Race Report N24 CSS Round 1 (Room 1) 15th September 2013 62+1 Laps
Track Dry Tyres RM
The Grid after 20 min free qualifying
1. AllenDK29 (NSPR) BMW M3 GTR Race Car (White/Blue #42) - Marko
2. micantony (TG) Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (Orange #8) Mic
3. Play117(TOR) Subaru Impreza Touring Car '02 (Chrome #57) - Play
4. WIDFO (GHH) Honda NSX Proto LM Race (Red #11) Johan
5. e10rice (T2.6K) Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (Yellow/White #1) Ricey
6. i-was-ere (TMB)- Mazda RX7 Touring Car (Yellow #38) Scott
7. jonnyb1990 (CCR) Lamborghini NOMAD Diablo GT1 (White #88) JONNY
Lap 2 (first racing lap)
Everyone shows respect and common sense at T1/T2 for a clean start with no incidents.
The Lambo carries great speed through Lesmo 2 and gets a run on Scott to pass him around the outside of Ascari.
and then gets Ricey around the inside of Parabolica.
Lap 3
Scott challenges Ricey into Ascari but thinks better off it, finally getting the job done on the main straight. Up ahead Johan has got past Play who now has Jonny in his mirrors.
Lap 4
Play, Jonny and Johan in a slipstreaming battle for 3rd place.
Jonny passes Play at Ascari, compromising the Scoobies exit speed which allows Johan past on the run up to Parabolic, where Scott is also now looking to make a move.
Leaderboard end of Lap 4
Meanwhile upfront the NSPR BMW and TG Corvette are pulling away a little.
Play gets an outside rear wheel on the grass while gracing for Rogia spinning him across the chicane. He avoids contact but the incident drops him down to last place
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.but only for a few seconds as Ricey runs wide at Lesmo 1 allowing Play to recover back to 6th.
Lap 10
Play is putting in some impressive laps and has caught Johan, draftin past on the main straight.
Leaderboard end of Lap 10
Lap 13
Jonny has caught Mic and draws alongside through Curva Grande to outbreak and take his 2nd place into Rogia.
Lap 14
Mic tries to stay with the Lambo but runs wide at Parabolica and with that loses all chances of a draft.
Lap 17
The Lambo is the second car to pit for tyres and in doing so drops from 2nd to 5th. Ricey had pitted end of lap 15.
Lap 18
Now the leader pits for fuel and tyres and rejoins in 4th behind Play
Lap 20
The BMW eases past the Scooby into Ascari, but in the background, the Lambo is visibly closer to both
Lap 21
Mic pits on what looks like perfect 2 stop strategy. He emerges in 6th behind Johans Honda.
Lap 24
With over a third of the race complete, Marko and Jonny have stopped once and theres barely a few seconds between them. Scott is running a different strategy in the RX7, having yet to make a stop, but is right there in 3rd place with the leaders.
Lap 25
The exit of Lesmo 2 claims another victim as Play runs wide then spears across the track into the barrier. Heavy front and engine damage will mean a cruise back to the pits for the TOR driver. Its drops him from 4th to 6th.
Leaderboard End Lap 31
Lap 32
FINALLY Scotts RX7 (followed shortly after by Johans Honda) is in for fuel and tyres. Both looking to execute a one stop tyre/fuel strategy. Scott emerges in 5th and sets about chasing down Play and Mic in front of him.
The Lambo also stops for its second scheduled pit. Leader Marko stays out 6 laps longer (L38) when he adds much more fuel than the Lambo had.
Leaderboard at end of Lap 40
Leaderboard at end of Lap 50
The top 5 cars are on the same lap and all fuelled and tyres to the flag (barring incidents). Marko has 7 seconds over Jonny, but the Lambo is on fresher rubber. This should be interesting!!
Lap 56
Jonny has been eating into The Aliens lead by about ¾ second per lap. As the Beemer puts another lap on Riceys Vette the Lambo is right there just a few seconds back
Lap 57
The first attack is an attempt around the outside of the Rogia chicane. There is a little rubbing at the apex and the the Lambo has to back out of it.
A second attack, this time in one of Jonnys favourite spots, the outside of Ascari, and this time it sticks. We have a new leader with 5 laps remaining.
Lap 58
That BMW might be heavier, and less grippy, but its still got all its horses and Marko power back into the lead down the main straight. The lead changes again at Rogia.
Then the Lambo executes a great cutback pass on the exit of Parabolica. Great fighting.
Lap 59
Meanwhile, in the battle for 3rd. Oh no, that not a normal line through Parabolica. Scotts blotted an otherwise faultless drive by putting an outside wheel on the grass and its spun him around. And thats Mic in the background approaching The Fog at full chat
Thats NOT going to buff out!! Both drivers push their wrecks in the pits for repair (luckily not too far to go
..they were at Pit Entrance)..
Play thinks all of his Christmases have come at once as he passes the Vette and the RX7 to leapfrog into 3rd.
Meanwhile
.in the battle for the lead Jonny is pushing extra hard to break Markos tow, and pushes just a bit too hard exiting Ascari and
.OFF. The Beemer is back in the lead with just over 3 laps remaining.
Leaderboard at end of Lap 61 2 laps to go!
Lap 63 Last lap
Markos tyres are well and truly rooted. Hes having to drift around most corners. Going through Ascari for the very last time the Beemer gets very sideways
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allowing Jonny a run up the inside for a race winning pass into Parabolica. Quite a race
After 2 hours hard racing Jonny wins on the line by 0.502 seconds!
Final Results
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