Istanbul nGT

Booya! This win just made me the #1 ranked Driver at Race2play currently.
I'll take that gladly, with my champaigne

Grats to all

A race to forget. 3 pitstops on consecutive laps - due to damage sustained in several circumstances I won't elaborate on, I had to change my strategy. I drove on with a slow car until I could add an extra 35 litres (I started on 100 litres) - fix the car and then not have to pit again was the plan.

BUT - having raced so much Race 07 recently, I'd forgotten I needed to add the extra fuel I needed to my existing amount currently left in the car - not just add the extra to take me to race end. So at the first stop it fixed the damage ONLY! Decided to pit immediately again to add the 35 litres. Stopped, turned off engine - they told me to restart, and off I had to go - nothing done!! No fuel added!!! Aargh!!!! Then I sussed it out. Bearing in mind I was now a lap down after 10 laps (pitting on laps 8, 9 and 10 I think), I added the right fuel correctly and decided nothing to lose in adding a fresh set of Mediums all round.

Basically I drove my backside off for the rest of the race, unlapping and gaining P9 in the process, and also unlapping myself from Aaron and John, for example. Drove as hard as I could, and my lap times reflect that - only the top 3 actually remaining a lap ahead as the race finished EDIT - mmm, XD showed me wrong! Looks like I was a lap down on top 7. Strange! Maybe it's becasue the race leaders finished, then me (ending my race) but the other guys still finished lap 28. Confused - you will be!! I am be!!!

Loved the RS - my favourite livery over Michelin tyres (LOL!). P9 can only be a bonus!!!

Well done Heinz - 2 seconds a lap quicker is pretty awesome going, as I thought I was going quick!!!

I wanted to do no tire change at first but I thought the race would be to long and the hard tires wouldn't last so I forgot about that. But when the steward said the race would be cut short to 28 laps I thought, well ... no tirechange is back in buissines.

Filled up the tank to 100 liters and off I went. Could barely keep up with P8 in front at the beginning, but as long as I could keep P 6, 7 and 8 within 15 sec I was looking good. Luckely it worked out.

When I came out of the pits I only had Micheal in front in P4, but as he run into some trouble, I moved up to P4. I could have gone 2 laps more before the rightfront would have gone flat, so the gamble payed off.

See you al next time.

Great race against you guys.
Traditional bad start, and sorry for clicking Andy's end, although you were really too slow and cutting hard into apex.
The race with Gabriel is epic, it lasted 2-3 laps, fighting in about every single corner.
The just finished Formula 1 Turkey GP is very exciting. And Gabriel should have taken some advice from it. He has tried to overtake me from the outside after the long straight. It works in F1 (because the inside line is dirty), but this is GTR2 and it doesn't work that way.
Then finally, he recognized it and found a way to overtake in the inside.
The pit was awful, 3:04 for the pit lap, while most people manage to get a 2:50 (and the winner got a 2:30, how the hell did you do that?).
When I came out, I was in the 7th and the 6th is 10seconds ahead. However, it seems they are having trouble with the tires, that I achieve to get back that 25 seconds gap and take the 5th position.
Really enjoyed the fight with Gabriel.
Incredible strategy from John, I didn't change my tires either and still got 25 seconds behind just in the pit.

First race after few months for me.
I was slow even with RSR but hold steadily on 4th. Pitstop wasn't perfect, because I took more fuel then I needed, but problems came right after. I spun twice in 2 laps and got overtaken by John and Nicholas. I had about 1/4 of my rear tires left, but it simply affecting my driving very badly. When everyones times are dropped by 2 sec, my by 5 and more. At the last lap Gabriel overtook me as well.
But its nice to be back.

Congrats to podium! Cya again.

Well done Heinz, your current form is red hot mate- Grats. I hope that champagne is tasting nice!

Had a decent battle with Claudiu for the first 11 laps, started to really push him then he disco'd. I was only 5 secs behind heinz and managed to take a few tenths per lap off him before he pitted at mid race. That threw me completely, i wasnt intending on changing tyres and the extra lap i stayed out i was nearly a second off my best lap so pitted next lap changing tyres thinking thats what Heinz had done. I stopped my car in pit stall, turned the engine off but my pit crew just stood doing nothing for what seemed like an eternity, eventually they serviced my car but by the time i left pits i was 34 secs behind Heinz with no chance of catching him even on new rubber.

Good to see you back Michael.

Nicholas - just a heads up - I was in front of you so have every right to take the apex when I want, and I took my normal line (see the rest of the race laps).

The thing was, the car in front slowed down on entry so I had to slow down too (in my replay, at point 112, I braked when the car in front - coming from a shallow angle was probably struggling to take it otherwise - I know brake lights only show in your own replay for your own car, but in game everyones brake lights will be seen - but that was my brake point because of the car ahead). That is why I was slow into that corner.

At the end of the day this didn't ruin my race (other later incidents did) and was a racing incident - had the car in front not slowed, I don't believe there would have been contact between you and me. At the race start in particular, just be very aware of what others might do, so you can react in time. Cya on track:)

Andy .. I watched your first incident with the other andi and reminded me of vettel/webber incident in the F1 race last season.. quick comical.. for the crowd atleast :P

I saw the whole thing Andy, I was pretty bummed out by it as I had hope to run with you the whole race.

Between that and the miss calulation on fuel at the end because I was shooting for a guess since the Lap and time thing was wrong.

I guess R2P is too busy to setup the races correctly now days.

Aarron, that problem is with the mod-maker, not R2P.