Reik Major
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Gongrats to Tim (2nd) and Sean (3rd) for completing the podium and to all other finishers. Every finishing driver is a winner!
I feel with Anthony who lost 3rd position in a brave fight in the last lap but Sean seemed to be quicker at this moment. I had time to enjoy your last lap fight after I had finished.
Driver Best lap Race time Points
1. Reik Major 1:37.718 1:12:08.622 50
2. Tim McIver 1:37.792 1:12:25.507 43
3. sean greenlaw 1:38.396 1:13:43.728 38
4. anthony ishak 1:39.620 1:13:48.844 34
5. David Turnbull 1:37.895 1:12:23.451 31
6. Cristian Di Filippo 1:39.482 1:12:28.039 28
7. Nicolai Nicholson 1:39.941 1:12:32.124 25
8. Vincenzo Cavaliere 1:40.071 1:12:39.402 22
9. David McCradic 1:38.678 1:13:07.991 20
10. kurt kjellin 1:40.126 1:13:09.808 18
11. Nicolas Rouge 1:40.001 1:13:30.154 16
12. gaetano zizzo 1:39.795 1:13:49.065 14
13. Peter Marshall 1:42.419 1:12:27.165 13
14. valerio vinassa 1:41.995 1:13:13.516 12
15. Bob Laube 1:41.727 1:13:50.729 11
Dave Russell 1:39.586 DNF
Eliezer Bartik 1:39.919 DNF
Qualify (1st):
The atmosphere felt a little bit more tough because of the delay due to the late game update and all the problems it caused. (Simbin should announce when a game update is launched so everybody could prepare better, especially the host!) I was very, very nervous. My arms were shaking and I clearly felt my pulse. I think the more difficult and unforgiving a track is the higher is my nervousness. But nevertheless I was able to manage a solid lap to get on pole.
Race (1st):
1st stint: 16 laps - 68 liters - medium compound
2nd stint: 16 laps - 68 liters - medium compound
3rd stint: 11 laps - 47 liters - soft compound
The start was ok for me. T1 comes so early, so I reached it first and took the ideal line. I had a little gap to David T. then but he closed it very soon and was chasing me very close for 7 laps or so. Due to having canceled the warm up, I had no time to calm down a little, so I still was very nervous and couldn't drive away from David. Then he seemed to make some small mistakes so my gap grew a little bit to aprox. 10 seconds or so.
I was pitting late after 16 laps to take softs in the last shortend stint. I came out of the pits in 3rd but soon was back in 1st because the latest guys were pitting too. The second stint was uneventful. In the end of it I had a 15 seconds lead to Tim who was in 2nd since a while. He pitted few laps earlier then me and I pitted at the end of lap 32.
When I was going to leave the pits, I noticed that Nicolai was going to enter T1 on the track at the same time as I would do from the pit exit. To avoid any problems I slowed down very much to let him take T1 as usual. Maybe Nicolai was afraid I could enter T1 without being aware of other cars outside the pits, so he also slowed down much. We both were close to standstill when Nicolai went on and some corners later I lapped him again. Of course we both lost time but a crash would have meant a bigger loss of time.
I like to thank everyone who showed great awareness at the pit exit. This is a good example for the spirit of this league!
After some laps in the 3rd stint I was going to reach the second last corner (qick right hander) when David M. was on the left side next to the track at the braking zone. I was so much focused on observing him if he would enter the track again (which he didn't - thx David!), so I completely forgot to brake! :tongue: When I noticed I entered the corner flat out(!) I got frightend very much and jumped into the brakes. But then I released them a little bit not to go straight on into the wall with locked tyres. I still hit the wall but not too hard so I could go on with just a small suspension damage, at least my pit crew noticed some damage. After my Hockenheim crash it was the second time I had big luck to continue after a big mistake.
So I brought the lead home in 1st and was very happy with it.
thx to Nicolai, who did a great job, having much stress because of the late game update! And of course thx to RD, MMG and all PrestoGP drivers!
Enjoy the race at Interlagos and see you all at Hungaroring...
I feel with Anthony who lost 3rd position in a brave fight in the last lap but Sean seemed to be quicker at this moment. I had time to enjoy your last lap fight after I had finished.
Driver Best lap Race time Points
1. Reik Major 1:37.718 1:12:08.622 50
2. Tim McIver 1:37.792 1:12:25.507 43
3. sean greenlaw 1:38.396 1:13:43.728 38
4. anthony ishak 1:39.620 1:13:48.844 34
5. David Turnbull 1:37.895 1:12:23.451 31
6. Cristian Di Filippo 1:39.482 1:12:28.039 28
7. Nicolai Nicholson 1:39.941 1:12:32.124 25
8. Vincenzo Cavaliere 1:40.071 1:12:39.402 22
9. David McCradic 1:38.678 1:13:07.991 20
10. kurt kjellin 1:40.126 1:13:09.808 18
11. Nicolas Rouge 1:40.001 1:13:30.154 16
12. gaetano zizzo 1:39.795 1:13:49.065 14
13. Peter Marshall 1:42.419 1:12:27.165 13
14. valerio vinassa 1:41.995 1:13:13.516 12
15. Bob Laube 1:41.727 1:13:50.729 11
Dave Russell 1:39.586 DNF
Eliezer Bartik 1:39.919 DNF
Qualify (1st):
The atmosphere felt a little bit more tough because of the delay due to the late game update and all the problems it caused. (Simbin should announce when a game update is launched so everybody could prepare better, especially the host!) I was very, very nervous. My arms were shaking and I clearly felt my pulse. I think the more difficult and unforgiving a track is the higher is my nervousness. But nevertheless I was able to manage a solid lap to get on pole.
Race (1st):
1st stint: 16 laps - 68 liters - medium compound
2nd stint: 16 laps - 68 liters - medium compound
3rd stint: 11 laps - 47 liters - soft compound
The start was ok for me. T1 comes so early, so I reached it first and took the ideal line. I had a little gap to David T. then but he closed it very soon and was chasing me very close for 7 laps or so. Due to having canceled the warm up, I had no time to calm down a little, so I still was very nervous and couldn't drive away from David. Then he seemed to make some small mistakes so my gap grew a little bit to aprox. 10 seconds or so.
I was pitting late after 16 laps to take softs in the last shortend stint. I came out of the pits in 3rd but soon was back in 1st because the latest guys were pitting too. The second stint was uneventful. In the end of it I had a 15 seconds lead to Tim who was in 2nd since a while. He pitted few laps earlier then me and I pitted at the end of lap 32.
When I was going to leave the pits, I noticed that Nicolai was going to enter T1 on the track at the same time as I would do from the pit exit. To avoid any problems I slowed down very much to let him take T1 as usual. Maybe Nicolai was afraid I could enter T1 without being aware of other cars outside the pits, so he also slowed down much. We both were close to standstill when Nicolai went on and some corners later I lapped him again. Of course we both lost time but a crash would have meant a bigger loss of time.
I like to thank everyone who showed great awareness at the pit exit. This is a good example for the spirit of this league!
After some laps in the 3rd stint I was going to reach the second last corner (qick right hander) when David M. was on the left side next to the track at the braking zone. I was so much focused on observing him if he would enter the track again (which he didn't - thx David!), so I completely forgot to brake! :tongue: When I noticed I entered the corner flat out(!) I got frightend very much and jumped into the brakes. But then I released them a little bit not to go straight on into the wall with locked tyres. I still hit the wall but not too hard so I could go on with just a small suspension damage, at least my pit crew noticed some damage. After my Hockenheim crash it was the second time I had big luck to continue after a big mistake.
So I brought the lead home in 1st and was very happy with it.
thx to Nicolai, who did a great job, having much stress because of the late game update! And of course thx to RD, MMG and all PrestoGP drivers!
Enjoy the race at Interlagos and see you all at Hungaroring...