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SEASON 31 Amateurs Trophy (65) : Round 4  ENNA-PERGUSA

Enna-Pergusa is a track located in the center of the sunny Sicily near the city of Enna and around lake of Pergusa.
From 1962 to 1965, Formula 1 raced here but the race was not counting for the championship.
Winners were Lorenzo Bandini, John Surtees and two times Jo Siffert.  

This is a short fast track.

Please take care when exiting the pits & be courteous when overtaking.


Check the Season 31 details (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=587&theme=6) regarding rules and the Amateurs (65) Trophy pages (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=594&theme=6) in particular.
Please restrict chat to emergency messages only, including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Password: see above (#post_event_password)
(2) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=594&theme=6)

Race list	iGOR
Server	UKGPL_9
IP address	look at IGOR
Date	21-03-2017
Track	Link (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=7533)
Mod	65 with 60fpsV2newmod
Damage	INT long
Race time	Race starts at 21:30 UK time
Qualifying	~45 minutes, starting ~ 20:45 UK time
Race length	36 laps
Replay	here (ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/replays/Archive/Season31/Ams/)

Handicapping
All drivers have a free chassis choice for this 4th race except Walter,  miner2049er and Rainier  who should not take Lotus 33 neither Brabham BT11. .

- one reset (SHIFT-R) allowed per race, followed by a stop and go.

GLA and have FUN

REMEMBER


free chassis choice for this 4th race except Walter,  miner2049er and Rainier  who should not take Lotus 33 neither Brabham BT11. .

Stupid bloody game. Sure I had my foot hard on the clutch but the car rolled forward at the start when I engaged gear. I pitted to serve my (THOROUGHLY UNDESERVED) pit stop. Forgot that if you spend too long in the pits stationary that you are liable to get disconnected. The Ams season has been a bit of a nightmare.

For me a stupid error,i start seeing the green flag but was again up.

Still hate this track.
Should have had a practice spin round here last night,  but didn't bother as I knew I'd still hate it tonight!

Tried a different Monza setup tonight;  seemed ok with a tow - but when that was lost, not so good.
Although had some fun with Billy during the qually session & thanks for the tow Gareth;  I'd have been a couple of seconds back without that.

Mainly uneventful race which was good.  GPL did not crash to desktop either;  so maybe removing the updated Brabham graphics last time did help...

Towards the end [after 50%] I was getting braver & not necessarily braking at as many corners/no longer changing to 3rd for the 3rd gear corner.


Anyway - congrats Gareth & podium.
Unlucky Billy.

Cheers,
Dave.

Congrats Gareth and Bastian, good race everyone!

I owe a huge thanks again to Gareth for helping me get up to speed with his setup and replay. The setup was a work of art.

I am sorry for the pileup in the tight right hander. I slowed down 20 mph more than usual and chaos ensued. I am thankful to Fran for helping me turn right side up again. It really was a shame that Fran and Fabio needed to reset after the accident.

The rest of the race was very entertaining for me. I had the better concentration than normal, and I tried to maximize each lap.

I am really looking forward to Road America. My favorite track in North America. Thanks to organizers and to our host!

-Walter  

NP due to my error at the start i was disqualified.I have done some laps for fun but after the incident the fun is gone ;D

Replay available here (ftp://[email protected]/replays/Archive/Season31/Ams/UKGPL_S31_Ams_R04_20170321_Enna.7z).

My first time in the Ferrari and I didn't quite have my gears right but it was stable enough.

Had a nudge on the start line before the flag which confused me and I lost a couple of places off the line but made them up with a couple of passes on the way to T1/2 and an accident in front.

Was running second for a long time and early pace was OK but Bastian started to catch me and once he was in the tow there was nothing I could do stop him. We swapped places a couple of times and there was a contact, maybe warp, but I think I was on my side of the track.

I was hoping for a tow off Fabio as I lapped him but he spun before I got to him and Bastian caught me again and brought Walter with him this time. Had a good battle with Walter with a few corners side by side and no contact. That slowed us and meant Bastian got away and Steve caught us. Walter waited patiently for a chance which I kindly gave him with a bad exit and then I had to fight off Steve for the last couple of laps. Almost turned second into fifth.

Love the track but need to work on the Ferrari gears.

Thx for the tow in Quali michael.

We had some contacts, first one probably your fault and second mine, but i didn't have time yet to watch the rpy.

Thx for Racing

Are there any handicaps for the next race?

Yes, see the race topic.

Moderation posted.

Usually, I consider it is not normal a racer could perform moderations for his races... but in this case there was no reported incidents and reset (only one here) was correctly done.
Currently, and may be for a few months, Philippe G. is not available  to race with us and to moderate races.
I hope everybody understand the situation...

No probs here, quite the opposite, thanks for stepping in!