Haven't really done any racing this week as got my videos of all three races back on Tuesday with two 3rd places and a 4th place finish
on Mount Panorama.
Anything 5th place or better I generally consider a good result providing I don't look too embarrassing in the video replay!
My main reason for posting today is to ask why there is always so much difference in the times at Nurburgring when it's Nordschleife or
24HR circuit version, my time this time with the Porsche was a 7:47.600 but I see the best is 7:25 which makes me feel slow when I feel
like I've pushed my limits.
Still gives me an excuse to keep practicing and working on my times hence my new moto in my signature.
It’s basic maths. If you’re 2 tenths slower/corner, you’ll be 1 second slower/lap if the lap has 5 corners. If you add another 50 corners, you’ll be another 10 seconds slower/lap.
I love Mount Panorama. Did I quick test with the Supra earlier this week, got a 2:07,xxx after a few laps. Yesterday, I tried the GT-R, and was 2 tenths slower on the first lap. So far, I’ve made it down to 2:04,7 with the GT-R, With an optimal lap of 2:03,4
I did only one race last night, which reminded me of the flaws in the penalty system.
Started P2, qualified only a tenth that or so slower than P1. Going uphill through turn 4-5, the leader goes wide and scrapes the wall. I go outside of him through T5, while giving him plenty of room between me and the wall. Of course, he turns into me and then into the wall again, giving me a 2 sec penalty.
A couple of laps later, when I’ve dropped back to P4, I missed the braking mark going into the Chase. Primarily because of me not being used to the extra speed of drafting combined with worn tires. So I slightly bump into P3. And I do mean slightly. Like if we’d been bumpdrafting. P3 goes wide, not completely off the track, but enough to let me pass him. After that, he comes back across the track and onto the grass on the straight to the last corner. When he’s completely back on the track and racing, he’s dropped to P6 (the first 4 of us were 3-5 seconds faster:lap than the rest,with the last guy. And I didn’t get a penalty for that?!
Which I would’ve understood completely.
He later caught up with me and with a lap to go, I let him pass. By then my tires were gone, and he pitted a lap later than me, so no point in even trying to defend. It also felt like the appropriate thing to do
)
. With a bit of care trying to stay on the black stuff despite the clouds of dust that block your view, I pitted on lap 5 in P12.
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