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Post by Senna on Jul 10, 2006 9:59:32 GMT -5
Well mister speed over there was threatening an 8, so ask him Bah! I'll start working for Silverstone tonight then, I want to have that speed
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Post by Viper on Jul 10, 2006 10:29:14 GMT -5
You have to be bold on that track. Makes corners without mercy, brake late etc...I'll try and work a video of my lap later. Anyway, after setting that time, in the next lap I was doing 3 tenths lower by the second sector, but spinned as I went into the last few corners. I decided to go and do the race though, cause I still had to find the consistency to make 11 laps. As I expected, I was only able to finish after 4 tries....
@matt: Yep, you got me a bit worried there...We'd have to review half of the results of the season ;D
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Post by Viper on Jul 10, 2006 10:33:01 GMT -5
Just an example though...after the hairpin, you have to take an S. I do those corners on 7th gear and just briefly release the gas before the first corner. The rest of the corner, full throttle. After that corner, we have the slowish corner, and then another tight S with some complicated elevations. The right turn is done on 6th and the left on 5th, sometimes 6th, if the car behaves
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Post by Mαττ on Jul 10, 2006 10:41:35 GMT -5
The first 'S' I just kept it flat out and knocked it back into 6th, but this can only be done with manual gears. Sometimes I did it how Viper did though. The 2nd 'S', I kept it floored through the first right-hander in 7th, but then went back to 4th for the immediate left hander, and this allowed a decent drive out of the corner, into 5th briefly then back down to 2nd for the right hand turn leading onto the short run down to the final chicane. How did we all take the first corner there? I kept it flat out until about half way round, then went back into 4th or 5th depending on my mood (it didn't really make much difference) and just hugged the inside of the track until I could reasonably attempt to accelerate again and position the car nicely on the exit kerb without ending up in the gravel trap on the outside of that kerb. I worked out that if i was doing 300kph as I went under the overhead sign, I'd done it good
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Post by Senna on Jul 10, 2006 11:12:29 GMT -5
You have to be bold on that track. Makes corners without mercy, brake late etc... I'll try and work a video of my lap later. Anyway, after setting that time, in the next lap I was doing 3 tenths lower by the second sector, but spinned as I went into the last few corners. I decided to go and do the race though, cause I still had to find the consistency to make 11 laps. As I expected, I was only able to finish after 4 tries.... @matt: Yep, you got me a bit worried there...We'd have to review half of the results of the season ;D Nah, I understood the way you explained your lap, but I think that you'd better take a look at my lap and point out my mistakes than making a video of your own lap, unless you have enough time
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Post by zeppelin101 on Jul 10, 2006 12:17:33 GMT -5
The first one I brushed into 6th on entry, then dropped into 5th until just before the kerb.
I think the trick is to keep it pretty wide, drop to 5th to turn in a bit more, then floor it, and i think it's probably easy to be in 7th by the final kerb
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Post by Viper on Jul 10, 2006 13:18:09 GMT -5
First corner, I did pretty much like Tom is describing. I approach it on 7th, brake slightly so it drops to 6th on entrance, and then let it slide down to 5th during the corner. There's a point there that you have to get the feel, which is when you can floor it again.
I think the worse set of corner is the last one though. I just brake as late as possible going down to 2nd and I keep the car on medium acceleration during the left hander. As soon as I can I floor it again, but have to brake hard to take the final right hander.
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Post by Senna on Jul 10, 2006 13:28:05 GMT -5
oh well, I think I don't have problems with the first sector... in every attempt I did I was going faster and faster through it... the problems starts in the second sector, when I'm in the middle of the first "S"... In every attempt I did, or I braked so late (and therefore forced to go off the line) or I braked so early (and therefore waiting a couple of tenths of a second for full throttle to exit)... nah, It might be down to my brake balance, I was using the same I used in the last few races, thinking that It was related to my driving style instead of setting it up for each circuits characteristics... who knows. Viper: Well, I've sent an email to my teammate asking for the files again, I'll be out from my work after 19:48h and after that I'll resend the files, unless he sends it to me before that. I'm pretty sure that his performance wont affect the races results as you stated because... well... he's the WRSC series new Yuji Ide
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Post by Viper on Jul 10, 2006 13:55:51 GMT -5
I think you'll have to a bit more to get the report though...I just got back from the meeting and I'm feeling a bit tired atm, so gotta get the energies back online
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Post by Mαττ on Jul 10, 2006 20:00:56 GMT -5
I think the worse set of corner is the last one though. I just brake as late as possible going down to 2nd and I keep the car on medium acceleration during the left hander. As soon as I can I floor it again, but have to brake hard to take the final right hander. I liked the final corners, there was so much time to be gained if you got it right. I approached in 6th, braked as soon as i was level with the bridgestone lettering (this on the default track), back to 3rd, throw the car into the first corner, then back to 1st and hug the apex. Then accelerate back to 2nd briefly before braking heavily and throwing the car into the final corner in 1st. It's alot of work, but it was totally worth it. ;D Bit harsh surely?
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Post by Senna on Jul 10, 2006 20:14:30 GMT -5
Bit harsh surely? Actually he knows that its just a joke related to his speed ;D And with a lot of second place finishes I should be the next Jenson Button ;D Viper, the flavio's laps will be sent right after he leaves his work - he works in a call center till midnight
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Post by Viper on Jul 10, 2006 20:43:06 GMT -5
2006 French Grand Prix
Vincenzi once again on highest step
Diogo Vincenzi continued his dominance this season as he won the French Grand Prix, wiping out any doubts on the german team after the slight drop of performance in the Canadian GP.
The qualifying sessions started with Bruno Castello setting an early time of 1:10.069 which granted him the provisional pole. Matthew Green and Flavio Santos were unable to get near the Brazillian until Matt Finlay hit the track to make 3 consecutive laps braking Castello's lap by a couple of tenths. The brazillian was unable to respond as he had to end the session earlier due to an electrical problem on the car. In the following minutes, Tom Matthews and Matt Finlay traded fastest laps, until with 7 minutes to go, Diogo Vincenzi went to the track and set a 1:09.486 ensuring him the 15th pole in his career. In the end, Tom Matthews grabbed 2nd with Matt Finlay coming in on 3rd.
As it became the usual for this season, the start of the race was pretty busy. Tom Matthews was able to take the lead as the entered the first right hander after Vincenzi seemed to lose a bit of traction. On Matthews' back were Finlay and Green putting pressure during the first lap. Castello and Santos finished up the pack as they approached the hairpin. Vincenzi started his recovery race by passing his teammate after the hairpin, Green apparently having balance problems under braking. During the next two laps, some exciting racing happened as Vincenzi was racing glued to Finlay's back showing some great display of driving from both drivers, while Tom Matthews went only a bit further ahead.
The battle ended with a swift move from Vincenzi as they entered the main straight. The brazillian faked a move towards the inside line, prompting Finlay to close the line, but Vincenzi went outside, taking the Australian by surprise. Finlay kept on Vincenzi’s tail making sure to keep the same pace. Bruno Castello though was having a hard race and was starting to fall behind from Matthew Green, who was also losing contact with the leaders.
Tom Matthews had his hands busy now with Vincenzi and Finlay approaching. He made sure to keep the lead until the pitstops, which for the first had all cars going in on the same lap. Fast work from Audi saw Vincenzi taking the lead from Matthews. Finlay went out side by side with Matthews and they touched wheels briefly going into turn 1. Matthews was able to keep going, but Finlay had to step back to avoid going into the sand. With the slight loss of contact, Matthews fell behind from Vincenzi, and the brazillian kept increasing the lead till the end of the race to secure his win.
Finlay was the only one behind Matthews now, and he briefly had the lead on lap 8, but it was only because of a bold braking maneuver into the hairpin, which ended up handing 2nd place back again to Matthews as he had more speed exiting the corner. Matthew Green a bit further behind had everything working out for a good 4th place, until on the very last lap he spinned going into the fast sweeping S after the hairpin, which handed up 4th back to Castello. Flavio Santos once again, had a quiet race, and only ensured the final point for the RaltWest team.
Full Qualifying Results: Diogo Vincenzi - 1:09.486 Tom Matthews - 1:09.673 Matt Finlay - 1:09.765 Bruno Castello - 1:10.068 Matthews Green - 1:10.953 Flavion Santos - 1:16.031
Race Results: Diogo Vincenzi - 13m18.925s Tom Matthews - 13m24.607s Matt Finlay - 13m27.205s Bruno Castello - 13m33.336s Matthew Green - 13m37.384s Flavio Santos - 14m36.036s
Driver's Championship: Diogo Vincenzi – 81 Tom Matthews - 42 Bruno Castelló - 42 Matt Finlay - 37 Matthew Green - 14 Dave Carr-Smith - 13 Reece Byrne - 9 Kyle Schreoder - 9 Flavio Santos – 7 Adam Rouse - 3 Tom Pell - 0 Michael Adenekan – 0 Blake Haswell - 0
Audi Motorsports – 95 Raltwest Honda – 49 Holden Motorsport – 46 KDR Racing – 42 Vodafone Audi – 16 Rhino Racing – 9
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Post by Mαττ on Jul 10, 2006 20:47:42 GMT -5
Great report mate! ;D
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Post by Viper on Jul 10, 2006 20:49:26 GMT -5
Press conference will follow shortly...
Matt: Thanks ;D
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Post by Viper on Jul 10, 2006 21:15:29 GMT -5
WSRC Post Race Press Conference
Q: Welcome to the French GP Post Press Conference Gentleman. Joining us today is Diogo Vincenzi (1st), Tom Matthews (2nd), and Matt Finlay (3rd). Diogo, another win today, you have now a good lead in the championship, up to 39 points now. Diogo Vincenzi:
Q: On the start, you seemed to lose the rear of the car a bit, which allowed a few cars to pass you. What happened there? DV:
Q: And then a great pass on Finlay, and some quick pit work from the team! DV:
Q: Tom, a good comeback today, after not finishing the US GP. You were able to keep the lead for quite a while, but then during the pitstops Audi had a quicker work. Was there a problem during the stop? Tom Matthews:
Q: Then as you exited the pits, you had a moment there with Finlay. Take us through what happened. TM:
Q: You are now joint 2nd with Bruno Castello. Being able to close the gap to Vincenzi seems unlikely now, but what do you think the team has to do to make sure you finish ahead of Bruno this year? Congratulations again. TM:
Q: Matt, a pretty busy race today! You were able to keep Vincenzi behind you for two full laps, but then he was able to pass you from the outside. Take us trough that part. Matt Finlay:
Q: And then that moment with Tom after the pits, and in the hairpin when you braked late. Tell us your perspective on both moments. MF:
Q: You are now 5 points behind Bruno and Tom. Do you think you can eliminate the gap and retake 2nd place on the standings again? Congratulations on the podium. MF:
Q: Diogo, back to you. You have set a few interesting marks on this race. 15 career wins, 15 poles, and you managed to win all European races so far in the season. Do you think you can keep up the form? DV:
Q: With the 39 points lead, you can now finish 2nd and still win the championship. Are you going to step back now to make sure you keep scoring? DV:
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