PURE | JGTS2-Congratulations to champions tony1311 and team Xanavi Z!
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- johnkiller2
The race didn't go very well. Somehow and I don't know why, just couldn't find any pace. After a couple of laps I lost contact with CSL/Sheng in front. Despite being on fresh rubber and clean air, the best laptime I could muster on the first stint was a 1.21.6. Anyway, had some enjoyable racing with Wiifreak. Given my lack of pace, he put a lot of pressure on me for many laps (like Kimi on Massa today) but kept it clean all the time.
Had an off around lap 15 losing two places. Unfortunately even if I lightly touched a wall I didn't get damage as a pit stop would have changed the strategy from a one stopper which wasn't very good to a two stopper.
Had an off around lap 15 losing two places. Unfortunately even if I lightly touched a wall I didn't get damage as a pit stop would have changed the strategy from a one stopper which wasn't very good to a two stopper.
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- GTP_Welsh-Bain
Slightly disappointing to have made my mistake on lap 8. I still shouldn't have spun out completely as it was a minor wheel dip in the dirt that I was used to, but I just over-corrected the car this time, tank slapped a bit before nudging the wall. Luckily everyone was able to avoid me, then I waited a little to re-join the track safely. I was going to run with just 1 stop, but as I took some damage to this right rear (very minor, but not worth running Laguna with it IMO), I pit straight away and changed to a 2 stop race. Re-joined 3rd last I think but had a lot of clear track from here on out and just ran laps, until around lap 26 I saw Dom creeping up, so I ducked into the pits for my last stop.
Had a good battle with Russ after exiting the pit and was also able to jump ahead of JohnKiller when he pit a lap or 2 later. Managed to eventually get by Russ as he made a mistake exiting Rainey and I was able to break clear. I think I was in 6th or so at this point, which was good as my tyres were the same as the 1 stoppers right now too. Once Dom pit for his 2nd stop, I took 5th, then 4th when Simon did too. Didn't take too long for Simon to get his position back with much fresher tyres and I was constantly looking out for Dom from around lap 45 on, but I think something happened? Had a safe 5th, but then realised my fuel seemed low, even though I'd taken 9 and 8 litres at my stops. Started to short shift and made a few mistakes, before making an off-track excursion exiting Rainey on the penultimate lap. This put Jason on my tail for the final lap, where I was able to just hang on for 5th.
Not a bad result considering the crash, but I was really hoping for a podium.
Congratulations to Adam, Tony and especially Skeng!! Great consistency out there guys and great pace!! 👍
Had a good battle with Russ after exiting the pit and was also able to jump ahead of JohnKiller when he pit a lap or 2 later. Managed to eventually get by Russ as he made a mistake exiting Rainey and I was able to break clear. I think I was in 6th or so at this point, which was good as my tyres were the same as the 1 stoppers right now too. Once Dom pit for his 2nd stop, I took 5th, then 4th when Simon did too. Didn't take too long for Simon to get his position back with much fresher tyres and I was constantly looking out for Dom from around lap 45 on, but I think something happened? Had a safe 5th, but then realised my fuel seemed low, even though I'd taken 9 and 8 litres at my stops. Started to short shift and made a few mistakes, before making an off-track excursion exiting Rainey on the penultimate lap. This put Jason on my tail for the final lap, where I was able to just hang on for 5th.
Not a bad result considering the crash, but I was really hoping for a podium.
Congratulations to Adam, Tony and especially Skeng!! Great consistency out there guys and great pace!! 👍
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- skengdigi
Great race today , so happy to get the final step on the podium , all the practice this week paid off and the long runs i practiced today .
Started 5th and didn't want to push hard knowing 1 stop was my plan a so i let the first 4 pull away from me a bit to get out of dirty air and i had csl all over my bumper for about the first 14 laps , we even had some side by side action during the race but i managed to keep him behind me .
With all the laps i did this week i figured out how to save my front tires and still put in decent lap times ( tires could run 1 21s for 20 laps ) , this really helped me during the middle and end of my stints where it seemed i could match the leaders on pace and i was catching cicua at the end of his 1st stint .
After cicua pitted i was basically by myself for the rest of the race , i waited to pit at the right time to fall back into a nice gap of clean air again and the only driver i had to overtake was csl and he was on older tires so he didnt put up a fight .
Thats about it for my race , just tire saving and consistent laps , did a few hot laps then a few slower laps , seemed to work today lets hope i have more podium finishes
Oh yeah how could i forget a big moment during the race was when welsh bain spun and i just narrowly escaped hitting him , talk about luck . His spin and csls spin later on really opened up the race for me .
Started 5th and didn't want to push hard knowing 1 stop was my plan a so i let the first 4 pull away from me a bit to get out of dirty air and i had csl all over my bumper for about the first 14 laps , we even had some side by side action during the race but i managed to keep him behind me .
With all the laps i did this week i figured out how to save my front tires and still put in decent lap times ( tires could run 1 21s for 20 laps ) , this really helped me during the middle and end of my stints where it seemed i could match the leaders on pace and i was catching cicua at the end of his 1st stint .
After cicua pitted i was basically by myself for the rest of the race , i waited to pit at the right time to fall back into a nice gap of clean air again and the only driver i had to overtake was csl and he was on older tires so he didnt put up a fight .
Thats about it for my race , just tire saving and consistent laps , did a few hot laps then a few slower laps , seemed to work today lets hope i have more podium finishes
Oh yeah how could i forget a big moment during the race was when welsh bain spun and i just narrowly escaped hitting him , talk about luck . His spin and csls spin later on really opened up the race for me .
- 4,881
- Stockholm
- chorda / GTP_chorda
guh, feel so gutted to have missed this.
Results for D1?
I'll get them up tomorrow.. Had to leave instantly after the race to meet my GF. And I got some plans with her for what's left of today.
Will sort the results etc tomorrow if Tim does'nt beat me to it. But I think he's busy with helping a friend moving..
But I know top 3..
Adam
Tony
SkengD
After that there's a mix of
Adventuruss
Johan
Simon
Jason
Nige
WiiFreak
In the bottom..
Tim
Dom
Me
DC/DNS
Will
Alex
Josh
Jordan
CodeRedR51
Premium
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- WrecklessAbandon
Skendigi and I, lap 11.
I can't believe I didn't think to take a picture of 3 HSV's in a group.
Wii chasing Johan on the final lap.
Skendigi sneaking in third with Simon in the background.(Literally
)
Nige and Jason coming out of the final turn, Russ coming up behind.
After 56 laps and a bunch of incidents, a pack maintains.
"Team Xanavi" at the line.
Tim steals two spots from bickering HSV's at the last minute.
I can't believe I didn't think to take a picture of 3 HSV's in a group.
Wii chasing Johan on the final lap.
Skendigi sneaking in third with Simon in the background.(Literally
)
Nige and Jason coming out of the final turn, Russ coming up behind.
After 56 laps and a bunch of incidents, a pack maintains.
"Team Xanavi" at the line.
Tim steals two spots from bickering HSV's at the last minute.
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- Stockholm
- chorda / GTP_chorda
Had a shot at 5th even still if Dennis would have just let me through...
My car was pretty wide at times, I know..
I had a great time defending my position though. It's a good track for that.. Had to give in on the last lap in the corkscrew though.
Reason why I was so slow was because I got damage on lap 24, which made my last stint a 33 lap stretch..
If I had got damage like lap 20-22, I would've switched to a 2-stopper..
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- Austria
- GTP_SnowCrash
Just wanted to make a case for the 2-stop strategy:
I went for a 2-stopper and found that it suited me just fine. I had done one long stint in testing and the times I did after lap 20 or so were not encouraging, so I decided that instead of being fodder for those that can keep their tires in better shape, I'd rather be the predator on newer tires for the better part of the race and additionally be less error-prone on old tires.
And yes, it IS true that you can run into traffic, but a) after the first pitstop you are on tires that are 20(!) laps fresher, and overtaking is really not that hard in that period of time, and b) guess what the 1-stoppers run into after their stop? The 2-stoppers. So, that equals out nicely. For me, I had gathered a gap of about 15 seconds to the leaders early on until I was able to stabilize the gap. Once I had pitted, I did run into two 1-stoppers, but was able to pass them quite quickly as they were clearly struggling with their tires. I was then able to do a string of pretty good laps and found after the 1-stoppers came in, that I had actually made up the 15 seconds I was down earlier. (Actually Owens and basse literally both came out of the pits just as I went by, and I almost made a mess of it trying to stay off to the right and squeezing by - sorry for the moment, guys!)
I was then able to stay ahead until their tires warmed up and then, of course they retook their positions. Subsequently I was just trying to keep the gap in check so as not to drop back too much before my second stop. Müle also was on 2 stops and came in 2 laps earlier (just 3 or so seconds in front of me then) which was the better decision as he was able to (virtually) widen the gap until I came in. After my stop I was 45 seconds behind the leaders, but on fresher tires. I actually did my PB then in that stint (and a couple of other laps close to it) and was steadily catching up, and if it wasn't for one stupid off that cost me 8 seconds I even could have challenged Müle for 3rd (which would have meant I would have made up 25 seconds to the leaders in that stint).
So, considering that I certainly wasn't on the same outright speed as the leaders, the 2-stop strategy certainly was the right one for me.
I went for a 2-stopper and found that it suited me just fine. I had done one long stint in testing and the times I did after lap 20 or so were not encouraging, so I decided that instead of being fodder for those that can keep their tires in better shape, I'd rather be the predator on newer tires for the better part of the race and additionally be less error-prone on old tires.
And yes, it IS true that you can run into traffic, but a) after the first pitstop you are on tires that are 20(!) laps fresher, and overtaking is really not that hard in that period of time, and b) guess what the 1-stoppers run into after their stop? The 2-stoppers. So, that equals out nicely. For me, I had gathered a gap of about 15 seconds to the leaders early on until I was able to stabilize the gap. Once I had pitted, I did run into two 1-stoppers, but was able to pass them quite quickly as they were clearly struggling with their tires. I was then able to do a string of pretty good laps and found after the 1-stoppers came in, that I had actually made up the 15 seconds I was down earlier. (Actually Owens and basse literally both came out of the pits just as I went by, and I almost made a mess of it trying to stay off to the right and squeezing by - sorry for the moment, guys!)
I was then able to stay ahead until their tires warmed up and then, of course they retook their positions. Subsequently I was just trying to keep the gap in check so as not to drop back too much before my second stop. Müle also was on 2 stops and came in 2 laps earlier (just 3 or so seconds in front of me then) which was the better decision as he was able to (virtually) widen the gap until I came in. After my stop I was 45 seconds behind the leaders, but on fresher tires. I actually did my PB then in that stint (and a couple of other laps close to it) and was steadily catching up, and if it wasn't for one stupid off that cost me 8 seconds I even could have challenged Müle for 3rd (which would have meant I would have made up 25 seconds to the leaders in that stint).
So, considering that I certainly wasn't on the same outright speed as the leaders, the 2-stop strategy certainly was the right one for me.
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D1 results are up.
Bonus points will be added later on.
We need to dig up Adams Q time.
And we also need to get the results from D2 up before we can set the R2 results in stone. 👍
EDIT: I did'nt get a shot of the total times screen since I was the last car who crossed the line, so I used made up total times, and just added the gaps to that.
Would be nice if someone have a shot of the total timing to put in the results Page. It does'nt matter from a point/placement point of view, but it would be nice with the correct total times.
Bonus points will be added later on.
We need to dig up Adams Q time.
And we also need to get the results from D2 up before we can set the R2 results in stone. 👍
EDIT: I did'nt get a shot of the total times screen since I was the last car who crossed the line, so I used made up total times, and just added the gaps to that.
Would be nice if someone have a shot of the total timing to put in the results Page. It does'nt matter from a point/placement point of view, but it would be nice with the correct total times.
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- WrecklessAbandon
They already did. It is called JGTS
Awesome Simon.👍Actually, they just weren't involved in much action, not for position at all. I already had multiple pictures of both car types, and if I'm honest I'm not that creative.
Guess I may as well start getting a set up in case my internet goes down for a few days from this Sandy bitch they keep bringing up.
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- OutlawQuadrant
Bet you he could've gone even faster. Adam's always about a second faster than my PB's. If I could hit a 20.75 with a full tank, he could do a 19.5, with half the fuel gone.I just noticed...Aderrrm hit a 1'19.8 in the race...
Because of work, I won't be around much this week. One piece of advice for Sarthe; slipstream hopping's faster than bump drafting.
