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Title: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Syd Drake on June 01, 2009, 09:29:37 AM +0100
UKGPL Season 17 - Historic Division - Race 7 - 66 mod - Mexico City


Race date = 02-06-2009
Server IP Address 80.5.200.198
Time = 21:00
Track = Mexico City
Variant = 66F1,  3L engines
Damage Model = PRO
Qually time = 30 minutes.
Race length = long

Group I
Mclaren M2B Ford
T1G Eagle Weslake
BRM P83
Lotus 43 BRM


Group II
Honda RA273
Cooper T81
Brabham BT19
Ferrari 312

Drivers restricted to Group I:Hristo Itchov, Dave Randall, Clive Gardner and Tim Muttram,


Password: see above (#post_event_password)
(2) Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=205&theme=6)


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: EvilClive on June 01, 2009, 09:47:28 PM +0100
Looks like I will miss this race as well, because of work commitments...  :'( :'( :'(



Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Hristo Itchov on June 01, 2009, 10:06:36 PM +0100
Looks like I will miss this race as well, because of work commitments...  :'( :'( :'(



Again? SHE will not be pleased!


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Turkey Machine on June 01, 2009, 10:14:23 PM +0100
SHE won't be pleased further still, I'm looking to enter this as an aside to my looking for permanent employment! And I'm pissed off! ;D


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Hristo Itchov on June 02, 2009, 01:04:27 AM +0100
SHE won't be pleased further still, I'm looking to enter this as an aside to my looking for permanent employment! And I'm pissed off! ;D

We might have a good race after all then!


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Turkey Machine on June 02, 2009, 03:22:33 AM +0100
SHE won't be pleased further still, I'm looking to enter this as an aside to my looking for permanent employment! And I'm pissed off! ;D
We might have a good race after all then!
Consider your car to have a great big marked target on the paintwork. :P


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Tifosi312 on June 02, 2009, 03:04:44 PM +0100
I will try and make this one but I might be late joining again.




paul


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Turkey Machine on June 02, 2009, 03:21:47 PM +0100
Paul, just so you know, it's 3L cars, so your beloved 312 won't be excluded this time. :)


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Hristo Itchov on June 02, 2009, 06:23:22 PM +0100
Paul, just so you know, it's 3L cars, so your beloved 312 won't be excluded this time. :)

Although I'll do my best to exclude it from the top step of the podium.  :D


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: MikeBeattie on June 02, 2009, 09:42:10 PM +0100
Absolutely disgusted with myself, spun on L1 at the Hairpin ( over gassed it on the exit) and then caught someone as I spun it back round ( Fulvio ?? ) Whoever it was, sorry and I hope it didn't ruin your race. My own car caught fire, sort of Restorative Justice !!


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Turkey Machine on June 02, 2009, 10:04:06 PM +0100
Qualified 3rd on the grid somehow, and was doing OK. I had Hristo several seconds in front after the first 6 or 7 laps when Mike fluffed it on the exit of the hairpin to let me through, and Ken breathing down my neck after that meant I couldn't concentrate! He passed on the main straight and the following lap we came up to lap Bookie. Ken got through OK, Bookie slowed down on the exit of the esses and I got past, but the FF kicked in and I drifted straight back into him. Upside down on the side of the track ain't the way to continue. Gutted, as I had a real chance for a genuine podium!


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Hristo Itchov on June 02, 2009, 10:48:10 PM +0100
That was a tough race, but luck was on my side as Mike's challenge was over on the very first lap. Even that didn't happen, I'm not sure I could've kept him behind for long as the car had ill-handling on more fuel.

Qualifying was intense and it took me the whole length of the session to come up with a better setup and do a good lap. Both myself and Mike had a good start and ran towards T1 side by side, but he was more cautious and eased off a bit earlier. He didn't let the gap grow though and was keeping up as we approached the hairpin.

Just as I was starting to plan how I would fend him off on the laps that were to come, he spun on the exit of the hairpin and dropped down the grid, then retired for some reason. Jethro immediately took over though.

He was soon up to speed and the gap I built in the first lap was saving me from giving Jethro a tow, but the distance remained the same for quite a few laps. I had to battle constant snap oversteer on exits and understeer on entry, sometimes avoiding a spin by luck.

As the fuel load started coming down the handling improved and I could push more, thus increasing the gap back to Jethro, who was now busy keeping off a charging Ken.

In  the meantime I was focusing on consistency and it worked quite well much to my surprise. Around mid-distance Ken managed to pass Jethro who soon retired and elected Tim and Evil up. I thought SHE must be very pleased now!

With a few laps remaining I was improving on my qualifying lap best sector times and tried to go for a fastest lap. On one of these Steve let me through by easing off on the exit of T2, but I carried way too much speed, went too wide over the grass and spun while refusing to lift up the throttle. Steve missed me narrowly (more luck!), so I was able to bring it home, despite the broken string of consistency.

Grats to Ken, Evil and Tim for completing the top 4!

ALL MY VICTORIES ARE BELONG TO HER!!!

-=Hristo=-


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Dave Randall on June 02, 2009, 10:55:37 PM +0100
Worst track, worst preparation, worst engine and worst set up I've prepared, but 6th isn't the worst result this season so I won't complain!  Had a good dice with Syd Drake towards end of race but this ended at T1 on 2nd to last lap when we banged wheels too hard and they fell off!

Congrats to Hristo and rest of podium.


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: b_1_rd on June 02, 2009, 11:49:14 PM +0100
Well, I wasn't expecting 5th, but people in front of me insisted in throwing themselves on their swords, even Hristo at one point spinning as he described above.  That woke me up!  :o

I lucked in when Dave and Syd had a coming together on the penultimate lap.  I had managed to close up at one stage to them but got complacent mid-race and let them escape significantly up the road.

Cheers all.


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: fpolicardi on June 03, 2009, 12:33:52 AM +0100
Absolutely disgusted with myself, spun on L1 at the Hairpin ( over gassed it on the exit) and then caught someone as I spun it back round ( Fulvio ?? ) Whoever it was, sorry and I hope it didn't ruin your race. My own car caught fire, sort of Restorative Justice !!

Mike np, I remember someone spinning at hairpin, but I didn't got damage. I only lost momentum and a BRM passed me. Then I had Paul on my tail that outbraked me at Peralta. I followed his fast Ferrari on the straight but at T1 he braked earlier than me and it seems to me to have slightly rear ended him so I let him by after T1, but shortly after he parked the car aside, engine Paul??
Later I got disco while I was following Evil that had some problem to keep it in a straight line, but he was very fast on the straight.
It was the first disco since ages, oh well, next one.
Ciao


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: EvilClive on June 03, 2009, 01:10:30 PM +0100
As I was supposed to be working all night some 80 miles from home when this race was scheduled, I did not even bother to try any of the cars that were allocated. So, imagine my suprise at 7:30 p.m. when at the very last moment the work was postponed for 24 hrs.

I had an 80 mile drive home, arriving  with 10 mins to spare before qually started...just time to say "hello" to the wife and the dogs ( in that order seemed safest!!) before running through the shower and turning on the computer.

When I joined you guys at Mexico, I decided that the Lotus BRM was the only car that I had used before with a single outing at Rouen, so that would have to be car and setup sorted!!

I spent qually trying to get one whole lap completed and adjusting the gear ratios so that they might just make the car usable.

As Hristo and Tim say, this Lotus just does not want to turn in at corners and needs to be bullied into a turn.

I expected to be at the back of the grid and just play it safe, hoping to pick up a few spots through retirements etc. In fact with the way the car was handling I had no great expectations of even finishing the race myself!!

Off the grid a couple of cars bogged down in front and I was able to sneak up the inside to T1 where I was ultra ultra careful to hold a smooth line around the inside with my tail happy beast. Once through the T2 esses things strung out and we ran up to the hairpin.
I did not save the replay, so I am not sure what happened, but suddenly I had a great view of the Mexican sky..then the armco..then the sky.. and finally the circuit again. I dropped the clutch and pulled away from whatever carnage there was expecting somethiong ugly in the handling department, but remarkably everything seemed solid :)

The next few laps I had Fulvio doing his invisible act, as he vanished from Prib for half a lap before suddenly appearing about 2 secs behind again..I guess he had connection problems as he later disco'd .

Once Fulvio had disco'd, the race was quite lonely with occasional glimpses of Tim at the hairpin, but I was never confident enough in the handling to push hard and try and close the gap to less than about 5 secs.

With one or two retirements I finished in 4th place!!! after a very steady plod around Mexico with a car and setup that was truly "evil"

Hopefully SHE will be pleased  ;D


Title: Re: UKGPL Season 17 (2009) Historic Trophy - Mexico City - Jun 2
Post by: Ken Murray on June 03, 2009, 08:38:09 PM +0100
I didn't really feel comfortable at any point last night, I just seemed to be struggling to put the car where I wanted (even more than usual anyway!!). I'm sure if it wasn't for the slipstream Jethro would have just left me for dead. Thankfully I was able to hang on to his shirt tale and managed a pass eventually. I was then almost certain he'd just steam past me the next time we hit the s/f straight but fortunately for me he didn't make it that far. Grats to Hristo, though it sounds like I very nearly had an unexpected win with his late excursion of track.