[VASC18R03040506] Coates Hire Supercars 400, Albert Park - Page 4

**GTRMagic** · 24 Mar 2018, 08:34 (Ref:3810355)

Unbelievable! Well done Mr Pye.!!

Mr Brown is well pleased...

The wet strategy was a big goose egg..

WOW!

rich07 · 24 Mar 2018, 08:36 (Ref:3810356)

Yes Yes Yes!!

I could barely watch those last couple of laps. So tense. Well done!! Fantastic drive in such challenging conditions.

V8 Fireworks · 24 Mar 2018, 08:43 (Ref:3810358)

Nice win for Robby Starr multiple championship winning engineer! Just let him design so fast bits for the cars (a tidy front suspension that is beyond compare in excellence of camber gain, minimal bump steer etc etc) and perhaps there is little doubt the mighty WAU will be up the front and leading the way!

Tourer · 24 Mar 2018, 08:44 (Ref:3810359)

Really good race - the intensity was massive right from the start.
Congratulations to Scotty Pye - really pleased for him that he's won his first Supercar race - first win for the new WAU as well so Scotty has really done himself proud.

Umai Naa · 24 Mar 2018, 09:03 (Ref:3810361)

Congrats to Mr Pye.

He's certainly worked for it this evening, and pretty much his career in the maingame thus far.

E.B · 24 Mar 2018, 09:23 (Ref:3810363)

Brilliant race with uncertainty until the end. Very happy Pye hung on and good race for 'Walk And Unite'
Not often these days I am on the edge of my seat for the end of a race but I was.

GM10 · 24 Mar 2018, 10:11 (Ref:3810369)

Good job for Pye and WAU. Really bad for Scotty, I thought he could have won easily.

Jamie a bit cautious in the rain, he thought to the points after Race 4 victory.

Sorry for Mozzie. He did a great undercut and took a great pace after the pitstop.

**GTRMagic** · 24 Mar 2018, 10:21 (Ref:3810372)

Mr Percat made mention in one of his post race interviews that it was difficult for him to make out the damp line & the wet line on track near the end of the race.

The likely dew at Eastern Creek at later in the night later in the year will make that interesting...

Sandgroper · 24 Mar 2018, 14:27 (Ref:3810404)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JAFA851

Simona is a hazard this weekend, barging through people left, right, and centre. Must have been to the John Bowe School of Overtaking in the off-season......

Put a fork in her - shes done in this series !!!!!

Sandgroper · 24 Mar 2018, 14:29 (Ref:3810405)

SCOTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YES

Finally

what an awesome race and Im so happy for Scotty the team. I still cant help think its still HRT or the aftermath of. Im wrapped.

E.B · 24 Mar 2018, 16:39 (Ref:3810441)

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Originally Posted by Sandgroper

SCOTTTTTTTTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YES

Finally

what an awesome race and Im so happy for Scotty the team. I still cant help think its still HRT or the aftermath of. Im wrapped.

HRT? Holden Replacement Therapy.

Deleted · 24 Mar 2018, 16:47 (Ref:3810443)

Haven't paid particular attention for few years now but that was so great, the way it happened.

The track looked amazing in the darkening dusk, I wish they'd extend the Saturday race to around 40 laps next year (squeeze the extra laps by removing the morning sprint race) while starting at the same time, so there would be be proper early night running by the end. The cars have headlights - even if currently tiny ones - and can find their way around as shown here, they don't need any lame extra circuit lighting.

It also gives a nice contrast to F1 when stuff like this happens right next to qualifying

E.B · 24 Mar 2018, 16:56 (Ref:3810445)

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Originally Posted by Chiana

Haven't paid particular attention for few years now but that was so great, the way it happened.

The track looked amazing in the darkening dusk, I wish they'd extend the Saturday race to around 40 laps next year (squeeze the extra laps by removing the morning sprint race) while starting at the same time, so there would be be proper early night running by the end. The cars have headlights - even if currently tiny ones - and can find their way around as shown here, they don't need any lame extra circuit lighting.

It also gives a nice contrast to F1 when stuff like this happens right next to qualifying

Many drivers were complaining they could not see the wet patches on the track. The TV cameras made it look a lot lighter than it was.

Deleted · 24 Mar 2018, 17:04 (Ref:3810447)

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Originally Posted by E.B

Many drivers were complaining they could not see the wet patches on the track. The TV cameras made it look a lot lighter than it was.

If you look at the coverage you can see that Whincup didn't actually ignite his headlights until lap 24 of 25, that alone should tell you that it wasn't really THAT bad (even considering they don't really help much under the stickers)

Anyway, would it be beyond the realms of possibility to just modify the headlights more akin to what they have in GT cars, ie actually illuminating the track rather than being mostly cosmetic

E.B · 24 Mar 2018, 17:14 (Ref:3810449)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chiana

If you look at the coverage you can see that Whincup didn't actually ignite his headlights until lap 24 of 25, that alone should tell you that it wasn't really THAT bad (even considering they don't really help much under the stickers)

Anyway, would it be beyond the realms of possibility to just modify the headlights more akin to what they have in GT cars, ie actually illuminating the track rather than being mostly cosmetic

I live a handful of kilometres from the track. Trust me, it was dark. The street lights in my street were on and had been for a while. Sponsor Stickers over WHincup's headlights probably made them useless.

Deleted · 24 Mar 2018, 17:19 (Ref:3810450)

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Originally Posted by E.B

I live a handful of kilometres from the track. Trust me, it was dark. The street lights were on and had been for a while.

Oh I'm not arguing against the darkness itself, in fact that's pretty much what I already said in my first post, I was merely pointing that the visibility from the drivers point of view cannot be too bad if a driver with slick tires on damp track won't put his headlights on until 2 laps from the finish.

With improved headlights you could go on for even longer with the current track configuration. At the very least, remove the stickers some teams have put on top of them

Compromised · 24 Mar 2018, 18:07 (Ref:3810452)

Absolutely great race!

Why must we change this series again?

**GTRMagic** · 24 Mar 2018, 20:48 (Ref:3810492)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chiana

If you look at the coverage you can see that Whincup didn't actually ignite his headlights until lap 24 of 25, that alone should tell you that it wasn't really THAT bad (even considering they don't really help much under the stickers)

Anyway, would it be beyond the realms of possibility to just modify the headlights more akin to what they have in GT cars, ie actually illuminating the track rather than being mostly cosmetic

Headlights are a battery drain on an already sensitive electrical system...

Kingair · 24 Mar 2018, 22:10 (Ref:3810505)

Well done Scott Pyle!

mayhem · 24 Mar 2018, 22:12 (Ref:3810507)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Headlights are a battery drain on an already sensitive electrical system...

Percat's were working fine.

Umai Naa · 24 Mar 2018, 22:24 (Ref:3810511)

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Originally Posted by Sandgroper

Put a fork in her - shes done in this series !!!!!

According to pitlane chat, she's off to another team next season.

Mixer · 24 Mar 2018, 22:27 (Ref:3810513)

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Originally Posted by Umai Naa

According to pitlane chat, she's off to another team next season.

Hmm BJR have history with HN?

Sandgroper · 25 Mar 2018, 01:30 (Ref:3810540)

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Originally Posted by Umai Naa

According to pitlane chat, she's off to another team next season.

Yep, Yep I have been reading between this lines of news feeds. Maybe a differnt manufacturer can improve her results

rich07 · 25 Mar 2018, 03:07 (Ref:3810549)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Umai Naa

According to pitlane chat, she's off to another team next season.

Good. She can’t do any worse then where she is

simonracer · 25 Mar 2018, 03:18 (Ref:3810553)

Reynolds wins with Percat 2nd. Rather lamely, the race got shortened by two laps even though it's an hour and a half to the F1 race.

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