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Season 41 - Ferrari Challenge  ROUND 2  Enna Pergusa

For the second round of the Ferrari Challenge we jump forwards ten years to 1965 and head to the island of Sicily. The Autodromo di Pergusa circuit encircles Pergusa Lake, the only natural lake in Sicily. The circuit is also known as Enna-Pergusa, as the lake is located near the city of Enna. During the 1960s, the track hosted various sportscar events such as the Coppa Città di Enna and later in the 1970s the Coppa Florio. It also played host to a non-championship Formula One event known as the Mediterranean Grand Prix. The Formula 1 race was held 4 times between 1962 and 1965, it was won twice by Jo Siffert and once each by Lorenzo Bandini and John Surtees.

Ferrari 1512 ONLY (http://65f1.gplworld.de/cars.htm#:~:text=Brabham%20BT11,Ferrari%201512)

Race list	=	igor
Server	=	UKGPL_07
IP Address	=	see igor
Password	=	see above (#post_event_password)
Damage Model	=	INT
GPL Mod	=	65
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	link (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=7533)
Track directory	=	enna
Qualifying Starts	=	20:45 UK Time  -  45min
Race Starts	=	21:30 UK time
Race Length	=	37 laps
Replay	=	here (https://antipastiracing.org.uk/UKGPL_Replays/index.php?dir=Season%2040)

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

Please check the Season 41 details (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=1901&theme=6) regarding rules and the Ferrari Challenge Championship pages (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=1981&theme=6) in particular.

All drivers are on a level playing field in terms of chassis. There is no distinction between Works and Privateer drivers in this series. Please respect each other and leave plenty of room when lapping or being lapped.

UNLIMITED Shift-Rs allowed with NO need for a Stop and Go. Please use PRIBLUDA to make sure that the track is clear before re-joining.

Buona Fortuna

It's not easy keeping the tyres cool.  :cursing:

................only on one side Pete, so I find that every 3rd lap I do a lap in reverse gear to overcome the problem  ;D

An excursion into the lake really helps.

I did that around lap 10 :( . It took me best part of a minute to get out and I ended up a lap down. My pace wasn't too bad, I could stay with Evil with a tow but the pace wasn't enough to bridge the gap to Billy. Grats Billy, I was banking on you making a mistake but you were solid tonight  :thumbup1: .

Sorry for delay in gettign results up. We were all car 'zero' and that is making things tricky. Moderators - please HELP.

I would have thought that you saw me coming, Axel.  Didn't work out well for either of us.  :(

Yes, just looked into replay, sorry Doni,
had too much red cars in mirrors an did not realize you are on my side :o

Poo happens.  See you next round.

Sorry about the lack of times in the race results. My error in not selecting auto-export report in igor on my server. Lesson learned.

Huge thanks to Phil who must have stayed up way past his bedtime in order to amend results manually.

Thank you and sorry.

Disconnected after 14 laps

I have to confess that Enna is not one of my favourite tracks......not enough left hand corners lol ::) !!

Despite being retired and basically a free agent I did not find time to do any pre race practice with the Fezza, so at 20:50 I joined the server with a "virgin" car.
I can only recall ever using the 1512 once at Castle Combe many years ago and that setup has evaporated somewhere and is no longer on my PC. Enna is well known to myself and others for melting the front left tyre, so I spent the first 30 minutes tweaking the setup and gears. Using the asymetric setup options and some radical diff values I found a setup that kept all tyres cool. The front right never got above "cold" all race. What I did not get right was the fuel, I finished the race with 6+ galls sloshing around in the tank!!

Enna is all about slipstream in this configuration ( I think there is a later version with chicanes and other impediments, but that might be in GTL?) and after a good start I was tracking the leading bunch and waiting for things to settle down and get the tyres up to temp, before attempting any heroic moves.
Then someone had an incident up ahead and I had to back right off the gas and take a tight line through what should have been a 90% flat corner. The leading bunch immediately dragged out a 250mtr lead which I never could close.
The rest of the race was a series of battles with Pete, Phil ( until his swimming lesson), Angex and Bastian. All drivers showing great consideration and fair racing.  ;)

Sorry David, we had some hairy moments together  :)