First off all, a big, BIG "thank you" to all the guys who make these events happen.
I am not sure that the majority of us realises just how much time goes in to the planning, administration and running of the events, so a big thank you to all of you!
Driving for the 11000 Bit Racing Porsche, we came to this round with a win in the previous round, so we knew we had to do good to maintain our position in the standings.
Qualy went well, despite the fact I was running a wrong setup with a wrong brake balance, which I didn't realise before it was all over. Still managed to put the car on 3rd, after Alvaro Baker and Alen Terzic, who were doing great laptimes in the Aston, hats off guys!
The start was okay without any issus, but I quickly realised that Alvaro Baker was on a way different strategy than us, and that I had to pass him fast in order to benefit from our strategy, since his pace was quite slow compared to ours. I made a move on the inside at the end of the Hangar Straight, braking a bit late, and I guess that Alvaro saw that and wanted to make a slingshot, unfortunately his front hit my rear, which made my car go left instead of right, resulting in me running of the track. I see it as a racing incident, no hard feelings these things happens, and perhaps I should have waited a bit longer, since 6 hours is quite a long time.
I entered the track in the mid-field, keeping the car on the inside along Matt Horst, slowed way down in speed for the last chikane, in order to make space for Matt on the outside, unfortunately I don't think that he'd seen me, and turned right in to me, making my car go off the track again. Returned to the track in one of the last position, with splitter damage, and still haven't completed one lap, so from there it was a matter of pushing hard to make up for all the time lost.
Pace was good, and it didn't feel like the car was to bad eventhough the splitter was damaged, and I decided I wouldn't repair the damage, as the repair time would be way longer than the time lost pr lap. Unfortunately, stupid as I were, I forgot to choose the "Do NOT repair" option in the pit menu, and lost a lot of time in the pit unnecesary, just to find out when entering the track, that the damage was still there?!
Anyway, rest of stint was good, delivered the car to Peter Munkholm, who unfortunately chose the wrong tyres for the second stint of his, and delivered the car to Lasse with the wrong tyres, which meant we lost more than 50 sec. Furthermore, Lasse's computer started to stutter, making it very hard for him to drive, so we had to do an early pitstop, do a driver swap where I got back in the car for a single stint, while Lasse fixed his computer so he could regain the car and finish the race, so another 10 secs lost on unnecesary driverswaps.
Anyway, we ended up in 4th with is not that bad really, quite good damage control, but honestly we should be too experienced to make all of those rookie mistakes which pretty much ruined our race, but totally our own fault
First many GT cars don't pay attention to other GT cars lapping them. You have to make room for the faster GTs cause we're racing the same race and it's not advisable, IT'S MANDATORY. We're not P2s, we have the same car and we cannot just push the throttle or brake 50 meters later to overtake you. So please, a little bit more patience and attention towards that.
^^ THIS!!! At several times, I was battling other GT cars more than a 1 lap behind me, which leads to the faster car HAVE to do these stupid "Do or Die" moves in order to pass, because a backmacker is driving the deffensive line, so much time lost for both cars, so not necessary, please be aware of the blue flag
A big grats to podium in both classes!
Some of the P2 teams should take a look at the onboard driving from the FEEDER Ragnar car, and see how those guys get through traffic. Not a single time was I unsure of, or disturbed by their actions during lapping, these guys did a tremendous job on that part.
Alen Terzic and Amedeo Fiorella, congratulations on you win in the GT class, it was very well deserved! (y)
On to the next one, looking very much forward to Le Mans!
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