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Season 25 Historic Trophy (66) - Round 7 –MONZA

Welcome in Monza to the 7th round in the 66's class of UKGPL for the continuation of our twenty fifth season


Race List = IGOR
Server = UKGPL_T7_2
IP address = 62.149.202.168
Race date = 22-10-2013
Race Time = race starts at 21:30 UK time
Qualifying Time = Between 30 and 60 minutes, starting no later than 21:00 UK time
Tracks = papy
Variant = 66
Damage Model = PRO
Race length = 50 minutes (laps 34)
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

Replays Available here (http://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/inc_replaysS25_js.aspx)
Driver lists and rules can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=403&theme=6)


The full time drivers can start to practice as soon as the server is available.  Reserve drivers can also join as soon as the server becomes available but must leave the server with 35 minutes of qualifying left, for a total of 5 minutes; this will allow any remaining full timers to join.  If there is enough space on the grid, the reserve drivers will be able to rejoin when there are 30 mins of qualifying left.  

Please restrict chat to pit messages including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

The race will be run under PRO rules so no resets are allowed.


For THIS RACE, 3 liters car must be selected

The 3 leaders will be restricted to Group I or Group II cars  
Dean Logan to Group I : McLaren M2B  or Eagle T1G
EvilClive and MagicArsouille To Group I and Group II :  BRM P83 or Lotus 43 BRM

All other  drivers have free choice (3 liters cars only).

Full moderation of lap one red zone

LAP ONE RED ZONE: from start to the exit of 2nd Lesmo .

Hi Cookie

I just saw : « Last Edit: Today at 09:00:15 AM by Cookie »

did you change the number of laps from 34 to 38 ?
Yesterday, I made a test with UKGPL_T7_2 and it was 34 laps ... !!  ???

34 would be right. Approximately 1.5 minutes per lap: 34 laps*1.5 minutes=51 minutes total race time I have changed it back ;)

No, I just made the post sticky...  ;)

lol - bet the last round was 38 David... damn cut n paste...

Yes you're probably right, mea culpa !
sorry Cookie

I was in a interesting battle with Curtis and Maddog and the connection go away.For one time that i have a good race with fun!But i'm worry on this because is the third time.One was at Lorenzo Marques,the second at Zeltweg with the professional and now this.

It was looking like being a good race right up until the moment the flag dropped and everything in my car went quiet!!! I cannot remember the last time I blew and engine off the line. Actually I never even got to move off the line lolol.

Hope you all had fun and grats to whoever climbed the podium.

Sorry Tristan but there was severe warping/now you see me now you don't. On my connection you simply disappeared and re-appeared again right in front of me. Just you and Fran left I think. Good luck to both of you.

I can now sadly say, I'm not as good a driver as Jackie Stewart.  It was an unfamiliar car, I took to Monza. And a major effort, to get it to go at a reasonable speed, while using the track.

I was amazed to be up to 3rd in a couple of laps, after being showered in kindness and debris.  But sadly, I was not alone, and soon spun avoiding the car behind.  We'd first swapped places, before I swapped ends.  Then, a half lap later, my motor expired seriously, as apparently, I couldn't make ends meet.  Perhaps I should've been wearing a Kilt? ::)

Probably not the correct series to say this,  but that turned out to be a lot of fun.

Was at the end of qually,  when I noticed that internet upload was maxed out for some reason.  Maybe that could help explain the very high ping reports [760-800ms] to the race server from iGor which kept saying for a while that I could not join as a result  :o

Then all became clear - somebody away from home was streaming telly via the Slingbox! On a Tuesday night!  Not for long!  Just managed to get that cut off with about 3 seconds to the start sequence.  Phew!

I was at the back,  so did not see whatever happened - but was then up in 3rd.  Hmm, that would surely not last long.

Mr Logan was clearly hampered;  as we shared the same stretch of tarmac for what seemed a very long time.  In the meantime Andreas & David came & were gone.  Of course,  I was hoping I'd have been able to stay closer just in case an opportunity arose;  but not tonight.

There were a few excursions of my own,  but nothing too damaging.

Very satisfactory from my point of view;  but I guess the championship leader into this race was probably less delighted. Although;  looks as a though it could have been worse - what with now-fluffy Clive & Mr Bot falling by the wayside.


Typical; about the best finish I could ever hope for & I still can't contribute to the team haul tonight!  Congrats chaps.


Cheers all,
Dave.

Fun race chasing and passing Dave Curtis only to watch him just power his way back past several times until Dave Rainier came through and I made a few unforced errors, yet I feel it would have been even more fun if I'd been allowed to have a car capable of anything but the last row of the grid, but the powers that be decided that my nearest competitors in the championship (that, interestingly, even though I'm "ahead" in the points totals and finished ahead of both of them in this race I still have to outscore by 8 and 9 points respectively, just to tie them at the end of the season) needed me to be in a marked slower car (despite, between them, having taken every pole this season) and saying anything about that might sound like griping and we'll have none of that, tyvm.

Grats to the podium.

TBH I was sorely tempted to take the Eagle for this race, and had it been any circuit except Monza I probably would have as, I like the handling. But I was seduced by the power of the Lotus BRM and the fact that a few laps in offline praccy showed a 2 sec advantage was there for the taking.
I guess the GPL gods saw my avarice and stuck a large spanner into my flywheel as I sat on the grid.!!!! That'll teach me to get gready.  :-\

Disappointed to miss last night as I love Monza but I was quite unwell and it is difficult to really nail the Lesmo while driving a porcelain bus...

Results in.

No luck for me ,is the third race that i suffer a disconnection during the race.This time in the more fun race and moment.Until now i have competed races virtually alone,one time that there is the RACE, my connection fail.

Tough luck Francesco. When I disconnected and looked at who was still racing I could only see you and Tristan. Having looked at my own and the server replay something odd was going on. At the very least  I assume it was me warping in and out when I ended my race behind Tristan. Sorry if I damaged/slowed your car for the rest of the race.

Grats to the podium in particular Andreas who clearly recovered well from our skirmish on the entry to the Parabolica. You took the outside line and I took the inside and somewhere along the way we met. Glad to see you were more than able to continue.

Thx, I am very glad to recover from that "Scharmützel" at Parabolica.  :) I kept the outside because I knew that you were on the inside. But then you started to get wide more and more to "my" outside. That lead finally to your front-wheel which touched my rear wheel. First I was ...hmm... angry. But in the end I am happy to have a win with the Redcar in the temple of Speed.  :)
So long 

No damage,the problem at the start with Elvinclive gave me fun,because i have lost 2 or 3 place and after this i was in battle with Maddog,Curtis and probably Logan(on the Eagle?). Unfortunately the fun did not last long,only 3 laps.

Grrrrrr !... ???.. I vired my mechanic who don't put enought fuel in the car.......

.....still the middle of the race I see that I can't finish on this rythme .. :o...and try to race as slower as possible... :P...but  not on this track ...too fast!.... :'(.

   this mistake cost me the victory.....nevermind ....rendez-vous at Surfer Paradise . ;D

Or you came to meet me on the inside, Regardless I'm glad your race was not over.

HI  ;)

it will be nice to know witch car I can use for Surfer Paradise now.....then I ( we ) can practice on the good one  ;) ;)

thx  ;D

Tristan

you are 3rd at the championship (before Monza moderation) so you probably could select Group I or II cars, 2 liters only.

Dean to the Group I only, and Andreas to Group I and II.
I think it has not a great importance on a track like Surfer's Paradise... but after this one, it will be the turn of AVUS, a track where maximum HP will help !
 

Have you already seen and watched the Replay?  :)

Moderation published.

Grats to all for this clean race !