Lando Norris B12HR
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 2:52 am
So Like many sim racing nerds around the world and like some pro drivers I competed in the iracing Bathurst 12hr event this weekend.
I was in top split of the first session and came p6!
After my race was over I switched on a few live streams
Lando Norris's twitch
Rutgers Kev's twitch because he had teamed up with V8 supercar champion and Nascar race winner Marcos Ambrose
and Jimmy Broadbent's stream.
What struck me was the attitude of Lando and co. regarding the race. It was HORRENDOUS!
They had crash early on (fair enough it happens.. Bathurst is a tough track) their car suffered major damage, it was down on power by about 20-30 kph
They had lost the lead lap and were 15 plus laps down after like 1.5hrs. They then spent most of their time trying to race leaders and block faster cars, joking about the event etc.
Eventually they ended up deliberately blowing up the engine on conrod straight by jamming it into reverse.
For the regular Joe like me, I was very annoyed at their attitudes, sure it's just a game... but most of us are not fortunate to race cars in real life, iracing and the special events it offers is as good as it gets. very disgusted.
Marcos on the other had was super professional about the whole thing, respectful and super fast, he was running in p2 with 25mins to go when a back marker spun at the cutting and he couldn't avoid damage. Kev and Marco's team went on to finish p13.
Marcos then said the best quote I've heard about racing in a long time:
"Well this feeling that you guys have all got, that sorta, that disappointment and the effort that go's in and it doesn't quite work out, that's about 95% of being a professional race car driver, because you don't win many of them, because there are so many ways to loose and only one way to win"
For an average sim racing Joe like me, those are words to live by.
I was in top split of the first session and came p6!
After my race was over I switched on a few live streams
Lando Norris's twitch
Rutgers Kev's twitch because he had teamed up with V8 supercar champion and Nascar race winner Marcos Ambrose
and Jimmy Broadbent's stream.
What struck me was the attitude of Lando and co. regarding the race. It was HORRENDOUS!
They had crash early on (fair enough it happens.. Bathurst is a tough track) their car suffered major damage, it was down on power by about 20-30 kph
They had lost the lead lap and were 15 plus laps down after like 1.5hrs. They then spent most of their time trying to race leaders and block faster cars, joking about the event etc.
Eventually they ended up deliberately blowing up the engine on conrod straight by jamming it into reverse.
For the regular Joe like me, I was very annoyed at their attitudes, sure it's just a game... but most of us are not fortunate to race cars in real life, iracing and the special events it offers is as good as it gets. very disgusted.
Marcos on the other had was super professional about the whole thing, respectful and super fast, he was running in p2 with 25mins to go when a back marker spun at the cutting and he couldn't avoid damage. Kev and Marco's team went on to finish p13.
Marcos then said the best quote I've heard about racing in a long time:
"Well this feeling that you guys have all got, that sorta, that disappointment and the effort that go's in and it doesn't quite work out, that's about 95% of being a professional race car driver, because you don't win many of them, because there are so many ways to loose and only one way to win"
For an average sim racing Joe like me, those are words to live by.