Supercar Challenge - Ferrari Challenge Series - 348 Challenge Season
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Event No 2 : April 25th, 2010 - 20:00 GMT - Montreal Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (Redwood Park) - RACE RECAP
I want to thank everybody who participated in the second round of the Ferrari 348 Challenge Series from Montreal. We had a few new people join us today and a few of the regulars drop out for various reasons. I want to express my appreciation for the (generally) nice clean racing and good sportsmanship. As usual, I had a lot of fun putting this event together and having only one track per weekend is a lot less hectic and dramatic from an organization stand point.
QUALIFYING: 2 laps - conditions 50% dry/wet chosen at random
I flipped a coin and dry qualifying it was. Unlike last time, I was able to set a nice clean lap in qualifying that put me up near the front of the pack. I would like to ask that next time, we should really try and pick up the pace a bit during the first lap of qualifying. The 2-3 cars at the end of the pack suffer if people are driving around in a relaxed manner. The idea is to build up a gap but this should not really be a parade lap.:
1) - Mhailwood - Steve Soper - 1:46.44
2) - mhm66 - Enzo - 1:46.46
3) - jjaisli - Forza G25 - 1:46.62
4) - L449KUX - TheRacingElite - 1:49.27
5) - SimcoeAce - Mad Dogs - 1:49.76
6) - MannyMoenJack1 - Jackrabit Racing - 1:49.82
7) - kemp1010 - MX - 1:49.96
8) - frawe - Frawe - 1:51.14
9) - arvore - team tgv - 1:51.26
10) - GTP_Bullie - Lusitania Racing - 1:54.51
11) - FINGERSANDTHUMBS - Creative - 1:55.66
12) - new_soul - UKOG - 1:55.99
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RACE 1 (Feature Race): - 20 Laps - Dry
Taking advantage of my 3rd place grid position, I made a reasonable start. MHailwood seemed to get off a bit slowly and moved to block mhm66 toward the inside. I had to brake hard and L449KUX was able to come up my left side going into turn 1. But I had the inside line for the next right hand corner and made it stick. For the next few corners, things were a little dicey as MHailwood and mhm66 fought tooth and nail. Both of them were able to pull away slightly and I was able to pull away from Kux behind me in turn, although he ran me uncomfortably close for most of the first lap. At the end of lap one, hm & Hailwood outbraked each other going into turn one but I wasn't quite close enough to take advantage of it, and there was no room for me to get around them once they got back on the road. Their battle continued and at the end of lap 2, they looked to be side by side going into the final chicane and Hailwood ended up the loser with a penalty. Collisions off after penalty is a great feature and I was able to go sailing through him and draft mhm down the main straight.
At the start of lap 3, I was right behind mhm, Hailwood was several seconds back and new_soul was likely fighting through the field. I remember thinking to myself, "This is going better than I thought!" From that point on, my ultimate pace was quite good, but unfortunately, my race was marred with many mistakes, ranging from small to...not so small and I picked up at least 2 penalties along the way. Hailwood got by two laps later (lap 5) when I hit the curb at turn 3 and tried to power through it,
nearly losing control. For the next 15 laps, I was never seriously challenged for position, although, if somebody had been running me closely, they likely would have taken advantage of any one of my numerous errors. For the rest of the race, the 4th place car was anywhere from 3-15 seconds behind me and the leaders were simply out of reach and maintaining a pace I couldn't quite match, let alone cut into. Still, finishing in 3rd place is a result I was quite pleased with.
This was helped, no doubt, by new_soul's unfortunate departure. We'll just call it a mechanical DNF. L449KUX and kemp1010 also suffered a disconnect from the lobby. A lousy way to finish the race. But we'll consider them all mechanical failures and leave it at that. In the end, mhm managed to stay ahead of MHailwood and take fastest lap in the process. Well done Henrik. With new_soul's unfortunate problems, this will garner you a nice lead.
Feature Race Results:
1) - mhm66 - Enzo - 1:45.42 - 26
2) - Mhailwood - Steve Soper - 1:46.03 - 20
3) - jjaisli - Forza G25 - 1:46.64 - 16
4) - MannyMoenJack1 - Jackrabit Racing - 1:47.17 - 13
5) - SimcoeAce - Mad Dogs - 1:49.26 - 11
6) - arvore - team tgv - 1:48.02 - 10
7) - frawe - Frawe - 1:49.89 - 9
8) - GTP_Bullie77 - Lusitania Racing - 1:50.07 - 8
9) - FINGERSANDTHUMBS - Creative - 1:51.88 - 7
10) - new_soul - UKOG - RTD - 6
11) - L449KUX - TheRacingElite - RTD - 5
12) - kemp1010 - MX - RTD - 4
Total Race time of 35 minutes, 41 seconds.
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* I most likely won't publish the rest of the video unless I'm asked as there were no further position changes relative to my car and for the most part I ran alone.
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RACE 2 (Sprint Race): 15 Laps - Wet
The start of the 15 lap, wet sprint race, began remarkably similar to the video I posted earlier in this thread.
Although we later found out, and I apologize profusely for this, that FINGERSANDTHUMBS was out having a smoke when the race started an his car was left 'unmanned' at the grid. I had done a quick scan up and down lobby and was sure that I saw all green lights. I'm very sorry about that and it looks like the result was carnage for at least 3 drivers.
None-the-less, I was able to stay out of trouble. I had a small bump with Hailwood going into turn one but he seemed no worse for ware and returned the favor going into the following right hander. Somehow I managed to get around several people in this first sequence with only minimal contact. Going up the straight approaching the underpass, I had a nice battle with Bullie. I had to push a bit wide in order to take my line going into the corner but I think I left him enough room. Just under the bridge, I suddenly saw (too late) a car trying to squeeze up my right side, just as I shut the door and committed to the corner (mhm66?). Coming into the hairpin, I dared a quick look at the stats and saw I was up to 5th place. 👍 A few seconds later, Arvore's departure from the lobby quickly moved me up to 4th.
👎
Going into the hairpin on Lap 3, new_soul and Kemp both overshot slightly. I was able to get in front of Kemp and draft new_soul down the straight and pass him before the chicane. At the start of Lap 4, I was fighting for second place. And going into the 1st corner, I saw Hailwood in 1st, had over shot the braking zone. Unfortunately, the way he came back onto the track and the fact that new_soul had the inside line, meant I had to try and take Hailwood on the outside, which simply wasn't going to happen. New_soul slipped through and I was on Hailwood's tail in 3rd. At the end of the lap, I got a penalty going through the last chicance, which effectively ended my battle with Hailwood.
For the next few laps, mhm was on a charge and
slowly quickly reeling me in. On lap 6, he was able to draft me down the back straight and pulled off an impressive late braking move before the chicane. I had to push him a little otherwise I would have gotten a penalty. But we both got through the chicane without incident.
On lap 9, new_soul picked up a penalty and I was able to draft him going into the hairpin. He in turn drafted me down the back straight and was able to pass me coming back onto the front straight. There was some contact here and I got nudged into the wall when he went by but I was slow coming out of the chicane after trying to brake late and prevent him from passing so I had a bad line going in. We had some nice back and forth and on lap 11 and I was able to pass him when he made a mistake at the hairpin. I knew at this point that something was wrong because not only was I managing to stay in front of new_soul but I was slowly pulling away form him as well. And the laps I was running while doing it were not among my fastest (This was obviously his controller problems) which we'll put down as as being a 'sick car'. From that point, I cruised home in 3rd, slowing down to a crawl through the final chicane so as not to take ANY chances. Two races, two podiums. I won't complain about that. Although luck, clearly had a factor in it. And my driving to get there was quick at times, but not all together consistent and either way, far from 'pretty'.
Sprint Race Results:
1) - Mhailwood - Steve Soper - 1:49.52 - 13
2) - mhm66 - Enzo - 1:49.69 - 10
3) - jjaisli - Forza G25 - 1:50.97 - 8
4) - new_soul - UKOG - 1.50.76 6
5) - MannyMoenJack1 - Jackrabit Racing - 1:51.64 - 5
6) - L449KUX - TheRacingElite - 1:52.54 - 4
7) - SimcoeAce - Mad Dogs - 1:52.78 - 3
8) - frawe - Frawe - 1:53.77 - 2
9) - kemp1010 - MX - 1:53.79 - 1
10) - GTP_Bullie77 - Lusitania Racing - 1:56.03 - 0
11) - FINGERSANDTHUMBS - Creative - 1:54.04 - 0
12) - arvore - team - tgv - RTD - 0
Total Race Time: 28 minutes, 8 seconds
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* there are no further position changes so I probably will not bother to publish the last two laps.
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Final (combined) Results from Round 2:
1) - mhm66 - Enzo - 36
2) - Mhailwood - Steve Soper - 33
3) - jjaisli - Forza G25 - 24
4) - MannyMoenJack1 - Jackrabit Racing - 18
5) - SimcoeAce - Mad Dogs - 14
6) - new_soul - UKOG - 12
7) - frawe - Frawe - 11
8) - arvore - team tgv - 10
9) - L449KUX - TheRacingElite - 9
10) - GTP_Bullie77 - Lusitania Racing - 8
11) - FINGERSANDTHUMBS - Creative -- 7
12) - kemp1010 - MX - 5
Well done mhm, continuing an impressive showing with 1 win, 1 second and 1 fastest lap! Congratulations also to MHailwood, showing his alien like speed, coming into the 2nd round with virtually no practice in this car, purchasing it in the lobby a few minutes before the race and running a few laps to slap a setup together. You're making us all look very, VERY bad!
Manny, showing good speed once again and leading the best of the rest, off of the podium Unfortunate and bad luck to new_soul, kemp, L449KUX and Arvore, all of whom were booted from the lobby in either the first or 2nd round. Also, just a quick 👍 to Kemp who in his first event with us put in a very respectable showing, having owned this game <2 weeks. Bravo!
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Points Standings after 2 rounds:
1) - mhm66 - Enzo - 71
2) - new_soul - UKOG - 46
3) - jjaisli - Forza G25 - 45
4) - MannyMoenjack1 - Jackrabit Racing - 40
5) - Mhailwood - Steve Soper - 33
6) - SimcoeAce - Mad Dogs - 28
7) - frawe - Frawe - 21
8) - arvore - team tgv - 20
8) - GTP_Bullie77 - Lusitania Racing - 20
10) - drivatar - team forza - 11
11) - GTP_Hun - T & L Team - 9
11) - L449KUX - TheRacingElite - 9
13) - FINGERSANDTHUMBS - Creative - 7
14) - kemp1010 - MX - 5
After two rounds, mhm takes a commanding lead in the points standings. But that can all change very quickly. Round 3 from Mont Tremblant is coming up in two weeks. And remember, the date has been changed to Saturday May 8th. Hope to see you there!
You guys are KILLING me! 
LOL!
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It wasn't enough to give me a penalty but it was enough to discount my lap. 
I crossed the finish line and the game now shows my PB as a 1:45.70, although my leaderboard time remains unchanged. I'm guessing I gained a bit from my early turn in but I think I still would have been in the 1:45s had it been a clean lap. So I know it's possible. Potentially. 
I still just can't believe it.
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i touth i get soon a DQ when im not abel to start the car, i wuled out the usb and nothing happened, put it bach and it started to blink but didnt conect
