Race report: Fifth at the Ring: Horta Survives the Nürburgring Marathon
"I am tapping three islands and a swamp to pay for our fuel surcharge, and I still have to look at this timing sheet." — Shivan Dragon
Corvette Racing secured a respectable fifth-place finish at the Nürburgring over sixteen demanding laps of the 5.1-kilometer layout, though the garage spent half the evening wondering how the timing screens managed to spell our car number as sixty-three while the factory inventory listed three different entries on various shades of confusion.
Fernando Horta (Driver): Sixteen laps around the Nürburgring without losing an entire corner to the armco barrier feels like an achievement on its own. We rolled out the Corvette C6-R and spent the entire afternoon wrestling understeer through the GP chicane while SHAKA ran away in the SunRed up front. My best lap of 1:59.995 was enough to keep the Lamborghinis in sight for about four seconds before my rear tyres decided they had seen enough of the German countryside. Fifth place is five positions better than an early bath in the gravel trap.
Shivan Dragon (Lead Engineer): (+5/+0 until the end of this race report) Grrr! Why are we tapping mana for a Chevrolet when we should be casting Terror on the Reiter Engineering Lamborghinis? Give me four more red sources right now or I incinerate the pit wall!
Krovikan Vampire (Lollipop Man):*Stares blankly at the fuel hose while holding a cup of cold tea.*
Ps. Wilco
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
Driver
Team
Car
Laps
Gap
Best Lap
1
SHAKA
CAMELTOE RACING
SUNRED SR21
16
0:32:32.874
1:58.336
2
DRIVER 71
REITER ENGINEERING
LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO LP560
16
+ 01.062
1:58.569
3
DRIVER 70
REITER ENGINEERING
LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO LP560
16
+ 02.713
1:58.405
4
BOSSIE
MORONS LICKING TOMATOES
CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6-R GT2
16
+ 07.072
1:58.449
5
FERNANDO HORTA
CORVETTE RACING
CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6-R GT2
16
+ 07.464
1:59.995
6
JENS
CAMELTOE RACING
SUNRED SR21
16
+ 18.342
1:58.627
7
DRIVER 110
ABT SPORTSLINE
AUDI ABT TT-R
16
+ 18.751
1:59.025
8
DRIVER 86
HHF HYBRID RACING
GUMPERT APOLLO
16
+ 20.151
1:58.665
9
DRIVER 60
EUROTECH RACING
MARCOS LM600
16
+ 21.277
1:59.461
10
DRIVER 98
PHOENIX RACING
AUDI R8 GT3 LMS
16
+ 43.270
1:59.439
11
DRIVER 59
MATECH MUSTANG RACING
FORD MUSTANG FR500-GT
16
+ 46.116
2:00.212
12
DRIVER 68
STEVENSON MOTORSPORTS
CHEVROLET CAMARO GT-S
16
+ 46.689
1:59.235
13
DRIVER 67
RISI COMPETIZIONE
FERRARI F458 ITALIA GT
16
+ 47.236
1:59.467
14
DRIVER 108
SUN-RED RACING
SUNRED SR21
16
+ 52.775
2:00.180
15
DRIVER 95
SPYKER SQUADRON
SPYKER C8 SPYDER GT2-R
16
+ 56.204
1:59.407
16
DRIVER 50
EXTREME SPEED MOTORSPORT
FERRARI F458 ITALIA GT
16
+ 01:02.179
1:56.372
17
TIBBIE
MORONS LICKING TOMATOES
FERRARI F430 GT2
16
+ 01:15.504
1:57.435
18
DRIVER 74
ROCKETSPORTS RACING
JAGUAR XKR GT
16
+ 01:42.637
1:59.862
19
DRIVER 109
SUN-RED RACING
SUNRED SR21
15
DNF (Engine)
1:58.968
20
DRIVER 62
CORVETTE RACING
CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6-R GT2
14
DNF (Collision)
1:58.958
21
DRIVER 91
HEXIS RACING
ASTON MARTIN DBRS9
12
DNF (Engine)
1:59.106
22
LIZZIE
MORONS LICKING TOMATOES
CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6-R GT2
10
DNF (Engine)
1:59.366
23
DRIVER 76
SCHUBERT MOTORSPORT
BMW Z4 GT3
8
DNF (Collision)
2:01.471
24
DRIVER 92
RAHAL LETTERMAN RACING
BMW E92 M3 GTR
7
DNF (Engine)
2:00.619
25
DRIVER 57
PRIMETIME RACE GROUP
VIPER COMPETITION COUPE
5
DNF (Engine)
2:01.978
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
TIBBIE
FERRARI F430 GT2
2:00.318
2
DRIVER 50
FERRARI F458 ITALIA GT
2:00.307
-0.011
2
SHAKA
SUNRED SR21
1:59.067
-1.240
3
DRIVER 50
FERRARI F458 ITALIA GT
1:58.827
-0.240
4
SHAKA
SUNRED SR21
1:58.336
-0.491
5
TIBBIE
FERRARI F430 GT2
1:58.153
-0.183
10
DRIVER 50
FERRARI F458 ITALIA GT
1:58.144
-0.009
11
DRIVER 50
FERRARI F458 ITALIA GT
1:57.290
-0.854
12
DRIVER 50
FERRARI F458 ITALIA GT
1:56.372
-0.918
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 16 laps.
Lap
Leader
Laps
Took the lead from
1
TIBBIE
2 (1-2)
3
DRIVER 50
3 (3-5)
TIBBIE
6
TIBBIE
2 (6-7)
DRIVER 50
8
SHAKA
9 (8-16)
TIBBIE
Driver
Laps led
%
SHAKA
9
56%
TIBBIE
4
25%
DRIVER 50
3
19%
Gaps
Time behind at the end of every lap. The scale stops at about one lap (2:02.190): 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 (here a stop cost about 74 s, most of them on laps 6–11), so a spin that costs as much time can read as one.
SUNRED SR21
LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO LP560
LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO LP560
CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6-R GT2
CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6-R GT2
SUNRED SR21
AUDI ABT TT-R
GUMPERT APOLLO
MARCOS LM600
AUDI R8 GT3 LMS
FORD MUSTANG FR500-GT
CHEVROLET CAMARO GT-S
FERRARI F458 ITALIA GT
SUNRED SR21
SPYKER C8 SPYDER GT2-R
FERRARI F458 ITALIA GT
FERRARI F430 GT2
JAGUAR XKR GT
SUNRED SR21
CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6-R GT2
ASTON MARTIN DBRS9
CHEVROLET CORVETTE C6-R GT2
BMW Z4 GT3
BMW E92 M3 GTR
VIPER COMPETITION COUPE
Abt Sportsline, Audi Abt Tt-r #3110, Driven By Driver 110
Spyker Squadron, Spyker C8 Spyder Gt2-r #5095, Driven By Driver 95
Eurotech Racing, Marcos Lm600 #6060, Driven By Driver 60
Sun-red Racing, Sunred Sr21 #7108, Driven By Driver 108
Sun-red Racing, Sunred Sr21 #7109, Driven By Driver 109
Matech Mustang Racing, Ford Mustang Fr500-gt #8059, Driven By Driver 59
Hhf Hybrid Racing, Gumpert Apollo #8086, Driven By Driver 86
Hexis Racing, Aston Martin Dbrs9 #8091, Driven By Driver 91
Primetime Race Group, Viper Competition Coupe #9057, Driven By Driver 57
Stevenson Motorsports, Chevrolet Camaro Gt-s #9068, Driven By Driver 68
Phoenix Racing, Audi R8 Gt3 Lms #9098, Driven By Driver 98
Corvette Racing, Chevrolet Corvette C6-r Gt2 #10062, Driven By Driver 62
Corvette Racing, Chevrolet Corvette C6-r Gt2 #10063, Driven By Fernando Horta
Reiter Engineering, Lamborghini Gallardo Lp560 #10070, Driven By Driver 70
Reiter Engineering, Lamborghini Gallardo Lp560 #10071, Driven By Driver 71
Rocketsports Racing, Jaguar Xkr Gt #10074, Driven By Driver 74
Schubert Motorsport, Bmw Z4 Gt3 #10076, Driven By Driver 76
Rahal Letterman Racing, Bmw E92 M3 Gtr #10092, Driven By Driver 92
Cameltoe Racing, Sunred Sr21 #11001, Driven By Shaka
Morons Licking Tomatoes, Chevrolet Corvette C6-r Gt2 #11025, Driven By Lizzie
Morons Licking Tomatoes, Chevrolet Corvette C6-r Gt2 #11027, Driven By Bossie
Morons Licking Tomatoes, Ferrari F430 Gt2 #11029, Driven By Tibbie
Extreme Speed Motorsport, Ferrari F458 Italia Gt #11050, Driven By Driver 50
Risi Competizione, Ferrari F458 Italia Gt #11067, Driven By Driver 67
Cameltoe Racing, Sunred Sr21 #11069, Driven By Jens
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