Road Race Showcase

These last few weeks my PC has had a chronic random reboots problem, despite all I try to do. This morning worked perfect as most evening until 15 to Q, where I had the first. Joined back and with 5 mins to go, again. Still came back in time for a couple of Q laps, but during race I only had 2 laps until it rebooted again (last one so far)

Really dissapointed because for once I had a good feeling with rF and I was looking forward to this kind of long endurance races.

Congrats to the podiums.

Connection lost for me on this season again :-(

This season is not my friend at all, not a single race finished, this one no exception, in Quali my ping goes to 2000 sometimes, cars disapeard, almost lost connection.
After the penalty given bicauz of that guy again, 2 laps in the race had a spin, I just wanted to finish no matter where but then my PC rebooted so this is my fastest DNF, crapy race.
Alberto check the BIOS battery, I had same problems today, mine is not fixed properly.

wow!
what a race!! but only on the end.
my only mistake was when I took lead from Milicevic, I was forget downsize boost from 4 to 1 or 2. so, when we go in last lap my fuel tank have only 1.1 liters. what a scare!!!:))))
finish line pass with 0.0 liters. hehehe

congrats to winners and podium guys. ;)

Alfa

Decent drive today considering. I haven't really done a race since July 8th, amazingly. I've had to miss the last two events of this series due to work crap.

Anyhoo, didn't get much for practice. But We just raced here back in May, so it was still fresh in the mind. Only needed an hour or two to finally get back into the groove here.

Very surprised by pole position. I felt I could have pushed it into 2:00 area, but those laps were dashed.

Start was okay, but I usually take a few laps to get into a rhythm, so I messed up the final turn early on, and let Steve go by.

End of the middle stint, I had a nice little battle for 2nd at the time with the eventual race winner, Raphael. We were very even. It seems we may have run similar strategies too. Not certain.

I opted for a double-stint Medium and a final dash on Softs for the last 45 on boost 3. I was rockin' 'n rollin' actually...trying to catch Raphael and Steve, but I messed up Turn 6 whilst pushing too hard, and spun it. Lost 10 sec there, so that was it. 3rd seemed the best I could manage. Congrats to Raphael on the win in GT1. Hope to see you on track again soon.

Congrats on everyone's finish. I had very little issues today with traffic.

A good result for the team here :) Nice drive Steve

this was my 2nde race, and again i have to say there is a problem.Much drivers don't respect other although it's a endurance race, some drivers rive like it's a sprint race.
i can not do any qualif lap because of LM who pass anywhere, i began on the last position on the grid, after some laps in the race, i won some place until a driver who was out of the track return on it just in front of me without a look, i avoid him but broke my wheel....disapointed i decide to quit.

I think, it will be very good to do something for those who dont respect the rules....it's cool to put a penality for chating during warm-up...but no penality for dangerous drivers will be cool too....

I have prepare this race during one week, just to make 5 laps, boring.....

Good race for me. No mistakes, good pace and the chance of a win.

I only had one problem that has nothing to do with the race itself. Its so hot in Holland right now, you wouldn't believe. My room is right underneath the roof, so that makes it like a sauna. After 15 min I was already soaking wet with not a dry spot on my T-shirt. I thought, man I have to drive for 3 hours in those conditions ... pffff. Luckely it didn't became a real problem as I was concentrating more on the race then the heat.

Was batlling Tristan all through the race and although he was quicker then me, I had good hopes to keep him behind me as my topspeed was better then his. Good for straights, bad for corners and late braking :). But he just got past me as I was going out the pits after the last stop. I was just late by 3 seconds, so nothing to do anymore but driving home as I was never gonna close on him.

Anyway, the team did good on points and grats to all who finished.

Another excellent Atlantic 1-2. Well done, guys. Keep it up!

Good Race, Congrats to the winners.

Like all endurance races the big challenge is to finish, a lot of talented drivers...means higher pace overall and I must say the pace was really high.

Q. Funny thing... I was on the server early in the morning and was able to finalize my setup... I did a 2:04.5xx lap. I do my qualifier besides the usual traffic I figured I could manage a 2:06 - 2:08 maybe, not to be. Only managed to find myself at the back of the pack.

R. Well when you are at the rear of a really fast group you tend to race alone for most of the race... always just back of the fray... I had a bit of company for the first stint, but due to forced errors they eventually fell away... one guy spun right in front of me and a LM on the back straight... whew... this left me to race the majority of this 3hour race by my lonesome... sigh.

Just tried to keep it consistent, out of the way of lapping traffic and off the barriers... did well for most of the race then the quirkiness of the Aston started to play tricks on me and I had a couple of unscheduled off's forcing me to pit to repair damage and my ego... sigh. Eventually, I just turned the boost down and cruised the last 30 minutes... just wanted to bring her home.

The greatest challenge is racing yourself... ultimately in endurance races either at the front or the back of the pack you are racing yourself.

Great race, too bad I missed out on the past sessions

One Luv

G.

The luck I had in the previous rounds turned into misfortune at Elkhart Lake.

After trying different setups in practice, I finally found a combination that made the car turn in easy, had good top- and exit speed and was great on tyrewear. Wing 3/11, boost 2 and hards: 2 stops for a full tank, no tyre-change.

Early in the race I was able to match the pace of other P2s, except for Milan who slowly built a gap. Although I got held up a little, the difference in strategy could still get me up front.

Until the second series of stops, the race was pretty straightforward. Lapping consistenly, I still was within the 20-second gap to P2-leading Milan, needed to take advantage of my strategy.

Milan was the last of the P2s to stop and came out two seconds ahead of me. Sanio then was a handful of seconds behind in third but rapidly closing in, and Marcos over 20 seconds behind in fourth.

Within a few laps Sanio was on my tail and didn't need long to get past. I gave my best to follow closely, figuring if Milan and Sanio would be in a close fight, I might be able to profit.

However, it wasn't meant to be. Getting lapped by a P1 entering turn 3, I misjudged his position and had to brake hard to avoid a collision. I spun, hit the inside wall and lost my complete front. The car handled terribly after that, and an extra stop for repairs was needed. Marcos got past in the meantime. I was now in fourth, over a minute behind the leaders.

Getting lapped again by Tristan, there also was no chance of gaining a spot on Sanio's fuel-trouble. I'm still feeling even a win was in range, but I guess we'll never know.

Grats to Tristan, Milan, Raphael and all podiums.

Gr.
Frans