Maurice Claessen
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Rolling Rank 4.876 5.045 4.444 4.362 1.579
Career Rank 4.447 4.545 4.185 4.611 1.579
Country: Netherlands
Age: 24 years old
Gender: M
Member: Feb 15, 2007
Last login: Jul 20, 2008
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Completed series (+50% participation)
SERIES CLASS FIN NEXT TOP EVENTS WIN POL AVG FIN AVG ST
Image Space Panoz Le Mans Series (S6) Panoz GTR-1 3 -12 -44 4 / 6 1 1 2.75 2.25
Image Space Panoz Le Mans Series (S5) Panoz GTR-1 4 -13 -39 6 / 7 0 0 5.00 5.67
GT Open (S6) GT 10 -10 -89 4 / 8 0 0 6.75 5.75
R Faction ChampCar Series (S6) CCWS 11 -3 -112 4 / 7 1 0 8.75 11.75
Race report
GTx: Dubai [Novice] on Apr 27, 2008
Car: Corvette C5-R. Class: GT. Start: 2. Finish: 2. Laps: 31.

Qually went better than expected. I expected the track only to have some damp spots so I decided to put on soft slicks. It worked out and I got 2nd. I got caught behind a slightly slower car. I know it isn't in the rules but if you spin in qually just let the fast cars go. That lap won't be nearly as fast as other laps anyway :-)

After the start of the race Kinloch stayed close to me for a while. I saw that he was warping (not nearly as bad as in the other 2 races) a bit so I decided not to fight for position, let him go and wait for the lag to settle. 20 Minutes into the race he started lapping slower and I started to catch him again. He went into the pits and I got in 3rd again.

Close to halfway I started to think about not stopping until the end and taking a splash then if necessary. I feared that my laptimes would go down to much so I decided to go in for a splash of fuel and tyres anyway. In the end it payed of as soon after my pitstop I got in 2nd.

I'm quite happy with the result, especially because the Vette is a bit handicapped compared to the other cars.

Enjoyed this one very much. Congrats to Alex and see you guys next race.

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