Group C Endurance League, 3/29/25, 9. 1 Hour of Tsukuba, Open 7pm, Qualifying 8pm, Race 8:45pm Eastern USOpen

[fastone371]

You won the race and are the only other
Why complaining about Tokyo. Even ignoring the fact I had the 2nd slowest fastest lap.
I'm the one throw away a good finish. Because I decided make sure the walls were working properly. I can confirm the they do.

I wasn't complaining,I was merely pointing out that I was not fast at Tokyo, there is a big difference between the two. I didn't count how many pits everyone made but I am guessing that I probably pitted the least for damage, that was on lap 3 after a spin and a wall touch on lap 2. The rest of my stops were scheduled stops for fuel and tires. That doesn't change the fact that my car was as slow as anyone's on the straights, I could only hit 211, I saw others going 220 or more. I had a lot of downforce, I wanted the car to drive nice because you must be so precise not to hit walls, it also should have worked good in the rain, which it did rain as I correctly guessed. But it gave me no lap time advantage in the dry or wet.

 

[Cold Warrior]

I wasn't complaining,I was merely pointing out that I was not fast at Tokyo, there is a big difference between the two. I didn't count how many pits everyone made but I am guessing that I probably pitted the least for damage, that was on lap 3 after a spin and a wall touch on lap 2. The rest of my stops were scheduled stops for fuel and tires. That doesn't change the fact that my car was as slow as anyone's on the straights, I could only hit 211, I saw others going 220 or more. I had a lot of downforce, I wanted the car to drive nice because you must be so precise not to hit walls, it also should have worked good in the rain, which it did rain as I correctly guessed. But it gave me no lap time advantage in the dry or wet.

I did state the Tokyo East tracks are difficult to setup for. I went with balance setup for downforce because how important straightaway speed is for passing on the Tokyo East layouts. Somehow MrMidn7ght setup his Porsche that could beat me on straights and was out cornering me. The Porsche should lack straightaways compared to the Jaguar, Mazda, and Nissan. So I’m a bit curious what kind of setup he found.