GTE Grand Touring Endurance - Smuffy, Furinkazen, Ferrari Champions!

[CodeRedR51]

Sorry for the rage quit guys. After screwing qualifying and starting dead last, getting damage at the start, and ice skating on 100% rain for an hour, I messed up twice in 2 laps effectively ruining my race. At that point I didn't care about the points lost and I had better things to do than slide around in a horrible handling car for another hour so I left. It's a good thing I didn't spend too much time testing setups because it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

Thanks for the racing, this was the last racing series I will be participating in on GT5. See everyone this winter on GT6. 👍

 

[Com Fox]

My race was pretty simple, even if I couldn't finish.

Free-practise was horrible. I was running a tune that had worked brilliantly at other tracks but had awful understeer here at Spa. Thanks to smuffy for that tune!

Quali went quite well. The car felt great on the warm up lap and then my flying lap was much faster than my other laps and I managed 9th position.

I knew the start was going to be scary. I managed to get a good start and got past SnowCrash and pulled a good gap over Fox. Then gokartman spun and neljack collided with him but I hit the brakes and avoided the spinning Astons. Started 6th from behind smuffy but had a bad start. This meant I lost out to the leading pack. After that Chris flew past me and then after a couple laps I got passed on both sides down the kemmel straight by the recovering kartman and neljack. Then my tyres started to go off and SnowCrash and R1600 also passed me. I then pitted and afterwards my laps were 3 seconds a lap faster. R1600 gave up and left promoting me up to 10th then SnowCrash pitted and I got up 9th. However, before my seconds stop I got damage and lost loads of lap time. Then I pitted, put it in the wall going through Au-Rouge before having to leave. If it hadn't rained I might have been faster but oh well. Well done champs!

Just came to say congrats after the multiple GTP wins you deserve it .

Sorry for me popping out of nowhere.

 

[FlyingFox]

My apologies to Jet for collecting him after I had an off.

It was a total noob move and I feel bloody stupid for doing it.

The Aston was bloody awful to drive in the rain, understeering in to corners and oversteering out. No grip at all from a poor wet set-up.

That was the longest 2 hours in any race I have been in.

Roll on Season 2

RESULTS PLEASE

 

[Carbonox]

So yeah, Furry is now a champion... too bad he was only racing against people who hadn't won a title before

 

[smuffyatfcp]

Just a thanks to furi and fox for hosting and everyone else for making the races fun

 

[FlyingFox]

So yeah, Furry is now a champion... too bad he was only racing against people who hadn't won a title before

Now, now Carbonox be nice.

Just a thanks to furi and fox for hosting and everyone else for making the races fun

I never hosted mate just did the tables, but cheers anyway.

 

[Com Fox]

So yeah, Furry is now a champion... too bad he was only racing against people who hadn't won a title before

Am is for non-champions.

 

[FlyingFox]

Am is for non-champions.

Yes...Pingu didn't spot that one LOL.

So if there is another Pro-Am series that one out of my way

 

[Carbonox]

Yes...Pingu didn't spot that one LOL.

So if there is another Pro-Am series that one out of my way

Umm, actually I did spot that, and I even pointed it out rather clearly.

 

[Com Fox]

Yes...Pingu didn't spot that one LOL.

So if there is another Pro-Am series that one out of my way

I could... but I don't want to sound like an advertising 🤬 so I won't .

 

[Furinkazen]

Carb, shut up my team mate .

 

[JetStar]

Yeah, there was no one any good in AM.

 

[DK]

Furi, are you going to add a "Gentlemen's Trophy" for slow drivers if you do a second season of this?

It might not be humiliating when you're in 9th, and you get lapped by the 8th place car in a >6hr race, but when it happens in a 2hr race with 20 minutes to go you have to wonder what you're doing.

 

[Com Fox]

Yeah, there was no one any good in AM.

When compared to me, they're Pro drivers .

 

[Carbonox]

Yeah, there was no one any good in AM.

Don't miss the Banter Bus.

 

[raceorama123432]

Remember whoever does the tables I am in Pro not Am Even if I scored no points

 

[FlyingFox]

Remember whoever does the tables I am in Pro not Am Even if I scored no points

I'll sort that out for you Orama when Furi publishes the results.

 

[Furinkazen]

@Jet, trust me, whenever I do moderately well it's kinda usual for someone to wade in and claim there was no competition or my win doesn't count for some reason....

Official Results: Spa

01 RedPartyHat / Ford / 42 Laps
02 Smuffy / Ferrari / +6.4
03 Gokartman / Aston / +16.3
04 Furinkazen / Lotus / +26.5
05 Yeratel / Ferrari / +37.5
06 ChrisJohnson / Ford / +52.0
07 Jet / Corvette / +1:23.2
08 Snowcrash / Aston / +1:42.3
09 DK / Ferrari / +1 Lap
10 FlyingFox / Aston / +1 Lap
11 ORama / Ferrari / +18 Laps DNF
12 Neljack / Aston / +26 Laps DNF
13 R1600Turbo / Corvette / +29 Laps DNF

 

[Yeratel84]

Official Results: Spa


01 RedPartyHat / Ford / 42 Laps
02 Smuffy / Ferrari / +6.4
03 Gokartman / Aston / +16.3
04 Furinkazen / Lotus / +26.5
05 Yeratel / Ferrari / +37.5
06 ChrisJohnson / Ford / +52.0
07 Jet / Corvette / +1:23.2
08 Snowcrash / Aston / +1:42.3
09 DK / Ferrari / -1 Lap
10 FlyingFox / Aston / -1 Lap
11 ORama / Ferrari / -18 Laps DNF
12 Neljack / Aston / -26 Laps DNF
13 R1600Turbo / Corvette / -29 Laps DNF

FTFY

 

[FlyingFox]

GTE Results - Round 5 - Spa-Francorchamps
Final Standings

 

[DK]

Uh, Fox, I got 2pts, not 4. SnowCrash should get 4, not 5, and you should get 1 rather than 2.

 

[gokartman78]

Came 4th and 9th in Am an 10th overall. Not to bad

 

[FlyingFox]

Uh, Fox, I got 2pts, not 4. SnowCrash should get 4, not 5, and you should get 1 rather than 2.

Changes nothing really so cannot be arsed DK as the season is over.

 

[snowgt]

For me, everything sort of came together on that day, in a bad way. I'm not really the quickest at Spa to begin with (no idea why), and the rain that favoured the better handling cars, added to it.

Wanted to leave some space in qualifying, which meant that it rained already when I did my first qualifying lap, so only qualified 8th. Lost it at Blanchimont in the first lap, and although I was able to catch up due to the caution, it never really got better. The distance to the front wasn't so bad however, so I thought I'd stay out as long as possible to be flexible, should the rain stop. What didn't help, was that the tyres, after 45 minutes or so, from one lap to the next, lost a lot of grip. I therefore lost quite a bit of time in that period, staying out close to an hour.

After about 1:30, deep in my second stint, Jet overtook me, so I knew I wouldn't be able to hang on with tyres getting worse. I also lost belief that it would stop raining or dry up, so I pitted again so as not to crash out in the late stages. When it stopped raining about 7 minutes from the end, I did feel kind of mocked though.

Oh, and congrats to Smuffy! Well deserved championship! 👍

 

[Furinkazen]

There is unlikely to be a Season 2 of GTE. However the cars and specs are going to be used for something a little larger in scale perhaps...

Thanks for racing with me this season, big thanks to Flying Fox for doing the tables, and congrats to Smuffy on his title.

Furi.

 

[Com Fox]

There is unlikely to be a Season 2 of GTE. However the cars and specs are going to be used for something a little larger in scale perhaps...

Thanks for racing with me this season, big thanks to Flying Fox for doing the tables, and congrats to Smuffy on his title.

Furi.

Thats a shame, at least I'm trying to join the TOCA support race .

 

[Furinkazen]

Still going to keep these car specs however.

 

[Com Fox]

For what? or is it secret information.

 

[Furinkazen]

For what? or is it secret information.

Behind closed doors.

 

[cnd01]

Behind closed doors.

Oooo super secret It's all part of furi's master plan for world domination