Results Singapore, final standings and ANNOUNCEMENTS
Our final race of our season! And still not all Championships decided! A VERY fierce battle between Don't Lift and Lowland Racing Team would decide the Teams Championship in this last race!
Don't Lift did well this race! Finishing with Edwards, Timon Bolier and Locutus as Top3! The first Lowland Racing Team driver was Champion Tygernoot in 4th position, being troubled by MJanosh underway.
And who would have ever thought Don't Lift driver Stewart (our beloved photographer) would have the 'honour' to be the sole driver to be able to make the decision! Poor him! Stewart wasn't able to join the main heat, after which Stewart HAD to finish, thus score points! IF he made it, Don't Lift would have a small lead and therefore the Championship. If not, LRT would clinch the title! Of course the latter would be unacceptable to Don't Lift's Team Captain Sean Edwards! Imagine the humiliation being beaten by a Team with slow amateurs :D. Your reporter caught some pieces of conversation between Edwards and Stewart and believe me... if one would like an example of pressure, THAT was it! Even more respect for Stewart being able to handle it and finish! I expect Don't Lift will drop a HUGE check in Stewart's mailbox soon (if not, contact the Team Captain of Lowland Racing Team please for some negociation ;) ).
A special notification about the third placed Team overall: Team, World Racing! This all AMA Team managed to stay ahead of many Teams with either EXP drivers or mixed Teams. A very big effort where the Team and all members can be very proud about!
Another (new) Team doing well was Black Panda Racing (TC: A_C_Muller). They managed as AMA Team to clinch 12th place of 26 Teams! Not bad for a first (incomplete) season!
Read more about all action in our Race Reports below!
After our last race, the various rankings are as following:
EXP:Tygernoot (Champion!) (see full EXP rankings HERE).
AMA:LulaSenna (Champion!) (see full AMA rankings HERE).
Teams:Don't Lift (Champions!)(see full Teams rankings HERE).
Countries: Netherlands (Champions!)(see full Country rankings HERE).
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports!
Thanks to Rinker for the Video!
Conclusion:
All in all another GREAT season at F1RST3, which as you know also was the last season we did through F1RST3. From now all Leagues will run through our new revolutionary client TYKA!
I must admit feeling a bit 'double' about leaving F1RST3 and it's precessers after so many great years! But I'm also looking forward to our new client, which already is so revolutionary and great, thanks to my co-Admin, friend and developer Tygernoot, who spends all his spare time (ok, that IS a lot :P) dedicated to TYKA and therefore YOU as users! THX mate!
Also thanks to MMG providing us with the great mod we used this year!
Last but not least I want to thank my friend Veldt000 for all his work in our sisterleague (F1C) and as co-Overall Admin! And of course I may not forget our Marshals and volunteers for all their help this season again! More below...
Race Reports,
Heat EXP by Tygernoot: "Finally a race not to be (too) nervous about, since the drivers championship was already in the bag. But with only a small difference in points between LRT and Don't Lift it was here that the teams championship would be decided. DL had the upper hand in qualifying by taking front row. Yours truly didn't get much farther than sixth on the grid. At the start I immediately lost a position to buattila, but regained one when JuanFran spun. Zoneur went wide as well and with buattila sliding through a corner I was up in 4th. Zoneur came up behind me and after a few corners he managed to get past. JuanFran took back his position as well, then later I went wide and I was... well... back in 7th position again. Zoneur hit the high curbs in the chicane allowing buattila and me to pass. Zoneur took back his position when he bumped into me a bit under braking allowing him to overtake me on the following straight. He spun a bit later and I managed to overtake buattila, putting me back in 5th position. And all of this happened in just the first 12 laps! Lap 21 I went for my first stop and exited behind Locutus. I decided to go for hard tyres this time as the softs were wearing out pretty fast on this track. Then what followed was a battle between me and Locutus for the next 19 laps. It was impossible to overtake as I only managed to get close to Locutus in the corners where there was no overtaking opportunity. However, it was really exciting and kudos to Locutus for keeping his cool all that time. Although at one point Locutus spun, I gave him back his position immediately as I braked too late for the following chicane and hit the high curbs :). In lap 40 however I was once again on the front row to see one of MJanosh's ridiculous acts on the track. He was driving around 50-100 kph doing anything but racing, only to speed up right in front of Locutus - his own teammate. I don't know what on earth he was doing, but because of this Locutus was forced to go wide and cut the corner over the high curbs, which resulted in him bouncing right in front of me and taking me with him into the wall. The repairs took 35 seconds for my car - about 15 seconds longer than for Locutus - and I could forget about a possible podium finish. My car was driving horribly after the crash and on top of that I hit some debris from Zoneur a few laps later, causing me to get a flat tyre. I went back to the pits and came out in 6th position. JuanFran crashed three laps before the end and I was able to overtake buatilla, so finally I ended up 4th in the results. The race was a lot of fun and a worthy ending to the season. I certainly had a lot of fun, very exciting battles with a lot of people, a surprising 100% finish rate, and my first championship win. Sean was a worthy opponent, but just not good enough. Fair enough, he did miss three more races than I did ;). Still congratulations to Don't Lift for taking the team win, and congratulations to MJanosh for getting himself banned due to poor driving all season."
Heat AMA by Rinker: "After a fantastic weekend at Brazil we moved to Singaporefor the last race. I liked the track but somehow I think the track don’t like me, I could not find a good setup, I could also not practice enough. However, in the end I manage to make a setup that give me times to compete with the other drivers.
In the warm-up session of my first qualification attempt I drove a 1.34.3 which had given me a 3rd place on the grid on that moment, but in my qualification lap I only managed a 1.34.9. The next day I did my second attempt, in warm-up I drove a 1.34.2 which was a second place on that moment, I was feeling real good, but again, in the real qualification lap I did not even came in the 1.34 so I did not improved my time and was very disappointing about it. I ended on the 5th place overall with only two drivers behind me. The race was a bit boring, I think the other drivers will say the same. With only four cars on the grid with me in last position we started the race. My start was good again, before the first corner I was in 3rd position, after that it was just driving, trying to keep up the one in front of you who makes the gap bigger every round, this was the same for all of us I think. Until lap 16, I still don’t know what was wrong with the car, just a flat tyre orthe framework on the right front was broken, my right front wheel was not spinning anymore and all the grip was gone, this gives Ianstuart the opportunity to get his 3rd place back, the worse thing was that the pit crew was not ready so I had to stay out for one more lap, despite the tyre I had a fast pit stop with minimal damage repair. But had loosing to much time in those two rounds with that wheel. I also got lapped by LulaSenna, Ianstuart had a drivetrough penalty and was also lapped by Lula, There was not enough time left for me to try to get back the 3rd place, I was not that much faster than Ian.
So started as 4th and finished as 4th and overall I ended in 5th place. Concrats to all winners and I hope to be back next year,I’m happy with my place on the drivers standings, keep in mind that I missed 6 races or so. Hope to see you all back soon. Now I go shopping, have to buy me a Porsche from my prize money"
Heat AMA by Snakey_UK:
"Not a big turn out this race sadly :( ,4 drivers for the last heat race as josi,kiwi and ac muller raced alone. lulasenna p1 me p2 ianstuart p3 and rinker p4 after the lights went out we all made the first corner in one peice. Lula got his head down as usual and was pulling away from me at about 0.8 a lap as i expected until lap 12 when i somehow managed to double down shift on a tight corner and slammed the left side of my car into the barriers damaging the suspension and rear wing,luckily i was about 15 seconds ahead of p3 man rinker so kept my place and took it steady as the grip level changed in my car and knew i was pitting in 4 laps, soon after that rinker must of had a problem as he dropped back alot and ianstuart took p3. After my pitstop and repairs which took an extra 15 seconds i still came out in p2 as ianstaurt got a drive through penalty giving me a 30 second gap between p1 lula and p3 ianstuart after that i took it steady for the last 15 laps to bring it home in p2 with lulasenna well ahead in p1. I`d Just like to say to all drivers welldone for the season was some great close racing in many of the heats and not many incidents to get angry about and chuffed i got 2 wins for me. Congratulations to teammate lulasenna for winning the championship,Im happy to finish p2 overall even though philippe and michealschumacher whom dropped out of the season early which would of changed my psition ;) and well done to josimario carvalho for p3 overall who`s pace improved dramatically in the last few races. Like to say welldone to my full ama team TWR for being P3 in the overall teams championship which is good considerings the exp teams get alot more points Overall was an enjoyable season given the quirks of the MMG mod and finally thanks to all admins for the hard work and for making it happen :)"
Heat AMA by A_C_Muller: "With a busy schedule for this Panda, I had little time to get used to the new track. My setup was good but it was my lack of seat time that did me in. I had a few minor incidents like having to back-up while going under the bridge and stopping two times when I nearly ran into it. I developed a good flow until...I hit the tight chicane with some speed. I went bouncing into the air and when I came down I slammed on the gas to be spun ninety degrees to the left and lost my front wing. I lost plenty of time limping back to the pits. My fastest lap during the race was a good one second faster then my Qual session. Then I tested a fellow Pandas setup and I was another two seconds faster. I wish I'd of had it for the race and I could of saved the lost time during my one incident. With a one point lead over my opponent this Panda finshed out the year in 9th place of 43 racers (even with missing the first two races)!"
Heat AMA by KIWI: "Practice Didn't like this track,bit found a nice pace,rhythm to it in the end,did bugger all practise to be honest.
Prerace Meetup with A_C_Muller,we tryed to connect,but once again,no luck was had. Both us wishing the other luck in our race alone,off we went. loading rooms,launch.
Race Practice a few laps,just to be sure I was happy with the rhythm I had found for this track. Double check setup: one stopper, check cat outside, all good.
Jumped into race count down,waited for the red lights ....voom vooom off I went.. taking it easy on cold tyres for the first lap,was no problem,settled in a good 1:38.xxx rhythm for the remaining laps, not one wall was touched, one lap out from pits, hit the button to pit,saw the blue flag,saw the little sign: saying pit crew ready
Drove into pitlane,hit rev limiter,saw the pit crew ready,drove into red pit box,yet for reason unknown this pit crew must of been related to the last pit crew,who went Awol at Brazil, anyway the pit crew jack the car up,but again no fuel was added,just looking at me,I looking at them. A little disappointed,to watch the car run out of fuel,with pit crew doing nothing.Valuable points were at the begging for the team,but not to be.
Summary another pit crew goes Awol. Thank you to all the Admin,for there free time,efforts,hard work behind the scenes ,very fine job by all, Cheers. looking forward to the new PSC league."
1. Lulasenna (Team World Racing) 2. Snakey_UK (Team World Racing) 3. Josimario_Carvalho (UK Racing)
Top 3 Teams:
1. Don't Lift (TC: Edwards) 2. Lowland Racing Team (TC: CasH) 3. Team World Racing (TC: Lulasenna)
Top 3 Countries:
1. Netherlands 2. England 3. Brazil
CONGRATULATIONS ALL!
Shortly after this news, we will officially announce our new Winter League, using TYKA. As you probably heard, we'll use the Porsche Mobil Super Cup 2008 mod, created by our own Taurus.
Of course Fanatec will again be our sponsor and we will have GREAT prizes again! More about that soon! We can already promise you it will be BIG!
This weekend (sunday, December 7th) we'll have a fun race already with this mod, to get you all warmed up ;). Read all about that HERE.
You can already inform us if you will join our League and in which TimeZone HERE.
Thanks to ALL of you members for the fun we all had this season and I hope to see you and many more in our upcoming one again!
Your reporter, CasH
1. Edwards
1. Lulasenna
2. Timon Bolier
2. Snakey_UK
3. Locutus
3. Josimario_Carvalh
CasH 2008-12-06
Results Brazil. WHAT a race! Yes, here as well!
Brazil
Results Brazil and...
And what a race it was again! After real F1's final it is of course hard to top, as that was THE closest and most exciting finish EVER IMHO.
But in our League, the EXP race turned out to be a killer as well! Both Tygernoot and Edwards could still become Champion and both Don't Lift and Lowland Racing Team were able to clinch the Teams Championship.
Edwards only needed to get points to at least have the title decided in Singapore. Sean did what he had to do. Lead the race. Tygernoot was close enough to keep hopes for Singapore... Then it seems Edwards drove TOO eager and only 3 laps before the finish, brown smoke from Sean's engine... (or did he shit his pants? :P)
Unlike Sean was thinking, there were no team orders in LRT. One of their topdrivers, Ricardoferreira, even managed to beat Edwards in Qualify! Ric was VERY excited and nervous after his first pole in EXP! Therefore at the start he lost two places to both Edwards and Timon Bolier. Timon was sure to at least beat Edwards one race (despite desperate Team orders by DL-Captain Edwards). Timon fought Edwards to the limit, but unfortunately for him, disaster struck. Pressuring Edwards, a small mistake ended in a crash, vanishing Timon's hope for a win this race. Ric however was running very well with even the fastest lap of the race, until for him disaster struck as well! He got disconnected from the game :(. Well, at leats Ric proved to be a force to reckon with for the future!
All the above gave others the opportunaty to score big points, like Buattila! He finished in a great second place, closely followed by Danny3L!
CasH, Veldt000 and Bryan scored for LRT as well in 4th, 5th and 6th, leaving Stewart in 7th the only scoring driver for Don't Lift. Don't ask me how, but we even managed to get a picture of our fast photographer himself! Poor Stewart however also in trouble by a stuttering game, causing him to do lausy laptimes. Even bigger performance still finishing and scoring!
Then the AMA race, a great battle as well. In qualify AMA ChampionLulasenna got his beloved home pole! His fellow countryman Josémario_Carvalho in second and Rinker in 3rd.
Surprisingly not the 'usual' winners but Dutch Rinker got the win on the hometrack of 2nd and 3rd placed Lulasenna and Josémario_Carvalho. Great effort by Rinker and I bet both Brazilians were not that happy with it.
The only female AMA driver, Canadian A_C_Muller scored valuable points again for her Team Black Panda Racing, finishing in 8th position! Leaving some other fast drivers behind her! Well done yet again!
Read more about all action in our Race Reports below!
After our fourteenth race, the various rankings are as following:
EXP:Tygernoot (Champion!) (see full EXP rankings HERE).
AMA:LulaSenna (Champion!) (see full AMA rankings HERE).
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports!
Thanks to Rinker for the Video's!
Thanks to all drivers sending their race reports!
As you might have heard or seen, we will 'soon' start our Porsche Super Cup 2008 Championship. Tygernoot is still working hard to get our new League system integrated in TYKA however.
We expect the League to start after our last MMG race, so be prepared and get all in! We promise you already VERY close racing and... prizes again ;).
To be continued...
Race Reports, AMA movie by Rinker below!
Heat EXP by Ricardoferreira: "When I started to practice for Brazil, and once the first laps I got the feeling I could do something funny, and i wanted win the race, is not Portugal race, but is race so "my race"... so I practiced a little longer than normal, and faster in all practices, and nice practices with Timon always very close. In qualifying I knew I had to push everything to do better than Edwards, because when i do the qualify ED got the pole, Timon P2 and Tyger P3, and it would be bad if I do a time between the Edwards and the Tyger, because the drivers points but i beat ED in Q1 and Q2, which is always a task that seems impossible. And POLE go to all team (LRT) because when I screwed up, crash and lose important points, they also gave support... So we speak in team forum about that, and the objective is Edward do a mistake or something... and Tyger won the champ in Brasil. The race started, I had some problems in the first lap, I was afraid to crash, or do a spun and I lost two positions with that. The 7 laps following a big fight between Edwards and Timon, I decided to keep a little distance .. and wait for that one of them had an accident and that is what happened, Timon crash in turn 2. When he crash I was 3 seconds of Edwards and began to push, I did the fastest lap twice and before the pit stop was in only +0.500, We stopped in the same round and I lost 3 \ 4 seconds... more fuel perhaps.. The race continued, and in LAP 2 after leaving the PIT I did a spun lost 5 seconds with the distance up to 7seconds, but did not give up .. 2 stop was 6 seconds, stopped 2 laps later....i come back to the track with 6 seconds back.. and i spun twice times in same corners.. cold tires.. bah i change the brake balance and seems better next.. always learning something, but i lose 8 seconds with that the gap up to 14 seconds, anyway i push harder, but IF i cant get Edwards i will slow down, and open to tyger (LRT team spirit) :P But in lap 15/71 i lose the connection .. and my race over... shame i do the Pole, faster lap.. only fail the victory but don´t matter because Edwards BLOW THE ENGINE (AHAHA), and Tyger won the drivers champs, and proved that being fast is not everything.. well done too Tyger and too the team, payback from FUGI when we had alot of bad luck.. Now we are going to the last race, Singapure, which will decide the teams title, hopefully we can do a great result and win the Dont Lift. And hope in singapure some people respect the blue flags..i understand is hard, because I'm in that position some times... "
Heat EXP by Tygernoot: "It was looking like the drivers championship would only be decided in the final race, as Sean was 98 points behind me in the standings after the qualifying, with a maximum of 180 points still to be won. My objective was to finish the race in the best position without taking too many risks. With Ric starting from pole and the Don't Lifters in the LRT sandwich as I qualified fourth on the grid, the race could become very interesting. Unfortunately Ric was passed by Sean in T1 and later that lap by Timon. I could hardly keep up with their pace and didn't want to push too much so they quickly opened a gap. I could see Timon pushing Sean to the limit but eventually Timon spun in T3 and had to forfeit the race. Later on Ric's connection dropped and I was in second position. Although I had some pressure from Buattila in the beginning, he was on a 3-stop strategy and the race results were pretty much set: Sean in first with me in second position. This meant I would have a 91-point lead over Sean for the final race and only by doing a terrible qualifying and a DNF I could lose the championship. But first we had to finish the race... I didn't push too hard as Sean was around 35 seconds ahead and decreased by boost a bit to reduce fuel consumption (as I was afraid to run out of fuel since I didn't put in enough during the final stop). I did have a very close encounter while lapping Cash when we had some miscommunication about which line to take. A small video of that incident can be found <a href="http://library.f1rst3.com/Tygernoot/Close.avi">here</a>. A DNF would have been really silly. Around 3 laps before the end of the race I suddenly saw the gap to Sean decrease rapidly and I saw the chance to clinch the championship title. I immediately increased my boost again and picked up the pace. Finally I saw him standing near the pit entrance with brown smoke coming out of his rear :p. I guess he must have forced his engine too much while being chased by Timon and Ric. I just couldn't believe it when I crossed the line after the two final laps. This has really been my best season ever and it's great to finally win a league championship after all these years. I never would have guessed this at the beginning of the season. So, without trying to sound too corny, I would just like to thank LRT for always creating such a pleasant and fun environment (also in real life). After what must be almost 10 years, we're still having lots of fun together. And although we may not always be the fastest team on track, it seems consistency is the key and now we'll be sure to try and beat our rivals Don't Lift in the final race of the season to grab the team championship as well."
Heat EXP by Sean Edwards (after some pressure from CasH): "Was P2 on the grid for once, but made a good start and got into P1! Timon also got into P2 later in the lap... Obviously no team orders in Don't lift, unlike LRT He was all over me, trying to overtake and I was blocking him like mad. He didn't maange to get passed me and then he spun off and hit the wall on his own, the billy...
I was left with a 3 second lead from Ric then and we had a good fight, comming into the pits at the same time, but he never got close enough to try and pass me. He then spun off soon after the first pitstop and I had over a 10 second lead. From there on in, I pushed 90% and it was a bit boring really as Ric kept spinning and eventually crashed out.
Tygernoot was now upto P2 (not enough fast drivers left in league, so he can finish easily on podium going slowly ), 30 odd seconds behind, so the race was done. Until 3 laps to go, when suddenly comming out of the last corner, the engine went BANG! Brown smoke coming out, which I never saw in F1 before... Very odd and my engine was running fine with temps, so really bloody annoying".
Heat AMA by Rinker: "I found myself on 3rd place in quali, and I was very happy with that result, also I started on the good/clean side of the grid and not the dusty side! The numbers 1 and 2 didn’t race with us so Istarted the race in frontof everybody else. My start was as usual very good, I did brake in time for the first corner, in my mirrors I saw Snakey_UK coming in fast so I didn’t steer immediately to the inside but take a long turn to avoid a hit, I think he was in front of me a little or just next to me but I could go earlier on my gas and keep the lead , I decided to push right away, from that moment I had the whole race the fastest lap which I improved all the time during the race, Snakey_UK keep me up for the first 10 rounds, I did however making the gap between us bigger after each lap, I think he got a lot of problems with his tires after those first rounds as the gap grows suddenly faster. My car felt the whole race great, even with the tires, who have a hard time on this track, I had no problems. Also my pit stop was again a fast one, thanks to the crew, those words I spoke to them since the last race did helped J. Everything felt in place this race, I had no problems, I only had a lost of concentration on one moment where I braked a little too late, but with no direct consequents’ and not loosing too much time with it. I finished in 1st place and was very happy with this first win this season, Also for the team, who did make many mistakes this season, was this result a reward for the hard work they deliver, and the party got even bigger when it came out I was number 1 overall. My first VICTORY…….
Just one race to go, let’s hope my crew is sober in time…."
Heat AMA by Snakey_UK: "After a good start i was close to rinker for the first few laps who was p1, but then my tyres were overheating as i made a mistake with the pressures after testing and i started to drop away from rinker my lap times were poor and i struggled with braking and general low grip. By the time i was ready for my first pit stop rinker was well ahead and my rear tyres were red and really worn as i approched the pit lane i tried to slow down but i just skidded into the middle of the track missing the pit lane entry :( i then luckyily managed to reverse abit and get in the pitlane losing lots of time. Then just before i left the pits somehow kuschall who was also driving the number 14 redbull managed to ram my rear wing i was then behind ghost and as i had lowered my tyre pressures in the pits and took some front wing off was catching ghost very quickly who 5 seconds ahead of me in p3 after 5-6 laps i had caught him (pics 1 and 2) and he braked abit late for turn 4 and left a gap which i went for sadly i hit the side of him (which i apologise for) as he tried to close the door and this spun me into the barrier giving me major front suspension damage. The damage was too much and i decided i had to pit as the car was terrible, then after 2 laps i lost control on the infield and somehow found a major bug in the grass area (pic 3) which left me beached there for over 6 minutes/5 laps i managed to get out of the grass bug just in time for the final laps lol, a race to forget for me and the worst ive had for quite some time, but the points i get from finishing last secures 2nd in the championship which im happy about....... i congratulate rinker for his f1rst ;) MMG win well done m8."
Heat AMA by A_C_Muller: "Brazil, the fastest race track for this Panda but not in rFactor. I altered a race set-up of mine for Interlagos that was a fraction of a second slower then the one I was given. I opted for this one as it was slightly more stable with my race fuel set-up. I started the race well, but as the laps were clicking away intime for my first pit stop, they were all in the 1:13.xxx range with my best at 1:13.010. This had worried me as my times were consistent eventhough my fuel load was getting lighter and I should of been faster. My best off-line practice time was a good 2 seconds faster. As soon as I exited the pits my car was faster with "proper" lap times. As I had to race alone (my team mate and I could not enter each others hosted room) I raced at a different time of day. When my parents came home and I called out to them...I lost control of my car in the first turn and the rumble strip pulled me onto the grass and BANG! I lost my front wing on lap 32 and limped it around in gears 1-3, with the odd time getting it up into 5th. What a way to have 1 laps worth of time added to my total. We now move onto Singapore and an exciting new track for the 2008 calendar. This Panda hopes it won't feel like Monaco of the Orient!"
Heat AMA by KIWI: "pre race manage to get a good setup,one that suited this Panda's driving skills.Set a few 1:10:xxx in practise and Qualify.
Race Meet up with lovely A_C_Muller (not Cash ;p hehe ) in f1rst,we pre tryed our connection to join each others game to no avail,so decided to race alone,wishing each other well ;) Off I went setup game,hosted,launched game. set fuel for a two stopper,set button,for pit request,set other for rev limiter.
did a few practice laps ,just to be happy,and I was :), so jumped into race,redlights time 5,4,3,2,1 go,go,go off I went,cold tyres,weren't an issue,just took firstlap eazy,did a few more laps,setting a quickish 1:11:183 before the 10th lap, taking it eazy for the next few laps,as pits were due in a few laps. got to with one lap of pit,so whilst under the bridge front straight,first corner,I clicked button to pit,no problem,sore the blue flag,,,cool,,got to the S's,had a sneezing fit,of all places,lol,,any ways,got back on track cool,no damage,raced to pit,then cat attack leg,just as I got to pit guys,I got trigger happy,missing the pit guys,so lucky I had 3 lites of fuel left,out I went,request pit again, omg lol, got back to pit only just on fumes of fuel,anyways,I could get to the pit guys,it was like there was a wall,between me and them,sat,there,they looked at me,I looked at them, :( run out of fuel in pits,thought I must of not requested pit,but sore the blue flag,and pit crew,I dont know,I think there were distract by some brazilian girls{Cash ;) }. Another dnf for this Panda,A little disappointed,as had a very quick pace on this fast Brazil track,
Summary
Sack the pit crew lol,lock the cat outside. Looking to the technical Singapore track,car and driver ,bamboo,were loaded,but pit crew AWOL :p"
Impressions AMA Heat by Rinker:
Your reporter, CasH
Have news and race reviews for me to include in the news ? Please e-mail me them on cash@tyka.net, thanks kindly.
1. Tygernoot
1. Rinker
2. Buattila
2. Lulasenna
3. Danny3L
3. Josimario_Carvalh
CasH 2008-11-23
Results Fuji, Shanghai and...
Fuji/Shanghai
Results Fuji and Shanghai
This time two small reports due to them being held within one week. The outcomes heated up the battles all over the Championships even more!
FUJI
As LRT was SO close to Team Don't Lift, some extra DL drivers were pressured to race again. That seemed to have effect, as the gap increased by Sean Edwards (who else? :P) winning, closely followed by LRT's topdriver and Championship leader Tygernoot but in third place DL-driver Timon Bolier. After the race even some conspiracy theories came up of LRT members blocking DL drivers and vice versa. The extra manpower of DL, McMilan and Stewart (yes, our racing photographer!) couldn't bring the so wanted extra points however. McMilan finished, but Stewart got 'killed' in another controversial start incident.
The most spectacular battle for sure was between yours truely CasH and Zoneur. Lap by lap overtaking eachother at least once! Even a (this race) retired DL-member couldn't keep his eyes off :D.
This track brought again a nice grid. Don't Lift practiced all week to extend their lead over LRT. And it paid off! No news that Sean Edwards won again, but this time followed by only 0.332 seconds by his teammate/rival Timon Bolier. Edwards claimed afterwards 'I was just cruising'. Slap in the face of Timon, who was very anxious to win. Third place was taken from Tygernoot by B-Izadfar, who this round didn't sleep through his alarm clock :D.
With only 2 races to go, the big question is can Tygernoot clinch the title, or will Edwards beat him again? The difference now is only 102 points with still 200 points to win... We'll soon know!
Both Brazilians dominated the race yet again. This time Josémario_carvalho JUST beat his fellow contryman, but rival in Teams, Lulasenna by a very small margin of only 0.286 seconds! Ghost_Chr following at respectful distance.
At the back of the pack two Teammates finishing, thus scoring yet more points for Black Panda Racing: A_C_Muller and KIWI (yes, the driver older than CasH ;)). This team can still catch up some places in the rankings if all keep finishing this way!
Seems like Snakey_UK, second in AMA Championship, gave up as he didn't show this nor the following race. This way making it more than likely that Lulasenna will clinch his World Championship easier than expected.
Now lets hope our last 2 races of this exciting season will be as great as all before and MAYBE we'll see some close and amazing outcomes again, as lots is still to be decided! I have to admit, to end as spectacular as last real F1 will be hard to beat, but hé... we ALWAYS have spectacular races, unlike real F1 ;).
Read more about all action in our Race Reports below!
After our thirteenth race, the various rankings are as following:
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports!
Thanks to Rinker for the Video's!
As you might have heard or seen, we will 'soon' start our Porsche Super Cup 2008 Championship. Tygernoot is still working hard to get our new League system integrated in TYKA however.
We expect the League to start after our last MMG race, so be prepared and get all in! We promise you already VERY close racing and... prizes again ;).
To be continued...
Race Reports, AMA movie Fuji and Shanghai by Rinker below!
SHANGHAI
Heat EXP by Tygernoot: "I never really liked this track and that reflected in my starting position (7th). I didn't take a lot of risk at the start and kept my position. Ricardo was bumped onto the grass at the hairpin and Caner spun a few corners later, so I found myself in 5th at the end of the first lap. I started chasing Locutus but it was extremely difficult to get close and a gap of around one second was pretty constant. Ric was behind me and I knew he was on a 3-stop race. However, he didn't manage to get really close either and was followed by less than a second by buattila, so I didn't risk letting him past. Locutus made a mistake in the final corner with the high curbs and I passed him. Some laps later I made a mistake in the hairpin by hitting some curbs as well and we had a battle going side by side through most corners which was really exciting. In the end I stayed ahead but later made the same mistake as Locutus in the final corner and we switched positions again. Then finally Locutus spun in the first corner and this was the end of the battle. I had enough fuel to continue until the 20th lap for my first pitstop. My stop took 12s for some reason although the crew had been ready for 2 laps. They were probably sleeping. My tyres were a bit yellow in the end but holding out well enough for me to continue with the softs. Caner later came up behind me and we had a nice battle as well. In the end he was in my slipstream on the back straight with me on the inside. I braked a little bit too late, locked up my rear tyres and spun. This allowed Caner, Locutus and buattila to pass. I caught the latter after a few laps and on the back straight I braked early, but buattila was pretty slow through the corner and I hit him gently from behind. I waited for him to drive off and lost some time to Locutus. Later he had a broken front wing and I was ahead again. My second pit stop took 14 seconds as I had some minor damage and Caner followed me again. In the end he spun and I no longer had any pressure so I could take the car home in 4th position. It was quite a tough race but reasonably exciting. I made a few mistakes that I shouldn't have made, but I was never comfortable with my setup and just don't like the track. In any case I had some fun trying out my new steering wheel and 4th position was the best I could do this race."
Heat AMA by Rinker: "Well, this was not one of my best races this season, I started from 4th place, the start was very good, after turn 1 I was in second place, I did some steady lap times, the gap between Josimario who was leading the race was after 10 rounds 4 seconds, it was the same gap I had with Boky who was driving on 3rdposition, at that point Boky decided to push I think, as he came closer every round that follows, I did not get the lap times I had with practice, maybe because of a little touch I had with the start, on lap 16 Bokypassed me in turn 1 and in the end ofthat lap he had to pit, I could do one lap more so I tried to push as hard as I could.
But my pit stop was a mess, my limiter button did not response, it did after pressing it 3 times but then it was already too late, I got 17 seconds damage repair and also a 10 seconds Stop & Go penalty, after this penalty I found myself on 5th position,Ianstuart was in front of me but the gap between us was to big, I was faster but couldn’t close the gap enough in the few rounds we had to go. Concrat to the winners, special to Boky as I found him driving a very strong race!"
Heat AMA by A_C_Muller: "High hopes in China, the land of the PANDA! The steering of my vehicle was good but the top speed was lower then I had expected. Again I had to race alone so I had no excuses for my few errors. The double apex corner provided me with troubles & offs. The first 2 of 3 spins I experienced were my fault. The first spin, was in the "S" as I slammed on the gas a little too early on the exit. The second was while entering the double apex and I accidently shifted drown from 3rd to N and the back-end of the car spun out from under me. But, on one lap I went wide in the first turn and I knew I shouldn't touch the gas while driving over the grass...well I did and a spin ensued. Atleast my errors are limited to spins and are consistant from track to track. Now, we go onto the southern hemisphere for the second time. I do hope this PANDA has a better result (my fastest track) and not end up like in Australia!"
FUJI
Heat EXP by Tygernoot: "Starting from fourth I was in third position before the first corner as my teammate Ricardo jumped the start and spun on the grid. Sean and Timon were ahead and going a bit faster creating a small gap. After about 10 laps Timon had to run wide to take evasive action because of a backmarker and I was back on his tail. The next lap I managed to stay close and overtook him in the first corner. Unfortunately I was never able to create gap and he took his position back after the first stop as he had two extra laps of fuel in his car. The gap didn't grow too big in the second stint and since I had also put in extra fuel I still had some hopes of pulling the same trick on Timon for the second stop. In lap 42 the strategy didn't matter anymore as Timon collided with a backmarker and damaged his car. After the second stop Sean was around 20 seconds ahead and I had to settle for second which made the rest of the race a bit boring. At one point I was driving on the straight while looking at the HUD and saw the gap to Sean decreasing rapidly. I was only staring at the display instead of the track and suddenly saw the 100m sign flying by in the corner of my eye. I hit the brakes very late and spun my car, but without consequence. So in the end second place was better than I expected but it was a shame Timon had problems as we had some exciting battles." Heat AMA by Rinker: "Well, this was a strange race for me. I thought I did a goodqualificationwith a 3rdplace but Boky surprised us all to take pole in the last minute (well done m8), so I ended up in 4thplace on the starting grid. Things went wrong as I arrived at the paddock just a few minutes before the start, I asked the Marshallsto wait15 min. so I could settle down everything. I thought I was ready but I wasn’t, I was just too late to go to the starting grid in time, so I had to start from the pit again, stupid me. Waiting for the green light when everybody already started, what a waste of time, but in the first corner I already moved up1 position as Ianstuart was struggling to get out of the kitty litter. My car felt good, due the pitlane start I make some little changes to my wings settings and my rear toe, that way I could just drive steady lap times, well I thought so! But with these new settings I could not touch the curbs without a spun, and I make a few of those. My strategy was a 20/14 laps, but after 18 laps I had to pit, my car used more fuel than they had counted for me, I just quickly adjust my new fuel load while driving in the pitlane, it was a very fast stop, 7.2 seconds to take new tyres and fuel. My second run was somewhat better as the first one as I did not make any big mistakes now. After all I finished in 5th place. I thought I did a terrible race, lot of mistakes and I did not getting in the 1.14, while with practice I did, but comparing the lap times after the race, I did not so bad after all. All I had to do was just starting from the grid and a podium was in reach, so next time........... Concrat to all winners!
Heat AMA by KIWI: "After a long beach holiday,semi retirement,out came his momo wheel,minus the power pack :( lucky,on hand he had a backup gamepad to resume his racing. Pre Race: First race,meet up with A_C_Muller in f1rst,both tried to host,to no avail,we had to race alone,wishing each other breath there fumes,and cough...cough....dust Into the race: Twitch fingers,sweaty palm...minus Rinkers setup he lent,somehow I forgot to save it,lol. frankiclly usedd a stock setup, mechanics,pit crew,were all at odds and ends,to what fuel to put in,tyres to put on time was running short,so eventually tossed 68liters,hard tyres on. Off into the race,,car felt like my snail,towing an elephant,,rear felt lite,spun a few times,in different sectors,trying to find,rhythm and the best line...a few laps he did find the line and rhythm,but inconsistency,errors cost time in the rest of the race. eventually crossing the finish line,car in one piece,a few,scape's but the car held together,finishing the race. After race: Kiwi,known for finding party's and sense of direction ...found his way into BPR_PANDA function tent ,lucky his kiwi,black and white race suit,look very similar to BPR colours ,he didn't look out of place,as he made his way through the party (Pandas and bamboo),someone grab him, none other than (A_C_Muller,Team Captain) while he was pouring pink bubbly Panda juice .....a few drinks later and leaghty chats of free jet flights,zoo passes,as much bamboo as he could eat , and numerous other goods,he signed up...... Summary: well I finished the race on a stock setup,Yes Rinker,I forgot to save the one you left lol,most important : My First POINTS"
Heat AMA by A_C_Muller: "The Monza of the Orient "Fuji" was very good to this Panda in two respects! Firstly, due to other league deadlines I had to race alone. As I have raced this course earlier in the year, I was prepared for Fuji. My race was nearly perfect in the sense that I never ran off the course, didn't hit anything and kept all my original car parts. I did overshoot my pit and I had to back-up a little. Sorry guys for the scare and possibly running over some toes. I spun two times on the course both times in the chicane. The first was on the entrance when I slammed on the gas a little too early. The second time I was going so fast that I went far to the left with my left side tires on the grass and, ahhh! I figure I lost a huge 30 seconds due to these errors on my behalf. The good aspect was a new team mate was signed up "TKR_Kiwi" & we now proceed to China - The Home of The PANDA!"
Impressions AMA Heat Shanghai by Rinker:
Impressions AMA Heat Fuji by Rinker:
Our next race (Brazil) is NOT the last race of our season! The last one will be Singapore NIGHT! Check our schedule HERE!
Your reporter, CasH
Have news and race reviews for me to include in the news ? Please e-mail me them on cash@tyka.net, thanks kindly.
Fuji/Shanghai
1. Edw/Edw
1. Josém/Josém
2. Tyger/Timon
2. Lulas/Boky
3. Ricardo/B-izadfar
3. Ghost/Ghost
CasH 2008-11-07
News Monza
Monza
Results Monza AND important reading!
The battle is heating up between drivers and especially Teams!
Lowland Racing Team closed in to a minor 7 points to the powerful Don't Lift Team... Sure, Sean missed some races (well, what is more important? :P) and DL hasn't that faithful members and the ones that are, seem to 'Don't Lift' a bit too much lately, crashing either by themselves or even eachother. Not complaining here as TC of LRT :P:D. Rumours now even spread that the DL-TC is trying to bribe fast LRT-members to join DL! How desperate can one get, or is it just fear? :P:D.
Like said, LRT did a great job, all finishing this time. The only luxury problem was which LRT driver to finish in best position (after the unbeatable Sean Edwards, who started in 14th position(!) of course).
In AMA the ever fast Brazilians this time ran into bad luck, giving the top positions to their rivals and rival Teams. The one taking maximum benefit from this situation were Snakey_UK, taking home victory, followed by Rinker and Ghost_Chr. Ianstuart JUST missing podium. Great effort however!
Some AMA drivers had to race alone, due to several circumstances. One of them, NMansell, managed to even take pictures during his race. This causing him to spin several times, and by that, giving his position to his rival A_C_Muller.
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports!
Thanks to Rinker and Ghost_Chr for the Videos!
Race Reports, AMA movies by Rinker and Ghost_Chr below!
Compliments to our AMA drivers, as ALL reports I got ONLY came from them! So next time some EXP reports as well again please!
Heat AMA by NMansell:
"It was quiet, sunny morning here at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza but suddenly this quiet was broken when from the pit lane the sound of a Toyota 2.4 Litre V8 erupted from the back of the Williams FW26. It was time for my solo race - a 27 lap race with no slipstream from other competitors and (technically) starting 30 seconds behind my competitors.
"The 5 lights went out and the Williams-Toyota FW26 launch control set the car in motion to start the 156.411km race. The first 5-8 laps went without a hitch doing some steady (not quick) time but suddenly I started to suffer with some horrific understeer. So I checked my front tyre temperatures and they were off the scale. At my one and only pit stop I decided to adjust the pressures and the front wing but whilst I was busy doing that I forgot to keep my eyes on the road. My times deteriorated drastically - from being in the late 1:24's early 1:25's they were 1:35s to 1:40s.
"My Williams pit stop team did a great job in getting me in and out in under 9s and suddenly the car felt more alive. Personal best lap of 1:24.3950 came on lap 16, just 2 laps after my pit stop but this is when concentration began to wander. I hadn't driven a league race since early May and it was beginning to show.
"A couple of half spins at the Variante della Roggia and then a full 360 degree spin on lap 22 at exit of Lesmo 2 were just the beginning of my problems. A crash into the wall at the exit of Curva di Lesmos 1 with only 2 laps from the end damaged my front right wheel and lost my front wing - A souvenir for the hard working marshalls!!
"If there's one driver in Tyka/F1RST3 who can bring home a damaged vehicle - it me!! 10th out of 11 is pretty poor so hopefully the trip to Asia will bring me some good luck."
Heat AMA by Rinker:
"I had to start from the 6th place on the grid, even with a lot of practiceI couldn’t find a good setup, so my qualifying time was not very impressive, however, the day before the race I did find some minor changes what gives me better lap times, I also tried to give my car a good balance.
I had a good start, I must however avoid Kuschall as he stand still after a false start, I knew exactly where to brake with cold tires, so turn 1 was no trouble for meit even gave me some places, I came out as second. In front I had josimario_carvalho who has taking the lead, the next turn he braked to late, when he came on track I had to brake and go of my racing line to avoid him, this gives ghost_chr the opportunity to pas me, but the next corner he was going wide (after a very little kiss from me I believe, sorry for that m8) and I took my second place back.
In Ascari josimario_carvalho made another mistake, and again I had to avoid him, only now I had a lot more speed and due the cornering I saw him very late, also Snakey_UK, who was just behind me, was surprised to see josimario_carvalho suddenly in front of him, we both going wide and when we are back on track I got a little push from behind which threw me against josimario_carvalho who was just recovering and driving next to me, and that hit put him into the wall, I had the luck that my car was very well balanced, and was driving very stable. I continue as leader of the race, but not for long, ghost_chr on top speed, not delayed by that accident passed Snakey_UK and me easy and taking the lead. After one round driving in second place I also made a little mistake, just enough to switch place with Snakey_UK.
It seems they both where faster than me on this moment, also close racing was difficult for me as my braking points where different then of them. But after a few laps I was closing in, my car felt wonderful. ghost_chr made a mistake and Snakey_UK took the lead with me in second place. Halfway the race I was pushing a little too hard in Parabolica andwhile I’m struggling trough the kitty lither ghost_chr took second place again, but after one lap he spun in Lesmos and give second place back to me, I did my stop on lap 17, everyone else already has made a stop then. Even with 17sec extra time for damage repair (I haven’t notice anything while racing) I came out of pit in second place with ghost_chr just behind me, he did tried to overtake me sometimes, but I think my car was better on that moment and I could slowly drive away from him, and after another spun from him my second place was secure, Snakey_UK was 10 seconds in front of me but we where droving same lap times so the gap between us stays till the end. I think I did a very good race, started from 6th placeand finished in 2nd. See ya all next race!"
Heat AMA by A_C_Muller:
"This Panda must of slipped on some pasta, as I could of finished one place higher in the final results. I didn't have, ask or get a set-up for this race so I had to use a previous tracks. It was good but not ideal until I tried something else and it was a hair faster. I had to race alone as neither NMansell or I could join each others race room. My race was going good, until I slammed on the gas a little too early before the long back stretch. I did a 180 degree spin, while sliding down the track and I hit the armco barrier with my cars left side. I lost a good 15 seconds for sure, but...with the front left suspension bent and rear wing damaged all my turns to the right were effortless. Due to the damage, I even put in my fastest lap time that was for the second time the third slowest and not thee slowest - yes! The three turns to the left were loose but I made up for it on the straights. This Panda now looks forward to Fuji, Japan where I refer to the track as the Monza of the Orient!"
Impressions AMA Heat by Rinker:
Impressions AMA Heat by Ghost_Chr:
Our next race (China) is within ONE week after the current one (Japan), so make sure to qualify in time! Check our schedule HERE!
Your reporter, CasH
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1. Edwards
1. Snakey_UK
2. Tygernoot
2. Rinker
3. Ricardoferreira
3. Ghost_Chr
CasH 2008-10-18
Spa Francorchamps
Spa
Results Francorchamps
THE most spectacular track and race in the world! After our Team visiting Sean Edwards (see previous news) there, we of course were extra excited to see and join the races in our League!
Qualify EXP was pretty close all over the heat, except for Edwards having a gap of over half a second to second placed man Ricardoferreira. Don't feel ashamed Ric, Sean practiced over a week there! We have proof ;).
The race itself was a hard one, looking at the results. Of course Sean led the pack from start, but behind him all kinds of action took place! Many, believing to have a good finish, came to different conclusions during the fierce battles all over the field! Ricardoferreira had to give up being in second place, with a blown engine. Yours truely was hoping for about 4th place, until 3 laps before the finish, JUST after Eau Rouge, a huge cloud of smoke arose in front, with no car visible. Braking and hoping there was no car somewhere in the mist, disaster struck for both me and Frozen. He appeared out of the smoke, too late to be avoided by poor CasH. All this giving even more hope for the guys chasing.
After also Tygernoot, in second place, being distracted by his ringing cellphone (WTF? Which driver has his cellphone near when driving such important race?!?!), crashed, limping back the last laps, this gave way for Avni_Tumay and Zunik to score BIG after being in pretty modest positions at the start of the race.
The Championship battle between Tygernoot and Edwards was taken to the extreme here. Tygernoot, after his phone stunt, limping back one lap down, was glad to have to do one lap less on three wheels. Brilliant Edwards however knew Tygernoot would still be second, so stopped before the finish line, to force Tygernoot do do another lap! Thus 'giving' Tygernoot 4th instead of second position.
I can tell you the LRT Captain was not pleased about this!
Snakey_UK took 3rd, while Belgian 'Home driver' Kuschall JUST missed the podium, finishing in a good 4th position! Must be a good feeling on your home track!
Due to the difficulty of the track and of course her persistance to get a great result, A_C_Muller got her best result ever, finishing 7th. Of course helped by the talisman given to her a few days before the race :).
Read more about all action in our Race Reports below!
After our fifth race, the various rankings are as following:
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports!
Thanks Ghost_Chr for the Video!
Race Reports, AMA movie by Ghost_Chr below!
Heat EXP; by Ricardoferreira: "I had a great start, but Juan and u pass me easily (no top speed), when Juan spun, i lose few seconds there, too avoid crash and lose the P2 too casel and P3 too MJ. But my setup is very good in 2 and 3 Sectors, but in Sector 1, no top speed, so i can´t pass Casel or MJ in S1.. 2 laps later Casel crash, and i pass MJ. Anyway.. good race for me (seems my best times in F1C\AMA very consistency and fast) shame i lose some time behind some people, but alone i do nice laps, and the fasted lap.. shame engine blow when i change the boost to 3 wierd .. TEMP 90ş i don't understood why that happen.. Shame Juan spun and crash too, should be a great fight for 2 place! So sad, should be a great result for LRT, Tyger stop&go, CasH crash in lap 41\44 and me 39\44 engine blow :("
Heat EXP; by Avni_Tumay: "A good launch braked in time into turn 1. I got hit from someone behind which in result gave me a bent wishbone. It was an interesting race since the Pitstops didn't work this time. Many drivers loosing concentration was a bonus for me since I moved up a fair bit of positions. I also had lost the car a few times coming to the new bus stop chicane. I was worried on the last few laps since other drivers had engine problems, the team principal suggested to take it easy since Zunik was far back behind. My first podium finish overall coming second. Many thanks to my team for the good last minute work we put in before the race. Good luck to all drivers at Monza."
Heat EXP; by Zunik: "Finally I could race again on server. It has been a tough year to race on F1rst3 as I have been often away and lately had internet probs. I was working during the whole Weekend (that's why qualed Thursday) so I wouldn't be in best shape for race. Actually I was destroyed as I couldn't sleep much the days before. So I decided to take it easy and let pass anyone who seemed to have a better rythm. Start was a bit chaotic, so I took completely the outside, escaping from any trouble. I got passed fast by some cars (let CasH pass in Eau Rouge) and I was just trying to finish the race. I did some tiny errors (kissed slightly the wall sideways) so took it easy all the time. I started loosing positions, but not much later after first 5 laps or so DNF's started. Whole race was keeping the car on the tarmac on a slow rythm and reading who was next to DNF. Not much left of the race, Frozen and CasH DNF'ed, and 2 laps from finish Tyger needed big repairs. Not very sportsman was Edwards behaviour who stopped before finish line to let everybody pass Tyger! Well I actually used that advantage to get my most undeserved podium in F1rst3!!! See you in Monza where I'll have to race alone again (most probable)."
Heat AMA; by Lulasenna: "... SPA, Belgium... my favorite track dream, i made perfect race with starts very clean and fast... Run almost alone and i saw the GAP about others by control... Just do it race clean and soft... Great see my brazilian friend Josimario in 2place and my team mate Snakey finished in 3place... Weldone!!!!..."
Impressions AMA Heat by Ghost_Chr:
Your reporter, CasH
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1. Edwards
1. Lulasenna
2. [Avni_Tumay]
2. Josima_carvalho
3. Zunik
3. Snakey_UK
CasH 2008-10-04
Results Melbourne AND.... more!
Melbourne
Results Melbourne MMG and.... Spa PSC 2008
Due to private circumstances a late and short one, for which apologies.
I'll stick to some (again amazing) shots from our races and of course the Race Reports by you guys (and girls, yes!).
I did however add some extra about our own Sean Edwards, who we visited again at Spa. Hope you like it!
The race. Heat EXP started in turn 2 with a massive looking crash, caused by failing equipment of yours truely :O.
Sean Edwards, looking for yet another win here, got into trouble as well and had to settle for just a finish this time. Must have felt so embarrassing to be slower on track than some old CasH who, after T2, obviously had a crippled car as well. Poor Sean (NOT :D).
We were used to many Brazilian drivers (and podium candidates), however this time only Josimario_Carvalho joined. But he did as expected, taking second place!
Heat EXP; by Tygernoot: "I started from 8th position, but found myself in 5th after the first corner and in 4th after the second. Then Sean decided to take a pause at the end of the first lap, so I was up to 3rd. Unfortunately I hit the wrong curb and lost a position to Frozen again. Frozen decided it wasn't fair and made a mistake to give me back my position. I had a nice battle with Locutus in the second lap, but while braking for T2 I slided a bit and we touched. What Locutus couldn't see was that we touched because I slided instead of the other way around, so he waited for me which was very kind of him :). Then I started chasing Timon and we were having a close battle. Around lap 16 we had to lap Sean - something that doesn't happen often... He played the team role however and put himself between me and Timon. Unfortunately I had to brake hard to avoid Sean, hit a bit of grass and spun. This caused B-Izadfar and me to have a battle for a few corners and was able to overtake me. After my first pitstop I found myself behind my (lapped) team mate Bryan. I guess he didn't look in his mirrors hard enough to see me wave like a mad man and screaming 'let me pass!'. After one lap being stuck I forced my way through. No doubt Cash will have a fierce talk about blocking your own team members. Lap 27 I was chasing Timon again and was able to overtake him this time. In my second stint I had lost some valuable time and after the second stop I was again behind the Don't Lifter. We had an exciting battle for a few laps, passing each other multiple times. Finally Timon stayed ahead and he seemed a lot faster in the final stint so I had more trouble keeping close. On lap 50 there was a little scare while lapping MJ as he let go off the throttle in the middle of the corner, but fortunately everything went ok. I was pushing hard to stay close to Timon but I never managed to attempt any overtaking manoeuver. The climax of the race came on the final lap in the final corner when my engine exploded and I strolled over the finish line at 10km/h. It was a great race and it could have been a lot worse than 4th place, although I might have been on the podium had the race worked out."
Heat EXP; by Avni_Tumay: "I had a great start coming to turn 1, very clean from all drivers I did see Ricardo in the sandpit but making it safely out.As we approach turn 2 it began, I was hit from behind because of lag which put my front end into the wall leaving me in the sandpit with no nosecone. After getting it repaired I got a stop go penalty for speeding in the pits. I was then battling with Cash until he made an error allowing me to pass him. The team boss suggestion was to drive strong, and get in front of MJanosh. So I did making it in front of him. A few laps to go and I was 5 seconds behind Ricardo. Luckily finished with not much drama. I’d like to thank my team for their hard work. Ice Block F1 sure did well at Australiaand will continue strong."
Heat AMA; by Rinker: "I started from pole position this race, it was the first time for me this season so I was very happy with this result, even a double win is in reach now . But things are not always go as wanted, I was a little happy that we must do a restart due a server crash, because I got hit three times in first lap that brought me to last position (again.) just before lap two. Second start was good, well for me, as nobody hits me this time, after turn 1 and 2 I felt my car had a lot of oversteer, I really don't know why? And on turn 3 I lost him, also braking somewhat late, I could not get of my place very quick, I think someone have put some very strong glue on those curbs. Luckily no one hit me and all passed fine, for me I had to race from the back again but this time it was my own fault, well part of it I guess(I still don't know where the oversteer is coming from, I don't had it in practice) . I could not push very hard due the oversteer problem, but after 8 laps I was on second position, 20 seconds behind Snakey_UK ( who has done a very good race), I decided not to take any risk, 20 seconds is a lot with a oversteer problem, so I tried to hold second place, that must not give any problems and it gives me also a nice place on the podium. Everything went fine from here, the pit stop was fast and I did some constant lap times, until lap 21, where I found a slow panda (with problems I think) in my way on the fast turn 11, I expected she would moved to the right, but she didn't and I crashed into her back and I lost my front wing, this accident cost my podium place as I had to pit for 40 seconds or so, and with this extra pit stop I also got a drive true penalty, the remaining laps where not enough to get me back on the podium. A weekend with mixed feelings! On to the next race..."
Heat AMA; by A_C_Muller: "Australia was not kind to this Panda! I decided to debut my customized helmet in the land down under so it wasn't a total loss. With a mere 11 qualifiers and no other league race schedule conflicts, this was the second mass race I took part in since Spain. At the start the race was good for the first 6 laps, then game disconected and some time elapsed before a re-start. Good thing too as, I slapped the left side of my car on the first lap with it making wide right hand turns. Well, the second time around wasn't much better. Though I did manage to go half way through the race before repeating history again I had Rinker all in my mirrors. Thanks to him as he was hot all over my exhaust his chasing me, helped me to put in my fastest lap. After barely starting lap 23, my Panda Powered BPR's Brembo brake pads failed. I went off at the second high speed braking area and rocketed through the kitty litter and slammed head on into the cement barrier. According to my graphics, both my front wheels were on - but I don't think they could of survived such a hit. Once I got out, onto the asphalt I had no steering what-so-ever. A GIANT HUG & KISS to Josimario_Carvalho of UK Racing for showing me true Sportsmanship! He helped nudge, bump, bang, edge and point my demolished F1 car around the remaining corners so that I could drive down the front stretch while grinding off all the sponsors logos on the outside wall. I ground to a halt at the end of the front stretch 6 laps down...Hey, it's better then a DNF & 0 points! This Panda prefers the tracks in the Northern Hemisphere!"
Impressions TYKA/LRT visiting Sean Edwards at Spa for his Porsche Super Cup 2008 race.
Sean's lap filmed from pitwall!
As you all know the TYKA/LRT crew visited Sean at Spa again. This time for his PSC race which, as all know by now, Sean won! Yes, with some 'convincing' from my side to Jeroen Bleekemolen, the current PSC Champion (see my YouTube movies for proof ;)). I'd like to thank Sean and his Team for again their great efforts for making it yet another unforgettable weekend! More pics and movies in our ForumthreadHERE And check all my YouTube video's HERE(watch high quality!) Due to private circumstances still lots to be added, so check back or bookmark it for more later.
Your reporter, CasH
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1. Ali_Burkay
1. Snakey_UK
2. B-Izadfar
2. Josim_Carvalho
3. Timon Bolier
3. Ianstuart
CasH 2008-09-19
Hungary results AND... TYKA SE!
Hungary
Results and.... more!
After a brake (holiday and lazy real F1) we go towards our next race this weekend, so time for news about the previous round: Hungary. Ethnically crowded with Panda's I heard :P. Again 30 cars qualified, but due to some problems we had to split unfortunately (you can still mail complaints to Tygernoot for moving the server and going on holiday; we'll beat him up at Spa ;) ).
One of the contesters this time was Sean Edwards again, who needed a week of practice in some crappy Porsche (partly writing it off in real life, hehehe). It paid off however as again he won this race in EXP class. Easy for him as his PSC race was over soon, so plenty of time left for the real race here ;).
Sean's win and MJanosh finishing 4th in EXP provided at least some points for the pretty abandoned Don't Lift Team. Good for them, as Lowland Racing Team (LRT) now scored less, due to the holiday of our Topdriver Tygernoot (I'm now actually wondering if he WAS on holiday or just ran scared after the servermove and left poor Veldt000 and me to get ourselves beaten up by you guys complaining :P:D).
With Tygernoot away, LRT only scored now by the old, reliable ones: CasH, Veldt000 (well, reliable :P) and Bryan in 5th, 6th and 10th place. Poor Veldt000 claiming to let CasH win... the truth was CasH took it easy to finish, but got sick of the idea Veldt000 'backing' (read: take out) CasH, so at the end CasH decided to really race and did a second per lap faster, leaving Veldt000 at respectable distance (and more important: not endangering anybody this time ;) ). Rumours go that Don't Lift got scared by the threat of LRT in 2nd place, they even asked TJBolier (who retired for a while) to return ASAP (or get sacked :P), but unfortunately for them Timon DNF-ed.
Again our Turkish friends did very well, even without their top man Ali_Burkay, as Caner_Basol finished in 3rd place and SametSenturk in 9th! Well done! Their Prof1tr Team will be a team to reckon with...
This brings us to our well fought AMA League. Hungary seemed friendly to Dutch drivers, as in this class Rinker scored good points for Holland, claiming 5th place. Well done Rinker! Now on to the podium next one! I wonder where his son Sander_n is lately. He was AMA Champion at the age of 12! Get him back (read: buy the poor kid his G25 :P) and let him prove he is not too old now to beat the rest :).
The win in AMA this time was a bit of a surprise. Not the usual Felipe[BR] got it yet again, he had to settle for 3rd place, but the very competitive MichaelSchumacher! LulaSenna couldn't repeat the trick from Hockenheim, so he finished 2nd.
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports! Thanks to all of you sending in Race Reports!
Race Reports, AND NEWS below!
Heat EXP; by B-Izadfar: "I had a pretty crap start going too deep into turn 1. I finished lap 1 in P3 with MJanosh infront and Caner really close behind me. I kept making small mistakes in turn 3, going wide in turn 4, & sliding too much this stint, and therefore the two DL guys infront made a quick easy gap already with Caner putting pressure while only a few tenths behind me. 1st stop came for me on Lap 25, and I think was already around 9seconds behind Edwards. I ran out of fuel coming into the last few turns before my pitstop and coasted to the pitbox. On top of that the pitstop itself was a shit 15second one. So I lost a valuable 12 or seconds and MJ was able to maintain P2. I just made the plan to get P2 back as that was all that is really possible and managed to do that. I had again a crap 2nd pitstop and spun once in the t6/t7 chicane in the final stint. Our pace wasn't bad, my 1st stint, both pitstops, tyre longevity, miscalculation cost us a lot on this round. Look forward to next race (home race!) Big credit to Admin for allowing race and handling server situation, sometimes umplanned major technical issues happen."
Heat AMA; by A_C_Muller: "As this was the third try for me at the Hugaroring, this Panda was hoping that "third times the charm"! I started out with a two pit stop strategy that helped me out at another league. Too bad I was so busy watching the back end of Rinkers car, waiting for it to go off track that I hit a wall. Again I lost another front wing, but never have I done this on the opening lap. I was getting very good gas mileage as I had set it for 12 and did 15 but could of stretched it to 16. Luckily I didn't as my tires and there grip were letting go as each lap was completed. My steering felt good and the brakes did their job. From exiting the pits my Panda Powered car was acting like it were on rails by the end it was like a rally raid in the rain. Without any on screen info as to what lap I was on i came in on laps no.2 for a new front wing, lap no.17 as my first pit stop and then on lap no.32 to find out that I was done one lap later. To me it felt like a mere 26 laps had elapsed, but no. This Panda hopes that the southern hemisphere will provide more grip with respect to tires!".
Heat AMA; by Ghost_GR: "Hungary was my best race since I joined MMG. Not necessarily spectacular, but I achieved a great result. In qualifying I only managed to get position 11 out of 16, at the end of a 7 driver group with times between 1:19:088(iron_gr) - 1:20.050(myself). I knew that I will have to push hard in order to get past some of those close drivers in front of me. The race was very surprising. I was in an 11 driver heat, along Profetu, which I congratulate for his debut in MMG, although he didn't manage to finish. Better luck next time! I had a minor problem in lap1 turn1 - most dangerous place, as always - when I got hit my left back suspension by lebron15. This didn't influence my race though. In that same turn, I managed to pass Ianstuart - an "old rival" of mine. Anything was ok until I found myself being closely followed by Boky who in qualifying dind't manage only a 1:21.698. He kept close to me, we both made mistakes, he overtook me, I overtook him back but in the end, after my pitstop, I lost contact with him, as he was ahead. At this moment I was on 7th place out of 11. I continued to drive constantly and carefully and I managed to finish the race in 4th place, from my heat. Drivers faster than me like flyer23, iron_gr, and even boky, who was ahead, pushed too hard and crashed one at a row, and so I managed to get my good position. On the final standings, Rinker managed to get a better race time than me and I got my 5th final positon!"
NEWS: UPDATE and Server Edition release TYKA!
Yesterday Tygernoot released an update for TYKA, with again lots of improvements and new stuff built in.
Also the long awaited Server Edition is released! (used for hosting multiple dedicated servers).
For new League contesters: our practice sessions will go through TYKA, but untill the Leagues are implemented, the Qualify and Race will remain being run through F1RST3!
Your reporter, CasH
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1. Edwards
1. MSchumacher
2. B-Izadfar
2. Lulasenna
3. Caner_Basol
3. Felipe[BR]
CasH 2008-08-28
Hockenheim
Germany
Hockenheim, the killer
After a great Silverstone race, where many scored points, Hockenheim was another story. Recordbraking grids again (30 drivers for the EXP race, of which 25 made it to the main heat!). As seen in the totally different results, this time only 10 (EXP) made it to the finishline! Well done for those!
More about 'who and what' in the Race Reports below.
Actually the same story as above for our fast Turkish friends, who did very well in Qualify. This race however only Ali_Burkay managed to finish. Very well however, with a fastest lap and second place! Congrats Ali! Pole and victory however were for Aussie B-Izadfar!
The absence of several fast guys like Sean Edwards and some Don't Lift members made the Team Rankings VERY close! Don't Lift's lead over Lowland Racing Team is only 4 points! However I happen to know Edwards will race Hungary (he hopes with a better result than the real life Porsche Super Cup race here) and Tygernoot (LRT) misses the upcoming one due to holidays. So IF Sean manages to finish, DL will increase the gap I guess. Whatever, it will be very exciting again!
The AMA heat was a bit less crowded than Silverstone, but still big enough to make it worth watching the numerous fights! All that turned up at the grid also finished! Well done!
The pole once again went to Felipe[BR] (red: now guys, get yourself in the picture here by beating him next round! ;) ).
Finally after our first race, Lulasenna threw a party again, being able to win the race! He was over excited I know! His main Rivals, MichaelSchumacher and poleman Felipe[BR] finished 2nd and 3rd at respectful distance.
Countries: Netherlands (see full Country rankings HERE).
NOTE: Rankings are final
Some matters of importance:
As you all noticed after our server move we suffer some problems, yet to be solved, with some people not being able to join the dedicated servers. Keep an eye on our Forum News, as we MIGHT have to change some things for the race!
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports! Thanks to I. Otermin and Rinker for the video! Thanks to all providing Race Reports!
Race Reports and videos by I. Otermin and Rinker below!
Heat EXP; by Tygernoot: "Again beaten to pole by B-Iz, I had to start from second position on the grid. I'll blame it on the dirty side of the track that I lost second to ali_burkay in the first corner. The second corner didn't go much better as I was hit from behind and I found myself in 11th position. I started to fight my way back and it was quite entertaining. Right before the pitstop I was back in a good position, but I made a mistake in the first corner hitting the inside curb too hard causing me to spin through the grass and losing lots of time. Fortunately I didn't hit the wall. Before my second stop I was back in second position and everything was looking great. At least until my pit limiter button double-clicked (without me knowing) and as a result I doing 110 through the pits. This gave me a stop&go penalty causing me to drop back to 5th. I was only 2.5s behind JuanFran and I tried to push as hard as I could. I never repaired the damage from the collision at the start to avoid losing too much time in the pits. Perhaps that didn't allow me to push as hard as I wanted and I made some mistakes putting me 10s behind JuanFran. Then I just decided to drive my car to the finish and settle for 5th instead of risking more damage. So in the end it's a bit disappointing result as it was possible to finish in second position had it not been for the pitlimiter button, but the race was very exciting and I enjoyed it a lot."
Heat EXP; by B-Izadfar: "I thought I got a great start but saw Ali got an even better one and was side by side with Tyger into turn 1. I noticed Tyger disappeared from my LCD info in turn 2. I tried to pull away early because there seems to be much more grip and stability in MMG early on and could stretch a lead out to almost 2 seconds. During the early laps the marker into the stadium was gone and put me off. Anything I gained in S1 & S2 I lost in S3 a lot. So the gap remained pretty solid until lap 10 my wheel clamp came loose off the desk going into stadium. I just tried to keep it on the road, not slow down too much and get it back on tight ASAP! I lost 2 seconds right there and Ali was right on my tail. On lap 12 exiting turn 3 this time the other side of the wheel came loose and I lost a bit of concentration and spun in the hairpin. Ali took the lead and Juan Fran also passed me but I was able to take P2 next corner with some luck. Ali entered the pits on Lap 22 with lead of about 2 seconds and I had 2 laps to make the most of it. I think I did a great inlap and estimate to come out maybe 2 seconds in the lead. Unfortunately Ali received a drive through and served his penalty on lap24.
From there I had Juan Fran not far behind me lapping very quickly but I knew he was on 3 stops, and the main competitors were 20seconds behind. I decided to turn the boost down between 3 and 4 and bring it home after lap approaching the 2nd pitstop. I kept a close eye on the 4 guys behind me and it looked intense but unfortunate for some with penalties. Very competitive race here, looking forward to next race".
Heat EXP; by Ali_Burkay: "I started the race forum 3rd pocket but i used the advantage of being left and passed Tygernoot at first corner. At first turn there was a big accident and everyone was affected except me and Izadfar.In first laps i chased Izadfar for a while. And after Izadfar's spin i've got the lead.I kept my lead until first pit-stops.During my first stop i exceeded the pit speed limit because of a little carefullness.I had a drive-through and lost my lead.After that,we had a big challenge with tygernoot for 2nd place. I chased him about 2 seconds for a long while.Especially,i think we lost too much time while lapping people.After second pit-stops i grab the 2nd place by benefiting the problem that Tygernoot had.I tried to catch Izadfar,during this period,i think i was the fastest driver over there.I always improved my best time and took the fastest lap of track.Generally,i am slow about 0.5 seconds at the qualification compared my real tempo.I hope i will fix that but i trust my race speed.Congratulations to Brian Izadfar.I will not able to participate in Hungary GP because of my suburban travel."
Heat EXP; by Avni Tumay: “Just at the beginning of the race I had random electronic problems dealing with either RAM or graphics card. All of a sudden it turned to be like a 4-bit colour screen. I am using a NVIDIA Geforce 9600 GT 512mB. Very disappointed couldn’t see the track well at all so therefore ended in the wall. Well done to Bizadfar for finishing in first place, a good boost for our team.”
Heat AMA; by Rinker: “I think I did a good qualification run that let me start from the fourth position on the grid. So I was very happy with that as I also found a good race setup. It turns out that our heat started without Felipe who had pole position, this gives me even more advantage. Unfortunately mine car needed some last minute changes, the crew worked hard but couldn't managed it in time, now I had to start from the pit lane, the last race in Silverstone, where I just before the end of lap one got touched from behind what makes me spun and had started lap two in last position, I found myself now in the same position, starting as last! Well, I must push all race then....
Ages it takes, before the pit light went green, everybody already started and I had to wait 20 seconds before I could press my pedals, I pushed very hard, my car felted great, so after two laps the first came in sight. I didn’t had much trouble to overtake, as I was a lot faster than them. Only Snakey_UK and iron_gr held me up, unlike Silverstone where I had only two laps left to try to overtake Iron, I now had a lot more laps to go, my first try was a very late brake at the hairpin, a very, very, very late brake actually, this was mine first big mistake but also mine last. I waited for an another opportunity, that did came in the next round, at Mobil1 (Agip) I past him, it was the same place where I overtake Snakey_UK earlier. I found myself in third position at this point, MichaelSchumacher and LulaSenna are too far ahead and also as fast as me if not a little faster. So now I was only holding my position till finish.
I did a great race with some nice battles, strategy was good, although some drivers had the same, and that makes it also exiting in the pit lane.
Finished Third this race, but lost my podium place due the start from the pit lane, expensive 20 seconds for me, but I’m still very happy with fourth place and looking forward to the next race."
Heat 2 AMA; by A_C_Muller (red: THE Panda): “Shades of Monaco for this Panda! Knowing that my team mate would be using hard compound tires and a scheduled no-stopper, I opted to go with soft compound tires and a one stop strategy. All this was after a 2nd place podium finish for me in another league with soft tires and 2 stops. I started off very well without sliding sideways through the first turn and I knew i had a chance to dive under him into the second turn. I was correct and we banged tires a bit on the exit but with no damage. I was able to pull away as long as I didn't make any mistakes. When my team mate was close to passing me, I was worried it may be done before the second high speed turn to the right. I opted to get off-line and take my foot off the gas instead of us locking tires and sliding throught the kitty litter to meet the barriers. Now, it was my team mates turn to pull away. I did see a few yellow flags and figured - ok, now it's my turn to make-up time. While also worrying as to why the caution was out and to what extent. By the time Castor2 regained the lead from me it was on the end of lap 18 when I cam in for my pit-stop. Then later on I caught up and passed him. Wow, now I put him one lap down - now I was realy getting worried if he will be able to finish - Skreeetch, Bang! I forgot to concentrate on the track and I went too hot into the second last turn surrouded by kitty litter after shifting down from 6th to 2nd instead of 5th into 1st I plowed through the kitty litter, like Monaco on a fourty-five degree angle. I had my front wing and whole front right suspension ripped off my Panda Powered car. Then I worried about backing up in the kitty litter as it was deep and my car had a very low ground clearance. Then I got the back-up warning, but I could not turn to the left as I was in driect contact with the barrier. I limped around for four laps adding three minutes to my total time while Castor2 un-lapped himself and proceeded to win the heat race between the two of us. This Panda threw away a win between team mates, but I look forward to my ethnic race at the Hungaroring!"
Video Heat EXP by I. Otermin
Video Heat AMA by Rinker
Your reporter, CasH
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1. B-Izadfar
1. Lulasenna
2. Ali_Burkay
2. MSchumacher
3. Vassilis
3. Felipe[BR]
CasH 2008-08-07
Silverstone Race Results
England
Silverstone; The leaders and the winner(s)
This time a bit more extended news, as there just IS lots to write.
Like usual an update on our 'pride': Sean Edwards. This time he had an even better reason to miss THE race (the F1RST3/TYKA one that is :P). Sean managed in his real life Porsche Super Cup race at his hometrack, for the first time in his career in PSC, to WIN the race!!! AWESOME Sean! We all are VERY proud and happy for you!
In case you want to watch the action and keep track of Sean, visit www.seanedwards.eu (or just read our news here ;) ). Our member MJanosh edited a video of the race at Silverstone. A MUST see for fans of Sean. The second race in RAIN Sean had success! COULD the weight 'advantage' help by providing more grip? :P. Whatever, apparantly F1RST3/TYKA is a good start for offline racers ;).
Now however what you guys all come here for: the real races in really FAST cars through F1RST3/TYKA ;).
The start of our EXP race was a great one with even 25 cars at the grid in the main race, after 30 qualified! 24 Eager, awake guys and one Veldt000 :D. I HAD to request our photographer to do a shot of Veldt000's start... Later he thought of the excuse his dad called him, so he 'forgot to brake'. Even Michael Schumacher (the real one) never had SUCH excuse :P :D.
It was a race of leaders, in a weird way. We had several newcomers (well, to F1RST3/TYKA that is) from Turkey. FAST ones! The race was lead for a long time by one of them: Ali_Burkay. Until he made a mistake and crashed. Another leader was B_Izadfar. He lead as well for quite some laps, until he lost concentration and hit some tirewall that was in his way :P.
This reminds me about my own (stupid) mistake. Being in 6th position, after great fights with Zoneur and Karlisss, I JUST overdid it and copied Brian's crash. Lost a wheel 3 laps before finish. However overpaying your crew pays off! They replaced my entire suspension and wheel (in about 130 seconds :D), so at least I could finish.
The rest of the race was dominated by Championship Leader Tygernoot and JuanFran.
By winning, Tygernoot contributed to Lowland Racing Team (LRT) coming a bit closer to leading team Don't Lift. However third place this race was for MJanosh. He did a great and very fair race, taking valuable points for Don't Lift, which they need, lacking Edwards for some races!
The AMA devision had a pretty nice grid as well. 20 Drivers qualified this time and 15 showed on the grid for the main race. The entire weekend was dominated by Felipe[BR], by taking pole and winning the race.
Unfortunately some didn't start at all, as they disagreed the penalty we gave for not qualifying according our strict rules. My friend Iron_Gr JUST missed the podium this time, finishing 4th. Still a great job! Secretly yours truely hopes Iron will, like Vassilis, return to EXP, so I can beat him once more ;).
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports! Thanks to IŇigo for the video! Thanks to all providing Race Reports!
Race Reports and video by IŇigo Otermin below!
Heat EXP; by Tygernoot: "This really was an amazing race. Perhaps not the best, but certainly one of the most exciting races I have ever driven. I had a good start off the line and remained in 4th position, following my teammate RiccardoFerreira closely. In one of the first laps he ran a bit wide while braking for Club. I don't know why the same happened to me but I ran even wider (I will blame the oil on the track ;)) and went through the grass. This allowed the Don't Lifters MJanosh and Locutus to come really close behind me and MJanosh was the first to pass me. An epic battle followed... During the battle with MJanosh we sometimes touched as we were driving different lines and had different wing setups. So I had to let go off the throttle a bit to allow MJanosh to keep his position, causing Locutus to overtake me as well. In the meantime someone had ran over the corner sign at Copse. I was using that sign to estimate my corner entry and I had a hard time adapting without it. Most of the first stint I was close behind Locutus and along with the dirty air I was often missing the corner entry or was entering too early. This always cost me 10-20 km/h of exit speed and made it difficult to find overtaking possibilities on the Hanger Straight. Still Locutus and I had a very close battle, often going into corners side by side and he wasn't afraid to close the door. At the same time he was trying to overtake his teammate MJanosh, and at some points we were going into the corners with three cars at the same time. Avni_Tumay was following closely as well, which made this a 4-car battle! It was simply incredible and even though we were fighting like maniacs the battle always remained fair. Avni passed me when I ran wide at Copse going over the high curbs so I think I was down to 8th position at that time. However, Locutus and Avni collided going into Abbey in the 15th lap and in lap 17 MJanosh entered the pits, so I presumed he was on a 3-stop strategy. I went in on the 20th lap as I was on a 2-stop strategy. At that time I was back in fourth position with JuanFran and Ricardo around 12 to 15 seconds in front of me. I finally had a clear track ahead of me and started pushing to keep up with them. B Izadfar fell asleep and crashed out of the lead and I noticed JuanFran was on a 3-stop. This meant a 1-2 for LRT was in sight. After my second stop Ricardo and I were about 7 seconds ahead of JuanFran. Ricardo was slowing down a bit and I passed him when he made a small mistake. Unfortunately for him (and LRT), he was passed by JuanFran and ended his race a lap later - only a few laps before the end - due to a crash. Although having a bad start of the race I was able to enjoy a fantastic battle with MJanosh, Locutus and Avni, and thanks to some luck taking my second win of the season. It's a bit of a shame Sean wasn't here to defend his home Grand Prix and I doubt I could have won the race had he participated. This win will give me a big advantage in the championship standings which I'll probably be needing when my luck ends. To conclude, I would definitely recommend everyone to download the replay to watch the battle we had in the first stint, as it was simply amazing :)."
Heat EXP; by Ricardoferreira: "This race start with a hope for one podium, i start well always in race line, first corners very hard with Tyger doing lot of pressure.. and i lose 2 seconds for the leaders Brian and Ali. 2 lap i open a little gap for tyger, but JuanFran Pass him... and starting doing lot of pressure beating the faster lap, seems my cars sucks in first stint, later Brian spun and lose the lead for Ali, and i lose time.. because i brake too avoid collision, with Inigo (team job i know m8, u block me because juanfran lol joking) in lap 15 (i think) ali hit the wall, and next Brian in first corner (stupid corner), i pass in start and Say "well done u are leading the race" ok nice.. and i think.. "without Brian this will be easy" lol seems not, Juan do lot of pressure and i open and he pass me easy .. because i know he will stop 3 times.. when he stop i do the faster race lap 1.20.5, and i leading the race easy until last stind, complete destroy for me.. 4 spuns, and a stupid crash in first corner... and my race over in lap 54, i ask Sorry for my team LRT we can do P1 and P2, first in the this season, anyway i will not win, i will open for Tyger win.. because he need the points in drivers champ! Hope better luck in germany, Atm bad season for me, lots of crash (2 stupids mistakes, canada brakes, and GB). I want say congratulations too Tyger for a great win, very regular and Juan, first time in EXP and he do a great race. and again Sorry team!!"
Heat AMA; by Michael Schumacher (not the real one :P): "My race didnít start as I expected since I had to start from the back due to a qualifying penalty. Before the start of the race I tried some late minute improvements since I knew my car would be unstable after 5-6 laps. So I decided to make it more understeer but slower, at least I would have a nice race pace.And so it happened. Throughout the race the feeling of the car didnít change at all, so I could pace myself exactly as I liked to. I moved my way up to Flyer who was 3rd at that point then moved to 2nd due to a retirement from Vasilis. At that point I was 6 seconds behind Flyer. I started closing the gap just in time for pit stops. Then I remembered a trick being played by real MS in San Marino 2004 (if I am not wrong) with Button and Honda.Real MS and Ferrari would be prepared for a pit stop but MS would not go in just to fool Button and make him go in too :). So I did same thing and was changing cameras to see what Flyer would do (maybe he was watching me incar too). After some laps he went in (our gap was less than a second) but even though I had called for pit stops I decided to stay out one more lap. Then I remembered that I didnít try all weekend a pit stop so I didnít know where and if there was a white line at the entry of pit stops. I went in carefully and when I went out just behind Flyer again. At a later lap I managed to pass him rather easily fooling him at the brakes at the long straight, later on he tried to pass me but hit me and apologized. The next laps I tried to keep the gap with Felipe who I donít know if he was pushing but I could keep the gap to a reasonable level! So from last to 2nd and only 1 retirement (from Vasili) I think is pretty cool :D"
Heat AMA; by A_C_Muller: "Problems persist for this Panda yet again! After I sent in my qualification lap time and before I took part in race something wen't horribly wrong. The car was handling like a truck. When I wanted to turn left the car wanted to go straight, when I wanted to turn right the car wanted to go straight. My tires wore well, but the grip seemed to be a little off and my brakes though this time acted better either they came on too fast, too early or I braked late. The last chicane was a total disaster as I only ever managed to make it six times out of thirty laps. I lost a front wing again, but this time it was due to the low fuel warning message popping up. I got distracted, went straight off into the kitty litter & braking + steering didn't help. I spun once almost doing a full 360 when I slammed on the gas while riding the rumble strips. I also did a long slide sideways exiting the long straight away but atleast I got the grass mowed to a proper height for the next person. When a racer took out the 50' marker for the first turn I had to take it easy when going through in fourth gear. I never liked this track and will be glad to see it disappear in my rear view mirror. This Panda is very eager to go and search for bamboo in the Black Forest!"
Heat AMA; by Flyer23: " I got a decent start, but Rinker got a better one so i had no choise but to let him through into T1. I followed closely until Club, where he went wide. Then he turned back to protect his line but I had undercut him mid corner and was able to accelerate quicker and gained the position. I quickly pulled away and tried to keep in touch with Vassilis and Felipe BR. They were just too fast for me. I was using a 17/13 pit stratagy and hoped i could be in touch but it was not to be. I made one mistake going through Becketts and it cost me about 8-10 seconds. Lucky for me I was able to stay in front of Iron GR who was closing at that point. I put my head down and reeled off a buch of mid 1:20 laps to pul a slight gap. Then I saw I was in P2 only 15 seconds behind Felipe. Something happened to Vasillis. I got to my pit stop only to find I was being closely persued by Michael Shumacher. I pushed hard but made a mistake during braking at Stowe. Michael got by and I tried to stay with him. I had a slight touch in Brooklands. I lifted and barked so he did not spin all the way. I waited for him to get underway again and lucky he had no damage. I appologize for that but this late in the race my tires were shot and sliding quite a bit. He then pulled away from me as I realized I could cruise home for 3rd and take some deent points finally. This by far was my best race of the season. I hope I can improve for the next one in Germany and fight with these guys again. It was an amazing abttle with Michael and he deserves allot of credit for driving with keyboard. P3 for Flyer23 is a great result and I was very happy. "
Video Heat EXP by IŇigo Otermin
Your reporter, CasH
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1. Tygernoot
1. Felipe[BR]
2. Juanfran
2. MSchumacher
3. MJanosh
3. Flyer23
CasH 2008-07-20
France, Race results
France
France, the 'Chavless' Race
Again a short one and late as well. A short explanation, to prevent rumours :P. No, I was not in some secret meeting with Sean 'Chavvy' Edwards, nor with my friends Tygernoot or Veldt000. The reason for my short absence was the fact my ex girlfriend became my future ex wife ;). Now to the racing!
As poor Edwards had again real life testing to do for Porsche and some more Don't Lift members were absent for unknown reasons, other drivers and Teams could finally score some points as well.
In QualifyAdriano500 JUST beat the Race winner and new Championship LeaderTygernoot, taking some valuable points from him.
Like said above, Don't Lift was not that over respresented. Therefore Locutus was the only member to score points for his Team. But he DID make it to the podium! Well done! Stewart apparantly again concentrating on the scenery and his main rival CasH, causing poor Stewart to crash. The great photo's didn't suffer by that as you can see ;).
The results did cause Lowland Racing Team (LRT) to crawl nearer to Don't Lift. Third placed Serviola Spanish Team starts to worry as Team World Racing (TWR) is closing in, with many scoring in AMA!
This time an ALL Brazilian podium! Well done guys! However our Brazilian friends still need some scoring to catch up our Country Championship leaders: Netherlands! They are however getting VERY close to second placed, good old, England! Only 15 points separating them!
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports!
Race Reports.
Heat EXP; by Tygernoot: "The start of my race wasn't really great. I braked a bit too late on the inside of the Adelaide hairpin while trying to overtake adriano in the first lap. I went over the high curbs on the exit and was in fourth position having started second. Apparently I didn't attach my steering wheel properly and it was a bit loose the first laps. At first I thought something had broken as it was making some weird noises. I attached it on the straight and it went a lot better. My driving was quite bad though and I had some close calls with the wall at the exit of the final chicane and nearly went off in the Imola chicane multiple times. Finally I got into a good rhythm and things improved. I didn't have trouble overtaking Locutus or Adriano as they went off by themselves ;). However, B Izadfar in first position was already 15 seconds ahead. I really didn't want to let him get away with the win like I had to in Istanbul where I couldn't keep up with his pace. So this time I went for it and was racing at the limit. Still we had similar laptimes and he even gained a few seconds before the stops. He seemed to have started light on fuel as he went in early. I kept on pushing until my first stop, but he was still 15 seconds ahead after. I had no choice but to keep on driving as fast as I could and a little over half of the race B-Iz went in again. It was unclear to me whether he would continue to the end of the race or not. After my second stop I was 10 seconds ahead but he continued to close the gap. When he was only a few seconds behind me, he went in again for his third stop. I turned out he was on a 3-stop strategy all along. In the end I had 30 seconds advantage, but I slowed down considerably in the final laps to let Cash unlap me (team orders). Quite a tough race as I was pushing very hard all the time, unaware of Brian's pitstop strategy. But it's great to have a race win, although it would mean a lot more if Edwards had participated :)."
Heat EXP; by B-Izadfar: "Everyone seemed to get a good, clean start and to make my strategy work I really had to stay close out of Estoril. I broke at the right time and could overtake both Tyger and Adriano and take the lead which was GREAT for my strategy. Pulled away comfortably and had a relatively clean stint and pitstop, just one incident I had (sorry!) that cost us some time. I came out not far behind Tyger and tried to chip away the gap. The laptimes were quite good but again made some big mistakes. On the 2nd stop I almost ran out of fuel and had to drive like a granny on the inlap which cost 7seconds and received a drive through penalty!! From miracle to nightmare realistically the best possible was 2nd unless something happened to Tyger who had very impressive pace and consistency. I made a little adjustment in 3rd stop (pressures) and it helped a bit with consistency. I had 1 close call on lap 48 l, there was not much either of us could do but cost some. With some damage repair time, I came out 31 seconds behind Tyger and about 15 infront of Locutus and I think both were cruising to the finish. I believe I lost about 31-33seconds this race which would've made it incredibly close at my final stop to the finish. Congrats Tyger who managed a mistake free and very fast 2 stop race!"
Heat AMA; by A_C_Muller: "Brake problems pour un Panda dans France! I used a set-up from one of my previous races that I tweaked in testing. I was quite happy with it's cornering powers & little understeer. I started the race being cautious going into the first two turns with a heavy fuel load, cold tires & cold brakes. My tires were excellent throughout the whole race, but the brake pads were off! I know I almost always set my brake pressure to 100%, use the largest diameter brake disks, I brake late at times but my car is to decellerate, no? My team mate apparently further tweaked my set-up that I sent him that I should of asked him to re-send to me. Again he pulled away with some ease, but I caught up a few times with his minor offs into the kitty litter. I had been expecting him to lap me 2x by the end of the race. At one time I exited the last high speed chicane...only had my left side tires on the rumble strips when I slammed on the gas & proceeded to side into the wall and lose a front wing. As this was half way through my laps before my scheduled pit stop, I have no problems with getting a half race fuel load. I opted to alter my last pit stops volume to my detriment as I made it two laps too short! My team mate did a similar thing when he saw I was in for my second pit stop. Sorry Castor2, for the near heat attack when I let off the gas half way through the second turn. If I had held my speed I'd of been driving through the kitty litter a few centimeters from the wall for over a hundred feet. I'm going to invest heavily (cyber) into the stock of my front wings manufacturer + I may need to visit the factory where my brake pads are made, warns this Panda!"
Your reporter, CasH
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1. Tygernoot
1. Felipe[BR]
2. B-Izadfar
2. Lulasenna
3. Locutus
3. Meeven
CasH 2008-07-07
Canada and.... TYKA!!!
Canada
Canada and.... more!
A short one this time, as some important news at the bottom as well!
The first race to be done in one big heat! As usual some guy called Edwards on pole, but as this is a very fast track, the pack was not that far behind as usual. Top5 qualified within a second, and first eleven with 2 seconds! Promising for the race!
A pretty good start for all runners, without major incidents in turn 1! Well done guys! Race laptimes not as spread as usual either. LRT driver Ricardoferreira even came pretty close to Edwards' best laptime; only 0.1 seconds difference! However the fastest lap in the race was set by Juan_Montoya111, even almost 0.2 seconds faster Edwards! WOW! Both Ric and Juan however didn't make it to the finish, and yes, that IS the purpose of the game ;).
The final result in our EXP race however was like expected, a win for Sean Edwards who, by this win, took over the lead in the Championship again from second placed Tygernoot. Due to a penalty for MJanosh, who initially came in 3rd, Frozen clinched that, for him familiar, spot.
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports!
Thanks I Otermin for the Video!
Race Reports, AMA movie by I Otermin AND BIG NEWS below!
Heat EXP; by Tygernoot: "The race weekend began unexpectedly after obtaining third position in qualifying. I actually started from second as B-Izadfar had slept through his alarm clocks. I had a good start off the line and remained in second after the first corner. In the second lap MJanosh put his car alongside mine in the hairpin and I didn't risk closing the door. On the straight I was able to retake my position due to higher topspeed. Edwards was comfortably in the lead as he was about a second per lap faster than me. In the 14th lap I was hit from behind while braking for turn 6 and got pushed into the gravel. My diffuser was damaged, but luckily I didn't hit the wall. The following laps I chased MJanosh and Frozen - the latter able to overtake me while I was collecting dirt. MJanosh let me pass him again once I caught up and I managed to get next to Frozen on the straight, followed by an exciting and fair move going side by side into the chicane.I was unable to create a gap between me and Frozen in the next laps and due to a 14-second pit stop for damage repairs Frozen was ahead of me again. I lost a bit of concentration and didn't have a lot of pace after the stop. It took me a while to get close to Frozen again. However, after some close driving Frozen went sideways into the hairpin and I was back in P2. After the second stop I was about 10 seconds ahead of Frozen and MJanosh, and I could drive the car home safely, albeit having to avoid some debris on the track every once in a while. Sean was around 40 - 50 seconds ahead of me and the only time I saw him was at the start, so I had to satisfy myself with P2."
Heat EXP; by Juan_Montoya111: "An interesting race for me. The reason why I didn't race in the main heat was the day before I had walked 28km as they had an open day on a new toll road just completed in Melbournecalled east link, and that day was for walkers and riders. I ended up walking 28km and the whole freeway is 42km long with 1 road tunnel. So I woke up at 3:30amthe next morning, and as I had walked 28km the day before, I went nup and went back to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz about 10 seconds later. Anyways to the race. I'm not sure what my start was like as I didn't start beside anyone, but from what I could see the car started well. I went straight into the low 15's, then into the 14's and on lap 18 I did a 1 minute 14.5, the next lap I hit the wall as I spun on the same curb Alonso did in this years race. So I spun it and hit the outside wall and it surprised me like it did to Alonso as I wasn’t ready for it. Going to the pits I had a 102 second pit stop. Coming out of the pits my car wasn't the same and I ended up hitting the wall of champions and out of the race. I'm very disappointed with the result as my car was on fire, I could push ever so hard and I believe I would have been on the podium easy, but as they say, to score point you must finish and I didn't, which means no points. Anyways time to focus on Magny Cours and hopefully I can move onto double digits as it's been a seriously bad season."
Heat EXP; by Lulasenna: "...One more weekend almost perfect, but satisfy! One clear starts and get 1st around 23 laps and one more mistake in race, lost "again" position to complete and very fair driver Felipe BR... Tryed follow him but one unlucky choose the tyres pressure cant follow him... But very good job..."
Heat EXP; by Frozen: "This has been the most difficult race of my life in rfactor. I've never driven so many laps fighting so much with the car to stay on the track. The start was pretty close but ok. From there I tried not to lose too much from the front runners. The thing was that my pace was OK in the first 10 laps of my stint, but from there the performance of my rear tyres drops dramatically, I still don't know why, and the car starts to lose rear grip, traction was almost impossible and the oversteering was massive. I had to go with a lot of front brake bias to compensate but that affected my braking performance and reliability. All in all, that put me in the most difficult situation I faced ever and had very hard battles with MJanosh, Tygernoot and Ricardo. I drove to my absolute limit, I've never finished a race so tired. I only did one spin and the beginning and another in the end which forced me to change wing wich didn't affected my final results much. Finally I finished just out of the podium but I feared the DNF every lap so I'm happy. I will have to see what I messed up with the setup because I always had problems with traction in this mod, but never at this scale. Looking forward to France to recover."
Heat EXP; by Karlisss: "WOW! First of all this was a realy BIG heat 21 cars on a grid! and i had my most exiting rF race ever!!!! there was a lot of adventures during first laps...crashes and overtakes. I started from 18place and walk up to 14 during first laps. Had exiting one lap long batle with Locutus for my position and lost, cause he were much faster...but feeling ,that you can handle a car not only for "no-crash-wall" , but even with thinking about push harder and do action for positions, is realy good ) Then i several laps tried to catch Bryien1 and almoust did it when he got a little mistake, but i acelerate to fast and spin in hairpin... so lost position for Durielk. Dont know how but after that he was +37 sec from me and i calm down... I had planed 3 pit strategy, but during first 17laps realize that tires would be enaught for some 24 laps. I was luckie that must pit right before race leader group, and during pits i changed my strategy and fuled up for 28 LAPS with SOFT tires!!!!! So ... i keeped to race and after Durielk pit and Bryan1 pit i was right betwien of them... BUT.. i had hot tires and lighter car, but them oposite. So i overtake Durielk and run away.After i did 2nd pit for 24 laps...and had litle batle with Durielk but he had some car problems...or batle betwien Bryan1 and i finish -10sec of them!So i did my first TOP 10 finish in this season LOL With mistique (blind luck) strategy."
Heat AMA; by A_C_Muller: "Two front wings lost in two races for a Panda! As Montreal is my home GP and is not an armco canyon like Monaco...I never imagined having two front wings ripped off my BPR powered car. With plenty of practice laps completed I never expected the problems I had during the race. My team mate was on the pole and went off wide at the first turn but managed to save it and stay ahead of me until he went wide in the first chicane. He politely let me pass as is correct but I could see that I was holding him up as he was all over me. I went a little hot into the 180 degree turn and I opted to let him pass me rather then be speared in my right side as he was no longer in my mirror. I guess this is where my concentration level dropped. On one lap that I was quickly approaching the pits at full speed, I was wondering where is the second bridge for me to go under and begin to brake after? I slammed on the brakes, could not make the last chicane and drove slowly to the left to make sure I didn't high side my car. A few laps later, I spun out on the front "S" when I accidently shifted down from first gear into neutral and slammed on the gas pedal, ahh! My two front wings came off in the early + late going of the race. The first was when I went deep into the first chicane, got a little onto the grass, spun out, hit the wall and limped around for a super slow 2min 56second lap. The second was after exiting the second "S", though to my recollection my tires were not on the grass. Wow, I had better make sure that two spare front wings are in the pits at France for this Panda!"
Impressions AMA Heat by I Otermin:
BIG NEWS: Public beta release TYKA!
In case you missed it (how COULD YOU?) yesterday the beta test for the public was released! I want to thank my fellow Admin Tygernoot for his tremendous job on this outstanding tool, which he programmed on for about 2 years!
I could go on about telling how great it is and what it can, but as usual the best way is to find out yourself.
For our League contesters: from now our practice sessions will go through TYKA, but untill the Leagues are implemented, the Qualify and Race will remain being run through F1RST3!
Your reporter, CasH
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1. Edwards
1. Felipe[BR]
2. Tygernoot
2. Lulasenna
3. Frozen
3. JuanFran
CasH 2008-06-22
Monaco... the killer
Monaco
Monaco; secret practice...?
The most difficult track around: the streets, but especially their barriers of Monaco! The calculators among us knew already: finishing is scoring points here! One person had a huge advantage over all of us: Sean Edwards. He missed last race due to the 'awful task' of having to race in real life. This really pays off however as the week before our League race Sean did the track in real life in the Porsche Super Cup and became 3rd there!!! Congrats still Sean! Needless to say now Sean won our Monaco race... bit unfair to the rest of us (offline tester! :P).
Runners up having a close battle most of the 78 laps were Locutus and Frozen. Don't Lift doing good business this way, extending their gap to 2nd placed team LRT!
Despite Don't Lift scoring so well again, it still is LRT member Tygernoot leading the EXP Championship! Keep it up Tigger!
Like stated above, finishing in Monaco is scoring points! Yours truely kept that in mind, avoiding several crashes and politely moving over when being lapped 5 (sorry, FIVE yes :P) times by Sean. However CasH made it to the line, driving 72 laps with bent suspension after being hit from behind te first lap by some LRT member/teammate who's name I won't mention here, beside his first letter: P! Not the best way to do stay friends with your Boss :P.
Ice Block Racing's Avni Tumay amazed here,starting in Heat 2, still finishing 5th overall! Well done!
The AMA heat was full of action as usual! First however Sander_n, to some a newcomer, but to us a very young rookie (AMA Champion before!) claimed pole!
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports!
Thanks I Otermin for the Video!
Race Reports (and AMA movie by I Otermin below!)
Heat 1 EXP; by Timon Bolier: "On start I thought Edwards had a slow response coming of line so I lift the throttle and auto-launch was gone, dropped back to p5. A few laps later B-izadfar and Tygernoot crashed. After that I was p3 behind locutus for a while. After the first pitstop I span at the big bump at casino, no damage though, was a slow spun. Frozen got me and after that I was starting to push behind frozen. Everything was going well until half way race. I approached Rascasse and suddenly on the bump when turning into the corner my back-end went and went left into the wall, losing a wheel, front wing and engine dead. Totally unexpected and part of Monaco."
Heat 1 EXP; by Tygernoot: "My Monaco race weekend already started badly when I had a small cut in qualifying and had to send in my second lap which was a lot slower, moving me from 3rd to 5th position on the grid. At the start Locutus was able to overtake me as well as Timon. The first laps I was staying behind Timon but made a mistake when overtaking backmarker Walter as I incidentally flipped my gear paddle and went into a slide. I lost of a few seconds and tried to make up for the lost time and by gradually getting closer to Timon. Fate struck me again when I hit the anti-cut at the piscine chicane - just like I did in qualifying - and my car was badly damaged. The repairs only took 25 seconds. However, Buattila had already claimed the use of the pitbox with his Ferrari, so I had to wait around 40 seconds extra for him to get out of my way :). Luckily I had not mapped a button yet to turn of the engine (that wouldn't be fun, now would it), so my engine was overheating badly and I was amazed to be able to drive off. To make up for all lost time I decided to change my strategy. I put in 120L of fuel and selected hard tyres. This would allow me to do only one more stop and hopefully give me an advantage. I doubt it did, as at the end of my stint my tyres were completely in the red (only 1 bar left on the rear tyres) and I realized I had put my boost mapping to 1/5 during the pit stop and I forgot to put it back to 5/5. B-Izadfar was right behind me when I did my last stop and then I was pushing very hard to keep up with his pace as I was hoping he needed to stop again as well, so I could stay in front. I was gaining a lot on Frozen and Locutus in the last laps, but they were a lap ahead of me. Overtaking them would be very difficult as you immediately receive blue flags to let them pass again. It didn't matter anyway, as I locked up a wheel entering the hairpin before Loews and lost my front wing. I moved out of the way for Sean (who was about to lap me for the second time) in the piscine chicane, but doing so I put my car in the wall... again. Repairs took 90 seconds and amazingly my engine survived yet again! I finished a lot of laps down on the leader as I made two very big mistakes that could have been avoided. It was really a race to forget for me. Let's hope for better at Montreal."
Heat 1 EXP; by Frozen: "The start was a little strange, I did very well and did a better start than the guys in front, I had the inside line and climbed one position to 3rd in the first corner, but was scary because I almost crashed into the guys in front who were having massive lag. I tried to push hard in that lap but Locutus was pushing hard, all was looking ok but in lap 2 I did a mistake in the downhill to Mirabeau and spun. Very little damage to suspension and lost 17 sec. From there I started to push and I saw immediately that my pace was very good and I was making ground to Timon and Locutus who were 3rd and 2nd. I had more fuel than them and I took advantadge from that to shorten the gap after 1st stop. I was then much close to Timon who did a mistake and I gained a position. He was trying to press me but did another mistake so that helped. Now time to catch Loc. And indeed I was doing so, I was very very close to him nearing the last pit stop but I did a spin and my chances to pass him in pit stop vanished. After the stop I knew I had better tyres than him and I was able to catch him fast. The last 3 laps were really amazing, I was pushing like hell and trying to pressure him as much as possible to force a mistake. He stayed cool and did no mistakes, but in last lap I was slipstreaming him in the tunnel, I took the outside line coming to the chicane and braked much later than him, we were side by side but no way for both to make the corner so I had to go straight in the chicane and let him pass me again, but it was not over and in the Rascasse I was again in his gearbox, and going to the finish line I had again the slipstream but wasn't enough, too short straight but we almost finished side by side in a photo finish end. Great finish and battle, I'm happy with the result because I had poor testing (no time) for this race and average qualy, so it ended pretty good."
Heat 1 EXP; by B-izadfar: "I got a great start for my 1 stop fuel load but couldn't keep Ed behind and he got a fair gap early. On the second lap I broke on one of the bumps and slid into the barriers lightly in Turn 1. Continued normally with a clear track after pitting - with a minor mistake here and there, and fastest lap at one point. Lap 28, I crashed badly into the barrier before the tunnel and the rear was bent. It took about 40seconds to repair then out again side by side with Ed, but a lap down lol. Exactly the same thing happened as lap 2 on lap 40. I made a stop for nose, tyres, fuel for remaining laps. The last stint was ok/clean, not fast due to some damage. In the closing stages I came up behind Tyger. I noticed he was sliding out of most of the slow corners but he had much more top speed. I was pretty sure he had to pit so I slowed down and cruised a bit till the end. Apart from the crashes at turn 1, I think I did a few 3 point turns there, nightmare corner. I was lucky in one aspect to only lose wings instead of wheels/engine seizure and finish 4th."
Heat 2 EXP; by Avni Tumay: "It was a bizarre start with having one of the drivers making a mistake into turn 1. At least 5 cars were heavily damaged. I started from 8th position due to the fact that I did not realize that my second qualification attempt was invalid. I got through the mayhem and was in 4th position with Karlisss in 3rd. I eventually overtook Karlisss and Ricardoferreirahad made a mistake in the last corner. I slid to 2nd place while battling for position 1st and 2nd with Bryan1. Eventually I got through then began to increase the gap. Three quarters of the race Ricardoferreira had made a mistake and cost him the race. I did have a few slide outs and touched the walls but nothing serious. My goal was to finish at least. Well done to all drivers who finished a real quest at Monaco. Let’s move to Canada."
Heat AMA; by Rinker: "As soon we started I got a little touch, I drove carefully to the first corner and came out in one piece, first few rounds I was held up by Boky, I couldn't manage to past him while sander_n was pushing from behind me, at one point sander past me and a few turns later Boky with some aggressive driving. After a mistake by Boky I could also past him, I then could push some more and drove some constant laps till I had Flyer23 in front of me which I also could not pas that easy, Flyer23 also made a mistake he makes a spin just before the hairpin and blocked the road, when I saw him it was to late for me, I tried to break so I did not hit him hard, fortunately I could go on, I was on fourth or fifth position when I got snakey_UK in sight, when I was getting closer he did his pit stop, I drove two laps more and did my pit stop, when leaving the pit I came just behind snakey on track. Now for me, the real trouble begun, I got a "drive trough penalty" for speeding in the pit lane, but my team gave me orders to do a "stop and go". But when I came in they gave me new tyres and fuel for 80laps!!! When leaving the pits I still had to do my penalty, but I didn't notice my pit crew gave me so much fuel, I was too heavy and got crashed in the wall just before the tunnel, I tried to get to the pits again but my car had too much damage and I had to leave her on a save place. For me it was the first race this season, I hope I can race the next one also, but then I have to speak with my pit crew!"
Impressions Heat AMA by I Otermin
Your reporter, CasH
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1. Edwards
1. JuanFran
2. Locutus
2. Felipe[BR]
3. Frozen
3. Lulasenna
CasH 2008-06-08
Turkey, the Admins battles
Istanbul
Turkey; Battles of the Admins
Again an unexpected result, both in EXP race as in final standings! Yes, poor SeanEdwards had to miss this race, as he had a real Porsche Super Cup race to do. He tried to persuade the Admins to make an exception for him, but we were tough as usual :P. But hé! If one has to choose between missing an F1RST3 League race, or missing a real PSC Race, what would you do? Next time we'll trade Chavvy ;). BTW, CONGRATS with your 3rd place at Monaco! GREAT effort! Even more knowing you were ill (I just wonder why another excuse again, even after such great result ;) ).
On to the real stuff: F1RST3 League races! B-izadfar, with the absence of Edwards, was a class of his own and won the Heat 1 EXP race and overall convincingly! Scoring valuable points for his Team Ice Block F1. With Avni_Tumay and Danny3L of Ice Block F1 in Top10 ass well, they start to seriously frighten the Top5 Teams. Behind him however was a fierce battle between the (ex) Admins Timon Bolier and Tygernoot and Don't Lift driver Locutus. I happen to know Tygernoot loves sandwitches, but not those of the Don't Lift kind ;).
This battle lasted for many laps, until Tygernoot managed to pressure Timon into a small mistake. With THIS close racing at such speeds Tygernoot was lucky to be able to pass spinning Timon. Locutus however couldn't and turned it into a Don't Lift scramble, causing damage to both cars. I'd now like to remember our absent Photographer Stewart (sadly missed this race as you can see by the crappy Screenshots from yours truely ;) ) that LRT doesn't have to take out some Don't Lifters every race. They can perfectly do that themselves :P.
By the results of this race, the absence of Sean Edwards, and the troubles of some fast guys, Tygernoot managed to clinch first position in the driver standings! Well done Tigger!
Heat 2 EXP had a similar battle, mainly between the LRT Teammates, but rival Admins Veldt000 and CasH (yes, modestly the other mentioned first :P). The biggest gap between them 2 was about 10 seconds, after some mistakes by CasH, but average the gap was about all race less than a second! Veldt000 thinking all race he was faster, while CasH just was, waiting to be able to disappoint Veldt000 the hardest way ;). Of course the experianced (read: old) CasH just waited until the VERY last lap to outbrake poor Veldt000, taking the win of Heat 2. Sorry mate (NOT :D).
The AMA heat had a similar outcome as last race in Spain. First an second were the same Brazilian guys: Felipe[BR] and Lulasenna. This time however followed by Juanfran. The start however was also pretty hectic. The whole story can be read in the Race Reports below.
Thanks to Stewart (ehhh, sorry, CasH and Snakey_UK :P) for the ever 'amazing' photo-reports! Hehehe. Looking forward to your return Stewart!!! We NEED YOU!
Race Reports (and movie by Tygernoot below!)
Heat 1 EXP; by Tygernoot: "I had a good start off the line and wanted to overtake Timon along the outside on the straight, but he closed the door and I had to let go off the throttle to avoid going on the grass. In the third corner there was a big collision in front of me and I avoided the cars. The replay showed that my car was hit gently from behind by a spinning Frozen, but I didn't notice it during the race. MJanosh went wide in the next corner and I was able to take advantage of this by overtaking him.
I was following Timon closely and we started battling for third position. Locutus was right behind me as well and a very hard and close fight resulted. I was stuck in a Don't Lift sandwich, and at times were using the entire width of the track. Timon had a little bit more topspeed so I was unable to overtake him on the straight. However, in the slower corners I was usually right behind him and we almost touched multiple times as things got really close. Sometimes we were actually too close and had some wheelbanging together. I also had to be careful when fighting with Timon not to have Locutus overtake or rear-end me. But luckily he was careful enough to avoid accidents.
After about eight laps of heavy fighting Locutus was right behind me in turn 8 and put his car next to mine in the next corner. I came out first, but Timon had spun right in front of me. I was able to avoid him by moving to the left through the grass while still keeping lots of throttle as I was afraid Locutus might have passed Timon on the right without going off the track and would be able to overtake me. However, I saw nothing behind me. It meant that Locutus had hit Timon in the process and I found myself in second position as Adriano had also spun a few laps before and lost his second place.
The rest of the race was quite easy as B Izadfar was always 10-15s ahead and had some better pace, and I didn't have anyone behind me. So I pretty much cruised to the finish, although with one mistake in turn 8 when I heavily oversteered out of the final bend. It was again a lonely race for me, but the very exciting battle in the beginning really made up for it. I'm looking forward to Monaco which will definitely show the true performance of the drivers. I just hope I'll be up there with the rest :)."
Heat 1 EXP; by B-Izadfar: "Had great acceleration on the start and got an early lead from a very tight and close pack initially led by Adriano500. I had a 12second lead over Tygernoot after the 1st stops on lap 20, and continued to protect the tyres while extending the gap bit by bit. The second stint was good, exchanging fastest laps with Tyger and responding to each other. Majority of that time gained was lost as I had a little problem before the 2nd stop. The final gap ended up to 11 seconds, and I extended it quickly to 15. I saw Frozen chasing Timon hard ahead of me and attempted to pace myself [and the engine/brakes] to avoid disturbing his progress. Tyger closed the gap to 8 seconds very fast, so I decided to pick up a little bit and pass Frozen. Not much time passed as Timon spun with only a handful of laps to go, so Frozen & I passed by. Timon must've had worn tyres and could not keep up with Frozen. I let Frozen pass and gain a lap while I coasted to the finish. It's a great result and even better for the team to have 3 starters and 3 finishers in the top 10 from Danny & Avni to give us a healthy boost in points for this round."
Heat 1 EXP; by Frozen: "Thestart and first two corners were ok and very close, I did mantain my position, but coming to turn three I saw two of the cars in front going a little wide so coming to turn 4 I was going to take it from the outside to pass them as they were fighting in the inside even with one of them out the race track. But the disaster happened, the guy more on the right suddently turned left to avoid the grass and that made Erik, who was in the middle, to avoid him by going to the left quickly too. That caugh me in surprise and I had nowhere to go when I saw him crossing suddenly in front of my line and crashed him, my car spun and stayed in middle of track everyone avoided me except one unlucky driver (Ricardo) who crashed into me. My car was undriveable, suspension broken, front wing broken... I had to pit: 77sec repairing, my engine overheated and damaged losing power and top speed for the rest of the race. From there on, I just pushed as hard as possible to recover some points, no mistakes, some fights in the middle. At the end the fight was intense to pass Timon, and I finally made it! So damage limitation after a desastrous first lap, better luck in next race I hope!"
Heat AMA; by Lulasenna:
"... Great race, i had excelent performance... My car are stable and very quickly all laps, but in last lap i do it one BIG MISTAKE :( , i spin alone and damnnnn lost 1st to Felipe BR. U N B E L I E V A B L E !!!! But im so happy with my performance, next time ! The race just finish after last line lap lol, i imagined my won, IDIOT (me) lol ..."
Heat AMA; by Flyer23:
"I started 4th on the grid due to MS having to race alone. I got a GREAT start and passed Juan Fran before T1. I almost got by LulaSenna too but it would have been too dicey. Up through the esses and going into T4 I was punted from behind by Juan Fran. Put me off and before I could get turned around the field had blasted past. I took after them with my head down and slightly upset for being hit on the first lap. I drove steady and consistent to catch Ianstuart first and after a few laps got by. Next was Josi and let me say we raced clean for at least 4-5 laps before I could get by. Then it was NigelMansell who was very polite and moved over when I came up on him not fighting or holding me up for even one second. Thanks M8. Then I caught Boky who raced me very clean and was VERY difficult to pass. We came into the pits on lap 16 together. I had repairs that cost me an additional 12 seconds. Evidently Boky had some damage too and when I pulled out of my pit stall his front wheels were next to my front wing. We exited the pits like that and I had to lift since I was almost on the grass on the pit lane exit. The next 6-7 laps were spent trying to get by him again. We fought hard and FINALLY I got past and was able to pull away and start to close in on Snakey who was 30 seconds up the road. I knew there were not enough laps for me to catch Snakey so I drove bit more conservative but still closed the gap down to 14-15 seconds by the end of the race. Since this was the first time this season for me to make the main heat I leave with mixed emotions because I am happy to fought my way back to 5th after being last, but disappointed that I was put out on the first lap. Overall it was a great event and I look forward to the survival track known as Monaco....."
Heat AMA; by Snakey_UK: "After a good start i entered turn1 in p3 from p5 but over cooked it and ran wide taking abit of astro turf on the out side of turn1 and then slotted back in at p5 as juanfran took his initial p3 place back and flyer recovered his p4 whom also ran a bit wide at turn1. I then proceeded to follow juan and flyer who were fighting for the same peice of track,then going into turn 4/5 they had contact which by the looks of things juanfran was trying to take the inside and flyer was on the outside and got pushed slightly onto the green painted area of the outside of the turn which then caused flyer to go into a spin and with me so close i couldnt avoid the spinning williams of flyer which some how managed to spin infront anf spin round the back of my car as well and cuase some minor damage to the rear wing all this happened within a second and a quite a bizarre spin to be honest. After that i stayed at p4 as juanfran moved away from me at about a second a lap and i was leaving boky behind at about the same rate and i didnt realy see anyone else all race apart from lapping a backmarker. The same pattern continued for the rest of the race even afer the pitstop in the last third of the race flyer moved into p5 but the gap was abut 20 seconds on the last 3 laps i had some problems with the rear wheels locking off the thottle which almost made me spin off a few times into turn 1 and the last 3 turns and lost about 5-8 seconds trying to keep the car pointed in the right direction."
Impressions Heat 1 and 2 EXP by Tygernoot
Your reporter, CasH
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1. B-Izadfar
1. Felipe[BR]
2. Tygernoot
2. LulaSenna
3. Adriano500
3. JuanFRan
CasH 2008-05-26
Spain, the battles heat up!
Barcelona
Spain, LRT Don't Lift ;)
Another GREAT weekend in both classes!
In EXP the pole again was for B-izadfar. Another great effort from the Aussie, leaving Edwards far behind in second, closely followed by Frozen.
However at that moment unknowing 'Chavvy' Edwards would take another victory (see report B-izadfar below for more ...)
LRT (Lowland Racing Team) was pretty close before the start of this race. Only a few points seperated them from Don't Lift, who were leading the Teams Championship. LRT agreed to don't lift during the race and some kept that promise, including your reporter. Unfortunately for LRT some of them took the name of their rivals a bit too literally... and had major crashes this unfortunate (for them) race. CasH had only 4 laps to go, being in 4th position in Heat 2 when he spun, came back on track after a corner and poor (Don't Lift driver) Stewart came around the corner, trying to catch up with CasH, resulting in a major crash, taking both drivers out. CasH hereby wants to apologise to Stewart and Don't Lift for their loss, as it was totally CasH's fault. Gastel (LRT) however showed he even could improve that literally 'don't lift' even in the LAST CORNER of the RACE! He smashed his Toro Rosso in the wall... sliding the totally shattered wreck towards the line, but came about 10 meters short to finish! OUTCH!
Fortunately for LRT Tygernoot did an amazing job, finishing in 3rd position, keeping Don't Lift's Locutus (finally a finish!) and Timon Bolier behind him. Memorable as well, is the finish of Kubus in 7th place. If I'm right, his first EVER finish in F1.
Another great performance and therefore this AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL shot from Brazilian Antipas_F1, finishing in 10th overall after winning Heat 2 in EXP.
Our FEMALE driver from Canada A_C_Muller chased the pack from the last row, managing to finish in 14th position, scoring points for her Team Black Panda Racing and Canada in our Countries Championship. Well done! Great to see women participating in our Leagues AND finish races! A_C_Muller is our second female competitor beside the by now well known EXP driver Neela! I wonder when we'll see our first full female Team!
Thanks to Stewart for the ever amazing photo-reports!
Race Reports (unfortunately no AMA-ones! Send them in next race guys!)
Heat 1 EXP; by B-izadfar: "Good start, defended all inside into turn 1 from Edwards and kept lead to turn 3, as planned. Very close with Edwards (under a second) first few laps and we had a few attempts overtaking/defending turn 1 side by side. At first stop I had built a 7.7sec lead. I did not activate limiter properly and hit 135-140km/h (oops), so stop/go penalty received. I went in 2 laps later when tyres were warmer. I came out of pits in 4th about 4seconds behind the next man infront (Frozen). I cught up after some laps and just try save fuel and at the same time put some pressure. No major mistakes from Frozen, but from Adriano, so we both move to 2nd and 3rd. Eventually on lap 36/37 I was very close last corner and put boost to 5. Frozen defended but there was only just enough room for inside (little bit grass). We both brake hard side by side very close and together to turn 2, but I had good line for turn 3. Was very good driving and good move. More than halfway and Edwards is 29seconds up the road. I tried to see what happens if I push the rest of this stint but went wide into gravel at turn 4 on lap 40. Frozen was able to pass, but few laps later I was able to pass Frozen into turn 9 hairpin. I did a 360 entering 2nd pitstop but still came out 2nd and pushed a bit to reduce the gap but no point. From there I just cruised a little bit, and with 5 laps remaining I had a big sneeze and hit the wall at last corner. Had a satisfying race pace for this circuit (don't like racing on it), looking forward to Turkey."
Heat 1 EXP; by Frozen:
"The start was amazing and so close. We were 3 cars almost side by side coming to the first corner. I took the outside line in the braking zone, I sacrified the entry to get a good exit as the others were in the inside and braking very late. I almost get passed by a fourth car in the process but I took 3rd in the exit and almost overtake Edwards. From 3rd I tried not to lose contact with the two guys in front but Adriano was pushing very hard from behind. I started to have problems with the rear tyres and he was closing in. But when he got the slipstream in the main straight and coming to the braking side by side he braked too late and hit me enough to put me on the grass. I had some damage to the susp. but the car handled ok. I did a spin in that lap too after the stress.
First stop all ok, B-Izadfar had a penalty and was behind me now, but he was much faster. I managed to stay ahead of him a couple of laps until he passed me clean in the main straight. But shortly after he did go off and I re-took the position only to hold him off again many laps until he overtook me in the back straight. I did spin too trying to defend with my bad tyres. I gained a position as Adriano went off somewhere.
Last pit, all seemed ok and still 3rd, but I realized I had less fuel than needed to finish by about half a lap. I had to put boost to minimum and go gentle with the throttle. I managed to save it and crossed the line in 2nd after B-Izadfar had a mistake in the end. A great result after all the problems that allowed me to climb to provisional 2nd in the driver standings."
Heat 1 EXP; by JPMontoya111: "In my race, I had a sensational start, I got as high at P5 out of turn 2 from P12 on the grid, but then I was passed by I think it was Tyger into turn 4 and I had to run wide to give him space which also let through TJ who also made a crazy start from the back of the grid. Coming out of turn 5 a Honda spun infront of me and I had no where to go and I hit him pretty hard. This damaged my car badly and created ALOT of understeer to the point I couldn't steer hardly. From there it was impossible to push as my front just wanted to run off the track, so I was stuck in the 24's - 23's. Then on lap 16, the understeer caught me out and I ran wide and lost my front wing hitting the wall, replacing the front wing, the damage was still there and on lap 33 the understeer finally caught me out and I ran wide coming out of turn 2, spun off the track and lost my front wheel, wing and engine. A very disappointing result for me as I believe I could have got P4 or so here as I had a good car, but alwell I'll focas on Turkey and we will see what happens there. Good to see Avni and Danny 3L scoring some points for Ice block, disappointing for Bizadfar and myself as we were scoreless when Bizadfar could have won the race and I could have been high up there also. We will keep pushing and I will see you all in Turkey."
Heat 1 EXP; by Tygernoot: "The race started out ok as I made up a few places when some guys spun (or hit each other) off. After the first lap I was in 5th position having started from 8th. Timon came up behind me and after a few laps he managed to get into my slipstream on the straight. I changed my line to the inside but Timon did the same and he hit me from behind. Luckily my car wasn't damaged but I made a little mistake in the hairpin the next lap and he was able to pass me. I knew he was on a different strategy so I just stayed close as I was sure to overtake him again during the pitstops. The rest of my race was quite boring as I didn't see any other cars. Most of the time Frozen and adriano500 were 10 seconds in front of me and locutus was 10 seconds behind. I had to settle for 5th position as I was simply lacking the pace to keep up with the front runners. A surprise came at the end of the race when adriano disappeared and B Izadfar crashed and I gained two positions. So for the third time in three races I finished in third position. Who can beat that consistency? :)"
Your reporter, CasH
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1. Edwards
1. Felipe[BR]
2. Frozen
2. LulaSenna
3. Tygernoot
3. MSchumacher
CasH 2008-05-11
Extensive report Bahrain, a blast again!
Bahrain
Bahrain, turning point already?
A memorable one this! Why? In case you didn't notice, it is the first one where Sean 'Chavvy' Edwards did not get pole (this one for B-izadfar), nor win! Well, we have to keep in mind he's not 18 anymore either eh! I can hear excuses like 'had to rush off to real Bahrain for Porsche Super Cup' etc. So WHAT? :D. At least this makes the Championship even closer and more exciting! THX Chavvy ;).
After fighting for positions in the first corners, TJBolier took advantage of it and took a nice lead. The expected winner (also Don't Lift Team, Edwards, could not catch the new Teammember after all. Edwards even had a very difficult time keeping LRT driver Tygernoot behind him!
Countries: Netherlands (see full Country rankings HERE).
Some matters of importance:
ALWAYS give way if you get a blue flag! Do NOT hinder the guys lapping you! Get off the racing line ASAP and let them pass safely!
Unfortunately we had to open the topic 'warnings and penalties' again. Read all about it HERE.
That's about it for this race.
Next round on our calendar is good old Barcelona! Mind the new chicane before the start-finish, or you could end up being airborned ;).
From now I extended the deadline for Races to tuesdays (CEST) again, so you have some more time to organise if you can't make the BIG Heats. In general, always check the schedule's deadlines HERE. Tracks will be added during season. As you know we run in sequence with real F1 (one week after), so you know what to expect ;).
Last but not least, don't forget to read the Race Reports by some of our contesters below!
CU next race!
Race Reports Bahrain:
Heat 1 EXP; by Tygernoot:
"I got away ok from the grid and was probably able to move from second into first position as I was on the inside of T1. Unfortunately Edwards' McLaren came flying right through me at high speed. It was a miracle my car wasn't damaged but it did allow TJBolier to take the lead. After three laps I went a bit wide during braking as my tyres locked up which allowed Locutus, JoseSC, and adriano500 to pass me. I was back in 3rd position a few laps later as they had some accidents and spins. Then I made another mistake myself by braking too late behind adriano, hitting him and causing damage to my own car in the process. It's really difficult to find the correct braking point behind another car and again my apologies to adriano for this. So I lost some positions and then Edwards came up behind me. As I was running with much more wing I was unable to keep him behind me, but I stayed close using his slipstream to make up for my lack of top speed. There were again some slides by the front runners putting me in 4th position until the pitstops began. Sean went in early and I was a bit stuck behind Adriano. I was unable to pass him but by using some fuel tactics I was able to stay out two laps longer than expected. The pitstop took quite long as the crew repaired my damaged car but I still managed to stay ahead of Adriano and Edwards. It didn't take Edwards long to overtake me again but we continued our battle for 2nd position. I had another small spin and this allowed Frozen to close the gap between us. Using some more fuel saving I did another long run and only had 15 laps to go after my second stop. I exited right in front of Edwards but he won the battle in the first corner and we were back in the same position. From that point on Edwards, me and Frozen were driving very close together. Several times I nearly ended up in Edwards' gearbox by late braking, but I needed to stay close and use his slipstream to make sure I had enough top speed to stay ahead of Frozen. It was tough staying close to another car all the time due to the lack of grip but fortunately I managed to do so and I was happy to finally cross the finish line after a very tough but really exciting race. There wasn't a single lap where I was able to relax, simply amazing. That the top 4 finished within 5 seconds proves once again what a close season this is going to be."
Heat 1 EXP; by Ricardoferreira:
"After a nice qualify for me, in P8, i had big expectative for the race, because with race setup I´am very fast and regular (top 5\6 maybe)… so I start the race and go to 7 in brake for T1, but I saw a big confusion and I brake a lots and I lose 2 position.. and go to P9, anyway I start winning time, and I pass to P7, but next the tires lose grip, and I slow down a little, Veltd pass me, but he spun in last corner… some laps later I go to P5, and pit in lap 19, and bad luck for me, Zunik stop in same lap, I lose with this 45 Seconds.. And back to the track in P9 behind Cash (that old man, nice fight by the way), I pass him and try everything to won time too Erik, I won that time, but too hard to pass the car lose grip but he spun alone.. and next MY only mistake the car slide a little and I lose the position too Erik, and Cash (again the red bull from old man in my front), this time I can’t pass me, my tires all fuck, so I pit 2 laps before and win position in the 2 Pitstop (normal pit stop 6,7s), in rest of laps I only try to put the car in the track, iam happy, I finnish my first race in exp, without big accidents or stupids mistakes, and do my principal objective top 10! :D."
Heat 1 EXP; by Frozen:
"Again, my race was decided in first corner, but this time I could have done nothing to avoid that. I was coming 1st in the first corner with a good margin, but a mistake from someone caused a mess and I was hit quite hard and went off. My car was damaged and when I rejoined I lost many places, I was 6th or 7th and two of my competitors where ahead and getting away very fast. I climbed up some places but I was blocked by adriano lot of laps, who did very well with no mistakes. I also lost around 8 sec in first stop to repair the car which made things even more difficult. And only after 1st stop I managed to get past him when he did a slight mistake. From there I started to push and catch the drivers in front of me (TJ, Tyger and Edwards). In the closing laps I was having really a good pace and shortening most of the gap, until I was in the pack fighting for 2nd position. Nobody made mistakes so I was not able to pass them. All in all, I got some points (4th) and glued to the front runners after a catch up race, so it was a little bit damage limitation race for me, and with some frustation for what it could have been with a trouble free 1st corner."
Heat 1 EXP; by Veldt000:
"After starting last, I had a pretty good start, passing CasH and Jeeves. First corner I was really cautious and lost two places. After some slipstreaming, I had more speed than expected, also take in account cold brakes and tires… Well you get the idea, I went straight. I am very sorry if I caused any trouble to other drivers. Before I even start braking there already was a mess in turn 2, which I couldn’t avoid any way. Everybody settled down for the first couple of laps, than number of drivers start making small mistakes which I could take advantage off. I was really surprised by the (lack) of speed by others. I would expected them to be a bit faster. Closing the gap to JoseSc, who was running fifth or sixth at the time (lap 15/16) cost me a lot of energy. Just before the pit entry I lost control of the car: front wing gone and right front suspension damaged: 42 seconds pitstop L. And this accident screwed my whole strategy. In the end I was glad to end up 10th with only 10 seconds behind our TeamCaptain: good old CasH J. I want to congratulate TJB, Edwards and Tygernoot with their podium finish, well done guys."
Some Screenshots from Veldt000 to accompany his report:
Veldt000 getting caught in some traffic at start (Click image to enlarge!)
Just (S)kidding ;) (Click image to enlarge!) Side by side... see the sweat! (Click image to enlarge!)
Your reporter, CasH
Have news and race reviews for me to include in the news ? Please e-mail me them on cash@f1rst3.com, thanks kindly.
1. TJBolier
1. MSchumacher
2. Edwards
2. LulaSenna
3. Tygernoot
3. Boky
CasH 2008-04-19
Off we go! And WHAT a League again!
Sepang
Season opening, BIG turn up!
Welcome all to our first Race Results in an rFactor F1 League at F1RST3! Our first race already was a big success according number of contesters! 40 drivers qualified in EXP and 14 in AMA! However we expect even more in the following races!
The first pole of the season in EXP was for Frozen! Much to the surprise of our own real life PSC driver Edwards, who claimed second, closely followed by ex-LRT driver, now teammate of Edwards, TJBolier (learned a lot with LRT ;) ). Well done Frozen!
In AMA the first pole went to MichaelSchumacher (what's in a name eh :) ). Closely forllowed by Ricardoferreira and LulaSenna.
On to the race! To keep it all safe, we split the EXP heats into 2, so 20 drivers per heat. First I have to make BIG compliments for all your guys driving and behaviour! Not ONE dispute! AMAZING! This is what online racing is about! Fights, but with respect!
Heat 1 and 2 both had furious battles! Unfortunately way too much to describe all here. Therefore at the bottom of this news, you'll find some Race Reports from contesters of the heats. THANKS for sending them guys!
Now some more impressions, as usual accompanied with GREAT screenshots of the action, provided by StewartGPBoy! Thanks for the ever amazing quality!
The above GREAT image shows HOW competitive this League is! Our Heat 1 winner and therefore Winner in EXP is however predicktable IF he manages to finish, like this race: Sean Edwards!
Another memorable facts from the races is the debut of Danny3L in EXP F1. He did VERY well, clinching 7th place (luckily JUST behind your Admin/reporter ;) ). Great job Danny!
Like said, battles all over the place. One of them between our F1C League Admin Veldt000 and yours truely. Like in posting the League News, Veldt000 again beat CasH...
In our AMA heat, LulaSenna did what he came for. After qualifying 'only' in third, he made up for that in the race, with a flawless one again. Fast as ever! Ricardoferreira and MichaelSchumacher close however in 2nd and 3rd!
Countries: Netherlands (see full Country rankings HERE).
Many races to go, so prepare for BIG fights in ALL Championships!
Off to Bahrein for our next (bumpy :P) League race!
Have fun all! And don't forget to read the Race Reports below!
Tygernoot made a nice videoimpression of Heat 1. THANKS Tygernoot! Enjoy all!
Race Reports Sepang:
Heat 1 EXP; by Frozen:
"My start was bad, not because my reaction but because the bad acceleration and low top speed of my setup, that made two cars to slipstream and pass me before first corner. The first couple of laps I tried to defend from the attacks of Locutus who had much speed in straights, but then I managed to open a gap in 2nd sector and escape quickly. Then I was just chasing TJ who was 2nd, I was a little bit faster specially in 2nd sector (high downforce), I was right on his tail but he had much more speed and was impossible to try an overtake. But later I did a quick spin (too much dirty air for me) which let Tygernoot pass me. I was immediatly on his tail and attacked him hard until I get past in first corner. Now chasing TJ again I only passed him in the 1st pitstop as I pitted 2 laps later than him and I was close to him before the stop.
Now 2nd again, Ed was a little bit too far (about 15 sec), but our laptimes were quite similar, I was pushing hard but again a little mistake! TJ and Tyger passed me again! Now it was nearly all over to take 2nd. I tried to put pressure on Tyger but he paced well and I was doing some small mistakes. I was again a little bit faster but not enough. Finally I had to get the 4th place just on Tyger's tail. Very stressfull and difficult race, I think I did more laps with dirty than clean air!"
Heat 1 EXP; by TJBolier:
“Got a great qualify, same as my PB. On start of the race me and Edwards got frozen on the start and were 1 and 2. Edwards was light on fuel for first stint, so he opened a gap very quick and fast up to around 12-13 seconds. On my first pitstop the team crew did 12 seconds over my pitstop, because they were not ready, but I did not know at that moment. When I came back at track, Frozen had overtaken me on a faster pitstop. I started to push and try to close the gap to frozen, nearly under 2 seconds he made a mistake and went straight in a corner, I was back in p2 and tygernoot went to p3 with frozen in p4. I managed to open the gap to Tyger from 3 seconds to 8-9 seconds and closed down the gap to Edwards who did a heavy long stint from 16 to 12 seconds. I was really comfortable now, as I thought it was going to be an easy drive to the end. I went in for my second pitstop and it took 14 seconds OMG!! Again pitcrew not ready, learned a very important lesson this race! Tygernoot pitted a lap later and got 2 seconds in front of me on track, so with my pitstop I lost around 10 seconds. I could not believe it!! I wanted my p2 back so bad and started to push immediately on the limit to catch up tyger, around 3 laps later I got him nicely on the start finish straight, we both brake late and very hard, was so close, amazing piece of racing there, loved it! After that tygernoot was following me for a few laps, but as soon as I got lighter I could stretch the gap a little more again and I think Tyger was settled for third and gave up pushing hard, risky stuff here. Great race for me, had emotions, was stunned, laughed, fought and pushed very hard on the limit sometimes. Thanks for organizing Tygernoot and Cash, it’s great stuff!”
Heat AMA; by Ricardoferreira:
"I start the race from P2, but i do a nice start i go to P1, i lead the race during 1 lap, in lap 2 lula_senna pass me, in next lap M. Schumacher pass me too so i donw to P3, and i lose lots of time because the tires (i pass in fences 2\3 time) and more fuel (bad strategy)... in the pits i won one Position to Schumacher, and i try save tires for the final laps, seems this cars EAT rumber... anyway good operation for me in this first round, without pole and without winning the race, i start the season leading the champ."
Heat AMA; by LulaSenna:
"...After starts in T1 at T5 big and strange lot LAG in AMA room and all drivers disapier to me, lol , after T6 all be fine and i had begin strategics crazy... Run all laps how qually lap and keep pushing pushing and following MS and Ricardo, when i pass they i still keep pushing to have GAP. And i get!!!
But the strange ( VERY STRANGE ) almost to finish the race ( exaclty 2 laps before finish ) my car or engine or gears dont pass the 273KM and dont know why??? I m with GAP more than 23s to 2st ( ricardo ) and almost lose the big and important VICTORY
Im so happy with this weekend ..."
Your reporter, CasH
Have news and race reviews for me to include in the news ? Please e-mail me them on cash@f1rst3.com, thanks kindly.
1. Edwards
1. LulaSenna
2. TJBolier
2. Ricardoferreira
3. Tygernoot
3. MSchumacher
CasH 2008-04-06
Off we go! First rF F1 League with MMG 2007 SE!
Seasonstart!
F1RST3 starts its first F1 League for rFactor with... MMG 2007!
Hi all,
Just a short announcement about our rFactorF1 League we will start this week.
After some discussion we decided to do the MMG 2007 MODServer Edition which you can get HERE (please read their readme before installing!). Or as torrent from our sistersite www.racesimtracker.com.
We will run both AMAteur as well as EXPert Leagues (if enough contesters for both.
As I write this, Tygernoot is updating the F1RST3 client with MMG 2007 and putting in the tracks.
The client will then run 2 servers 24/7; 1 for AMA (aids you like)and 1 for EXP (no aids).
Click image for MMG website
We start with Sepang (bit later to give all time to get used to mod) and Melbourne will either be at the end of the season or replace Singapore (which isn't out yet).
Look at our Schedule to check Qualify and Race deadlines.
More news will follow soon, so stay tuned!
Get the word out and have your friends join!
Some stuff to know:
Make sure if competing you read and act according our RULES.
Check our Forums for racedates and times (will be added later).
1. Edwards
2. Timon Bolier
3. Locutus
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