The final is not even near the track, so I'm not expecting very much of it.
I just hope it isn't GT5P
Final is over. And yeah, it was just like The Netherlands: GT5P, only time trails
. Each of us had 5 laps in each round, only the best laps counts, there was a different circuit for each round. There were 4 GT5P pods. Ow yeah, the car was the GT-R
.
Round 1: Daytona Road.
All participants were listed alphabetically. My name starts with a W, so I was one of the last ones to do there laps and knew what time I had to do to go through. In the end I was 3rd with a 1'53.741, so I was into the semi finals.
Semi final: Fuji
I love Fuji, so I knew I would do good here. Again I was in the last group of 4 to do my laps, with 1'43.8 or so being the best time so far. Did a 1'43.1 on my 3rd lap and won this round by 0.3 sec. I was in the final
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Final: Suzuka
Before the competition started I did a few laps at Suz to get used to the wheel. Best lap then was 2'16.8xx. Here we could only do the laps 1 at a time, in reverse order of the results at Fuji. As I won that, I was last to go. Also note that I was the only Flemmish participant in the Final, the others were from the French part of Belgium.
As the first guy finished his laps, his best time was 2'12.4xx. The 2nd guy beat that by about 0.8 sec to do a 2'11.625, or so I thought. The 3rd guy (2nd at Fuji) only did a 2'12.2, so I had to beat that 2'11.6 to win. Now it was my turn.
Lap 1: I go off
Lap 2: I go off
Lap 3: I do a 58.3 first sector, 0.2 faster then what the fastest guy at that point did. I get to the hairpin, run a little bit wide, but nothing to worry about. I come to spoon, goes very smooth, things are looking good. Then I come to 130R, go in too fast an go off
. Ok, only 2 laps to go, still last, nerves starting to come. So as I line myself up to get a fast exit out of the last corner I don't turn enough coming onto the straight and get onto the grass at the outside, loose speed at the straight, ruining lap 4.
So lap 4: ruined.
Lap 5: Just one more lap now, feet are shaking, nerves are killing me. I take things easy to be sure I don't go off, but try not to loose too much time. T1, 58.5, not my best, but still ok. The hairpin, not going wide this time, feet really shaking alot now. Spoon, very smooth, only 130R and the chicane now. Seeing my T2, I'm thinking 'damn, too slow, I'm not gonna make it and 130R coming up where I've ruined 3 of my last already', but I've got nothing to loose, so I don't brake that much. As I come out, it seems like I'm gonna go wide but I just manage to keep it from going onto the grass. As I come out of 130R at speed yet I don't know my braking point for the chicane, so I just guess it and see where it takes me. Turns out it was a little to early, and I'm thinking 'damn, lost too much time, it's over'. As I come onto the straight I keep right to take the shortest line to the line. My time: 2'11.693.
I'm thinking DAMN DAMN DAMN
As I get out of the pod after shaking my head, the guy with the mic comes to me and says 'congratulations'. I'm thinking 'what' and ask 'didn't the other guy do 2'11.625?' He says 'no, 2'11.699, but he did do an other lap that was 2'12.625'
So I won , OK, only by 0.006 sec, but still
I won
Silverstone here I come 👍