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Title: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Mike Miller on July 08, 2010, 08:48:19 PM +0100
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Practice 1: 19:20 (60 mins)
Race: 20:30 (22 laps ~40 Minutes)

There will not be a qualifying session for this race. Starting order is determined reversing the average finish position found in this  spreadsheet (http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0AgyClStz4uopdFNjeEpuWjlFMHdBcHozaUtERTgwVWc&hl=en&output=html).
Please do not go out on track during the qualifying session. Your grid order will be set by the administrator manually.
New drivers to the series will start at the rear of the field sorted alphabetical descending (keeping the reverse theme here).

Cars allowed: Lotus Cortina Works
Track: Fuji Raceway 1970 (download (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=3356.msg54521#post_fuji70))
Time of Day Setting: 12:00
Weather: Dry
Start: ROLLING

We'll do a rolling start for this round. Eventhough there are start lights on the left of the track, the driver in position 2 will have a difficult time seeing them. It will be a double file start like we in the states do with SCCA club racing. The lead driver will lead the field around at a reasonable pace. Take this time to warm up the brakes and tires. If you go off or spin the car on the pace lap, you must start at the end of the line. Do not regain your position. The lead driver should slow well before the last turn to ensure the rest of the field has packed together. The race starts as the lead driver rounds the last corner leading onto the start/finish straight. Use the lap timer at the upper right of your screen to trigger the start of the pace lap. Do not leave your starting spot till the timer starts or you will be charged with a stop/go penalty. The server will be set as a standing start, but we'll creating our own rolling start.

Tyre wear: 1X
Fuel consumption: 1X
Pit-stops: none required

Server: UKPnG
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

Championship standings (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=260&theme=34)

Notes:
(1) You must connect prior to the practice session ending. Any driver joining after the administrator starts to set the grid positions in the quali session must start at the rear of the field.
(2) Please make sure you are fully aware of the SimRacing.org.uk Rules (https://www.simracing.org.uk/index.php?pid=7) especially the rules about in-game chat messages.
(3) You will need to install Power and Glory 2.0 from here (http://www.gtlw.co.uk/), 2.1 patch from here (http://www.gtlw.co.uk/) and enable terrain patch.
(4) P&G has no 'Pit Speed Limiter' function. You may go as fast as you like in the pits, but please exercise caution. Penalties will be handed out for causing contact in the pit lane. Use your best judgement when driving though the pit lane.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: ginsters sponsored on July 10, 2010, 01:00:01 PM +0100
I was one of the gents who voted for the GT class before this season started, as I've had a season of ankle biters at MARA. So its doubly disappointing to see these reverse races involving cars from the same class as the regular stuff that simply don't excite me. Maybe just me :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Clive Loynes on July 10, 2010, 02:09:38 PM +0100
LOL

I didn't vote for the gutless wonders either and much prefer something with a bit of poke.

Sadly, Simon and I will be missing this one, as it is my daughter's wedding in York on the Friday.

Hope you all have fun but can we have a man's car for the next one?


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on July 10, 2010, 02:17:35 PM +0100
I love the Cortina but must agree that a more suitable car choice could be found for this circuit. Porsche 911's perhaps?


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Manteos on July 10, 2010, 03:04:06 PM +0100
I agree with all of you, especially with Tony for a race with a better car than Cortina here. I need more hp sometimes guys ^ ^



Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: pribeiro on July 10, 2010, 04:37:06 PM +0100
What's wrong with the Lotus Cortina? It's a damn good car for a cup race, good choice (for me ofcourse) this one! At least it is driveable unlike some other cars.  ;D


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on July 10, 2010, 04:57:33 PM +0100
Paulo, nothing wrong at all with the Cortina.

The issue is whether an alternative choice would have suited this circuit better being as the Cortina is an "ankle biter" and folk tend to want the other classes used more for this Reverse Grid series.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Mike Miller on July 11, 2010, 02:21:29 AM +0100
My choice for the handicapped series was the GT cars, but the ankle biters do produce some close racing. The remainder of the reverse grid schedule will feature quicker cars.
  • Porsche 906 Langneck at Lemans
  • 911 IROC at Jarama
  • white Z06 vs. Ferrari 275 GTB at Watkins Glen

I chose the Cortina here because it is extremely difficult to control the quicker cars in the banked turn. It's almost like a crap shoot to make that turn in the more powerful machinery and didn't want to frustrate people.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: goldtop on July 11, 2010, 10:20:15 AM +0100
Well imho anyone who raced around the 1970 configuration of Fuji in anything faster than a shopping trolley must have been bonkers. T1 is a chicken run even in the tina and I would imagine is enough of a challenge for most.

As for the rest of the season, it's looking pretty mouthwatering by me Mike. 8)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Mark J on July 19, 2010, 07:43:03 PM +0100
Groan on the choice of car too i'm afraid. Not a fan of the ankle biters on anything other than clubmens tracks and Fuji is plenty big enough for a more powerful car choice being an F1 circuit. We had several great races here in GTL using a good variety of cars.  :(  GT40's would have been cool here. The tinas going to take forever to get down that long ol straight ! :-X


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Legzy on July 19, 2010, 11:44:41 PM +0100
I'm going to run Fuji in GTR2 shortly, so anyone who races this one will have a good head start on the non-PnG'ers. (but shh, don't tell them :shifty: ;))


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Geoffers on July 19, 2010, 11:51:21 PM +0100
T1 is a chicken run even in the tina and I would imagine is enough of a challenge for most.

I thought T1 was the easy bit, its the rest of the track I can't get right!   :(


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Giuseppe Reali on July 20, 2010, 12:13:18 AM +0100
Greetings to all, I am Giuseppe Reali, Italian, and I participated in several championships MARA
Clive Loynes informed me about the Fuji, with the Lotus Cortina Works on 22 \ 07 and I would be willing to participate.
Please tell me what should I do to join the race  ;)
Thanks  O0
Giuseppe


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on July 20, 2010, 12:17:52 AM +0100
Hi Giuseppe and welcome

Please read all of this https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=8095.msg143652#msg143652 and you should be good to go.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Manteos on July 20, 2010, 01:29:13 AM +0100
Hi Giuseppe, I'm Matteo Santini of VDA team. We used to race in ROTW championship, and some of us, use to race here since more than one year. Nice to see you in this place, I hope we'll have some duels during the next races.

Welcome aboard, I hope to see you on Thursday for some good races!

Cu around :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Mike Miller on July 20, 2010, 04:07:43 AM +0100
I'm going to run Fuji in GTR2 shortly, so anyone who races this one will have a good head start on the non-PnG'ers. (but shh, don't tell them :shifty: ;))


I'd imagine the banked turn would work well for the GTR2 cars with their added adjustability and additional downforce. I wouldn't mind running a Viper there as long as I'm even on # of stops.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Hotkeys on July 20, 2010, 09:23:18 AM +0100
At first I thought "what a strange track to pick for a race in the Cortinas", but on second thought I said to myself, "what a very strange track to pick for a race in the Cortinas",  ;D  ;D  ;D Not really my cup of tea this one - think it's way too long for close racing.

But I'm gonna try my luck anyway, the more people on track, the more fun, especially on a long track like this one. Who knows, we might end up racing 3 cars side by side in the fast leaning curves  :o

My guess is, that good setups will be very imortant for this race.
I have very little experience with the Cortina myself. Anyone who'd like to share a good setup ?



Stig / Hotkeys


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Mark J on July 20, 2010, 07:54:33 PM +0100
At first I thought "what a strange track to pick for a race in the Cortinas", but on second thought I said to myself, "what a very strange track to pick for a race in the Cortinas",

my thoughts exactly, i doubt a cortina has ever set foot tread on the far eastern tarmac of Fuji ! :P  odd choice Mike !
Still think something with a bit more oomph would have been more interesting on this track and im not that inspired to put the practise time in..but in all fairness i havent tried it yet, it may surprise  :-\


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: phspok on July 20, 2010, 08:34:24 PM +0100
I had quick run, and it is quite fun. flat through the 1st turn is nice. more power would have been more
challenging. Didn't we run here in GTL some time ago with Pantys and 914s or something?


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on July 20, 2010, 09:06:04 PM +0100
Yes and no. We raced a later version of this track.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Legzy on July 20, 2010, 09:17:17 PM +0100
& the cars were too fast for an average driver (I'm promoting myself ;D) to do anything other then hope he'd cling on at T1.

Happy to wait an see. Might get on track by 10pm for a few laps tonight.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Mark J on July 20, 2010, 11:29:25 PM +0100
okay so its not as bad as i feared after a few laps this eve, albeit not exactly scintillating. My drive to work is faster  ;)

1:50 qual for me so far and 1:51 with race fuel (40mins).


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Legzy on July 20, 2010, 11:45:26 PM +0100
1:51 in race setup so far, but hope to knock 1-2 secs off that yet.

I think it's a good combination. T1 is exciting in any car, T2 is very tough to get anything like right. Work it through the curves & then control the slides as you accelerate onto the home straight, where you get to enjoy the anticipation of gaining/getting away from your nearest rival in slow mo... Works for me :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: pribeiro on July 21, 2010, 10:02:37 AM +0100
I will try to do 1.33 without any practice as usual. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Hotkeys on July 21, 2010, 10:14:48 PM +0100
Managed a 1.49.500 on race fuel and could probably cut another second on low fuel, if I had the time to do a lot more laps.
My guess is, that the aliens will do 47's or even 46's once they've burned some fuel  ;D

Stig / Hotkeys


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Burtoner on July 21, 2010, 11:18:31 PM +0100
I cant get PnG to connect to the server when I try to register or log in...


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Wiltshire Tony on July 22, 2010, 12:53:57 AM +0100
I cant get PnG to connect to the server when I try to register or log in...

Have you read the big purple text on the race announcement page?  ::)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Hotkeys on July 22, 2010, 07:57:05 AM +0100
I cant get PnG to connect to the server when I try to register or log in...

Have you read the big purple text on the race announcement page?  ::)

If you still can't log on, try doing a new registration. For a long period, and for no apparent reason, I had to do a new registration everytime i logged on  ; I'm now at Hotkeys13  ;D ;D. The problem has now mysteriously disappeared ........  :o


Stig / Hotkeys


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: goldtop on July 22, 2010, 07:02:37 PM +0100
Won't be here for this one. Have fun :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Burtoner on July 22, 2010, 07:11:15 PM +0100
Sorry to ask but the car we using it that available to download or part of game?, just i select it and the game freezes?


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: spanner on July 22, 2010, 07:13:24 PM +0100
All the cars are part of the PnG mod, no addon cars are used. You are running version 2.1?


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Manteos on July 22, 2010, 08:57:55 PM +0100
Surely the last reverse grid for me... A lot of things I really dislike in this formula... the first is the way some people interpretate to defend their position... not funny at all.

Cu for the next non reverse grid race. Bye



Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Alex vV on July 22, 2010, 09:05:29 PM +0100
Apologies for the start delay. Computer froze up.
Then again at T1 and halfway it was game over  >:(
Must b the heat...

Nice track choice, very daunting stuff.



Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Mark J on July 22, 2010, 09:14:19 PM +0100
That was tough going whilst it lasted. Takes a lot of concentration to keep it on the black stuff at this track.

Stayed top 7 for 13 laps of 22 then got a tyre wide on grass round the back half of the circuit and was just a passenger as the car slammed head first into the tyre wall..engine killed and suspension busted. Getting rather too familiar ending for me lately in P&G  :-[

The top guys had way more momentum than me everytime out of that last corner onto the straight. Must be a setup tweak i missed. Stiffer springs and/or different ratio ?  I was on 40/45 springs and 19/37 final drive.

Kudos to whoever held it together for 22 laps and wins...you'll have earnt it  8)

ps, sorry but i dont like the reverse grid either, people should earn their grid slot IMHO, but it did make it fun to watch from my cockpit as the fast honchos caught and passed me with various clever moves or outright pace.  :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Hotkeys on July 22, 2010, 09:34:12 PM +0100
Surely the last reverse grid for me... A lot of things I really dislike in this formula... the first is the way some people interpretate to defend their position... not funny at all.

Cu for the next non reverse grid race. Bye



hmm.... maybe you should have a real good look a the replay Manteos. You're not exactely driving like a sissy yourself  ;D and by the incident where you end up on the hillside, it looks as if were lucky not to push the driver in front of you off the track  :o .

Stig / Hotkeys


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Tim Robey on July 22, 2010, 09:45:22 PM +0100

Wasn't a great race for me... started at the back but took it easy for the first few laps. Raced hotkeys for a couple of laps until he retired, and was trying to catch up with Alex 10s up the road, and suddenly he was in the middle of the road near the last turn, and I managed to avoid both him and the fence....

After that I was on my own just trying to get to the finish in one piece, but went wide before the last turn and was just a passenger into the barriers. Both engine & suspension kaput   >:( . Not too upset, I was running last at that point.

I enjoyed the track, but I'll reserve judgement on the reverse grid after a couple more races....


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: goldtop on July 22, 2010, 10:44:57 PM +0100
There will be a delay posting the results.

Can someone tell me who the following are please....


'Giuseppe Reali'/'Popetti'

and.....

'VDA Loris Temporin staltro su'


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Legzy on July 22, 2010, 11:22:45 PM +0100
Well I quite enjoyed that. Not a classic, but I was pretty busy from start to finish & it's certainly a challenge in itself that track (what ever the car) let alone when your side by side at full tilt then heavy braking at the last possible second while doing your best to hold the sideways slide inches away from the other car as it goes past you round the outside entering T2... eh Mike :o :o :o Great move mate 8)

 :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Legzy on July 22, 2010, 11:36:15 PM +0100
Surely the last reverse grid for me... A lot of things I really dislike in this formula... the first is the way some people interpretate to defend their position... not funny at all.

Manteos, I wonder if it would be useful for you to remember that you have 40 mins to get to the front? Sometimes the challenge of pressuring a driver from behind without making contact & earning the position :sweatdrop: can be as much/more fun then just forcing a move at the 1st corner you catch them.

Patience has it's own rewards. That's how I feel anyway, you don't have to agree of course ;)

Hope to see you at the next one, enjoying the thrill of the chase. :euro:


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Manteos on July 23, 2010, 12:03:20 AM +0100
Surely the last reverse grid for me... A lot of things I really dislike in this formula... the first is the way some people interpretate to defend their position... not funny at all.

Cu for the next non reverse grid race. Bye



hmm.... maybe you should have a real good look a the replay Manteos. You're not exactely driving like a sissy yourself  ;D and by the incident where you end up on the hillside, it looks as if were lucky not to push the driver in front of you off the track  :o .

Stig / Hotkeys

It's better if I don't make comment on this Hotkeys... you can't talk about lucky... you was lucky that I avoided you when you braked 50 meters than people usually do in that corner...
Probably it's a mine issue, but for me it's only dangerous to race in the middle of the group, when people get a too different braking points than me... and it's simply not funny, but that's only mine opinion. Reverse grid simply doesn't fit to me, but I guess some other VDA mates enjoyed the race and they will follow to race in the reverse grid events.
It's a matter of taste...


@Legzy: you are right, patience it's not my strenght probably, but I bet that everyone would have been surprised by the braking point of Hotkeys in that corner... so the patience can do nothing in that case. I'm not saying that Hotkeys was unfair, at the opposite, I wasn't able to calculate where he would have brake, but was too much before of any worse prediction I have done in that moment. So probably, I'm not the right man to fight in the middle of the group.
Probably I will make an attempt again in this series, when I'll come back from my vacation in August... I don't like to give up in this way,  so you'll surely see me again even in the Reverse series... but I'll take it as the last chance for this kind of race.

Cu :)



Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: goldtop on July 23, 2010, 12:27:36 AM +0100
There will be a delay posting the results.

Can someone tell me who the following are please....


'Giuseppe Reali'/'Popetti'

and.....

'VDA Loris Temporin staltro su'

 :sleep1:


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Manteos on July 23, 2010, 12:47:00 AM +0100
There will be a delay posting the results.

Can someone tell me who the following are please....


'Giuseppe Reali'/'Popetti'

and.....

'VDA Loris Temporin staltro su'

 :sleep1:

Sorry for the delay of my answer Goldtop.

VDA Loris Temporin forum name is: "(VDA) MinholoS"

Giuseppe is not a VDA teammate, but if I'm not wrong, Giuseppe Reali forum name is... "Giuseppe Reali"... nothing easier ^ ^, I've just checked it in the first page of this topic, so you can trust in me :)

Cu :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: fpolicardi on July 23, 2010, 12:59:33 AM +0100
Well I was completely umprepared to this race cause work. Luckily I had to start last on the grid. I lasted trying to learn the track till 10th lap when I got wide before last turn and I was done on the barrier :-(
Sorry to have joined in qualy, but my three previous attempts failed with a cheater message followed by a CTD. I could join only when I picked the last Cortina in the list.

Next one


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: phspok on July 23, 2010, 07:04:02 AM +0100
Was a disaster for me, partly my fault. partly bad luck. I was a victim of Matteo's hard chasing, not intentional
of course, and it's very tempting to get as close to someone as possible in the last corner, but I was tapped
into a half spin as I lifted slightly (and I mean "slightly" ) earlier than the aliens, and ended up going off into
the barrier, and spinning across the track in several people's way. No biggie, it happens, just lost me some places
Then I was surprised by MIke coming up the inside on the run up to the last bend, when I was concentrating
on not hitting Alex, put a wheel on the grass giving him room, and went into the evil tyres, engine dead, game over

A narrow track for close racing, and everyone seemed to have very different lines/braking points for various corners
I was following PR into T1, I assumed no one every lifted, but he did  :o nearly had me over the fence trying to
emergency stop. next lap I am expecting it, so go real low, and he comes down and we touch... ok I give in  ::)
Interesting and challenging track, but was not good for racing last time we used a variant of it for me.

Oh, and the double file rolling start doesn't work with Europeans. people seemed unsure of who they should be
alongside. I tried but kept getting my nose chopped off by the person I "thought" I was supposed to be next to...
so just went single file like most people seemed to be doing.

I like the reverse grid idea,but it needs patience from the back of the grid, and it needs a wide track with safe passing places, which this was not.
TI Aida )Okayama the other side of the hill would be a good place for this sort of thing IMHO


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Truetom on July 23, 2010, 07:10:11 AM +0100
Tried the track and the car. Couldn't make it round after 15 laps even with conservative driving. Will join next time if there's something I can enjoy - either the car or the track. Glad you others liked it. :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Burtoner on July 23, 2010, 08:38:14 AM +0100
Hi all, didnt want to race because I had no practice, and I done a full reinstall of machine, at least I now know that PnG and others GTL and GTR2 are all working :)


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: pribeiro on July 23, 2010, 10:06:08 AM +0100
I just love the name of the last corner of this 70 layout. Lovely!


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: goldtop on July 23, 2010, 11:27:18 AM +0100
Thanks Manteos :)

Results and replay now in the usual places


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Giuseppe Reali on July 23, 2010, 01:30:35 PM +0100
There will be a delay posting the results.

Can someone tell me who the following are please....


'Giuseppe Reali'/'Popetti'

and.....

'VDA Loris Temporin staltro su'

 :sleep1:

Sorry for the delay of my answer Goldtop.

VDA Loris Temporin forum name is: "(VDA) MinholoS"

Giuseppe is not a VDA teammate, but if I'm not wrong, Giuseppe Reali forum name is... "Giuseppe Reali"... nothing easier ^ ^, I've just checked it in the first page of this topic, so you can trust in me :)

Cu :)


Sorry if I reply late  ::)
Matteo just said (thanks Matteo) , I am Giuseppe Reali, in the forum are included as Giuseppe Reali and I'm part of Team 7 as a friend Fulvio Policardi.
I take this opportunity to thank the organizers of this league that have allowed me to attend.
Greetings to all  ;)

Giuseppe


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: Mike Miller on July 23, 2010, 03:42:25 PM +0100
I really enjoyed the reverse grid format. I am another driver who sometimes doesn't exercise patience. With the challenging track and this format, I forced myself to think with this mindset and it brought out some outstanding racing. I battled with Alex, Legzy, Lazlow, Geoffers and Matt just to name a few. The close battles lasted from lap 1 all the way to 5 to go. Fantastic stuff.

I came unglued into the turn 1 banking with 3 to go. I  rode up a bit too high on the banking and got up into the fence and tumbled back down landing on my lid. I expected a few more retirements here than normal, but wasn't expecting this many including yours truely. I shudder to think how many would have retired if we were running a quicker car. It is a tough track and those who exercised patience and precision benefitted.

The 906's at Lemans at the next round should be easier with the long straights.


Title: Re: UKPnG Season 3 Reverse Grid - Fuji (1965-80) - Jul 22
Post by: pribeiro on July 23, 2010, 05:27:45 PM +0100
I really enjoyed the reverse grid format. I am another driver who sometimes doesn't exercise patience. With the challenging track and this format, I forced myself to think with this mindset and it brought out some outstanding racing. I battled with Alex, Legzy, Lazlow, Geoffers and Matt just to name a few. The close battles lasted from lap 1 all the way to 5 to go. Fantastic stuff.

I came unglued into the turn 1 banking with 3 to go. I  rode up a bit too high on the banking and got up into the fence and tumbled back down landing on my lid. I expected a few more retirements here than normal, but wasn't expecting this many including yours truely. I shudder to think how many would have retired if we were running a quicker car. It is a tough track and those who exercised patience and precision benefitted.

The 906's at Lemans at the next round should be easier with the long straights.

Wise words.