"Practice/test setup
Wasnt totally haappy with any setup here,settled for a
looser set for quailfy.
Quailfy
92 laps were done here,managing 1:45:368 I was happy with
it.
Overall: 39/50
Race 1 TZC
Well 10 racers were meant to race but only six showed up,a
little disappointing. started fourth out of six in the
first,couldnt really settle with the loose setup,but
finished the race in fourth,so a very good results. Frantic
start,trailed the faster three guys for the first two
laps,till they pulled away,more or less had the track to
myself,till the finish. finishing fourth out of 6.
fastest lap 1:46.009 overall managed to beat some well
respected faster racers > Flyer23
,jamesowen , KostasCB1 ,Caner_Basol,sander_n,McMilan,
stokerel,Ianstuart
Overall Finishing: 31/42 pending results
Race 2 TZC
Settled for a tighter setup for this race. Same as first
race 10 racers were meant to race,but only 6 showed. Started
in 4th place,and like the first race,more or less raced
alone after the faster guys skipped away after lap 2,only
team mate kf12006,was seen now and then,way back chasing
hard.Finishing the race in fourth out of 6. fastest lap
1:45.536 overall managing to beat well know faster drivers
>Patrick Wartenberg,Flyer23 ,Snakey_Uk, Ianstuart, Rinker,
jamesowen, McMilan, KostasCB1 , FreeThinker
Overall Finishing : 32/43 Pending results
Private Team Panda jet now heads to Silverstone....."
By 4L4N:
"Qualifying - Quite good lap times, a vast improvement on
past qualifying sessions. Now its either 1 of 3 things ( or
all ) , we had 2 weeks to practice on this track , the track
suited my driving style, or , im getting better at driving
these tin tops. I like to think its the last one , but lets
see at next track.
Race 1 - Well, what a fook up ! Before the race i had high
expectations of finishing in quite a high place, 3rd maybe
4th and if i was having an off day i would be able to hold
onto 5th position.
I got off to a good start from 3rd place on the grid. Made
my way down the long straight towards Adelaide with a good
pace and was half a second infront of 4th place guy. Sweet i
thought, just gotta get round the tight bend fast
approaching and im zoom zoom zoom for the rest of the track.
Got myself positioned nicely in the middle of the track
ready for the long brake into Adelaide corner. I say middle
of the track because, from my many practice laps, the
braking zone gets a bit wobbly, the track is quite uneven
down there, and if you are on the left hand side of the
track as you normally would be getting ready for a right
hand turn and you start braking hard, the track throws your
car to the left and you can quite easily end up on the
grass. So, middle of the track and i see the 150m marker
fast approaching. On this 1st lap we have to start braking
at that 150m marker cos the brakes are so cold they hardly
even work, normally you can start braking at the 100m marker
once the brakes have warmed up.
I timed my braking just right and was making a perfect right
turn around that corner then all of a sudden a bump on my
back end and i spin right around........ What the hell !!!,
the nearest guy was half a second away, i should have been
exiting the turn when he was just entering it, the dumbass
braked tooo late and he just happen to use my rear bumper to
slow himself down enough so he didnt overshoot the corner.
I managed to set off again and came out of Adelaide corner
in 6th place. Not bad i thought , only lost 3 places
considering i had come to a total stop and had to let a
couple of cars pass me before i set off again.
So the race was on again, held my position and was settling
into a comfortable pace for the next couple of laps ,
pulling away from 7th place and gaining on 5th place. Now, i
think it was 2-3 laps later we had just crossed the
start/finish line , through Grande Courbe and around Estoril
bend and im in 5th place, 4th and 3rd place guys must have
had a battle on that bend and both of them came out of it
with a slow pace, i was quickly gaining on both of them.
All 3 of us were on the long straight towards Adelaide , 1
guy on the left of the center line and 1 guy on the right of
it, i saw the gap in the middle of them and headed straight
for it hoping to squeeze through and come out of Adelaide in
2nd place. The gap in the middle starts to close but its too
late, my front end is already half way into the gap, the guy
on my left kept moving over and all of a sudden my front
wheels lose traction and im suddenly sliding off to the
right, i hit the brakes but i couldnt steer and WHAM...... i
hit the wall running down the right hand side of that long
straight. FOOOOOOK !!!
I tried turning left back onto the track and it just wasnt
having any of it , no left turn for this car anymore. It
felt like i had lost a front wheel , but it was the
suspension that had gone on 1 side of the car. I slowly
limped back to the pits all the while spinning at nearly
every right hand turn and everyone behind me overtaking me.
By the time i had got to the pits i was in last position.
At this point i was seriously thinking about DNF'ing the
race, but in the name of team spirit, i decided to carry on
and make it a challenge to try and not come last.
In the pits my car was repaired and had to sit there an
agonising 18 seconds before i could set off again. The pit
timer hits zero and i slam it into 1st gear and im away with
the only thought on my mind to catch up to the back runners
and try and gain some dignity by not finishing last. Now at
this point, exiting the pits , ive done so many practice
laps that normally i set off from the pits and turn off the
pit speed limiter as soon as im out of the garage, i had
done it a hundred times before, it was just so natural for
me to hit that button, except , this was RACE DAY, and guess
what.... I HIT THAT BUTTON .. NOOOOOO, too fast in the pits
!!
In my short time as a professional racing driver ive only
ever pitted once during the race , and that one other time i
rememberd NOT to turn the pit speed limiter button OFF.
I saw a sign appear that i had never seen before ,
apparently it was a drive through sign for going too fast in
the pits. Ok i thought, i go round the track again and then
go back into the pits , not too much of a problem. So i
enter the pits for a 2nd time this race, i pull into the red
box, my tyres get changed by the pit crew and 13 seconds
later i exit the pits again... but.... that sign is still
there ...hmmmm... what ... i just did my penalty.... didnt i
??
So i go round again, down the stright towards Adelaide,
start my braking just after the 150m marker ( cold tyres ) ,
but... whats this ... has the straight got shorter ...
Adelaide bend is approaching waaaay tooo fast , i didnt stop
in time and off the track i go ... hmmm, ok, the tyres must
be even colder than i anticipated. To the pits i go to try
and serve that penalty AGAIN! I didnt want to ignore it or i
would end up with a DSQ after a few laps. So into the pits a
3rd time , stop in the red box, tyres changed , 13 seconds
later im off again... that damned sign is stilll there , oh
well, im driving on regardless this time.
Down the long straight towards Adelaide . again.. and i
start braking at what i thought was the 150m marker , nice
and early this time, dont wanna overshoot the track
again.... but.... OMG!!! The track has definatly gotten
shorter , i go sliding off AGAIN !!!!, what the hell is
happening here... as i spin round to get back on the track ,
i look back up the long straight and catch a glimps of the
marker signs ....... there is ONLY 2 SIGNS there , usually
there is 3 !!!.
Turns out that a couple of laps previously someone had taken
out the 150m marker sign , so what ppl were thinking was
that 150m marker was actually the 100m marker, on the replay
i saw a couple of ppl make the same mistake.
So i had just gotten back on the track and of course the
drive through sign is still showing ( can this race get any
worse !! ) and all of a sudden i hear my pit chief say to me
" Drive through the pits to serve your penalty THIS LAP " ..
oh my lord .. what a numbskull .. derrrr , a DRIVE THROUGH
means exactly what it says on the tin .. no need to STOP.
So now i know that you drive THROUGH the pits at PIT SPEED
and only when the chief tells you to.
I serve my penalty CORRECTLY this time and persue my goal of
not finishing last... would it even be possible after this
comedy of errors.
Well, after that not much interesting happend .. end result
-- finished 13th out of 16 .. GOAL !!!!! and a valuable
lesson learned ... Dont eat yellow snow."
By
Stokerel:
"France
brought me both frustration and satisfaction. Race 1 was
non-existent for me, as my ISP suddenly decided 10 minutes
before the start that it was a good time to change network
equipment. So I stared at the computer screen for 45 minutes
begging for an IP address. Finally, just before the room
opened for race 2, I was back online.
Starting the second race from 20th, dead last, I had only
one option to gain some points: be quick at the start and
push 105% for the whole race distance. What followed was the
most exciting race for me since Bahrain: I had an excellent
start, gained a couple of positions before turn 1, survived
a bump in the backside through the long right-hand turn, and
followed the pack to the hairpin. From then on I was just
behind my friend and teammate buatilla, he ran wide and I
just managed to get the apex as he tried to close the door.
The inevitable touch left both of us undamaged and at full
speed.
For the following laps I chased my other teammate iron_gr
and fought very hard with him for position. We touched a few
times, honked and flashed each-other (sorry m8 if I was too
aggressive) but in the end I think it was a very exciting
fight. I overtook him, but in the last chicane I had a very
bad exit and he managed to get past again, I followed end
then after a few laps came an incident I regret but I
couldn't avoid: iron closed on some slow drivers just before
the last chicane, I had a very good exit from the last
corner, but he tried to avoid the others and crossed my
line. I tried to brake but unfortunately it was too late,
and I touched him on the back and he hit the wall losing a
few positions - I'm really sorry mate, it was no intention,
I was just too close behind.
For the last laps I struggled with the tires, as buatilla
closed on me, but it was too late for him to attack.
Overall, an 11th place finnish on my heat, the best I could
do..."
By Iron_Gr:
"1st
race:
it was my best race so far! Some pressure from DJC in last
laps, that's all! 6th place in my heat!
It was clean, Locutus spun in front of me then he closed the
gap and passed me easily! Much speed there!! And the most
important is that I WON my rival..... CasH !!!! hahaha!!
2nd race:
My worst race so far! I did revert to old setup (0.30 rear
toe in)!! In first race i had 0.50 and it helped a lot but
I stupidly thought the car could not steer well ,so I went
back to original value... big mistake!!! I started 7th and
finished 16th in my heat!
I did a mistake at start of race and put 2nd gear so early,
I lost positions and then it was a disaster, cause I was
trying to avoid front cars all the time, so irritating!!! I
could not overtake anyone and always trying to avoid...
FFS! I also had an incident in first laps with Stewart and
I cut an S and then I wanted to let him pass but brakes
sucked and couldn't do it as others passed him... Sorry
Stewart :(
Locutus came back on track in front of me at hairpin, bad
place... I braked hard to avoid him and then Tygernoot
passed me also...
Then I put hard effort not to HIT Tyger, cause I had a bad
experience with him in Monaco race and I got penalized for
that, although it was a lag problem! Trying not to hit Tyger
I almost spun and stokerel passed me, but I managed to pass
him again!
I found Tyger again in front of me and I made a mistake and
2 peeps passed me....
stokerel did not let me overtake... i did everything I could
with caution, he just kept closing door and when I passed
him, the worst came!!
I barely avoided a serious crash and stokerel(!) MY
teamate(!) hit me from behind... FFS! At that point, the
unavoidable happened... CASH passed ME!! LMAO! LOL!!
CasH hit MarcF1 and throws him out :D in front of me LOL!
Remark by CasH: opinion of Iron. Not
nessecarily the truth, as shown in past :D
I tried to take back my position... I made it but CasH
regained it after hairpin!!
Then CasH was all over the place (all cuts haha! :P ), he
early braked and I almost hit him...
I lost my line and mrT came from the back angry!!
After some laps I lost control of the car and... fooked my
race :(
Sometimes i make videos to tell my story, but now I'm lame
and I prefer to write and do some shots :P"
will give us the opportunity to hand out 3 great prices, which are:
.
The physics of PMSC2007 are going to be used and remain untouched, only power and tires are updated. Lap-times resemble the times accomplished by the real drivers.
)
then lost a place to ricardo in lap 2-3 followed by a great
battle with _Chacal__ through the second half, great clean
driving from him (thanks m8
). All ended happily with a 11 place finnish, the best I could
do considering the 16th place at the start.
). The race ended when I closed on ricardo, with Marc right on
my exhausts, finishing a more enthusiastic 6th.
to even come close)"