Round 3 - Gran Premio di San Marino [Feb. 17th]

Un mur de F1 à la dérive dans la première courbe, obligé de passer dans le gravier pour tout éviter, volant tordu, inconduisible, esc...

I can´t believe it, lap 3, i brake for the first hairpin and the car darts to the right against the wall, never had suffered this in all the laps i turned in this circuit

Gutted, but i better start training for the next circuit. What an anticlimax for yesterday´s qualy

Another DNF... really can't believe it...

Have no hope for Monaco as well. I've got to make it in Montreal onwards.

stupid...yes i am...what start as nice championship continues like a nightmare I simply wanted tooooooo much...

Another stupid error when running 3rd, coupled with the fragile nature of these cars = bent suspension. Made it to the pits for new FW but the car was hopeless steering to the left. I think these cars are too fast for my old brain

Alberto Ibañez wrote:

I think these cars are too fast for my old brain

I Had the same problem it made me feel old

Carl Larrad wrote:

Alberto Ibañez wrote:

I think these cars are too fast for my old brain

I Had the same problem it made me feel old

I am affraid it the same for me

A car spin in the middle of the straight ... makes me lose the spoiler.
Entry to the pits for repairs, but the car does not work well.
Then visit to the walls and .....press "Esc"

Very happy to attend my first race in this championship, I hope to go further in Monaco.

Ben Paulet wrote:

Broadcast start 8.50 pm

Very neat. I listened and watched for a few minutes on my ipad.

Spin in the exit of the last chicane directly into the wall , I was in the gearbox of Greg, with whom I had a great battle for 2/3 laps

My car was pretty nervous on this race start, I don't know why

A race to forget...

Had a good start and was pretty fast. when i overtook greg, i misshifted into first gear and spun. well, same happened one lap later and i hit into a wall. ok, new spoiler and start again as 17th. had a good pace with several fastest laps. was able to drive on to 5th position. after my pitstop, gui as leader was behind me and i had a blue flag, but was able to pull away with the new super soft tires from him, but no, drive through penalty. what a . when i tried to put in the drive through, i misbraked and some seconds later, i had a disconnect.

No good at all.

Magnifique retransmission.

Beau spectacle!

So so gutted.

Made a really good start and survived some carnage around me, and had some good battles with cars a lot faster than me. Managed to hang onto some cars for a while, and then was managing to keep up with Philippe's McLaren. Had a scary moment at the Variante Alta with Gerard behind me. Gerard, the same thing happened in the Group C race where you completely outbraked yourself. I took to the grass this time just to make sure it didn't happen. It's really quite scary when you're running close behind me, please be a little more careful mate. Got the Fondmetal as high as 11th as one point, and was running 12th before I had a brake failure.

I know at the last race in Brazil, I ran the brakes at the front (60:40) too much, and was informed that that was way too much. Ran the brakes at 54:46 today and got comfortable with them, yet the same thing happens. Maximum brake ducts too. I don't know what to do, I wasn't even driving hard, or particularly hard on the brakes either. Guess I need to try 50:50...

Really really disappointed, as I felt like I was definitely outdriving the car tonight. Hoping I can get my braking issue sorted before Monaco.

Engine failure

200m de course. Yves perd le contrôle tout seul comme un grand et me met dans le mur. Heureusement que Martin avait donné des consignes de prudence... Bon enfin, c'est la course
Bravo gui, bravo la labédan connexion.

I had to deal the whole race with a lot of damage, especially the front wing who where missing, that gave me a lot of understeering.

Not easy at all, Im broken but I finished the race and im proud as if I would have won this one.

I think that none have been annoyed by me.

Hope that I will be able to do the next one, if someone drops his seat again.

Thanks for the organization

Vincent Beretta wrote:

200m de course. Yves perd le contrôle tout seul comme un grand et me met dans le mur. Heureusement que Martin avait donné des consignes de prudence... Bon enfin, c'est la course

Je ne perd pas le contrôle, Vincent : Il y a plein de f1 en vrac dans la courbe devant, je suis contraint de tirer tout droit pour éviter le tout, après évidemment, plus rien n'est sous contrôle (c'est peut-être à ce moment que le contact a eu lieu). Mais je te prie de croire que je n'avais pris aucun risque jusqu'à lors, conformément aux instructions d'avant-course.
Et si tout cela a occasionné ton abandon (et le mien par la même occasion), j'en suis désolé pour toi, et m'en excuse, mais ce n'est malheureusement que de simples faits de course.

Stream of the race available here : Livestream

Yves Plaçais wrote:

Vincent Beretta wrote:

200m de course. Yves perd le contrôle tout seul comme un grand et me met dans le mur. Heureusement que Martin avait donné des consignes de prudence... Bon enfin, c'est la course

Je ne perd pas le contrôle, Vincent : Il y a plein de f1 en vrac dans la courbe devant, je suis contraint de tirer tout droit pour éviter le tout, après évidemment, plus rien n'est sous contrôle (c'est peut-être à ce moment que le contact a eu lieu). Mais je te prie de croire que je n'avais pris aucun risque jusqu'à lors, contrairement à ce que tu sembles affirmer.
Et si tout cela a occasionné ton abandon (et le mien par la même occasion), j'en suis désolé pour toi, et m'en excuse, mais ce n'est malheureusement que de simples faits de course.

regarde plutot le replay mais nous sommes d'accord, il s'agit d'un fait de course sans importance, c'est la course

Ben Warren wrote:

I know at the last race in Brazil, I ran the brakes at the front (60:40) too much, and was informed that that was way too much. Ran the brakes at 54:46 today and got comfortable with them, yet the same thing happens. Maximum brake ducts too. I don't know what to do, I wasn't even driving hard, or particularly hard on the brakes either. Guess I need to try 50:50...

I was shocked on TS to hear that. I was running brake bias around 55:45 on duct 5(!), and the front brakes were down to 30% at the end, but didn't fail. So I fail to understand how that can be.

Is the Fondmetal that much of a sh*tbox that even the brakes fail on 8?


@Yves: Slipstream? Even Gui mentioned it before the race, you'll get understeer in corners if you follow someone closely. I nearly went off following Mario...

David Jundt wrote:

Ben Warren wrote:

I know at the last race in Brazil, I ran the brakes at the front (60:40) too much, and was informed that that was way too much. Ran the brakes at 54:46 today and got comfortable with them, yet the same thing happens. Maximum brake ducts too. I don't know what to do, I wasn't even driving hard, or particularly hard on the brakes either. Guess I need to try 50:50...

I was shocked on TS to hear that. I was running brake bias around 55:45 on duct 5(!), and the front brakes were down to 30% at the end, but didn't fail. So I fail to understand how that can be.

Is the Fondmetal that much of a sh*tbox that even the brakes fail on 8?


@Yves: Slipstream? Even Gui mentioned it before the race, you'll get understeer in corners if you follow someone closely. I nearly went off following Mario...

After speaking with Samuli, I think the problem is to do with my brake discs. I converted my quali setup and made the necessary changes for race setup. Everything was set perfectly, except my rear brake discs. Now I understand the problem now, silly thing to forget.

Still, disappointed because the race was going really well. Congrats to all finishers! I will hopefully join you at the end for the Monaco race.

Ben you have to check the disk thickness in your setup, it was maybe not at his max

Results and championship standings are up on the website

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Bravo gui, bravo la labédan connexion. Wink

Merci Vincent
Quelle course de fou avec le gregui, collé dans ses echappements 50 tours il a finit par faire une petite faute, mais j'ai bien cru qu'il n'y arriverait jamais .
Je voulais eviter tout accrochage et j'ai reussi a rester propre toute la course en lui mettant une belle pression ...je me suis rarement regalé comme ça ...
merci a tout les lappés pour leur vigilance et bravo Gui "poor lonesome cowboy" qui a su reste concentre tout seul au loin !
Pour Monaco se sera une autre paire de manche .
merci et a bientot

Martin Audran wrote:

Ben you have to check the disk thickness in your setup, it was maybe not at his max

Yeah, it was my own fault for being lazy and not making a new setup, instead I just converted my Quali setup. Thanks.