Race 1 - Round 3 of the Spring League
Autodromo Lago Maggiore
Gr3
10 laps
Fuel usage x 4
Tyre wear x 6
Qualifying:
Lee struggled to set a fast lap in practise and decided to change car right before qualifying which looked to be a bad choice as he managed to spin twice on his outlap. Lee wasn't alone though as Tom, Crispy and Paul also made a mistake to scrap their first flying laps. I cross the line with a new personal best to take provision pole though Kiwi manages a close second with his lap slowed down as he caught up with Phil. Tom manages to get his second lap together and gets himself up to 5th and later improving further to start 4th. Mike initially struggled with his qualifying as he spent too long trying to qualifying for a drifting championship but eventually keeps the car pointing straight to line up 3rd on the grid. Lee continues to struggle before exclaiming he'd like a lap under 2 minutes which he promptly manages as he gets to grips with the new car. Kiwi free from Phil, nails his lap and takes pole position which while I manage to closer I can't beat.
Race;
I get my start all wrong by getting too much wheel spin which gives the pack chance to close up and overtake on the run to turn 1 which causes me to misjudge my braking and I crash in to Tom who spins. In recovering, Tom gets back on the track and spins at turn 2 also. At the tricky turn 5, James keeps a tighter line and takes advantage of Lee and Crispy running wide to gain 2 places in one corner. Phil gets a better run exist out of turn 5 than me and makes his move up to 3rd at the chicane. This puts Phil on to Mikes tail for the long run down to the chicane where Phil jokes about not messing up his braking point which he then does but manages to avoid running in to Mike. Mike makes an easy switch back to hold on to second though it compromises his exit and giving me the chance of a pass up the hill to retake 2nd place. The nature of the track, the field had already become reasonable spread out by the end of lap 1 and this continues as Kiwi extends his lead out front. Lap 4 sees the start of pitstops with Clive and Paul pitting followed by myself at the end of lap 5 and Phil, Mike and Kiwi at the end of lap 6. The pit stops were pretty even so didn't do much to change the order though Phil was working too hard on his strategy plans made a mistake at his stop and didn't change tyres. Due to Phils faster stop it did bring him out in front of Mike however with Mike on fresher and grippier tyres soon made easy work of retaking 3rd place. Lee and Crispy also made a miscalculation in their strategy plans as they both forgot to calculate in the final lap causing them to be short causing them both to need a splash and dash stop on lap 8 and 9 respectively. On to the final lap, Clive is defending from Lee and spins at the turn 1 / 2 combo giving Lee the place. The race ended with Kiwi crossing the line for a dominate win which never looked in doubt and for this first win of the Spring season.
Results;
Race 2 ;
Nurburgring Nordschleife
1 lap
N200
There was no qualifying for this race as we used a reverse grid from the finishing positions of the first. There's not much of a report for this race as it's hard to keep track of where everyone is over a 16 mile lap and I don't know the track sooooo here's the results;
Results;
Race 3
Blue Moon Bay speedway
Gr3
12 Laps
Again, the grid for this race was decided as a reverse of the finishing order of race 2. However with an oval where drafting is so easy and so important, qualifying is less important.
Race
Lee makes a similar mistake to mine in the first race and gets too much wheel spin off the line and manages to spin and spear Paul as he tried to pass off the line. As the pack mostly remained close, there was plenty of rubbing and more than a few people getting a knock in to the outer wall. Mike managed to get passed me through the final corner and had a plan to bump draft Kiwi in an attempt to break away from the following pack though this was short lived as Mike decided to go for the pass rather than bump Kiwi. By lap 4, the field has spread out a little with the lead group consisting of Mike, Kiwi and myself with Phil and Crispy in a pack of 2 close behind with the rest spread out on their own. Over the next few laps there's a number of changes of position as we all draft passed and then re-pass each other with the end game being to be in the best position come the final lap. Mike makes a mistake though on lap 9 by running wide and hitting the outer wall too hard and getting a penalty but he manages to get rid of it so it's a 3 way fight for the lead going in to the final lap with Kiwi in first, Mike second and me in third covered by only 0.5 seconds. I draft up to Mike but hang back to try and get a run in to the final corner where the 3 of us take different lines but all try to occupy very similar parts of the track at the corner exit. Due to the natural line to run wide on corner exit, Kiwi's line takes him wide and across the nose of my car giving him a small wiggle but coming back across the track further contact is made with the front of my car causing him to spear in to the side of Mike slowing them both down and giving me the win.
Results
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