Round 16 - Foster's Australian Grand Prix [Nov 29th]

#12

Qualy P6 PB

Entertaining 3/4 of a first lap.
Car was battered after I got bukkaked from all angles and had missshifts.
Time to wipe.

EDIT

GOD DAMN DISSAPOINTING.

Sorry to Brian Janik for effing up the team standings.
Thanks for all the setup help everybody.

Agh, had a great start but was caught out by Jonathan struggling with rear end grip coming out of one of the slower corners. Very sorry Jonathan, I could not avoid you.

It's a huge shame because I love this track, really suits my driving style. Lost the engine somehow in the pits when pitting for a new front wing.

congrats to Pascal

interesting race so far on youtube, really nice guys

Ducts and Discs too, like me? Lowest brake pressure?

I at least remembered to update the UI this time...

Thank you everyone for an exciting series!

Good race, Congratulations Pascal for the championship!

Good race too. I had bad damage and fought the car every dam turn but I was adamant I wasn’t gonna take it easy. Little Al that was a great race we had. I locked my brakes and lost it all by myself trying to defend but you kept your cool! Good race

I then blew my engine when Dad was literally right behind me. Took us both out :/

Well done everyone and ISO admins thank you for hosting this!

Last race of the championship and finally a new Thrustmaster T300 RS wheel installed just before qualifying.
As Miller said, we fought with the car that, in my case, had no traction, the rear tires skated and required a very smooth ride. I chose to start with medium tires thinking about running the race without stopping, but the consumption of the rear tires was very high, even though I was driving the car as smoothly as possible.
As always, I was extremely cautious avoiding risky situations and trying to get close to Tomas, who kept a steady pace, but every time I reduced the distance, a car would come in for a lap of advantage and I wasted a lot of time making space.
Everything was going smoothly when I noticed the core of the steering wheel dismounting, due to an oversight in the assembly, the steering wheel was swaying in my hands and in the straights I was trying to tighten the connection thread between the steering wheel and the base.
Of course, all this took away my concentration and even so I had a great duel with Tomas who was doing very well today.
I want to thank the entire ISO team for their brilliant work throughout the year in all categories and excellent video streams.
May 2021 come with F1 1986, I'm looking forward to it.

In any case the 80s were not the only golden age for italian motorsports, I think the period from between wars to the 60s with Nuvolari, Farina, Varzi, Ascari, Taruffi, and many others was also quite spectacular  

I think 1986 was just a particularly bad year for Italians when it came to scoring points. I'm aware of Alboreto's title miss in 1985, and the speed of de Angelis, Patrese, De Cesaris, Nannini ... Excellent drivers (even Andrea with his bad reputation) who weren't always in the right car at the right time.

But as you can see from my avatar, and the fact I raced as Alboreto yesterday, I do have a soft spot for the Italians in that era of F1. When painting the cars, I made sure even the most obscure logos were present on all Minardi and Osella entries.

If I had to pick a car for next year out of personal favoritism, I'd be in the #27 Ferrari, the #23 Minardi or the #7 lowrider. I think those were all driven by Italians.

If we go by season start, Danner had an Osella, not an Arrows tough


Did the best I could yesterday, slightly disappointed I actually missed a top ten Q position by like 20 thousands. First I caught up too quickly to Bruno's Coloni Williams, then I had one tiny miss of the apex in comparison to my best lap and it was enough to lose out to David S. and Grant, but at least I snatched 12th from Tim for the start.


Had a better start than the row ahead of me, but the wall of cars on the right was so tight that Tim was the lucky one on the left to advance up the field. Found myself more or less where I started, then had a sneaky undercut on David at the hairpin when he was trying to pass Vadim I believe, who then crashed out like 2 turns later

After that, I was more or less keeping the distance to Grant while, after David's Ferrari had suffered terminal brake issues, first Alberto Jr. and then CC in the Tyrrell started catching up.

CC had some errors it seemed and later retired, but Jr. was getting closer and looking for a way to pass somewhere. But thanks to the straightline speed, it still wasn't enough to catch me with my Yamaha V12 down the straights. And eventually, we caught up to Grant.

I managed to pull off a pass into the hairpin, then had to hang onto it myself as Grant wasn't done just yet, even with Jr. breathing down his neck(hope that battle was shown, thrilling bit).

I then did what I had more or less planned: Go for a two-stop race. I pitted with my soft-mediums and replaced them the same way. Came out behind Thiago and had the crucial task at that point of the race to use the fresh tyres on a lighter fuel load(I started with 215l out of a possible 220l, had 7l left at the line) to firstly pass Thiago before he'd pit and reduce the distance to Grant and Jr. again.

But Jr. retired before his stop I believe and hadn't noticed Grant pitting before I spotted him 25s behind me

I still had to pass Thiago and it wasn't easy, his car handling well at this track. There was a slight, I'll call it "miscommunication", with leader Anders before we were catching Steve Parker in the Lotus. I hung close to Thiago and as we came up to Steve, I decided it would be best we cleared him before I'd abruptly/carelessly slow at a not suitable point of the track, possibly.

Not to mention you've got a lot more to lose slowing down in a Brabham than a Benetton in '91

But before I could actually let Anders through, he had suffered a screen/game freeze and I was glad I hadn't been behind him by then. I actually managed to get into the slipstream of Thiago to pass him at the same place as I had passed Grant(the hairpin) before Anders came by again.

By that time, I was already running 5th I believe, since Tim, Ray and Dave had retired and it was me against Thiago as I expected Thiago to probably go faster on fresh tyres and I'd have to manage the gap(with or without pit stop).

My second planned stop would've thus been around lap 54, but... I didn't pit. Car handled well, 30s to Brian and 30s(by then) to Thiago so nothing to gain or lose, just driving steady(although the knuckles started aching a bit).

I did actually return to the pits in the end, putting on softs-softs to say hello to my crew and give them some work. Although I had managed a 1:19, I wanted fresher tyres for safety, but the back end actually felt a bit slippy due to overheating quicker so I took it easy in the last few laps.


Congrats to Anders  aswell as Dave  and Gabriele  for the podium finishes, Brian&Thiago for the points aswell as all finishers. Sorry for Dave though, unlucky end to the championship for him...

Adelaide was fun to drive once more though, challenging track as always(and we'll return in a year).

Thanks for the series!

^{(Thanks for the reading the wall of text above if you read this)}

As Dave said what a season.

Started of with an AGS with no clue what i was doing. Taking points with a Ligier in an high attrition race at Monaco. A brief moment in a Larraouse. Finding my feets with Minardi and The Demon as my teamm8. And finally the Benetton fitted me like a glove.


A big thanks for season, great competitors oustanding broadcasting and imho the best place i ever raced at .(its been a few of thoose)

Pascal took the champ grats, but the moral one is Mr Miller in my book. Oustanding sportmanship respect m8