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The next race in the short GT series is at Mexico ( original Papyrus circuit)

date:-     28th Jan 2011

time:-     9:00 p.m.  UK local time

where:-   UKGPL chatroom in IGOR ( password for chat "savage")

Race Length:-  30 laps

Server password:-  Password will be posted on the UKGPL forum 24hrs before the race start and will be available in the chatroom before the race.

Qualification will be 20minutes starting at 9:00 p.m. Please do not leave the pits until 20 minutes is left on countdown timer. This is to allow all competitors to join the server.

The current permanent teams are.

Blue Team         Blue Team cars
Nicky Ickx   Ferrari
Paul Badblood   Ferrari
Lupo Minaro   Ferrari

Red Team              Red Team cars
Pod Zuitek   Chapp 2F
Ronnie Peterson   Porsche
Blito      Lola

Green Team       Green Team cars
Phil Thornton   Lola
Evilclive      Ford MK1
Francesco      Ferrari

Orange Team        Orange Team cars
Goran Jonsson   Lola
Hristo Itchov   Chapp 2F
Happy Al      Mirage

Drivers are permitted to switch between the 3 available team cars race by race.

There are 2 further teams available for "part time" drivers although these could be converted to a Permanent Team, if 3 drivers can commit to attending all races.
To guarantee yourself a drive in the White or Black Teams you will need to post your intention to drive below before midnight on Thursday and places will be allocated in the order in which the cars are listed.


      White Team cars available for hire
1st applicant      Ford Mk1            Andrea
2nd applicant      Ferrari                Fulvio
3rd applicant      Chapp 2D            Samb

      Black Team cars available for hire
4th applicant      Mirage                Al
5th applicant      Chapp 2F            Juha
6th applicant      Porsche              Natan

There is space for a single Privateer wildcard entrant if all other places are filled in a..........Chapp 2D.

Rules:-
To score points you must complete the race. No finish= NoPoints
Each driver is permitted a SINGLE  "SHIFT-R" per race regardless of fault, which must be followed by a Stop'nGo in the Pitlane within 2 laps, or the driver will be DQ'd.

Count me in for this one. Now I've finally got my grubby mits on my desktop so now I can run GPL in all its glory  ;D. If I have a chance to pick a car, can I ask for anything except the Porshce?  ::) As lovely as it is to drive, I've found the thing a little gutless  :D.

Count me in please :)

As Samb and Fulvio have indicated that they will run on Friday, they will be in the WHITE team cars.

If Samb and Fulvio are volunteering for "Full Time " duties, we only need one more driver to complete a 5th team....anyone volunteering for the next 4 Friday evenings????


You can then have the pick of either the White or Black team and their cars on a permanent basis.   ;D

If Fulvio has gone full time should his 'guest' spot for Oranges be transferred to White? They actually benefited from H's absence! that can't be right :( Mind you, he'd have probably won it anyway...

A bit off topic but those of you interested in the Chappy 2F might like this article

http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/2011/01/24/phil-hill-and-the-chaparral-2f/

I like the last paragraph:

"As epic a period as the ’60s was technically and aesthetically it was also, as we all know, a deadly time."

Hello, my name is andrea :)
I learned from Fabio Locarno that there will be a race in Mexico on Friday with the GT mod .. I read the rules and from what I understand I will receive the Ford MK1 .. (correct me if I'm wrong)

Hi Andrea and welcome to UKGPL

If you wish to race Friday, that is OK.     You will be in the White team with Fulvio and Samb.

I think you will need to work with Fulvio and Samb to agree which car you each drive  Ford Mk1  or   Ferrari   or  Chapp 2D .

count me in too, i ll drive chap  :)

Im in with porshe black team

Afraid I wont know for certain if I can make it, but it's likely I will be there.

Tried a few laps with teh Mirage, and the middle bits are like trying to pilot an oil tanker around.

What type of times are people getting here? I'm about the 2 minute mark.

I had a 1:48 in the Chaparral yesterday in the BREASTS race, going to post a guide later today if I have time.

You should post your times on GPLRank, just so we can compare times and see how much I need to improve.

A track guide would be great, I hope you get time.

 :o if I got it right , BadBlood dont have the time for GT Mexico race tomorrow .

Could Maddog drive insteed for the blue team ?
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 ::) if needed , I can set up an 2nd server

If any permanent teams have spare places, then of course we can allow part-timers to fill the vacancies.

Anyone else who wants to race should post here and we can sort things out.

i know what you mean about the middle of the lap!
1:56 (lola)

btw, added you as a buddy on GPLrank:)

Praccy server up on IGOR if anyone is interested.

Holy moly this is hard - just had a quick praccy (just in case the wife gets better) and it is HARD. At least Oil Tankers turn eventually!

Sorry to let you down Captain, Mr. Wolf! It may turn out to be a blessing in disguise!

Go Blues

Clive and Goran,
T7 server is set for 30 laps Int Long and is waiting on Listening Igor on Server Console session. Just launch it via Remote/Igor, don't try to connect to server via Remote Desktop.  ;)
Cya tomorrow

Here's a lap in the Chaparral and a track guide:

http://racingleague.co.cc/hikiwaza/track-guides/heating-up-at-mexico-city-in-the-chaparral-mk2f/

I've also commented on GT setups and included the few ones I have in my setup pack, so redownload it (updates to Instructions.txt as well to address the GT mod) if you want to take a look.

Thanks for the guide H, that helps me quite a bit. Good to know that I'm basicly there, just not able to carry the speed in the corners.

Just a note of the setup, I've gone the other way to you. I'm not an expert and if I'm honest I haven't sat down and thought it all out. On the Mirage I've made everything much stiffer, push the brake balance back to 51, lowered it and added much more toe in. I still find braking so difficult in these cars, I'm basicly only using about half of my brake travel in ordered not to lock the wheels.

This is the only way I can make it drivable for me, my tires heat up quite quickly, and I've got teh feeling there are going to over heat during the race. I also have too much oversteer which I need to work on.

I will try making the setup softer and see if that helps.

Maddog can certainly be a substitute for Paul if he does not make it.

If you can run a second server, and still race with us, that might be the simplest answer Nicky. 

We have a UKGPL server on standby but i will have to PM someone to fire it up if we use that.

I will be able to make it tonight.  Happy to drive wherever I can.  Is the Chap 2D still up for the wildcard slot?

And tonights password is?

Tonights password is    taco


forum has been down and I have just posted this before the race

I have sorted the provisional results for this race but need to look at the server replay as some drivers vanished from my client replay and need investigating.

Goran, can you give me a link to d'load the server replay please.

Well with the forum back it's time for me to catch up on my race reports  ;D. That race was certainly very entertaining! If I'm honest my memory of the race is rather vague but I do remember making plenty of errors and somehow managing to lose it at the very sharp hairpin, losing about 10 places in the process. After that, it was a case of playing catch up passing plenty of cars but occasionally got a little confused not knowing which lap people were on.

I'm afraid as a result of that I made a mess at passing Ronnie when I thought I was lapping his car as he seemed to brake early for a particular corner after I had just passed Martin's Ferrari. I made a lunge from miles behind as I was eager to make up lost time but sadly Ronnie, quite correctly, took the racing line leaving me nowhere to go and hitting him from behind. Deeply sorry about that Ronnie. And just to rub salt in the wound few laps later I spun right in front of him and we collided again!

Well, I can safely say the Chapp 2D is nothing short of bulletproof given the amount of punishment I was giving it. I did an entire somersault in mid-air after hitting Bartosz, missed a few gears here and there buzzing the engine, collided with Ronnie twice and kept clipping the tyres on the insides of the corners. I imagine the engine will detonate on lap 1 at Reims now that I've said that  :).

I am reviewing the server replay of this race and there is a slight problem!!


I am sure that I remember seeing Natan Veksler running in this race??? but there is no sign of him on the replay???  It looks like the server dropped him just before the start and by a process of elimination I think he may have finished the race in 15th place???

Does anyone have any info on this???

He must have borrowed my Porsche cloaking device and left it turned on for the whole race!

In that case you are both disqualified for having non FIA ( or moderator)  approved electronic aids!!!!   ;D