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UKGPL Season 21, 65 Professionals Trophy
Race 5: Albi

Welcome to round 5 here in sunny Albi!
It's another great track and should provide some more very close racing - If it's even half as good as Silverstone apeared to be then it should still be awesome  ;D

Race List = IGOR
Server = UKGPL_T7_2
IP address = 62.149.202.168
Race date = 28/06/2011
Time = 21:00 UK time
Track = Albi '67 (http://gpltd.bcsims.com/?limit=10&author=&country=&type=&kind=&state=&sort=&show_results=0&show_gplrank=&intr=albi&sbtd=&menu=Show_Letters&send=Search)
Variant = 65F1
Damage Model = Pro
Qualifying time = 35 minutes
Race length = 50 minutes ( 40 laps)
Password: see above (#post_event_password)

65 Patch: The 2.02 Release of the 65mod can and should be used and can be found here (http://bit.ly/d8dECl) (currently down - also available here (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=3765) )

Driver lists can be found on the Pro championship standings page (https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?action=LM2R;group=305;theme=6)
The track can be downloaded from : Here (http://gpltd.bcsims.com/?limit=10&author=&country=&type=&kind=&state=&sort=&show_results=0&show_gplrank=&intr=albi&sbtd=&menu=Show_Letters&send=Search) (direct link (http://a.bosco.free.fr/gpl/albi67.htm) as the database was playing up for me)
Add-on’s available at : SRMZ (http://srmz.net/index.php?showtopic=3072)

Please be in IGOR UKGPL chatroom by 8:50 pm UK Time

Reserve drivers should not join the server(s) until there are only 30 minutes of qualifying left. Please restrict chat to pit messages. Moderating will be by reported incidents only, however the moderators reserve the right to review any incident with a particular emphasis on lap one. The aim is to review the race the following weekend so incident reports should be submitted within five days of the race (ie the following Friday). We're hopeful most incidents can be resolved amicably and recommend a days deep breath with a replay review before posting. A sorry in the forum won't be taken as an automatic admission of guilt by the moderators.
The race will be run on PRO Damage.

NOTE: Please ensure you join the correct server, due to the way we import if you start the race on the wrong server your result will not count.

Reserve drivers should not join the server until there are only 30 minutes of qualifying left so as to give the FULL TIME drivers chance to join, and drivers are not to go out on track until there are 30 minutes of qualifying left as this helps all drivers join the server successfully.

Please restrict chat to pit messages if necessary, and this includes the end of the race, until all running drivers have completed the necessary laps.

Clicked the green to go racing and ..................


CTD  ??? ??? ???


 :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Not a massive fan of this track though its pretty good fun.

My race was decided early on, got an Ok start and was up into about 6th, but due to the traffic around me i couldn't really hear my engine note. (I drive a lot by the engine note sound). My hesitation and caution during the opening 3 corners allowed those in front to get away and that was that, though i'd have been pushing it to go faster than them, i may have been able to hold on (just) for the first few laps.

I then found neutral instead of 4th gear on 2 sucessive laps and got overtaken each time. I managed to catch Tim and though we were both braking under control at the end of the straight. There was slight contact as we turned into the double right hander.

The rest of the race was spent battling with Policardi. Great fun all the way. He beat me in the end when i made a slight error on gear change on the entry to the straight, but he deserved it. We were a match for each other.

Well done to the poduim boys. Good Fun race.  ;)

Annoyed to have thrown 6th place away with 5 laps left but overall not a bad effort.

Most of my race was spent chasing the Fulvio-Clutch battle, I was slightly quicker but every time I got close I made a mistake. Shame as I would have liked to have joined in guys, it looked like great fun.

Anyway well done to Raoni on his first win, see you all at the next one.

Server replay is in the normal place so try not to overwhelm me!

My race went from ok (i.e. about where I expected on this track) to downright terrible. All starting at T1 where having jumped up into 4th/5th I ran too wide leaving room for the car inside and clobbered the haybales hard enough to damage my steering  :cursing:
As I perposely kept the car up against the hay to avoid bouncing back out again I also found myself pretty much last when I did rejoin :(

From there after much battleing I got back upto about 6th I think chasing Clive and Clutch, Clive made things easy and span off, after a while I followed suit by turning in slightly too hard while fighting Clutch and as a result got punted off at DD (Not your fault at all Clutch, poor awareness by me there :( ), thankfully this didn't cause any obvious additional damage but I was now even further back with Clive charging up behind me.
Can't remember this part clearly but do remember battling a BRM and something else before loosing it bigstyle at the final hairpin and damaging my car even more - letting at least 2 cars through in the process  ::)
At some point in all of this there was my spin in the middle of the final turn that clive avoided while Goran didn't (sorry  :-[)

From then on it was a quiet race for me attempting to reel in the car ahead while holding off (Ross?) who was some distance behind - only moment of interest before the finish was when Raoni somehow managed to take me out at DD while I was holding a very wide line for him  ???
I think I'll have to report that one really as it was completely avoidable (Someone else will have to moderate it though  - which will save me some work at least ;D ).

As I'm at the back of the grid all I can really say is well done to the podium and to everyone else aswell, especially Goran for eventually getting that damn Waza!  ;D

Not sure that was me Tim. From what I recall, you caught me when I spun for the second time but I was able to repass using the BRM's extra power.

Soon after that you disappeared from my mirrors, probably when you had a spin of your own. After that it was Clive who was closest to me but I was able to pull a gap whilst closing up to Clutch and Fulvio, until my last spin which cost me two places  >:(

Going by the results it must have been Ronnie  :)

See, I knew it began with an 'R'  ;D

Hopefully it's a good thing that the divisional moderator doesn't have a clue who I am ;)

Mod report published  :)

I really don't understand how you can keep excusing Natan's obviously aggressive defensive driving, because he does this ALL the time. Although he was the one who felt the consequences of such maneuvers in this race, that's not always the case (as you'll see for the Salzburgring race). Do we only penalize a driver when he's not the victim, regardless of fault?  ::) You know neither of these two situations were racing incidents because what Natan did was intentional...

Anyway, looking forward to your Salzburgring report.

is this satire ?

why would a victim be penalized ? and if a victim why do you say "regardless of fault?" because a victim can't be at fault ( in the normal sence ) .

john

I say "victim" in the sense that it's the driver who is taken off by the incident while the other driver continues unharmed. I see what you mean though, so maybe I should've said it differently.

Shome mishtake, shurely?

(yes that is satire)

english is a language that has many meanings , unless it's used wrongly which is most of the time , so you can be forgiven .


john

I see normal communication is impossible with you. It's obvious you're not interested in adding to the discussion, but just try and act like a smart ass. And forgiveness? Don't make me laugh, I never asked for any because there's nothing I need to be forgiven for - if you had the clarity of mind to follow my logic, you would've known what I mean without me needing to clarify. Maybe you should give me an example of how good your bulgarian is before you judge my english.  :)