AMS2 MINI Challenge @ Donington Park - Friday February 3rd 2023

[Bram Hengeveld]

My goodness that has been a while but it's back: The (in)famous MINI Friday returns to the RD Racing Club.

Previously hosted for years with iconic sims such a RACE The WTCC Game, RACE 07, GTR Evolution, Game Stock Car, Stock Car Extreme and Automobilista 1 it's now the time for Automobilista 2 to take over one of the oldest types of racing club events done on RaceDepartment.

Open to both beginner and more experience simracers the easy going MINI John Cooper Works is one of the coolest cars to race online with a full field of opponents.

Are you new to simracing and want to race with more experienced simracers who will show you the ropes and help you as much as they can during a casual fun online event, don't miss out and sign up today! Experienced drivers, seasoned veterans, are of course very much welcome as always!

You will not get any faster or skilled by not racing online, you will only get faster with online practice and resistance with other real drivers surrounding you. Especially when these drivers are your friendly fellow community members who are happy to assist you with driving tips, techniques or even setups. Simply join us on Discord during the event and chat away. We don't bite, I promise

Do you want to become a better pilot, take your chance now and start your online sim racing career here on RD with the amazing MINI Cooper JCW and sign up in the comments below.

Server, Settings & Rules​

Server Name: RACEDEPARTMENT.COM
Server Password: Click here
Server Settings: Open
Track: Donington National
Cars: MINI Cooper JCW
Rules: Read or watch our racing club rules
Discord: Join us on the #Automobilista-2 voice chat during the event. Join our Discord here and check out the #read-this-first how to setup and syncronize your premium account.

Time Table​

Practice: 19:00 UTC / 20:00 CET (30 minutes)
Qualifying: 19:30 UTC / 20:30 CET (15 minutes)
Race: 19:45 UTC / 20:45 CET (45 minutes)

Entry List​

1. Ingemar Petersson
2. Bram Hengeveld
3. Lucas Degen Streaming Live @ Twitch
4. The Almighty Snark
5. James Skinner
6. Kryztov
7. Ramon van Rijn
8. huggybendy
9. Boukâh
10. Reefabus
11. Bjorn de Haas
12. Dave Stephenson
13. T1MKO
14. sam75
15. paul75
16. speedychris
17. Stefan Hiller
18. Smidgey
19. Jermaine
20. Eric S
21. Free slot
22. Free slot
23. Free slot
24. Free slot

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Bwoooah @James Skinner that racing was phenomenal. Unfortunately I missed my pitbox ( ) so had to come in once more. This racing needs to be continued next week

Thanks all for joining! This was super cool.

 

[Stefan Hiller]

The Mini's feel a lot like the real Cup Lupo, pretty nice!

 

[Eric S]

Why was everyone pitting? I managed to do it on one tank. Was a pitstop quicker? Tires were also okay?

 

[Lucas Degen]

Thanks for the race!

I had a great start, P12 to P4 on the first lap.

Check my first lap at 01:44:31

01:55:00 I had nowhere to go @speedychris

 

[James Skinner]

Bwoooah @James Skinner that racing was phenomenal. Unfortunately I missed my pitbox ( ) so had to come in once more. This racing needs to be continued next week

Thanks all for joining! This was super cool.

Yep great race, thanks Bram - sorry if that pass was a bit late into the chicane! I wondered what happened in the pitstops!

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Yep great race, thanks Bram - sorry if that pass was a bit late into the chicane! I wondered what happened in the pitstops!

Totally fine, saw you coming and hit the brake a tad longer. Great racing, really enjoyed the nose to tail action

 

[James Skinner]

Why was everyone pitting? I managed to do it on one tank. Was a pitstop quicker? Tires were also okay?

Tires were okay driving wise and lap time didn't seem to drop off given I only had about 10% left on one of the fronts in the visual indicator! Seems to be a bit more forgiving than other sims in that department perhaps. I only had enough fuel for 33 laps though so had to splash and dash...

 

[T1MKO]

Why was everyone pitting? I managed to do it on one tank. Was a pitstop quicker? Tires were also okay?

Eric, I didn't pit but I ran out of fuel on the cooldown lap ! Also my front tyres were losing grip quite bad at the end, Speedychris nearly got me on the last lap but managed to hang on.

 

[Eric S]

Eric, I didn't pit but I ran out of fuel on the cooldown lap ! Also my front tyres were losing grip quite bad at the end, Speedychris nearly got me on the last lap but managed to hang on.

I did a few laps less than others . Didn't know the track and was first time in the motion rig I just installed this afternoon. So a bit unprepared.

I did notice that others had way more topspeed. Was that only exit cornering speed? Or adjusted setups?

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Must be corner exit as setups barely do anything on this car. Ran default with a slight adjusted brake bias.

 

[T1MKO]

I did a few laps less than others . Didn't know the track and was first time in the motion rig I just installed this afternoon. So a bit unprepared.

I did notice that others had way more topspeed. Was that only exit cornering speed? Or adjusted setups?

I was running standard setup apart from extra degrees on steering and I took all the rear wing off, getting the corners entry/exit right made a big difference to speed on the following straights, mess it up and it was costing me half a second or more.

 

[Bjorn de Haas]

Had some good fun and a few pit stops more then intended hehe. Had a funny moment with Bram when going into the pits hahaha