2016 Dubai 24hr
Discussion
Right oh people, with the year drawing to an end it can only mean one thing, yes the Dubai 24hr is rapidly approaching.
We (ZRT Motorsport) have entered our Honda DC5. There are quite a few local teams (Lap 57, Memac Oligy Racing, 2W Racing, SVDP Racing and Dragon Racing) entered so there will be plenty of local teams to support.
We will be in garage 10A and running under no. 48 and we should look something like this:
Do feel free to drop round and say hello (with or without kids in tow).
More details of our preparation etc can be found on www.zrtmotorsport.com
We (ZRT Motorsport) have entered our Honda DC5. There are quite a few local teams (Lap 57, Memac Oligy Racing, 2W Racing, SVDP Racing and Dragon Racing) entered so there will be plenty of local teams to support.
We will be in garage 10A and running under no. 48 and we should look something like this:
Do feel free to drop round and say hello (with or without kids in tow).
More details of our preparation etc can be found on www.zrtmotorsport.com
I am completely and utterly fried having gotten 6 hours sleep Thursday night and have been awake since 6am yesterday.
To many "Code 60" periods during the race but then it did make deciding the correct strategy calls more challenging.
Thanks goes to shirt for the ice cream bar last night. I told our driver at the time that the pit lane was closed as we were eating ice cream.....
To many "Code 60" periods during the race but then it did make deciding the correct strategy calls more challenging.
Thanks goes to shirt for the ice cream bar last night. I told our driver at the time that the pit lane was closed as we were eating ice cream.....
I agree with what Jason90 said.
100 cars was about 20 to many in my opinion. Cars that could not be towed back to its garage were put on a recovery truck with the car delivered to the scrutineering bay area. The team then had to get the car back to the garage down pit lane as there was insufficient access in the paddock area. Previously if you stopped on the right your car was brought back down pit lane irrespective.
A Porsche hit our car within the first 15 minutes and destroyed a brand new wheel.
A lot of teams showed real arrogance in the pit lane when waiting for a pit stop. They believed they could set-up where they wanted to irrespective of blocking other teams garages when a team wanted to push their car out of a garage after a repair. Certain nationalities where worse than others....
Even though we dropped a valve after 19 1/2hrs racing, our car must have one of the very few without any bodywork damage (we had a very, very small dent).
I still believe the Dubai 24hr is the jewel in the crown for Creventic, but as Jason said, is it time for the smaller classes (ie: below 3L engine capacity) to be removed from the event, or to remove the top 2 classes (effectively GT cars)?
The new rules certainly made pit stop planning more of a challenge (this is what I do during the race) Some of the top teams ran out of fuel during the race, which have been a result of this rule change.
SVDP's BMW 120 has served them well (its 1st 24hr race was the Britcar 24hr at Silverstone in 2010), and I believe it has taken the chequered flag in every race it started (it might have had its engine changed in the race a few times, but that is endurance racing and the teams never give up attitude).
Car number wise:
ZRT Motorsport (me): 48
SVDP Racing (Jason 90): 191
2W Racing: 69
Lap57: 57
100 cars was about 20 to many in my opinion. Cars that could not be towed back to its garage were put on a recovery truck with the car delivered to the scrutineering bay area. The team then had to get the car back to the garage down pit lane as there was insufficient access in the paddock area. Previously if you stopped on the right your car was brought back down pit lane irrespective.
A Porsche hit our car within the first 15 minutes and destroyed a brand new wheel.
A lot of teams showed real arrogance in the pit lane when waiting for a pit stop. They believed they could set-up where they wanted to irrespective of blocking other teams garages when a team wanted to push their car out of a garage after a repair. Certain nationalities where worse than others....
Even though we dropped a valve after 19 1/2hrs racing, our car must have one of the very few without any bodywork damage (we had a very, very small dent).
I still believe the Dubai 24hr is the jewel in the crown for Creventic, but as Jason said, is it time for the smaller classes (ie: below 3L engine capacity) to be removed from the event, or to remove the top 2 classes (effectively GT cars)?
The new rules certainly made pit stop planning more of a challenge (this is what I do during the race) Some of the top teams ran out of fuel during the race, which have been a result of this rule change.
SVDP's BMW 120 has served them well (its 1st 24hr race was the Britcar 24hr at Silverstone in 2010), and I believe it has taken the chequered flag in every race it started (it might have had its engine changed in the race a few times, but that is endurance racing and the teams never give up attitude).
Car number wise:
ZRT Motorsport (me): 48
SVDP Racing (Jason 90): 191
2W Racing: 69
Lap57: 57
From a regulation point of view, were you given a penalty for having people who were not wearing the yellow bibs pushing the car down pit lane and not a registered driver "driving" the car? I hope you were not.
Did you hear about the Clio whose fuel tank split and dumped a huge quantity of petrol outside its garage? Thank god no spark set fire to the pool of fuel and car. It would have been a major disaster.
Did you hear about the Clio whose fuel tank split and dumped a huge quantity of petrol outside its garage? Thank god no spark set fire to the pool of fuel and car. It would have been a major disaster.
That was the Jet Alliance Porsche Harris. It blew a tyre, ripped a wheel off then the wheel hit one of the NFS-DXB Lotus 2-11's, as you said on lap 1 (end of the back straight I think).
We changed the gearbox on a DC5 between end of qualifying and night practice on the Thursday, then put the original gearbox back in after night practice. And for "fun" we changed the engine during the race. One Mr Jason90 was one that cars drivers along with James Nash who became WTCC privateer champion and raced for Audi Club WRT last year.
How I remember these things I never know.
We changed the gearbox on a DC5 between end of qualifying and night practice on the Thursday, then put the original gearbox back in after night practice. And for "fun" we changed the engine during the race. One Mr Jason90 was one that cars drivers along with James Nash who became WTCC privateer champion and raced for Audi Club WRT last year.
How I remember these things I never know.
The Ginetta come down pit lane on the back of a flat bed with the roof peeled back like a can (it passed me when I was on the pit wall).
That particular Ferrari team "allegedly" started to use tyre warmers at the Hungry 12hr race last year. After which they were surprising much quicker....
The same team crashed on the practice day at last years race and thus needed a complete front end rebuild over night. They also crashed into another car in the morning warm-up and started from pit lane (finished 4th I think).
So yes they do have some "history".
That particular Ferrari team "allegedly" started to use tyre warmers at the Hungry 12hr race last year. After which they were surprising much quicker....
The same team crashed on the practice day at last years race and thus needed a complete front end rebuild over night. They also crashed into another car in the morning warm-up and started from pit lane (finished 4th I think).
So yes they do have some "history".
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