried for the race. We both got good starts, and I kept the inside line so as to avoid any accidents by cutting across Jamie on the racing line. I went into turn 2 (officially, turn 1 here is actually turn 2 because of the slight kink on the main straight) ahead of Kakundoo but he out braked me and we took the corner side by side. I had the racing line and drove on only to see Jamie rear wingless behind me as I pulled away. Needless to say, Jamie's bad luck made my job a hell of a lot easier. The thought of trying to keep back a driver for 20 laps who is equal on pace with you, but with the benefit of your slipstream wasn't my cup of tea.

From there on I tried to drive consistently but knew that my provisional fastest lap of 1:09.9 was easily beatable by several of the drivers on show tonight so on a couple of occasions I pushed in order to better this. However, I pushed too hard on one occasion - getting on the throttle a tad early, running wide at turn 5 and planting my car in the wall Fortunately I had about a 20 second gap behind me so I got away with this clumsy error. On another lap I just about avoided leaving my signature on the wall of champions. On a reasonable lap (still 3 tenths down on my best by the end of the 2nd sector) I noticed David Coulthard just infront of me, and I picked up his slipstream to good effect all the way down the backstraight and then almost straightlined the final chicane, somehow avoiding a penalty and I set a better lap. Funnily enough the following lap I managed a time just a few thousandths slower without any draft when I didn't need to push so hard, but it's a really fun track so I couldn't help it

I otherwise avoided any serious mistakes and didn't get any penalties which was a pleasant surprise. Sorry I wasn't more error prone tonight Jamie as I fully expected to be, it would have made a nice birthday present for you We should have had a closer race together. Ducky seemed to be back on form tonight putting in a strong showing along with Hemi for Williams' best race to date, and Red Bull keep on churning out the podiums. As you can see from the tables, it is simply a matter of time before Red Bull overtake Jordan GP in the standings.

Good race everyone and we had a good turn out despite neither of the Brawn or Jordan No. 2 drivers showing up yet again

Here's the tables for the halfway point of the season (Bahrain seems so long ago), please update, birthday boy if you'd be so kind

As always, could people please report any errors or omissions and i'll fix them ASAP 👍

 

[Peter]

Good first few laps,then it all went downhill from there. Qualified 7th ahead of crooky. I have this kind of urge not to lift when starting the race, so my front left went onto the red painted part of the track, and got a penalty which ruined what would have been right behind shaggy alonso. But I was still ahead of a number of people. Kakundoo passed me just a little bit later and disappeared off into the distance, and then I landed an 18 second penalty at the final chicane for just going off a tiny bit and everyone else (HEMIata, GINTY, crooky) flew by while i cruised along in 4th gear down the straight. On the same lap I spun, and crashed and saw that there was no hope of good points or even to beat my team mate, so I sat like a rock in 8th only crashing once more, getting a puncture at the final chicane, and aimed at beating my personal best and keeping pace with the lappers, after I let them by. Bad race for me, Congratulations to Shaggy Alonso, and now were on to Indy, a very fun track, because of the drafting and overtaking on the very long straight. This is going ot be very interesting, Shaggy vs. Kak for the WDC.

 

[Shaggy Alonso]

Another race, another turn one shunt I seem to always brake too early or too late, oh well One of these days I might get it right and maybe fight for a win instead of trying to recover from early crashes at the mid point of the race there was a very near miss I had with GINTY after he left his mark on the Wall of Champions I actually hit the wall and him trying to squeeze between them as I came out of the last chicane 👍 Then I had an off a few laps later and hit the wall after the turn 2 👎 looking at the map instead of the track, in other words I pulled a Timo but that in turn made the last two laps very interesting as I came out of the pits I was right behind GINTY trying to stay with him on cold tires he ran a bit long at the hairpin and I was able to get a run and past before the last chicane Here's the great part, when you watch the video as I've have my last 2 laps in whole, you can see GINTY dogging me all of the final lap GREAT RACING MATE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZW1Fz5pheY

Wow! Amazing vid Hemi, and I have to say you could have challenged for the win tonight if you had more clean air in front of you (I noticed your fastest lap was a 1:09.7). Those moves in which you disposed of Crooky and Ginty were both fantastic, especially the one on Ginty, that took some balls!
Getting past an opponent is easy in this game, making the move stick is the hard part, which you did in both with aplomb despite having to negotiate the tricky Quebec chicane straight after each overtake, bravo 👍 You win the new Jenson Button award for most insane overtaking manoeuvres in a race
Also, it was great the way you could see Ginty all over your wing mirrors, that must have been tense.
By the way, the quality in that video is really good, much better than at most of the other races, any reason for that?

Bad race for me, Congratulations to Shaggy Alonso, and now were on to Indy, a very fun track, because of the drafting and overtaking on the very long straight. This is going ot be very interesting, Shaggy vs. Kak for the WDC.

Thanks 👍 and yes the next race will be pretty feisty I think. Last season it was my worst race. I started on pole but finished 4th, repeatedly being overtaken by cars drafting me down the main straight. It's up for grabs next week for sure.

 

[HEMIata]

You win the new Jenson Button award for most insane overtaking manoeuvres in a race
Also, it was great the way you could see Ginty all over your wing mirrors, that must have been tense.
By the way, the quality in that video is really good, much better than at most of the other races, any reason for that?

Is there a trophy for that And it was very intense trying to take defensive lines without blocking and maintaining my pace I don't know why some of the vids come out the way they do I'm using the same set up every time. I don't have the best system as it's just a web cam. The biggest problem is the frame rate. If I put it in "HD" quality it cuts the frame rate in half I may play around with it some more and see if I can get it more consistant

 

[Kakundoo]

Yep, on to Indi. I had a pretty good (and lucky) race there last season, finishing 2 places in front of Ben, which definitely helped my title bid. It's not really a favourite for me, I find it a little boring, but if I can get a good points haul there and gain some more points on Ben, even if it's just 1 or 2 then i'll be happy

Although with 3 College assignments having to be handed in on Friday, it will be tough for me to get some practice in, but i'll do my best. I think the key will be consistency for me, which is what I have lacked in the past few races, especially Montreal. I think I got more penalties and mistakes in that race than I had the entire time I was practising all week lol.

 

[fishfash]

Yep, on to Indi. I had a pretty good (and lucky) race there last season, finishing 2 places in front of Ben, which definitely helped my title bid. It's not really a favourite for me, I find it a little boring, but if I can get a good points haul there and gain some more points on Ben, even if it's just 1 or 2 then i'll be happy

Although with 3 College assignments having to be handed in on Friday, it will be tough for me to get some practice in, but i'll do my best. I think the key will be consistency for me, which is what I have lacked in the past few races, especially Montreal. I think I got more penalties and mistakes in that race than I had the entire time I was practising all week lol.

Yes Kak you was flying around the track when we had our practice on Saturday, it really was enjoyable 👍

 

[Kakundoo]

Yes Kak you was flying around the track when we had our practice on Saturday, it really was enjoyable 👍

Yes, it really was! It was because of that race that I wasn't so nervous in qualifying, because I knew that I was capable of being right at the front. But because of turn 1, my race was screwed up

But oh well. I think I should race for fun more often. Racing on your own is all well and good, but I think from now on I might race some more people online at the track i'm practising. I'll probably learn a lot more.

 

[Peter]

I did some practice today with Shaggy and Ginty. Was pretty fun, except that they soon disappeared into the distance. I realized that I have the pace this time to keep up with the midfield, and hopefully I won't be in last next week. I could easily put down 1:10's consistently, but I still have no idea how Shaggy did that 1:08. Must be because he has ginty's slipstream to get the edge on every straight line. I had to pause the game during my 2nd pit stop and lost 10 seconds or more, combined with a lazy lollipop man(i pressed O too early) made me get lapped. Good practice nonetheless

 

[Shaggy Alonso]

I did some practice today with Shaggy and Ginty. Was pretty fun, except that they soon disappeared into the distance. I realized that I have the pace this time to keep up with the midfield, and hopefully I won't be in last next week. I could easily put down 1:10's consistently, but I still have no idea how Shaggy did that 1:08. Must be because he has ginty's slipstream to get the edge on every straight line. I had to pause the game during my 2nd pit stop and lost 10 seconds or more, combined with a lazy lollipop man(i pressed O too early) made me get lapped. Good practice nonetheless

Considering you're really new to the game, consistent 1:10's are fantastic 👍

Do you use a wheel or controller? Manual or auto?

 

[Kakundoo]

Practicing already? I haven't even said the weather lmao. But consistent 1:10s are very good. It'll be difficult to keep the pace this week, with so much work to get on with

 

[Peter]

Wheel and manual. 1:10's may be good, but not enough to keep with the pack, and I always have something messing up my starts here.

 

[Kakundoo]

Not enough to keep with the pack? If that's the case then I think I might be at the back this race. I can't remember being able to do 1:09s

 

[Shaggy Alonso]

Kingmart1n said last night that his mate heard the date for F1 2010 on PS3/Xbox/PC is March 26th next year. I have no idea where he heard this from, there's certainly been no official announcement and there's no mention of it on the Codemasters forum where all the children seem busy talking about F1 2009 on the Wii and there's barely any talk about F1 2010 on PS3 👎
To be honest, I think that date sounds a bit off. It coincides with the start of the 2010 season but they wont know the relative performances of all the cars. Plus they only just in the past few weeks announced the date for F1 2009, nov 1st so I can't imagine them confirming any release date for 2010 till maybe a month or two before it is actually released.

Anyway, here's a good technical explanation of how to lap the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in an F1 car, by Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari 248 F1:

 

[HEMIata]

Anyway, here's a good technical explanation of how to lap the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in an F1 car, by Michael Schumacher in his Ferrari 248 F1:

I see that Michael's P1 lap time was a 1:10.8xx but I expect the pole for our race to be 1.5-2.0 seconds quicker

 

[Shaggy Alonso]

I see that Michael's P1 lap time was a 1:10.8xx but I expect the pole for our race to be 1.5-2.0 seconds quicker

I'm expecting a pretty strong showing here by the Williams' boys at their home circuit. Possibly their first win of the season? 💡

The slipstream battles here can be fun, but also slightly arbitrary the way you could be driving along then all of a sudden you get this boost of about an extra 80 horsepower out of nowhere. I was pleasantly surprised when we were racing last night at how little this seemed to occur though. The slipstream seemed more genuine, I only normally experienced it when I was within about a hundred metres of the car in front, round the banking and down the main straight. Also, since the cars achieve a really high top speed here anyway, the slipstream advantage isn't actually that big.

 

[Shaggy Alonso]

Wheel and manual. 1:10's may be good, but not enough to keep with the pack, and I always have something messing up my starts here.

Man, I just saw your profile, you're 12?! Impressive stuff, maybe we've got a another baby Schumi on our hands

 

[Peter]

If I was to win on sunday, would that make me the youngest ever race winner?

 

[Shaggy Alonso]

If I was to win on sunday, would that make me the youngest ever race winner?

By a country mile. But honestly, I'm more impressed by the fact that your grammar and style of writing is good. Most 12 year olds wud spek liek dis on a fourm.

 

[HEMIata]

I'm expecting a pretty strong showing here by the Williams' boys at their home circuit. Possibly their first win of the season? 💡

The slipstream battles here can be fun, but also slightly arbitrary the way you could be driving along then all of a sudden you get this boost of about an extra 80 horsepower out of nowhere. I was pleasantly surprised when we were racing last night at how little this seemed to occur though. The slipstream seemed more genuine, I only normally experienced it when I was within about a hundred metres of the car in front, round the banking and down the main straight. Also, since the cars achieve a really high top speed here anyway, the slipstream advantage isn't actually that big.

I know what you mean!! but if you can get it right and still hit your marks, the fast lap will be eye popping with the draft I have seen 1:06's

Man, I just saw your profile, you're 12?! Impressive stuff, maybe we've got a another baby Schumi on our hands

IMPRESSIVE!! Of course if I had this stuff when I was 12 I would be single as I would have never gone out and seen anyone

If I was to win on sunday, would that make me the youngest ever race winner?

Maybe, but remember, no matter how good you think you are there will always be somebody to come along and show that you are human

By a country mile. But honestly, I'm more impressed by the fact that your grammar and style of writing is good. Most 12 year olds wud spek liek dis on a fourm.

LMAO or should I have use 🤬 instead of LMAO?

 

[fishfash]

Most 12 year olds wud spek liek dis on a fourm.

 

[Kakundoo]

If I was to win on sunday, would that make me the youngest ever race winner?

Hell yeah it would! lol. But that title belongs to me at the moment, I won my first race in the last season at 16 , now i'm 17 (since Sunday) and looking to be crowned the youngest Champion

You definitely have a lot of talent for your age though tbh, I have seen 12 year olds who can barely keep on the track for 1 lap lol.

 

[Peter]

So, if I win, i'll be setting a record. Anyone care to help me set a record by getting out of the way? Magny is really my special place though, where you might not see shaggy or kak on pole

 

[Kakundoo]

So, if I win, i'll be setting a record. Anyone care to help me set a record by getting out of the way? Magny is really my special place though, where you might not see shaggy or kak on pole

Oh I don't know about that PJ I really love Magny, it's probably in my top 3 favourite tracks, and the first (and only?) place I got the fastest lap. I think it was by like a thousandth of a second too

 

[Peter]

And thank go there's no slow 1st corner which requires heavy braking so, no crashes hopefully.

 

[Shaggy Alonso]

And thank go there's no slow 1st corner which requires heavy braking so, no crashes hopefully.

Well that's true, but the Estoril corner is one that people will take different lines through, and use different braking points for. So long as someone doesn't try any move up the inside of this corner (there just isn't enough room to pass someone here without a crash in this game) then we will be ok. People should remember that if you're trying to get past someone at this corner, if you just stay close behind them you will have their slipstream all the way down to the hairpin, where it is probably a wiser move to try and overtake there.

 

[kingmart1n]

I wouldn't say i love the track but had some great battles there like last season with kakundoo he came out on top but a great battle. Mastercard was shaggys quote if i remember correctly.

 

[Shaggy Alonso]

I wouldn't say i love the track but had some great battles there like last season with kakundoo he came out on top but a great battle. Mastercard was shaggys quote if i remember correctly.

Haha yeah, your red and yellow dots were just stuck together on the map the whole race.

God i've just come from an online Supercar Challenge session and it's frightening how good some of those guys are. You're talking 6 seconds better than my very best. It was just getting boring and depressing so I quit. I must be able to improve but I don't know how. It'll be nice to come back to this game where I'm competitive!