• Wisniewski - Congratulations on the victory. You qualified 1st and finished with a commanding lead throughout the whole race.
  

Q: You had a good start and managed to open a gap early on in the race only to have a safety car called to the track. What was going through your head at that point? Were you worried about the restart on cold tires?

"Absolutaly not, actually it was the most perfect moment for SC to come. while making some trining stints I noticed tyres were way too hot from 5-10 lap, and I lost almost 1 sec per lap comparing second stint. When i talked earlier with Evilpimp i said that SC in 7th lap will literaly save us And it really did, i just cooled tyres and used oppurtunity to make good times on proper tyre temperature when SC was gone. Also i had staregy for rather early pitstop also because of tyres, so i was only concerned if after pitting i will end in middle of "fight zone". FOrtunately not, everything was went really smoth and i didnt even lose a big gap beacause it was only 5 sec lead or so. If it was 33 lap it would be rally a disaster, for a moment there was a probability, only then i was really concerned to lose 25 sec lead all in all it was relly fortunate"

Q: In your opinion, what was the most difficult part of the race?

"Even if I had 1 sec advantage in qualy I knew that it wont be that hard to overtake me in T1. Long straight after start really allowed 3 cars to go concurrently in T1.

In race i went really to fast in first corner, so i was immediately overtaken by "lamerr", i managed to force thru but "majorchrille" somehow lost control trying not to hit me and produced really a big crash. Again i was fortunate, because it could be me, then "lammer" went to wide second later and everything went good for me after that. So first two corners were were horrible for me"

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• StormCloud - You had a brilliant drive at KY2R. Up from 13th to 2nd and you had the best start to the race, overtaking 7 people during the collision at turn 2.
  

Q: During the first stint you were racing very close with Deutchel, running similar lap times. You seemed to be a bit faster but could not complete a pass. Can you describe the difficulty of overtaking on KY2R?

"I did not do any serious practice for this race and it was a late decision to drive - so late I almost missed qualifying! There are a couple of good overtaking spots at Kyoto but it took me while to remember which gear to take some corners so I didn't have the speed in the right places to overtake Marcel, who I know from OWRL is a very consistent driver"

Q: In your opinion, what was the most difficult part of the race?

"The lap before my pitstop when I looked and saw I had 0.9 laps of fuel as I passed the pit entrance before starting my inlap!"

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• Deutschel - You also had a good start, jumping from 5th to 3rd while staying ahead of the carnage at turn 2. Congratulations on 3rd place and getting to the podium on your teams entrance into oneGP.
  

Q: When Stormword exited the pits ahead of you he started to open up a gap. Was there a point when you decided to play it safe and settle for 3rd?

"Yes, i know him very well and his is usually faster than me. that i could hold him until the pitstop was imo because of the tricky track. i know the points were overtaking is possible very well and tried to avoid to give him a draft on the oval parts. so i knew he would drove faster in first stint, i hold him up. so i knew, that it is nearly impossible to overtaking him on track again and played safe for the podium."

Q: In your opinion, what was the most difficult part of the race?

"Nothing special than an hour event you need to keep cool in first laps and keep the concentration high over the race duration. really hard for me, was hitting the right time in the qualy-session and with storm in the neck, was not as stressful as it perhaps looked. it was like racing a well known buddy, so the close racing is very predictable that was big fun for me."

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That's the end of the first oneGP post race interview. Thanks to the top 3 for quick responses to my questions and congratulations to all who finished. This was one of oneGP's largest and most successful races. It was also a difficult track where the best place to pass someone was in the pits. We hope to see everyone in the next race.

Last edited by wOoOzZy, Sun 5 Oct 2008, 15:38.

I had a crap qualifying session too. Could have been 2nd but ended up 12th o.O. And my race set was way too understeery, needed more downforce I think. But you live and learn. I'll prepare my race set a bit better next time.

Quote from AMB :

Wasn't there for personal reasons, PM if you want and i'll tell you.

No worries. I got me some points and it's all good. Too bad you missed it sense it was a big grid this time but I'm sure you would've been there if you could.

People. Come to FRO|FormulaRacing|CART. Same password you received in your PM.

lol at your sig pacesetter. I just read it.

woot =)

tweak away, tweaker

Yeah. Lowing your tc and clutch's power % too low really robs you of speed. Having tc at about 3.8 seems to be a safe setting for most tracks, though still pretty low. And having the power % set to about 30-35% should still be safe enough while allowing you some speed. But it's all about what's right for you. Here's a little guide for tweaking...

Suspension- Softer front, oversteer / Softer rear, understeer
TC- Lower, understeer and slower
Differential- Lower, understeer and slower (for power setting)
Tire psi- Harder front, understeer and faster / Harder rear, oversteer and faster
Wing- Lower front, understeer and faster / Lower rear, oversteer and faster

And everything is vice versa (aka: harder front suspension gives understeer). Hope that was clear enough to be of some help.

Quote from Davidos93 :

ok, heres a replay of about 6 laps, i think 3 was the best.

comments welcome, and spare me the obvious ones :P (such has hitting walls, missed shifts (i'm new to the whole manual shift whilst trying to keep an F1 car on the road whilst its going 300kph round a corner :P )

When I get off work in about 4 hours I'll make some comments but you can go on www.lfsworld.net and download the WR replay. You can also use the instant hotlap analyzer to compare your lines and just about anything you can think of with someone elses hotlap.

If you're just starting to practice with manual i really recommend putting in a good amount of laps tonight to get used to it.

Last edited by wOoOzZy, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 17:44.

Quote from robybobey :

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BE A PART OF AMD CAPSULE THEN JUST SAY, I HAVE A FREE SLOT

Just PM the guy that asked for a team deusch! =P

And how bout this suggestion. In order to enter a second team into the series, the team name has to be registered in Italian, via red bull / torro rosso. lol

Quote from dekojester :

The FE round that I belive Wooz is talking about, had everyone within the 4s. But I do also remember requests to waive it for that round.

Ah, my mistake then.

On a side note, It'd be nice if we could use this race as a promo video.

Last edited by wOoOzZy, Thu 2 Oct 2008, 21:25.

Quote from Davidos93 :

wooozzy, what i meant is that i'm most probably gonna finish last in qualifying anyway, so even if my time is outside the alloted 4 seconds, then would i be allowed to start from the back anyway?

Unfortunately, no. It's an issue of safety more than anything else. When we raced at FE (before the rule was made) there's were one or two people that were past that marker. The extreme pace difference made them a pretty big hazard in the whole race.

The only way to do that is if we end race after qualifying and the race marshal re-orders the grid. Sometimes something comes up where we need to do that but if it doesn't you should just pull off to the side and let the field pass. Shouldn't be too hard considering we start on a massive straight. Just warn everyone during the break between qualifying and race start if you're gonna do that.

Call the service number on the back of your card. Similar things have happend to me when making online purchases with a credit card. It could be that your bank is seeing it as identity theft and blocking the transaction. If that's the case then you just have to tell them to allow the transaction.

Quote from Davidos93 :

i'm gonna get my butt kicked

That's because you're....

Online at: [TC] CityDriving

instead of practicing =P.

In all honesty though. Nobody will be upset at you if you're off pace as long as you are able to drive safely. Have fun and maybe you'll do better than you expect.

-ps- How do you show your online status in the sidebar?

you're all slow =P

wooo. maz! =)

Well the wr is high 1.16s so as long as you're under 1.20s you're fine. Though I recommend doing around 30+ laps by Saturday.

I imagine t10 is gonna be tough on race day to get consistently with gradual tire wear and decreasing fuel loads.

pb so far is 1.18.0x still, but that was last night after a few pints of guiness. If I get a chance to do some laps tonight I'll probably be in 1.17s.

Yup, that's the one. I can't seem to keep the rear planted when coming out of it most of the time. And if I do, I mess up the next right hander or the final series of turns lol

yo, just bored at work and wondering if anyone else hates turn 3 on KY2R (the first long right hander).

Ohnos!

It's still a ways away from race day. I'm sure it'll work out.

If not, I may be able to donate. How much does a server usualy cost?

Unless the race marshal puts out a global yellow flag you just treat it like a normal yellow flag. (aka: drive carefully so you don't add to an accident)

I'm sure they'd do it on a similar scale to how the clutch heats. Meaning, some cars will heat up faster than others but for the most part you have to be pretty careless to overheat your brakes.

I'm for it.

Ok. If that's the case then nevermind me. Maybe it should be reworded though.

"During SC period, passing on the pit-lane shall be deemed legal. But no passing will be allowed before crossing the pit entry line or after crossing the pit exit line."

Not sure if that was more or less confusing. =)