- 7,284
- Inverness, Scotland
- GTP_PaulMac/paulmac2k9
I dont like the fact im now starting in first for the sprint 
. Im going to be some sort of road block.. 
. Im going to be some sort of road block.. 
PURE | JGTS - Going on strong and adapting in the face of change!
- Thread starter Denilson
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- 738
- GTP_Welsh-Bain
Thank you guys for the compliments.
Like most know already the fastest laps you run truly feel the slowest and smoothest. Almost slow motion.
Hope to catch a bit of Monaco rhythm again today. Keep it off the walls and manage tires.
We can do it team mate!! Best of luck today
......and that goes to everyone! 👍
- 7,711
- Indiana-USA
- OwensRacing
PURE JGTC Div 1 Room:
1472-6118-3701-4255-6696
I will need help with ballast, pp, and HP settings. Otherwise we should be good.
1472-6118-3701-4255-6696
I will need help with ballast, pp, and HP settings. Otherwise we should be good.
- 4,853
- Buffalo, NY
- PURE_DrWatson
That should work
was giving Wardez until 12:40 before I opened one... he's online in gt5, must be asleep in his chair.
- 1,619
- The Mitten
- BrosifDuder
Failed to join room... nevermind, I am in.
So I was playing some backyard football with the GF's nephews/family this morning and managed to step in mole hole while in a full sprint post route and now my left ankle feels spectacular. I rolled it pretty bad but I am hoping to make it through the race before the swelling gets out of control. So I apologize beforehand if I make any mistakes. I will try to keep out of the way if this proves to be too much.
- 7,711
- Indiana-USA
- OwensRacing
Dang Brosif. Monaco gonna hurt you today my man. Take some pain meds an hope you can last. LoL
- 492
- United States
- Adventuruss
- Disasteruss
My PS3 completely froze up. Restarting now.
- 951
- United Kingdom
- joshua1994
Real sorry guys. Had to put into the pit around lap 10 and pretty much finish my race as some family came round..
- 7,284
- Inverness, Scotland
- GTP_PaulMac/paulmac2k9
I was having an ok run in the sprint pitted lap 5 with slight damage to not cost myself time. Then on lap 9 I think Tony and Welsh came together and I had no where to go but hit Tony Causing bad damage so pitted for a 2nd time. Then last lap I got a mayor lag punt from red putting me from 6th to 9th in the space of the last quarter of the last lap 
. Atleast in the feature I managed to do 19 laps on a set of tyres to try get to a 3 stop (after crashing lap 4 and pitting lap 5).
I cant say im disapointed with 2 9ths but I felt I had a top 5 in the sprint so am a bit sad I couldnt keep it due to no fault of my own. My pb was a 32.8 which I was happy with though.
Now to get back to some proper track even though my Lexus may not be best suited to them
.
Also how can I not say this well done CSL on the double win, team Denso on top
.
. Atleast in the feature I managed to do 19 laps on a set of tyres to try get to a 3 stop (after crashing lap 4 and pitting lap 5).I cant say im disapointed with 2 9ths but I felt I had a top 5 in the sprint so am a bit sad I couldnt keep it due to no fault of my own. My pb was a 32.8 which I was happy with though
.Now to get back to some proper track even though my Lexus may not be best suited to them
.Also how can I not say this well done CSL on the double win, team Denso on top
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- 7,711
- Indiana-USA
- OwensRacing
Good fun today. Running alone at lap 19 ish I one two'd the final chicane. Drove it out two laps and had to put from slow times.
That pretty much removed my pit strategy and well I never practiced driving ballz out. I was conservative practiced. Hahaha
All in all Monaco is a heart breaker. She how ever sent me home with a smile.
That pretty much removed my pit strategy and well I never practiced driving ballz out. I was conservative practiced. Hahaha
All in all Monaco is a heart breaker. She how ever sent me home with a smile.
- 7,284
- Inverness, Scotland
- GTP_PaulMac/paulmac2k9
For anyone who is still interested here are the pics mum took on her blackbury phone...
Add to that out of her pictures were huge stones and debrie all over the road and it was only at max 50 metres around a sharp left hand corner which was also a blind corner so as I said before I got the shock of my life.
Add to that out of her pictures were huge stones and debrie all over the road and it was only at max 50 metres around a sharp left hand corner which was also a blind corner so as I said before I got the shock of my life.
- 10,456
- United States
- WrecklessAbandon
^ How to make a Focus look like a Prius. 
Thanks guys, was not one, but two truly great races today for me.
I'll make a short race report(s) shortly.
Congrats to Tony and Welsh, both did a fantastic job of handling their disadvantaged cars today, absolutely phenomenal guys. 👍
I still can't believe Tony pulled off the 3 stop.
D2 results?
I have both replays from D1, but any pics I take come out like crap for having an old-fashioned shiny-screen SDTV.
Go team Denso!
Thanks guys, was not one, but two truly great races today for me.
I'll make a short race report(s) shortly.
Congrats to Tony and Welsh, both did a fantastic job of handling their disadvantaged cars today, absolutely phenomenal guys. 👍
I still can't believe Tony pulled off the 3 stop.
D2 results?
I have both replays from D1, but any pics I take come out like crap for having an old-fashioned shiny-screen SDTV.
Go team Denso!
SuperSic
(Banned)
- 293
- tony1311
Congrats Don on your impressive performance today, double winner in Monaco is near-impossible.👍
Rees, again, i'm sorry man, it was a silly move on my part, my brain froze for a moment, don't know what i was thinking. My apologies to Paul and Owens (i think) who got in the mess too.
Rees, again, i'm sorry man, it was a silly move on my part, my brain froze for a moment, don't know what i was thinking. My apologies to Paul and Owens (i think) who got in the mess too.
- 4,881
- Stockholm
- chorda / GTP_chorda
I'm looking much forward to read your race report Dom! 👍
Here's mine.
Ok, so started in 2nd in D2 after an F'ed up quali. (I have to moan a bit) I ran 32's pretty easy prior my quali, but a kiss with the gueard rails in the pool area on my 1st flyer put a stp to my plans for geting in to D1..
So I had WiiFreak ahead of me, and he also had ballast. So he was at 1170 kg, while I was at 1160. That helpwd me on the faster parts of the track.
I also managed to find a pretty good setup that was much nicer to my tires compared to the one I did quali in. So I managed to pass Wii after 6-7 laps iirc. He stayed on my tail, but dove in to the pits at lap 11, which was early in my book. I thought he'd try a 3 stopper. So I kept on to lap 14 before I pitted. And I came out around 4-5 seconds behind.
We then cought up to GTMuzz, who really tryed hard to stay out of the way, but I ran in to his rear causing me damage. It was just bad luck. He tryed to slow down and stay left after the chicane, but I did not expect him to slow down just after it. I thought he was at least going to let me by on the straight.. But hey, s*** happens..
On the next lap, I hit the guard rail in the same chicane, and my car was now not driving properly, so decided to pit on lap 17. Not good at all.
But I did catch up to WiiFreak quite a lot since he was in the end of his stint, and I was on fresh rubber. So when he entered track after his 2nd stop, he came out 4 seconds behind me. Probably around lap 22-23.
So I decided to slow my pace down, to make him catch up to me. I then stayed ahead of him. Slowing him down to 35-36's whith his fresh rubber.
I could tell he was not happy with that. So he gave up around lap 30, so I pitted directly after. So I had now regained my lost time due to the unscheduled pit stop.
Sorry Wii, but I had to..
After this, I managed a 1:31.7XX. Super happy with that time concidering my car/track/ballast.. 👍
Then Wii made a mistake I guess. Cause he was not close behind me anymore, and suddenly, the gap was 30+ seconds. So from here, I just cruised to the win.
I did almost **** up, but I was lucky I only had 11 laps left at the time, so my last pit had to be done then, instead of the last 8 laps as planned. Had I done that mistake say 3 laps earlier, it would've been major trouble.
Sprint race.
Litchi, me and Wii freak take off. Wii manage to pass me after a small loss of pace out of the chicane. I than stayed behind him and litchi, hoping I could save some tires.
Wii dove in to the pits at lap 6, and me and litchi pitted on lap 7 or 8. Can't remember exactly. But we entered the track just ahead of wii. Then Wii was not longer in my rear view. Guess he mad a mistake again. Cause I could see that Adventuruss overtook him as well.
So it was me and Litchi for the rest of the race. I felt I had slightly better pace, but as you all know, passing is tough here.
We fought hard, but very, very clean!! Super nice driving Litchi!! 👍
I was soooo close a few times during the last 2 laps, but it did'nt work out by a hair..
Last turn, Litchi catch a small slide, and I had left some space to be able to bring as much speed as possible out on the final straight. I almost got him.. Gap was 0.087..
Had a super fun race! Looking much forward to Monza!!
Here's mine.
Ok, so started in 2nd in D2 after an F'ed up quali. (I have to moan a bit) I ran 32's pretty easy prior my quali, but a kiss with the gueard rails in the pool area on my 1st flyer put a stp to my plans for geting in to D1..
So I had WiiFreak ahead of me, and he also had ballast. So he was at 1170 kg, while I was at 1160. That helpwd me on the faster parts of the track.
I also managed to find a pretty good setup that was much nicer to my tires compared to the one I did quali in. So I managed to pass Wii after 6-7 laps iirc. He stayed on my tail, but dove in to the pits at lap 11, which was early in my book. I thought he'd try a 3 stopper. So I kept on to lap 14 before I pitted. And I came out around 4-5 seconds behind.
We then cought up to GTMuzz, who really tryed hard to stay out of the way, but I ran in to his rear causing me damage. It was just bad luck. He tryed to slow down and stay left after the chicane, but I did not expect him to slow down just after it. I thought he was at least going to let me by on the straight.. But hey, s*** happens..
On the next lap, I hit the guard rail in the same chicane, and my car was now not driving properly, so decided to pit on lap 17. Not good at all.
But I did catch up to WiiFreak quite a lot since he was in the end of his stint, and I was on fresh rubber. So when he entered track after his 2nd stop, he came out 4 seconds behind me. Probably around lap 22-23.
So I decided to slow my pace down, to make him catch up to me. I then stayed ahead of him. Slowing him down to 35-36's whith his fresh rubber.
I could tell he was not happy with that. So he gave up around lap 30, so I pitted directly after. So I had now regained my lost time due to the unscheduled pit stop.
Sorry Wii, but I had to..
After this, I managed a 1:31.7XX. Super happy with that time concidering my car/track/ballast.. 👍
Then Wii made a mistake I guess. Cause he was not close behind me anymore, and suddenly, the gap was 30+ seconds. So from here, I just cruised to the win.
I did almost **** up, but I was lucky I only had 11 laps left at the time, so my last pit had to be done then, instead of the last 8 laps as planned. Had I done that mistake say 3 laps earlier, it would've been major trouble.
Sprint race.
Litchi, me and Wii freak take off. Wii manage to pass me after a small loss of pace out of the chicane. I than stayed behind him and litchi, hoping I could save some tires.
Wii dove in to the pits at lap 6, and me and litchi pitted on lap 7 or 8. Can't remember exactly. But we entered the track just ahead of wii. Then Wii was not longer in my rear view. Guess he mad a mistake again. Cause I could see that Adventuruss overtook him as well.
So it was me and Litchi for the rest of the race. I felt I had slightly better pace, but as you all know, passing is tough here.
We fought hard, but very, very clean!! Super nice driving Litchi!! 👍
I was soooo close a few times during the last 2 laps, but it did'nt work out by a hair..
Last turn, Litchi catch a small slide, and I had left some space to be able to bring as much speed as possible out on the final straight. I almost got him.. Gap was 0.087..
Had a super fun race! Looking much forward to Monza!!
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- 5,095
- France
I'm very surprised of my sprint race. For the first time of my poor life (lol) i finally manage a regular 32' for 5 laps....and no mistake for 16 laps. powaaaaa. Awesome race with/against you Den, you really gave me a lot of pressure. I had no breath for 16 laps lol.
This track is very difficult for us who are driving with our little DS3 paddle. I'm proud of myself
This track is very difficult for us who are driving with our little DS3 paddle. I'm proud of myself
- 10,456
- United States
- WrecklessAbandon
(Not so) Short Race report(s)
First I have to thank Welsh and particularly BrosifDuder, for if it weren't for him insisting a 3 stopper was the way to go, we wouldn't have ran that final practice race at 3:30 this morning, and I would not have won this race without that.
I owe you one Duder, big time.👍
Feature.
Started in second, my single goal was to stay in second until Tony pit. His car was even slower then I expected, but fortunately fast enough I didn't have to hold up much. very quickly he drove away starting on lap 2, I wasn't worried though, he'd be pitting 4 times.
I was very happy to see a blue car re-appear around lap 9, and I was reeling him in, and he pit on lap 12, which surprised me he waited so long, I figured he'd make the longer stops later with less fuel.
After my pit things became a bit redundant, I came out, Tony had the lead, it grew a bit, then shrank until I was right behind him, but then he didn't pit until lap 23. And then it hit me, he was going to run an extra lap on lower fuel for each stop.
Tony was running a 🤬 3 stopper same as me!
Now things got intense, as intense as it can ever be when you're not beside your opponent. I had to catch him and pass him, my only advantage now that he would probably be cutting it really close on the final stint, or so I hoped.
So I pushed, even though my strategy was to never push, nailed down my only sub 31 lap of the race on lap 30 iirc, which closed the gap to around 4 seconds, and back to conserving tires, slowly reeling him in while on more worn tires then I was. I got around him around lap 37-38, and then realized even though I wanted to pit on lap 40, he'd be pitting on lap 39, rather then take a chance on him getting in front of me through pitting, I decided to go in early and go for the final 15 mano-e-mano.
He got stalled up by a crew member dropping a lugnut or something (game hold) and I came out with a 3 second lead. Now I simply had to run fast, and not wear the tires, and then the worst thing that could happen, happened.
I came upon traffic. OwensRacing, on worn tires, almost the end of his stint, I was catching him like a cheetah running down a gazelle. I got right behind him entering the final sector, and he screwed up, turned in to early and POW! hit the inside wall dead in front of me, nowhere to go. I slammed the brakes and swerved inside of him, for having bounced to the outside, but I caught the left half of his rear bumper, and got mild right front suspension damage, 🤬
Hopefully it didn't hurt him much, he pit immediately and I believe was able to finish from there close to plan. I had to stay out, Tony was now in my draft.
From there it's pretty much just lap after lap, fighting to turn left, taking right turns pretty well normally, banging into walls fearing damage at least 5 times on left hand corners, but eventually, as the tires wore turning left became easy, but my back right was dead. Fortunately Tony was in slightly worse shape on tires the whole way, he started falling back ever so slowly, I thought he was saving tires to make a last minute run, but he was not.
6 seconds, and my first win in any SuperGT series, it couldn't be much sweeter.
Race 2:
After the heart pounding first race was finally over, I realized I had not clenched a podium for the week, reality sank in. I still had to get through a pack and finish well at Monaco, in order to get the prize.
Started second to last, the field slammed the brakes to a screeching halt in the opening straight I rear ended Welsh.
No damage for me, I assumed none for him, it seemed he was okay then driving.(hopefully?)
A bad start, but a great reminder what I was dealing with - a lot of big cars tightly grouped on a small track.
I had no intention of pitting at the end of the first race lap, but I quickly realized I was going nowhere following the group, who were all battling side-by-side and to close for comfort. Rather then take the chance, I knew I could make the finish on 14 laps, nobody cleared the track for pits, it was all mine. Took my tires, half the field pit on the next lap, and I passed every single one that did, barely getting by Owens before the first turn.
From there I was 6th, GV came out the next lap in front of me, and then 5th, GV still in front. He must have been going nuts, 31's were not passing him, but I had to take it easy, for the sake of tires. Sure enough, he screwed up the chicane just enough to get the inside for the following turn. After some hairy twisties, I managed to stay in front of him, and then I had him.
Now the Dr was in, and ready to see me. Came out of the pits just in front of me, but I got the run up the hill and squeezed past to the inside, held my line and got the lead. Now I had no idea I was in the lead, but I made a few slip ups, I had the draft broken and caught a wall, no damage luckily, but he regained the draft, and from there it was a dogfight. Gaining, pulling, breaking draft, giving it back, as my tires didn't wear as quickly as I feared, I managed to keep just in front of him no matter how close he got. (couple inches)
Saved the tires, pulled out the double win.
I started hoping for a solid finish this week, not practicing till Friday had me worried, but strange migraines kept me away from GT5 for pretty much the whole week. Once I turned some laps, I managed a 31.6 easily my first stint, and then pushed to 31.3's with room left on the track, I went past hopeful, and into "mine" territory. When I finally turned a 30.9 in practice, and realized I could go with a 3 stopper, it was settled.
I crossed the bridge of "hope" (hope is doubt) and into another place, which I'm not sure what to call. The only thing I knew, was that I was going to win this race, even though my mind won't allow that kind of blasphemy, and I never thought it consciously, I realize in retrospect I never had a doubt entering this race.
However, I didn't know how close it would or wouldn't be, and to be honest, I thought I'd have to make a mistake for it to be this close, which I did expect to make a mistake. I did not.
As much as I know Tony is an incredible driver, he managed to blow my mind yet again today, to drive so well on bald tires, to run so fast on bald tires, to make tires keep from going bald for so long, and to make a 1230KG GTR move so God damn fast, words cannot describe my thoughts.
Some good luck, some bad luck, all well in the end, and a simply fantastic race. Today reminded me why I continue doing this, through all the troubles. For those of you waiting for your time to shine, get a great finish, whatever the achievement you're looking for, it is worth every second of it.
A serious hats-off to Tony and Nige.(Welsh) For making those cars at those specs get around this track so many times so fast. I could not have beaten either of you in your own car today, not a chance.
First I have to thank Welsh and particularly BrosifDuder, for if it weren't for him insisting a 3 stopper was the way to go, we wouldn't have ran that final practice race at 3:30 this morning, and I would not have won this race without that.
I owe you one Duder, big time.👍
Feature.
Started in second, my single goal was to stay in second until Tony pit. His car was even slower then I expected, but fortunately fast enough I didn't have to hold up much. very quickly he drove away starting on lap 2, I wasn't worried though, he'd be pitting 4 times.
I was very happy to see a blue car re-appear around lap 9, and I was reeling him in, and he pit on lap 12, which surprised me he waited so long, I figured he'd make the longer stops later with less fuel.
After my pit things became a bit redundant, I came out, Tony had the lead, it grew a bit, then shrank until I was right behind him, but then he didn't pit until lap 23.
And then it hit me, he was going to run an extra lap on lower fuel for each stop. Tony was running a 🤬 3 stopper same as me!Now things got intense, as intense as it can ever be when you're not beside your opponent. I had to catch him and pass him, my only advantage now that he would probably be cutting it really close on the final stint, or so I hoped.
So I pushed, even though my strategy was to never push, nailed down my only sub 31 lap of the race on lap 30 iirc, which closed the gap to around 4 seconds, and back to conserving tires, slowly reeling him in while on more worn tires then I was. I got around him around lap 37-38, and then realized even though I wanted to pit on lap 40, he'd be pitting on lap 39, rather then take a chance on him getting in front of me through pitting, I decided to go in early and go for the final 15 mano-e-mano.
He got stalled up by a crew member dropping a lugnut or something (game hold) and I came out with a 3 second lead. Now I simply had to run fast, and not wear the tires, and then the worst thing that could happen, happened.
I came upon traffic. OwensRacing, on worn tires, almost the end of his stint, I was catching him like a cheetah running down a gazelle. I got right behind him entering the final sector, and he screwed up, turned in to early and POW! hit the inside wall dead in front of me, nowhere to go. I slammed the brakes and swerved inside of him, for having bounced to the outside, but I caught the left half of his rear bumper, and got mild right front suspension damage, 🤬
Hopefully it didn't hurt him much, he pit immediately and I believe was able to finish from there close to plan. I had to stay out, Tony was now in my draft.
From there it's pretty much just lap after lap, fighting to turn left, taking right turns pretty well normally, banging into walls fearing damage at least 5 times on left hand corners, but eventually, as the tires wore turning left became easy, but my back right was dead. Fortunately Tony was in slightly worse shape on tires the whole way, he started falling back ever so slowly, I thought he was saving tires to make a last minute run, but he was not.
6 seconds, and my first win in any SuperGT series, it couldn't be much sweeter.
Race 2:
After the heart pounding first race was finally over, I realized I had not clenched a podium for the week, reality sank in. I still had to get through a pack and finish well at Monaco, in order to get the prize.
Started second to last, the field slammed the brakes to a screeching halt in the opening straight
I rear ended Welsh. No damage for me, I assumed none for him, it seemed he was okay then driving.(hopefully?)A bad start, but a great reminder what I was dealing with - a lot of big cars tightly grouped on a small track.
I had no intention of pitting at the end of the first race lap, but I quickly realized I was going nowhere following the group, who were all battling side-by-side and to close for comfort. Rather then take the chance, I knew I could make the finish on 14 laps, nobody cleared the track for pits, it was all mine. Took my tires, half the field pit on the next lap, and I passed every single one that did, barely getting by Owens before the first turn.
From there I was 6th, GV came out the next lap in front of me, and then 5th, GV still in front. He must have been going nuts, 31's were not passing him, but I had to take it easy, for the sake of tires. Sure enough, he screwed up the chicane just enough to get the inside for the following turn. After some hairy twisties, I managed to stay in front of him, and then I had him.
Now the Dr was in, and ready to see me. Came out of the pits just in front of me, but I got the run up the hill and squeezed past to the inside, held my line and got the lead. Now I had no idea I was in the lead, but I made a few slip ups, I had the draft broken and caught a wall, no damage luckily, but he regained the draft, and from there it was a dogfight. Gaining, pulling, breaking draft, giving it back, as my tires didn't wear as quickly as I feared, I managed to keep just in front of him no matter how close he got. (couple inches)
Saved the tires, pulled out the double win.
I started hoping for a solid finish this week, not practicing till Friday had me worried, but strange migraines kept me away from GT5 for pretty much the whole week. Once I turned some laps, I managed a 31.6 easily my first stint, and then pushed to 31.3's with room left on the track, I went past hopeful, and into "mine" territory. When I finally turned a 30.9 in practice, and realized I could go with a 3 stopper, it was settled.
I crossed the bridge of "hope" (hope is doubt) and into another place, which I'm not sure what to call. The only thing I knew, was that I was going to win this race, even though my mind won't allow that kind of blasphemy, and I never thought it consciously, I realize in retrospect I never had a doubt entering this race.
However, I didn't know how close it would or wouldn't be, and to be honest, I thought I'd have to make a mistake for it to be this close, which I did expect to make a mistake. I did not.
As much as I know Tony is an incredible driver, he managed to blow my mind yet again today, to drive so well on bald tires, to run so fast on bald tires, to make tires keep from going bald for so long, and to make a 1230KG GTR move so God damn fast, words cannot describe my thoughts.
Some good luck, some bad luck, all well in the end, and a simply fantastic race. Today reminded me why I continue doing this, through all the troubles. For those of you waiting for your time to shine, get a great finish, whatever the achievement you're looking for, it is worth every second of it.
A serious hats-off to Tony and Nige.(Welsh) For making those cars at those specs get around this track so many times so fast. I could not have beaten either of you in your own car today, not a chance.
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- Bellaterra
- SG15-
Well, I was one of the wildcars today and I'm gald to say that I'm very proud to be part of this two races, both were very funny!!! And i learned a lot!
I have to say thanks to the organisation for allow me to be a part of this. Hope to be the second Lexus PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 driver
Thanks to all of you guys!!
I have to say thanks to the organisation for allow me to be a part of this. Hope to be the second Lexus PETRONAS TOM'S SC430 driver
Thanks to all of you guys!!
- 4,881
- Stockholm
- chorda / GTP_chorda
Good fun today. Running alone at lap 19 ish I one two'd the final chicane. Drove it out two laps and had to put from slow times.
That pretty much removed my pit strategy and well I never practiced driving ballz out. I was conservative practiced. Hahaha
All in all Monaco is a heart breaker. She how ever sent me home with a smile.
Awesome Jeff, just awesome! 👍
