Season 31 Works Trophy – Round 2 –  Monaco

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1967 season, the UKGPL season will take place on 10 of the 11 original circuits. Round 2 starts the European season & probably the most iconic of F1 circuits, on the streets on Monte Carlo. Facilities such as the paddock, pit boxes, fences and grandstands are usually temporary and removed soon after the race is over but in modern times the pits, race control and main grandstands are sometimes permanently constructed in the area. Since the track surface is originally planned for normal speeds, race drivers often find street circuits bumpy and lacking grip. Run-off areas may be non-existent, which makes driving mistakes more expensive than in purpose-built circuits. Hardly passing places, so please be patient.

Race List = iGOR
Server = UKGPL_9
IP = see iGOR
Race date = Sunday 26-02-2017
Time = 21:00 UK time (21:00 GMT)
Track = Papyrus Original
Race length = 33 Laps (50 minutes)
Variant = 1967
60fps patch used   = 60fpsV2newmod
Damage Model = Intermediate
Qualifying time = 30-45 minutes

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Monaco. Crashed. What's new?  .

  My tokens???

I'm waiting for the race reaplay to post on my short race !

Well, first off commiserations to Tris. At first in the race I thought it was purely lag induced, on watching the replay I see it was a combination of a mistake by Pelle and GPL over-doing the impact (any other sim would have resulted in no more than a half spin).
Luckily for me although I was gaining on the 2 leaders at this point I was far enough back to avoid being trapped behind Tristan's upside-down Brabham, so I took to the pavement and scarpered before the Gendarmes could arrive.

From there on if you look at the results you could believe I had it easy - the reality was far from the truth, at least from in my cockpit.
My setup was on something of a knife edge for Ocanom, for short bursts it was capable of low 1:26's, maybe even high 1:25's if I got all green sectors but at that pace the left rear would start to melt after 4 or 5 laps (Prib showed an easy pole had I held a lap together).
The entire race was spent concentrating on putting in consistent and accurate laps that avoided too much sliding about but also managed to match Pelle/Sam/Roo's times behind me.
Luckily all 3 proved to be inconsistent - I haven't watched the replay in enough detail to see if that was due to battles or mistakes but it allowed me to take it much more easily than otherwise. I think I was averaging mid to low 1:27's for most of the race with one unintended mid 1:26 around the halfway mark followed by the fastest lap when I decided to open up a bit in the final 3.
In theory the last lap should have been my quickest but the tyres were already too hot to actually grip for that lap, this meant I was much slower than the effort I put in should have justified. I race with tyre temps turned off as I think they're distracting but only getting 2.5 laps before meltdown suggests I was running very near the limit for most of the race!

As said it's a shame about Tris being taken out, I was curious to see if I was the only one at the front to be having tyre temp issues - and if my tactic of driving slightly slower in the race would pay off should the leaders press hard throughout..

Congrats to Roo and Dean for 2nd and 3rd, as well as to all finishers. Bad luck to the DQ's, Esp Sam who was managing some fantastic lap times in his boat  

I was purposely running low tyre pressures to prevent the tyres from over heating, maybe a little too low with hindsight, but I felt I could push hard for extended periods without suffering a loss of grip. Sadly I just wasn't quick enough & was more focused on actually finishing rather than out 'n' out pace

Grats to the podium and to all those who finished.

I was never expecting to challenge for a podium place using the BRM, but I was hoping to survive the race with a little luck. As always at Monaco, the first lap is somewhere to be extremely cautious as anyone else's incident can quickly become yours!

The early laps went well and then a few of the front runners dropped out for various reasons and I found myself tailing my old mate Doni in his Honda. For lap after lap I looked for a way around that car, but although I knew absolutely that I could go faster Doni refused to make a big enough error to give me a chance....great driving Doni  

At this point I would like to pass on my top tip #137...when racing at Monaco do not sneeze when going through the tunnel!! It was so violent that I clipped a kerb and spun the car giving the concrete wall a hefty whack, which did nothing for the already marginal handling of the green beast. After a few more laps and increased frequency of contact with barriers and walls I finally managed to rip a wheel off!!
The only consolation was that I had passed the 50% distance  

Big Grats FullMG roo & DLogan ...& grats to anyone lucky as unfortunate.

1st, Big sry to Tris...a great race where it still went very wrong, I still don't understand how I came so close & that GPL thought you should tilt. I tried my best to turn you around again, but could not move you...shame & really sorry.

NP roo, but I didn't know you were there. I had a spin & made room for Sam? (BRM)...& got a shock you were there, luckily it ended only in a spin & not tilt
Unfortunate I forgot to save my own replay, but if you see the server replay after you hit me...you're here...you are gone...& again, at one point I thought you had disco...but hey you're back, just like in the good old days of Vroc

The connection gets better after a few laps & can get past, Thx...but Sam has a crash in the chicane after the tunnel & I'm down for the count in countless spin, roo is more fortunate past Sam, but I'm behind roo Again, LOL

Later in my struggle to get up in front again, I push my McHonda too much & it says...time for a smoke. Hope I gave room for everyone so I was not in the way.
A day that could have ended much better because...my race setup was really good, close to perfect...drove as Scalextric.
The only drawback, my ears were slightly damaged by a 45 laps race at Mosport Rain just before this race.

Thank you all for a 'fun' day at Monaco  

OOPS, forgot this from server replay: Report