Race Report Chris Jacque Nurburgring
Qualifying : P4
Not much time to prepare for this one, so an adopted Istanbul set-up with MASSIVE wing saw me put a pb time in early on, I then made some changes for race and then relaxed
Race : P2
Nice easy spot, was planning on taking it very easy. Off the line Artyom had a shocker and I had to completely abort my start to crawl round him. This let a couple through on the run down to the 1st corner and a bad speed difference. I then had a rude awakening when Sean decided to transfer his paintwork all the way down my car then use Tim as a buffer to stop Lucky escape.
I then settled into a nice 3rd spot and inherited 2nd when Anthony (unlucky, for your dc man you had great pace!) dropped it into t1 whilst speaking on teamspeak.
At this point i realised I had a terrible set-up for lengthy runs, too much down force and badly set-up gearbox meant I settled in to try and keep Tim behind my whilst Janek disappeared into the distance.
It got very interesting when Janek spun and I inherited 1st with a very very fast Tim behind me!
Unfortunately I locked up into t1 on lap 14 and did a 180, thankfully Tim missed me and I rejoined just still in 2nd.
Struggling on my bad set-up with VERY worn soft fronts I got gobbled up into t1 on lap17 by Artyom. I hung it out on the inside in the hope I could scare him, however I got more than I bargained for and he dropped a wheel on the grass and came back across into my side pod, flipping him and giving me a nice 360 which i thankfully caught. On my recovery, Anthony passed me then out braked himself, I pass and then he disappeared, reappeared 2m in front of me then disconnected! What a lap!
Managing to hold my position until the stop window I realised I had misfilled by a litre so pitted one lap earlier for my juice box and decided to put some different compound on the front
I emerged out of the pits just, just ahead of Janek, then ran wide into t1 losing the position. I stuck it out in the Mercedes complex and managed to slip back by.
All was going sweetly, though Janek gave me a love nudge into t1 on lap 27 as he attempted to out brake me down the inside(i checked the replay I was definitely on the racing line).
The rest of the race I was being chased down by either Janek or Artyom, I think they took it in turns
Mercifully my moving Italian target managed to crawl over the line 2nd!
Congratulations to Tim, good pace and consistent!
A fantastic race to end the season!
My deepest thanks to all the Presto staff, Rd staff, guys who've helped me over the course of the season and fellow racers. What an amazing season!
Chris
Qualifying : P4
Not much time to prepare for this one, so an adopted Istanbul set-up with MASSIVE wing saw me put a pb time in early on, I then made some changes for race and then relaxed
Race : P2
Nice easy spot, was planning on taking it very easy. Off the line Artyom had a shocker and I had to completely abort my start to crawl round him. This let a couple through on the run down to the 1st corner and a bad speed difference. I then had a rude awakening when Sean decided to transfer his paintwork all the way down my car then use Tim as a buffer to stop Lucky escape.
I then settled into a nice 3rd spot and inherited 2nd when Anthony (unlucky, for your dc man you had great pace!) dropped it into t1 whilst speaking on teamspeak.
At this point i realised I had a terrible set-up for lengthy runs, too much down force and badly set-up gearbox meant I settled in to try and keep Tim behind my whilst Janek disappeared into the distance.
It got very interesting when Janek spun and I inherited 1st with a very very fast Tim behind me!
Unfortunately I locked up into t1 on lap 14 and did a 180, thankfully Tim missed me and I rejoined just still in 2nd.
Struggling on my bad set-up with VERY worn soft fronts I got gobbled up into t1 on lap17 by Artyom. I hung it out on the inside in the hope I could scare him, however I got more than I bargained for and he dropped a wheel on the grass and came back across into my side pod, flipping him and giving me a nice 360 which i thankfully caught. On my recovery, Anthony passed me then out braked himself, I pass and then he disappeared, reappeared 2m in front of me then disconnected! What a lap!
Managing to hold my position until the stop window I realised I had misfilled by a litre so pitted one lap earlier for my juice box and decided to put some different compound on the front
I emerged out of the pits just, just ahead of Janek, then ran wide into t1 losing the position. I stuck it out in the Mercedes complex and managed to slip back by.
All was going sweetly, though Janek gave me a love nudge into t1 on lap 27 as he attempted to out brake me down the inside(i checked the replay I was definitely on the racing line).
The rest of the race I was being chased down by either Janek or Artyom, I think they took it in turns
Mercifully my moving Italian target managed to crawl over the line 2nd!
Congratulations to Tim, good pace and consistent!
A fantastic race to end the season!
My deepest thanks to all the Presto staff, Rd staff, guys who've helped me over the course of the season and fellow racers. What an amazing season!
Chris