FIA Race Discussion [Archive]

[HaydenFan69]

Certain players can’t grasp that it is going to be much faster sometimes to build trust in the guy ahead and follow rather than being dumb and forcing the guy ahead to fight. Took advantage of 4-6 car packs several times in the race today. Cars off pens. Drivers can be their own worst enemies, you’re right.

Exactly! Sit back with the popcorn and just wait. Why I cannot stand GTS's qualifying at the faster tracks. We see every time NASCAR is at a superspeedway that pack racing is just a bomb waiting to go off.

 

[wedjim]

One and done! I kind of like the GTR on Racing slicks with almost 600hp! As long as you brake early and downshift at the right time to rotate the car, Or to NOT rotate the car, it was fun to drive.

I was quite concerned seeing about 8 S/S drivers and 4 A+/S drivers in the lobby. I typed, “Dang, room is stacked, i’ll do my best!”
I had door number 15, which made sense. In qualifying I was 5th after a couple laps, then dropped to 7th. I pitted for fresh RM’s and put in a 1.54:1 qualifying 3rd. Uh oh. So much for relaxing in the back taking advantage of mistakes. Now starting 3rd, I need to be up on the wheel from the start and keep it clean, smooth and fast. I figured if I can get thru turn 1 and 2 clean i‘d hope for a top 10, based on the level of drivers in the room. My strategy was to 1 stop, based on what the cars ahead did.
It worked, stayed clean, lots of trouble behind us....I even gained 2nd when he slid off in turn 1 on lap 7, struggling with worn RM’s. The leader pitted on lap 8, so did I. I hoped they would 2 stop, so I put on the hards knowing I was done with the sketchy pits. They came out on Hards as well, I had 3rd also on hards just .6 behind after the pit stop and we stayed that way until lap 15. He got to .17 behind leading to the straight, I stayed in the throttle at the last left, thinking I needed a .5 gap to hold my spot during the final lap, touched the grass, which sucked me in, I got back on track Still in 2nd, but with 3rd right on my bumper and dirty tires. At turn 1 of the final lap I went inside to defend, slid wide leaving him the cross over move he hoped for. I finished where I qualified, in 3rd.

205 points, my best Points yet. Hope tomorrow goes as well in the Corvette.

 

[KosmoKazi]

I don't know... leaving this round shaking my head. Re-ran the race at Autopolis, feeling like I had the pace for a better finish. Got slotted into what may have been the top split in the last slot. If it wasn't I sure don't want to see who showed up for that one. Top guy in this one had 67k DR. All I had to do was finish 14th to get useful points, it was so stacked with high DR.

Instead, I struggle to get a clean run in qualifying (still can't believe some people just don't get it...) and then ran a 1-stop race starting on M's, to finish 16th out of the 19.

I ran a two-stop, no-stop, and one-stop, and still don't know what would be best. I guess it just comes down to the race as it played out. I may have done better no-stopping this one, but it's hard to say.

Lost another 500 DR after getting away with a near-wash in Race 1. Should have just called it then. I need to learn. Wasn't my race. Gotta know when to fold 'em, a wise man once said.

Very discouraged after today's races, and after struggling to come up to speed at Brands Hatch in the Porsche. Been impossible to practice, as the driving feel is so different between those two races-- you have to really send it at BH to get fast laps... guessing tomorrow is going to be a problem as well.

(PS: add both my main account and my alt and I still don't have what the top guys in this race had for DR! I guess what did I expect... but man, discouraging)

 

[CJam]

Bad night of racing and I took a couple guys down with me! Raced 1st and last slot, wasn't confident with this combo and wasn't even going to race but took the plunge. Qualified ninth, took the 1st corner punt in the kitty litter and finished around 12th in the first slot.

2nd race was in with @KosmoKazi, qualified 12th (i think) and out braked myself in the 3rd or 4th lap turn 1. Then it was catch up, did 8 laps on the hards switched to meds and surprisingly came out higher than I thought. Started pushing and made a stupid move on one guy and a punt on another, that got me a 2 second penalty and I waited for him to come out the dirt. By that time the first guy I 🤬 caught up so let him through as well. Door #17 finished 17, only myself to blame. Should have left the last race alone, the two guys who's races I ruined would agree!

 

[Lill_Turtle]

I only did a few laps of practice before the Nations race, but felt quite comfortable with this track/car combo, did 1.53.0, so I entered the race and it went pretty bad, Q13, P15. Tried again in the last slot unfortunately with number 3 on the door, and to my surprise I qualified 3rd with 1.54.4. Decided to start on mediums with 1 stop strategy, but I stayed too long on the track (9 laps) behind some German, mainly keeping 1.55 during the race. After the pit stop I was 8th, and the rest of the race was a nice, clean racing, ended P7 with 99 points, which improved my total score just a bit. Thas was the last race in this season for me, as I go on holiday on Saturday and can't compete in the remaining races. For now, I'm 32 in Poland's leaderboard and I hope to stay in top 40 till the end. I wish You all good races and results for the final events. Now I need to rest, because my hands and arms feel like a heavy-duty worker's after the recent days of intense driving...

 

[LVS_1986]

Morning! Im even happier than yesterday, when I woke up I checked leaderboard, and it turns out that I achieved my personal goal to be in first 1000 in EMEA. Also climbed 5! spots in polish leaderboard

 

[LVS_1986]

I'm 32 in Poland's leaderboar

I was there!

 

[Lill_Turtle]

Also climbed 5! spots in polish leaderboard

I wish I could chase You, but will keep my fingers crossed for You

 

[Ashthebash]

Just had a go in the Scirocco for the next round of Nations... how OP is that car?! I've never really driven FF cars on the game but that thing is stunningly quick. Brakes and turn in are ultra sharp too. Bodes well for the double header - basically drive what amounts to a vehicular flea around Suzuka then switch to Spa in monsoon conditions with no brakes or turn in! (and in my case the FR Merc, so no traction either!)

 

[05XR8]

Excellent, man. Just excellent. Big Lex Jr is fast. That's all I can say. No conserve. Started on RH. pitted Lap 1. Switched to RM. Pitted Lap 2. Switched to RS. Came out last, but had a clean race through the field. Set FL.

Got up to P5 by Lap 10. Pit Lap 11 for a fresh set of RS to prepare for offence and defence. Set FL again. Then, this happened:

P1 Cayman had started 2nd or 3rd. RC F just solid as a rock. Tyre wear was not affecting performance. I was just tight on the controller for those last two laps - thinking I might have a shot at P1. Really good racing by everyone.

Then, another thing happens and figured I'd call it quits for the night. Might run out of luck.

 

[Rangeraus]

Q: How do you beat the Audi TT in Gr.4 Manufacturer races?

A: Make sure there isn't one in your race

 

[das89ca]

Q: How do you beat the Audi TT in Gr.4 Manufacturer races?

A: Make sure there isn't one in your race

Or if you are with Alfa, stop entering Gr.4 races altogether. That car it's a slidey bucket at the moment - I used to be able to get within 1s from the top times in EMEA on Brands Hatch in this combo and no I barely get into 3s range.

 

[Rangeraus]

Or if you are with Alfa, stop entering Gr.4 races altogether. That car it's a slidey bucket at the moment - I used to be able to get within 1s from the top times in EMEA on Brands Hatch in this combo and no I barely get into 3s range.

I am with Alfa... did a 1:26.6 in time trial so the pace is there (in time trial) for this combination. However it won't be winning the race unless you have a massive stroke of luck.

If you want to hear my rant about the 4C Gr4 I'll put it in a spoiler:

Spoiler: 4C rant

The issues are:

1. It has a lot of body roll, so you have to be incredibly careful it doesn't try and spin around with any change of direction. This means that you aren't going as fast as you could be.
2. As above, when fuel is added, it chews through its rear tyres more than any other Gr4 car. This was where it used to be OP, but now it is actually dreadful. The Cayman, which is a lot heavier, could do 4 more laps on soft tyres before the lap times dropped off to medium territory. So there is no tyre advantage to work with whatsoever.
3. It has slow acceleration and gets overtaken like it is standing still
4. It drops back from other cars while sitting comfortably in slipstream range

The only race I won with the Alfa 4C Gr4 since April was when the two leaders ran themselves off and I didn't have to overtake them.

Also the Megane Trophy has 6bhp more power and is 32kg lighter, that puts it into perspective how unbalanced the 4C is at the moment.

How could they get it so wrong?

 

[Redneckchef]

Soooooo, had my run out at Brands in the Jag. Nice weapon, fairly stable. Good speed. Bottled qualifying from practice but still had a close enough time that it was an ok lap. Start p10. Move up quickly with a couple of passes and a few spins. Lapping in p6 for a while on softs. Pit for mediums after lap 8, hards next lap and then back to softs after that.

Not a great plan as I am dropped back to p12. Inch up to p11 and gaining fast, but laps are winding down. Catch a pair battling end of lap 16, but blocking the track. They are all over and then they switch as one is pitting, the other jumps in front of me to get out of their way and I tap the rear for a speed boost for them and 1 second for me. As I serve it lap 17 I get dropped back to p10 as the pitting made me up to p9.

Last lap I catch p9 fast, only now it is for p8 instead. I get a solid cutback at Hawthorne heading into Westfield, and get a 2 second penalty for contact that is barely possible on the replay. They got the cutback there with a good move but I was done racing them, just trying to stay far enough ahead.

Managed to bring it home p9 for 116 pts anyway, but should have had p7 for 130. Oh well. My old nemesis from early in the season who has massively out scored me had a crappy race and spun out lots so I get to watch that on replay as well.

Video of the penalties, and shout out to plums for the smooth clean cutback on me anyway. Was so grumpy with penalty at the time I didnt give that move it's full credit.

It was fun. That track stresses me but is a nice fit for me anyway.

Good luck to all you out there in NA and EMEA for your rounds!👍

 

[ivann]

Q: How do you beat the Audi TT in Gr.4 Manufacturer races?

stop entering Gr.4 races altogether.

 

[LVS_1986]

Soooooo, had my run out at Brands in the Jag. Nice weapon, fairly stable. Good speed. Bottled qualifying from practice but still had a close enough time that it was an ok lap. Start p10. Move up quickly with a couple of passes and a few spins. Lapping in p6 for a while on softs. Pit for mediums after lap 8, hards next lap and then back to softs after that.

Not a great plan as I am dropped back to p12. Inch up to p11 and gaining fast, but laps are winding down. Catch a pair battling end of lap 16, but blocking the track. They are all over and then they switch as one is pitting, the other jumps in front of me to get out of their way and I tap the rear for a speed boost for them and 1 second for me. As I serve it lap 17 I get dropped back to p10 as the pitting made me up to p9.

Last lap I catch p9 fast, only now it is for p8 instead. I get a solid cutback at Hawthorne heading into Westfield, and get a 2 second penalty for contact that is barely possible on the replay. They got the cutback there with a good move but I was done racing them, just trying to stay far enough ahead.

Managed to bring it home p9 for 116 pts anyway, but should have had p7 for 130. Oh well. My old nemesis from early in the season who has massively out scored me had a crappy race and spun out lots so I get to watch that on replay as well.

Video of the penalties, and shout out to plums for the smooth clean cutback on me anyway. Was so grumpy with penalty at the time I didnt give that move it's full credit.

It was fun. That track stresses me but is a nice fit for me anyway.

Good luck to all you out there in NA and EMEA for your rounds!👍

Nice battle with Merc

 

[Raptor013]

I managed 5th in one of the most uneven lobbies I've seen all season, 2 DR As, 3 DR Bs, 14 DR Ds and a DR E for good measure, all with an SR S rating so go figure how this happened.

Started from 5th on Hards which were absolute garbage under the Evo for the opening half a lap, ran them to the end of Lap 2, came in bolted on the Mediums, came out in 10th, overtook two cars having an accident at Hawthorns, found I was loosing too much time to the leaders as the guy in 7th decided to try to make the 86 as wide as the Grand Canyon along the straights. Came back in at the end of Lap 4, bolted on some Softs, came out in 8th. Made it back up to 5th by Lap 13 where I stopped again for another set of Softs.

Resumed my race in 5th to find the 4th place runner coming back on track out of the gravel at the bottom of Paddock Hill and although I had superior grip, just couldn't find a clean chance to pass him before the tyre grip levels dropped off towards the final 2 laps.

Of the 17 that finished the race, 5 of them copped time penalties for the tyre allocation rule, including one who whinged about those of us that ran Softs during the race.

 

[KaiB]

I was there!

Did Nations yesterday i think we race in same lobby, my nick in gtsport it´s KaYibE, you asked me about the strategy...

Enjoyable race with you i manage to take 2nd place but cause of a german driver that dive bombed me a couple times and blocked me i took a penalty.., i think i could get 1st place if it wasnt that guy.
With you was just clean and respected each other.., great driving m8.

About nations race, i decided to go for 8M / 7H strategy cause i managed to save tyres and also doing that i could lower the chances of getting stuck in traffic, 1 stop ended up being a good Joice.

Had to serve at least 3 penaltys one of 0.5 s i deserved i guess cause was related to track limits.
One of them at least was cause a german driver blocked me and i got penalty for contact.
He made an error and whent of track and instead of keep the car controled while coming back to the track he just send the car straight into the racing line to try to slow me and he did, before that he dived bombed couple times.., i was aware of his dirty behavior so i didnt stressed.
In the end i managed to make clean sectors and with a good pace and good strategy and racing along with other clean drivers was a great result and enjoyable race.
In total i served arround 3/4 seconds penaltys ended up with a 2s gap for the leader, started from p6 could end in p1 but p2 for me was a win.

 

[pringaling]

Had a pretty solid race, especially considering it was the first time I’d really spent much time around Brands Hatch.

Qualified much faster than my practice time, but started down in 12. Did one lap on hards, had a reasonably lengthy stint on softs and then finished on hands. Was gaining on a couple ahead but wasn’t quite consistent enough to make up ground in time.

Second week in FIA races and I’m glad I made the move to concentrate on these rather than the dailies!

 

[watto79]

Too tired to race today, so I took a nap.

... to wake up hearing that a lot of people were 1 stopping this race.

I have to be missing something here.. I remember testing 1 stop and finishing almost 10 seconds slower than 2 stop. Something isn't right.

I don't think you missed anything.

I was talking to @Ashthebash about this after the race. I think the discrepancy comes from the strategy guides that you create are based on basically a clean run through the race. When you start in the mid-pack or nearer the back you often get held up by traffic, caused by people racing each other and being on different tyres. This slows you down, negating the speed advantage of anyone on a faster tyre and has a knock on effect of saving your tyres, allowing you to do more laps on them.

So if, for example, you start the race on a slower tyre and find yourself keeping pace with cars ahead who are on a faster tyre you can get to a point where an extra pitstop no longer becomes necessary. Certain combos can give an extreme example of this, and I think yesterdays Nations was one of those as it was a tricky car at a track where overtaking is difficult leading to lots of mid-pack racers able to stretch the tyres out over a single pit stop.

It is of course impossible to account for this in a strategy guide as it's very situational. It requires starting on the correct tyre and have the race unfold in a specific way, so being able to read the situation around you becomes an added skill. Something that @Ashthebash is annoyingly good at.

It's also worth noting that these situations will never result in the fastest possible finishing time, just allows someone to pick up some extra positions.

And please know that's in no way a criticism of your strat guides. I can point to multiple decent results I've had that have been entirely because of your guides 👍

 

[RX8 Racer]

Today was alright, considering the fact that I was running the Alfa.

After throwing together another birthday itasha, I set out into a low S SR lobby, hoping to improve my chances of scoring meaningful points. Qualifying was ok, with a time of 1:31.3 netting me 13th. I started on Mediums, but my first stint was marred by excursions at Paddock Hill and and Westfield, though I recovered quickly enough to mitigate the damage done. The Alfa is rather unpredictable at Paddock Hill and I had to slow to 100 mph or less to get through safely.

I chained 2 pit stops on lap 8 and 9 to dump the Hards and work my way back up from 15th on Softs. I got very lucky with the traffic, as an Atenza runs wide at Surtees, another car pits at the end of my out-lap, and I catch up to the Porsche in 12th just as he dives into the pits. Then I was gifted 2 places with this carnival of stupidity at Sheene:



A Subaru runs wide into the gravel, rejoins at an idiotic angle and gets T-boned for his stupidity by an unlucky Megane that also ran wide. The Megane eats a 4 second penalty as a BMW behind runs a little too wide and spins. The Subaru and BMW are still crawling back onto the track by the time I arrived on the scene.

I overtake someone in the pits and finish 9th on the road, before getting promoted to 8th after someone forgot about the mandatory tyres. Not bad.

Race photos:

 

[KosmoKazi]

I don't think you missed anything.

I was talking to @Ashthebash about this after the race. I think the discrepancy comes from the strategy guides that you create are based on basically a clean run through the race. When you start in the mid-pack or nearer the back you often get held up by traffic, caused by people racing each other and being on different tyres. This slows you down, negating the speed advantage of anyone on a faster tyre and has a knock on effect of saving your tyres, allowing you to do more laps on them.

So if, for example, you start the race on a slower tyre and find yourself keeping pace with cars ahead who are on a faster tyre you can get to a point where an extra pitstop no longer becomes necessary. Certain combos can give an extreme example of this, and I think yesterdays Nations was one of those as it was a tricky car at a track where overtaking is difficult leading to lots of mid-pack racers able to stretch the tyres out over a single pit stop.

It is of course impossible to account for this in a strategy guide as it's very situational. It requires starting on the correct tyre and have the race unfold in a specific way, so being able to read the situation around you becomes an added skill. Something that @Ashthebash is annoyingly good at.

It's also worth noting that these situations will never result in the fastest possible finishing time, just allows someone to pick up some extra positions.

And please know that's in no way a criticism of your strat guides. I can point to multiple decent results I've had that have been entirely because of your guides 👍

Agreed. I ran three races, all three strategies, and all were within 5 sec total I think. Finished 10th, 2nd, and 16th. Was in rooms ranging from 67k DR to average 20k (alt).

In the first race (low A DR, 35-31k DR), planned as a two-stop (Q5): I guess I just got stuck behind people on other strategies and wasn't able to stay ahead of the no-stoppers or even some one-stoppers. Pitted for last lap on hards in 3rd, came out 10th. I think I could have called an audible to put on H's after 7 laps and I think I'd have been as high as 5th place.

In the second race (24-20k DR), planned as a no-stop (Q1): ran in clean air and at my own pace, led much of the race but lost to a 1-stop or 2-stopper who started 7th and was pretty fast, as he pulled away from me the last several laps. (That guy had an identical K' score as me, and has bounced up into A rating.)

In the third race (67-34k DR), planned as a one-stop (Q16): was held up a bit and got undercut badly as I should have come in after 6 or 7 laps, instead of 9 on the M's I started on. After running as high as 11th (9th even on pit cycle), came out of pits for the H's dead last and finished 16th. If I'd have pitted earlier, I think I could have finished a bit higher, and in that lobby, would have ended up with FIA points to apply to my top 8.

All three races were clean with no mishaps in T1, no penalties, and no offs...

Just one of those races where the strategy was really dependent on the situation of the race, and I went snake eyes on the two races that mattered to me.

(PS: I was really surprised at some of the rude behavior in the last race, with all the really high ranked guys... getting held up in qualy, getting run over in curves where there is no chance of a clean pass, before I've had a chance to let the guy by within less than half a lap, ignoring my signals that I'd be getting over to let them by on the front straight, etc. Guess it doesn't change much even when you are high-A/A+ rated)

 

[ivann]

 

[Ashthebash]

I don't think you missed anything.

I was talking to @Ashthebash about this after the race. I think the discrepancy comes from the strategy guides that you create are based on basically a clean run through the race. When you start in the mid-pack or nearer the back you often get held up by traffic, caused by people racing each other and being on different tyres. This slows you down, negating the speed advantage of anyone on a faster tyre and has a knock on effect of saving your tyres, allowing you to do more laps on them.

So if, for example, you start the race on a slower tyre and find yourself keeping pace with cars ahead who are on a faster tyre you can get to a point where an extra pitstop no longer becomes necessary. Certain combos can give an extreme example of this, and I think yesterdays Nations was one of those as it was a tricky car at a track where overtaking is difficult leading to lots of mid-pack racers able to stretch the tyres out over a single pit stop.

It is of course impossible to account for this in a strategy guide as it's very situational. It requires starting on the correct tyre and have the race unfold in a specific way, so being able to read the situation around you becomes an added skill. Something that @Ashthebash is annoyingly good at.

It's also worth noting that these situations will never result in the fastest possible finishing time, just allows someone to pick up some extra positions.

And please know that's in no way a criticism of your strat guides. I can point to multiple decent results I've had that have been entirely because of your guides 👍

Yes, the emboldened part!

It's definitely worth pointing out that the strats I've run recently from the midfield or lower basically give up on any hope of winning, and possibly even a podium as well (though I was mighty close at RBR). It's just about getting an advantage over the people around you who might be trying to run the 'faster' strategy but can't optimise it because of traffic. I also think - well I know - people hang on to softer tyres for too long as if they're almost frightened of using the harder compound for more than a lap, even in situations where the harder tyre is faster! Yesterday's race for example, you got past and opened up a small gap but by the end of your first stint I was pressuring you again as my tyres 'overtook' yours and with you planning a stop more than me it was only going to finish one way. If you'd have switched to hards and run to the end however, I'd have had a few laps at the end to try and pass you on track.

As you say, the guides put together by the likes of @Mistah_MCA and @pantherjag etc are very, very good and I do look them up myself to glean (steal!) information about the race. I've no doubt a two stop would have been quicker than a one stop yesterday in terms of ultimate time - maybe not by 10s but it would have been quicker. But if you can't win, just try to get the better of a few around you and jump a few places that way. It might be painful at the start of the race but it pays off by the end

My GT Sport username is starting to make sense!!

Edit: It is also worth pointing out that despite praising the harder tyres, this weekend's race will be one where you don't want to be on them because of the short pit stop at Suzuka

 

[SlowDriver87]

Great stuff. I entered the 3pm slot just then and got disconnected. Shame as I was in a nice evenly matched lobby, although I was door number 3. I'll lose DR for that now won't I?

A nice welcome back after a few weeks off!

 

[xxPinkyKissxx]

I'll lose DR for that now won't I?

Depends if the race went ahead without you or if everyone else got kicked too!

 

[LVS_1986]

Did Nations yesterday i think we race in same lobby, my nick in gtsport it´s KaYibE, you asked me about the strategy...

Enjoyable race with you i manage to take 2nd place but cause of a german driver that dive bombed me a couple times and blocked me i took a penalty.., i think i could get 1st place if it wasnt that guy.
With you was just clean and respected each other.., great driving m8.

About nations race, i decided to go for 8M / 7H strategy cause i managed to save tyres and also doing that i could lower the chances of getting stuck in traffic, 1 stop ended up being a good Joice.

Had to serve at least 3 penaltys one of 0.5 s i deserved i guess cause was related to track limits.
One of them at least was cause a german driver blocked me and i got penalty for contact.
He made an error and whent of track and instead of keep the car controled while coming back to the track he just send the car straight into the racing line to try to slow me and he did, before that he dived bombed couple times.., i was aware of his dirty behavior so i didnt stressed.
In the end i managed to make clean sectors and with a good pace and good strategy and racing along with other clean drivers was a great result and enjoyable race.
In total i served arround 3/4 seconds penaltys ended up with a 2s gap for the leader, started from p6 could end in p1 but p2 for me was a win.

You was this portuguese! I remeber you! Very good fight we had, very clean, I really liked it
Nice to know youre also GTP member
I just edited my yesterdays post, where I call you "portuguese", now theres your nickname

 

[Adam Barber]

Manufacturers

Qualifying went ok dispite me bottling what would have been my best lap on the exit of sheene. This left me starting in 12th.

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• Adam Barber
• Jul 22, 2020

Starting position in mind I opted to start on the medium tyre and as using the softs initially i would have wasted them in traffic. The start of the race was clean with me holding position and picking up 11th as a car ahead pitted from the hard tyres. I held of a move into Hawthorns on lap 3 and eventually pitted from 11th on lap 6 for hard tyres after a quiet first stint.

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• Adam Barber
• Jul 22, 2020

I rejoined I 14th just behind another car and pitted again that same lap for the soft tyre for the remainder of the race. Fortunately I rejoined in 15th about 2 seconds ahead of a group of 4 cars which felt like a godsend. I then set about catching the GT-R ahead and by lap 11 made the move for 11th as I managed to undercut others in this time. Lap 12 and I just managed to get ahead of an Audi as they came out the pits and managed to pull away on my softer tyres. Lap 16 and I gain another place as a GT-R goes of ahead at Westfield dropping them 4 places to 8th.

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• Adam Barber
• Jul 22, 2020

Lap 17 and again managed the undercut on a Peugeot and pulled away due to me softer tyres. Lap 18 and a Mégane Trophy rejoined just ahead of me and stayed ahead with my tyres now being 11 laps old. I crossed the line in 6th but the car in 1st failed to use the hard tyres dropping them to 17th and promoting me to 5th.

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• Adam Barber
• Jul 22, 2020

Very happy with that result as it's my best points score with the group 4 Ferrari. The strategy really payed of here gaining 7 positions in the end. Here's hoping Suzuka and Spa go equally as well.

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• Adam Barber
• Jul 22, 2020

 

[Lost Sheltie]

Didn't quite hook up my qualifying lap, so ended up 0.7 off the pole so back in 15th. Decided to start on hards and go 1h 5m 13s.
Managed to tip toe my way around the 1st lap, I hadn't done any laps on the hards, and pitted. Came out in 16th, with loads of clear air ahead, so set about trying to put some decent laps in. Not much happened until lap 5 when Lucas Ordonez caught me, and assuming he was on softs I let him by at the hairpin on lap 6. It was my in lap so didn't want to fight and lose time.

After the pit I just came out in front of a guy, but had 3 secs ahead so again set about doing some time trialing. Caught up to a couple of people on lap 9 but they pitted. Carried on time trialing (was pretty consistent in the mid to high 1:28's) until lap 13 when I started to catch people. Was a little bit of fighting on the straight going into lap 14 and I managed to mug one driver, and then put a move around the outside at Hawthorns (props to that driver for not punting me off) which left me in 8th and trying to hunt down an Audi.

I Managed to close him down going into lap 17 when I driver came out of the pits just in front of us. He tapped the Megane that had just come out of the pits, not bad, but got a one second penalty. I managed to get up the inside of him anyway at Westfield, so it ended up not mattering too much.

I figured I was too far back from the Megane, but since he was on hards I pushed anyway and closed up quite quickly. He looked a bit ragged on the hards, and ended up running wide at Westfield. He tried to keep his foot in, but got a big tank slapper on and hit the side of me. I was waiting for the penalty, but it never came (Well done PD!) and ended up crossing the line in 5th.

Think I was very lucky to get so much free air, but I really enjoyed the fighting at the end

 

[SlowDriver87]

Just did the 4:20pm race then. I went in at door 17 and qualified 9th in what was a very evenly matched race for DR. There was a glitch start where the top 12 or so drivers all bunched together, we got going again but the RCZ in front didn't accelerate at all so I went in to the back of him and got a 3 second penalty...... sigh. For the whole of the first lap the guy in front was braking way too early and I kept gently tapping him and getting the SR down notification. I served the penalty at the end of the lap and dropped to 12th. I got back up to 6th position after a couple of people who'd started on hards went in to the pits at the end of the next lap and I made a couple of overtakes.

I changed my softs for the hards on lap 9 and got them out the way with but surprisingly they didn't feel too bad. On to the mediums on lap 10 and I was looking good for 8th place until lap 15 where I spun and dropped to 11th. In hindsight I hadn't done enough practice on the mediums as I didn't feel comfortable on them. On the second to last lap the RCZ in front spun and rejoined slowly, causing me to go in to the back of him and lose SR yet again. I ended up finishing 10th.

I gained about 100 DR points but went down from SR 99 to 75! I only got 101 points in the end which is my second worst of the series so far. At least it was a clean race with no foul play at all. I'm just annoyed I lost that 8th place which I had in the bag. I'm tempted to go again but I've been having connection issues today so I'll probably leave it there and practice for Nations at Suzuka on Saturday.