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Season 22 - Porsche Super Cup
Race 3 Sepang, Malaysia


First included in the Formula One World Championship in 1999, the current Malaysian Grand Prix is held at the Sepang International Circuit at Sepang, Malaysia. FIA-sanctioned racing in Malaysia has existed since the 1960s. The 1962-1965 seasons of the original Formula 2 Grand Prix held on the Thomson Road circuit in Singapore is regarded as an earlier precedence of the Malaysian Grand Prix, when Singapore was originally part of the Malaysian federation from 1963 to 1965. After Singapore seceded from the federation in 1965, the Grand Prix continued on until 1973.

Between Singapore's departure from the Malaysian federation and the opening of Sepang Circuit, Malaysia hosted a range of other racing tournaments at Shah Alam's own circuit between 1968 to 1995, including the Tasman Series (1968–1972), Formula Pacific (1973–1974, 1978–1982), Formula Atlantic (1975), Formula Two (1977) and Formula Holden (1995). Now we get to take our howling Porsches around the impressive, Hermann Tilke designed venue. This should offer much in the way of close, door-banging racing to whet the appetite.

Please check the Season 22 pages for details (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=335&theme=6) regarding rules and the Porsche Super Cup (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=342&theme=6) pages in particular.


Just a note of clarification. The Server 1 password is at the top of the page, the Server 2 password is the second one down.


Team 7                             Server 1
  1. Fulvio Policardi
  2. S-2173
  3. Nicky Ickx

  Supercup Pastit Porsche     Server 2
  1. Phil Thornton
  2. Francesco
  3. Arf^3

  Ecurie Makika                    Server 2
  1. Stefano62
  2. Matti96
  3. Tom Guerot
  Reserve: Alex Barresi

  Team Shadows                   Server 1
  1. Sergio Lonzar
  2. Axel Cookie
  3. Jason Blito

  7Porsche7                         Server 2
  1. Svenvangent
  2. Pedro v.d. Berg
  3. Roberto Vianna

  Clark-Hill Racing A               Server 1
  1. Ronnie Peterson
  2. Geoff65
  3. HappyAl

  Clark-Hill Racing B               Server 2
  1. Steve B1rd
  2. Vosblod
  3. Screwcutter
 
  Hiki Waza 1                        Server 1
  1. Evilclive
  2. David Rainier
  3. Miniblood

  Hiki Waza 2                        Server 2
  1. Bob Whitwell
  2. wrinklydms
  3. Badblood

  Team Coyote                      Server 2
  1. Raoni Frizzo
  2. Jonny O
  3. Du Fossa

  Team NVRacing                    Server 1
  1. Natan Vix
  2. Ron-C
  3. Hendy Nichols

  Team LOL Racing                  Server 1
  1. Tristan Bot
  2. Maxime Lenclen
  3. Pierre D
  Reserve Mark75 Barresi

  Team Squadra Padova Corse   Server 2
  1. Piero Mercaldo
  2. Roberto Teso
  3. Marco Mercaldo

 

The Porsche Super Cup Races will be run across 2 Servers, under Pro rules and will be approximately 50 minutes in length.
Lap 1 will be fully moderated to the end of the red zone, the exit of Turn 8, and thereafter will be reported incidents only.

SERVER 1
Race List = IGOR
Server = UKGPL_T7_2
IP address = 62.149.202.168
Race date = 9/12/2011
Time = race starts at 9:30pm
Track = Sepang - get it here (http://bills-gpl.bcsims.com/)
Variant = GT67-Porsche 910
Damage Model = PRO
Qualifying time = no later then 9:00pm UK Time (30-60 mins practice, race starts at 9:30pm)
Race length = 24 laps
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

SERVER 2
Race List = IGOR
Server = UKGPL.3
IP address = ping ukgpl3.dyndns.org
Race date = 9/12/2011
Time = race starts at 9:30pm
Track = Sepang - get it here (http://bills-gpl.bcsims.com/)
Variant = GT67-Porsche 910
Damage Model = PRO
Qualifying time = no later then 9:00pm UK Time (30-60 mins practice, race starts at 9:30pm)
Race length = 24 laps
Password: see above (#post_event_password)


Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R;group=342;theme=6)

Sepang offers a wide asphalt surface that for most corners are more than one racing line, with two long straights that should prove good passing opportunities. Come to think of it, there are many opportunities to pass at this place. Though I will remind everybody that Turn 1 one is the hairpin at the end of the back straight on this track....so take care after the start. Enjoy!

ive only ever driven Sepang once. Its allright I guess. Problem is, all corners look EXACTLY the same and its quite confusing to me

Pay attention to some reference points and in 4 or 5 laps you will remember about each corner.

I felt the same Joe after my first few laps. There are indeed about 3 places where the sequence of corners is very similar to look at, but different to drive :-\. After my first 10 laps or so I was beginning to recognise the track like Sergio suggests by remembering what buildings or other features were around.

Until you can be sure what lies around the next corner it is impossible to push hard, but this track is quite wide and the Porsche is very forgiving, so you can almost drive this circuit blind and get a reasonable time.

ok ill try... my best after 7 laps is a 1.20.5...

And that's about 1 minute faster then mine ;)

LOL. Write it to GPLRank Mini and I think none will beat that time!  :angel: :P ;D ;)

OOps my mistake its a 2.20.5 lol  ;D

YOP ;)

first laps tonight, nice track ! wide corners and many possibilities to overlap ... thanks for the server !


see you


ToM

I think perhaps a few pilots could get under 2:10.50 after having seen a couple of ours getting around 2:11.50  :o ::) :P

Anyway a very nice track Sepang but it should be not so simple to overtake when pilots are near their max performances because in driven corners certainly it is not possible to overtake and in the other zones after the 2 main straights, we have to push heavy on brakes with little control left.

Untill now, I've seen lap times going about 8 seconds down since my 1st few laps with Axel !!!  :o

Who will break the 2:10.00 barrier ??? :o :o :o

I've got to go out Friday afternoon and I doubt I'll be back in time for this race :(.  So it looks like the Pastit Porsche Team will be down one driver, sorry guys.

Good luck with the race, hope you both manage to finish in the points.

Phil, If you're sure you're going to miss it we could scoop up a reserve driver for the race. If there's a chance you'll be back we can leave your place open....

Arf

T7 server set to 24 laps Long race and listening on Igor in Console session.
Ciao

Thanks Fulvio, you're a gem.   :thumbup2:

OK better go for the reserve.  They'll probably score more points than me anyway ::).  Bear in mind I'm classed as an Amateur so I can't be replaced by a Pro driver (only another Amateur or a Novice could step in).

Cerne Wood, now Sepang....are we sure there is not a server issue here?

Apologies to the person who came round the corner and found me in their path, sorry.

 >:( ok 2nd race of 3 I been kicked out .
as I always told , pro modus is wasted time to use for simracing , as there are to less drivers can handle that .
thx , this time goes to Ronnie . what a great idea to try an 180° return slide in the middle of T1 ??? :o
ok , he have been slaughterd by Clive , thatswhy he was in that situation...
but once  in that kinda situation ; stranded wrong side ahead in T1 at inner line of the turn , its a must be to wait till pribluda shows ,there arent any cars arriving. and without pribluda ;simply esc&exit .


 wonder if there arent better thinks to do , just to waste time ...

Did the qualify, being 5th place, but when I tried to put my car on the grid...no green button for me  ???

Started from the pits, but I was already 1 lap down. So I decided to retire already on 1st lap...lost completely the fun... :(

Sry, T7 server got stuck before mid distance I think, I had to kill GPL on it.
Anyway the race was already compromised with a lot of crash and engine blown.
Ciao

Cerne was on another server Ronnie, anyway this one was a server side problem.
Ciao

Same happened to me!

Was a shame!

Hope we will do a re-run soon...

Must be an issue in the I-net! my server stuck too on tuesday.

It has made the table slightly odd.

For those interested the replay etc. from Server 2 are available in the usual places.

Perfectly good servers suddenly acting up....or is it the looming end of Capitalism as we know it? The corporate-owned internet certainly seems worse than usual. Personally, my soundcard and video card argued over a DMA call......And I lost, frozen screen and screeching sound.   >:(  Got into the 13's in qually and all.  ;D
We'll investigate dates for a re-run and get back.

In a way its a shame we had that screen freeze as I was starting to get the feel for the track by then BUT in a way it was a godsend as My car was badly hurt in the server 1 turn 1 chaos! I dont know who caused that chaos but they deserve a good thrashing!   

Hi Badblood, didn't see you last night. where is the info re replay, i need to apologise to someone.
cheer David

I can't race in this at the moment as Mini seems to take all the bandwidth ;) - hoping to sort it out after Xmas.

The replay is available here (http://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/inc_replaysS22_js.htm). Just select the Porsche Super Cup series and analysis is available if you click on the Archive name.

That analysis is available directly from here (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/replays/archive/season22/analysis/S22_PSC_R03_Server2_2011_12_09_Sepang/index.html).

The Replay .rar file is available here (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/replays/archive/season22/porschesupercup/S22_PSC_R03_Server2_2011_12_09_Sepang.rar).

I suspect that person is me, as you turned in to me and broke my engine!

You lost control of your car lining up for the last corner on lap 1, and I went past you. Unfortunately you turned back in and hit the back of my car. I think you should have known I was there, given I'd been behind you for the last few corners and so should have been more careful. I know it was your first race, and you need to learn etc, so I don't hold a grudge. But I will be grassing you up to the stewards  ;D

Annoyed as I was to have to drive another (whole) race in a car with no top end grunt after the bump, at the end of the day it has probably only cost me one or two places, given other retirements. I couldn't get to grips with this circuit, and my qualifying PB of 213.8 was so far off the pace of the front of the grid that I had little hope of doing well. Maybe it was this blind pessimism that caused me to fall off the track halfway round the first lap, and put me at the back of the train towards the end of the lap.

...and just to top off the weekend** I've just come back from a 200 mile round trip to Silverstone to stare at an icy track, instead of getting to play with a single seater.......not sure if I should be grateful I wasn't on the other server or not....

** Yes, I know its only Saturday lunchtime, but given my luck so far.........  ::)

Merry Xmas/Bah Humbug everyone.....

Arf

I'm sorry Arf-Arf, you are quite right, I slid wide and tried to recover without realising you would dive for the inside, must be aware of that, especially if a faster driver is catching me.Thank you for your help before the race, and your consideration for my poor driving .I must also go and apologise to Zampedri for a similar accident later, when the situation was reversed.
cheers David

This is an apology to Zampedri, for the racing accident on lap 5 yesterday on turn 2  :(at Sepang, I turned inside of you but hadn't realised that your line was different to mine, so was on your inside as you took your normal racing line, I hope the resulting crash didn't adversely affect your racing situation unduly.
cheers David

Mate I symapathise and did apologise. I was stranded round a blind bend. What was I supposed to do wait there and let others coming round hit me where I was !!! My car was still good to go, I thought best to try and move out of the way, I failed and ruined your race, my fault totally and believe me I'm sorry, but it happens. Ditto Clive, I'm sure he never meant to make contact but it happens and I have no hard feelings. Like everyone, I assume, I'm just grateful that we should get a second chance with a rerun sometime.
Sorry again Nicky.

An unfortunate incident Dave, but that is racing and we have all made plenty of errors, especially to begin with.  You qualified well so had good speed.  It is often difficult to scale it back in the race, especially if you are involved in close battles.  I managed to ease back in this race but then I was never really wheel to wheel with anyone and when Roberto retired I decided to 'bring it home' and almost straight away ran off the track!!

My race was quiet for the most part.  Second was all I could hope for...barring accidents/mechanicals.  My set-up was okay but I was wrong to change gearing before the race without trying it  :o which made some corner exits rather steady, my higher gears were too widely spaced.

I managed to stay somewhat in touch with Roberto, but he was faster and would pull away but also made a few mistakes which allowed me to close back up.  After viewing the replay I was definitely watching my revs more than most others, especially Roberto (did your engine let go?) and perhaps this was overly cautious.  I was no match at all for Tom so there was little point in working my car harder.  Congrats again to Tom, a stunning performance lapping consistently fast and even bettering your pole time.

Bob.

I am hoping that I can get sorted over Xmas so that I can join in with Mini and help my team-mates out. Well done to Bob for his nice podium and Dave on making it!

I was unable to save a replay of our race for obvious reasons  :-\   It really was a downer, after finally getting into a racing groove on this surprisingly difficult to learn circuit. After some serious swapping of places, orientations and directions in the first few laps I found myself running in a lonely 2nd spot, but I was more than happy with that ::)

It seems I might owe Ronnie an apology?. From your post I am assuming that there was some contact between us? The only bit I can remember where we were close was into T1, when I braked much later than you did and seem to recall getting very close to your rear end just before you "appeared" to lose the back end and I dived through. Now I have a feeling it might have been some warp contact because I was so close...sorry :-\.  Nothing registered on the FF from my end, but that does not make me innocent( well maybe not guilty either ;) )

As for the mass disco, we went through a few races last season where there were similar problems, and there was a great deal of discussion about possible reasons but no definitive answer. Could it be the same mystery problem again?

 :)
Hi Ronnie ,

Sorry too , off course no real hard feelings.
Just temporarily displeasure at that moment .

Still my reservation on pro modus  are alive .
As well , looking at these particular situation in T1 , my assessments off risk still is the same :
There is no way to come back to race in a save manner , once stranded back to front at this place and only working way , to reduce the risk for following drivers would have been to use rear gear to get the car out of the turn`s area . but guess GPL wont accept that and would have given an black flag on it . so hit esc button would have been more fast and save …

Well , as to servers quality . looking at my own replay , it seems like collision box wasn’t working proper all over .( lots of warp contact ) .
But this could substantiated in the source of errors non server replays do have .

Hope those new probs on T7_2 could be sorted out .

About connection problems on the server, i suggest use of the old TCP Optimizer: some time ago, i resolved all the problems with this program by let him do it optimization of TCP/IP parameters (it also works on the 7, although it is an old software developed to previous versions of Windows).

thanks, Bob, for the kind thoughts, would have liked to get more points, to help the cause, but was not to be.
Nurb, next year is going to be a sod with less acurate driving with all those bends, so have lots of time to practice{don't suppose the xmas spirit will help tho').
See you next year.
cheers David

Moderation of this event has been posted. Sorry for the delay..... ::)