Round 5 - Grand Prix de Monaco - Monte Carlo [March 11th]

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#3 Rover Vitesse

Bennis Steffen has to work and I will try my best to drive for him

OK

WTF thanks for waiting on me as I had to restart my pc...

I even asked if it was ok for me to do so, you said yes. Finally had some nice pace, all for nothing. Should have just started with the lag and be a hazard for everyone on the track...

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It was fun watching the crazy race from behind. Not qualifying is the best decission on street tracks for me, unless your on the top you better start slow and watch the carnage

I had some scrapes with guys at the rear, Simon driving his boat sideways all around the principalty was sure fun to see. At some point I was suddenly alone and started doing stupid things out of boredom like checking how many lines were possible through the chicane. Of course it ended in one of the wildest stunts ever, triple mortal jump included and just when I recovered from it, amazed not to have ended on the water, the leaders caught me. Given that I still was unsure about which way to go after the barrel roll airplane maneuver, I think I did a decent job of letting them through without affecting their pace and finished 17th with my little Renault.

Take that Frank, got my top 20 already with it

Eventful first race, I lost a lot of time behind the fast starter Yves, and then it was trying to catch up.
Less eventful second race, but Richard didn't want to let me go. Only on the final lap the gap was larger than 1s...

Really sorry to see Jose's first victory go away with a disconnection

What a let down for me

I never really "clicked" with the track, but still, i thought i could get a decent result after yet another top 10 qualy. But then i was getting really lagged in the pack, and at one of those lag moments, i hit the chicane dead on... race over.


On race 2 i was able to climb some places, altough lagged again, wich prevent me from catching up more people..

I had some amazing battles with several good drivers.
Thanks guys, good fun !

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Great fun JP, Shame there was nowhere to pass

Well done on winning again, But you must let someone else have a feel at winning

Nice 2 races at my comeback for HSO

At Qualy i blew my lap already in 1st corner so I did a pretty slow lap..1.9 secs slower then my fastest practice lap which gave me 8th place on the grid.

1st race I had to lift and avoid the slow starting Matthias but happily i made it through safely. During the race i went upside down near the swimming pool but luck was again on my side and I landed back on 4 wheels. I cooked my tires too much which resulted in massive understeer.

2nd Race I took it more easy, did not cooked my tires this time and I bought my time behind Jan and Yves for 3rd place until they made some little mistakes so I could pass.

Bad luck for Jose having a DC 2 laps before the end while leading race 1!

See you all at Charade

Can I ask why you lot started without me even though you said you would wait? Would like to know for next time...

Roy Schroten wrote:

Can I ask why you lot started without me even though you said you would wait? Would like to know for next time...

You have a PM Roy

Richard Coxon wrote:

Great fun JP, Shame there was nowhere to pass

Well done on winning again, But you must let someone else have a feel at winning

I'll let you win Indy

Pfft.........That is a p*** take....... You know my car for it!!

I forgot that

If he wins at Indy I will eat a bar of soap

Carl Larrad wrote:

If he wins at Indy I will eat a bar of soap

I suppose we have the bar of pink soap just for you

Carl Larrad wrote:

If he wins at Indy I will eat a bar of soap

Haven't you learnt Carl?? You recently had to eat some oven roasted underwear no?

Very special soap  indeed

Oh yeah you got me again

Setting myself up for a fall here

Had a really great Quali, hit the barriers at sector three an lost some time, bit P5 was almost as i hoped for.  

1. Race: Start as expected, lost about 5 places and got hit in the back, car was ok, but not the best. My tires (very hard at front) worked good an i could follow the cars in front, until i made a mistake when lapping another car.
P6 at the end was really good, but i know it was a small present because of José's disconnect.  

2. Race: Had a great start and only lost 3 positions   .... After that i let José through, because i knew he was a lot faster.
After that it was really uneventful race, ended up at P10.  

Looking at the results (amazing work HSO for getting results done that fast! ) i am really surprised, seeing me direktly behind Jan at P6 - WOW didn't expect this.

I hope i can top my season best at charade, i think this could be a good track for the escort. (If i could gain back the 10 places i'm about to lose at the start)

See you next time!