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We have organised an end of season 65 race against GPL Racer. The idea is to allow ALL drivers of mixed abilities the chance to race. There will be two grids containing the current Amateurs and Novices respectively – GPL Racer will allocate via a similar method so we should end up with an even balance.
Let's have a generous reception for the drivers from GPL Racer. GPLR's race thread is located at http://forum.gplracer.eu/topic.php?id=630& (http://forum.gplracer.eu/topic.php?id=630&)

Please be in IGOR UKGPL chatroom passworded 'Savage' by 19:55GMT, (You will need to set up a channel called ukgpl if you haven't already done so)
IGOR and Race passwords: provided prior to race

Servers : TBC
IP addresses: TBC
 
Race date = 21-07-2009
Track = East London
Time = 19:30GMT / 20:30 BST (note earlier start time)
Variant = 65F1 (using the updated 65 Mod)
Damage Model = PRO
Qually time = 30 minutes (server will start at 35 mins)
Race length = 35 laps (extra points for finishers)

Download the track from here; http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=1079 (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=1079)

Chassis assignments per grid:
2 * FERRARI
2 * LOTUS
1 * BRM
1 * BT11
1 * HONDA
1 * COOPER
1 * BT7

Points Scoring (per grid);
Standard Points Positions 1-19:
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30 - 25 - 21 - 18 - 16 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1
Drivers MUST complete 60% of race distance (21 laps) to score points

Extra Points:
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3 Extra Points for each driver who can finish the race (being lapped still counts)
10 Team Points for the whole Team (GPLRACER / UKGPL), if all drivers of the team cross the finish line.

The results of both grids will be combined to produce the overall winners.

We will be making the chassis allocations so please ONLY sign up if you are prepared to drive any of the above (also see note below). I don’t want to get bogged down in who gets what across two grids (would feel too much like work and not fun  ;)). I will do my best to give you a favourite and you’ll be welcome to play swapsies with each other once allocated.

We are hopeful we will be oversubscribed on the basis all are welcome. This being the case we will pick the drivers by lottery.  IF we are oversubscribed, and GPL Racer fall short, we would let them have our overflow.

Please note: This is being posted early due to the extra organisation required but don’t forget there are still 2 Interleague races on 28/6 and 12/7. This race is a one-off and won’t form part of the Interleague championship.

Please POST HERE if you are interested in racing. If there is a particular chassis you do NOT want let us know. Closing date for entries is 7 July 2009.

Count me in. :)

I'll race

Any car except the fezza .

john

Sounds interesting, I'm in.

I'll give it a go in the Novice race.

Any car will do.

Yep, ditto. With JR on this one........anything but Fezza.

Geoff.

Happy to put my name forward for this one, a BRM would be nice :)

I'd love to give this a go. This a Tuesday, yesno?

Pick me a car and I'll drive it. Could smack the BRM five ways to the chequered flag! ;D

Yep, first Tuesday after end of Season 17.

Is there room for me ?

Natan

Everyone is welcome, using the current split between Amateurs and Novices as a guide to who goes where.

I should be up for this  :)

I could be persuaded to join in on this one ;)

If there is a place, all but Lotus, I don't like the sound  :D

Count me in, the BT11 if avaliable..

Yep, Lotus or BRM if available.

I'd like to race as well please.

Would prefer the BRM, but will race anything.

Pick me a car and I'll drive it. Could smack the BRM five ways to the chequered flag!  

them's fighting words there Turkey Machine....we'll see.  :)

Jim

I'll be there - propping up the back end of the Novs grid for UKGPL. If there is Shift R I might even finish.

Seems to be a lot of takers for the BRM (my usual chassis). Will taken the Honda or Brab (BT11)

Open to non-members? I'll drive anything.

The drivers who have been competing in the the Amateurs and Novices divisions will take priority but if there is a space I'm sure you'd be welcome.  BTW since you have an SRou account and can post on the forums, you are a member ;)

What ever happens, you will definately get the chance to have a go in some of our summer fun races before season 18 starts (probably in early September).

Cheers Phil, see you on the black stuff.

Only because Phil has a software patch that turns his grass black. ;)

I'll be happy to drive the BRM for this one, though if needs must; I'll drive anything  :).

I' like to race too!
BookieW

Last orders on this one gentlemen - deadline for entries is today.
Looks like there is a disparity in numbers vs GPL Racer. A note will follow of how we will deal with it once all entries are in...

OK we are now past the deadline and numbers stand as follows;
UKGPL – 19
GPLR – 13

So you all get to drive we are planning on running two grids of 16. Also, we were going to pull those to be lent to GPL Racer by lottery, but I think this could potentially create an unfair advantage against us ie Hristo, Clive, John, Jethro or other seasoned interleaguers could end up with GPLR.
Hence plan is as follows;

Grid One – 5 experienced / interleague drivers + 3 by lottery.

Grid Two – 2 experienced / interleague drivers + 6 by lottery.

The remaining three drivers will be lent to GPLR. Two of these will be Geoff and myself as we also drive in their league. No offence Stiggy but I’d like to place you as the third, that way all the current regulars get to drive with UKGPL.

If anyone who hasn’t signed up is still keen to drive please post here as we need reserves (you will probably be squeezed into the race).

As regards team captains it wouldn’t be appropriate for me, although I will be running the admin side which will involve the initial chassis allocation. I am going to take the liberty of foisting the job on an experienced driver from each grid. The team captains will then organise tactics and sort out any chassis shuffles.

I’m now working on the specific grid allocations and an update will follow shortly. Feel free to comment in the meantime.

It is raining at the moment but is supposed to dry up a little later on.

Hope that helps.

<<If anyone who hasn’t signed up is still keen to drive please post here as we need reserves (you will probably be squeezed into the race).>>

doh,  :oops:didn't see this,  :wetfish:I must be going blind or senile (or maybe both)

Apologies for missing deadline

yes please

BT11 preference, but heck it's a fun race, I'll have a crack at anything (as long as I can persuade soneone to send me a good setup :)

cheers

Peter

Sounds logical, thanks for including me in the race :)

Further to my earlier post, grids are as follows;

Grid One
Hristo (captain)
Mike B
Jethro
Clive
Fulvio
James R
Mark Minardi
Al Heller
Billy NB

Grid Two
Tim FMG (captain)
John R
Mike J (team weatherman)
Bookie W
Natan
Happy Al
Sam B
Peter M
Stiggy

GPLR now have a full grid so Peter and Stiggy are in.
Still looking for a couple of reserves if anyone is interested?

I’m going to leave it to the grid captains to come up with the chassis allocations. Agreed the following for each grid;
2 * Lotus
2 * Ferrari
1 * BRM
1 * BT11
1 * Honda
1 * Cooper
1 * BT7

GPL Racer will be looping the circuit in IGOR if you want to suss out the opposition and their driver list is posted here http://forum.gplracer.eu/topic.php?id=630&highlight=&page=3& (http://forum.gplracer.eu/topic.php?id=630&highlight=&page=3&)

I will open two separate posts in the Race Thread section so team captains can organise their grids. Remember the total points in both grids will be added together to get the final result.

I will hand over to your captains now. My tidbit of advice to anyone a bit daunted by Pro and running with the more experienced drivers is remember you need to complete 60% of the race to score (points run all the way down the grid) and there’s three points if you finish (even a lap down) so longevity is the key. There’s a bonus ten points if the whole team finishes so worth thinking about who is behind you…

Just so you guys know (It's mentioned in another thread but you may not have seen that) I'll be away until Sunday evening minus the internet, So if Tim bungs those threads up before then I won't be around to comment  :)
Just so you don't think I've done a runner  ;)

Hi all!

We are doing a little "training" race.
Anyone is welcome.

Details:

GPLRACER Fun Race / 65 Mod / East London / 15.07.2009

GPLRACER Forum:
http://forum.gplracer.eu/topic.php?id=658&

RSC Forum:
http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=336628

SRMZ Forum:
http://gplmz.bcsims.com/index.php?showtopic=4673

Cu
Stefan

For those who aren't doing the Historics we're planning on running an informal practice race on Tuesday 14/7.
Start approx 9.30pm and we'll run the full 35 laps, will keep it INT as Pro might end in tears.
Will have to run it off the home PC as the server is being used for the Monza race.

I'd be happy to be a reserve if you still need one.  Any chassis, either race.

Thanks Phil

For info these are the race times from the GPL Racer practice tonight;
1 Paulo 1m25.075s 25
2 Paul Skingley65 1m25.454s 24
3 Stefan Roess65 1m26.421s 22
4 Clive Loynes65 1m26.451s 26
5 Julien 65 Mondragon 1m26.610s 15
6 65 evilclive 1m26.759s 3
7 ACHIM KRAFT 65 1m26.841s 4
8 STEFAN STEIN65 1m27.596s 14
9 Kai Aberg65 1m27.671s 18
10 Ico Oliveira65 1m28.147s 7
11 Fabio 65 Locarno 1m29.694s 8
12 Paul Visser 1m34.329s 4

Tim if you need loti you can give me some other car np here !

Natan

You may need to put me down as a reserve for this. I STILL have no sodding wireless (or wire, for that matter)!

When will we know the chassis allocation for the race on Tuesday?

thanks,
BookieW

Firstly, good luck for tomorrow to all entrants. Can you please be in the UKGPL chatroom by 8.20pm UK time for a prompt 8.30pm start – it’s 9.30pm for most of our opponents so they’ll be having a late drive anyway…

I’ve updated the server details and added the passwords.

Turning to numbers it looks like we may be a man or two down. Rather than wasting time messing around with driver numbers just before the race and, to avoid anyone being denied the chance to participate, in the event of a teams numbers differing we will count an even number of drivers in the scoring ie if UKGPL only have 8 on a grid only the first 8 of GPLR's will count and vice versa.

We could still do with some reserves and it’s likely you would get to race.

Finally, for those who don’t normally run Pro, please remember to be ultra-cautious, there’s a big bonus for finishing. It’s a long race and one tap or warp could end in tears for you and your opponent… The track has some long run-offs but watch those rejoins.

(putting this message on all three posts; general / grid one / grid two)

Posting here as it covers both grids - for individual results see the separate race threads.

Firstly, my race report. Great race, really enjoyed it. I don't know why but, before the race, I kept thinking wouldn't it be gutting to put in the time organising it to go out on the first lap  ;D
Qually was fine, 11th I think, wasn't expecting to be a front-runner.
Got away fine so my fears were groundless. One silly solo spin early on which put me down a bit but the rest was clean. Once things had spread out I was running 12th with team-mate Geoff behind (another traitor  ;) ) then a gaggle of UKGPL'ers beyond that.
When Geoff eventually caught me I didn't put up a struggle - figured he had more chance of moving up the grid. After that I concentrated on keeping those UKGPL guys behind me and getting those bonus points for a finish. Towards the end Phil started to make strides but it wasn't enough and crossed the line in 11th. Should have been 12th but for Remy's off - not seen what happened there.

Right, onto the general stuff;

Firstly a big thanks to the guys at GPL Racer for helping to make this such a great event. From the posts and chat, in general, I think most agree it went well. I am hopeful we will have a re-run at some future point.

Right, the moment you have all been waiting for, the result. GPL Racer - 276 points / UKGPL - 215 points (full breakdown below) so congratulations to GPL Racer.

Anyway thanks again to all who took part.

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GRAND PRIX EUROPA - 21/7/09

GRID ONE

Track: Eastlndn             Tue Jul 21 22:37:11 2009

RACE RESULTS (After 35 laps)

Pos No Driver                          Team     Nat Laps   Race Time       Diff   POINTS
 1  12  Paulo              (GPLR)      BRM      USA   35  50m17.635s            30 + 3 = 33 GPLR
 2  17 lorenzo galluzzi    (UKGPL)     Ferrari  ITA   35  50m21.247s    03.612s 25 + 3 = 28 UKGPL
 3  15 Stefan Roess65      (GPLR)      BrabBT11 GER   35  50m58.549s    40.914s 21 + 3 = 24 GPLR
 4   1 Hristo Itchov65     (UKGPL)     Brab BT7 GBR   35  50m59.031s    41.396s 18 + 3 = 21 UKGPL
 5  22 Julien 65 Mondragon (GPLR)      Brab BT7 FRA   35  51m00.924s    43.289s 16 + 3 = 19 GPLR
 6   7 Clive Loynes65      (GPLR)      Lotus    GBR   35  51m05.049s    47.414s 14 + 3 = 17 GPLR
 7  11 Thor Fischer 65     (GPLR)      Honda    GER   35  51m11.053s    53.418s 13 + 3 = 16 GPLR
 8  14 Uwe Herrling65      (GPLR)      Ferrari  GER   35  51m19.945s  1m02.310s 12 + 3 = 15 GPLR
 9   9 65 evilclive        (UKGPL)     Honda    GBR   35  51m27.754s  1m10.119s 11 + 3 = 14 UKGPL
10  18 james rye           (UKGPL)     Lotus    GBR   35  51m33.730s  1m16.095s 10 + 3 = 13 UKGPL
11  10 Fulvio Policardi_65 (UKGPL)     Ferrari  ITA   34  50m21.501s   1 lap(s)  9 + 3 = 12 UKGPL
12   5 Jethro Walters65    (UKGPL)     BRM      GBR   34  50m51.016s   1 lap(s)  8 + 3 = 11 UKGPL
13   4 ACHIM KRAFT 65      (GPLR)      Lotus    GER   33  48m41.130s   2 lap(s) 7 + DNF=  7 GPLR
14   2 Fabio 65 Locarno    (GPLR)      Ferrari  ITA   33  51m26.166s   2 lap(s)  6 + 3 =  9 GPLR
15   6 Tom Schloss65       (GPLR)      Cooper   GER   31  46m03.600s   4 lap(s) 5 + DNF=  5 GPLR
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16   8 Al Heller65         (UKGPL)     Lotus    GBR   15  22m46.755s  20 lap(s)   0
17  16 Billy Nobrakes      (UKGPL)     BrabBT11 GBR   14  21m37.236s  21 lap(s) 0
18  21 Mike Beattie65      (UKGPL)     Cooper   GBR    7  10m23.309s  28 lap(s) 0
19  19  GPLRACER6          (n/a)       BrabBT11 GER    0 DidNotStart  35 lap(s) n/a

(9 drivers each)

TOTAL POINTS;  GPLR = 145  UKGPL = 99   (NO team finish bonus)


GRID TWO

Track: Eastlndn             Tue Jul 21 22:11:15 2009

RACE RESULTS (After 35 laps)

Pos No Driver                          Team     Nat Laps   Race Time       Diff   POINTS
 1   9 Paul Skingley65    (GPLR)       Ferrari  GBR   35  50m49.444s            30 + 3 = 33 GPLR
 2  19 Tim Muttram 65     (UKGPL)      Honda    GBR   35  50m58.956s    09.512s 25 + 3 = 28 UKGPL
 3  11 natan Vix65        (UKGPL)      Lotus    BEL   35  51m15.799s    26.355s 21 + 3 = 24 UKGPL
 4   1 Sam Blood          (UKGPL)      Ferrari  GBR   35  51m19.892s    30.448s 18 + 3 = 21 UKGPL
 5  22 Heinz Ebel65       (GPLR)       Brab BT7 GER   35  51m37.416s    47.972s 16 + 3 = 19 GPLR
 6   8 Fabian Casula      (GPLR)       Ferrari  SUI   35  52m07.451s  1m18.007s 14 + 3 = 17 GPLR
 7  14 Andreas Gebhardt   (GPLR)       Lotus    GER   35  52m08.519s  1m19.075s 13 + 3 = 16 GPLR
 8  21 Peter Maestro57-65 (UKGPL)      BrabBT11 GBR   35  52m17.716s  1m28.272s 12 + 3 = 15 UKGPL
 9   6 Kelve McQuay       (GPLR)       BRM      USA   34  51m30.808s   1 lap(s) 11 + 3 = 14 GPLR
10  10 Geoff Heard65      (GPLR)       Honda    AUS   34  51m33.688s   1 lap(s) 10 + 3 = 13 GPLR
11   2 Vlad Vosblod       (GPLR)       Lotus    GBR   34  51m50.128s   1 lap(s)  9 + 3 = 12 GPLR
12  17 Phil Thornton65    (UKGPL)      Lotus    GBR   34  51m53.780s   1 lap(s)  8 + 3 = 11 UKGPL
13   5 Rémy Roesz65       (GPLR)       BrabBT11 FRA   33  47m55.377s   2 lap(s) 7 + DNF=  7 GPLR
14   7 Alastair Baldwin65 (UKGPL)      Cooper   GBR   33  51m09.690s   2 lap(s)  6 + 3 =  9 UKGPL
15  12 Bookie Westbrook65 (UKGPL)      Brab BT7 USA   32  51m28.601s   3 lap(s)  5 + 3 =  8 UKGPL
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16  19 john roberts 65    (UKGPL)      BRM      GBR    1   1m35.895s  34 lap(s)   0
17  15 Kelve McQuay       (n/a)        Lotus    USA    0 DidNotStart  35 lap(s) n/a
18  19 6 UKGPL            (n/a)        Lotus    GBR    0 DidNotStart  35 lap(s) n/a

(8 drivers each)

TOTAL POINTS;  GPLR = 131  UKGPL = 116  (NO team finish bonus)

GRAND TOTAL (both grids);    GPLR = 276    UKGPL = 215  : HENCE A GPLR WIN

SERVER REPLAY GRID 1
http://www.sendspace.com/file/eiqbc9


Thank you UKGPL for this nice and fair race!
Special thanks to Vos for organizing the event on the UKGPL side!
All at GPLRACER are looking forward to race with you fair racers again someday in the future.

@Paulo: There is no need to insulte anyone. We are all here to have fun.
This is a quote of our GPLRACER rules:



My short race report:

I had a turbo start and got a bit over enthusiastic into T1! Sorry to Fulvio Policardi for that!

In the beginning I had some great fighting with Beattie,
later in the race with Julien, Clive, Thor and of course Hristo.
The highlight was going side by side for nearly one lap with Hristo.
I will certainly keep this replay!
Besides I got a negative rank during the race. :)

This was one of the best races I ever had!

Hristo summed it up pretty well:

Cu
Stefan