Division 4 Season 4

Im in SA how long till rm open for qual plz ?

Sorry guys can't make it tonight, router is having a hissy fit

Thanks everyone for turning up on time. Hope it runs as smoothly every week. Looks like NAT1 is working well. As usual, I can't keep the car on the track, so gradually went backwards after 5 secs in the lead . I'm surprised to be 2nd for fastest lap. hmmmmm...

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    Driver            Time    Best lap
01. Jim_aka_TheMan  46:37.981 2:08.661
02. Tanktex           +02.431 2:08.681
03. DRZ-Hatfield      +10.994 2:09.225
04. disturboed        +12.674 2:08.552 (pole)
05. AOCleaner74       +20.053 2:07.927 (fastest lap)
06. emmo46            +24.523 2:09.528
07. X-3vi1m00n        +36.947 2:08.344
08. ranok3n           +51.480 2:10.449
09. SHIBBMATE         +53.385 2:08.586
10. pinoy350        +1:04.761 2:09.491
11. sparklehead83   +1:06.089 2:09.973

Code:

Fastest laps
01. 2:07.927 AOCleaner74      
02. 2:08.344 X-3vi1m00n       
03. 2:08.552 disturboed       
04. 2:08.586 SHIBBMATE        
05. 2:08.661 Jim_aka_TheMan 
06. 2:08.681 Tanktex          
07. 2:09.225 DRZ-Hatfield     
08. 2:09.491 pinoy350       
09. 2:09.528 emmo46           
10. 2:09.973 sparklehead83  
11. 2:10.449 ranok3n          

Had quite a few good battles, well done to the podium. What was every bodies pit strat?

Positive start to the season for me, grabbing pole position.
Poor start off the line saw Jim and Moon gobble me up by T1. Then I was side by side with moon through T3, 4, 5 and 6 (places you should not be side by side at) and we didn't even graze panels. It was awesome. I finally broke free after T6 and set out after Jim.
I am still having intermittent brake pedal troubles, which only seemed to show itself once I got a real good exit of a corner and would catch Jim, but then the little bit of braking would hamper my acceleration. Very hard man to pass, and it seems very easy on his tyres.
Towards the end of the first ten laps i was only 1.5 seconds or so behind and i started to think about pitting one lap earlier than i had planned (end lap 10) to try the undercut. But I messed up, allowing Tanktex and a lap later, Hatfield past. So I pitted end of lap 9 to try and get my second spot back.
Silly me concentrated too much on adding a couple of extra litres of fuel (just in case) and forgot to change the compound. I was going to run the 12 laps to the end, but with this error i had to rethink it all on the fly. With a podium finish now highly unlikely, i tried my hardest to put in some good times.
I chewed through the tyres a lot faster through the pushing and pitted again end lap 17 giving me 4 laps on the Mediums. I came out in third just ahead of Hatfield and AOCleaner and behind Jim and Tanktex. Hatfield was just too fast and took me 2 laps later, AO muscled his way through the next corner. I was down in 5th and on the last lap just after the final chicane, AO slowed dramatically and was out of fuel, so I squeezed past and took 4th spot. Not too bad after having to do the extra pit stop.
Good race, and well done to the Podium!

Was an interesting race for me.
A bit surprised my FL is so much slower than everyone else, but coming in thinking I would be racing at the back, I was committed to a 1 stopper.
Was coming 6th with 2 laps to go and emmo right on my butt. Did everything I could to shut the door on him, but with mediums on it was always going to be a tough ask.
Caught emmo off guard with some very early braking.. Sorry about that mate.
He eventually got me and then after a messy lap and spinning out, let 3vi1 through.
Another spin and shibb was up my ass too, which he easily passed me a few corners later.
Last lap, I see shibb run into the sand trap at turn 5, which gifted me back a position and finishing in 8th.

Sorry i didn't make it,i got tied up with the wife and got home too late(10.30) to race,should be sorted for next week and the rest of the series.I love this car!!!!!

Was a very frustrating race for me. I exited out of the room for quali which I shouldn't have done, came in with 2 mins gone, didn't realise until I started my 3rd lap I was on med tyres, changed tyres but missed out setting a time on softs. Started 9th, got a good start, was in P6 until I had brain fade and braked to late, came back thru to 8th until I did it again Decided to make my first stop 4 laps early to get away from battling. Did a 10/11 lap stint on softs again which bought me out behind Turbo and Hatfield in 5th, only Hatfield was on softs and Turbo and I were on med, which I was surprised I could keep Hat within a close distance. We caught Turbo and I followed thru with a bit of muscle after Hat passed him, ( I really thought the first 2 had to stop again and we were battling for the lead! ) On the last lap I was giving Hat a hard time as his tyres would have being going off and made a move in the last chicane, but it did not stick, only a second or so later I ran out of fuel and Turbo passed me going into the last corner and only just made it home with Emmo right on my tail!
Bring on Laguna!

I ran the one lap on med tyres as it was within regulations and the option was open to all im surprised more guys didnt follow suit...
The thought of it being frowned apon amazes me its a race fellow drivers and a race strategey is crucial.

@Hatfield
no dramas hat, i've watched the replay and to be honest it was totally my bad that i ended up deep in the sand, you tapped my back end on the exit of turn 4 which gave my car the wobbles then moved up my right. I moved over into you (not really thinking about your car position - totally my fault) and then caused my spin into the sand.
A lot of drivers on here would of backed off a little after tapping someone in case i span and took them out and also not to gain an advantage from bumping someone, but watching the replay from your car I reckon i would of done the same thing as yourself.
I'm pretty gutted that I threw away 16 good laps trying to defend my position against a quicker driver on the day, also REALLY ballsed up my strategy. forgetting to get back on softs after my med stint. all in all though i'm happy that I seem to in the correct division now looking forward to laguna seca, one of my favourite tracks

I'm with you Tank on the strategy thing, and the fact is, it won't work on every track. There will be some tracks here where that strategy wont pay off. I thought I had buggered it up good by not switching to the mediums in my first stop, but as it turns out what I have to work on is tyre conservation, even in those shorter stints.

You have to also consider, by doing say and extra stop to run as little laps as possible on the meds, you have to have a mistake free perfect race too make up the time for the extra pitstop. A simple spin or even an off can undo your gains very easy so it is a bit of risk.

Ad's don't worry about it 1 lap on the SM by accounts of all div 1 and myself isn't the best strategy if you 2 stop there's and optimum number of laps to do on the meds and it isn't 1.