Atlantic Racing Team Oldring GT Challenge

me too , he was near the track and he come on the track when i arrive ,crash and lost 1 position.it was the last lap. i am lucky

ans tristant in the 180 dregree turn ,i push you.sorry again.

yes aex, i'm so sorry about that, i can't believe i could'nt control my car in the final lap, and in the middle of the chicane, i cant do anything, i try to go away from the track but too late....sorry sorry sorry....

non mec ,tu es revenu sur la piste quand il fallait pas ,t'aurais pas bougé je serais passé tranquille.

pas grave ,c'est qu'un jeux. fait gaf la prochaine fois

I don't know what I was thinking. I really thought we were gonna do a formationlap. I'm getting my series all mixed up. Pace was good, but no luck battling the midfield. Lets hope things will go better next race.

alexandre, franchement je suis desole, je suis un newbie ( seulement 6 courses sur rfactor) certes...mais si j'ai bougé justement c'etait pour faire de la place, mais t'es pssé dans le sens ou je bougeais, donc forcement, oui c'est qu'un jeux mais je regrette d'avoir "niqué" ta fin de course (autant que la mienne)

Well I really screwed up. I am sooooo sorry for the turn 1 lap 1 incident. After looking at the replay it appears I wasn't ready for the early braking going into turn 1. I just tapped the bumper of the car in front of me and it sent me off track. Looks like I messed up the race for a few drivers. The race start kind of threw me off because someone in front of me could not find first gear before the lights turned green. I lost focus. Again, please accept my apology!

Was a fun race. Awesome track ! See ya next time.

Didnt end up been as fast as I'd hoped in qualfying so started 6th. Realised it would be close on fuel so had full tanks, hard tyres and boost 1 all race thinking that others in front might not be trying the same strategy. Knew I would have to push hard to keep up with the guys in front.

Started went well and moved up to 4th where I stayed for much of the first 30 mins. Went wide in turn 3 which cost me about 3 seconds early on to Alex and Tristan and as it turned out, to Patrick at the end.

Used a bit of boost when I realised we had enough fuel to try and catch Alex and passed him on the last lap following his incident.

What a race, jeez.

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Could not find a clear lap. I tried not to disrupt GT2 laps and this meant I backed off on two flyers in sector two... just no place to get around safely. Was probably a full second off what I could have put down... which is a real shame considering how I...

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...got a holeshot start and rocketed up towards Patrick on the run to T1. I tried a lunge, in case Patrick got on the brakes early, but he shut the door in just the right way, forcing me to back out of my lunge attempt. It felt like I got a tap from the rear in the middle of the T1 chicane, and this tossed me off line a bit, but after viewing the replay I must confess I was very lucky not to lose my rear wing from contact with Raphael, who got punted by a Saleen.

Still in second, I gave chase to Patrick, and kept the gap from growing too much, but immediately I recognised my wing settings were poor. I ran 2/10, and everyone walked me on the straights. Alexandre was immediately challenging me for 2nd, and we had a wonderful half-race battle. This allowed Patrick to walk away by a few seconds. Alexandre gave me a small tap in the sector 3 hairpin and I had a spin due to this. Alexandre waited for me, but had to keep going or else Zak would have taken his position. It would have been nice if he conceded both positions... but in the heat of battle I certainly understand when one must try to minimise the effects of their mistake, so no harm, no foul. Shit happens.

Zak and Alexandre were now ahead of me, and the three of us stayed close for a couple of laps. I got a run on Zak on the straight heading to T4, and we went thru it side by side. Unfortunately I got pinched by GT2 traffic, broke too late to avoid, and lost my front splitter. I wanted, at first, to pass on a derogatory comment about drivers who use the keyboard, but ultimately I had to accept full blame for not performing the pass on lap traffic in a safe way.

This meant a pit stop - and upon exiting, I was half a lap behind the leaders. A real shame, as my medium tires were lasting very well... though, honestly, would my fuel load have made the distance? I had to run boost 2 to have any chance with the leaders on the straights... so probably not.

Lessons learned, on to the next! Well done Patrick, Zak and Alexandre who each drove very well to complete the podium. A nice drive by George as well for top-5. And Barry, great job in GT2 :-)

First lap - turn one. Someone crashed and trying to avoid the mess i went off the track, crashed and lost a wheel. That was the whole race for me. I am very disappointed.