Post-race comments...

Hristo Itchov
I had a good qualifying and managed to get clear road on my flying laps and post a decent time which was enough for pole position. I haven't actually practiced starts, so I was confused until I notice where the starting lights are and also the sound they make kinda creeped me out. Despite that I managed to keep Andrew behind on the run to T1 and lead out of it. After that I just tried to focus on not making any mistakes and as a result my laptimes suffered but it was still enough to pull away. Soon I was in a good rythm which I could hold on to until the end of the race, though as the tyres began to wear off it was a bit tricky. There were no problems with the backmarkers or the car.

Uwe Schürkamp
My qualifying was so-so as I had had some hopes for my first ever sub 1:32 given all the extra adranaline a live Screamers quali session sets free.

My laptime was ok though, and fourth spot was what I could hope for given Lars surprising absence, and I was quite happy that Jo hadn't managed to bump me into fifth on the last laps of his run.

The start was uneventful and one of my better performance and I was able to thread through St. Devote without any problems. The top three instantly pulled away (Hristo, Stacey and Andy at the time) and I knew I'd be no match for them, so I tried to focus on managing the gap to Jo which came down to 2 seconds or less at times, and I constantly had to remind me of the fact that the slower you go at Monaco, the faster you are.

I had a bit of a scary moment lapping Eldi which was totally m fault as I was eager to get by, a good lesson in how to not lap somebody into Casino was learned there.

Then Stacey dropped out for an unknown reason which put me into 3rd which I'd be more than happy with, and I had an 8 second lead on Jo which also seemed like a secure gap provided I kept my head on straight.

With about 8 laps to go, I suddenly found myself in 2nd which meant that Andi had gambled on a one stopper, and I when I heard him pull out of the pits I was 5 seconds in front. Given his quali and race speed I knew I'd be no match for him a in a fight for positions, so he reeled me in nicely and with two laps to go, I decided to let him by on the exit from St. Devote. I was afraid that a fight for 2nd could put us both into the walls, and my race was with Jo the entire time and not with Andi. Had I known there there were only 2 laps left I might have tried some clever moves, but Andi rightfully deserved 2nd considering his blistering pace during the entire 2 weeks of praccy for this event.

One error per race seems the norm, and I spun it into the harbor chicane clipping the inside entry barrier on the very last lap which allowed Hristo to lap me (an event I'd much rather avoided to be honest), but the car was ok and I was able to cruise home in 3rd.

I'm looking forward to the 3 week break now, and esp. to racing at a venue that is a little less claustrophic than both Lienz and Monaco ;-)

Happy Holidays & a peaceful new year to all Screamers, see you all in 2009.

	Event: 03-Monte Carlo, GP Monaco
Date: 2008/12/20 16:59:03
Laps: 28
Mod: Toyota Atlantic
Race Length: 43:14.711


PRACTISE RESULTS


 1 Hristo Itchov        Jensen Motorsport        10 01:31.046 0.000
 2 Andrew Ward          Team Monster             14 01:31.321 0.275
 3 Stacey Greensall     Team Monster             16 01:31.907 0.861
 4 Jo Lueg              Jensen Motorsport         7 01:32.486 1.440
 5 Uwe Schuerkamp       Team Monster             11 01:32.788 1.742
 6 Dom Leste            Amarosport Racing        18 01:32.977 1.931
 7 Matthias Boegel      Team Monster             20 01:33.289 2.243
 8 Christoph Grimlowski Team Rahal               18 01:33.624 2.578
 9 Dave Purdy           US RaceTronics           12 01:35.009 3.963
10 Michael Ward         Team Monster              9 01:37.606 6.560
-1 Oliver Day           Thetford-Norcold Dyson R no time


QUALIFYING RESULTS


 1 Hristo Itchov        Jensen Motorsport        11 01:29.374 0.000
 2 Andrew Ward          Team Monster             10 01:30.493 1.119
 3 Stacey Greensall     Team Monster              9 01:32.132 2.758
 4 Uwe Schuerkamp       Team Monster              9 01:32.416 3.042
 5 Matthias Boegel      Team Monster             12 01:32.682 3.308
 6 Dom Leste            Amarosport Racing         9 01:33.188 3.814
 7 Jo Lueg              Jensen Motorsport        12 01:33.353 3.980
 8 Dave Purdy           US RaceTronics            8 01:34.324 4.951
 9 Christoph Grimlowski Team Rahal               11 01:35.737 6.363
10 Michael Ward         Team Monster              6 01:38.368 8.994
11 Eldred Pickett       Team Monster             no time
12 David Goodwin        Jensen Motorsport        no time


RACE RESULT


 1 Hristo Itchov         Jensen Motorsport              28  1 Running 
 2 Andrew Ward           Team Monster                   28  2 Running 
 3 Uwe Schuerkamp        Team Monster                   27  4 Running  1 Lap(s)
 4 Jo Lueg               Jensen Motorsport              27  7 Running  1 Lap(s)
 5 Dom Leste             Amarosport Racing              27  6 Running  1 Lap(s)
 6 Oliver Day            Thetford-Norcold Dyson Racing  27 12 Running  1 Lap(s)
 7 Matthias Boegel       Team Monster                   27  5 Running  1 Lap(s)
 8 Dave Purdy            US RaceTronics                 27  8 Running  1 Lap(s)
 9 Christoph Grimlowski  Team Rahal                     26  9 Running  2 Lap(s)
10 Michael Ward          Team Monster                   25 10 Running  3 Lap(s)
11 Stacey Greensall      Team Monster                   14  3 DNF (DNF) 14 Lap(s)
12 David Goodwin         Jensen Motorsport               9 11 DNF (DNF) 19 Lap(s)
13 Eldred Pickett        Team Monster                    7 13 DNF (DNF) 21 Lap(s)


FASTEST RACE LAPS


 1 Hristo Itchov         01:30.033 0.000
 2 Andrew Ward           01:31.956 1.923
 3 Stacey Greensall      01:32.129 2.096
 4 Uwe Schuerkamp        01:32.915 2.882
 5 Jo Lueg               01:32.998 2.965
 6 Dom Leste             01:33.126 3.093
 7 Oliver Day            01:33.136 3.103
 8 Matthias Boegel       01:34.901 4.868
 9 Dave Purdy            01:35.341 5.308
10 Christoph Grimlowski  01:37.207 7.174
11 Michael Ward          01:37.496 7.463
12 David Goodwin         01:38.375 8.342
13 Eldred Pickett        01:47.576 17.543


HIGHEST CLIMBERS


 1 Oliver Day             6
 2 Jo Lueg                3
 3 Uwe Schuerkamp         1
 4 Dom Leste              1
 5 Michael Ward           0
 6 Hristo Itchov          0
 7 Eldred Pickett         0
 8 Dave Purdy             0
 9 Christoph Grimlowski   0
10 Andrew Ward            0
11 David Goodwin         -1
12 Matthias Boegel       -2
13 Stacey Greensall      -8


PERFECT RACE LAPS*


 1 Hristo Itchov         01:29.726 0.000 [27, 9, 28]
 2 Andrew Ward           01:31.696 1.969 [5, 22, 3]
 3 Stacey Greensall      01:31.883 2.157 [6, 14, 12]
 4 Dom Leste             01:32.414 2.688 [18, 20, 21]
 5 Uwe Schuerkamp        01:32.635 2.908 [13, 8, 5]
 6 Jo Lueg               01:32.711 2.985 [27, 6, 9]
 7 Oliver Day            01:32.802 3.076 [26, 8, 16]
 8 Matthias Boegel       01:34.207 4.481 [12, 13, 24]
 9 Dave Purdy            01:34.661 4.935 [15, 4, 15]
10 Christoph Grimlowski  01:36.093 6.367 [12, 4, 25]
11 Michael Ward          01:36.818 7.092 [18, 3, 17]
12 David Goodwin         01:38.272 8.546 [4, 3, 2]
13 Eldred Pickett        01:46.829 17.103 [4, 3, 3]

*: three best sector times are added [lap numbers]

RACE INCIDENTS

 1 Dom Leste                  0  27 0.000
 2 Hristo Itchov              0  28 0.000
 3 Jo Lueg                    0  27 0.000
 4 Stacey Greensall           0  14 0.000
 5 Andrew Ward                1  28 0.036
 6 Uwe Schuerkamp             2  27 0.071
 7 Matthias Boegel            4  27 0.143
 8 Oliver Day                 7  27 0.250
 9 Christoph Grimlowski       8  26 0.286
10 Dave Purdy                 8  27 0.286
11 Michael Ward               8  25 0.286

Not classified (less than 30% race distance completed): 
Eldred Pickett
David Goodwin

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