I'm having a horrible day so far. I should've stopped in bed.
Hope tonight goes smoothly. I need some cheering up.
Cheers.
I'm not sure who will be top this week, I quite like this track, although I do prefer the GP/F version. I don't have a strategy planned yet, I'm not even too sure what the pit stop length or tyre degradation is like for both the SS and SM. So I guess that I'll just make it up as I go.....I'll figure something out.
@Pamellaaa don't keep me waiting at the finish line too long.
I quite enjoy the long stints, battling with worn tyres can be quite rewarding. 👍 The thing I have to remember is that during the first part of a long stint, I must take it easy and put in slightly slower laps than I normally would. Bursting out of the pits and lapping at 100% pace just doesn't work, going at 90% with careful cornering is the answer, the tyres will last much longer and I'll retain more grip for longer. It isn't easy to do, because the natural instinct is to go flat out all the time.
I quite enjoy the long stints, battling with worn tyres can be quite rewarding. 👍 The thing I have to remember is that during the first part of a long stint, I must take it easy and put in slightly slower laps than I normally would. Bursting out of the pits and lapping at 100% pace just doesn't work, going at 90% with careful cornering is the answer, the tyres will last much longer and I'll retain more grip for longer. It isn't easy to do, because the natural instinct is to go flat out all the time.
Yep, that's the biggest problem really. I've tried keeping up with cars running SS and I've been on SM tyres. So I've pushed them too hard in the corners and shortened their life too much and it makes the last few minutes/laps really quite tricky. At the end of the day, we're only human, so it's easy to get carried away rather than looking at the bigger picture.
Have you got your bucket and spade?
See the difference isn't constantly 3 seconds per lap though. The SM's to begin with aren't that much slower, then mid stint they drop off more, but come towards the end of the stint they have a little bit more to give compared to the SS's. So it's not easy to work out exactly what will happen in terms of overall pace per tyre life. No spreadsheet will give you the accurate answer, the only true way of knowing is a full length test running the full distance and both strategies. Even then there will be other influences during the race that will make quite a difference, draft, slower cars, defending from faster cars, making mistakes. It's a lottery either way.
I agree, it's nice to have better tyres at the end of the race so that it's possible to battle through to the win.
See the difference isn't constantly 3 seconds per lap though. The SM's to begin with aren't that much slower, then mid stint they drop off more, but come towards the end of the stint they have a little bit more to give compared to the SS's. So it's not easy to work out exactly what will happen in terms of overall pace per tyre life. No spreadsheet will give you the accurate answer, the only true way of knowing is a full length test running the full distance and both strategies. Even then there will be other influences during the race that will make quite a difference, draft, slower cars, defending from faster cars, making mistakes. It's a lottery either way.
Pam I've got a funny idea for tonight.
Why not place the start time at 06:00, Plus progression on to 4 times.
Would mean we start in the dark and watch the sun rise
Track temp also colder than normal so there a little less grip.
Or we could watch the sun set, just think as it one of the tracks you can mess with time why not give it a go
