Cool XFG interior, i feel right at home, have been driving the Fiat Punto (Mrk. I and II) for 6½ years, so THAT is why i feel right at home... Rumors have been round that parts og the XFG has Punto part's but NOW it is really visible to me
I am sad to say, that it was me that took you out, on that one, for that i am really sorry, i felt bad straight away, but i must say that i was very aware where you were, and i was aware where to let you pass, so i was going at my own pace, but in the lefthander right after split 1, someone, don't have the replay to confirm who, was driving very slowly in that corner, and comming around that corner doing 220 kmh i tried to steer clear of him, only to put one set of wheels on the grass, thinking, this will end bad, and it did, i lost control having one set of wheels on the grass, sliding across the track, thinking, i hope he is braking, turn around facing the oncomming traffic and saw that i hit you...
But sorry i spoiled you race, but there was nothing i could do, at that point i was NOT in control of my car, and i knew you were comming, only hoping that you would see, i was out of control, and avoid me... Sadly you did not succed in avoiding me
I will step down from the post as manager for the Alias Racing Team IGTC effort, i will still participate, if i am found acceptable for driving by our new manager Dan Furey...
This decision is based on events during and following round 4 of the IGTC championship, and i will just leave it at that...
I will still act as vice-manager, as i am the one able to edit our sign-up earlier in this thread...
There is a 07 D.Furey connected, then about 1-4 seconds, then a "Good race" chat message (He was trying to press Shift+F4) as his window was not maximized... When i got the penalty i pressed H to se if there had been a message, and it was not even there anymore, so i was wondering why i got it...
Took you 2 minutes to give me the penalty, and you want to tell me that its automatic? Not even a second was used to check the log?
I accidently pressed PL instead of TS button, to tell that i was not able to pit... What could you have done to that, i was not even supposed to be in the car at that time, there is no way this could have been rectified during the race... NO WAY...
At the time when i was waiting for the push car i had done 2 laps on 2.8% fuel, lost 2 or 3 laps, and would have to wait 1 or 2 more laps to be pushed into the pits, on top of that i had done 1 DT AND 1 SG penalty, and would have to do the pitstop that was intended...
I WAS in 9th or 10th when i was to pit, when i was waiting for the PC i was in 24th i think...
So give up... Not really, admitting that we were hopelessly lost in the race... THAT would be a more appropriate assesment of our situation...
This is not meant to be a bashing of the job you do, but merely a wakeup call to whoever gave that penalty, THIS should not happen again, as this was a total race wrecker... Other than this you admins do a great job of handling incidents during races, but in this case a bit to fast on the trigger...
MY oppinion on chat related penalties, for this not to happen again... DO NOT HAND OUT A PENALTY TO SOMEONE THAT DIDN'T DO THE CRIME, wait for the offender to get in the car, THEN penalize him... Or at lease wait 1 or 2 laps handing out penalties...
Car 07 got a well deserved penalty for chatting...
That i will give you, but handing it out, as the 07 CLEARLY is comming in for a scheduled stop, is not even close to fair... I say CLEARLY as the chatting was done by the driver that was supposed to go into the car. At least wait to hand out the penalty, until the pitstop had been done...
Instead of JUST a DT penalty we got the penalty of having to do the penalty AND drive another lap with next to no fuel...
I admit that i tried to pit, and couldn't do it due to the panalty, and by accident i pressed the PL instead of TS button in the pits UPGRADING the penalty to a SG, hence the pit i was doing didn't count as a DT as it was upgraded, and i suddenly had to do 2 laps on no fuel, ending up being able to make the penalty (SG) and almost finishing the lap following, but at what cost, being last and wait for the push car...
My mate and i decided that it was not worth waiting, just to end up in last place... Besides i was furious with the decition to hand out a DT, BEFORE the planned pitstop ON MY INLAP...
That stop was scheduled due to the fact we were almost out of fuel...
Next time try to be fair at least, and let a pitting team come in for their stop BEFORE handing out a deserved penalty, instead you destroyed our race... Thank you...