Race report: Laguna Seca Tragedy: Three Laps of Despair for Horta
3. Exactly three laps. That is all our brave duude Fernando Horta managed before the #01 Audi R10 gave up the ghost at Laguna Seca, turning a promising afternoon into an absolute weeping tragedy of cosmic proportions.
Fernando Horta (Driver #01): FUCK OFF MAN! Three laps! We had the setup, we had the sheer willpower, and then the universe just decided to rip the steering wheel right out of my hands and hurl us into the abyss. I swear to for dios mio, if I have to look at another broken wishbone, I'm going to retire and become a professional pebble collector.
Shivan Dragon (Tactical Assistant):Graurrrrrrrrr! (+5/+0 until the end of this race report!) Those bloody mechanics didn't feed me enough raw titanium before lights out, so I incinerated the telemetry server and ate the rear wing! And I am coming for McNish's trophy next!
Ps. Goofy
Disclaimer: This is a fictional, satirical report of a offline race against AI-driven opponents. All characters are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental
Classification
Position
Class
Driver
Team
Car
Laps
Gap
Best Lap
1
LMP1
ALLAN MCNISH
2009 AUDI N. AMERICA
AUDI R15 TDI
16
0:19:38.116
1:11.966
2
LMP1
RINALDO CAPELLO
2008 AUDI SPORT N.AMERICA
AUDI R10
16
+ 11.260
1:12.008
3
LMP1
ERIC VAN DE POELE
1998 DOYLE RISI
FERRARI 333 SP
16
+ 13.372
1:11.327
1
LMP2
SEIJI ARA
2009 NAVI TEAM GOH
PORSCHE RS SPYDER EVO
16
+ 21.666
1:11.518
4
LMP1
MIKE DAVIES
1999 DOLLAHITE RACING
FERRARI 333 SP
16
+ 25.236
1:13.413
1
GT1
ANTONIO GARCIA
2009 CORVETTE RACING
CORVETTE C6-R
16
+ 28.376
1:12.094
5
LMP1
CHRIS MCMURRY
2007 AUTOCON MOTORSPORTS
CREATION CA06/H
16
+ 28.699
1:12.547
2
LMP2
LUIS DIAZ
2009 FERNANDEZ RACING
ACURA ARX-01
16
+ 29.040
1:12.901
3
LMP2
BUTCH LEITZINGER
2007 DYSON RACING
PORSCHE RS SPYDER EVO
16
+ 32.520
1:12.079
6
LMP1
MARCO WERNER
2009 AUDI N. AMERICA
AUDI R15 TDI
16
+ 35.898
1:12.203
4
LMP2
BEN DEVLIN
2007 BK MOTORSPORTS
LOLA B07/40
16
+ 39.480
1:12.813
7
LMP1
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
2007 CREATION AUTOSPORTIF
CREATION CA06/H
16
+ 39.513
1:12.953
5
LMP2
KLAUS GRAF
2009 TEAM CYTOSPORT
PORSCHE RS SPYDER EVO
15
+ 1 LAP
1:13.561
2
GT1
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
2007 CORVETTE RACING
CORVETTE C6-R
15
+ 1 LAP
1:14.767
8
LMP1
FERNANDO HORTA
2007 AUDI SPORT N.AMERICA
AUDI R10
3
DNF
1:13.425
Fastest Lap Progression
Every time the race's fastest lap was beaten, from lap 2 (lap 1 is a standing start).
Lap
Driver
Car
Time
Improvement
2
MIKE DAVIES
FERRARI 333 SP
1:14.872
3
MIKE DAVIES
FERRARI 333 SP
1:13.725
-1.147
3
FERNANDO HORTA
AUDI R10
1:13.425
-0.300
Lap Chart
Position at the end of every lap, FERNANDO HORTA highlighted. Hover a line or a name to follow a driver, click or tap to keep it highlighted; dashed lines are cars that retired.
Leaders
1 lead change over 16 laps.
Lap
Leader
Laps
Took the lead from
1
MIKE DAVIES
3 (1-3)
4
ALLAN MCNISH
13 (4-16)
MIKE DAVIES
Driver
Laps led
%
ALLAN MCNISH
13
81%
MIKE DAVIES
3
19%
Gaps
Time behind at the end of every lap. The scale stops at about one lap (1:18.539): lines break where a car drops further back. Hover or tap a line to follow a driver.
Lap by Lap
Each lap's notable moments, quiet stretches grouped; tap a row for the full order with lap times and gaps. The logs don't record pit stops: they're worked out from lap times, so a spin that costs as much time can read as one.
Lap 1MIKE DAVIES leads from pole
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
MIKE DAVIES
1:15.003
2
ALLAN MCNISH
1:16.704
+1.353
+1.353
3
LUIS DIAZ
1:18.193
+3.456
+2.103
4
RINALDO CAPELLO
1:18.254
+3.862
+0.406
5
FERNANDO HORTA
1:18.175
+5.858
+1.996
6
MARCO WERNER
1:21.288
+7.046
+1.188
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
1:21.492
+7.555
+0.509
8
BEN DEVLIN
1:21.949
+8.916
+1.361
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
1:23.574
+9.852
+0.936
10
SEIJI ARA
1:23.455
+11.059
+1.207
11
KLAUS GRAF
1:25.358
+11.932
+0.873
12
ANTONIO GARCIA
1:25.375
+12.715
+0.783
13
ERIC VAN DE POELE
1:24.353
+12.814
+0.099
14
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
1:25.332
+13.292
+0.478
15
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
1:30.625
+18.815
+5.523
Lap 2Fastest lap: MIKE DAVIES 1:14.872 · FERNANDO HORTA P5 → P12
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
MIKE DAVIES
1:14.872
2
ALLAN MCNISH
1:15.656
+2.135
+2.135
3
LUIS DIAZ
1:17.457
+6.040
+3.905
4
RINALDO CAPELLO
1:18.274
+7.263
+1.223
5 ▲1
MARCO WERNER
1:20.260
+12.433
+5.170
6 ▲1
CHRIS MCMURRY
1:20.441
+13.124
+0.691
7 ▲1
BEN DEVLIN
1:20.355
+14.398
+1.274
8 ▲1
BUTCH LEITZINGER
1:20.481
+15.461
+1.063
9 ▲1
SEIJI ARA
1:20.055
+16.241
+0.780
10 ▲3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
1:19.423
+17.364
+1.123
11 ▲3
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
1:20.312
+18.732
+1.368
12 ▼7
FERNANDO HORTA
1:28.580
+19.564
+0.832
13 ▼2
KLAUS GRAF
1:23.828
+20.888
+1.324
14 ▼2
ANTONIO GARCIA
1:24.305
+22.147
+1.259
15
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
1:29.075
+33.017
+10.870
Lap 3Fastest lap: MIKE DAVIES 1:13.725 · Fastest lap: FERNANDO HORTA 1:13.425 · FERNANDO HORTA P12 → P9
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
MIKE DAVIES
1:13.725
2
ALLAN MCNISH
1:13.733
+2.143
+2.143
3
LUIS DIAZ
1:15.476
+7.791
+5.648
4
RINALDO CAPELLO
1:15.312
+8.850
+1.059
5
MARCO WERNER
1:17.562
+16.270
+7.420
6
CHRIS MCMURRY
1:17.567
+16.966
+0.696
7
BEN DEVLIN
1:17.718
+18.391
+1.425
8 ▲1
SEIJI ARA
1:16.531
+19.047
+0.656
9 ▲3
FERNANDO HORTA
1:13.425
+19.264
+0.217
10 ▼2
BUTCH LEITZINGER
1:18.803
+20.539
+1.275
11 ▼1
ERIC VAN DE POELE
1:17.074
+20.713
+0.174
12 ▼1
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
1:17.428
+22.435
+1.722
13
KLAUS GRAF
1:19.738
+26.901
+4.466
14
ANTONIO GARCIA
1:20.995
+29.417
+2.516
15
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
1:24.825
+44.117
+14.700
Lap 4ALLAN MCNISH takes the lead · FERNANDO HORTA retires (running P9)
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1 ▲1
ALLAN MCNISH
2 ▲2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3 ▲8
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4 ▲4
SEIJI ARA
5 ▼4
MIKE DAVIES
6 ▲8
ANTONIO GARCIA
7 ▼1
CHRIS MCMURRY
8 ▼5
LUIS DIAZ
9 ▲1
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10 ▼5
MARCO WERNER
11 ▼4
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14 ▲1
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Laps 5–16nothing notable
Lap 5
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Lap 6
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Lap 7
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Lap 8
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Lap 9
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Lap 10
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Lap 11
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Lap 12
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Lap 13
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Lap 14
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Lap 15
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
13
KLAUS GRAF
14
PATRICK SELLESLAGH
Lap 16
Pos
Driver
Lap time
Gap
Interval
1
ALLAN MCNISH
2
RINALDO CAPELLO
3
ERIC VAN DE POELE
4
SEIJI ARA
5
MIKE DAVIES
6
ANTONIO GARCIA
7
CHRIS MCMURRY
8
LUIS DIAZ
9
BUTCH LEITZINGER
10
MARCO WERNER
11
BEN DEVLIN
12
NICOLAS MINASSIAN
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