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Thank you. Nice finish for you as well.
I was actually hoping I would pass Raitis this race, that way I could dial things back a bit and conserve parts and money.
I wonder what happened to Callum? He didn't even qualify today.
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On a whim I decided to qualify tonight. I have to say that I have very little data on this kind of track. I'm fairly confident in my fuel numbers, but I'm totally out to lunch on the tires. We'll see how this goes for me.
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Not sure how this works yet, but I am wait to sign a new driver before I qualify. It may be a huge mistake, but want to see what he can do.
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Quote ( Les Wilson @ July 1st 2010,15:59:53 )
Not sure how this works yet, but I am wait to sign a new driver before I qualify. It may be a huge mistake, but want to see what he can do.
If you have an offer out, then I highly recommend waiting for his response before qualifying. The odds are very good that he will prefer a different setup than your current driver does.
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Well this may be my worst starting position to date. There are some other big names back there too though.
I waited for my new driver and happily I got him. My qualifying was terrible, but I guess that is to be expected with a new driver. I see what you mean with the track being tough to read. But I am not even confident with my fuel numbers. Hopefully it will all work out.
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Kinda pricey, and he has a high OA for someone that you just signed. You're going to have to be very careful to avoid losing him in the reset, unless you intend to promote at the end of this season.
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I figured this way if I do stand to get promoted this year I'd have a decent driver, but if I need to, and I can figure out how to, I can keep him below the 85OA. I have some idea of how to do it, but having never tried it I don't know how it will work.
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Nice race guys. Congratulations to Antonio and Les on their podiums. Way to go on the one-stop strategy, Antonio. I thought for a moment that you were going to get me after my final pitstop.
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I was very surprised with this result. Not with Kevin winning of course (congrats) but with me managing a podium finish with a new driver. A bit by fluke and a bit of conservative calcs. I managed to get the fuel tire setup bang on. Ended the race with about 3% remaining for both.
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I would say that if you finished with only 3% tires left then you didn't get the tires all that well. At that level of wear you're losing several seconds a lap.
Still, nice work.
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Yeah I understand, but saved myself from an extra pit stop. Recently I have been take an extra pit stop with just a handful of laps left, which I hate.
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No idea what went so wrong on my first qualifying lap? I was 11 seconds off the pace. Starting at the very back of the field for the first time. Just hope my new driver knows how to pass people. ;)
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Quote ( Les Wilson @ July 6th 2010,00:59:01 )
No idea what went so wrong on my first qualifying lap?
Either a massive driver error in the rain OR you didn't use rain tires. It would be an easy mistake to make.
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Huh...Saino and Skrastins both pit on lap 2 for no apparent reason. I wonder what to make of that?
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Wrong tires?
I took a gamble on the fuel and lost at the end. I was going for a one stop race but came up short on fuel, tires would have been OK, but needed 10 more litres of fuel. My driver also made a mistake with about 5 laps to go to drop one spot down again.
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I don't think they had wrong tires, they both started on slicks. There were two guys who started on rain tires, but they aren't usually running up front. I think it was probably intentional, they were trying to make a bunch of stops to drop morale or something to stay under the OA cap.
By the way, I think your driver needs taken out back and flogged. He's always making these mistakes in the closing laps, usually when he's in a podium position. Is he by chance allergic to champagne?
Check out the race screen from the final lap:
Mugello, Lap 58 of 58 Next lap in: 58 mins 20 secs
Fuel left: ~0% <--------------------------------------------- Tyres condition: ~27%
Temp.: 27°C, Hum.: 58% Weather: Cloudy
FL: Lap 17, 1:23.857s (Callum Rowe) === 1. K.Mcferrin (86) P2 + 0.000 2. A.Luque (42) P2 + 30.947 3. J.Burton (19) P2 + 1:04.886
I was actually a little concerned that I wasn't going to finish without making an extra stop, and that's AFTER I padded each stint with an extra lap's worth of fuel AND put a little more in for good measure. My fuel consumption was only .029 off from what I had calculated, but that was almost enough to ruin it.
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Great race by the way Kevin. I'll say that was cutting it a bit too close!!!
By the sounds of it I may not be able to avoid promotion even I tried ;) At this point I am still going for it anyways though.
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two freakin' laps short of a 1st place finish :(
I was way off on my fuel though. I thought I would have been in the pits with about 12 laps to go or so. Oh, well.
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I saw that and felt really badly for you.
On the other hand, at least your car didn't break 13 laps into the race. This was my first (and hopefully last) random of the season.
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Goodbye Kevin and Les! Enjoy your next season in Ameteur level. Good luck and i hope you can win your groups next season!!!!
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Thanks, Callum. Hopefully we'll see you up there soon as well.
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Thanks Callum, and yes I will most definitely need all the luck I can get.
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Hey guys! I am the only person from the previous season who used the forum and is still in the group! I hope that others this season can use this forum so we can talk about the races.
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Hi everyone! Just joined this fascinating game! I've got a big fat pilot from the start, 101 kg with only 19 years old. My first qualification is quite bad, but it's the first, isn't it?;) Let's continue talking!
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Hello
Good luck to all in this new season.
Good race.
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Congrats! This had been a good race until I realized that the amount of fuel I'd planned to spend was not enough. Well, let's continue playing!
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Good friends, I was upset for not taking off because I had a good setup for this race but that's ok, dont know what happens when it happens! Well hope I drop the next time!
Regards to all!
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Boas amigos, fiquei chateado por não ter largado, pois eu tinha uma boa configuração para essa corrida, mas tudo bem, não sei porque sempre acontece isso !! Bom espero que eu largue na proxima vez !!
Abraço a todos !!
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