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Season 38 – 1955 Grand Prix – Round 5 – Privateers - Tripoli

This race announcement is for the PRIVATEERS.

The fifth race in the 1955 Grand Prix series finds us in Libya. We visit the very fast circuit at Mellaha Lake, Tripoli. The track was a 13.140 kilometre (8.165 mi) long affair situated in a salt basin between Tripoli, Suq al Jum'ah and Tajura and around the Mellaha Air Base. The track's most distinctive landmark was a brilliant white concrete tower situated across from a large front stretch grandstand that could hold up to ten thousand people. Mellaha Lake was equipped with starting lights, an innovation, and the additional amenities rivalled the best that continental European circuits had to offer. Back in the late thirties this was the fastest track of the world.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL04_60fps
IP address Server	=	86.6.125.152:32766
Password	=	see above (#post_event_password)
GPL Mod	=	55
Damage model	=	PRO
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	link (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=616)
Track directory	=	tripoli
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	13 laps
Replay	=	here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aVVWTTDfSQd102XhnWylNVNpnMBdmSJT/view?usp=sharing)

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 championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=1272&theme=6).

Available Tokens:
Note: These are the tokens available to each driver before the 10 tokens are added for making the race start.

Driver	Tokens	Status
Albert Hallu	20	Privateer
bernie	38	Privateer
covisi2016	38	Privateer
dave curtis	28	Privateer
francesco	18	Privateer
Giovanni Centorame	25	Privateer
leomenegucci	18	Privateer
maddog	13	Privateer
PaulV	28	Privateer
philippe GIRARD	12	Privateer
Rainier	20	Privateer
Ricardo Valim da Silva	20	Privateer

Just to add to the excitement !

http://www.grandprixhistory.org/triumph2.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-zIqZfzUaA

 ;D

Good detective work Bernie - nice closeups of the 1935 GP machinery!  Some titanic race stories as well.

Did everyone know we have only the short version of the Targa Florio track?  Short, but superb at the price!  :laugh:

Thanks Bernie,
Did you go to watch that one?   ::)

Great find Bernie. The race report was facinating.

Nearly as good as one of Evil's!

Fast and insidious track, seems to be easy to drive but if you make a mistake on the exit of a corner you may loose a lot of speed on the next straight. Did you try Tripoli with 1937 mod on Rfactor? Pure madness!  :taz:

Practice server is up on iGOR. Please test your connections.

I had planned a trip but Mabel said NO !  something to do with her and Camel swopping  :-\

Please can everyone check they can connect. I can connect OK and I've checked everything I can on the server and it looks fine but someone cannot connect.

Is anyone else having problems?

I'm not getting in, is it tripoli 1937?

Tripoli - Mellaha Lake

folder tripoli

http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=616

your ping to the sever to high:please checkyor conection or try another sever
is giving this message.

All servers appear normal here, only the uk one that appears with?. even Jonny is not getting in.

OK I'll remove the latency limit. It looks like the internet is slow today? We will have to be extra careful regarding warp tonight.

I've restarted both servers with latency limit removed.

Looks like Ricardo has managed to connect now  :thumbup1:

thank you all right now

Have a good race lads..

Not able to join in the fun tonight.  See you all soon.

That was an hard race... Disco 5 minutes before qualy ending and fortunately able to reconnect without losing my time. In race i was last just after the first corner touched by someone and at the end of first lap i regained 4 places. I'm very sorry Leo for the contact on first turn, i tried to stay off road to avoid your car. I'm happy to finish third after being touched in a straight while fighting for first position ( dont' know how was possible but it's ok...). Very exciting race with lots of battles and overtakes thanks to  slipstreams, thank you all!

Ferrari was not a good choice, here !

But I am happy to finish this race.

Got off to a great start in the Lancia , then helped by a couple of Mercedes crash fests was surprised to find myself in P3 but soon got devoured by recovering Mercedes which I latched onto for the slipstream .
All the fun came to a glorious end much too soon when I locked the rears up by late braking in an effort to keep the tow .

My race finished with a mouth full of straw ,one spectator was heard to say " I didnt know Wurzel Gummage was racing today "

Grtas to the podium boys and all finishers 

It  was definitely an SL affair Rainier ;D

...except for Albert, Ricardo and Philippe !
May be with a SL + the tow, I would have finish my race against a concrete wall  :D

I thought covisi would apologize for the spin.
at the beginning of the first lap, i slow down a lot because i'm afraid of a pile-up in front. Covisi follows me very closely, and bingo, I get the spin. my race finish !
I had solved my freeze problem, now, I've had 3 races that I've been out, that's a lot !
bravo covisi for the victory  ;D

Luiz Covisi did nothing wrong. You have been rearended by Albert Hallu on the first lap.

Moderation posted.