GTC-Euro Zhuhai

man i was so crap.

all there was to it.

deservered to finish in my postion

What a numpty am i !!!!!

Before race i added 39 ltrs instead of 39 laps, misread the setup page :(

I blame my g/f for talking to me during that time :)

Was running 5th with good strat but that miscalculation added tons of time to my stops :( :(

sucks

Well, this was all i could get out of this one. I knew that i was not fast here.

Was surprised by qual and took 3rd. Made OK start overtook tolga in T1, but John i think also overtook me so i was 3rd still. I knew tolga would attack and soon i had to surrender. Was driving 4th till pit and then... the PIT saga continues.. :P When entering Pit i crashed into wall, and when i came to PIT... there was someone on my PIT SPOT, using my PIT CREW for his!!! (realy need a talk with them damnit;) So by then i knew there was no way of gettin any better. I come out after 2 stops @ 10th and fought my way back to 4th.

Had a nice fight with some drivers at least, so not that bad race from that point of view.

Grats to podium, thery were just too fast for me today...

Quali:
It was so poor I cant believe it. I drove 1.5 s faster lap in race. Qualified 13th. D'OH!!!

Race:
Started out interesting. I got few bumps here and there and was pushed of the road. Take it easy eh?

Spent too much time fighting people with slower pace, though it was fun, and I had some good overtake manouvers. Had real fun time with George Pol in last few laps, my pulse got faster all of the sudden. :D 3rd fastest laps shows lotsa unrealized potential.

Here's joping for a little more luck in the next races, especially on Donington.

Grats CJ

Thx to our duo that makes it all possible.

Got a perfect start with just the right amount of spin got me down to T1 with noone on my back and could focus on not screwing it, which IIRC have done 2 times at Zhuhai in previous endeavors lol, so after the openeing lap I had a comfy 2s gap to the chasers.
Managed to build up nice 8s gap or so before the pitting started, 2 almost perfect stops, dunno if thats a bug, but this is second time at Zhuhai my cam has changed to hoodview!! during pitwork, never happened at other tracks and my plr settings are cool so it shouldnt really happen. Only happened at first stop tho but it confused me abit, when I got it back to cockpitview after the car got goin again, wtf then it changed to swingman! when I crossed the pit exitline, confused me so much that I enabled the limiter again lol. After the smoke cleared I had almost 20s and could take it easy the last part, even slowed down alot for a car very much out of control and looking like it had no rearwing so thought best not to hit it in case it swings back onto track.

Good race by all, and the backmarkers too.
Nice job by my teammate Samuel to make it to 5th after his pedals wouldnt throttle in qual and had to start from the back.

My first race on R2P and just a thanks and good show to everyone i had a race with tonight..

Start was rough, from 8th I was bumped down to 10th or 11th and had to fight to stay in that pack, Pitstops strategie I think i have to work on, and the box exits as on the 2nd stop i got a speeding in the pit fine (stop n go) exiting the box! there went my top 10 finish.

all in all 14th! I am impressed with the level of racing. Alot of bumper to bumper, good hardcore stuff. Hope for a better finish position next time.

My first finish !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I just need to stop that spinning buisiness. :)
Good racing Jamsek. Very good etiquette. Sorry for the tiny tap. :)

Qualified 4th but had a good start and a brave turn 1 put me 2nd. I was able to pull away slightly from Janko but could do nothing about Claus who slowly pulled away. Soon Tolga passed Janko and was on the back of me, but I was able to keep 2nd without really going defensive. On lap 16 i did back to back pit stops (rears then fronts). On lap 19 Tolga came out but I was able to stay in 2nd just about. Tolga was much quicker at this stage and on lap 22 got a good run at me out of the last turn and passed me on the straight. From there it was pretty boring, just keeping it together and happy to come home third.

Congrats to Claus on a great win and nice fight Tolga!

Somebody stop Claus Juel lol.

Qualy went ok. I made my best time with this setup i could do and got 2nd behind CJ.

I started bad actually in race but, Janko and John started bad like me so i didnt lose place with the start. But i entered the first turn very slowly, John and Janko passed me from my right and left side lol. I started to chase Janko after that time. I couldnt get close to him for a while coz i couldnt concentrate well in early part of race. With time i started to force a bit and could pass Janko in first turn with a good exit from last turn.
I started to chase John after this, but couldnt pass him and he entered pits in 15th lap i think. I went on racing for 3 laps and entered pits too. Made double pits and came back to track just behind John. I made fast laps and could overtake John. But, CJ was in another class as usual. I had nothing to do except driving till finish and i did so.

Im happy to get 2nd against these great drivers. Thx all for the race :))

During quali I found the track crowded and pressed Escape to get back to pits, then realised I wasn't allowed back out, idiot, never done it before so don't know why I did this time. Atleast I got one lap done first so it was 16th on the grid. Turn 1 I got knocked off by a spinning car which had itself been punted and got going again from last. Only briefly as it happened because my team mate Paul had been done on the exit of turn 1 and had to wait for us all to pass. Pretty good pace from then on except for a couple more small incidents and once running into the back of a stationary lapped car. Sorry but I was blinded by the car in front until the last second then you just appeared in front of me and I couldn't avoid you.
All in all a pretty good comeback from last but paid dearly for my mistake in quali.