Season 7 - Round 3 - Le Mas du Clos

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[rip|buzinator]

F3000 @ Le Mas du Clos 2006

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Season 7 - Round 3 - Le Mas du Clos

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Hot Laps Cutoff: Midnight (Eastern USA) Tuesday, night before race.

Wed, Apr 28th 2010

Practice: 8:30pm Eastern
Qualifying: 9:20pm Eastern
Warmup: 9:35pm Eastern
Race: 9:40pm Eastern

Length: 40 Laps


NOTE: x2 Fuel ... don't be caught out!


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Starting Ballast:

BPBriles... 75kg
Cawdor ... 45kg
Buzinator ... 25kg
ChITty ... 10kg

[bpbriles]

This track is gonna be crazy....

I get the feeling somebody will have a DNF @ this round. 

Once you leave the track, there is very little "flat" runoff room.  I predict that I shear a front wheel off somewhere during the race....

Should be intense!!

[rip|buzinator]

Agreed, even when there is runoff, you just can't slow down enough for the front wheels to bite ... all you can hope for is that you slow down enough to avoid serious damage when you DO hit the fence.

As far as setup, i'm personally fighting 2 issues ... when the car is heavy, the rear can snap around very easily when changing direction through du Lac ... at such high speed, it's pretty scary, even with full rear wing.

Also, in the very low speed stuff I find the front washes out pretty badly with lots of scrubbing noises and slushy responsiveness to steering input. Not sure if this is a technique thing or setup thing.

[bpbriles]

I usually have pretty good stability through du lac.  However...  If I come off the throttle during the fast right and left (du lac), before La Musee.  I can get CRAZY snap oversteer on worn tires. 

I do have the same scrubbing/washing out through the slow bits.  Tire wear is gonna be my big issue!!

I'll post my setup today.

[rip|mrkavanagh]

I am a NOOB and understand nothing of setups!!!!!

Season 7 - Round 3 - Le Mas du Clos

[rip|mrkavanagh]

ummmm    anyone care to post some times so I can see where I stand...lol

[rip|buzinator]

I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours

[rip|mrkavanagh]

I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours

just ran a 1:10.768 using your initial setup  

oh and there was some guy in there named hi_tech...pub? or someone you guys know?

[rip|buzinator]

never heard of the guy, some pub i guess.

I'm regularly in the 1:07's, occasionaly dipping into the 1:06's.
Probably Chitty will show up and do 3 laps in the 1:04's.
 

[rip|mrkavanagh]

never heard of the guy, some pub i guess.

I'm regularly in the 1:07's, occasionaly dipping into the 1:06's.
Probably Chitty will show up and do 3 laps in the 1:04's.
 

crap, well then a lap of 1:10 is not bad after running only 6 laps including the 3 out laps

[Ezeon]

after about 20 laps i got into the 1:07s

nice setup BP, running pretty smooth

are you guys putting it in first around the slow parts starting at La Piscine?

my replay saved just 10 seconds of me in the pits for some reason, otherwise i would be posting a sick ass screen of me flipping through the air out of the first turn

[bpbriles]

Thanks EZ.

I am in 2nd through all of the tight bits.

I have died many times over in practice as well.  This track will eat you up if you make a high speed error.

[rip|ChITty]

Hot Lap Update:

ChITty - 1:05.698
BP - 1:06.174
Buz - 1:06.836
Bretware - 1:06.899
EZ - 1:07.252
Mr Kav - 1:10.768

[rip|mrkavanagh]

Hot Lap Update:

ChITty - 1:05.698
BP - 1:06.174
Buz - 1:06.836
Bretware - 1:06.899
EZ - 1:07.252
Mr Kav - 1:10.768

I need to run some more laps

[rip|buzinator]

Hey all - Just a warning to avoid any visual confusion

I have decided to go retro for this race and will be wearing my Season 5, Green & Orange "Comcast" skin.

Anyone else that wants to go retro with me is very welcome ... Chitty, Bret, Kav?