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Season 30 Professionals Trophy – Round 10 – Albi

For Round 10 we go to France, to be exact to the small town of Albi in the Midi-Pyrénées region.  Racing first started on the Circuit des Planques in 1933, the pits and startline being on a short straight before the road twisted down into St.Antoine. At St.Juery the cars had to contend with an extreme hairpin bend, followed by a railway level crossing. The 5.531 mile circuit was shortened in 1951 to 1.859 miles, before being closed in 1955 following the Le Mans disaster. Racing resumed at the nearby Aerodrome in 1959 which is the circuit we now know as Albi. The Chicane du Sequestre was introduced in 1988 but we will be using the original layout as raced in 1967.

Tristan Bot already has clinched the championship, many congrats!

Race List = iGOR
Server = UKGPL_8
IP = see iGOR
Race date = Tuesday 15-11-16
Time = 21:00 UK time (21:00 GMT/22:00CET)
Track = Albi (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Tracks/Albi/)
Race length = 39 laps (45-50 minutes)
Variant = 1965
60fps patch used = 60fpsV2newmod
Damage Model = Pro
Qualifying time = 30-45 minutes

Replays Available here: here (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/Replays/Archive/Season30/Pros/)

Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=550&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 (#post_event_password)

Won't be present tonight. Right now feel like hanging up the gloves on the GPL online tree. Sorry for the lack of commitment, just lost the fun and motivation, and dealing with too much crap in private life as well ATM.

Thanks for understanding.

Sad to here that Robert , hope things get better for you and soon , we all get a bit despondent at times , hope things aren't so bad for you and yours

Sorry to hear that Rob. I hope you can get things sorted in the real world and get back on track real soon. All the best for now.

Sorry to hear this news Robert but I am also thinking about another retirement from GPL for the same fun/motivation reasons.
I'm going to see the season out & decide my future in the off season.

I hope you can sort out the personal stuff, GPL is way less important imo.

Take care of yourself first Robert and give yourself as much time and space as you need.



 

Stupid real life. Hope your stuff gets sorted soon, Rob.

I was happy to hear you made it to Brands, for the historical event Robert.  A chance to confirm our high speed transport is more than just fantasy, though the weather is usually good online. ::)

The chance to grab some real time wheel time, with a rather large wheel, will be coming Online sometime.  We expect completion of 55 F1.  You must try sitting behind the wheel of one, and just revving the motor.  Wishing you well . . .  :balloon:

Grats Roo, Clive and Dean. We had fun with the gaps once it settled down.

Robert, sorry to hear that you're suffering as you are always a star here.

From the forum Registration Agreement:

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Pole was a bit of a surprise. Axel & Clive were close to nicking it at the end of the session while I was testing race fuel.
Got a good start & tried to break the tow to Doni over the opening laps. After he dropped back I monitored the gap to Axel & Clive. I was holding my own so tried not to push too much but on the final lap I got a bit cocky & spun in the long T1, hitting the barrier but luckily keeping all my wheels.

Stoked to set fastest lap too to take the hat-trick :D

Grats finishers, shame there were not more.
Thanks admins, cu at Brands.

Grats on a thorough victory, Roo!  Dominate is the word that comes to mind.

Good jobs by Clive and Andrew to score podiums.

Despite a pitiful race, I was quite pleased with my ride.  Sliced fully 8/10 off my previous PB in the Honda to start P4 and got a super launch off the grid to bounce both Clive and Axel.  Worked hard to stay in the breeze of Roo and that may have been my undoing.  Slipped off in the T1 complex and handled it poorly with a spin.  Shoulda managed that much, much better.  Recovered just ahead of Tris and got one back when Axel and Clive collided late in a lap.  Bungled the exit of the T1 complex shortly after to shunt off rather badly and end up behind Dean and Tris.  Closed in a bit as they squabbled but then spun in the far hairpin.  Carlos got by at that point so things were looking rather grim.  Only a moment later, I decided to retire and lick my wounds.  That worked out well, actually, as I had a pressing engagement at our local high school and the extra time to prepare was welcome.

Thanks all for the nice words, appreciate it, I'll recover. Also thanks to Gizmo, for monitoring the thread.

Andy of all guys does not deserve to be treated like that...

HI....don't know what's append :/.... my Lotus simce to have a problem...I was so slow !!....??? .....and it was no fun at all for me so I retired....fortunatly, no concequences for the champ  ;).....

cu all for the last one ...

Rob, I hope things will go as you whished ....

...sorry for my english :-[

Gentlemen,
Can I remind you that Dave Gymer provides this forum for the benefit of us all. In return he requires that we are courteous to other users. We have all had occasions where we are less than happy with an on-track incident but there is a reporting system to deal with that & no excuse for misusing the forum.
I can only apologise to Dave on behalf of the UKGPL Community that he has had to take action.

Thanks - on behalf of the Moderating team.

Thanks to Dave and the mods for your help in this matter. We need a group hug emoticon here and for Robert too.
We missed you in the race, Robert. Roo did a fantastic job in completing a hat trick. Grats to Tris too on becoming Season 30's Pro champion!

Great hat trick by Roo, and grats to Tris dominating the championship! :)

Right now have triple screens finally working, and I'm busy making a completely new racing setup (chair, custom cockpit construction etc., received some free stuff from Remco Hitman). This also helps to get some motivation back to race GPL online again, did some offline testing last night with triple screen. Also have signed up at iRacing trying it out for 3 months...

Some very positive developments the last few days in private life as well. Have a great weekend guys, thanks for being so nice to me!

Note that the re-run of Round 1 Brands Hatch will be coming Tuesday. I will make the racepost in a few.

Good to learn that things are improving, RF.  :)

 :thumbup1: one step at a time Robert.

3  screens?!!! something that I dream of.....maybe I could drop a hint to the family with Christmas coming???............maybe not  :-\



 

Thanks for your compliments guys :)

Sometimes I get into a good groove but the many, many races I have run at Albi certainly help ;)

good to hear things are looking up Robert... jealous of those screens though...

see you at Brands

Good to hear mate!

whats her name?  :tt1:
he he ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU)

"Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in." - God Father quote

Mod report is up.