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Race Reports - Indian Grand Prix
By: GAZZA_308 Date: February 13, 2012, 1:47 pm
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Re: Race Reports - Indian Grand Prix
By: drewdawg727 Date: February 13, 2012, 5:22 pm
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Beware everyone - the McLarens are coming 8)
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Re: Race Reports - Indian Grand Prix
By: Moss Date: February 14, 2012, 3:51 am
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first of all, again im going to say im sorry to macca for
screwing his race on the first corner. i hope he doesnt take it
personal, i wasnt trying to make a move on him, just a
miscalculation on brakes, he brake a little earlier than i
thought he would i tryed to stop the car but having abs turned
off my car locked and i smashed into him. this is not how i
usually race, and i will try my best not repeat it again.
qualifying report - 2nd
1st and 2nd run, my car wouldnt handle right, so for my last run
i did a slight change to my setup and it worked right for me and
got second on primes.
race report- 1st
as u guys know what happened in the first corner, my car spun
and rejoined being at last, i had a penalty to serve, so on
first lap i passed some cars that had spun off, and gained
positions to 5th, i served the penalty on 2nd lap and started to
gain on beno until they pitted.
lap 11 i pitted for options (it was a big mistake) i forgot to
change them to primes, so i went on and made up some time on
macca, passed him a few laps later, then i passed andrew on lap
14 or 15, made up some time on andrew, then i saw livolay taking
second from andrew.
lap 17 my tires were gone, but i didnt pit because i know livo
had a 2 stop strategy, so i just stayed out until i fully lost
grip, livo was gaining on me a second a lap.
lap 19 i pitted for primes after making a huge mistake 2 corner
before the pits, and while the pit stop i got stuck due to
traffic, and joined track with only ;ess then a second ahead of
andrew.
on lap 23 livo exited the pits 3 second behind, i knew he was
gonna gain on me due to fresh tires, so i pushed the car to the
max (so much that in some corners i was slightly going of track,
he got right behind me on lap 26, we had a good fight for a
couple of laps, he made this win so much harder for me, my gear
ratio helped me so much, im not very happy with the win but
things like that happen i just gotta be carefull next race and
not let it happen again.
DOD is livo, great driving, he had this little over me, my
qualifying is great but in the race i know something is wronge,
im losing my tires fast so il try and fix that issue i have.
thanx to macca for the understanding, great personality cheers.
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Re: Race Reports - Indian Grand Prix
By: drewdawg727 Date: February 14, 2012, 4:42 am
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INDIAN RACE REPORT ASF:
Q: 5th; 1:21.9, had a pretty crappy run in quali, I was running
low 21s on the laps where I barely cut the corner but whatever.
R: 3rd; I completely misjudged the lights going off, and Josh
was ahead of me in no time. I saw pretty much every car on the
grid but Paul get taken out at turn 1...and then got around Paul
about 2/3rds of the way down the long straight (and got driven
into the side of by him also, what was that about Paul?). When I
reached the right hand curve in sector 2, the car was turning as
if I had no front wing...it was terrible. I noticed that Paul
was doing a fair job holding up Ben and then eventually Macca as
well, so was hoping to use that to my advantage. By the end of
my options stint, Macca was about 1 sec behind me, so I thought
I was quickly headed for a downward spiral through the field as
the race went on.
Exited the pits and had 5 seconds on Macca somehow (?) and it
wasn't before long that he had the gap closed down to 2 sec. Saw
that Moussa was closing on Macca very quickly and their battle
allowed me to gap them a bit, but Moussa came flying past me on
L14 on the DRS straightaway. Couldn't even hold a candle to him,
he was 5 sec ahead in 2 laps. Livolay was also catching Macca,
disposed of him, and disposed of me as well on L17. He didn't
pull away as quick, but on my in lap: 19, saw that Moussa had
spun out on the right hander before the final turn, and I
followed him right into the pit lane.
Side note: As I was losing fuel, I thought that my setup may
begin to come to me, and after a while I would be getting around
the track better but it was quite the opposite. I felt like the
setup I had was terrible, and I think I should have given myself
different springs...but oh well.
Exited the pits with just a second or two between us, and again,
Moussa was gone in 2 laps. L23, Livo exited the pits and
collectively, the duo disappeared ahead of me. Tangled with Ben
on L25 when he exited the pits and did a horrible job moving off
the racing line and instead took us out into the sand at
T1...great driving by Ben as usual ::)
This put the gap to the duo ahead at around 10 sec, and I
noticed Macca was gone behind me on one of these laps (guess he
served a penalty). Turned the fuel down and coasted to a 3rd
place finish.
DOD: Gonna give it to both Moussa and Livo since I couldn't tell
which one of them drove better. However, I find it absolutely
remarkable how I run (decent) laps, and two drivers that get
taken out at T1, get a drive-thru penalty, manage to come
through the field and put 20 second gap on us. How is this
possible? I knew my setup wasn't great...but I didn't think it
was THAT bad. Really goes a long way to show how this auto gears
deal really gives a huge advantage, that is the only thing that
I think made this possible.
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Re: Race Reports - Indian Grand Prix
By: livolay Date: February 14, 2012, 7:03 am
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Q: 4th - Only did one flying lap on primes which was mistake
ridden ::)
R: 2nd - 1st turn I managed to avoid Macca getting spun by Moss.
Apologies again to Gazza for Turn 3.
I wasn't expecting you there on the exit of the corner &
couldn't stop in time, I think it's my 1st deserved penalty of
the season.
So I had spun & was last when I did my drive thru with Josh
ahead.
Lap 2 - I passed Josh but then lost traction & position again at
end of sec 1.
After Lap 3 I turned my fuel up & went for broke finally getting
into a rhythm.
Managed the overtakes using DRS on the straight.
Unfortunately with my worn tyres my driving got sloppy & I had
to back off through sector 2 as I had got about 5 cnr cutting
warnings up to my last in lap.
When I caught up to Moss on Lap 26 I was using all KERS & DRS
with Rich mix but my 7th gear ratio was to short & the closest I
came was when I came up next to him on the inside but I had to
brake earlier to make the apex.
My fuel level went to red with a few laps to go & I seemed to
lose time to Moss at certain points of the track but gain on
others.
Last lap I was racing to the limit getting on Moussa's gear box
when I would exit each corner but he managed to pull away each
time.
Was great racing & Moss won by 4 tenths in a nail bitter.
Like him my race was riddled with mistakes & I wasn't happy with
my set up either. (TT set up didn't transfer to race)
DOD - Drew for the highest finish of the clean racers. ;)
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Re: Race Reports - Indian Grand Prix
By: GAZZA_308 Date: February 14, 2012, 11:16 pm
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HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg8isvbqwrE&feature=youtu.be
Start of Indian Grand Prix
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Re: Race Reports - Indian Grand Prix
By: GAZZA_308 Date: February 14, 2012, 11:29 pm
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Q- down the back of the grid on Primes, thought I might stay out
of trouble for the start as I have tangled with Livo for the
last 3 races and received a drive through each time, everyone
went wide on the first turn so I went through behind Beno in
4th, came to turn 2 and BAM, Livo spun me and I'm back to last.
I put my head down to recover some places but did not have a
good set up and was sliding all over the place so had to take it
easy. Ended up finishing 5th, got to be happy with that.
Driver of the Day would be Livo, good job mate. :)
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Re: Race Reports - Indian Grand Prix
By: macca9899 Date: February 15, 2012, 1:33 am
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Q= 1st R= 4th
Had great lap in quali and shaved 9 tenths of my personal best
so I was wrapped. My first pole of the season woohoo ;D
Race was a different story however and I did not drive well
after my spin in turn one as I was so pi$$ed off. I just couldnt
concentrate and that is something that I need to work on. I have
no hard feelings towards you at all Moss, at the end of the day
it is a game and I know that is not your style to take people
out. And I appreciate your apology mate, it is so easy to do at
the start of a race and as carefull as we all are it happens
from time to time. I was just gutted as I thought I had the
potential to finish better than I did. Never mind there is
another race next week and I will try to get up there again. I
guess I cant complain as that was my first turn one incident for
the entire season.
Anyway had a few battles throught the race with Beno, and Paul
and fought hard as I could to catch drew which I was doing on my
first stint on the options but the car went away from me on
primes and I couldnt gain anymore. I then got a drive through
for corner cutting which really put the nail in the coffin ::)
Sorry I cant remember much details but I guess thats the
important stuff 8)
See you next week guys.
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