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Season 39 – 1955 GP - WORKS – Round 2 – Monza 10K

For the second race in the 1955 Grand Prix series we visit the “Cathedral of Speed” in Italy. The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a race track located near the city of Monza, north of Milan.  Built in the Royal Villa of Monza park in a woodland setting, the circuit has gone through numerous changes over the years.  Perhaps the most striking feature in the park is the steep banked (sopraelevata) curves on the now defunct 10Km variant, first used in 1955.  The original circuit (used between 1922 and 1933) also had an oval section but the banked curves were not as wide or as steep as the later 1955 variant.  The banked circuit was used on four occasions for Formula 1 races; in 1955, 1956, 1960 and finally in 1961 when it was decided that Formula 1 cars were just too fast to be safe on the oval track.   The banked oval section was last used in any capacity in 1969.  From 1962 onwards, the Formula 1 Grand Prix was held on the "road circuit" which by the early 1970s was also deemed to be too fast for Formula 1 cars.  Two chicanes were introduced for 1972 Italian Grand Prix, one at the Ascari curve and another on the approach to the Curva Grande.  Tonight we will relive the dramatic race in 1955 on the full 10Km circuit complete with steep bankings and no chicanes. Have a look at this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p0N8GGcQL8) (unfortunately no sound) of the 1955 race for inspiration.  
 

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL08_60fps
IP address	=	see iGOR
Password	=	see above (#post_event_password)
GPL Mod	=	55
Damage model	=	Pro
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	Monza10k (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=9323%20%20%20http://www.dixierunners.speedgeezers.net/monza10k/)
Track directory	=	monza10k
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	17 laps
Replay	=	Here (https://www.mediafire.com/file/ux6epvq8unbn997/UKGPL_8__60fps.2021.09.26.23.22.rpy.7z/file)

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=1581&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
bagrupp	10	Works
Claudio Navonne	10	Works
Clive Loynes	20	Works
Cookie	10	Works
Doni Yourth	20	Works
Enrique Farina	20	Works
EvilClive	15	Works
fpolicardi	10	Works
Giovanni Centorame	20	Works
GrandPrixYannick	20	Works
JonnyO	20	Works
Leo Menegucci	10	Works
Phil Thornton	8	Works
Raoni Frizzo	10	Works

Phil, I request transfer for the works championship.

Done. Good luck on Sunday  :)

Phil, can you revise/clarify my tokens?

If you consider my 1st race with the privateers: 10+10-5(Connaught)=15

If not: 5


So I either wil have 25 or 15 tokes after the +10 for Monza

No, Leo, as you start this series from scratch , we can't move points from Priv.

I understand. I asked for clarification because the announcement post states I have 10 tokens

Yes, every starter starts with 10 tokens, so you can take the most expensive car in the first race ;)

It's not sure yet, but i think i'll miss my home GP. :'(

Not my evening, two awful errors at the parabolica , other two mistakes at the curva grande, and the gran finale, a broken engine. I'm really Sorry with Leo and Fulvio, really guys, but i joined  at the last moment with no practice and i hate the SL, so heavy and .... Heavy :-X. Congrats to the podium guys and to Enrique Who was patient behind me with his Lancia, waiting the right time to Jump ahead.

See you next race !

I have to apologize to Clive, what a nice fight. (also with yannick)
On the last straight i was not seeing you so near and then tried for a moment to close the door by affect, but opened up when i realize its too late.
But you already touched the grass...so its not feeling like a good race. i'm so sorry.

  Congratulations to the podium!
  The race was always busy for me, at first following Farina with Doni and his turbo Gordini. Then Farina managed to get the vacuum of a Mercedes and opened up every advantage in the world. In the end I had a good chase to Menegucci but as he was in the vacuum of a Mercedes it was useless for me to get anything. Finally, finishing 6th with a Conaught in Monza is a good size.

Hmmm...  Having just reviewed my replay cap, it would seem that my standard plea of, "Play Nice.  GLA!  :)", falls on deaf ears.  :(

I had a good qualifying and race start, very careful in the first lap, keeping up with the faster cars till Giovanni couldn't stop his merc (don't worry mate, very dificult to judge with the slipstream). That left me probably last.

Loosing the train, it looked like I would have many lonely laps till the end, but it came back to me. Looks like some trouble at the front allowed me to catch the group in front.

Jonny helped by pushing me for some more top speed in the last few laps and in the last Sud Alta I was hugging Fulvio exhaust pipe, pulled aside coming out of the turn and a last dash to the finish line WOW! that was intense  :clap:

First of all and I am ashamed to say it, ....... ::)  I could not enter the server, and it was because I was putting the private password ........ my goooodes.... :oops:
  fortunately there is a charitable soul in the forums that deleted my message of help and no one knew anything ................ :wheelchair:
  between missing 20 minutes and I limit myself to get a decent time to classify in view of the bunch of mercedes that there was.
  6 place for me and  came out and the only thing I could do to get to the top 5 was hit the butt of one of those Mercedes, and Jonnie thought the same, so we spent several laps, turning very close together.
   after an incident in parabolica and I was already 5 but 2 laps later, giovanni who approaches me and passes me, (I said to myself, this is my passport to reach fulvio) since I was far ahead, and so it was, there was no possibility that I could surpass centorame and limit myself to take advantage of his draft to reach polycardi, and that's how it was, great race giovanni, ,,,, :clap: and thanks for the great help, fulvio tried to surpass me by all possible means but giovanni's draft gave me 274 km / h and I couldn't do it, then the Mercedes spun in curva grande, and that saved me by a miracle but fulvio no .... :no:. and there I kept in that 4 position, because I knew that it would never reach him Those up front, very, very happy with my race, one of the best in this mod that I have had, and I send a big congratulations to fulvio, giovanni and jonnie for the great battle they gave me, I am very happy with this 3rd place I was not really expecting the podium, unfortunately there was an incident ahead and "inherited" this podium.
   Thanks guys, how nice it is to run with professionals,

It was a thirlling race on my part.
I battled the entire race with the streamlined Mercedes. I could easily outclass them on the F1 circuit, but in the ovals they were too much. I might have had slightly short 5th gear as well. Even with tow I cannot get by any of them. Shame about the accident on the back straight on the last lap.

See you next race.

Does it mean you are registered for both 55 championships : Works and Privateers  ???

No Dave, we all can see both, as there is only one registration thread ;)

  no teamy, just make a mistake whit the pasword, I'll try to join the works server whit the private pasword hehehehehe, no more beer sundays,,,,  ;D

Moderation published

still sorry about the outcome of that race.
i wished we could have finished both clive.