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Season 19 Novices Trophy - Round 8 Rouen

Bonjour mes amis, Round 8 of the season sees a welcome return to Rouen-Les-Essarts, a great circuit built on public roads with both fast sections, a slippery chicane and blind bends.

Rouen hosted five Formula One French Grand Prix races and is featured in the original game because of the blandness of the Bugatti track. Good choice.

With a wide opening section there shouldn't be too many T1 problems but please be careful when the field is compressed at the hairpin. French polos are every bit as tough as the Mexican variety.

Reserve drivers should not join until there are only 30 mins of qualifying left.  However, all drivers should not go on track until there is 30 minutes of qualifying left.  This helps all drivers join the server successfully.  Please restrict chat to pit messages.

Don't forget to use the updated 65 mod for this race.

Please be in the IGOR UKGPL chatroom by 8:55 p.m.
(You will need to set up a channel called #ukgpl if you haven't already done so)
IGOR and Race passwords: see above (#post_event_password)

Server = 5.UKGPL
IP Address = ping myjamesonline.net
Race Date = 13-07-2010
Time = 21:00
Track = Rouen
Variant = 65F1
Damage Model = Intermediate
Qually Time = 30 minutes.
Race Length = Long (18 Laps)
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R&group=250&theme=6)

We have split the cars into groups based on average performance and split the drivers into groups based on average ability. The chassis numbers for Novices are as follows:

NOVICE CHASSIS GROUPS
1 - Lotus, Ferrari, BRM, Honda
2 - BT11
3 - Cooper
4 - BT7

Each driver has been given a seeding number and must pick a chassis with either an equal number or higher number but not a lower number. For example, if a driver is given a seeding of 2, he must pick one of the cars in group 2 (BT11) but if he would prefer to drive either the Cooper or BT7 he may do so. This means that a driver given a seeding of 1 can pick any chassis he prefers.

**NOTE**
Whichever chassis a driver begins his first race with is the chassis he must use for the remainder of the season unless a change has been agreed with the moderator.

The following drivers have made their chassis choice:

FULL TIME

Driver	Chassis
D-Rock	Lotus 33
NHance	Brabham BT11
roguk	Cooper T77
maddog	Cooper T77
maestro	Brabham BT11
il_lupo	Ferrari 512
happyal	BRM P261
Billy	Brabham BT11
gilles27	Lotus 33
G Poole	Brabham BT11
BookieW	BRM P261
Sharkfin	BRM P261
norbert	Ferrari 512
Vosblod	Lotus 33
Burtoner	Brabham BT11

RESERVES

Driver	Chassis
Nigel Smith	Honda RA272
karlisss	Honda RA272

The following drivers are still to make their chassis choice:

RESERVES

Driver	Seeding
miner2049er	1

Please use the updated 65 mod for this race which is available here:
Jamesonline.net/UKGPL (http://www.jamesonline.net/ukgpl/1965mod_PATCH_v2.0.2_Setup.zip)

Mr Happy  ;D ;D ;D
Well done Bill on a storming qually, had to go out a second time.
A win so no complaints, those I lapped were exemplary.
One scare - heading for the last lap and there was a spin in front - slowed as much as I could but it cost me my one spin. Luckily I had built a cushion but found myself facing the right way without having to use the Shift/R.

Anyway great race for me...

Well doen to Tim, Peter and Billy. Great racing guys.

My race was good, I enjoyed that one. I was quite slow in Quali, so down at the back-ish for the start. I was careful on teh first lap and tried to settle into my race.
That worked quite well and picked up a few places as other people had issues and spins. Had quite a uneventful race, I had 2 spins, a little battle with Martin, which I think should be left for the mods to look at, but apart from that I was clean and clear.

Good race overall. I will be missing the next one as I'm on honeymoon, hope you guys have a good race. I should be back (only just) for Watkins, but I'm not sure I'll be able to race, as I'm guessing I'll be a little tired. hope too, but we'll have to see.

Good drive from my new Clarkhill teammate Ross, who made a good recovery to 4th too, also Roger, who had a spin in teh last few laps, otherwise you've of been up there too.

Honeymoon!!!??? BIG GRATS AL :jumpjoy: :punk: :punk:

Although surely you could have postponed it until after the season was over?? :whistling:

I suspect my qually lap was something of a fluke – about 1.5s better than PB. Half wondering if the GPL clock was slow, although Prib was showing green in all four sectors. Halfway through qualification I was looking at pole position – but happy to settle for 2nd. Well done to Vos for pace & consistency in the race – a well deserved win. Also to my team mate Maestro whose 2nd place takes him to the top of the championship table.
Happy with 3rd place finish – first podium in a 65 championship race. Had a couple of detours to the scenery. The only major one I had enough gap to recover before losing a place. Also glad to see the chequered flag as Ross was making up ground fast.

One thing of note – the starting grid was spread at 15 yard intervals – rather than the usual 9 yards. Bearing in mind my 67 race at Rouen ended in a Lap 1 pile up – I’d vote for the 15 yard gap on a regular basis.

PS. Al B – I do recall you posting some photo’s of your new foot-pedals on your bed – suggest you don’t do that on honeymoon. Congratulations & have a great trip.

Disappointed to not make the podium but given the race I had 4th isn't too bad.

I was happy enough with 3rd on the grid but following Billy into the hairpin on lap 1 his car kept disappearing, I tried to be cautious but he reappeared right in front of me and I spun trying to keep my distance. Not sure if it was an issue with my connection (it's not wireless) but will have to check server replay later. Apologies to those who had to take avoiding action; luckily there were no collisions.

A couple of laps later Billy had a spin at the hairpin and, as he tried to recover, tapped me into the polos. I lost a lot of time turning around whilst trying to stay off the racing line, leaving me in 8th.

By lap 10 I'd recovered to 5th and was closing on Rog. He spun at, you guessed it, the hairpin, and I picked the wrong side to go and hit him. I needed a reset as my car was damaged but managed to catch Rog a few laps later when he spun (no guesses where) and then kept 4th to the flag. I was closing on Billy for 3rd but ran out of laps.

Well done to Vos for a consummate win, and Pete for an excellent second. Also top marks to Billy for a good podium and a fantastic lap in qualifying.

Al - enjoy your honeymoon, surely you should have arranged it for the off season though? ;-)

Finally, a race where I felt confident of doing well.  I'd pounded out the laps in practice, perfected a setup, studied my opponents form, and had a good feeling about the outcome.  Unfortunately though, I wasn't able to join, using the intended '67 Cooper from the previous weeks race, and this would make things more difficult. :(

Needed a perfect practice lap, to come close to the Chapman duo, but no luck, even after fully winding the rubber bands!

Brave men were they, who took to the track in such machines.  I had the strange feeling of impending doom. But with engine screaming, I crept, and leaped off the line rather slowly, from 5th, which allowed Norberts Ferrari to squeeze past, into the first bend.  Next, with the annual hairpin gathering, being smaller than expected, I decided to press on without stopping.  Then had Maestro briefly in my sights, before fate stepped in, and the track leaped unexpectedly to one side!  It was the first of several such encounters, with obstacles, known as corners. :-\

Before long, I detected a problem with the car, which was now insisting on applying the forces of nature, on its unwilling victim.  And I started suspecting things might be going from bad to worse, when I clouted a tree at 140mph.  I confess, I've not spent much time in a centrifuge, but wouldn't recommend eating lunch beforehand.  Very probable that in 5 seconds, I achieved a record number or gyrations, in any F1, able to continue.  Though such a goal becomes problematical, when the track won't stay still! ::)

It was around half distance, when I parked the car - wedged it into a nice gully, next to a tree, where it wouldn't roll away.  And was treated to a couple of great scraps, towards the finish, while I spectated.

Graphics woes from my computer, or connection, had helped with my record breaking attempt, while trying to feel my way around the track.  I'd recently had the same trouble at Imola.  But regardless, I don't think I could've come close to the top 3.  Apologies to Alistair, as I couldn't quite get hauled up in time, and glad it didn't cost you much.  I stop and go-ed rather sheepishly (not them again!).  It seems to me, that everyone is getting faster!  So I'd have to say, well done to everyone, and stop that, it's naughty! ;)

A nice race to come back to.  I was able to log on shortly before the end of qualy and turned a few laps with race fuel.  Started from the back and slow....it's been awhile since I raced.  Had a relatively uneventful race with a couple of offs.  Benifited from retirements and spins to finish eighth.   Good to be back if only on an interim basis.

BookieW

After qualifying 4th expected to see Vos, Bill and Ross disappear into the distance in the race.
Great times from you guys.

In the end early problems for Bill and Ross gifted me 2nd place.

With Vos off into the distance on his own, settled down and backed off a little bit as Prib was showing those behind me falling further away

In the end a very quiet and lonely race but nice to finish 2nd

Now a bit scary as leading the championship and Vos is definatley on a roll

After 4 wins in 6 races, is there anyway I can get Vos's Lotus changed to a BT7?  ;)

Whoah tiger  :whistling: :clown:
Perhaps the top two should automatically get the BT7 and Cooper respectively  ;)

That gets my vote  :laugh:

I've a couple of extra rubber bands I could lend you. :-*

In all seriousness, I detected rumblings of Lotus this and BT7 that so I will address it here without derailing the thread if I can.

Tim has more wins than anyone else but he is not running away with the Championship, or even leading it, before or after 2 race deductions. Even if Tim won Zeltweg with Pete second, Pete would still be top, and if Tim won Zeltweg with Pete third, Tim would be leading the title by 1 point, and RogUK still has a big say in which way it goes, so it looks like the title will be decided at the last race, which suggests the handicapping is spot on.

Having said that, Tim will be "invited" to change division or chassis next season, but for those reasons I will leave him in it for the remainder of this season.

With 100 points each still up for grabs I'm sure maddog and NHance still harbour some faint hope of victory too.

I am off on holiday, so will miss the next round in Austria.  A pity, as I'd already reserved  a 3th place finish.  I dare say I could let it go though, in return for a 2nd at a later race.

I was actually in Zeltweg, for the 1970 GP, which turned out to be even more interesting than expected.  It was hot summer weather, and I passed out from heat stroke - came sliding down a steep, dusty bank, and landed, on top of a cameraman.  Came to, and went staggering off down the trail, without stopping to apologise.  Moved off to a cooler spot for the GP, which was something of a Ferrari fest.

The family headed back for the '72 race, but a slight problem, with a slight spot of Appendicitis, put me in an Austrian hospital instead!  Seems to me, it would've been safer to be on the track!  Anyway, if anyone bumps into an annoyed cameraman on Tuesday, tell him I went home! :wacko:


maddog.

Stat results after round 8 - Vosblod took the consistency prize while there was a 3-way tie in the High Climber race.

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AwMtMND4F-o/TEWRlz6u3wI/AAAAAAAAAOI/uSCF7719a0E/s1600/Novs08.png)

* (P) in the Climber-Meister table denotes adjustment due to Moderator Penalty
** 0.00 in Consistency table denotes average laptime deviation > 5 secs cutoff
*** 2 worst scores to be dropped
**** Drivers must complete at least 50% of the season to qualify for Climber-meister final table
***** What's this about? https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=7653.msg135854#msg135854

Mod published.