Don't be dissapointed in a win like that, as you proved you were the
best driver on the day.
Congrats on your first VROC win too, with an attitude like you have, i
am sure you will have many more.
Well done...
Cheers,
Ron
Don't be dissapointed in a win like that, as you proved you were the
best driver on the day.
Congrats on your first VROC win too, with an attitude like you have, i
am sure you will have many more.
Well done...
Cheers,
Ron
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>P.S. I am making assumption that there're sensible drivers
>around you.
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I never suggested to make T1 passes. This would be plain stupid.
I agree with you that one might have to brake earlier than usual if there
are cars immediatly in front (it's plain physics). But the closer one gets
to
the car in front, the better for the cars following..
BTW: Up to now, I have never rearended or tried to pass anyone in T1..
(except
passing a lot of wrecks rolling through the gravel, of course ;)
Have fun..
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>Don't be dissapointed in a win like that, as you proved you were the
>best driver on the day.
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>> Hi,
>> Don't be dissapointed in a win like that, as you proved you were the
>> best driver on the day.
> A win because everyone else disco'd? That doesn't mean you're the best driver.
> It just means that you had the most time to kill...
> I agree with him, it's an empty victory.
You could argue that the others guys didn't have the WILL to win. And
I'm confident that many of them have never even won a single long race
with that kind of attitude.
Cheers,
Jens
Hi Eldred,
I seem to be disagreeing with everyone lately. :)
If the guys that discoed, discoed from poor connections, then i would
agree with you, to a certain extent, but in Semi's post, he stated
that the guys that discoed "crashed", THEN they discoed, and others
simply couldn't keep their cars on the road, and drive at a sensible
pace to complete the race, where Semi did both of those things, so
deserved the win.
That says to me, that Semi was more sensible than most of the guys that
crashed and discoed, and also had a greater will to take advantage of a
common happening in motor racing, sim or real..
I much prefer racing against drivers of Semi's mind set, than the
crash, burn & disco types, anyday of the week..
The first win on VROC is always a mile stone...
Well done Semi, you deserved it.
Cheers,
Ron
>You could argue that the others guys didn't have the WILL to win. And
>I'm confident that many of them have never even won a single long race
>with that kind of attitude.
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>> Sorry Eldred, but I have to side with Ron on this issue. I still cherish my
>> GP win even if only two drivers went the distance. Speed is only good if it
>> is sustained or useful speed. As far as I know lots of real races are won by
>> guys because the leaders had various problems with their gear or endurance.
>> You could argue that the others guys didn't have the WILL to win. And
>> I'm confident that many of them have never even won a single long race
>> with that kind of attitude.
> I think a GP race is much different. People enter it with the mindset that
> it's a fight 'to the finish'. They're not going to drop out just because they
> have no chance of winning. In a GP race, anything can happen, and the
> participants KNOW that. So yes, you EARNED that win - well done!
> It's not the same in a quick race at Monza. The mindset is much different -
> they're here for a quick thrill. When the possibilty of winning is gone, so
> are they. They run off to join another race. If I'm the last man standing
> because everyone bailed after 4 or 5 laps, that does NOT mean I'm the best
> driver in that race.
I can't find the quote right now, but he mentions something about all the drivers at a given level being pretty much equally talented with the stronger will winning the race.
And yes, I know it's a bit different in GPL - we are not all equally
talented. I think the principle still applies.
Jens
> I seem to be disagreeing with everyone lately. :)
You certainly did, Semi. Well done!
According to your race report, the guy who flipped on the penultimate
lap didn't have the common sense to win. Thus he didn't deserve it.
Cheers,
Jens
Bear in mind of course that Senna deliberately drove into Mansell just after
he'd been lapped, as it was his last chance to affect the outcome of the
race.
Mansell had to brake heavily for the chicane, so it was an ideal
opportunity.
Of course I could be wrong, and maybe Senna was just an incompetent
driver... well, what do you think? ;-)
I really think you will have to think again about this - it simply does not
work, unless everyone has unbelievably fast reactions.
If you look at the AI, or at a real race for that matter, the guys at the
back basically have to stop and queue up for T1, as Tony Rickard has already
said.
It's not too dissimilar from driving on public roads - the guy behind has a
duty not to rear-end the guy in front, regardless of how slowly he goes, and
certainly not if he can predict that the guy in front will have to slow
down, as in this case.
This sort of strategy can work nearly anywhere, not just at the ring.
I was recently in a VROC pickup race at Watkins Glen with a full grid,
where I joined late, and didn't get a chance to qualify. Thus I started
from the back. Everyone made it through the esses, amazingly enough,
and then literally half the field went off over the outside embankment at
the entrance to the Loop. I was in 9th, from 18th, after the first lap.
Marc
Davy Jones referred to the incident
"I wonder if his (Senna's) thinking in a race isn't so far advanced that his
mind is not relating to the incident that's actually happening. Maybe if
Nigel lifted a bit early, Ayrton just wasn't prepared for it, because his
mind was already two or three corners ahead. You know, when you take a
corner, your mind goes to the turn-in, then to the apex, then the exit.
You're always a step ahead of what you're actually doing. But maybe Senna is
always three steps ahead. Maybe that was it. And maybe that's why he's such
a great champion."
So what chance have we lesser beings on VROC?