GPVWC Superleage 2013

Wednesday 15th August 2013: France - Magny Cours

The race day started with very good perspectives. Jim's car was definitely faster than it was in his previous race, however he was not sure that it was fast enough to win the race. Jim was able to take the pole and that was the omen he and his team wanted. He made an exceptional race start and was the leader half way through the race with a gap of 3seconds. Unfortunately though, during his second pit stop he lost his place as he had slower crew in his pit stop. After that, and for the second half of the race, Jim was trying to get his position back. Finally on the last 3 laps he managed to close the gap between them and made his effords to win the first place back. On the final lap he made his move and managed to take back his first place. With only two turns remaining it was definite that Jim had won the race. In the second turn before the end of the race the other driver made a desperate move to overtake Jim pushing him off the track costing him his win. In his broadcast - which I was also watching - when he realised what happened almost smashed his gas pedal. Jim along with his team made an appeal to the judges and one week later the judges come down to the result that Jim was the WINNER!!!

Well done Jim!!! It was an exceptional race with nice battle in the end!
Hopefully more wins are to come!!

The editor

Bellow is the battle in the final two laps!! Enjoy!
(source: GPVWC Live Broadcast -> SimRace.TV)

GPVWC Superleague 2013 Belgium foot camera video

Not totally synchronised I know, but it worths the try!

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Belgium GP - Thursday 7th of August 2013

Sadly another bad race result for Jim.
After a very good performance in Qualifying, he got 2nd position, outperforming his car!
Everything looked good for his first serious fight for a win here at Spa but when the lights went out a surprise was waiting for Jim. T1 and the brakes are locking, he made contact with another car, causing Jim to spin 180 degrees and stood still looking the wrong way of the circuit. Sadly some cars didn't avoid him so he lost his front wing, and got heavily damaged in both his front suspenions. Staying calm, he returned into the pits to fix his car. His car lost the ability of the good turn in, he had in practise, and lost 6-8kpm of top speed. Car was 1 second slower per lap than in practise. He was now in 24th and 1 and a half minutes behind the leaders after lap 1 but he decided to continue and take as much points possible. After a nice comeback drive, he managed to take 8th place and saved the day from being a complete failure.

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Two more races in the SL series : British GP and Italian GP. Two races that Jim does not want to remember. Let us read why.

British GP - Thursday 4th of July 2013

Silverstone is Jim's most favourite circuit. However, his car was not powerful enough to give him any chance to win. He started 7th, but his start was amazing gaining two positions, to find himself in a train situation of five cars, separating the first car to fifth ( Jim) by only two seconds. However, on the 4th lap he had a problem with his pc causing him to crash and loose his front wing and damaging badly his front left suspension. That left Jim last, with the "mission" to get back into a point scoring position. The car did not help him and he only managed to finish 11th. What would you expect from your most favourite circuit.... 

Italian GP - Thursday 18th of July 2013

This race can be described in two words. No Comments.
Even though Jim did an excellent qualifying starting 3rd, a silly penalty threw him back in 8th. As a result, Jim had to involve in battles that in a circuit like Monza can ruin your race completely. That was what happened to Jim. Battle after battle an uncharacteristic move from another driver, left him with damage in the front left suspension. Frustrated by this outcome, Jim lost his temper and DNF the car. 

Lets hope that your next race is not like these two. Best of luck!!

The editor

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New updates in the blog and new things to say. It has been a month or so, and the SL series continue their races with Jim never missing a race. In this post I will inform you about two of his races. The first one is Korean GP and the second one is the Turkish GP. Fasten your seat belts and let's get going.

Korean GP - Thursday 6th of June 2013

The qualifying session found Jim in the 12 position, with prime tires, when everyone else qualified with option tires. His Q was just as he was planning it to be, since the practise he did was merely enough to prepare him for the race. Five lights are out and Jim makes a decent start. During the race, Jim is the only one in a different strategy, with one less pit stop. If we take into account that Korea is not his favourite circuit, in fact among his worst, Jim managed to finish 7th, having a not so interesting race, scoring, however, valuable points.

Turkish GP - Thursday 20th of June 2013

 After his pole in the Malaysian GP, this was his second best Q. Jim started in the front row, in the 2nd position. This was a pretty good race, having a nice pace, and with the perspective of a podium podium finish. However, in the midst of the race, he had an unlucky incident with a backmaker not responding well on the blue flags, forcing Jim to spin, in order to avoid collision and DNF. Other than that he found his pace again managing to gain 3rd position back. On the last lap of the race though, a malfunction of the car's gearbox on the braking - a downshift from 3rd gear to 1st gear- cost him his podium finish, leaving Jim sad in the 4th position.

My apologies for my absence.

The editor.

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The race took place last Thursday 23rd of May in Canada. Jim had an exceptional race starting third. Throughout the race, especially the first 30 laps Jim was the centre o attention, as had to deal with many agonising, for the viewers, battles and achieve many breath-taking overtakes. He managed to finish 6th. He said it was a very nice race with many battles. 

Below is a video with his highlights in Canada.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMOXWrtUksE

Best Regards, 

The editor

VRT.gr

Every winner deserves a trophy and Jim got one for his win in VRT Formula in the circuit of China.
He was also interviewed by Panos Seitanidis! 

Here is Jim's interview :

And here is the winner's trophy :

Let's make it to the final now!!!

The editor.