Team: Red Bull
Participants: 14
Qualifying: P9
Race: P7
Objective: 11th or better PASSED
Qualifying:
Run 1 One hot lap on options 1:28.772. Run 2 One hot lap on options. Improve by about 4 hundredths to 1:28.733, but only good enough for P9
Race:
Lap 1 got a great start, but unfortunately myself and an HRT go for the same spot at the same time and make contact. I get in the wall and lose my front wing. Pit for repairs and get back underway in P14, dead last and a ways behind. I also ask for primes to see if I can run until the rain comes since chance of rain is 47%. Lap 2 Overcook it into turn one on my cold tires and lose my shot at TheHemps. Coming into turn 14 I pass a very slow Benny to take P13. A bit too near to crashing for my taste though! TheHemps is up next, and he loses it coming out of the final turn, allowing me to shoot past for P12. Lap 5 Tiny mistake with the curb puts me in the wall and I've lost another front wing. Almost to the pits, and still running in P11 after someone disconnected, when I get into the gravel and TheHemps passes. Pit from P12 for repairs and the team gives me new primes. Back underway still P12. Lap 6 Benny is in pursuit and I have to slow for a blue flag at turn 6. I'm back on the gas as soon as the driver is past, but Benny has closed and gets a pass on the inside at turn 9. Once again dead last in P13. Then Benny makes a mistake through turn 11-12 and gets sideways. I pick the outside to go past since I think he is headed for the inside wall, but he comes back across still out of control and we collide. I have only a bit of front wing damage and get past him as he's still maneuvering to right himself following the collision. Not the best way to get back P12! Lap 21 After a disconnect and two race ending crashes I've moved up to P9 when I have a little spin just as I'm about to head into the pits. Pit from P9 and ask for options hoping to make some hay before the rain. Return still P9. Lap 31 A retirement has moved me up to P8. Pit for inters at the end of the lap as the first two sectors are pretty wet, but rain is still light. Return still P8, but then the call comes over the radio that heavy rain is coming in a few minutes. Should have chosen wets... Lap 33 Spin and tap the wall, as I'm not getting enough traction from inters. Minor damage only so I carry on, but I have to pit for wets at the end of the lap. Come out still P8. Lap 46 Moved up to P7 after another disconnect. Pass Earmack while he is pitted to take P6. Lap 47 Should have pitted for inters on the last lap as I am now struggling for grip on the wets and Earmack has caught up. He hits me at turn 13 and I spin off into the gravel, but I am able to get back underway still P6. Pit for inters and come out P7. Lap 52 Stayed out one lap too long and inters have lost grip. Pit for options and come out still P7. Lap 54 Finish 4 laps down in P7.
RD F1 2012 Weekly/Practice Fun Series
Starts: 1
Finishes: 1
Best Grid: P9
Best Race: P7
Podiums: 0
Wins: 0
Points: 6
Random Fun Series
Team: Sauber
Participants: 7+5 Intermediate AI
Qualifying: P5
Race: P5
Objective: 11th or better PASSED
Apologies for the really poor video this time. Technical difficulties meant that the recording of this race was pretty much lost. Fortunately I was able to salvage my duel for 3rd with FrenziedSine in the opening laps, albeit crudely. The damaged video would play back in one of the players on my laptop, so I basically pointed my video cam at the laptop screen and recorded that. Sorry about the blaring TV in the background. The race came undone for me when FrenziedSine tapped me in the rear coming around the first turn and I got sideways. That was bad enough, but I was relatively undamaged until I got sideways in the marbles trying to get back on track in a very slippery turn 2, the second slide putting me in the wall and taking off my front wing. Almost the best racing that I had was unfortunately lost, a real battle for the ages with Benny for P4 after clawing my way back within reach of him. On what would end up being the last lap, my tires gave up and I lost P4 to Benny, limping over the line a lap down with all 4 of my tires punctured. Guess I pushed a little too far on tires that had been off track a wee bit too much. Ah well. I figure P4 was the "best available" to me. Might have been able to keep P3, but who knows. Lag ruined things for Frenzied and I both, but it was still really fun, even though I got frustrated. Those two battles were EPIC. If only my tires could have held on just a little longer! Still and all, a solid 10 points.
Here is Benny's video that captured the action. Honestly his POV is probably the better one lol. Where I got the pass on him isn't in there (he came out of his final pit stop just in front of me and I was able to make a move on him while his tires were cold), but the battle footage starts at the 08:21 mark. It is especially epic when you note that he is on options and I am on worn primes! He finally goes past me at around 22:44 as I'm having trouble getting around with at least one tire punctured at that point.
RD F1 2012 Random Fun Series
Starts: 5
Finishes: 4
Best Grid: P2
Best Race: P2
Podiums: 1
Wins: 0
Points: 50
League table rank: 4th of 13 (3-way tie)
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RD F1 2012 Club Stats
Starts: 9
Finishes: 8
Best Grid: P2
Best Race: P1
Podiums: 2
Wins: 1
Points: 89
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RD Lifetime F1 Games Club Stats
Starts: 22
Finishes: 19
Best Grid: P2
Best Race: P1
Podiums: 7
Wins: 1
Points: 224
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