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Season 39 - CANM71 – Round 2 –  Spa67


In the early 1920s, motor racing began to be held on the public roads between Francorchamps, Malmédy and Stavelot in Belgium, about 50 miles west of the (still to be proposed) Nürburgring in Germany. The Spa track was enlarged in 1951 to become the layout used here. This track hosted the Belgium Grand Prix until 1970, when the F1 drivers association declared that it was too dangerously fast. Part of the old track was used to create a shorter lap in 1979 and the F1 cars returned in 1983. Eau Rouge is one of the most famous parts of any track in the world. The stream gets its name from the presence of iron oxide deposits giving it a reddish colour. The track crosses the Eau Rouge again halfway around the lap, on a bridge seen as a low parapet either side of the track just at the start of the Stavelot corner.

Please check the Season 39 pages for details (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=1531&theme=6) regarding rules and the CanAm 1971 pages (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=1611&theme=6) in particular.

Handicapping
The cars will be divided into five groups, each group containing cars of similar performance.
Drivers will be graded as either "Professional", "Intermediate" or "Amateur".
Drivers will be limited to cars from specific groups based on their grade
and must choose 2 cars and drive them an equal number of times.



Rolling Start!

In RL CanAm started rolling ;)
We do a rolling start to the exit of Les Combes in one line following the polesetter ~100mph

Incidents will not be moderated as we race as gentlemen.
One Shift-R is allowed with no need to make Stop & Go.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL_8
IP address Server	=	TBA
Password	=	see above (#post_event_password)
GPL Mod	=	CA71
Damage model	=	Intermediate
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track directory	=	Spa67 (http://srmz.net/index.php?s=448c71de31d5af327ee46f7dfc1fde15&showtopic=10443)
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	14 laps
Replay	=	here (https://www.mediafire.com/file/ywpirjhl0yijn9g/UKGPL_8__60fps.2021.09.24.23.21.rpy.7z/file)

Drivers will be graded as either "Professional", "Intermediate" or "Amateur".

Please tell me your car choice before the next race ;)

pro   Alain Maurice (FT)
am   Christian Dauger (FT)                                    
int   Claudio Navonne (FT)                                    
int   Cookie (FT)                                    
int   Doni Yourth (FT)                                    
int   Eric Bilodeau (FT)                                    
pro   EvilClive (FT)                                    
int   fpolicardi (FT)                                    
pro   GrandPrixYannick (FT)                                    
pro   MagicArsouille (FT)                                    
am   PaulV (FT)                                    
int   Pete Bennett (FT)                                    
int   Philippe Girard (FT)                                    
pro   Ziu Bacubacu (FT)                                    
int   Gareth (R1)    
pro    Enrique Farina (R1)                                
pro   Leo Menegucci (R1)                                    
int   Phil Thornton (R1)

Important

If we have a full grid we use the following procedere:

If at 21:05 UK time the server is full with >17 drivers

The Reserve driver have to leave for 10 Minutes to give waiting Full time driver the chance to join

GLA + FUN

I just did a few laps after a couple of beers! Wow. It's so fast. GPL on acid. Spa suddenly seems like a tiny club circuit in these monsters. This will be FUN FUN FUN on Friday. Top Tip: Save the beer until AFTER the race  :punk:

Pete, what's your time?  To know how much beer I should take ... ;D ;D

Test  it online - server is running ;)

Hi Axell :)

....McL  M8B  &  Lola T222 ....for me  :)

Hi !
Lola T260 & Shadow MKll

Group 7 is 71 canam ???

Yes, all CanAm cars are FIA Group 7 in the SROU database, so we do not get extra records for 66 or 71 ::)


My cars:  M8D + Shadow

Really wanted to drive this track/mod combo tonight, unfortunately I injured my ankle playing tennis earlier this evening.
Not serious, just a bit swollen, but I'm going to have to pass :(

Hi Axel

McLaren M8B/C/E = Daytona + Spa67
      
Porsche 917/10  :P

Thank you

Ferrari + McLaren 8D

Sorry 'bout that, Eric.  Touched some sticky grass and from then on, it was spin city.  Good battle up til then.

  Np, I'm sorry too! Just before I got to you, I got a little distracted, I almost had a heart attack just before the impact!

These cars got crazy SPEED!!! It' a shame, it was fun! Sorry again!

Pete!  You son of a gun!  Well done for the victory.  Must scope the server replay cap to watch the fun up front.

Just had a look at the server replay cap.  Great job, Pete!

Dear me...  It would seem that Monsieur Bot is headed for yet another disqualification.  He crashed and reset on Lap01 and ditto on Lap07.  That would be before half distance so no points for him.  Tsk, tsk...

Thanks, Doni. I benefited from others' mistakes. With about three or four laps remaining I could see that Ziu and Axel were having a battle 1.5 miles ahead of me.  Then the numbers on Prib seemed to tell me that they had come together somehow. By the time I caught them, it looked as though Axel was waiting for Ziu to pass, so I can only imagine that Cookie was being a gent and letting Ziu re-take a place. I followed closely for a lap, deciding to hang back as I could see that they were racing hard. On the way into Blanchimont, Axel over-cooked it and fell off the track. This seemed to unsettle Ziu so I was able to pass him later whilst he was re-composing himself. All I had to do then was keep it smooth for the last two laps. It felt very good to take the chequered flag.

Earlier I had fun with Tris, narrowly avoiding his "off" on L7. On L5 or 6 (I can't remember which) he was much quicker than me up the hill into Blanchimont so I let him go. No point in holding up a quicker driver - he was going to pass me at some point anyway.

I'm not the fastest of drivers but I was rewarded in this race by playing it safe; keeping my distance and taking no risks. I'm really happy to have driven 14 pretty faultless laps without any resets. Hats off to Cookie who was still 3 seconds a lap quicker than us mere mortals. These cars are so rewarding to drive - slow and smooth seems to be the key and GENTLE on the throttle. See you all next time :)

Yeah, with all that tourque you can go in 4th at La Carriere and first bend at Stavelot loosing nothing. Unluckily I lost control at braking for Les Combes lap2, as I lift for braking my steer went right and flied in the wood restarting last. After a good backup, also for other misfortune, at last but one lap I found Tris stuck in the haybale at Eau Rouge and crashed to him. Luckily I could continue, but almost lost the position. As said by Doni, the rules are for all and if someone doesn't respect them affects other drivers race for nothing.
Grats Pete!

I hope all drivers in this Series follow Donni's lead, and help to get these races Moderated. Without penalties, those who break the most rules, will gain the most points.  If penalties are not applied, the competition will become skill versus skulduggery.

My idea for this fun championship was that everyone is responsible for themselves like a gentleman and reports to me if something was not right.

The result of the 69x I have corrected as far as I could.