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Post by Richard Coxon on Mar 29, 2020 20:49:40 GMT
Any complaints of other drivers should be put into a protest form and sent to the admins. We can then take appropriate action if necessary.
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Post by David Sabre on Mar 29, 2020 20:53:44 GMT
Thanks Dave. I do feel really bad about it  . I should have known better than to reverse.  |
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Post by Jonatan Acerclinth on Mar 29, 2020 21:29:07 GMT
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Post by Thiago Canola on Mar 30, 2020 14:59:49 GMT
Every race is the same to me in term of struggling. First time I tested this car in this track, it was one spin after the other. Jason White is witness of it.  I thought, "wtf, how can I make a whole race like this?" Respecting the car, fear and respect other drivers helped to build up true confidence during the practice. Will Power mentioned something last Week prior the Indycar Esport race about "digital courage". I think I may have "digital fear" then. Because of that fear, I was considering again to start from the back of the grid but changed my mind thinking about how difficult it would be to overtake under traffic. I waited for most of the drivers to put their laps and it seemed I had a chance to put the car in a good position on the grid. Starting with clean air was great, one less thing to worry during the start. Very unfortunate start for Cezariusz. I hesitated myself using the throttle too. I should had practiced the start. The car was fast in clean air, very stable and uniform tire wear. I had very good battles with Janik, who was incredibly fast too. Jaques had his car very good under braking and he could find grip anywhere. I felt stupid being overtaken on the outside by him. I saw some early race dives in turn 3 too, very risky but I believe if you think you can hold it without risk the other driver's race it is fair. Around lap 75 I started to save fuel to be able to finish without stopping, I had to give up at least 4 positions at that time. It ended up not being necessary due the amount of yellow flags. Petr was getting excited in the end, very good race from him by the way. He did a bold move in T3 taking the 3rd place. I knew my car was on rails so I got it back in T4 having a better exit on the inside line. I think that was the most important overtake of my race. It was 4 laps to go, I had seen the Jaques and Jukka scratching the walls several times already and their cars were showing signs of instability. I could see I had the pace but overtaking is another thing. When I saw Jukka trying a move over Jaques I thought, "well, something may happen here..." I noticed everytime Jukka wanted to have a great exit in T1 his car used to get loose, and fighting for the 1st place he would try it even harder. He got loose, tangled with Jaques, I lifted a little to see the outcome and then floored it. Very happy with the victory. Congrats to all finishers. Thank you ISO! Thank you to all people involved in building this track! Thank you Jonathan/Miller for the amazing broadcast! See you at Bathurst 1000! |
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Post by David Jaques on Mar 30, 2020 15:57:27 GMT
It was 4 laps to go, I had seen the Jaques and Jukka scratching the walls several times already and their cars were showing signs of instability in the chaos on one of the last restarts, i checked up for the cars infront and got some extra damage on the rear that changed the behaviour a bit, still felt reasonably good just not as good as before.
coming to the finish, i saw jukka get the rear loose a couple times on corner exit, and my car was really working well in the high line, especially at exit putting the power down. so when he had the run into turn 1 i never defended the bottom, and things were seeming to go to plan, side by side mid turn, looking for that exit and hopefully a chance to pull back ahead, but in a flash it was over. car was so destroyed was a real challenge just to make it back to the line and not loose a lap under caution.
grats to all finishers, these are always tough races.
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Post by Jukka Maattanen on Mar 30, 2020 16:05:39 GMT
What a shameful ending to what was a tough and closely contested race. Apologies to David Jaques who got the worst out of it  |
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Post by Jacob Fredriksson on Mar 30, 2020 17:06:25 GMT
My philosophy going into this was simply: points. Got that at least.
But just gotta say that this new version of Trenton was simply fantastic! Such a fun and rewarding track to get right, enjoy this one the most of all ovals. Hats off!
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Post by Alberto Ibanez on Mar 30, 2020 17:14:56 GMT
We still have another round to go here, the split 300. I hope my internet connection will allow me to take part, and I sure do hope the driving standards are improved. Ahem. But don't worry, this is not the last year we will be using this track ...   |
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Post by Brian Janik on Mar 31, 2020 16:09:10 GMT
We still have another round to go here, the split 300. I hope my internet connection will allow me to take part, and I sure do hope the driving standards are improved. Ahem. But don't worry, this is not the last year we will be using this track ... Totally unfair that Alberto was unable to take part in this race! It is his baby, and he couldnt be present for its graduation into the real world He surely would have had a say in the results as well Well enjoy the Broadcast, it was really good, and track looked Great! This race was fun and the track a blast! Always tempting a spin with kinks, humps, and turbo kicks My season of lost opportunities continues. Had a solid chance for the Win but was a few laps off on fuel. Gave up the lead for fresh tires and a splash hoping I would have a slight pace advantage. Unfortunately that didnt work out, and my splash was way too big also. Had I stayed out of pitlane, I MAY have finished due to all the late cautions/yellows anyway?  Hope to win one of these USA lotteries one day Congrats to everyone that took part and had fun See you next time Stay safe |
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Post by Jason White on Mar 31, 2020 22:43:24 GMT
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Post by Petr Hlavac on Apr 1, 2020 9:29:47 GMT
Trenton is a fantastic track. It's a shame that it doesn't exist anymore. Thanks Alberto for bringing it back virtually!  I wasn't very well prepared, so I didn't expect much. But it turned out to be a fun race. T1 was super challenging and there was a lot of action. I wasn't fast, but somehow I found myself in top 5 for most of the race. We all know what happened to David and Jukka. It was very unfortunate and I feel sorry for David. He deserved a victory, that restart (with some 30 laps to go) was fantastic, as he pulled an impossible move around the outside and passed two of us  P3 is an undeserved, but great result, for sure. But there's one more thing that made this race special for me - this was the first time I drove a league race without my left leg being attached to the brake pedal. It looks like things are going back to normal  |
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Post by Cezariusz Czlapinski on Apr 30, 2020 11:27:51 GMT
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. I should have known better than to reverse. 
I thought, "wtf, how can I make a whole race like this?" Respecting the car, fear and respect other drivers helped to build up true confidence during the practice. 
