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Spankypoo · Post by **Spankypoo** » 21 May 2007, 02:23

Out in T1, oh well.

Sorry about that, Paul - I hope that didn't tweak your car. I was watching the car on my inside and the Ferrari in front and didn't notice that you'd slowed down more than I was expecting. Oh well.

To Canada!

Paul M · Post by **Paul M** » 21 May 2007, 03:16

np spank, i had to slow as aaron was blowing by me on left and i wanted to let him go, he was the last person i wanted chasing me.

Steve · Post by **Steve** » 21 May 2007, 04:06

Congrats to Aaron for the win, Flow 2nd, Brad 3rd, Juan 4th !!

Flow · Post by **Flow** » 21 May 2007, 04:17

AARON 1ST!! congratulation. To brad also who bring his F1 all duckataped back home. Juan 4th, not on podium, but there like an Hero at end, survive is translation of Monanco F1 language.

I qualif normal, since i knew that Aaron and Brad was faster. Aaron manage to get out of T1 in my ass in 3rd. sory for not fighting my position, i had to close my mirror after T1, too mutch lag, and i knew that you were in better position to chase Brad. You were like a little dog taht i let go to chase RabbitBrad

. But i had to pay for that at end

I was pacing behind you guys, i put more fuel on my 1st stop to make stay longer on track, but i did a stupid thing in pit. I said, wow 1st pit box, no need of pit limit, it is too close of line. GRRRRR, you still need it to get out of pit, got a drive trought... did it, notice pit crew went out, confuse between stop and go and driver trough, stop, and shit have to stilll drive throught (32sec + 20 sec lost right here). That would of gave me victory, but Aaron did a brilliant race. I seem alone, but no way, i was chasing Aaron so mutch, he was my target.

I push so hard to catch up just in case he mistake. Went from 1:14 (in my ass, close to lap) with 25 laps to go, and finished somewhere around +16sec behind him... humm mist a few more laps. Way to go Aaron!

What a weird feeling driving has hard as you can at Monaco! Kind of long nightmare.

Bilbo · Post by **Bilbo** » 21 May 2007, 04:36

The server replay and results files can be downloaded here:

Qual results: http://nar.kicks-ass.org:8086/narresult ... o_Qual.xml
Race results: http://nar.kicks-ass.org:8086/narresult ... o_Race.xml
Replays: http://nar.kicks-ass.org:8086/narresult ... Monaco.zip (16MB, contains race and qual. replays)
Web-stats: Click here for stats!

aawil · Post by **aawil** » 21 May 2007, 04:55

Wow. What can I say. I wanted this one pretty bad. It's a pretty amaxing feeling to finally win one this year. And the fact that it was monaco makes it all the better.

I had a good lap going in qually and caught the curb on the final turn and ruined that. I was dissapointed and pissed all in one.

I thought the car bogged at the start but it seemed much better than most so I took advantage of it and ended up 3rd after T1. I knew flow was racing smart early but man I wanted to go so after a few turns he let me go. Thx flow. After a few laps I decided to back off and turn some laps. The only time I once I ended up in the lead I basically never pushed my car again. I only tried to control the gap to flow. I was right where I wanted to be and didn't want to make an unneeded mistake. After the final stop i tried to take a lesson from old Mr. Schumacher. Since I had roughly +35 seconds, I just ran nice easy laps and let flow push becuase unless i made a mistake he didn't have enough time anyway. Plus after the engine failure at spain I was short shifting through most of the race. I was afraid being in the lead would get the better of me but for themost part I handled it quite well. Thanks to limpy for sharing his setup that I used as a base.

limpindog · Post by **limpindog** » 21 May 2007, 06:12

good job dude

Flow · Post by **Flow** » 21 May 2007, 13:59

Great job Aaron, you drove wisely, and you use strategy even on your driving style and adjust to the situation.

brad · Post by **brad** » 21 May 2007, 17:35

ive been docked pay from toyota for repairs

this is a new record for me, i believe i wrecked the car 6 times and still managed to finish, and get third!! flow was correct, the only thing holding the front suspension together was duct tape and luck. ok anyways:

got pole, got a good start, led the first 16 laps, had about 30-35 second gap to aaron, then wrecked the car. (im starting to notice a patern here, get a 30 second lead, then wreck.hmmm) so i go in pits for a 95 second pits stop, leaving the pits, im scrolling through the hud, and hit the wrong button and take off pit limiter while in the pit lane, drive through penalty buddy!! so now im pissed at myself, going up the hill, i wreck AGAIN!!! so go into the pits, 85 second pitstop this time, no speeding, leave pits and have to go around then come in for the drive through. Yes, in the pits 3 laps in a row!!!!(i kept muttering one four letter word that starts with an F)
at this point the car is jacked, i set fastest lap on lap 4 or 6 with a 14.3 now im struggling to stay in the 16s. i got back into 3rd, then wrecked, then wrecked, then wrecked, and maybe wrecked somemore. after the bad accident, the car was very unpredictable, some corners it felt almost normal, some, not so much. i kept hitting the insides of corners because the car would understeer badly most of the time, but every now and then it would hook up and actually turn, usually right into a wall! ive had other races that were tougher from a battling with other drivers standpoint, but this was the hardest race ive done from a car control standpoint, it was wicked to drive to say the least!!! congrats to aaron for the win, flow for second, my team for fixing the car 5-6times so i could get 3rd, and juan for the 4th!

btw, aaron, i was not trying to be an ass when i unlaped mysefl with like 20 to go, i had to push that pace with the way the car was. slowing down actually made it even more unpredictable and harder to drive, so i was happy to stay behind you till the end, but i didnt want to risk wrecking the car from not pushing and then not finish at all

brad · Post by **brad** » 21 May 2007, 19:16

brad wrote:btw, aaron, i was not trying to be an ass when i unlaped mysefl with like 20 to go, i had to push that pace with the way the car was. slowing down actually made it even more unpredictable and harder to drive, so i was happy to stay behind you till the end, but i didnt want to risk wrecking the car from not pushing and then not finish at all

now that ive watched the replay, i was refering to my lap 72, your 75 i think, were i slowed after the tunnel to let you by. i was already multiple laps down, i figured one more lap down is one less run, which is one less chance of killing the car. but i had to run a certain pace, and i didnt think about you laying back, so i didnt mean to come up on you the last lap like that. thats why on your last lap, again i slowed after the tunnel to let you go back by, i hope you didnt think i was trying to mess with ya.

aawil · Post by **aawil** » 21 May 2007, 19:46

brad wrote: now that ive watched the replay, i was refering to my lap 72, your 75 i think, were i slowed after the tunnel to let you by. i was already multiple laps down, i figured one more lap down is one less run, which is one less chance of killing the car. but i had to run a certain pace, and i didnt think about you laying back, so i didnt mean to come up on you the last lap like that. thats why on your last lap, again i slowed after the tunnel to let you go back by, i hope you didnt think i was trying to mess with ya.

np Brad, I was a little worried when you came up on me but at that time I really didn't want to push just to keep you behind me. But the way that car looked like it was handling I was more scared of you in front of me.

Flow · Post by **Flow** » 24 May 2007, 04:17

Hey guys, come on, we dont only want to ear about the finisher, DNF's drivers still can comment! We only know about driver that we are fighting with, and i dont realy know what hapend in back.

Droping some line would be interesting to know about your race. If it went so bad, no bitching please

1 (NAR)Aaron 1:43:10.915
2 [NAR]Flow 1:43:26.298 15.383
3 Brad Jaeger 1:43:12.618 -3laps
4 [NAR] Juan G 1:43:42.692 -7laps
5 [NAR]Steve DNF (Suspension)
6 (NAR) Paul DNF (Engine) -53laps
7 [NAR] Steve B DNF (Gearbox) -69laps
8 Komaa DNF (DNF) -75laps
9 Quebec_MIKE DNF (Suspension) -76laps
10 Spankypoo DNF (Suspension) -78laps

Steve · Post by **Steve** » 24 May 2007, 04:51

Welllllllllll, i was doing ok < i think i was in 4th > until i spun at the fast left- right, lost both wings, and also got stuck on a curb, race over !!! lol

Paul M · Post by **Paul M** » 25 May 2007, 03:20

Well not much to tell, got a good q lap in found myself on 2nd row (An unusual and uncomfortable position). Got a decent start (did'nt spin and or stall), was passed by Aaron before T1 and go spanked by Spanky as I slowed to let Aaron by. Made it thru first stint with minimal damage and only one spin which cost me three places. Got the three spots back fell into 5th or 6th with Steve in front of me by 10sec., Had to wait for 2'43" for Brad to get out of pit box, which put me a lap down on the entire field. Got back out did 5 laps on second stint and smoked the barrier at the 1st left hander after the tunnel, hit it so hard it stalled the engine. Race done.

Flow · Post by **Flow** » 25 May 2007, 03:45

Paul M wrote:Had to wait for 2'43" for Brad to get out of pit box, which put me a lap down on the entire field.

Il grab the occasion to explain what i do, to try to avoid that kind of situation :

I always carry 2-3 more laps of fuel, just in case my partner is in pit for repair. 2 laps before i get to pit, i scroll down to see what position he is, and i check on the time line to see if he is runing around or stop at pit. I watch it especialy when im about to enter pit, and i never wait at last lap of fuel to pit in, just in case.

Also i run driver name arrow (tab key) to see who is the car, and when you cross pit, if you dont see the car, you still can see that arrow in sky with name of driver. Cheat? No, in real, they have pit crew saying it to the driver, and team managing the strategy. We have to do all that while driving. So use all what is available to help you out.

Hope it can help few drivers that didnt tought about it.

I must agree in this case, that seeing Brad in pit for repair, is realy unusual...

Bilbo · Post by **Bilbo** » 25 May 2007, 04:20

Flow wrote:I must agree in this case, that seeing Brad in pit for repair, is realy unusual...

Well, even just seeing Brad in the pits is unusual!

brad · Post by **brad** » 25 May 2007, 21:09

Flow wrote:I must agree in this case, that seeing Brad in pit for repair, is realy unusual...

lol, i dont wreck as much this year

Bilbo wrote:Well, even just seeing Brad in the pits is unusual!

no more one stops

sorry paul, i didnt even think about you having to come in, my bad

SteveB · Post by **SteveB** » 26 May 2007, 01:59

Well my Qualy lap sucked. I tagged the wall at T1 and entering the pool section my foot was shaking to much to push and not to mention was afraid I wouldn't make it through there in 1 piece.

Again I spun at the start in last place just trying to calm my nerves and nothing went right.
I spun 3 times at the hairpin and had a couple of ping pong laps (dam guardrails)

I forget what lap it was but exiting T1 I spun (again) tagged the guardrail and lost my front wing and decided to give up the fight.

It took a few days to get over this. I practiced hard for MONACO and I had a great setup for the race.
This was very disappointing to say the least.

C U in CANADA.