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FREE PRACTICE
LAP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Hervé 41.417 40.326 42.733 39.540 40.572 39.296 41.431 39.888 39.096 40.187 38.164 39.058 38.961 38.924 38.407 38.656 38.931 38.810 40.933 37.786 39.283 38.950
Nick 40.065 40.116 39.983 39.945 39.743 38.462 39.191 38.237 38.755 37.978 38.394 37.842 38.082 38.263 37.943 37.509 37.714 37.623 38.155 37.402 37.772
Erik 42.562 39.864 43.656 39.185 39.602 39.938 39.595 38.712 40.751 40.513 39.990 39.048 40.133 39.133 39.911 40.740 39.820 39.142 40.256 38.855 39.164 39.312
Tolos 45.683 41.207 41.002 40.083 40.035 39.525 39.527 39.354 38.922 38.803 38.754 40.133 38.754 38.938 38.737 38.653 38.848 38.388 38.608 38.243 38.259 38.407
André 48.822 45.507 43.373 41.874 56.408 40.671 40.829 44.082 40.626 40.183 40.698 39.339 40.569 40.680 39.678 44.672 43.258 41.268 43.849 43.519
Vas 42.246 39.276 38.886 38.763 39.449 38.077 38.956 37.789 39.991 37.849 38.359 37.656 37.070 37.065 38.800 36.947 40.273 37.425 37.360 36.761 37.366 37.313 36.610
Maurice 55.596 49.265 46.093 45.242 46.806 46.160 43.789 44.964 46.085 46.833 43.570 43.415 44.045 44.524 44.124 44.026 43.395 41.836 44.514
QUALIFYING
LAP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Hervé 39.333 38.883 39.097 38.811 39.017 38.892 38.077 39.629 37.335 38.582 38.017 39.911 38.569 38.444 37.616 38.015 37.915 37.869 37.817 38.453 38.380 38.290 38.711
Nick 38.859 41.596 40.514 39.079 38.443 37.941 37.226 38.875 37.032 36.928 36.892 36.923 37.244 36.924 37.411 37.546 37.157 37.196 37.158 37.215 37.096 37.930 37.699
Erik 41.061 39.992 38.950 38.921 38.845 39.310 38.689 39.225 38.477 38.668 40.222 39.001 39.122 39.236 39.662 39.819 39.896 40.000 39.517 38.519 38.147 39.779
Tolos 39.152 39.531 38.935 39.774 38.549 38.859 38.987 38.448 38.756 38.494 38.407 38.159 37.857 38.104 37.792 37.742 37.785 37.888 37.579 38.650 40.776 37.931 38.555
André 41.405 40.307 39.065 38.819 42.603 38.640 37.981 58.706 39.690 38.559 38.754 38.248 38.372 51.906 40.638 38.863 38.876 49.666 44.461 50.236 46.035
Vas 39.719 37.969 36.911 37.341 36.973 37.038 37.098 36.605 37.329 37.614 39.317 36.977 36.897 37.307 37.427 38.746 36.697 40.651 36.946 37.178 36.647 37.454 37.652
Maurice 41.755 42.826 40.448 42.989 40.574 40.470 40.751 40.454 40.003 41.320 43.834 40.563 40.598 40.182 40.846 40.210 39.878 40.175 40.827 48.602 40.717
RACE
LAP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Hervé 2:50.144 2:35.403 2:30.346 2:34.712 2:31.437 2:52.072 2:29.650 2:28.456 20:52.220
Nick 2:41.432 02:41.432
Vas 2:27.966 2:30.956 2:27.431 2:24.253 2:25.457 2:23.171 2:21.075 2:22.349 19:22.658
Tolos 2:30.473 2:32.402 2:30.109 2:28.059 2:25.645 2:25.909 2:29.637 2:24.549 19:46.783
André 2:35.541 2:37.873 2:33.359 2:30.563 2:39.034 2:25.698 2:28.222 2:54.289 20:44.579
Erik 2:38.922 2:31.751 2:28.587 2:32.976 2:52.566 2:24.754 3:04.884 2:22.020 20:56.460
Maurice 3:00.275 2:40.150 2:39.046 2:41.640 2:40.394 2:38.155 2:36.531 18:56.191
Reporting by Vas.
Hi gents,
First of all thanks to all of you for your participation. I think we all had a good time and we
should definitely do that again sometime…
The afternoon started with a bit of rain so we did the free practice and the qualifying sessions
on the indoor circuit only.
Both sessions went pretty smoothly with a few blue flags and no major incident which is quite
rare I must admit. This set the tone for quite a competitive afternoon…
The standings for the free practice sessions were as follows:
Lap Time
1 Vas 24 36.610
2 Nick 22 +0.792
3 Hervé 23 +1.176
4 Tolos 23 +1.633
5 Erik 23 +2.102
6 André 21 +2.729
7 Maurice 20 +5.226
Everyone was lapped by first place man at least once, and Maurice and André were lapped by the
rest least two times, but this was soon to change as you will see from the qualifying session:
Laps Time
1 Vas 24 36.605
2 Nick 24 +0.287
3 Hervé 24 +0.730
4 Tolos 24 +0.974
5 Erik 22 +1.376
6 André 23 +1.542
7 Maurice 22 +5.226
A very heated qualifying session indeed with two people in the 36” range and 4 people within 1”
from pole man…
At this point the adrenaline was helping to ease various forms of muscle pain, and we still had
20’ of race ahead of us… We noticed that the rain had stopped and that sessions were now also
taking place indoors as well as outdoors. The track was still wet outside and while we were
waiting for our turn we saw all sorts of interesting (to say the least) figures along the
outdoor track.
We took our places on the grid and off we went !
For the race Vas and Erik switched karts to check if it made any difference, but conditions this
time round were so different that it’s nearly impossible to tell if there was any. To Erik it
seemed like his new wheels were a better fit whereas to Vas it seemed to make no difference, but
Erik did sign the second best lap time, so it’s a matter to be investigated further…
The track was very slippery outside indeed so the race was more tactical than usual as we had to
make the best time, but avoid spinning at the same time. When you have slicks it can be quite
complicated… A few rays of sun attempted to make their appearance and helped dry the track even
further, so every new lap was better than the previous one. The race line was being dictated by
following the dry piece of tarmac and avoiding the humid part rather than the usual ideal line.
Here are the lap times for the race:
Laps Time
1 Vas 9 2:21.075
2 Erik 9 +0.945
3 Tolos 9 +3.474
4 André 9 +4.623
5 Hervé 9 +7.381
6 Maurice 8 +15.456
7 Nick 2 +20.357
So quite a different result from the timing point of view in the wet, but what matters in a race
is the podium to here it goes:
1 Vas
2 Tolos
3 André
Apostolis started from 4th and has done no errors thus consistently running in the 2’26” range.
Well done for silver.
André started from 6th thus gaining 3 places and has kept it very clean in the 2’30” except the
last lap where he lost 25”. An excellent result for our 3rd podium finish!
Erik finised 4th and he would have been in a much better shape if he hadn’t spun in the 7th lap
and lost almost 40”. He also spun in lap 5 loosing about 30”. Even so he gained one at the
chequered flag.
Hervé 5th was doing a good job reducing lap times except on lap 6 where he lost more than 30”.
Nick had to abandon the race after one lap due to orange juice problems (apparently it doesn’t
mix very well with spinning out of the track, adrenaline and petrol ;-).
