Round 7 : Osterreichring [October 23th]

EVENT SCHEDULE (all times CET, Paris time)

Sunday October 23th :

8:00pm : Qualifying, 60 minutes, unlimited number of laps.
9:00pm : Warm-up, 10 minutes.
9:10pm : Race start, 20 laps (password : hso80)

Thanks you for pointing out your presence/absence in this thread.

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HORAIRES (heure de Paris)

Dimanche 23 Octobre :

20h00 : Essais qualificatifs, 60 minutes, nombre de tours illimités.
21h00 : Warm-up, 10 minutes
21h10 : Départ de la course (20 tours) (password : hso80)

Merci de préciser votre présence ou absence dans ce topic.

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ENTRY LIST | LISTE DES ENGAGES

Steve Parker
Ben Paulet
Carl Larrad
Carlo Pozzi

Waouh Martin, quelle réactivité.
Présent, j'aime bien ce circuit, je crois.

I'll be there should be great in the M1

Until my hardware problems are fixed, I can't confirm that I will be there. Absent, but I hope to make it in the last minute

C'mon Alberto, fix that thing

Sorry can i have some reference "hot" lap times for this race..? thanks..

Absent sur paris jusqu a Lundi

I hope I have everything now sorted ... present

Gianluca Desposito wrote:

Sorry can i have some reference "hot" lap times for this race..? thanks..

Gianluca i manage low 1:54's so i would expect the quick guys to be just under 1:50's

have not done lap yet so no idea of times

Not sure if i'll be back in time for the race

Présent

Server is launched.

cant be bothered to race,fed up with being rammed off by carlo

Steve Parker wrote:

cant be bothered to race,fed up with being rammed off by carlo

Well this time (unlike the 2 ones at Hockenheim in the warmup where it was clearly my fault and i apologized afterwards) i was making a clean pass on the inside of the last corner when you lost the car trying to resist under braking
Also i was on a fast qualy lap while you were on the outlap

--> REPLAY <--

There is a problem for the export of the results.

Not sure but :
1 Tiago
2 Carlo
3 Gerard
4 Matthew
5 Franck
6 Ben
7 Alberto
8 Gianluca

Where's Steve ?

Ben Paulet wrote:

--> REPLAY <--

There is a problem for the export of the results.

Not sure but :
1 Tiago
2 Carlo
3 Steve
4 Matthew
5 Franck
6 Ben
7 Alberto
8 Gianluca

Not Steve, but Gerard


About the race: great fun with Carlo, agressive but clean race. A good consolation prize after having my car stolen last night

Amazing race yesterday, big fun with Ben and Franck

I started well but one lap after that I spun in the chicane trying to gain position with Franck. I was delayed and thought I would never catch the pack back, but in some time catched Ben and started battling with him, then Franck spun, we overtook him while fighting and later he catched us. An awesome three-sides fight started, terribly fun and very clean -we always gave room, never touched and raced centimetres away all of the time- with the three of us alternatively taking the lead and being overtaken as soon as doing errors

In the end I spun out at the top of the hill in the right hander when I was glued to Ben's rear bumper hoping for the straight (Maybe I lost aero grip by being so close???) and damaged the car, not suspension but aero. I had 10-15km/h top speed less, so I could no longer catch them again and the last few laps I did alone and keeping the car together.

This is one of those races where you prefer to be fighting in the rear, rather than alone in a podium position


Looking forward to race with you all again gentlemen

Carlo Pozzi wrote:

Steve Parker wrote:

cant be bothered to race,fed up with being rammed off by carlo

Well this time (unlike the 2 ones at Hockenheim in the warmup where it was clearly my fault and i apologized afterwards) i was making a clean pass on the inside of the last corner when you lost the car trying to resist under braking
Also i was on a fast qualy lap while you were on the outlap

Reason i lost car because you hit my rear before corner,if thats your idea of clean pass,also does not make any difference what lap you are on,still gives you no right to ruin everyone elses,in other words you are talking shit

Well, well... this race showed again, that you must not jump recklessly into something you don't know. I failed again, clearly because I haven't got the time to prepare well enough.
At start, Carlo stuck on green lights and I couldn't manage to pass him fast and safe, so my start was also a bad one. Gerard and... oO who was 5th on the grid? :S So he passed me too, I fell back to 5th. Before the chicane I got through nicely, caught p4 and started to chase Gerard, thinking we would have a nice battle, just like in Brands.
But then right after that lap, I lost control just before entering the chicane (just as the very same as in Hockenheim), beacuse of too much brake force with too cold tires yet and the rear wheels locked up. So I spun, lost a couple of places and started to climb up from p7 I think.
Somebody lost control at the chicane just like me after a short time, I caught Ben, who didn't fight but let me pass. There had to be more action, I just don't remember, my mind was a bit messy after my mistake, sorry.
So around the 10th lap I was chasing Gerard again, but he was about 10 seconds ahead, so I had to be really fast to reach him. According to qualy times I thought to be faster, but not that much. I made a small mistake again watching the lcd screen instead the road, so the 10 seconds grew up to 13.
I was pushing hard all the time, because the others behind me were far enough to keep my position even if I made a little bigger mistake. In the late laps Gerard started to lose time, much time, the gap between us suddenly decreased a lot in every lap. I really tried to stay on the gas as hard as possible, but I hadn't got enough time. I think I finished p4 less than 4 seconds behind Gerard at the end. On the other hand, he might went to safe mode, because he knew that I wouldn't be a danger to his position.
My lap times at the last quarter of the race were really nice compared to my qualy time, furthermore I just beaten it with a tenth with used and a bit overheated front tires. This shows that I was really driving to my limits and if I had more practice time, I could have been far better than that.
Well... maybe next time. Looking forward to it.

Steve Parker wrote:

Carlo Pozzi wrote:

Steve Parker wrote:

cant be bothered to race,fed up with being rammed off by carlo

Well this time (unlike the 2 ones at Hockenheim in the warmup where it was clearly my fault and i apologized afterwards) i was making a clean pass on the inside of the last corner when you lost the car trying to resist under braking
Also i was on a fast qualy lap while you were on the outlap

Reason i lost car because you hit my rear before corner,if thats your idea of clean pass,also does not make any difference what lap you are on,still gives you no right to ruin everyone elses,in other words you are talking shit

If this is talking shit....

I hit your rear because you braked later than me but i had the line and i was ahead before the braking started, you couldn't have got through on the outside there

Anyway, to me it's a racing (or better qualifying accident) those things can happen and no way it's completely my fault here, please stop m8


The race was completely the opposite, 20 laps of great and clean overtaking manouvers with Tiago,i really enjoyed every bit of it, i'd say one of my best races in terms of fun, shame that i finished on his rear wing despite trying several times on the last 2 laps, well deserved win Tiago!

Not a huge start grid, only 9 drivers, but a lot of great battle.
A very funny, clean, and great battle with Franck et Alberto with overtake, re-overtake, re-re-overtake for each of us.
That was so amazing, with our three cars side by side on the track just before a turn. AWESOME.
I sign on for more fights like that.
Yes matthew, you were faster than me, so I didn't want to block you behind me. I prefer let pass the faster drivers.
Alberto, Franck, when you like for an another great fight. I was enjoyed too.

Carlo Pozzi wrote:

The race was completely the opposite, 20 laps of great and clean overtaking manouvers with Tiago,i really enjoyed every bit of it, i'd say one of my best races in terms of fun, shame that i finished on his rear wing despite trying several times on the last 2 laps, well deserved win Tiago!

Thanks m8, it was really an awesome race. In the last 2 laps I was always thinking to myself: "This is going to end up in tears...."

Good news: the cops found my car and it is intact; they'll just do some CSI stuff on it ( oh my, what will they find in a 28 year old car ) and will deliver it to me on wednesday. Who said portuguese police sucks?!