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Title: UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Professionals Trophy (65) - Porto - Feb 2
Post by: Billy Nobrakes on January 31, 2016, 09:44:55 PM +0000
Season 29 Professionals Trophy - Round 7 – Porto

The seventh round will be staged at Porto in Portugal, using the 1958 lay-out. It is a left-handed street circuit. Watch the tight turns at the end of the long straights.

Race List = iGOR
Server = UKGPL_8
IP = see iGOR
Race date = Tuesday 02-02-16
Time = 21:00 UK time (21:00 GMT)
Track = Porto (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=807)
Race length = 18 laps (45 minutes)
Variant = 1965
60fps patch used   = 60fpsV2newmod
Damage Model = Pro
Qualifying time = 30 minutes

Replays Available here (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Replays/Archive/Season29/Pros/)

Driver lists can be found at the Professionals Trophy Championship page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=513&theme=6)

Until the number of registered drivers exceeds grid capacity drivers may join the server as soon as it appears in IGOR.

Drivers are required to complete 50% distance to score points.

This Season we don't have a Red Zone. Moderating will be on reported incidents only.

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

Password: see above


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Professionals Trophy (65) - Porto - Feb 2
Post by: FullMetalGasket on February 02, 2016, 09:51:36 PM +0000
Stupid hay bales - may as well have taken the night off  :(

WD to Tris on the New FL though - kind of a shame though given Raoni's 1:19.4xx was done on keys  ;D


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Professionals Trophy (65) - Porto - Feb 2
Post by: Robert Fleurke on February 02, 2016, 11:26:51 PM +0000
Another depressing race after Bathurst. Simply didn't have the right mindset and focus and made a mistake early on in the race, bending the car against the wall. After that car didn't turn well anymore, understeer turning into snappy oversteer...collected more damage throughout the race having a spin /crash in the odd laps, and got extremely lucky with P4 that I certainly didn't deserve!

Grats Tris, Axel and Dean.  ;)


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Professionals Trophy (65) - Porto - Feb 2
Post by: roo on February 03, 2016, 07:12:15 AM +0000
A new track for me & it's a great one. I was happy with my setup/pace & managed to soak up the pressure from Doni in the early stages & whilst holding a comfortable 3rd I stupidly changed my 'sequence' going into T1 & paid the haybale price. Muppet  :-[

Grats finishers.


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Professionals Trophy (65) - Porto - Feb 2
Post by: Jani Posta on February 03, 2016, 08:11:36 AM +0000
My last race here was in 2009, so long ago and so short of kilometres, that it was a new track for me too. But qual went well, I had a good setup, and this time I started the race keeping in mind that it was a no shift-r event + I was in the right car :) And again consistency earned positions. Plus for the most part of the race I had a good dicing with Clive – which unfortunately ended in tears :D It was still great fun.
Congrats to the winner and podium! Thanks all for the race!


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Professionals Trophy (65) - Porto - Feb 2
Post by: Doni Yourth on February 03, 2016, 11:30:25 AM +0000
Grats to our podium winners!  Just to survive here is an accomplishment.

So, Roo...  Sounds like you bit the bales just about exactly as I did some laps earlier.  There are any number of traps at Porto and so, so easy to fall into them.

I thought the start went off really, really well.  From my vantage point, everyone played it cool and sensible in the dash down into T2.  In the run over to T3, I thought Dean had the goods on me on my left and I eased out of the gas a bit early to let him through but he backed out of it.  Probably a good idea as the tiniest of misjudgments from either the passer or passee is likely to end in tears.


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Professionals Trophy (65) - Porto - Feb 2
Post by: Cookie on February 03, 2016, 12:27:33 PM +0000
Great track I feared a long time, but with a good setup car it felt fantastic  ;D

The 2 hairy brake points after the straights I took very carefull, this helped me to survive but maybe caused troubles to followers in the first laps.

I could follow Tris most of the race, but when he used the afterburner I had no chance... 


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Professionals Trophy (65) - Porto - Feb 2
Post by: EvilClive on February 03, 2016, 12:48:50 PM +0000
Everyone was extremely well behaved on the first laps and I was hanging back, just waiting for some free places.

Nothing happened so I had to start driving faster!!!  :-\  The Honda was great through the bends but just lacked basic grunt on the long straight.

As the race progressed I picked up a couple of places, as cars found the sticky hay bales, until I caught Jani and his BRM........ The rest of the race was an absolute blast. I was definitely faster on a clear lap and could make up any gap to Jani quite easily.
 The slipstream from the BRM was great along the straight, until I pulled out to make a pass and I could only get alongside as the increased drag just stopped the poor Honda dead. I tried every trick I could think of to get my nose in front, absolutely confident that if I could make the pass at the end of the straight I could pull a gap through the Esses on the run back to the S/F line.
But Jani always held the racing line into T2 and the braking rights, Then a recovering Robert joined the battle, just to complicate matters!!

Apologies to Jani for the last lap suicide move  ::), but it was just about the only place that I might have had a chance of stealing the place from you. It didn't work!! and it allowed Robert to pick up 2 cheap places.

Grats to Tristan on a fine record lap and to all finishers.


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Professionals Trophy (65) - Porto - Feb 2
Post by: MagicArsouille on February 06, 2016, 11:31:27 AM +0000
 Well...good race for me, the Brabham was cool to handle and the pole was important here 'cause exept the straight line, nowhere to overtake.....and so at the T1, it was important to have a good exit....and beware of the haieballs   :D     .....so after taking the lead, I focus on the gap whith Axel ...( good job mate ! ) and stay under pressure till 3-4 laps of the finish where I push the car to get some air ;) and finish 5s ahead Axel ...definitively very consistant.
well done podium and finishers....
Rob look a little frustrated whith the Cooper on this track.....but still lead the Champ ;)
CUA at Hockenheim.....


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Professionals Trophy (65) - Porto - Feb 2
Post by: Billy Nobrakes on February 23, 2016, 10:22:02 PM +0000
Mod report published.