Endurance Div.2: Race 9 - Estoril race report
With the title race over, there was still plently to play for as we're right in there for the NGT team championship.
Mark Jonzo and I make the treck over to Portugal with a solid strategy for a conservative race designed to minimise the chance of a DNF.
We'd planned a 1-stop strategy but during the qualifying session it looked like Jamera and Dave Gymer had chosen their cars to go for a no-stop which got me thinking...
Mark edged me out of pole by just over 0.1s but we were both considerably faster than the rest of the NGT drivers so I decided to switch my strategy to not stop.
A big "well done" to Mark, a great qualifying session to grab his first pole position!
As the race started, the NGTL 1-2 pulled away from the rest of the NGT's at a rate of about 1s / lap. Mark was driving well.
At around half distance JonM, who was leading the GT race lapped us. I was safe but Mark was watching his mirrors a little too closely and braked a little too late for the Parabolica Interior and left the track enabling me to nip through for the lead.
I knew Mark would pit-in for tyres so I kept my conservative pace for an uneventful 2nd half of the race for my second win in a row!
Despite the pit, Mark came in 3rd, leaving us in a great postion for the last race at Monza to push for the team title!
With the title race over, there was still plently to play for as we're right in there for the NGT team championship.
Mark Jonzo and I make the treck over to Portugal with a solid strategy for a conservative race designed to minimise the chance of a DNF.
We'd planned a 1-stop strategy but during the qualifying session it looked like Jamera and Dave Gymer had chosen their cars to go for a no-stop which got me thinking...
Mark edged me out of pole by just over 0.1s but we were both considerably faster than the rest of the NGT drivers so I decided to switch my strategy to not stop.
A big "well done" to Mark, a great qualifying session to grab his first pole position!
As the race started, the NGTL 1-2 pulled away from the rest of the NGT's at a rate of about 1s / lap. Mark was driving well.
At around half distance JonM, who was leading the GT race lapped us. I was safe but Mark was watching his mirrors a little too closely and braked a little too late for the Parabolica Interior and left the track enabling me to nip through for the lead.
I knew Mark would pit-in for tyres so I kept my conservative pace for an uneventful 2nd half of the race for my second win in a row!
Despite the pit, Mark came in 3rd, leaving us in a great postion for the last race at Monza to push for the team title!
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