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F1 69Xtra – Round 8  - VIR - May 14

Next stop of the 69X F1 finds us at the Virginia International Raceway.

In S42 the tokens system will be used with drivers being awarded tokens for starting the season and for starting each race. Each car will cost a number of tokens per race.
Check the Season 42 details (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=2051&theme=6) regarding rules and the 1969 F1 Championship pages (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=2101&theme=6) in particular.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL_8 and UKGPL_04
IP address Server	=	look at iGOR
Password	=	Works on top of the "lap records" Privateers below !!!
GPL Mod	=	69X
Damage model	=	PRO
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV1
Track directory	=	VIR
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	26laps
Replay	=	here (https://antipastiracing.org.uk/antipastiracing/UKGPL_Replays/index.php?dir=Season%2042)

Works Drivers: (server password is above the lap records table)
Uli
fpolicardi
GregT
Ricardo Valim da Silva
R_Jungle
Enrique Farina
Dulima
Bob_Simpson
Phil Thornton
Bagrupp
Pete Bennett
Mikos
Doni Yourth
EvilClive
JonnyO
AnGex
Leo Menegucci
Cookie
MagicArsouille
Baab

Privateer Drivers: (server password is below the lap records table)
Albert Hallu
Billy Nobrakes
Claudio Navonne
PaulV
maddog
Rainier
philippe GIRARD
Dave Curtis

Please READ CAREFULLY THE RULES :

A driver must cross the start line in order to register the use of a chassis, participation in qualifying is not sufficient.
Drivers are reminded that Lap 1 incidents carry an extra 1 place penalty.
Drivers must complete 50% race distance to score.
MOD PRO so no shift-R
Only reported incidents will be moderated.
Please, excepting emergencies, no chat until Session Completed in qualification. No chat in the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.


Use the Track Gap Freeze Fix Patch V.09 for all on-line races.

GLA + FUN

the table is wrong, it is missing monza points that we run and VIR is 2 times.

Yes admins are informed about it and try to find a solution with the database

atm WEEKLY has http://www.formulado.hu/weekly/?p:events/season/UKGPL2022-17/

VIR double is intended - 2 races - 1 thread

Weekly is uncorrect (no point for Leo, Andreas and Enrique for Monaco) and there is no ranking for Privateers :

Before VIR, Privateers rank is (after I remove the 2 worst results)

1 Rainier  200 (228)
2 Paul V   186 (214)
3 Maddog 175
4 P. Girard 157
5 A. Hallu  156
6 C. Navonne 153
7 D. Curtis 130
8 B. Nobrakes 99


and for Works :
1 Uli  204 (221)
2 GregT 193
3 Angex 189 (206)
4 F. Policardi 159 (181)
5 P. Bennett 158
6 Cookie  153
7 E Farina   147
8 R Da Silva 110
9 P. Thornton  99
10 D Yourth  98
11 Mikos 86
12 EvilClive 74
13 JonnyO 73
14 Dulima 60
15 R Jungle 50
16 B. Simpson  48
17 Baab 28
18 Bagrupp 21
19 Leo Menegucci 17

Problem solved by Phil and Gizmo

Where can I find the track "VIR" ?

I only have "virginia" and I thought it was the good one ...

Track available from: https://gpladdons.the-fastlane.co.uk/tracks_list.php?q=(Name~startswith~v) (https://gpladdons.the-fastlane.co.uk/tracks_list.php?q=(Name~startswith~v))

Have also plopped a copy in the UKGPL Season 42 replay -> tracks area:
Direct link:  HERE (https://antipastiracing.org.uk/antipastiracing/UKGPL_Replays/Season%2042/Tracks/GPL_VIR_v1.0.zip)

Damn! Shortest race ever. T1 - I slowed and kept right to avoid a spun Ferrari and got rear-ended onto my lid. Game Over!

due to the touch on the 1st lap, my steering wheel was crooked, I preferred to stop so as not to disturb.

Thanks for the link, Dave. I could download the track 15 minutes before the race start...
I discovered this track version, I trained on the old Virginia.

Thanks to Baab, too ...but I didn't received your mail.

Sorry, gys, but I was dead-tired and in no fit state to participate.

A difficult race for me, I couldn't get any heat into the tyres no matter what wing settings I tried. I tried wing settings at 3, 6, 9 and 12 degrees but it didn't make much difference to my overall lap times. The gains and losses seemed to even out. I suppose that means this is quite a well balanced track, a good mix of fast corners and straights. Anyway I settled on 6 degrees.

The race started quite well. I picked up a couple of places at the start and I settled in behind JonnyO and Enrique. However they were too fast for me and in an effort to keep up I overdrove the car and made too many mistakes. A pattern that  continued throughout the rest of the race. I had a good battle with Evil before his engine problems, well done on making the finish.

Grats to Uli on a dominant win, you were very quick! A brilliant drive from Greg in the Lotus, very impressive. Grats on the podium JonnyO.

A happy but not brilliant victory...
Somehow I wasn't in the mood yesterday, just couldn't find a fast rhythm, wasn't in shape or was it because I still don't trust the McLaren M7a Cossy after the frustration in Bathurst ...?
In any case, in training I was far from my pB from my preparation (1:45.5), which for the most part had also been done on the impossible old track (= Rally Cross for F1  ;D)...
My start wasn't bad, but Greg’s was better, so I had to brake on the last moment in T1. Happy we didn't touch each other I must slowed down. My Antipasti Teamie Axel promptly hit me in the back and the CHAOS ensued …  :o
I had much luck at that moment, didn't notice anything at all and was able to pull away quickly. But what the GPL damage model of the '69 offered -  ::) impossible,  :o horrible to watch, simply unbelievable - actually more than half of the cars should have been eliminated in lap 1 ...
When I saw Greg back in second position already in R10!! great catch up from P14 !! I had a lead of about +23s. That looked like an easy task to carry the M7A to the target. But it is nothing new, when you're not under full pressure, some lacks of concentration followed and a spin closed the gap more and more.
Maybe it was just the sumptuous dinner?  ;D
Congratulations to Greg and Johnny, my Antipasti teamies good day for us  ;D and all finishers, thanks to all back markers for fair lapping.
I'm hoping to be in better form at Road Atlanta - the form of the day is becoming more and more important... ::) ;D

In the 'Heavy' race, it was a two horse race - a red one, and an orange one.  Those behind were mostly spotted in my
mirrors. 8) 

I quickly tagged onto a Philippe of orange, as soon as the race had begun.  Soon realised he'd put on less wing, with some cosy cornering on lap 1.

We'd soon gapped the field and decided to await, a deciding mistake for one of us to make.  T'was thense wih a careless gear change, my rev counter saw red, which led by expiration, to a motor, dead, after only a couple of laps led.  A lead foot can make a face red. :-\

    This race was for me to learn the track, I really don't have a passion for VIR. I like it with mod67 , but I don't like it with the other mods, and don't ask me why .
   I got the podium because other drivers made mistakes, and Farina unfortunately lost his engine at some point.
   I was worried about Doni disappearing, I could have sworn he was on the qualy list but he wasn't on the grid. But now we know that he preferred to rest a little, logical for someone who has millions of coins in his mod69x UKGPL account.
  Uli and Greg's pace was out of reach of the other mortals, when Greg got close to my M7, I ran to the right side on the straight to not get in the way. Congratulations guys, you were very fast!!!!

actually martin, i had almost no wings.
too bad for your engine, we could have fought until the end of the race.
Suddenly, after your retirement, I understood that you had heating problems, I did not want the same thing to happen to me as in silverstone, where I blew up my engine when I was in the lead. So I slowed down a bit to save my engine.
Congratulations to the finishers, not easy to reach the end on this track

I think you are right Philippe.  My car was set for maximum revs without closely following your car.  Your great speed killed my motor!  ;) To be a champion, the car must survive.

I found that falling back from the faster cars ahead helped :)