Blancpain - Rnd 12 - Canyelles - 6/18

[zedarchitect]

DATE: 6/18

TIME: 7:15 PT / 10:15 ET

TRACK: Canyelles

TRACK LINK: See Downloads & Tips thread

QUALIFYING: 15 minutes

RACE LENGTH: Sprint
Race #1 - 25 minutes
Race #2 - 25 minutes - grid set by first race

FLAGS: Black Flags Only. Blue Flags will show but no penalty will be issued.

DRIVER AIDS: Auto Clutch

PIT: Driver's choice

FUEL: 2X

TIRES: 2X

DAMAGE: 50%

MECHANICAL FAILURE: Normal

SETUPS: Open

SERVER LIVE:

[zedarchitect]

Results:

Race 1

Race 2

[AngeloDS]

What an awesome track!
I knew was a very good one because I´ve raced F167s there like 3 years ago, but with this GTs it feels really incredible.
Some nice mix of cornes and really fast pieces.
Sometimes you feel like floating through the corners and curbs.
Great stuff.

[Deleted]

I could not agree more Angelo, what an incredible track. I swear some of the corners are from existing epic race tracks with different scenery (which would explain my deja vu when I downloaded it and drove on it the very first time). No fuel saving this week, balls out all the way.

[zedarchitect]

Glad you guys like it. Jason introduced it to us right when he introduced the BES mod to the group. It's a great combo. Barring any emergencies I will be able to make this week's race. Unfortunately, I will be out of town for the 7/2 race.

[neverender158]

I will not be able to make it tonight. Good luck everyone

[F1Fan07]

Won't be there, unfortunately. I have to prep for a full day of meetings tomorrow and I need all the time I can get tonight.

[Deleted]

Sorry guys! Wanted to do that race pretty badly! But for some odd reason RSA internet decided to crash! Couldn't get on again!

[AngeloDS]

Awesome sprint races!
To be honest I think this is the best venue we raced this season. What a fantastic track!

Race 1 was perfect to me. From a very nice Pole, I lead from start to finish, keeping Jeff at bay with a nice margin. Pretty cool Win. 

Race 2 was a lot more agitated. This time I didnt had a great start, Jeff jumped me but T Harper did a rocket start to lead an amazing first lap full of action. I was having so much fun...
Lap 2 looks like Tony gave up the fight with Jeff and me to run his own race. And what followed was a brutal fight between me and Jeff driving on the absolutely limit.
Always a pleasure fight Jeff, I respect him a lot.
We fought like crazy until less than 10 minutes to go. In one of the last laps he made a slight mistake in the beggining of the lap, which gave me the lead. But we both pushed so hard that the tires were almost finished. So at the end of the same lap I returned the favor doing a silly mistake, going out too hot one of the tight corners, loosing the back end and crashing nose on in the armco. What a shame , I was enjoying the fight a lot. 
Fortunately the car was pretty ok to finish the race after I got back, even gaining on Jeff again, but time was up.
Congratulations to him, he fought hard for it and deserved. 

Anyway, despite the low turn out, this was one of the races that I enjoyed most this season. 

[helios16v]

Grats Jeff & Angelo. Never could find a groove here. Had a bit of a race w/ Dan, though it was mostly who screwed up the least!

Suck about your internet Johan. We saw you disco, then ran through a second warmup to give you a chance to get back in if it was just your rFactor that crashed. But when you didn't even come back on TS, we assumed it must've been your internet.

[Deleted]

Jun 18, 2014 22:00:25 GMT -8 AngeloDS said:

Awesome sprint races!
To be honest I think this is the best venue we raced this season. What a fantastic track!

Race 1 was perfect to me. From a very nice Pole, I lead from start to finish, keeping Jeff at bay with a nice margin. Pretty cool Win. 

Race 2 was a lot more agitated. This time I didnt had a great start, Jeff jumped me but T Harper did a rocket start to lead an amazing first lap full of action. I was having so much fun...
Lap 2 looks like Tony gave up the fight with Jeff and me to run his own race. And what followed was a brutal fight between me and Jeff driving on the absolutely limit.
Always a pleasure fight Jeff, I respect him a lot.
We fought like crazy until less than 10 minutes to go. In one of the last laps he made a slight mistake in the beggining of the lap, which gave me the lead. But we both pushed so hard that the tires were almost finished. So at the end of the same lap I returned the favor doing a silly mistake, going out too hot one of the tight corners, loosing the back end and crashing nose on in the armco. What a shame , I was enjoying the fight a lot. 
Fortunately the car was pretty ok to finish the race after I got back, even gaining on Jeff again, but time was up.
Congratulations to him, he fought hard for it and deserved. 

Anyway, despite the low turn out, this was one of the races that I enjoyed most this season. 

Another fun night of racing, Congrats to Jeff and Angelo on their wins.... well done guys.

In race one I was able to maintain my 3rd position from grid to flag but Jason was there to capitalise on any little error and had me working very hard to be error free.In race two I got a really good launch and Jeff got a great launch as well but I moved over on Jeff after going around a slow starting Angelo and side swiped him. Sorry again Jeff, thankfully no damage. Then I did the whole first lap driving out of my skin to stay ahead of Angelo and Jeff. Then Lap two I had a moment in T1 and lost all my speed on the run down to T2 so I just stayed tight to the right to allow the fast approaching Angelo & Jeff running bumper to bumper to go through. I also had to brake early as I was on the wrong side of the road for a proper entry into that corner.

Once again I had some great battles with Jason (the stalker,lol), we had some close calls but somehow there was no contact throughout the whole race. Great driving Jason, you had me sweating my ass off both races. Unfortunately in race two I got too greedy on a curb where you were making up ground on me and landed with a good bounce & around I went. I only lost six seconds but another podium in race two. Oh well there was only a two point difference between third & fourth. Looking forward to watching replays tonight, thanks for the racing guys.

See you all at the Nurb. Gp.

[Jeff H.]

Yes, what an awesome track! Even though it has some types of corners I love, it has many types that I hate, but still very fun to drive.
Race 1, I got my usual crappy start (I have a hard time getting a decent start with these cars) and barely held onto third going into Turn 1 behind Angelo and Tony. I was able to get by Tony a little later and set my sights on Angelo but he maintained a super quick pace and all I could manage was to hold about the same gap the rest of the race.
Race 2, finally a decent start! I jumped Angelo but before I could enjoy the moment, Tony had a super start and got by us both! The three of us ran the first lap nose to tail then Tony slipped a little and I got by him with Angelo right up my tailpipes. From there I hammered down lap after lap but could not get any distance from him until finally I locked the front brake and he slipped by. I knew he was quicker than me so I was going to be happy with second but a few turns later, a rare mistake by Angelo put me back in the lead.
This was probably one of the most exciting races for me so far. Thanks for the kind words Angelo and ditto on the respect! It's always fun chasing you!

[Seahawks1Fan]

Great racing last night guys. Had a blast chasing Tony and some great back and forth battles with Sheldon.
Awesome door to door action (at one point I forgot I was in Ferrari and thought I was in a V8SC).

Congrats to Angelo and Jeff for their respective victories. I must say I enjoy the sprints as you can just put the pedal down and not worry about fuel. But of course that's coming from someone who stinks at fuel conservation, so I'm a bit bias!

Looking forward to Nurburgring.

PS: My philosophy is it's better to the the stalkER than the stalkEE. LOL.

[zedarchitect]

Results:

Race 1

Race 2