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Season 40 – CanAM – Round 8 – Montjuic V2

This track was a street circuit on Montjuic mountain above Barcelona. A twisty tricky circuit, it was the site of the tragic 1975 Spanish Grand Prix. Many drivers felt that the circuit was unsafe, and two time world champion Emerson Fittipaldi withdrew in protest before the start of the race. On lap 26 the Embassy Hill-Lola car of Rolf Stommelen left the track, killing five people. The race was subsequently stopped at half distance and half points awarded, with Jochen Mass being recorded as the winner. Lella Lombardi became the first female driver to score world championship points, taking 0.5 points for 6th place. Formula One never returned to the circuit after the accident.

ROLLING STARTS

Red Line is at the exit of T1


(https://i.ibb.co/vJgfsh0/Montjuic.png) (https://imgbb.com/)

Race list	=	igor
Server	=	UKGPL_8_60fps
IP Address	=	aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
Password	=	see above (#post_event_password)
Damage Model	=	INT
GPL Mod	=	CA71
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	link (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=13752)
Track directory	=	montjc69
Qualifying Starts	=	20:45 UK Time  -  45min
Race Starts	=	~21:30 UK time
Race Length	=	32 laps
Replay	=	here (https://www.mediafire.com/file/oq3t1ka3k2y4zmp/UKGPL_8__60fps.2022.05.06.23.22.rpy.7z/file)

Please, excepting emergencies, no chat until Session Completed in qualification. No chat in the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Driver lists and division specific rules can be found on the  Championships Stangings Page. (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=1751&theme=6) Please pay particular attention to the rules regarding ROLLING STARTS and chassis selection.

Only ONE Shift-R is allowed with NO need for a Stop and Go.

DRIVER		ROUND 6	ROUND 7
MagicArsouille (FT)	Pro	McLaren M8B/C/E	Lola T222
GregT (R1)	Pro	McLaren M8B/C/E	Ferrari 712M
fpolicardi (FT)	Int	McLaren M8D	McLaren M8D
Claudio Navonne (FT)	Int	Lola T222	Ferrari 712M
Pete Bennett (FT)	Pro	Ferrari 712M	Lola T222
francesco (FT)	Int	Lola T260	McLaren M8B/C/E
Doni Yourth (FT)	Int	Lola T222	Ferrari 712M
Rainier (R1)	Int	Lola T260	Ferrari 712M
EvilClive (FT)	Int	Shadow MkII
Cookie (FT)	Int	Shadow MkII	McLaren M8D
GrandPrixYannick (FT)	Pro	Lola T222	Porsche 917/10
PaulV (R1)	Am
Phil Thornton (R1)	Pro
Gareth (R1)	Int
Leo Menegucci (R1)	Pro
RBald (R1)	Am

REMINDER: Drivers must choose 3 cars from the 1971 Can-Ams, drive each at least once but no more than twice. Eg. 2 + 2 + 1. Drivers choosing an illegal car will be disqualified from that event.

Absent. Real life has got in the way. Have fun.

Update: Real life changed so that meant I could race :

Damn. Qualified and then missed the start as I went back to the pits to select the correct setup. No GREEN button on my return :(

Unlucky Pete. You should have been able to start from the pit lane if you had waited for about 30 seconds.

I've not driven GPL for what seems weeks now but I had an opportunity to race tonight so I took it. I decided to try to drive carefully which paid off. Only one mistake the whole race which was the key to a good result. N ice racing with Fulvio and Doni (and Axel for a few laps) but Yannick and Tris were in a class of their own. I regarded not being lapped by them a major success for me  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Had made a stupid last second setup change in the wrong direction...
So the car got undriveable with warm tyres.

Who missed the ROLLING START?  ::)

I had a nice race, only one spin at T5, the same place that Phil did some laps later, so we ended like we started. :)

Not too much to tell from my side.  I wound the Porsche up as tight as I dared and wasn't even close to the lead serial.

I suffered a mean shunt in an early lap of qualifying.  Stuffed it proper into the end of the pit lane guardrail at about 130mph.  OUCH!

On the grid, I caught sight of Pete for a split second before he vanished.  Dear me...  I don't believe that he could have started from the pits, Phil.  Once you're on the grid and leave for whatever reason, you're done for the day.

Not for the first time, our roller start gets buggered with Bot storming off from P2 on the grid and ramping it up to full speed immediately.  Sigh...  What penalty is going to be applied here?  I suggested previously a one minute time penalty for such a thing which is not without precedent.  If this doesn't earn a penalty, what will?  I posted a grid layout to employ in our last CanAm71 race thread.  Single file right from the get-go.  An easy copy/paste job.  Even if you can't be bothered to read the GCR's for the event, at least when you go to the grid and see all cars in single file, you just have to know that it's a roller start.  I just tested it here offline and it worked fine.

The field rapidly disappeared up the road and I had a lonely race til being lapped.  Only spot of drama was Lap22 when I pulled over for Yannick on exit of T1 and as he positioned to pass, he hit the gas a little too hard and spun across my bow.  A hefty collision sent Yannick around but I managed to continue without significant damage.  Quite a fright, though.  Glad to see that Yannick got straightened away and carried on for the win.  Wound off the remaining laps and happy to finish on this difficult circuit.

Apologies for the start  :o, sorry  :-\, totally forget :/ ......of course I accept any penalty  :angel: .....
...after this flying start  :oops: ... my race goes tuff as my front tires got full red but anyways Yannick was faster even with normal tires temp and logically overtake me easely ...
Thx all and Org.
cu next time with a rolling start .... :wheelchair:

From season rules page:
ROLLING STARTS
POLE Driver: The driver on POLE should ensure they drive as close to but do not exceed 100Mph (160Kmh). They should drive at an EVEN PACE before the designated race start point ("red line"). Where speeding is deemed to have gained an unfair advantage, a 15 second penalty will be added to the pole driver's total race time.

ALL Drivers: NO OVERTAKING before the POLE Driver has crossed the "red line". Any contacts between cars before the "red line" will not be considered a "racing incident" and will be moderated accordingly. Keep your distance.

Do we have a server replay for this? I need to check for moderation of the rolling start. thanks.

just use the link in the racepost

Thanks. I was looking in the wrong place.

Position and standing haven't been corrected after moderation.

Phil is aware and looking at finding the solution.