Track
21 laps, 3.73 miles (6 km), 9 lap stints.
Very low fuel burn, Low tyre wear.
Tyres
- Softs 10-12 (Excess of 12)
- Mediums 14-16 (Excess of 24)
- Wet weather 15-17 (Excess of 27).
Critical
- Top Speed
- Deceleration
- High Speed Corners
Weather
Practice
12°C to 14°C, sunny with some cloud.
Race
14°C, sunny with occasional patchy cloud.
Weight Stripping And Config
!!! To be added.
Pit Plan
Gomes
9/17/21 (9/8/4)
9: 12% Softs, 0.63. Balanced. FW 69, B 62, E 53, G 50, RW 66, S 59. Length: 11.114. Fresh softs and 8 laps of fuel to do 8 laps. Exited 10th.
17: 24% Softs, 0.54. Balanced. FW 57, B 43, E 41, G 37, RW 50, S 50. Length: 9.565. Fresh Softs and 6 laps to do 4. Entered 2nd, exited 10th.
Thomas
Plan 8/16/21 (8/8/5)
8: 13% Softs, 0.59. Balanced. FW 70, B 64, E 63, G 57, RW 67, S 60. Length: 11.297. Fresh softs and 8 laps of fuel to do 8 laps.
16: 19% Softs, 0.46. Balanced. FW 55, B 43, E 40, G 43, RW 39, S 44. Length: 10.271. Fresh Softs and 7 laps of fuel to do 5 laps. Exited 7th.
Race Report
Target: 7th or above, 600K. (Playsport)
Practice had been done on Softs.
Gomes Bonuses: 10% Race Trim, 10% Softs.
Thomas Bonuses: 10% Race Trim, 10% Softs.
Thomas started 11th, on row 6.
Gomes started 12th, Row 6.
Both launched on Push.
Both Vexala cars (row 6) and Sabado (Firebird, row 7) launched on Mediums; almost everyone else launched on softs.
Lap 1: Sara dropped to 20th, Gomes to 18th. Almost everyone else was on Attack / Overtake or Attack / High. We went up to Attack as we weren’t getting enough heat into the tyres.
Lap 2: Sara sent to High engine mode. Gomes left on Medium to extend his range. Gomes 16th, Thomas 18th.
Lap 3: Gomes 13th, Thomas 14th. Tyre temps reached nominal and they were brought back to Push.
Lap 5: Thomas 10th, Gomes 13th. Previous lap 1:17.349 and 1:17.948 respectively. Dreyfus, Zarate and Fox were the first 3. Fox’s previous lap was 1:15.878. The front half were mostly 1:16 to 1:17, the back half 1:17 to 1:18. Melo crashed near the end of the lap; yellow flag only, no safety car.
Lap 7: Both tyres nudging the red zone and brought back to Neutral.
Lap 8: Thomas brought back to Neutral to conserve fuel. Ordered to pit.
Lap 9: Gomes 2nd, Thomas 9th. Fox, Gomes and Santa Ana were 1 to 3 and the only ones who had not pitted.
Lap 10: Both cars in a Neutral / medium strategy. Thomas 7th, Gomes 11th.
Lap 12: Both sets of tyres were slightly below the middle and were set to Push. Thomas 8th, Gomes 11th.
Lap 13: Thomas 8th (1:17.377) and Gomes 11th (1:17.883). Zarate 1st (1:16.191, Overtake / Medium). Best lap times 1:16.190 (De Oeste, 4th, Overtake / Low, on Medium tyres), 1:16.226( Stone, 6th, Overtake / Mediums), 1:16.231 (Fox, 5th, Overtake / Medium, Softs) and Falko (1:16.313, 7th, Overtake / Medium on Softs). Zarate, Stone, De Oeste, Antonov, Santa Ana, Sabado, Cooper, Rogers and Watanuki on Mediums, everyone else on Softs.
Lap 15: Thomas 6th, Gomes 9th. Dreyfuss, Sabado and Valdes in the pits, Sabado with mechanical issues. These are the first to do 2 pits.
Lap 16: Sara called in.Iannizzi, Engelhart, Antonov, Cooper and Marchetta pitted on the same lap.
Lap 17: Sara had dropped to 10th. Sent to Push / High. Gomes called in. Rogers also in the pits.
Lap 18: The only ones still to do a 2nd pit were Fox (1st, about 20% on Softs), Santa Ana (about 25% on Mediums), and Watanuki (16th, about 15% on Mediums). Gomes was also sent to Push / High.
Lap 20: We were still running on 2* speed and went to a higher mode late. By this point everyone haddone their second pit and we gained Santa Ana’s spot. Thomas 6th, Gomes 10th. Both sent to Push / Overtake.
Lap 21: Parts were close to failure but both were sent to Attack / Overtake. Thomas had already overtaken Falko to get 5th but Bobby Stone was 5.642 seconds away. Gomes was in 10th, 0.169 behind Antonov. By the end of the lap Gomes managed to push past both Antonov and Dreyfuss to take 8th. Thomas has closed the gap to 4.633 but had no realistic chance of taking 4th from Stone.
Race Completion Time: 27:51.397
Gomes: 7th (After Silva Penalty).
Thomas: 5th.
1 A. Zarate Krüger Motorsport
2 C. De Oeste Firebird MRT
3 M. Fox Krüger Motorsport
4 B. Stone Jr. Garuda Racing
5 S. Thomas Scuderia Quantistica (4.633 behind)
6 F. Engelhart Garuda Racing
7 A. lannizzi Silva Racing
8 A. Gomes Scuderia Quantistica (0.459 behind)
Note: Iannizzi was penalised 2 places which lifted Gomes to 7th, placing both cars above the sponsor objective. Dreyfuss was penalised 4 places which had no effect on us.
Aftermath
Sara went from 9th to 6th (48 points behind championship leader Falko, a gain of 1 point), Gomes went from 10th to 9th.
The team rose from 5th to 4th, overtaking Silva. We were 90 points behind 1st placed Garuda. Kruger and Firebird were 2nd and 3rd. Silva was only 3 points behind.
The race cost us 293K.
Best Laps
- Gomes: 1:15.719 (9th fastest, 7th place.)
- Thomas: 1:15.049 (3rd fastest, 5th place.)
- Fox: 1:14.453 (Fastest, 3rd Place.)