Round 1 - IX. AvD/MVBL Rundstreckenrennen [Jan 30th]

Thanks for letting us know.

Late notice, I'm available to race

will try a Miller May Mobile unless told otherwise, in which case will Jrive the Jagermobile

I can't get my PC's performance issues ironed out, pulling out last minute. 😭

I'm in the worst form of my life right now, holy hecking crap, it is just shocking!!! Welp, as in Phoenix last week, racecraft and racepace was there, it is just those split-second decisions that all goes against me. Spun on my own, blew the engine while rejoining.

****!!!

No real comment to give about my race. Had the pace in quali for P3, two consecutive engine blow-ups in the last two runs ruined it.

Race start was a mess too, with massive gaps when we were going into the final turn. Almost ran into Al because he was on the right side instead of the left, where he was supposed to be. Lost positions at the start right away because I took the start in 3rd gear instead of 2nd, then my game froze on lap 2. Almost got run off the track twice on lap 5 before my car decided to make my life worse than it already is.

Sorry about almost spinning you out, Jonatan. Once I noticed you were going around, I tried to push you back into the right direction. Fortunately, that worked.

While I am surprised that my engine did not give up like it had many, many times in practice, after those last 10 laps with no splitter and the humiliation of being the only running car to be lapped, I wish it had.

Qualified on Pole, but I think that was all the engine had planned for tonight. Probably ran too much boost and revs and retired from second place.

Fast in practice, not so much in quali. P9. Whatever. But the famous unreliable Celica lived up to it's name today and the engine quit on me.

However, that car DOES pull. So I see potential to get some great finishes this season! ^^ Until next time.

This race confirms it to me again: I can't push a car for my life in Q, but once we settle into a race session where consistency is key, I do much better.

Then again, I took advantage of the mis-shifts(?) of others and Canadian Dave caught the chicane, dropping him out of contention

Thiago kept me on my toes, but then I nearly brainfarted by spinning on T1 of the last lap and somehow managed a brilliant 360° and got going fast enough, my tyres felt like cheese and I started to make mistakes.

Only with a lot of luck I seemed to stay ahead of Thiago by 0.064

After Q, I'd have taken a top five, but the victory is a literal win! Not sure if that sentence made any sense...

Great racing!

Indeed, great defensive display out there.

It was a really fun race trying to overtake Bruno. Decided to set mid to low boost pressure to avoid being over aggressive to the tyres. Still, pressure on right rear rose much more than I expected and then last 8 laps or so it were really difficult.
Still, happy to achieve 8th

Alan, I used full turbo boost the whole race, my car was full of fuel.

Good thing it was you behind me, your always clean way of running was a reassuring factor for me.