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Season 40 – CanAM – Round 10 - Solitude

"This fun race takes us to the Solitude track near Stuttgart in Germany.
The Solitude race track was used predominantly for motorcycle racing. Not as daunting as the Nuerburgring, but it’s quite a challenge with a deceptively fast back section."

ROLLING STARTS

Red Line is at the exit of T1


(https://i.ibb.co/wB18mt8/Solit.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=7173#entry65855)
Track directory	=	solitude
Qualifying Starts	=	20:45 UK Time  -  45min
Race Starts	=	~21:30 UK time
Race Length	=	14 laps
Replay	=	here (https://www.mediafire.com/file/b7gtvwtf1nc380p/UKGPL_8__60fps.2022.06.03.23.22.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.

I'm not racing in this one. Have fun in the final round.

....Shame Pete :/ ....you miss the opportunity to finish on the final podium .....!

I blame The Queen. Big parties all over the UK this weekend so I'm being dragged off to see some fireworks.

Grats Tristan for Champ and sorry Doni and Yannick, I had completely forgot to brake in time for the hairpin at lap 3 :-[ I tried to move out of the line but it wasn't enough and you both were collected  :(
Later Doni had the same problem, but I was more lucky to pass inside.
Nice battle with Doni till it lasted. Sorry to see him retired.
Happy to got second in champ, I had never hoped at the beginning of season.  :)

Sorry to Yannick but the left mirror is practically useless,impossible to see your car on my left.In the mean time I thought:where i can give road to him?

Great run by Greg to score a convincing win!  The class of the field.  And not content with that, later in the day, he went on to victory in an ADC race at Monaco in a GP66 round.  Let's not be greedy, now, Greg.  :)

I had a decent run in the Porsche but sketchy braking performance cost me a shunt coming off the back straight on Lap09 while trying to chase down Fulvio.  He and I had some really good laps together til I put a wheel in the grass braking for Schatten on Lap07 and half spun letting him through.  Royally peeved, I set my best lap ever on Lap10 but the P917 skidded a bit on braking for the Frauenkreuz on the next pass and I was faced with two options.  Take the corner or go down the escape road?  WTH...  Take the corner!  Bad idea.  The Porsche swung wide and into the trees turning up on its side.  Groan...  Sure I could have reset but no, my race was run.

I compared my best lap with Greg's and am astonished to see that we each had about the same top end at 210 mph, give or take.  As well, we each took the 'yump' at about 200 mph.  That was breathtaking!  Where I really get killed is on braking.  I looked at our entries to Schatten to compare and Greg goes in there fully 120 metres deeper before going for the binders.  Goodness me!  I'm at my limit.  How do you compete with that?  :(

Congratulations Tristan and Axel! And congrats on the championship Tristan. Nice job by Fulvio to take P2 in the championship.

Qualifying was interesting. I was impressed by Yannick and Tristan´s times. I knew early in qualifying I could do 3:08´s but minor mistakes kept me from it. I was worried Yannick was going to keep pole position. I really didn´t want to start behind him. At the end I had just enough time to run one more flying lap. As for going fast then, I was more concerned with driving a good line and staying within my limits. It´s miraculous how close I was to take the pole from Yannick.

I didn´t have a 71 Can Am setup to copy for this race so I copied the one I made for Roswell knowing I´d be at least somewhat comfortable with it, having driven it recently. I made adjustments throughout qualifying.


Thanks for the praise Doni. You might say you helped created the monster I can be. I was a little angry from my poor showing at Roswell. I redeemed myself this time. From some of the earliest races I had with you, I always thought if I can get as good as you, I´ll be good at GPL. I might be faster than you but I still don´t know if I am as good as you. I often found your consistency and tenacity admirable. I feel similar about Fulvio. You, I, and Fulvio all set our fastest laps on our last complete lap.

I drove this race similar to what you would do when younger. I wanted to drive consistent to start with no concern about lap times. I just needed to let the car do it´s magic. I set fast race lap every lap for the first 7 laps often by less than 0.2 seconds faster than the previous lap. I relaxed on lap 8 hoping to push the car for speed on the remaining laps. 4 of the 5 finishing laps were fast race laps too with a margin of difference in the 0.1-0.2 second range. I was surprised Tristan was listed as more consistent.

Also, I take my beatings too Doni. I got worked over good at Silverstone in my BRM.


Yes, the Porsche has a good top speed. I was surprised by that while watching the Grenzlandring replay. Doni, you would need my client replay to see where I am actually braking. Your client or the server replay will always make it look like I´m braking later than I really am. I was perplexed by phenomenon watching oAo replays my first seasons there until Iestyn told me I needed to be watching the drivers´ client replays to see what was really happening.

It´s funny that you mention braking. That´s what I liked least about my car. My front wheels were more prone to locking than I liked. That was a problem in practice. At the end of practice I wanted one more percent bias to the rear brakes but knew I didn´t have the time to make adjustments I might need on tire pressure and suspension settings.

I liked getting the green McLaren again. It´s rare to see that color in this mod.

Thanks for the fun gentlemen. And my apologies for the long post.

Just to confirm, cars driven after all 10 rounds...

DRIVER		ROUND 6	ROUND 7	ROUND 8	ROUND 9	ROUND 10
MagicArsouille (FT)	Pro	McLaren M8B/C/E	Lola T222	McLaren M8B/C/E	Ferrari 712M	Lola T222
GregT (R1)	Pro	McLaren M8B/C/E	Ferrari 712M		Lola T222	McLaren M8B/C/E
fpolicardi (FT)	Int	McLaren M8D	McLaren M8D	Shadow MkII	Shadow MkII	Ferrari 712M
Claudio Navonne (FT)	Int	Lola T222	Ferrari 712M		Porsche 917/10
Pete Bennett (FT)	Pro	Ferrari 712M	Lola T222	Porsche 917/10	Porsche 917/10
francesco (FT)	Int	Lola T260	McLaren M8B/C/E		Ferrari 712M	Lola T222
Doni Yourth (FT)	Int	Lola T222	Ferrari 712M	Porsche 917/10	Lola T222	Porsche 917/10
Rainier (R1)	Int	Lola T260	Ferrari 712M		Shadow MkII
EvilClive (FT)	Int	Shadow MkII
Cookie (FT)	Int	Shadow MkII	McLaren M8D	McLaren M8B/C/E	Shadow MkII	McLaren M8D
GrandPrixYannick (FT)	Pro	Lola T222	Porsche 917/10	McLaren M8B/C/E	McLaren M8B/C/E	Lola T222
PaulV (R1)	Am
Phil Thornton (R1)	Pro			McLaren M8B/C/E
Gareth (R1)	Int
Leo Menegucci (R1)	Pro
RBald (R1)	Am

Franceso chose the wrong car for the last race, ONLY THREE DIFFERENT Chassis are permitted in this series. This would be a DQ but does not affect the overall result in any way.

I do not agree with this DQ.
I know this doen't affect the final result but just to be clear :

Francesco and me, we were  DQ on round 6 because we selected a wrong car (Lola T260) so this one doesn't count in my opinion...
I could not race in round10 but if it was possible for me I would have been in the same situation. 

For me is not a problem,i have not readed the rules before to chose the car.Anyway with incidents,DQ , some engine explosion and my poor performance,this season was a disaster :laugh:

I just want to understand this rule in this very special case.

Let's imagine a driver choosing 3 unauthorized car for the 3 first races   ;D , so for the rounds 4 and 5 he cannot choose another car and will always be DQ ! 

i agree,remain a doubt on the rule.

I'll take a closer look and get back to you...