Season 34 Historic Trophy – Round 6 – HOCKENHEIMThe sixth race in the 1966 Grand Prix series takes us to Hockenheim in Germany. The track was originally called "Dreieckskurs" (triangle course) and was built in 1932 using roads in the forest as an alternative to the Wildpark-Circuit in Karlsruhe. The track was used for motorcycle racing and was expanded to be used as test track for Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union in 1936. In 1938 the track was drastically shortened to 7.5 kilometres and it was renamed the "Kurpfalzring". This name was used until 1947 when the unchanged layout was renamed again to "Hockenheimring". This version of the circuit, which was used in 1955, consisted of the original two long straights, with the Ostkurve in the forest and the original hairpin inside Hockenheim joining them together. In 1965, when the new Autobahn A 6 separated the village from the main part of the track, an updated version of Hockenheim circuit was built, which incorporated a new "Motodrom" stadium section. Two fast chicanes were added after Jim Clark was killed on 7 April 1968 in a Formula 2 racing accident. A small memorial was placed at the site of his accident near the first chicane. In order to improve safety even further, the track was lined with crash barriers in 1970. But the track was still dangerous and claimed the life of Patrick Depailler in 1980. So in 1982, the first chicane was made slower and a third chicane was added at the Ostkurve (east curve). In the early 2000s, Formula 1 officials demanded the 6.823 km (4.240 mi) track be shortened and threatened to discontinue racing there. So the state government of Baden-Württemberg secured the financing for a redesign by Hermann Tilke ready for the 2002 German Grand Prix. The new "Tilke Track" was not universally popular and many drivers preferred the long circuit. Sadly the old circuit was torn up and replanted with trees thereby preventing any chance of reinstating the long circuit for Formula 1 or indeed using it for historic car races.
Tonight we will be using the 1967 version of the long track that doesn't have the three chicanes.
Race List = iGOR
Server = UKGPL_9
IP = see iGOR
Race date = Tuesday 02-04-2019
Time = 21:00 UK time (21:00 GMT)
Race length = 23 Laps (<50 minutes)
Variant = 1966
Password:
see aboveDriver lists and divisional rules can be found on the
championship standings page60fps patch used = 60fpsV2newmod
Damage Model = Pro
Qualifying time = 30-45 minutes
Replays =
hereThere is no Red Zone. Moderating will be on reported incidents only. Remember that lap 1 incidents carry an additional penalty place.
The chassis token system is explained on the Historics Trophy standings page.
Please restrict chat to pit messages including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.
A driver must have sufficient tokens for the chassis he drives in the race. Any driver who does not have sufficient tokens will be disqualified from the result and his tokens will be set to zero.
The chassis a driver uses in qualifying are disregarded when determining his token spend.
Note: This is to cater for the instances when a driver either does not start or inadvertently joins with the wrong chassis and subsequently rejoins the server in another.
Any tokens not spent at the end of the season are ignored and are not used to determine championship positions in the event of a tie.
PRO rules means Shift-Rs are not allowed at any time and the damage model is realistic.
Drivers must complete 50% race distance to score.
Available Tokens:Note: These are the tokens available to each driver
before the 10 tokens are added for making the race start.
Driver | Tokens | Status |
AnGex | 2 | Pro |
Arf Arf Arf | 10 | Pro |
bagrupp | 20 | Pro |
Cookie | 18 | Pro |
DLogan | 5 | Pro |
EvilClive | 18 | Pro |
Gareth | 5 | Pro |
Greg T | 5 | Pro |
Iestyn Davies | 9 | Pro |
MagicArsouille | 20 | Pro |
Billy Nobrakes | 14 | Am |
francesco | 20 | Am |
Mark65 | 24 | Am |
Phil Thornton | 29 | Am |
Rainier | 22 | Am |
Rich Welsh | 18 | Am |