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Title: UKGPL Season 41 (Autumn 2022) 1955 GP (Privateers) - Ain-Diab - Nov 20 Post by: Phil Thornton on November 18, 2022, 10:44:41 AM +0000 Season 41 – 1955 Grand Prix – Round 6 – Privateers - Ain-Diab
For the sixth race in the 1955 Grand Prix series we sail across the Mediterranean to Morocco. The Moroccan Grand Prix was held on four different circuits between 1925 and 1958. Apart from Agadir, all the circuits are in the Casablanca area. The 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPrMkgQq2vc) was held on the Ain-Diab circuit which, in part, ran along a stretch of coastline know as La Corniche (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/33%C2%B035'09.8%22N+7%C2%B041'13.8%22W/@33.5892624,-7.6932768,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d33.5860446!4d-7.6871727?hl=en). The race was famous for deciding the 1958 world championship. Stirling Moss, in a Vanwall, needed to win the race with Mike Hawthorn, driving a Ferrari, finishing no higher than third. Moss did everything he could, winning the race and setting the fastest lap but he needed his teammates, Tony Brooks and Stuart Lewis-Evans, to finish ahead of Hawthorn. But it wasn’t to be, both Brooks and Lewis-Evans suffered engine seizures and were out of the race. Phil Hill, Hawthorn’s teammate, moved over to allow Mike Hawthorn to take second place and with it the world championship by a single point. Brooks walked away from his Vanwall but Stuart Lewis-Evans was not so lucky. His car spun off the road, burst into flames and although he climbed out, but Lewis-Evans was very badly burned. Tragically Stuart Lewis-Evans died from his injuries eight days later. Devastated, Tony Vandervell closed his team. Vanwall had just won the first ever Constructors' Formula 1 Championship but they would never race again. Track Limits. For the purposes of moderating, the track boundary will be the outer edge of the gravel "shoulder". So the desert is outside the track boundary, the gravel is inside the track boundary. Drivers should keep 2 wheels inside the track boundary (i.e. on the gravel) at all times. However, the gravel is a bit slippery so the fastest line will probably be to keep 2 wheels on the tarmac.
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=1941&theme=6). Available Tokens: Note: These are the tokens available to each driver before the 10 tokens are added for making the race start.
Title: Re: UKGPL Season 41 (Autumn 2022) 1955 GP (Privateers) - Ain-Diab - Nov 20 Post by: bernie on November 20, 2022, 10:35:51 PM +0000 I had a lot of warping , almost every car in front kept disapearing from view , sometimes just the cars shadow could be seen on the track , Apologies to anyone I clouted , I think there were one or two , haven't seen the replay yet .
Any one else have problems or was it just me ? Title: Re: UKGPL Season 41 (Autumn 2022) 1955 GP (Privateers) - Ain-Diab - Nov 20 Post by: PaulV on November 20, 2022, 11:44:58 PM +0000 Only problem I had was cars in front when at a fair distance away turned bright green. Like a row of Kermit the Frogs !!
OH, that and the sticky toffee pudding hay bale that I got stuck in. Title: Re: UKGPL Season 41 (Autumn 2022) 1955 GP (Privateers) - Ain-Diab - Nov 20 Post by: francesco on November 21, 2022, 07:24:36 AM +0000 Quote Any one else have problems or was it just me ? Probably was only for you i had no problem. For me too many mistake in this race.At last 2 times i have touched the limit of track in curve and the car was like on ice,than Hallu rear-ended me at lap2 and,finally after a long pursuit, Girard led me to the error by slowing down too much in a curve. Shame to trow away points in this way and was the same at Dundrod Title: Re: UKGPL Season 41 (Autumn 2022) 1955 GP (Privateers) - Ain-Diab - Nov 20 Post by: Philippe Girard on November 21, 2022, 05:20:02 PM +0000 it's a pity francesco.
I saw that you were faster, you came back to me like a rocket. I decided to slow down in the curve, to allow you to pass just after. In mod 55, you are much faster than me, I had planned to let you pass. In mod 67, you do the same when I catch up with you really sorry, no luck for you ! Title: Re: UKGPL Season 41 (Autumn 2022) 1955 GP (Privateers) - Ain-Diab - Nov 20 Post by: francesco on November 21, 2022, 07:32:04 PM +0000 No problem Philippe was my mistake, happen.
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