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Season 22 - Porsche Super Cup
Race 7, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps


The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the Spa 24 Hours and 1000 km Spa endurance races. It is also home to the all Volkswagen club event, 25 Hours of Spa, run by the Uniroyal Fun Cup. And now it will be hosting Rnd.7 of the UKGPL Porsche Supercup, what a pedigree!! It is one of the most challenging race tracks in the world, mainly due to its fast, hilly and twisty nature. Spa is a favourite circuit of racing drivers and fans alike.

Designed in 1920 by Jules de Their and Henri Langlois Van Ophem, the original triangle-shaped course used public roads between the Belgian towns of Spa, Malmedy, and Stavelot. The track was intended to have hosted its inaugural race in August 1921, however this event had to be cancelled as there was only one entrant. The first car race was held at the circuit in 1922, and two years later saw the first running of the now famous 24 Hours of Francorchamps race. The circuit was first used for Grand Prix racing in 1925.

Well gents, strap on your Porsches and lets get into it.....


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 1
  1. Stefano62
  2. Matti96
  3. Tom Guerot

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

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

Clark-Hill Racing B               Server 1
  1. Steve B1rd
  2. Vosblod
  3. Screwcutter

Hiki Waza 1                        Server 2
  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

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

7Porsche7                            Server 1
  1. Alex Barresi
  2. Pedro v.d. Berg
  3. ??

 
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, being the exit of Malmedy onto Masta Straight, and thereafter will be reported incidents only.

SERVER 1
Race List = IGOR
Server =  UKGPL_T7_2
IP address = 62.149.202.168
Race date = 16/03/2012
Time = race starts at 9:30pm
Track = Spa-Francorchamps - Papy
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 = 14 laps
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

SERVER 2
Race List = IGOR
Server = UKGPL.3
IP address = ping ukgpl3.dyndns.org  
Race date = 16/03/2012
Time = race starts at 9:30pm
Track = Spa-Francorchamps - Papy
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 = 14 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)

T7 server is set for 14 laps Long race and listening on Igor in console session.
Ciao

Thanks Fulvio

I've been invited to step in again as reserve driver, for Team Shadows.  I'd be happy to step down, and let Jason take his rightful spot, as Spa is fast, and my Porsche is slow. :sweatdrop:

Actually Jason still didn't give up officially (he only said he is not in very good moment) so untill now Jason is still on our roster for this race, but warm up your engines because it could be you have to use the 1st gear with Team Shadows if you want and Jason will not shows up for qualify.

Anyway, like I always say...the important is to finish the race but...I should look for another one who says the same thing to me  :P

Thx

Rats - crashed... HATE PRO SETTINGS!  ;D

I was just getting into my stride and threatening an all chassis PB - 3:45!!!! :D

Clive, Clive,  :'(

didn't you remember we are in the same team ? why did you take so much risks in Masta, I would have let you easily pass just after without a fight !


 

Apologies Dave, I  had taken Masta on that line before and was confident that I would be OK. But I made an error and just touched the armco. :-\

You are quite correct, I really should have waited and passed after Masta, especially as you are my team mate  :-[   :(   Really sorry to have ended your race there.

I

At the start, I was lucky to escape an accident, when the car ahead slowed unexpectedly at the first corner.  Thereafter, my race turned into a 2 way battle with Roberto. 

With 5 laps to go, I made a mistake, and had to drive hard, to close a 5 second gap.  Until, with the last lap looming it was his turn to wobble.  The end of our dice, seemed like a throw of the dice, but once ahead, I managed to stay ahead to the finish. :D

Great job Martin!
I know what a challenge such a fast track is for you  ::)
But we did a great team job... 2,3+7!

My race was lonely after Tristan had passed me and I could follow the action in pribluda...
My aim was to stay ahead of the 3 - 4 followers who kept together fighting.
After Sergios mistake he needed some laps to pass me and I hoped he will get Tris too.
But something must have happened in the last lap ::)

But it seems the team with those 2,5 pros can't be beaten!

My congratulations for the drivers on the 2 Podium's!

Fine track that Spa is, especially in a Porsche ;)


Fulvio and I were trying to work together.
Someway or the other it didn't work out.
I was faster in Malmady and Masta while Fulvio got the slipstream's very well.
Trying something else I let Fulvio go, and hahahahahahah I never got  passed him again ;)

Really loved the race, thanks Fulvio for that!

Cu, Pedro.

Wow! What a race!
 It was great to dispute with Hunt, sorry that my car lost performance two laps to go, I made a mistake and lost the position.
 Congratulations Hunt by arduous and clean race.
 Too bad my work schedule will not let me run again.
 Good luck guys!

Well done to my team mates Geoff and Al on a fine points gathering performance for our team. Congrats also to Roberto and Marco plus commiserations to Piero who I assume suffered engine problems or an argument with the scenery.

After stiff resistance from team Hiki Waza in the shape of Clive and then Dave, the task of catching the leaders was challenging. In fact it was hard enough keeping some distance from the fast charging Clive. Fortunately the number of laps favoured me and I hung on to see the chequered  flag in third place.

PS looking forward to the mid season review and the opportunity to comment on this Team?? series.

I like Spa whatever is the car I drive on, I feel comfortable in this track.

Qualify:
I was expecting 3.30.mid in qualify but I've got only a 3.31.02 that is good for me obviously but...not so much like I
thought. Anyway it is Pole.

Race:
I knew to have a pace a couple of seconds slower than in qualify (around 3.32.xx 3.33.low) so I was calm, thinking this should be a good race for me, and in fact, after the green flag, in the first 30 seconds of race, pribluda shown me I already had 300m of advantage on pursuers. Every lap this advantage was increasing by almost 50m but at the 2nd or 3rd lap (I don't remember coz I didn't have the race replay downloaded yet) at Eau Rouge, something strange happened. I don't know what happened but suddenly the car had a bad behaviour making me loose the control and then I went out off track crashing with the back onto the fence. Immediately I managed the car to get on track while Tristan and Axel and 2 or 3 other drivers overtook me, so I restarted from 6th place and I can say that so far it was an honorable but boring race and it has become interesting from this point on. Honestly I was thinking to retirement because for the first 2 laps after my spun off next to Eau Rouge, my car was very difficult to keep on track especially in right turns it seemed to loose easily the back so at least in two circumstances I have risked to make an accident and it was pure fortune if I keept the car on track. I only had to relearn how to drive my car and I've wasted 2 laps in order to accomplish the task. After these 2 laps I begun to push and push again also because pribluda shown me Tristan was almost 1km ahead and increasing the gap between me and him. It was fun to have a battle (extremely correct I can say) with the crowd folloving Tristan so I had to almost keep the throttle flat to have a canche to overtake those guys one by one and I've got the 2nd place only because Axel is a team mate and didn't oppose resistance letting me to pass. Though since this point on, it was a chrono race to pursue Tristan that was slowly but constantly getting closer and closer and closer untill at 4 laps to the finish line I have caught him just at the entry point of the turn that was almost fatal to Mike Parkes (Blanchimont)...and...it was amlost fatal also to me because me and Tristan were side by side with me in internal line. Avoiding to spun him off track with a touch, I pressed the brake pedal too much sliding out external on the banked and so letting Tristan to overtake me again gaining 300m. Fortunately I keept the car in controll also over the banked loosing no more than those meters. Anyway I needed almost 4 laps to catch Tristan again and this time during the last lap. Tristan knew I should have used his tow to catch him so I've seen from far away he was wowing all the way to keep me out of his tow but...I had almost 15km/h top speed more than him and I have caught and overtook him just before Masta in the descent to Stavelot. This time was Tristan to stay in my tow so I've dragged him untill the last turns preceding the finish line. During the straight next to Le Carriere, Tristan made his last move trying to overtake me exiting from my tow. I've seen him exiting from my rear view mirror to the right side so I left him the space of his car on my right side to avoid any contact in the kink preceding Blanchimont but maybe he was scared that I could close the door pointing to the apex (but I didn't that because I knew I could cause an accident) and he probably has rotated his drive wheel closing a little more to me but doing so he has touched the grass with his back right wheel and this made his car pointing the front due to me and at last hitting me and making both spun out off track and obviously during this event...I've lost a wheel (I don't know why every time I have a contact with Tristan I loose a wheel  :P  :) ). After I've seen Tristan rollign upsidedown 2 or 3 times and landig, at last (like if nothing was happened) he engaged the 1st gear and said me bye bye while I was trying to come down from the preceding mentioned banked (just the same of my preceding accident) and imediately I was aware I was without a wheel, so I've engaged the 1st gear too hoping to be able to pass the S/F line and...fortunately it was so. I would wait to see the official Replay before to take any action against Tristan if will be the case not because I've something bad against him obviously but because the points Team Shadows could get are necessary to us for campionship economy.

A special thanks from Team Shadows to Martin GT Hunt that gave us a hand replacing our Jason Blito and having a good race result.

[Edit]
Replay seen and Claim just sent to Geoff also if not in the usual way because the report sender is already closed and it should be not yet.

Replays you will get here (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Replays/Archive/Season22/)

Thank you m8 !  :)

Sergio, isnt that 3 31  dead a world record for the porkas at spa? Is that an un-towed lap?

Actually our Jason Blito seems to have some problems to participate full time to this league so to keep our Team Shadows with all the 3 participants classes: Pro; Amateur; Novice; Team Shadows is looking for an eventual Novice Replacement that should replace Jason in case he could not participate in some of the remaining PSC's events!
Any request to join our Team as Reserve Amateur Driver is appreciated.

Thank you !

Hi Attilio, Honestly speaking I know nothing about my 3:31.06 because I still didn't watch out for GPLRank.
About the un-towed I've to watch the replay  because I didn't remember if I've got some tow...anyway it could be also if...for true I've a 3:30.49 made on another pc in offline and alone. ;) A lap almost perfect I can say.

So, thats the one you should upload to the gplranks then..Well done to you! :thumbup1:

Any reports ASAP please gents. Entries close Friday, GMT.

Ok Geoff, I'll return back home just today in the afternoon so my report (if any) will be sent this evening. (GMT)  :P ;D

I really needed more practice. I haven't raced the Porsche for quite a while and I hadn’t raced at Spa for a while. So as soon as I was home from work on Friday I booted up GPL and got a few practice laps in.

I remember how much I enjoy Spa, it’s a great flowing circuit and the Porsche is a nice car to drive around there. I was a mile off the pace when qualifying started, but I was getting slightly quicker all the time. I was quite please with my grid position, I thought I’d be a mile off the pace so was quite happy to be that close to the pack.

Either I got a good start, or Geoff didn’t get the best start, but either way I shot past him. As soon as the road straightened out a little I eased off as soon as I saw it was my teammate behind. I tried to follow him and settle into the race. I knew I wasn’t the quickest so didn’t get in anyone’s way when they came up behind me. I was trying to catch their tow with only limited success.

For some reason Geoff ended up behind me at about half distance. I let him past again and tried to stay with him and keep in his tow. Unfortunately I was concentrating on keeping in his tow more than where the track went. At the end of the long straight I was going to fast and left the road at 170mph. My car didn’t survive the crash and it was the end of my race.

Well done to everyone, it was a good race and it was certainly quick at the front.

Sorry, Geoff could you reopen the after action report sender please ? I've something to show you.
Thanks !