1.5 Hours of Le Castellet

meh...2nd straight DNF in a row; shitty start to the season. Had a great car with zero handling issues during practice and qualifying, but of course, the car loses its rear end out of a corner that I've never had a problem with, slung me into the wall with my LR. I was even taking the conservative approach to the race and I still got snake bitten.

Had a bit of a scare when the snap spin sent my wheel hard into its lock, which was the culprit in my previous wheel's demise. It's fine, but all in all, a bad start to the weekend.

Grats to the eventual winners.

Congrats to Fabrizio T and Paul V for their wins - great race by all, v clean from my perspective.

First time with the Fabcar and while I obviously have some work to do in order to become competitive, really enjoyed it. Q and race were well off the pace, but they were v good for me and I could feel the improvement during the race when I had the opportunity to follow others on their line when they lapped me :O

As I was driving the faster class, it was my first real experience in working through traffic with any frequency (which was why I chose the Fabcar) - my thanks and appreciation to the NAGT field as they either signalled for the pass or tolerated my occasionally clumsy passing manoeuvres as I grappled with where my best and cleanest opportunities were - or weren't.

I expected, and found, an isolated race even with the reasonable field, except for the closing lap or two when I found myself on a relatively even pace with Chris S and so had a good time on working to catch him up, even though we were a lap down.

It was my first endurance length race and pleased to find that I have developed enough confidence and consistency to go this distance in relatively good order. More practice, more practice :)

Look forward to picking up more races with M-CRC, cheers guys!

Congrats to the class winners!

I didn't really know what to expect. 1st race w/ R2P, 1st race in a prototype (I'm a GT kinda guy) and first race at Paul Ricard.

Settled into a steady pace, turning consistent laps (albeit a bit off the pace), no offs and avoided contact as I picked my way through the GT cars. Ended up running a good chunk of the race with Hugo R, although it was seldom for actual position, it was still great fun. He was definitely quicker down the straight, but I could make up what I lost in a few of the corners. :) Ended up finishing much better than I had any expectations for...especially after the rock pre-qual practice where I started losing the car in places it never did in the practice I ran the past 2 days.

Sorry to any of the GT guys I may have caught out. I couldn't pass down the straight, as the GTs were actually faster on the top end, so I had to wait for the corners.

Thanks again for the race. I had a blast.

First off I would to thank all drivers who gave me room during the race.........I appreciated it and did my best to pass quickly out of line and do not disturb your fights and race.....in the second half of the race I had three NAGT cars in front of me which were fighting so that I stayed behind them till next straight to avoid to penalize some of them (two of them sucked my trail ARGH!) but it costed me three secs and I couldnt wait each time.........I write it to reply Felipe, I am sorry for our contact but I think my fault is only 50%.........I remember you that I was inside you, you had blue flag and the car behind you was the leader who had the right to pass.........

Congrats to Paul on the Win in NAGT class and all finishers :-)

Thanks all for fun and See ya on track next race ;-)

Nice pace leaders and congrats on your wins
My race ended about lap 5 as the rear tires lost grip in t1 full out and i smacked the wall. Blown right rear made limping back to pit stall agonizing. 4 min to get to pit. Came out in dead last 1 lap down to next position. The rest of the race was all about turning laps and getting seat time and comfortable in the rx8.
No problems with the fabcars of any kind. Really enjoyed the TS chat during the race. Thanks Barrett and Jan for the invite.

Please try to keep the post race chats positive. If you feel the need to file a protest due to any situation please use the proper protest procedures.

Had to hear everyone had fun. And hope to see you all next race at homestead!

Ok. My mistake.. Sometimes my behavior is like a Pit-Bull.. But at least I showed some respect because I practice for this race before :)
I am gonna pass this league.. Too late for me

Things were looking pretty shaky for the opening race for me. I was quite a bit off the pace of the top 4 and with no real way to make an odd strategy work, it was looking like a long night for me at a track I don't particularly like.

I was quite surprised to see Conor exit so quickly. Evan and Paulo had their troubles early and I had a few laps of direct competition with them until things settled down and we all started spacing out a bit.

I lost touch with Paulo with a self-spin and ran the rest of the race by myself trying to keep a gap to Chris who seemed to be having a decent run. 2nd wound up as a gift to me after Evan and Paulo had troubles and left the game.

The NAGT drivers were flawless tonight both giving and taking spaces very predictably. I didn't have a scratch on the car at the end. Great job guys!

Congrats to Fabrizio and Paul for their respective wins!