Session 697 - Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany
December 21, 2009 09:49am
Race
Quick Stats
- Track Length: 3.659 km
- Most Distance Covered: 5 laps, 18.295 km
- Simulator Used: GTR2
Race report: Oschersleben Agony: Horta Survives Luhr by Four Tenths in Germany
Fernando Horta won the five-lap sprint at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben by a paper-thin margin of 0.413 seconds over Lucas Luhr.
What should have been a routine five-lap contest across the 3,659-meter German circuit transformed almost immediately into an agonizing tragedy of high-speed survival and existential dread. Driving the #01 USSR Lotus F1 Team Mosler MT900R, Horta spent all five grueling laps fleeing from the relentless, towering presence of Lucas Luhr in the #78 V-Tech Motorsport Porsche 911 Biturbo. Despite setting an unmatchable, blistering fastest lap of 1:30.838 on lap three—more than a full second quicker than Luhr's best effort of 1:31.882—Horta found himself trapped in a psychological prison of his own making, utterly unable to break free from the persistent German turbo over the total race distance of 18,295 meters.
As the race reached its terrifying climax on the final tour, the tension inside the USSR Lotus F1 Team pit gantry verged on total structural collapse.
Horta (#01 cockpit): My heart is disintegrating! The German turbo is breathing down my neck like a spectre of imminent defeat!
Hugh Laurie (#01 pit wall): Stop sobbing and press the right pedal. Pain is merely useless information entering your nervous system.
Horta (#01 cockpit): The rear tyres are screaming! They are crying out for mercy!
Hugh Laurie (#01 pit wall): Tyres do not possess feelings, Fernando. People lie, rubber does not.
When the checkered flag fell after seven agonizing minutes and fifty-two seconds of unrelenting terror, Horta crossed the finish line with a total race time of 07:52.065, holding off Luhr's 07:52.478 by the absolute slimmest of margins. It was a victory forged in total panic and preserved only by the laws of physics refusing to yield track position.
Far behind this front-running horror show, Laurence Tomlinson secured the final step of the podium for Team LNT in the #82 TVR T400R. Crossing the line at 08:03.072, Tomlinson finished a distant 11.007 seconds behind the winning Mosler, blissfully insulated from the psychological decay occurring ahead. Behind him, Thierry Perrier took fourth place in the #04 Perspective Racing Mosler MT900R with a total time of 08:04.645. Perrier barely fended off Ian James in the #29 Michael Shank Racing Mosler, who was forced to settle for fifth in 08:05.182 despite posting a superior best lap of 1:33.462 compared to Perrier's 1:33.978—a cruel mathematical injustice that will haunt the Shank garage for weeks.
The lower ranks suffered their own quiet indignities across the five laps. Patrick Carpentier brought the #79 Jass Pinow Racing Gillet Vertigo Streiff home in sixth place with a time of 08:10.988, leading a tightly bunched procession consisting of Chris Rufus in the RedBull Racing TVR T400R (#76, 08:12.193), Mark Wilkins in the second Gillet Vertigo (#80, 08:12.915), and Colin Braun in the Tracy Krohn entry (#75, 08:15.627). Bringing up the rear in tenth position was Roger Wilco for Scuderia Libra, whose Gillet Vertigo Streiff (#29) crossed the line in 08:15.816 with a best lap of 1:35.117, completing a gloomy day for the Uruguayan driver.
Fernando Horta (Driver): I looked in my side mirrors on lap four and saw my own mortality wearing a Porsche badge and tailgating me at 200 kilometers per hour.
Hugh Laurie (Team Principal): He won, but the telemetry proves he panicked three separate times in sector two. It is a pathetic excuse for a triumph, but the trophy belongs to us regardless.
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 | G2 |  | FERNANDO HORTA | USSR LOTUS F1 TEAM |  MOSLER MT900R |
5 | 0:07:52.065 | 1:30.838 |
| 1 | G3 |  | LUCAS LUHR | V-TECH MOTORSPORT |  PORSCHE 911 BITURBO |
5 | + 00.413 | 1:31.882 |
| 2 | G3 |  | LAURENCE TOMLINSON | TEAM LNT |  TVR T400R |
5 | + 11.007 | 1:32.363 |
| 2 | G2 |  | THIERRY PERRIER | PERSPECTIVE RACING |  MOSLER MT900R |
5 | + 12.580 | 1:33.978 |
| 3 | G3 | | IAN JAMES | MICHAEL SHANK RACING |  MOSLER MT900R |
5 | + 13.117 | 1:33.462 |
| 4 | G3 |  | PATRICK CARPENTIER | JASS PINOW RACING |  GILLET VERTIGO STREIFF |
5 | + 18.923 | 1:34.537 |
| 5 | G3 | CHRIS RUFUS | REDBULL RACING |  TVR T400R |
5 | + 20.128 | 1:34.468 | |
| 6 | G3 | | MARK WILKINS | JASS PINOW RACING |  GILLET VERTIGO STREIFF |
5 | + 20.850 | 1:34.386 |
| 7 | G3 |  | COLIN BRAUN | TRACY KROHN RACING |  GILLET VERTIGO STREIFF |
5 | + 23.562 | 1:34.621 |
| 8 | G3 |  | ROGER WILCO | SCUDERIA LIBRA |  GILLET VERTIGO STREIFF |
5 | + 23.751 | 1:35.117 |
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 | LUCAS LUHR | PORSCHE 911 BITURBO | 1:34.221 | |
| 2 | FERNANDO HORTA | MOSLER MT900R | 1:32.492 | -1.729 |
| 3 | FERNANDO HORTA | MOSLER MT900R | 1:30.838 | -1.654 |
Qualifying
Qualifying times as the race log recorded them.
| Position | Class | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G3 | CHRIS RUFUS | REDBULL RACING | TVR T400R | 1:58.795 | |
| 2 | G3 | ROGER WILCO | SCUDERIA LIBRA | GILLET VERTIGO STREIFF | 2:02.196 | +3.401 |
| 3 | G3 | IAN JAMES | MICHAEL SHANK RACING | MOSLER MT900R | 2:04.130 | +5.335 |
| 4 | G3 | LUCAS LUHR | V-TECH MOTORSPORT | PORSCHE 911 BITURBO | 2:04.604 | +5.809 |
| 5 | G2 | THIERRY PERRIER | PERSPECTIVE RACING | MOSLER MT900R | 2:05.464 | +6.669 |
| 6 | G3 | MARK WILKINS | JASS PINOW RACING | GILLET VERTIGO STREIFF | 2:06.231 | +7.436 |
| 7 | G2 | FERNANDO HORTA | USSR LOTUS F1 TEAM | MOSLER MT900R | 2:06.837 | +8.042 |
| 8 | G3 | LAURENCE TOMLINSON | TEAM LNT | TVR T400R | 2:07.073 | +8.278 |
| 9 | G3 | COLIN BRAUN | TRACY KROHN RACING | GILLET VERTIGO STREIFF | 2:07.446 | +8.651 |
| 10 | G3 | PATRICK CARPENTIER | JASS PINOW RACING | GILLET VERTIGO STREIFF | 2:07.868 | +9.073 |
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
3 lead changes over 5 laps.
| Lap | Leader | Laps | Took the lead from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LUCAS LUHR | 2 (1-2) | |
| 3 | FERNANDO HORTA | 1 | LUCAS LUHR |
| 4 | LUCAS LUHR | 1 | FERNANDO HORTA |
| 5 | FERNANDO HORTA | 1 | LUCAS LUHR |
| Driver | Laps led | % |
|---|---|---|
| LUCAS LUHR | 3 | 60% |
| FERNANDO HORTA | 2 | 40% |
Gaps
Time behind at the end of every lap. The scale stops at about one lap (1:35.023): 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 1LUCAS LUHR leads from pole
| Pos | Driver | Lap time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LUCAS LUHR | 1:37.911 | ||
| 2 | FERNANDO HORTA | 1:39.827 | +1.916 | +1.916 |
| 3 | THIERRY PERRIER | 1:42.808 | +4.897 | +2.981 |
| 4 | IAN JAMES | 1:43.045 | +5.133 | +0.236 |
| 5 | LAURENCE TOMLINSON | 1:43.445 | +5.533 | +0.400 |
| 6 | PATRICK CARPENTIER | 1:46.248 | +8.337 | +2.804 |
| 7 | ROGER WILCO | 1:47.165 | +9.254 | +0.917 |
| 8 | MARK WILKINS | 1:47.777 | +9.866 | +0.612 |
| 9 | CHRIS RUFUS | 1:47.858 | +9.947 | +0.081 |
| 10 | COLIN BRAUN | 1:49.247 | +11.335 | +1.388 |
Lap 2Fastest lap: LUCAS LUHR 1:34.221 · Fastest lap: FERNANDO HORTA 1:32.492
| Pos | Driver | Lap time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LUCAS LUHR | 1:34.221 | ||
| 2 | FERNANDO HORTA | 1:32.492 | +0.187 | +0.187 |
| 3 | THIERRY PERRIER | 1:37.755 | +8.431 | +8.244 |
| 4 | IAN JAMES | 1:38.205 | +9.117 | +0.686 |
| 5 | LAURENCE TOMLINSON | 1:38.236 | +9.548 | +0.431 |
| 6 | PATRICK CARPENTIER | 1:40.047 | +14.163 | +4.615 |
| 7 | ROGER WILCO | 1:39.926 | +14.958 | +0.795 |
| 8 ▲1 | CHRIS RUFUS | 1:39.597 | +15.323 | +0.365 |
| 9 ▼1 | MARK WILKINS | 1:40.479 | +16.124 | +0.801 |
| 10 | COLIN BRAUN | 1:39.936 | +17.050 | +0.926 |
Lap 3FERNANDO HORTA takes the lead · Fastest lap: FERNANDO HORTA 1:30.838 · FERNANDO HORTA P2 → P1
| Pos | Driver | Lap time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ▲1 | FERNANDO HORTA | 1:30.838 | ||
| 2 ▼1 | LUCAS LUHR | 1:33.722 | +2.697 | +2.697 |
| 3 | THIERRY PERRIER | 1:34.067 | +11.473 | +8.776 |
| 4 | IAN JAMES | 1:34.524 | +12.616 | +1.143 |
| 5 | LAURENCE TOMLINSON | 1:34.285 | +12.808 | +0.192 |
| 6 | PATRICK CARPENTIER | 1:35.595 | +18.733 | +5.925 |
| 7 | ROGER WILCO | 1:35.117 | +19.051 | +0.318 |
| 8 | CHRIS RUFUS | 1:35.184 | +19.482 | +0.431 |
| 9 | MARK WILKINS | 1:34.960 | +20.059 | +0.577 |
| 10 | COLIN BRAUN | 1:35.467 | +21.493 | +1.434 |
Lap 4LUCAS LUHR takes the lead · FERNANDO HORTA P1 → P2
| Pos | Driver | Lap time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ▲1 | LUCAS LUHR | 1:31.882 | ||
| 2 ▼1 | FERNANDO HORTA | 1:36.072 | +1.493 | +1.493 |
| 3 ▲2 | LAURENCE TOMLINSON | 1:32.363 | +10.593 | +9.100 |
| 4 ▼1 | THIERRY PERRIER | 1:36.037 | +12.931 | +2.338 |
| 5 ▼1 | IAN JAMES | 1:35.947 | +13.984 | +1.053 |
| 6 | PATRICK CARPENTIER | 1:34.561 | +18.714 | +4.730 |
| 7 | ROGER WILCO | 1:35.284 | +19.756 | +1.042 |
| 8 | CHRIS RUFUS | 1:35.086 | +19.988 | +0.232 |
| 9 | MARK WILKINS | 1:35.312 | +20.792 | +0.804 |
| 10 | COLIN BRAUN | 1:34.621 | +21.534 | +0.742 |
Lap 5FERNANDO HORTA takes the lead · FERNANDO HORTA P2 → P1
| Pos | Driver | Lap time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ▲1 | FERNANDO HORTA | 1:32.836 | ||
| 2 ▼1 | LUCAS LUHR | 1:34.741 | +0.412 | +0.412 |
| 3 | LAURENCE TOMLINSON | 1:34.744 | +11.008 | +10.596 |
| 4 | THIERRY PERRIER | 1:33.978 | +12.580 | +1.572 |
| 5 | IAN JAMES | 1:33.462 | +13.117 | +0.537 |
| 6 | PATRICK CARPENTIER | 1:34.537 | +18.922 | +5.805 |
| 7 ▲1 | CHRIS RUFUS | 1:34.468 | +20.127 | +1.205 |
| 8 ▲1 | MARK WILKINS | 1:34.386 | +20.849 | +0.722 |
| 9 ▲1 | COLIN BRAUN | 1:36.357 | +23.562 | +2.713 |
| 10 ▼3 | ROGER WILCO | 1:38.324 | +23.751 | +0.189 |
Related Images
Scuderia Libra, Gillet Vertigo Streiff #3029, Driven By Roger Wilco
Perspective Racing, Mosler Mt900r #3104, Driven By Thierry Perrier
Redbull Racing, Tvr T400r #4076, Driven By Chris Rufus
Michael Shank Racing, Mosler Mt900r #6029, Driven By Ian James
Tracy Krohn Racing, Gillet Vertigo Streiff #6075, Driven By Colin Braun
V-tech Motorsport, Porsche 911 Biturbo #6078, Driven By Lucas Luhr
Jass Pinow Racing, Gillet Vertigo Streiff #6079, Driven By Patrick Carpentier
Jass Pinow Racing, Gillet Vertigo Streiff #6080, Driven By Mark Wilkins
Team Lnt, Tvr T400r #6082, Driven By Laurence Tomlinson
Ussr Lotus F1 Team, Mosler Mt900r #9001, Driven By Fernando Horta
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben