I was returned to the desktop as I went to the grid in race 2. Maybe this was all part of the same glitch as Matt and Erling's weirdness and Dan's non start too.

In race 1 I squeaked ahead of Clive and Dan in the Falcon formation on the grid. Dan's start put him ahead, but was wagging his tail a lot. After one wag too many, he was off and with Clive off on lap1, the race was decided by the end of lap2. I didn't know if the tyres would last, so I was careful to be clean, not expecting an unexpected error from Geoffers, or a change in position.

Grats to Geoffers on the wins and class wins and to Daz and Hristo for the other class wins. It was an interesting series with oddly mismatched cars. I enjoyed using some car choice strategy to score points to make up for my lack of skill. That's enough for me for now. The wheel is off the desk and packed away. Thanks to Tony for organisation.

I lost connection (I think) exactly when Kurt left the server, just like at Oulton BSCC. Why it sometimes happens and why only me, I don't understand, but it's no fun.
I hope everyone else is ok and has a good race.

Moderation posted.

Season 38 1965F1 – Round 6 – Professionals - Albi

For round 6 we visit Albi in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France. Racing first started on the Circuit des Planques in 1933, the pits and startline being on a short straight before the road twisted down into St.Antoine. At St.Juery the cars had to contend with an extreme hairpin bend, followed by a railway level crossing. The 5.531 mile circuit was shortened in 1951 to 1.859 miles, before being closed in 1955 following the Le Mans disaster. Racing resumed at the nearby Aerodrome in 1959 which is the circuit we now know as Albi. The Chicane du Sequestre was introduced in 1988. Albi has never hosted a championship F1 race, but it held a Formula Two race in 1967 and we will be using the layout used then. Jackie Stewart won that race in his Matra. He was followed home by Jochen Rindt in a Brabham and Jim Clark, who had spun his Lotus near the Dunlop bridge.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL08_60fps
IP address	=	Look at iGOR
Password	=	see above
GPL Mod	=	65F1
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	albi67
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	37 laps
Replay	=	https://www.sendspace.com/file/w8lhkv

Handicapping:
There will be no handicapping.  Drivers have a free choice of chassis. Unlimited number of Shift-Rs are allowed with no need to make a Stop and Go.

Only reported incidents will be moderated.

Please, excepting emergencies, no chat until Session Completed in qualification. No chat in the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Driver lists and division specific rules can be found on the championship standings page.


Pro drivers:
Full time
MagicArsouille
Alain Maurice
AnGex
Arf Arf Arf
bagrupp
EvilClive
MikeBeattie
fpolicardi
Cookie
Baab

Reserve
Raoni Frizzo
Doni Yourth
Tom Johnson

Season 38 1965F1 – Round 6 – Amateurs - Albi

For round 6 we visit Albi in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France. Racing first started on the Circuit des Planques in 1933, the pits and startline being on a short straight before the road twisted down into St.Antoine. At St.Juery the cars had to contend with an extreme hairpin bend, followed by a railway level crossing. The 5.531 mile circuit was shortened in 1951 to 1.859 miles, before being closed in 1955 following the Le Mans disaster. Racing resumed at the nearby Aerodrome in 1959 which is the circuit we now know as Albi. The Chicane du Sequestre was introduced in 1988. Albi has never hosted a championship F1 race, but it held a Formula Two race in 1967 and we will be using the layout used then. Jackie Stewart won that race in his Matra. He was followed home by Jochen Rindt in a Brabham and Jim Clark, who had spun his Lotus near the Dunlop bridge.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL10_60fps
IP address	=	217.155.118.41
Password	=	see above
GPL Mod	=	65F1
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	albi67
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	37 laps
Replay	=	here

Handicapping:
There will be no handicapping.  Drivers have a free choice of chassis. Unlimited number of Shift-Rs are allowed with no need to make a Stop and Go.

Only reported incidents will be moderated.

Please, excepting emergencies, no chat until Session Completed in qualification. No chat in the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Driver lists and division specific rules can be found on the championship standings page.


Am drivers:
Full time
dave curtis
Rainier
Eric Bilodeau
Pete Bennett
francesco
PaulV
b_1_rd
Leo Galán Barlo
bernie
il_lupo_mannaro
BadBlood
philippe GIRARD
Rich Welsh
Billy Nobrakes

Reserve
Phil Thornton
maddog
leomenegucci
dkardokas

Chassis used BEFORE this round:

*** Remember - don't use a chassis more than twice or you won't get the bonus points ***

*** To register for chassis usage you have to start the race. A DNS = not used the chassis ***

Driver	Once	Twice	Three+	Bonus
Albert Hallu	BRM Brabham Eagle	Cooper		Not yet
b_1_rd	BRM			Not yet
BadBlood				Not yet
Ben "Welling" Summers	BRM Honda Cooper Ferrari Eagle			Not yet
bernie	BRM Brabham Eagle	Cooper		Not yet
Billy Nobrakes	Ferrari Lotus			Not yet
covisi2016				Not yet
DuFossa	Lotus			Not yet
dave curtis	Honda Cooper Brabham Eagle Lotus			Not yet
David Sochenna	BRM Cooper Brabham Lotus			Not yet
Dulima	BRM Brabham Ferrari Eagle Lotus			Not yet
Eric Bilodeau	BRM Cooper Brabham Ferrari Eagle			Not yet
Fabio Locarno	Brabham Eagle	Ferrari		Not yet
John Woods	BRM Cooper Brabham	Ferrari		Not yet
leomenegucci	Cooper Brabham Ferrari			Not yet
PaulV	Honda Cooper Brabham Ferrari Eagle			Not yet
Pepe Higdon	Cooper Eagle Lotus			Not yet
Phil Thornton	BRM Honda Cooper Brabham Eagle			Not yet
philippe GIRARD	BRM Honda Cooper Lotus			Not yet
Rainier	BRM Cooper Brabham Ferrari Eagle			Not yet
Ricardo Valim da Silva	Brabham Ferrari Eagle	Lotus		Not yet

Season 38 – 1967 F1 PRIVATEERS – Round 6 – Tripoli

For the 6th round we are going to Libya. We visit the very fast circuit at Mellaha Lake, Tripoli. The track was a 13.140 kilometre (8.165 mi) long affair situated in a salt basin between Tripoli, Suq al Jum'ah and Tajura and around the Mellaha Air Base. The track's most distinctive landmark was a brilliant white concrete tower situated across from a large front stretch grandstand that could hold up to ten thousand people. Mellaha Lake was equipped with starting lights, an innovation, and the additional amenities rivalled the best that continental European circuits had to offer. Back in the late thirties this was the fastest track of the world.

Race list	= iGOR
Server	= UKGPL10_60fps
IP address	= 217.155.118.41
Date	= 21-03-2021
Password	= see above
GPL Mod	= 67F1
60fps Patch	= 60fpsV2newmod
Track download	= tripoli
Damage	= INT
Qualifying starts	= between 20:45 and 21:00 UK time - until 21:30
Race starts	= ~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	= 16 laps
Replay	= here

Please, excepting emergencies, no chat until Session Completed in qualification. No chat in the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Driver lists and division specific rules can be found on the Season 38 pages for details regarding the rules and the 1967 F1 Privateers pages in particular.

The Intermediate damage model will be used.
Drivers are only allowed ONE reset followed by a "Stop and Go" in the pits within two laps.

This series is a joint championship with GPLBrasil so, please, read carefully these new and specific rules :

Drivers will have a FREE CHOICE of chassis however, a bonus of 50 championship points will awarded to each driver that uses all 7 chassis.

To qualify for bonus points, each chassis should be used at least once and no chassis can be used more than twice.

A bonus point will be awarded for pole position.

A bonus point will be awarded for the fastest lap.

Any driver who uses the same chassis more than twice will not be awarded any bonus points.

A driver must cross the start line in order to register the use of a chassis, participation in qualifying is not sufficient.

It is not necessary to use 7 different chassis for the first 7 races.
However at the end of the season, all 7 chassis must have been used to qualify for the bonus points.

Points will be allocated from 1st to 12th as follows: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Drivers must complete 75% race distance to score.
All rounds count towards the driver's championship.

For each race, only the top two drivers from each team count towards team championship.
All rounds count towards team championship.

Drivers are reminded that Lap 1 incidents do carry an extra 1 place penalty.

Only reported incidents will be moderated.

Moderation posted. Unfortunately, Ricardo's point for pole position cannot be added to the championship table because he didn't score points in this race due to a disconnection before 75% of the race was completed. I will add this point to him the next time he scores race points.
Philippe's bonus point for pole position for Monza has been added here because he didn't score race points there.

Another disco for me, early lap2 of second race. It was fine through both praccy and qualy and all of race1 
I wasn't expecting more than being last of the Cortina/Alfa runners, but the second race might have been more interesting with some Minis around.
Initially I couldn't get on with Oulton at all, but I was starting to like it.
This championship might be decided by who keeps taking the car that no one else takes.
Grats to all class winners.

Season 38 1965F1 – Round 5 – Professionals - Parana

For those racing their 1967 cars at the weekend in Argentina, stay a couple more days and don't forget to hitch your 1965 car to the back of the transporter.
Paraná is the capital of Entre Ríos province, to the north of Buenos Aires. The Autódromo Ciudad de Paraná has a history going back to 1941, but was a dirt track with various layouts until asphalt was finally laid in 1969. The track has never hosted a championship F1 race, but has seen many national and international races for cars and bikes. Carlos Reutemann was a F2 champion here. It is a wide track allowing easy overtaking on long straights. There are tight corners too and it runs in an anti-clockwise direction.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL08_60fps
IP address	=	92.116.164.85
Password	=	see above
GPL Mod	=	65F1
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	parana
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	31 laps
Replay	=	https://www.sendspace.com/file/qgtwhc

Handicapping:
There will be no handicapping.  Drivers have a free choice of chassis. Unlimited number of Shift-Rs are allowed with no need to make a Stop and Go.

Only reported incidents will be moderated.

Please, excepting emergencies, no chat until Session Completed in qualification. No chat in the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Driver lists and division specific rules can be found on the championship standings page.


Pro drivers:
Full time
MagicArsouille
Alain Maurice
AnGex
Arf Arf Arf
bagrupp
EvilClive
MikeBeattie
fpolicardi
Cookie
Baab

Reserve
Raoni Frizzo
Doni Yourth
Tom Johnson

Season 38 1965F1 – Round 5 – Amateurs - Parana

For those racing their 1967 cars at the weekend in Argentina, stay a couple more days and don't forget to hitch your 1965 car to the back of the transporter.
Paraná is the capital of Entre Ríos province, to the north of Buenos Aires. The Autódromo Ciudad de Paraná has a history going back to 1941, but was a dirt track with various layouts until asphalt was finally laid in 1969. The track has never hosted a championship F1 race, but has seen many national and international races for cars and bikes. Carlos Reutemann was a F2 champion here. It is a wide track allowing easy overtaking on long straights. There are tight corners too and it runs in an anti-clockwise direction.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL10_60fps
IP address	=	217.155.118.41
Password	=	see above
GPL Mod	=	65F1
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	parana
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	31 laps
Replay	=	here

Handicapping:
There will be no handicapping.  Drivers have a free choice of chassis. Unlimited number of Shift-Rs are allowed with no need to make a Stop and Go.

Only reported incidents will be moderated.

Please, excepting emergencies, no chat until Session Completed in qualification. No chat in the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Driver lists and division specific rules can be found on the championship standings page.


Am drivers:
Full time
dave curtis
Rainier
Eric Bilodeau
Pete Bennett
francesco
PaulV
b_1_rd
Leo Galán Barlo
bernie
il_lupo_mannaro
BadBlood
philippe GIRARD
Rich Welsh
Billy Nobrakes

Reserve
Phil Thornton
maddog
leomenegucci
dkardokas

Chassis used BEFORE this round:

*** Remember - don't use a chassis more than twice or you won't get the bonus points ***

*** To register for chassis usage you have to start the race. A DNS = not used the chassis ***

Driver	Once	Twice	Three+	Bonus
Albert Hallu	BRM Eagle	Cooper		No
b_1_rd	BRM			No
Billy Nobrakes	Lotus			No
Ben "Welling" Summers	Honda Cooper Ferrari Eagle			No
bernie	BRM Eagle	Cooper		No
D. Fossa	Lotus			No
dave curtis	Honda Cooper Eagle Lotus			No
David Sochenna	BRM Cooper Lotus			No
Dulima	Brabham Ferrari Eagle Lotus			No
Eric Bilodeau	Cooper Brabham Ferrari Eagle			No
Fabio Locarno	Eagle	Ferrari		No
John Woods	BRM Cooper	Ferrari		No
leomenegucci	Cooper Brabham			No
PaulV	Cooper Brabham Ferrari Eagle			No
Pepe Higdon	Cooper Eagle Lotus			No
Phil Thornton	BRM Cooper Brabham Eagle			No
philippe GIRARD	BRM Cooper Lotus			No
Rainier	BRM Cooper Ferrari Eagle			No
Ricardo Valim da Silva	Brabham Eagle	Lotus		No

Season 38 – 1967 F1 PRIVATEERS – Round 5 – Parana

For the 5th round we are going to Argentina. Paraná is the capital of Entre Ríos province, to the north of Buenos Aires.
The Autódromo Ciudad de Paraná has a history going back to 1941, but was a dirt track with various layouts until asphalt was finally laid in 1969. The track has never hosted a championship F1 race, but has seen many national and international races for cars and bikes. Carlos Reutemann was a F2 champion here. It is a wide track allowing easy overtaking on long straights. There are tight corners too and it runs in an anti-clockwise direction.

Race list	= iGOR
Server	= UKGPL10_60fps
IP address	= 217.155.118.41
Date	= 07-03-2021
Password	= see above
GPL Mod	= 67F1
60fps Patch	= 60fpsV2newmod
Track download	= parana
Damage	= INT
Qualifying starts	= between 20:45 and 21:00 UK time - until 21:30
Race starts	= ~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	= 31 laps
Replay	= here

Please, excepting emergencies, no chat until Session Completed in qualification. No chat in the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Driver lists and division specific rules can be found on the Season 38 pages for details regarding the rules and the 1967 F1 Privateers pages in particular.

The Intermediate damage model will be used.
Drivers are only allowed ONE reset followed by a "Stop and Go" in the pits within two laps.

This series is a joint championship with GPLBrasil so, please, read carefully these new and specific rules :

Drivers will have a FREE CHOICE of chassis however, a bonus of 50 championship points will awarded to each driver that uses all 7 chassis.

To qualify for bonus points, each chassis should be used at least once and no chassis can be used more than twice.

A bonus point will be awarded for pole position.

A bonus point will be awarded for the fastest lap.

Any driver who uses the same chassis more than twice will not be awarded any bonus points.

A driver must cross the start line in order to register the use of a chassis, participation in qualifying is not sufficient.

It is not necessary to use 7 different chassis for the first 7 races.
However at the end of the season, all 7 chassis must have been used to qualify for the bonus points.

Points will be allocated from 1st to 12th as follows: 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Drivers must complete 75% race distance to score.
All rounds count towards the driver's championship.

For each race, only the top two drivers from each team count towards team championship.
All rounds count towards team championship.

Drivers are reminded that Lap 1 incidents do carry an extra 1 place penalty.

Only reported incidents will be moderated.

Welcome, dkardokas!
The 65 races are split into two divisions this season based on driver ability. We need to know your speed and online experience to put you in the right place. Have you raced online before? Do you have GPLRank?

I don't think it's that, Dan. I did join the grid with a few seconds left, but disappeared with 2 seconds left according to Dimitar's video. From my perspective, I was in my car on the grid, but no other cars were there. I disco'd near the end of the (long) first laps at the Xmas Special and the Scirocco Nurby, then twice in qualy at Goodwood BSCC. This disco at the grid is new to me. It seems random, but more discos in two months than my previous entire online history. My setup hasn't changed. Disappointing as I had good pace which was quite stable. Maybe I would have died at T1, though...

One thing I notice occasionally offline (and it was the case here at Zolder 75)... when I go to the grid I am not immediately in the car. The screen does a slow walk back from the start line to my car before I can get in. I don't know if it does that online (it didn't seem to do so here) and if so then I need to join the grid early to walk to the car before the countdown starts.

It looked like quite an incident filled race. Grats to Dimitar and all who managed to reach the end.