FRL ~ WSC XI - FERRARI TRIUMPH IN THE CLOSEST LE MANS FINISH EVER!

[Furinkazen]

And tonight we try again at Monza.

 

[Furinkazen]

Room up.

 

[Foxed]

That was fantastic racing. Thanks to Yeratel and Audiman for some great wheel to wheel action.

Vive WSC

 

[Furinkazen]

Race of the season. People missing out on this.

 

[AudiMan2011]

Finally a decent race where the need for a fuel stop didn't cost me a good result

 

[Furinkazen]

Results and standings.

N24 grid will be based upon the following:
> GT-registered Drivers first in points order.
> P-registered Drivers folowing in their points order.

 

[Furinkazen]

Practise room open.

 

[raceorama123432]

Practise room open.

People practise?

 

[Furinkazen]

RACEDAY!

1 slot available. Room be open earlier than normal. Targeting race start from 7:30pm-7:40pm GMT (around time we get P class Q started normally)

@Downhill Dino

 

[Foxed]

Why are the P class drivers still in P class cars?

Should they not be down in GT cars?

 

[Furinkazen]

Why are the P class drivers still in P class cars?

Should they not be down in GT cars?

Well now, it's a full house.

 

[Furinkazen]

Room is up, Race start half 7.

 

[Furinkazen]

Early errors cost me dear. Well played @DK on keeping it on road and grabbing 7th, had no answer for you.

Congrats @raceorama123432 on the win, and @gokartman78 on grabbing 2nd and maximum GT points.

 

[raceorama123432]

You love to see it

 

[AudiMan2011]

Was just glad to survive the race.

 

[Downhill Dino]

@Furi Stop tagging me it makes me feel bad. If excuses still fly, I legitimately thought it was Saturday and slept in. Hopefully internet (looking into that) will allow me to race next weekend!

 

[GTRacer22]

After falling down as far as 11th, I’ll take a 3rd I guess. Took about .2 laps too little fuel so I needed to run mix 2 for two laps in the last stint and crossed the line with 1%.

 

[DK]

^Could be worse, I had 0.0 laps remaining when I passed under the bridge at the end of the back straight.

 

[Furinkazen]

So decided to focus more on WSC and so here's the first race report in a while.

RACE REPORT & CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS - NURBURGRING!

A 15 car grid - the largest of the season so far - formed at the Nordschleife for the first ever all-GT race in the WSC and featured several new faces - two Jaguar E-Types appeared from JamesWilson & FatWitcher, and @swiftsmith made his first start of the season in his Chevrolet GT points leader @RACECAR would be on pole. Moleman also returned in a private Toyota 2000GT.

The Mustang was slow away giving @AudiMan2011 the initial jump but RACECAR would quickly strike back. @gokartman78 & the guest-starring NART Dino pair of @raceorama123432 @LancerEvo7 would scythe through the pack on the GP loop.

The two factory Shelby Mustang's of Furi & @Panoz tripped over one another at the start, leaving both cars well out of contention. The Fatwitcher Jaguar was also damaged heavily and subsequently dropped many minutes.

Down at Aremberg on the first lap @DK clipped the Corvette of @GTRacer22 sending the latter around into a wild spin and triggering a heated recovery drive.

The field spreads out into groups around the Nordschleife.

Karussell and Lancer makes a move for the lead in the Dino, with the sister car leading to a 43 Armada out front.

Whilst the 365 GTB had the weakest tyres in the field and lost out massively due to this, the straight line speed of the car was evident, here shown by @Yeratel84 fighting Furi.

Pivotal moment Lap #2 as Lancer has a mechanical failiure and drops out the lead of the race, handing it to the sister car.

GT points leader RACECAR sporting a special livery has a late scare after putting on incorrect tyres at his pit stop - another stop a lap later fixes it and also means he avoids disqualification!

Lap #9 and the second debuting Jaguar of JamesWilson spins off for good after spending a lot of time in the pits for repairs.

The imposing Camaro sports battle scars later on.

Rob eventually wins the race from Gokartman!

Next up - the Prototypes rejoin the field for the Spa round of the championship on sunday - 75 points still up for grabs!

 

[Foxed]

That was a race I would like to forget.

Onward to Spa

 

[raceorama123432]

That last photo of me can’t have helped tyre wear!

 

[Furinkazen]

That last photo of me can’t have helped tyre wear!

I just noticed that, haha.

 

[Furinkazen]

Spa tomorrow for the pneultimate round of the season!

 

[Furinkazen]

Raceday for what is always one of the more dramatic events of the season, Spa GT Q is off from 7:15pm BST.

 

[Furinkazen]

Room up.

 

[Furinkazen]

Quiet race for me, wasn't far off leaders pace wise but eearly damage dropped me a lot of time and also onto a two stopper. Excellent class wins from @LancerEvo7 & @gokartman78 in P and GT, and now we move onto Le Mans week! Entry list will be revealed at 5pm BST.

 

[raceorama123432]

Took me several laps to find pace, should have practiced more. This meant I had to push hard at the end of my first stint and pit early. Then had to save fuel for the majority of my second stint. Was in fuel map 3/4 for about 12 laps so I could save 4 laps of fuel, which I did. Once I saw Panoz I could turn the wick up and catch him. I guess he was saving fuel too. Jon was long gone.

 

[Furinkazen]

And now to kick off Le Mans week...

 

[LancerEvo7]

Back in the GT5 hybridding days, it was possible to change the color on the 330. I asked Furi if I could paint my car Giallo Modena, my favorite Ferrari color. Furi, being the no-fun spoilsport he is, said I would be banned from the series if I showed up in it. Now, if this were ToCA, I would've called his bluff, but I enjoy WSC so I never did. This week, I finally get to run that Giallo Modena 330.

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[Furinkazen]

And it's a blue week at Ford, with inverted colours on the Mk IV.