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Title: UKGPL Season 38 (Spring 2021) 1967 F1 Sprint (Works) - Interlagos - Feb 7 Post by: Rainier on February 01, 2021, 07:47:55 PM +0000 Season 38 – 1967 F1 WORKS – Round 3 – Interlagos
For the 3rd round we are going to Interlagos (Brazil).. Autódromo José Carlos Pace, also known as Interlagos, is in the city of São Paulo, in the neighborhood of Interlagos. It is named after Brazilian Formula One driver Carlos Pace, who died in a plane crash in 1977. It has hosted the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix since 1973. The race won by defending Formula One World Champion and São Paulo local Emerson Fittipaldi. Fittipaldi won the race again the following year in bad weather and Brazilian driver José Carlos Pace won his only race at Interlagos in 1975.
Please restrict chat to emergency messages only including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line. Driver lists and division specific rules can be found on the Season 38 pages for details (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=1262&theme=6) regarding the rules and the 1967 F1 Works pages (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=1282&theme=6) in particular. Handicapping This serie is a joint championship with GPL Brazil so, please, read carefully these new and specific rules : Drivers will have a FREE CHOICE of chassis however, a bonus of 50 championship points will awarded to each driver that uses all 7 chassis. To qualify for bonus points, each chassis should be used at least once and no chassis can be used more than twice." A bonus point will be awarded for pole position. A bonus point will be awarded for the fastest lap. Any driver who uses the same chassis more than twice will not be awarded any bonus points. A driver must cross the start line in order to register the use of a chassis, participation in qualifying is not sufficient. It is not necessary to use 7 different chassis for the first 7 races. However at the end of the season, all 7 chassis must have been used to qualify for the bonus points. Points will be allocated from 1st to 12th as follows: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Drivers must complete 75% race distance to score. All rounds count towards the driver's championship. For each race, only the top two drivers from each team count towards team championship. All rounds count towards team championship. Drivers are reminded that Lap 1 incidents do carry an extra 1 place penalty. Only reported incidents will be moderated. Title: Re: UKGPL Season 38 (Spring 2021) 1967 F1 Sprint (Works) - Interlagos - Feb 7 Post by: Rainier on February 01, 2021, 07:56:44 PM +0000 Before Interlagos race, the chassis used are :
Title: Re: UKGPL Season 38 (Spring 2021) 1967 F1 Sprint (Works) - Interlagos - Feb 7 Post by: Lasse Albrecht on February 07, 2021, 10:39:41 PM +0000 Had no time to practice and hadn't done so earlier in the week, learned the circuit by doing 2 laps earlier during the day and in qualifying, and then mostly stayed out of trouble except for the occasion when the recovering Greg spun and I had nowhere to go, so I slowed down as much as I could, but still it put him on his roof. Sorry about that, Greg... :(
With 4 to go I spun and lost a wheel, then I crawled around the circuit off track with safe distance to all other drivers in hope of fulfilling the 75% distance and running premise at the checkered flag (I assumed the rule is that you are allowed to complete the lap on which your car took severe damage), but since GPL listed my name in red, I suspect I miscalculated the position of the start-finish line and actually crossed the line before Jonny. Maybe there was something illegal about this action; if this is the case, tell me, award me penalty points and then I won't repeat it in the future. Bad day for GPL. Very well done, Jonny, Killer and Alex and also the rest of finishers! :) Title: Re: UKGPL Season 38 (Spring 2021) 1967 F1 Sprint (Works) - Interlagos - Feb 7 Post by: JonnyO on February 07, 2021, 11:47:18 PM +0000 I had a ferrari ready for Interlagos, I won here 2 years ago with it :), I believe that Ferrari is the best chassis for interlagos, all 4 best are from Maranello, Enzo was satisfied and the public too! ;)
In the opposite straight there is a small jump before the braking, at this point I stop accelerating and go back to have no peaks of rotation, I never went over 10,000, whoever is here in South America needs more care with the rpm, because of the worst ping. I think Raoni had this problem with his Lotus crystal engine. Interlagos is a track that I have an obligation to perform well, but because I was a drever test of the track when Pablo Fernandes was building, I think I did a lot of laps on it! Congratulations to the Ferrari boys ..... we did a great job !!! Title: Re: UKGPL Season 38 (Spring 2021) 1967 F1 Sprint (Works) - Interlagos - Feb 7 Post by: Alain Maurice on February 08, 2021, 05:52:53 AM +0000 Good morning all :)
Congratulations Jonny, Killer and Alex :clap:, I didn't know the FERRARI was such a good car here but mostly I think it's the people behind the wheel that it was more of ;) Not a lot of training but I couldn't have done better anyway, this track has many pitfalls. 5 to 10 laps from the end, I slipped 2 brakes and lost 2 places in 1 lap, luckily I managed to pick up one after a good baguare with Syd at the end of the race. Well done everyone and see you soon. Thanks to the organizers :) Title: Re: UKGPL Season 38 (Spring 2021) 1967 F1 Sprint (Works) - Interlagos - Feb 7 Post by: Arf Arf Arf on February 08, 2021, 11:20:40 AM +0000 This circuit is really enjoyable overall, although the bumps and the tight first gear corners are less fun. I didn't have time to do much practice but found I could go 1.3s faster in the Cooper vs Brabham, so easy choice of car.
I had a great race with Carlos - I seemed to be geared better in the fast bits whereas he was a lot faster than me in the twisties and lap after lap he'd close up on me only for me to move far enough to away to make overtaking impossible. If only I had held on a couple more laps, but a silly mistake at a first gear corner let him by. I tried to catch him back, but overdriving caused a spin and he was gone. Great fun. Apart from that I had a fairly solid drive, with only one scare as Doni rejoined from an off right in front of me entering T2, around Lap 6/7 - easily enough avoided, but maybe something to watch out for. That said, if I had done the same thing late in the race I would not be able to read what Prib was telling me on distances to other drivers, to be able to judge my rejoin, but I thought you had those super-duper eye drop (which we're not allowed to have in the UK) to help you ;D ;D I have found one solution that seems to help though - 2 large G&Ts just before the race - and that's me being serious!! Don't drink and drive! Title: Re: UKGPL Season 38 (Spring 2021) 1967 F1 Sprint (Works) - Interlagos - Feb 7 Post by: Rainier on February 08, 2021, 01:36:55 PM +0000 Chassis used after three rounds
Title: Re: UKGPL Season 38 (Spring 2021) 1967 F1 Sprint (Works) - Interlagos - Feb 7 Post by: Rainier on February 15, 2021, 09:14:40 AM +0000 Moderation posted.
Bonus points added to Lasse for pole and best lap during Montjuich race and to Jonny for Interlagos. |