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- Nurburgring, Germany
GTWS Nations Final, Round 4 - 2pm SLOT - EMEA Region - RED BULL X2019 Comp - 42min 44secs race finish 1st!
Hey guys, what an Epic 42mins of racing today at the final round of the GTWS Nations cup for me. Depsite me being ill (man-flu), I decide to hop on and give it bash and managed to succeed and gain a top podium.
Spent the early part of the afternoon praticn gith the x2019, setting soem decent times in it. Overall good pace on the RS tyres but it was enough to be in a high postion come qualifying.
Qualifying was very messy, as all cars left the pits, overlapping each other so I slowed down and paced myself over squeezing in a third lap as the timer ran out. Starting 5th it feel a good place to win.
Onto the race, the start was great, pushed off the line smoothly gaining one place into 4th onto Turn 1, little argy bargy and 3 abreast on the twisties leading into the cliffside hairpin. Did almsot crash off some guys hit the gravelly area, Some contact but kept my composure. Then I was stuck in 4th for a good 6-7laps and then (see clip below) did a massive divebomb on a french driver and gained 3rd, which was awesome to do, but then fumbled afterwards onthe hairpin and he regained 3rd place.
The strategy I adopted from someone mentioning it here, was 10lap RS > 13laps RM > 4laps RH, i also had to be very concious of the fuel too, switching the maps frequently midrace.
After the first pit for tyre and fuel, the leading guys didnt fill up so they were oddly just rushing around, I tried to hold onto lap 10 and gain pole then pitted leading into lap 11. I was back down to 6th, then was catching as the others started to pit, I gained one positon back and was 4th again.
The 3rd position guy pitted on lap 21 as I was conserving my fuel, got the one up on him, to last longer with RM Tyres. It paid off as the top two leading cars didn't pit properly for RH tyres. I didnt realise this, I was just chasing till the end of lap 27. I was running a smooth final lap and the leading two cars crossed the line, but I was unsure if they had pitted or not. When I finish, the race screen pings up, they both get slapped a 2min penalty and I am 1st, fantastic what a race. WIN WIN!
After an abysmal round 3, I am so happy this was chuffed in the bag. Now onto the Manus cup come next week! LFG!
Hey guys, what an Epic 42mins of racing today at the final round of the GTWS Nations cup for me. Depsite me being ill (man-flu), I decide to hop on and give it bash and managed to succeed and gain a top podium.
Spent the early part of the afternoon praticn gith the x2019, setting soem decent times in it. Overall good pace on the RS tyres but it was enough to be in a high postion come qualifying.
Qualifying was very messy, as all cars left the pits, overlapping each other so I slowed down and paced myself over squeezing in a third lap as the timer ran out. Starting 5th it feel a good place to win.
Onto the race, the start was great, pushed off the line smoothly gaining one place into 4th onto Turn 1, little argy bargy and 3 abreast on the twisties leading into the cliffside hairpin. Did almsot crash off some guys hit the gravelly area, Some contact but kept my composure. Then I was stuck in 4th for a good 6-7laps and then (see clip below) did a massive divebomb on a french driver and gained 3rd, which was awesome to do, but then fumbled afterwards onthe hairpin and he regained 3rd place.
The strategy I adopted from someone mentioning it here, was 10lap RS > 13laps RM > 4laps RH, i also had to be very concious of the fuel too, switching the maps frequently midrace.
After the first pit for tyre and fuel, the leading guys didnt fill up so they were oddly just rushing around, I tried to hold onto lap 10 and gain pole then pitted leading into lap 11. I was back down to 6th, then was catching as the others started to pit, I gained one positon back and was 4th again.
The 3rd position guy pitted on lap 21 as I was conserving my fuel, got the one up on him, to last longer with RM Tyres. It paid off as the top two leading cars didn't pit properly for RH tyres. I didnt realise this, I was just chasing till the end of lap 27. I was running a smooth final lap and the leading two cars crossed the line, but I was unsure if they had pitted or not. When I finish, the race screen pings up, they both get slapped a 2min penalty and I am 1st, fantastic what a race. WIN WIN!
After an abysmal round 3, I am so happy this was chuffed in the bag. Now onto the Manus cup come next week! LFG!
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