A piece from #25 Advanced Drivers now
We practiced moderately hard for the event, at least so we think. We had a diversified roster with each driver having the upper hand over the other two in some aspect and our race set was great as well. We want to thank the ZION and Lublin-Muroc teams for joint practice :fence: Below follows our story.
On race day, so soon as we illegally went into posession of the server password, we were able to join the event in which we had high hopes. As it turned out later, our hopes were far too high
Zamer qualified very well, in 7th position, though he had hoped for a better time (like many others). Our frustration started with a drive-through for cutting the pit exit lines during quali. We can't deny our fault, but we don't understand why we were the only one of a few teams doing this that got a penalty. We just don't like the inconsistency and a really low low cut-detection threshold, but there's nothing we can do – we cut and we're punished and nobody said that everyone must be punished – only those caught.
OK, Dominik is on the grid with some really low number of fps (first time with so many cars ahead) and as the cars begin to roll, he encounters some problems with evaluating distance and speed of the cars ahead, knocking a few in the back – sorry guys, this was the matter of fps, not our driver's bad intentions or clumsiness. All of a sudden, we realize we still have the R2s on (the DT made our brains fade) and so we pit and join the rear end.
The race is constantly giving us more reasons for frustration. Cars at the back of the grid lose control every now and then, making us lose these few places that Dominik made up the laps before. Due to this, we are experiencing multiple deja vu-s, swapping places with „that damn orange FXR”
. Zamer also spins one car in chicane 1, but this is again due to low fps – big sorry to the RSR team
On lap 26, Zamer's G25 decides to give the shifter some holiday treatment as he tries to slide into T1. A safety car follows and this is it for us. :ambulance Congratulations to all those who finished! :checkered
At least we will be remembered as "that damned pink car", so, in some way, our race was a marketing success