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The UKGPL F2 Easter Cup   Fun Races.


To celebrate this easter break we will do 4 fun races with the F2s  

 
This will be the schedule:

Date	Day	Time	Mod	Track	Laps
03/04/2012	Tuesday	21:00 UK	F2 67	Monza	30 Laps
06/04/2012	Friday	21:00 UK	F2 67	Hockenheim	25 Laps
10/04/2012	Tuesday	21:00 UK	F2 67	Albi	40 Laps
13/04/2012	Frisday	21:00 UK	F2 67	Bathurst	24 Laps

Let's have some fun with the new mod!


Who wants a drive should sign up here – everyone is welcome!
 

Unlimited Shift+R is permitted but each must be followed by a Stop & Go of a minimum 0,001sec.;)
Points Scoring (per race)
Standard Points Positions 1-19: 30 - 25 - 21 - 18 - 16 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1

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The third race will be on the nice french track: Albi67
This track is a little more challenging than the two previous...

This time we will use the 60fpsV2newmod patch!
The training-server UKGPL_8 60fps will be up in the next afternoons to test it!


Race List = IGOR
Chatroom = UKGPL
Server = UKGPL_8
IP address = TBA
Race date = 10-04-2012
Qually time = 45-30 minutes (server will start at 20:45 GMT+1)
Race time  =  start at 21:30 GMT+1
Variant =  67 F2 with 60fpsV2newmod
Chassis = free
Tracks = Albi67 (http://a.bosco.free.fr/gpl/gpl.htm)
Race length = 40 laps
Damage Model = Int long
Password = TBA

GLA and FUN

Here you will get the replays (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Replays/Fun_Races/)

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Drivers standings after the second race:


 1  55 The evil        
 2  42 Jason Blito        
 3  34 Göran Jonsson
 4  30 Skymole Elomyks
 5  30 Thomas Oulie
 6  25 john roberts  
 7  25 Axel Cookie
 8  23 Bernie Darwin
 9  21 Dave Rainier
10  14 natan vix
11  14 Juha Halli  
12  13 Bob Whitwell
13  13 Fabio Locarno
14  11 J Jonny'O  
15  11 Geoff Heard    
16  10 Billy Nobrakes  
17   8 Du Fossa  
18   8 Ronnie Peterson  
19   7 g Giovani
20   5 Hendy Nichols
21   4 Paul Whitfield
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RESULTS

Track: Albi67             Tue Apr 10 23:25:24 2012

PRACTICE TIMES

Pos No Driver                           Team     Nat      Time      Diff Laps
 1  10 The evilf2                       BRM      USA 1m12.356s             27
 2   5 Bob Whitwell                     Brabham  GBR 1m13.112s   00.756s    5
 3  11 natan vix f2                     Eagle    BEL 1m13.179s   00.823s   22
 4   4 Juha HalliF2                     RaciBull FIN 1m13.275s   00.919s   17
 5  20 Axel Cookie                      Brabham  GER 1m13.443s   01.087s   22
 6  17 Göran JonssonF2                  Eagle    SWE 1m13.505s   01.149s   22
 7   6 Geoff HeardF2                    Eagle    AUS 1m13.684s   01.328s   20
 8  14 Jason Blito                      Megasprk GBR 1m13.833s   01.477s   23
 9   3 Dave Rainier-F2                  Brabham  FRA 1m14.893s   02.537s   10
10  16 Ross Hawk                        Lubetech GBR 1m15.301s   02.945s   17
11  12 Nicky Ickx67 F2                  BRM      VEN 1m15.826s   03.470s    2
12  18 Nigel Smith65                    Cooper   GBR 1m16.118s   03.762s   21
13  19 Paul Whitfield F2                Cooper   GBR 1m16.619s   04.263s   28
14   9 Rob Venn                         Ferrari  GBR 1m17.614s   05.258s    7
15   7 J. JonnyO                        Honda    BRA 1m34.522s   22.166s    1
16  15 Bernie67F2 darwin                Lotus    GBR   No time   No time    0
17  35 60FPS UKGPL 8                    Ferrari  GER   No time   No time    0

RACE RESULTS (After 40 laps)

Pos No Driver                          Team     Nat Laps   Race Time       Diff    Problem
 1  10 The evilf2                      BRM      USA   40  49m11.028s            
 2   4 Juha HalliF2                    RaciBull FIN   40  49m59.112s    48.084s
 3  20 Axel Cookie                     Brabham  GER   40  50m20.225s  1m09.197s
 4  11 natan vix f2                    Eagle    BEL   40  50m20.942s  1m09.914s
 5  14 Jason Blito                     Megasprk GBR   39  49m43.427s   1 lap(s)
 6  16 Ross Hawk                       Lubetech GBR   39  49m47.151s   1 lap(s)
 7   7 J. JonnyO                       Honda    BRA   39  49m57.373s   1 lap(s)
 8   3 Dave Rainier-F2                 Brabham  FRA   39  50m15.300s   1 lap(s)
 9   9 Rob Venn                        Ferrari  GBR   38  49m15.051s   2 lap(s)
10  15 Bernie67F2 darwin               Lotus    GBR   38  49m36.383s   2 lap(s)
11  19 Paul Whitfield F2               Cooper   GBR   21  28m57.924s  19 lap(s)
12   6 Geoff HeardF2                   Eagle    AUS   17  21m56.891s  23 lap(s)
13  18 Nigel Smith65                   Cooper   GBR   16  22m49.810s  24 lap(s)
14  17 Göran JonssonF2                 Eagle    SWE   12  15m46.910s  28 lap(s)
15  12 Nicky Ickx67 F2                 BRM      VEN    2   2m42.146s  38 lap(s)
16   5 Bob Whitwell                    Brabham  GBR    0   0m00.000s  40 lap(s)  I counted Bob as 11th as he did 34 laps!
17  35 60FPS UKGPL 8                   Ferrari  GER    0 DidNotStart  40 lap(s)


RACE FASTEST LAPS

Pos Driver                                 Time Lap
 1  The evilf2                        1m13.080s  29
 2  natan vix f2                      1m13.220s  34
 3  Juha HalliF2                      1m13.630s  16
 4  Axel Cookie                       1m13.725s  33
 5  Jason Blito                       1m13.845s  18
 6  Dave Rainier-F2                   1m14.076s  15
 7  Geoff HeardF2                     1m14.391s   6
 8  Ross Hawk                         1m14.417s  24
 9  Göran JonssonF2                   1m14.485s   3
10  J. JonnyO                         1m14.661s  24
11  Bernie67F2 darwin                 1m14.869s  32
12  Rob Venn                          1m15.524s  27
13  Nicky Ickx67 F2                   1m15.950s   2
14  Paul Whitfield F2                 1m16.543s  10
15  Nigel Smith65                     1m16.813s  15
16  Bob Whitwell                        No time
17  60FPS UKGPL 8                       No time


LEADERS

Driver                           Laps
natan vix f2                     1
The evilf2                       2-40

Number of lead changes: 1
Number of leaders: 2


LAPS LED

Driver                           Laps led
The evilf2                       39
natan vix f2                     1

I'd like to try to join in on this event if possible.

Of course, if the server fills, then I'll leave, as I've not raced in previous rounds of this series.

I joined the server earlier on, and ran a few laps, so if it's ok, i'll have a look on the server later, and see how the numbers are.

If this isn't possible, then just let me know.

You should be ok to join - neither of the first two races was entirely full....

You are most welcome to join us Ross. You might want to check out our Novice 65's if you fancy some racing before the end of our season. We have two races coming up at the end of April and start of May. Good luck tonight.

And Im gonna win them both :D

I was looking forward to this but gosh, I found it hard. I like Albi but concentration was an issue. I got a great start but then lost it on the back straight avoiding a crash. Had to stop as the car was vibrating badly and then the bloody thing wouldn't let me reset... <sigh> caught and passed Nigel though and held Bernie off for a lap or two until it went all wrong.

Too much modding and not enough practice. Putting GPL away for three days now while we go for a break.

Sorry to Cookie who I biffed as he passed me. I was half asleep - sorry mate.

A bit of a mixed bag for me this one....
I got an OK start and slotted into my place in the Armand Snake and took it fairly cautious over the first lap which helped me avoid a couple of spinners and move up a few places... in fact after a few I was 3rd!! Cookie was able to pull away from me with no trouble so I was just content to cruise... that was until we came across Bernie rejoining on the exit of Parc..... I *thought* he was gonna stay out wide and so aimed my Matra at the gap on his left, only for him to slowly move across and shut the door! I tried to avoid him... and succeeded!!! Pity about totalling the MS7 against the outer barrier :(
S+R x stop + go = 7th
And here I am defending against Geoff.... and he was pushing me hard.... and I was defending hard... eventually we touched and I was left looking backwards at DD.. rejoined in 8th but now with Goran pushing me hard... again I made the MS7 as wide as I could  but again my efforts were wasted when there was contact..... and another blue car gets written off!
Now I'm well down the order and the red mist has truly descended into the blue cockpit and I went about tearing up the black stuff  to the best of my abilities, setting a best of 1:13.83 whilst chasing down new boy Ross Hawkey. A good battle there... I passed Rainier pretty easy too and was lucky that JonnyO was taking a stop+go, giving me 5th at the flag.
On the whole, I was maybe a bit too aggressive this time but othwerwise I am loving this car,this mod, this series...
Cya`ll at Bathurst on Friday :)

good racing , i didnt see much of evil as he disappeared very soon after i collided with Natan, not sure how that incident happened at hairpin, must to check it from replay ?   Cookie was front of me but i soon was able to catch him, that was some racing cookie even i did few mistakes in front of you.

grats Evil !  very fast


60fps was working great !  ;D



Edit i checked replay,   Natan you changed line while braking into hairpin ,same time i was beside = crash !

Well what can I say ::) I kind of feel embarrassed about the speed I seemed to have at Albi, but as I understand it these F2's are almost identical in performance with the Matras being the best.??

I think I have just found the sweet spot in the setup for the Lola?? ;D Geoff helped me to a ridiculous time for pole with a nice tow, but i expected to get swamped on the run into DD as the other fast cars used the tow. Instead only Bob stuck it up the inside and then he misjudged his braking and ran wide. I had to tiptoe around the outside hoping that he would not involve me in his spins and Natan took the opportuinity to sneak through. But I was still in 2nd!! which was a surprise.
The next lap I used the draft and passed Natan at DD to retake the lead. Fortunately for me Natan's battle with Juha slowed them both whilst I eased away until I think they made contact and suddenly I had 6-7 secs lead and could settle into some fast steady laps to pull away.
After that it was just a case of monitoring the gap and my fuel and choosing where to pass backmarkers without any pressure..thanks guys everyone was a gentleman and behaved perfectly  ;)
I was tempted to go for a super fast lap towards the end but resisted the temptation because you can bet I would have binned the car somewhere if I had!!
Bathurst will be different I know. It is a track that I like, but it does not seem to like me!!! always make a dumb mistake somewhere and dismantle my car against the scenery :-\

Thanks for the fun guys and grats to all finishers.

For me and my driving style the Lola just sticks like a half chewed toffee to your T shirt and is just soooo predictable and stable that I can brake later than I think is safe and still get it safely into the corner. Then I can stand on the gas and it just sticks with a hint of power oversteer and rockets off down the next straight!!

Rear tyre temps never get anywhere near hot and the fronts stay cold.
Oil temp is around 190F

Nothing seems to work hard, certainly not me and the thing just goes like ******

Oh and it even has an arrow on the bonnet to make sure you keep it pointed in the right direction  ;D ;D ;D

The 60 fps was ok except i often saw 36-40 fps in this race and never above 50 fps. no flickering or problems, just NOT 60fps?

Yeah was great fun!

After my bad start I did some constant laps gaining 4th place and then second.
Juha came from behind doing some really hot laps. But after his pass he could not pull away ;)
A cramp in my right foot made me a little handicapped...
So I got a pretty save 3rd until I looked for my fuel and had 3 liters left for 3 laps with Nathan 8 seconds behind me :o
With 0,2 liter left I crossed the line just before Nathan  ;D

Thanks for that, It'd be great if I can get involved in a couple more events, just to get in the swing of the format etc, before another season starts.

Ended up more mid-grid than I wanted really. In hindsight, I'd have maybe been better to sit out the qual session, to start safely at the back, given the fact I'd not race GPL online for many years.

Despite the mid grid start, T1 and T2 all seemed to go really well, then there were the shenanigans on the back straight, which were a shame. I thought I'd got through it, but didn't quite manage it.   Wasn't sure on what Damage may have been done, so Shift-R'd and stop/go'd to be safe, and came out in P15.

After that, had a steady run, knocking in 1m14's most of the way.  Had a decent run with a couple of cars, and had Jason catch and pass me. I was able to stay just about in touch, and after a few ahead had troubles, I ended up with a steady finish.

Thanks for the place on the grid, and the organisation.  I hope to get back on the grid again shortly.

Good to have you race with us Ross....Was most impressed with the calmness with which you tucked inside to repass me after my first bungled attempt to blow you away!  Don't forget the 4th race in this F2 series is on friday night and will be at Bathurst.
You are most welcome to sign up to the "novices" league for the last two races of the series. Those races use the 1965 mod which is pretty similar to drive to the F2s we used tonight. Your apparent pace should put you right in the thick of the action.  Should be a couple of good races :)

Eventful race this one. Qualified 7th with a PB, but should have got a share of Evil's cracking pole time as I WAS involved... :laugh: I think that's 2 drafts you owe me now Clive.
Got a good start and overtook Axel before T1, keeping the leading pack close handy down the long straight to DD. The pack closed up through Double Droit, allowing me to creep even closer for the drag race up to Parc. Ahead Goran had a bumping duel with someone that knocked them both back off the pace and allowed me to sneak though at the kink. But Goran must have forgotten about other cars being on the track and turned in on top of me putting us both off into the railing. Got going again without the need for a reset and as I was getting up to pace again some more bumper car action was happening in front. I had stuck to the left hand side of the track and slowed slightly until a gap in the carnage appeared in front....then whack.....Bernie cleaned me up heading for the same gap.
Going again...no reset required and car still straight....miracle. Started to find a groove and was laying down consistent mid-low 14's and catching the JonnyO-Dave Rainier-Jason Blito group about 15 secs ahead. Jason dropped out of the group with a spin somewhere, I quickly caught him and challenged down the outside into DD. I held my side of the track on the wide line, but poor Jason didn't manage to hold his....he drifted across at the apex and clipped me, spinning him left across my nose and into the barrier. Set off again in pursuit of the rest of the group in front, picking them up at around 1/2 second a lap....when with 24 to go.... :eek:  screen freeze. End of story....good night nurse.
Good race while it lasted, enjoyed the close racing most of the time. Congrats Evil on a dominant win, also the remaining podium places. thanks Cookie for hosting a fun series.
And last but not least, welcome to UKGPL Ross Hawkey.
Geoff.

 :) congratulations to Clive , Bob and Natan !!

well my race was an short one : got an perfect start , did had lotta luck in staying free from a group of chrashing cars in front somewhere during lap1 . Turned out P6 and was able to follow Rainier I guess beeing on P5 .

Then screen freeze  :o exit via task manager ...
as this was the 2nd time I got these screen freeze since I used my upgraded PC with Win7 64bit , I am pretty sure something is odd with my hardware and/or windows .
Unfortunately I am absolutely unfamilar with Win7 so far , even dont know where to find bug reports , if there are any .
Anyone around using Win 7 ? help would be highly appreciated  !! :D

Thanks for the invite.  Not sure if I can make Friday, but I'll hope to get involved in some more Tuesday events as and when I can.

The re-pass sadly I can't lay claim to.  I believe that was Dave Rainier.   You'd passed me a lap or so before, and as you'd steadily closed the gap to me in the preceding laps, there seemed little point in defending it too much (Had it been the last lap or so maybe I would have :-) ).

I have the '65 mod installed, so as and when I see a server up, I'll have a go at joining to make sure I've the necessary files etc.

I don't think it was me,
I had a pleasant begin of race and was quickly 4th or 5th battling with Jonny'O.
But my pleasant race ended and turned to nightmare when I try to overtake a backmarker ...Bernie D.,  who was not really helpful ...I spun at the hairpin, loose several places, then spun again, alone this time, trying to reduce the gap with Jonny and other drivers and finally my engine exploded at 3 or 4 laps of the finish :(

Seems It would have been better for all if I'd stayed at home for this one , late arrival at track , last minute panic , no qually , bad set up , car slow , driver slow .

Sorry for all who fell over my stumbling progress I was fighting a car with way too much understeer and also unstable in the brakes depot   :-\

Dave R , I saw you coming but didnt know which side you wanted , you were in my LH mirror approaching the double droit then as I was focusing on not hitting the car in front you had dissapeared from view , next i saw was you low flying across the track , pretty impressive stuff 9/10 for artistic impression I would say  ;)

Geoff , thought I had passed you , you dissapeared stage left as I overtook then I swerved to avoid the spinning car in front and you crashed into me , please drive carefully in future , you know it makes sense  :P

Blito ,
It wasn't my bad rejoin , I hadnt even left the track , but I was recovering after a spin . your crash was going to happen anyway , the steering on those french cars just not up to rapid avoidance manouvers and will always fail when you try motocross tactics . Did you get the bill for the armco yet ?

Any one else I missed please fill in your own excuse for your poor driving  ;D

Hope to make ammends at Bathurst  ::)

Then perhaps not  ;D

  Unfortunately entered the server too late.
  I had no time to change something in the setup, so, my car was very unstable and dangerous when braking, undertook this very fun and had to run very carefully.

 Congratulations to the podium!! :clap:

Bernie, I was actually going to apologise to you  ;)  Having recovered from almost being ejected and the server no longer recognising my position....I reset and raced on.  I am pretty sure I was battling you for position while running together with Johnny O and natan, et al, who were actually a lap ahead but slower than me at this point.  I turned in to the hairpin at the end of the straight to see you spinning, hence sorry if I cut you up.  Somewhat arrogantly I thought I was faster and didn't expect your challenge (I possibly braked early after my L1 issue here).

Just wondering about the situation I found myself in.  Being 1 lap down but running pretty quickly, I wasn't quite sure what to do in terms of unlapping myself, any advice?  I managed to catch the aforementioned group who were a lap ahead.  I sat behind for a bit and due others' spins and crashes, etc managed to move ahead a bit.  I then passed at least one other as I seemed to be quicker and possibly hassling the driver in front.  At one point natan caught me as I waited behind others so I let him past.  Sometime later he spun at the last corner and I couldn't avoid hitting him, sorry natan...the only thing I could have done different was leave a bigger gap.

I actually quit before the end as I had a few spins and had no idea of my position.  If I hadn't been soo hasty at the start perhaps I'd have avoided all of this...apart from my almost ejection...

Bob.

I'm not a Moderator here, but in real racing, the leader often slows down on his final lap.  You'll then sometimes see lapped cars unlap themselves.  I'd suggest the requirement is to take extra care.  And when it all goes wrong, I will now have to reluctantly accept your penalty points. :'(