Title: UKGPL Season 28 (2015) Friday Trophy - F2 - Albi - Apr 17 Post by: Cookie on April 14, 2015, 02:33:24 PM +0100 S28 - Friday Trophy - Round 6 - Formula 2 - Albi 67
The next round of the S28 Friday Mixed Trophy we remain at Albi in France. The 1967 layout of the track has a good mixture of some fast straights and all sorts of corners. Remember: for the LIGHT drivers the most popular car will be dropped for the rest of the season! Look at the bottom! ONE reset is allowed but the Shift R must be followed by a Stop & Go in the pit lane within TWO laps. If you Reset on the last lap a 30 second time penalty will be awarded if you cannot s+g before the finish line in the pit lane. Drivers must complete 50% of the race distance to score. Please check the Season 28 pages for details (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=470&theme=6) regarding rules and the Friday Trophy (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=481&theme=6) pages in particular.
Please restrict chat to emergency messages only, including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line. Moderation will be on reported incidents only. GLA and have FUN So far dropped cars:_______________________________________________________________________________ GT : Chapparal MK2F, Lola T70 CA : Shadow MK2, Lola T260 F2 : Matra MS7 Title: Re: UKGPL Season 28 (2015) Friday Trophy - F2 - Albi - Apr 17 Post by: MagicArsouille on April 17, 2015, 08:44:25 PM +0100 well it's my first race so what car I can use .....all but the MS7 ?
Title: Re: UKGPL Season 28 (2015) Friday Trophy - F2 - Albi - Apr 17 Post by: Walter Conn on April 17, 2015, 11:36:59 PM +0100 I had a rather close call under braking on lap 1 going into the Double Droit corners. I might have been able to stop in time, but I panicked a little. So I locked up the brakes and changed direction into the infield. I came back on track just narrowly missing Dean. In the replay, it looked like Dean swerved away at the last moment. During the race, I had two offs, but no noticeable damage. I did however loose a position to Fran. I had good luck from that moment on because I was able to make an overtake stick. Then I was able to follow Greg's slipstream late in the race. Good race, F2 + Albi = :-D
Title: Re: UKGPL Season 28 (2015) Friday Trophy - F2 - Albi - Apr 17 Post by: francesco on April 18, 2015, 08:24:08 AM +0100 Quote I did however loose a position to Fran. Yes and with a short battle that was the best thing of the race.You are too strong for me also if ,with replay analizer,i have seen that the strong difference was in acceleration and speed on the straight. Title: Re: UKGPL Season 28 (2015) Friday Trophy - F2 - Albi - Apr 17 Post by: GregT on April 19, 2015, 06:01:40 PM +0100 Congrats Axel, Tristan, and Iestyn! Especially you Axel. Excellent job to hold onto the win when you had Iestyn, Tristan, Dean, and me all trying to take it away from you. A very impressive first win of the season! :)
I had pretty rotten luck this time. This race was a good example of making your own luck. I came close to inheriting the lead with Tristan's engine failure. Had I only kept my cool and not pushed so hard to try to get back in Tristan's slipstream. One lap later I may have had a manageable lead that I could have held to the end. I was still in good shape later when I was 3rd, close behind Dean and Axel. When Dean spun I thought I could slip by on the left but the opening closed before I could. Another example of making my own luck, I should have slowed drastically to assure I could pass Dean's spinning car. The loss of distance to Axel wasn't as important as I thought it was at the moment. If I couldn't have made it up on my own, Iestyn surely would have dragged me back to Axel. Take care guys. Thanks for letting me race with you. |