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FIA GT1 Season 3 | Sunday Racing | Final Race: 27th May
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I think it was the V12.
Yeah, that was a brilliant race, had to really work to keep the lead and then get it back when I made a mistake, definitely one of my best though in terms of consistency, I had to keep putting in great laps just to keep Carracer behind me. Very well done on the win, you kept it clean throughout and the racing was so close that it really could have been any of us coming home in first, and it was never decided until the last corner.. Truly splendid driving 👍
With my setup, I knew I had that extra bit of oversteer, but it gave me that advantage through the first sector of being able to turn more, although the car started to wrestle with me as my tires wore down and we kept coming through that 2nd hairpin, it was a challenge to keep the car straight down there. I knew it wasn't a great setup, but today has given me the experience to deal with it and I should be a lot faster at Monza now that I know how to tune the car properly. In terms of strategy, my plan was always to 1-stop on Lap 14 (Contextual), but with the nature of mine and Car's battling seeing the lead exchange several times, I decided I would pit on Lap 13 if he was ahead.. I did just that but he slyly caught wind of my little pit excursion and dived in quickly. From then on, it was yet more intense overtaking, and neither of us could break from the other as we were so closely matched, and even when I got a second ahead, the draft brought him back up to me. With about 2 or 3 laps to go, he made a final move on me, and from then on I was getting so close but just could not manoeuvre a pass as tire wear was just too great. Awesome race, and a well deserved victory for Car 👍
I'll be back next week for more.. and I think Dennis should get in on the action too
With my setup, I knew I had that extra bit of oversteer, but it gave me that advantage through the first sector of being able to turn more, although the car started to wrestle with me as my tires wore down and we kept coming through that 2nd hairpin, it was a challenge to keep the car straight down there. I knew it wasn't a great setup, but today has given me the experience to deal with it and I should be a lot faster at Monza now that I know how to tune the car properly. In terms of strategy, my plan was always to 1-stop on Lap 14 (Contextual), but with the nature of mine and Car's battling seeing the lead exchange several times, I decided I would pit on Lap 13 if he was ahead.. I did just that but he slyly caught wind of my little pit excursion and dived in quickly. From then on, it was yet more intense overtaking, and neither of us could break from the other as we were so closely matched, and even when I got a second ahead, the draft brought him back up to me. With about 2 or 3 laps to go, he made a final move on me, and from then on I was getting so close but just could not manoeuvre a pass as tire wear was just too great. Awesome race, and a well deserved victory for Car 👍
I'll be back next week for more.. and I think Dennis should get in on the action too
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Thanks, you did spectacular job.Yeah, that was a brilliant race, had to really work to keep the lead and then get it back when I made a mistake, definitely one of my best though in terms of consistency, I had to keep putting in great laps just to keep Carracer behind me. Very well done on the win, you kept it clean throughout and the racing was so close that it really could have been any of us coming home in first, and it was never decided until the last corner.. Truly splendid driving 👍
With my setup, I knew I had that extra bit of oversteer, but it gave me that advantage through the first sector of being able to turn more, although the car started to wrestle with me as my tires wore down and we kept coming through that 2nd hairpin, it was a challenge to keep the car straight down there. I knew it wasn't a great setup, but today has given me the experience to deal with it and I should be a lot faster at Monza now that I know how to tune the car properly. In terms of strategy, my plan was always to 1-stop on Lap 14 (Contextual), but with the nature of mine and Car's battling seeing the lead exchange several times, I decided I would pit on Lap 13 if he was ahead.. I did just that but he slyly caught wind of my little pit excursion and dived in quickly. From then on, it was yet more intense overtaking, and neither of us could break from the other as we were so closely matched, and even when I got a second ahead, the draft brought him back up to me. With about 2 or 3 laps to go, he made a final move on me, and from then on I was getting so close but just could not manoeuvre a pass as tire wear was just too great. Awesome race, and a well deserved victory for Car 👍
I'll be back next week for more.. and I think Dennis should get in on the action too
I was actually happy for GT5s "draft". It made trying to get away almost impossible, keeping the racing tight.
I will be watching the replay later, will be fun.
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Aston Martins are so weak (so far) in the FIA this year. Amateur teams aren't competitive. Kind looks like me this season 
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Aston Martins are so weak (so far) in the FIA this year. Amateur teams aren't competitive. Kind looks like me this season
Are you sure? An Aston Martin won the first race ( Nurburgring 24h Endurance ) and another Aston Martin finished 3rd Sunday? The Aston Martin V12 gets great tire wear as a bonus.
The only car I'm worried about is the California, the other 3 look very close.
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I was talking about my driving man, not the car. Comparing the two to the FIA GT1 races so far. The ACTUAL thing, not the GT5 series we have going.
Sorry for the misunderstanding
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Neljack, if you make it next week, make sure you don't do a Liuzzi again.
Ohhhhh yeah, that was hilarious. And I will definately try this week
Also, could everyone vote for Carbonox to get free prremium membership in the link below, thanks
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=247767
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neljackOhhhhh yeah, that was hilarious. And I will definately try this week
Also, could everyone vote for Carbonox to get free prremium membership in the link below, thanks
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=247767
Yeah vote for the penguin
Now post in V8's and Lotus's and IndyCars about it
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Someone's had an interesting Saturday night, waking up beside another racer
practising is for wimps have no time to do that yet.. maybe later though ^^ (wouldn't be unhappy if a Ferrari driver happened to pass on it's setup to me.. hard to set up for a one off race )
practising is for wimps
have no time to do that yet.. maybe later though ^^ (wouldn't be unhappy if a Ferrari driver happened to pass on it's setup to me.. hard to set up for a one off race )
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I'm deeply, deeply disturbed right now. 
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I'm deeply, deeply disturbed right now.
Good.
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I'm deeply, deeply jealous right now.
Corrected
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