Season I - F1 2016 RACEONOZ Formula One World Championship (PS4)

Qualifying: P3 - I stuffed up turn 12 on my last fast lap and was up 8 tenths already - so should have given Benny's 10.5 a shake for pole but ended up with a 10.9 and started P3.

Race: P5 (S-H-M) - I knew the race was going to be tough trying to 2 stop starting from the softs, so I had to try not to get caught up with too many battles and drive my own race as much as I could. I got a great start off the line and was right on Benny's diffuser before @Zachery pulled over to the right, right on me and pushed me wide off the track, as I scrambled to get back on track and try to give people room around me, I'd lost a couple of spots.

For the first stint I pushed to try and keep pace with the 3-4 at the front but as my softs went off I was losing time, and pitted for Hards at my scheduled stop on Lap 12. I had to run 35 laps on the Hards to make my strategy work so I drove the middle stint with that in mind and made it to my scheduled last stop for Mediums.

From here I pushed and pushed, overtaking @warrior2167 who was battling Benny on worn softs (how many days do you get to overtake warrior twice in a race!), tried to get past @its-benny-racer but he closed the door on me and I ultimately lost touch with him on fresher softs, but I knew he had to pit again still. As the leaders started to pit @JonoStan96 came out just ahead of me, but being on a fresher set of mediums I couldn’t quite keep up with him. @razor4797 was closing in behind also on fresher mediums and we had a good battle for a few laps with me having to defend hard into turn 1 a number of times, but he was patient and ultimately got the move done at the end of the 2nd DRS zone into turn 4 with a couple of laps to go - good fun. With my mediums already approaching 70% Benny was closing up fast behind me, but with only a lap to go he couldn’t catch me in time - finished P5.

I could maybe have pushed a bit harder at times, but wasn’t sure if the strategy would get me home.

and well done all the regulars for showing up - Its been a long season and we had 15 on the grid I think, only 1 race to go now!

@Hatfield
I honestly don't know what to say, because saying I'm sorry doesn't even scratch the surface in terms of the amount of remorse I feel after that incident. It was a dreadful way to end the race after such good racing up to that point.

I qualified a fair 10th but at T1 managed to rear end Nige which knocked off a big chuck of my front wing, i decided to continue as it seemed pretty minor but after dropping down to last and consistently losing time i brought it in for a pit stop on lap 7.
Came out on the hards and was now looking to close the gap on those in front who would of been half way through their soft stint. After all the pit stops had settled i was about 10 seconds behind the car in front (bear in mind they were on fresh mediums and i had a couple of offs) so i just tried to drive as clean as possible (already with a 3 second time penalty) and then try and catch on my medium stint, unfortunately i decided in the middle of the twisty sector 2 going into turn 10 would be the right time to ask my engineering about the car in front, this caused me to get on the grass and spin under brakes, i didnt turn around as the leaders were now coming past and by the time i did get it around I was 30 odd seconds behind again. I kept on going in case of a safety car as well as my engineering telling me the Bounty was possibly going for more pit stops. However about 2 laps after my spin the game tells me it was migrating host, thinking the host must of just DSC'd i continued but another 4, 5, 6 people disconnected and i realised i was actually on my own in the lobby, so i rejoined the original lobby and decided to retire my car after all the disappointment that had happened.
Judging by a video of Jono's start looked like i was lagging a lot? can anyone confirm this?
I will get my dad to call up Telstra tomorrow and see if there is any problem with the internet lines (big storm on the weekend blew up my old modem and telephones) or whether it is just the new modem not up to scratch (I do use a wired connection on PS4).

Cheers, Kieran-B33 (X_Gregory33_X on PSN)

@its-benny-racer got the fastest lap with a 1:12.037

Once again had pretty reasonable pace for my standards. Qually 5th. First stint was absolute poo straight after the vsc ran wide at turn 1, not off the track but right on the outside, couldnt be more inside for turn two on the kerb, front left was hit sending me to the grass. Now last or second last. Round up bounty and bryan pretty quick with aid of drs. Pit for mediums. Undercut got me in the points. Cruised around and around and around by myself for ages. At some point in the second half of race got @Nigel Burley tow for the pit straight/curve. Was focused just on gunnerz car paid no attention to a lapped car and paid the price for that. Luckily i was the only one affected. Pitted again for fresh softs only to exit right behind leader. No point trying to overtake just to get blue flags so just followed Zachery for the final dozen odd laps.

Very pleased with the Brazilian GP!
Decided with the conservative strategy (M-H-M) and went out in quali with the white coloured rubber on. I knew that if I hit my lap targets without incidents that I would be on for a top 5 finish.

Started from 6th position and got a good jump off the line, passing @Knuckles into T1.
Down the back straight I thought for sure there was going to be a safety car after seeing an almighty tank slapper from @Motors560 in the middle of traffic, some miracle that everyone got away unscathed!

The end of the lap 1 VSC saw me make a move down the inside of Spectre at T1 as we entered the second lap, but before I knew it he was back on my inside for the pass into T4.

Lap 3 saw @JonoStan96 pass me after a mistake which cost me a second or two and gave him and Spectre a bit of a gap.

From this point til when I pitted for Hards on lap 21, I was racing solo, trying to make the tyres last and keep myself in contention.

Came out of the pits just behind Spectre who was also on the Hard tyre and we had a close battle for a few laps. When I finally got passed on T1 of lap 25, I got a huge snap of oversteer coming onto the back straight, gifting Spectre the place back and sending me onto the grass, losing 7 seconds.

For the next 20 laps I fought my way back and I was again on the tail of Spectre, although he pitted on the following lap.

At this point I knew I needed to go for it to make sure I could still challenge Spectre at the end of the race and stay ahead of @its-benny-racer.
The car found grip despite being on 60% worn Hards and I set the fastest lap (at the time).

Dove into the pits on lap 53 to give myself a straight shot on the Medium tyre to the finish.
Coming out of the pits saw me 5 seconds behind Spectre, although I had fresher rubber so I knew I would slowly gain.

6 laps later I was back within DRS, but now I've got engine wear so I'm a little down on power which was lovely. And then to make matters worse, a few laps later I'm told that there is a DRS fault which made trying to overtake so frustrating.

After a few side-by-side corners and runs down the straights, I eventually squeeze through on lap 68 and created a bit of breathing space to safely come home in 4th, a couple of car lengths behind Jono who had a very late spin.

Was definitely my most enjoyable F1 League Race so far, and one of the best battles with another driver in my whole ROOZ career. Cheers @The_Spectre for a tough but clean fight, that's what we are here for!

And to @Zachery ; surely a performance like that has gotta bring you out of retirement Well done mate, superb drive!

Championship Finale next week, and I'm sure that will be full of surprises. See you then!

@Hatfield
@Bryan_F Moves up a place as Motors failed to finish.

Oh man really?? Hummmmm i am on holidays next week too. If my wheel doesnt sell before then i guess i can make it.
You guys are hindering my retirement!

Hat would you like to dissect the situation and who can win the driver title and how?

And they say Rosberg v Hamilton is the biggest rivalry in F1

Is that countback for the whole season or just a leg? Doesn't 3 wins trump 2 in a countback situation?

Don't stress, i'm working till 10 so there'll be no appearence from me