Doha Roll Call

[IanUAE]

I will be back in Doha on weekend 31st Oct - 2nd November as we the support race to the World Superbike championship (title still up for grabs!). An epic weekend it will be as we have procured VIP passes along with our usual team passes.

[Vanya]

I'll miss this, damn!

Maybe next time you're in town?

It would be great to give a cheer and have a group/team to support.

Best of luck for 2 weekend's time.

[TobyLaRohne]

How do' you lot! Seems Jinkster is in town, so far that makes
Me
Great Pretender
Jinkster
147GTA

...thats a 400% increase of active PH'ers in the region! (put that in yer pipe UAE boys!) I optimistically predict that by this time next year Pistonheads shall have 50,000 members in Qatar.

[IanUAE]

Not a bad week end for us, class pole and 2 class victories (2nd ace we finished 12th overall).

[Buttmonkey]

TobyLaRohne said:

How do' you lot! Seems Jinkster is in town, so far that makes
Me
Great Pretender
Jinkster
147GTA

...thats a 400% increase of active PH'ers in the region! (put that in yer pipe UAE boys!) I optimistically predict that by this time next year Pistonheads shall have 50,000 members in Qatar.

And me too. Arrived Doha in July. Living in West Bay, work out of offices on Salwa Road and trying to resist the temptation of a v nice C6 Vette for sale up there...

[GreatPretender]

We should have our very own PH Sunday Service out here

Albeit, I appreciate an actual Sunday would be difficult...

[IanUAE]

I will be back in Qatar on 19th & 20th December for our next race day.

[TobyLaRohne]

Buttmonkey said:

And me too. Arrived Doha in July. Living in West Bay, work out of offices on Salwa Road and trying to resist the temptation of a v nice C6 Vette for sale up there...

DO NOT BUY A C6!!!!!

[Buttmonkey]

Too late!

[TobyLaRohne]

Buttmonkey said:

Too late!

In that case enjoy.

[Vanya]

IanUAE said:

I will be back in Qatar on 19th & 20th December for our next race day.

Arriving tomorrow.

Anything going on at the track before then to go and watch?

[TobyLaRohne]

Vanya said:

IanUAE said:

I will be back in Qatar on 19th & 20th December for our next race day.

Arriving tomorrow.

Anything going on at the track before then to go and watch?

Not that I am aware of. There is a private trackday in a couple of weeks for Porsche and one just before the next race for Lexus, oh and a trackday, but thats more or less it. It gets really busy in Jan through to the end of the season then.

[Vanya]

Cheers TLR, I'll hang on till IanUAE hits town.

[TobyLaRohne]

Vanya said:

Cheers TLR, I'll hang on till IanUAE hits town.

No problem, you can come watch me get disqualified from another race , I'll be up there the same weekend too.

[IanUAE]

TobyLaRohne said:

No problem, you can come watch me get disqualified from another race , I'll be up there the same weekend too.

Mark did you speak to Hankook regarding the cold and hot tyre pressures?

[TobyLaRohne]

IanUAE said:

TobyLaRohne said:

No problem, you can come watch me get disqualified from another race , I'll be up there the same weekend too.

Mark did you speak to Hankook regarding the cold and hot tyre pressures?

Na, but I found some feedback from Toyo to another guy, to be honest my cars absolutely where I want it at the moment. The only thing I want to fix is the inside rear wheel hop.

[K666ADM]

Spent 7 years over there - from 2007 to June 2014. Try it, its not for everyone. Abu Dhabi would be a better posting.

[Vanya]

TobyLaRohne said:

Vanya said:

Cheers TLR, I'll hang on till IanUAE hits town.

No problem, you can come watch me get disqualified from another race , I'll be up there the same weekend too.

Prefer to watch you not get a dq.

Was it for that win in the YouTube clip you posted recently?

Didn't see anything dodgy, technicality?

[TobyLaRohne]

Vanya said:

TobyLaRohne said:

Vanya said:

Cheers TLR, I'll hang on till IanUAE hits town.

No problem, you can come watch me get disqualified from another race , I'll be up there the same weekend too.

Prefer to watch you not get a dq.

Was it for that win in the YouTube clip you posted recently?

Didn't see anything dodgy, technicality?

They don't know how to use the data loggers we just started using, so they decided that I have between 190bhp and 240bhp at the wheels (the engine is stock and detuned and I have a dyno print out saying it makes 151bhp at the wheels)...admittedly on a different remap to the one I used, but the map I used was merely a slight bump in the power, designed to get me to about 160bhp at the wheels...(my limit is 177bhp max and 1100kg min)...it is still way below the stock tune in terms of fuelling and ignition timing.


They said the guy in the integra I battled had 290bhp at the wheels from a 2.0 honda Prelude engine..(admittedly its gotta be tuned to monster me like it was on the straights, but c'mon, 290!?!
...so they DQ's us both on technically breaking the power to weight ratio, incidentally 2 other cars also broke the same rule and one datalogger recorded no data atall and all 3 of those cars were not disqualified.

...anyway I've protested to the Clerk of Course, I can't say any more because I'm sure the forums have eyes

[Vanya]

Yes, understood bud, sympathies, that was a righteous and very well battled win and it sounds like you know it.

Seems like you're spot on with your first sentence, it's one thing to have the tech and it's another knowing how to use it.

I don't know much about data logging etc but I'd guess it's one of those things that comes with time and practice to be able to interpret correctly, excuse the puns!

I'm sure they'll get there, hopefully before it costs too many good finishes.