Lotus Elise World Tour | Saturday Racing Series | Round Six: 7th Jan

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Next Series. What do you want it to be?

  • Lotus Elise World Tour - Series 2

    Votes: 8 61.5%

  • Japanese Classics - Series 3

    Votes: 5 38.5%

  • European Sports Car Challenge

    Votes: 0 0.0%
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HSV-010
Wow you're doing a lot of practice! :eek: Also, sorry for ruling myself out of this like 2 weeks ago. If I can make it tomorrow I'll join, even if I am only competiting for 4th or 5th.
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This is the closest I have been to winning a championship for a while and I don't want to tlet it slip.

And thanks, hope you can make it :)
 
DaxCobra
This is the closest I have been to winning a championship for a while and I don't want to tlet it slip.

And thanks, hope you can make it :)
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Ah see, I'm way less bothered to practice no matter what position I'm in the league, only if someone is hosting a lounge like Furi does. It also screwed me over when I tried joining the LMP championship cause I wasn't sure how my GT-One would handle before the race.:lol:
 
HSV-010
Wow you're doing a lot of practice! :eek: Also, sorry for ruling myself out of this like 2 weeks ago. If I can make it tomorrow I'll join, even if I am only competiting for 4th or 5th.
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The battle for 4th is really close though. You, Carbonox and Sagarismic are wholly in there and me, Carracer and MadMax are all in with a shot if we get some decent results. :)
 
DaxCobra
I have to go to college at 13:20 and will not be back until around 4 anyway, so it works out fine. 👍

Edit: I just set a 1.16.194 with full fuel on board. MadMax, I will race you to 1.15's :D
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And before you left to scool/college you set a 1'16.195 in the lobby.

I stayed in the lobby testing almost every little tweak at suspension and found more grip.

And did a lap of: 1'16.083 (lap2 3 liters of fuel used)

splits:

21.997
27.719 :ouch: I put front left on grass in the double left before T2
26.367
lap 1'16.083

So , the race for the first one in 1'15's is on.



MadMax
 
Well I'm now at a 1'16.596, so I'm gradually getting faster, although I was 0.176 down on MadMax's time at the end of the second sector before the race started and ended my lap. :grumpy:
 
I just set a 1.15.829 just now. Carbonox was in the room too.

Edit: Tyre wear was set to on but was not actually wearing the tyres, I don't think that time was ligitimate.
 
stop practising! i will never catch up when i get maybe an hour ahead of the race to practise ^^
 
Don't think quali times are so important, I managed to win that practice race after a close gamble in the end.
 
DaxCobra
There was 3 people in it lol, and we both went off.
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Yes, but I reclaimed the lead after losing it, and held it to the line :dopey:

Obviously it was just a practice race, but cut me some slack, you win nothing by simply getting a good qualifying time.
 
Carbonox
Yes, but I reclaimed the lead after losing it, and held it to the line :dopey:

Obviously it was just a practice race, but cut me some slack, you win nothing by simply getting a good qualifying time.
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You win a great position at the start of the race, which means a lot especially at this track. Unless someone goes off, it's very hard to overtake here.
 
DaxCobra
You win a great position at the start of the race, which means a lot especially at this track. Unless someone goes off, it's very hard to overtake here.
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Also my victory can't be deemed undeserved because you went off :) There you see where overly aggressive driving gets you, into the wall while I smoothly make my way past :D
 
Carbonox
Also my victory can't be deemed undeserved because you went off :) There you see where overly aggressive driving gets you, into the wall while I smoothly make my way past :D
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It wasn't over aggressive, I just wasn't used to the slipstream and dirty air and understeered a bit.

It wont be a mistake I would make in a real race.
 
Carbonox
Don't think quali times are so important, I managed to win that practice race after a close gamble in the end.
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Agreed, sure it means you can piece together an excellent lap, but it will be consistent pace without mistakes that wins the day- will be even more apparent with the new tire wear model. :)
 
Carbonox
Also my victory can't be deemed undeserved because you went off :) There you see where overly aggressive driving gets you, into the wall while I smoothly make my way past :D
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My excuse, my car understeers like a truck.
 
I already know that quali isn't everything, qualified real high in the last race, lost it on the first lap and had to chase from then on ^^
 
Sometimes I think qualifying lower is better as you can relax and get into a rhythm. Whereas if you start high/pole you're immediately under pressure and prone to making mistakes. :)
 
I don't usually get pressuered at the front. Last three wins I have had, i have started near the front (although at Tsulkuba I did go back to 10th)
 
DaxCobra
I don't usually get pressuered at the front. Last three wins I have had, i have started near the front (although at Tsulkuba I did go back to 10th)
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Yes but you're probably used to it, I haven't had much experience with it so I often make mistakes if I'm out front. Whereas, take for instance Spa, I was pushed into gravel early on and developed a consistent pace/ rhythm which by the end of the race allowed me to have closed from 16 seconds down to 8 from the leader.
 
FordMKIVJ5
Yes but you're probably used to it, I haven't had much experience with it so I often make mistakes if I'm out front. Whereas, take for instance Spa, I was pushed into gravel early on and developed a consistent pace/ rhythm which by the end of the race allowed me to have closed from 16 seconds down to 8 from the leader.
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But it may be the case that the leader is fighting or cruising. For example, at Monaco I was just going slowly towards the end as I didn't need to push.
 
DaxCobra
But it may be the case that the leader is fighting or cruising. For example, at Monaco I was just going slowly towards the end as I didn't need to push.
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True, but I'm referring more to the start of the race like Tsukuba, where I got a great start to go 1st and was then under huge pressure from about 3 people and couldn't get any rhythm going because I was constantly defending and couldn't use my usual lines. 👍
 
I think marunda is right. Or at least for some of us :P and i'm such a slow starter that i always get swamped in the first corner, that's pretty stressful. ^^
 
See I'm a fast starter, so I get up to 1st/2nd/3rd at the start (Tsukuba and Spa) and then find that I'm surrounded by people who attack so much that I can't get a good pace going- so Today I'm going to try and ignore everyone else and just run at my own pace whether I get passed or not. :)
 
I don't actually think i've ever lost a position at a start recently.

At the end of the day, if you don't think qualifying is important, look at sebastian vettel.
 
DaxCobra
I don't actually think i've ever lost a position at a start recently.

At the end of the day, if you don't think qualifying is important, look at sebastian vettel.
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I'm not saying it's not important, I'm just saying that it isn't everything- you can quite easily finish well and more importantly have a fun race without qualifying well just look at Kimi Raikkonen at Suzuka in 2005. 👍
 
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