UKGPL Season 22 (2011-2012) Intermediate (65) - Surfers Paradise - Nov 8

[bernie]

Fantastic web site Rainier lots of great memories there ,  faboulus picture of the greatest driver never to win a Grand Prix , Chris Amon leaning on the A660 contemplating the opposition was no doubt one of the most talented and the unluckiest driver ever .   

[Cookie]

Fantastic web site Rainier lots of great memories there ,  faboulus picture of the greatest driver never to win a Grand Prix , Chris Amon leaning on the A660 contemplating the opposition was no doubt one of the most talented and the unluckiest driver ever .   

Yeah!
I was a fan of Chris Amon since I saw him racing in a F2 Ferrari in Hockenheim . after a crash in lap 1 he rolled up the whole field and finished 3rd!

[ivandjj]

Fantastic web site Rainier lots of great memories there ,  faboulus picture of the greatest driver never to win a Grand Prix , Chris Amon leaning on the A660 contemplating the opposition was no doubt one of the most talented and the unluckiest driver ever .   

And on the picture below one Dr. Marko driving for someone called Weber. LOL

It must've been great to see that machinery and drivers in action         

[bernie]

Stuffed up the backside again 

what is it with 65's cant seem to race without everyone tagging off getting so fed up with this , dont think i will bother anymore 

[karlisss]

hmmm.
i dont have a motivation atm.
so i loose concentration in lap 11 and lap 13 was my last one
maybe for next race.
i started to learn saxophone... much more fun than simracing for me now )

[b_1_rd]

 

damn screen freeze with a lap and a half left, just as I was closing a race long gap to Axel! Grrrrrrr

Well driven Axel, really was flat out trying to get near you.

[Rainier]

Like at Aintree, I was hit by another car on my rear left wheel at the fisrt turn of the first lap !
I made a bad start and Axel overtook me and at turn 1 I had to brake hard to avoid a collision with him, ...and it was Skymole's car who hit my Brabham !
 

Then I had a hard race on a track where overtaking is very difficult.
The most difficult to overtake was Martin Hunt, two times I spun when triying to pass him on the esses.   
Moreover, he was lagging (his car disappeared regularly from my screen).
 

[BadBlood]

Replays are downloadable here.

Feedback welcome on how the Chassis allocation went.

[Geoff65]

Qualified 2nd and tried really hard to knock RP off the top step...but the combination of traffic in the wrong places and stuid mistakes meant .....well, still 2nd.  
Got a good start in the race and then managed to hit the shift bar with my hand, short shifting me from 2nd to 3rd way too early and lost all the momentum I'd had off the line  
Slotted in behind Ronnie with Steve B1rd all over me like a cheap suit, as the bus was handling like one early on with full fuel and cold tyres. Managed to hold Steve off until he clipped a corner marker on lap 2 or 3 and spun, leaving me to concentrate and settle everything down. Maintained a constant 2 sec gap to Ronnie, but found I could close it up when I needed to. Kept stock of where Cookie was behind me and maintained the distance to Ronnie for most of the race....til a couple of little mistakes slowed me up and let Cookie catch up a little and Ronnie stretch the gap to nearly 6 seconds. Really had to get my head down and started chasing properly with about 5 laps to run. Set the fastest lap on #29 and pulled in the gap to Ronnie to a whisker over 2 seconds at the finish. Practiced a bit for this race, and it showed I suppose in the pace I could run happily.
Congratulations to Ronnie for his consistent drive and well deserved win. Also Cookie for managing to hold off Steve, until the latter's screen freeze with 1 lap to go.  
Thanks also to the few guys we lapped for their excellent track manners. On to Mexico.....

[ivandjj]

Like at Aintree, I was hit by another car on my rear left wheel at the fisrt turn of the first lap !
I made a bad start and Axel overtook me and at turn 1 I had to brake hard to avoid a collision with him, ...and it was Skymole's car who hit my Brabham !

Skymole, did i read somewhere that you drive with keyboard?

I had 2 contacts with skymole at this race. I'm not saying it's all his fault, but both times his car drifted towards outside of the turn and we touched. Looking at replays it didn't seem that he really needed to drift wide when he did. I wonder if thats because of the keyboard controls?

Also, i watched him rejoin from the grass after one of our crashes and his rejoin seemed strangely clumsy, keyboard again?

If it's a keyboard issue, we better make a mental note to allow for keyboard quirks. And perhaps for him to take more care in such situations.

If it's not keyboard, my apologies for wasting pixels.

Otherwise my race wasn't too bad. Shame that most of the midfield close battling group retired early, so there wasn't much for me to do in the 2nd half of the race. Except trying to stay on terms with Du Fossa wich proved impossible despite his delays.

Can't imagine that 5 people made 2 shift-r's. Did anyone bother to stop n go after resets or just retired?

[Cookie]

Skymole, did i read somewhere that you drive with keyboard?

If it's not keyboard, my apologies for wasting pixels.

Can't imagine that 5 people made 2 shift-r's. Did anyone bother to stop n go after resets or just retired?

Sky is driving with touchpad and he is doing this very well!

The incidents you mention have to be reported to get a neutral judgement. My first look at them show no steering issues by Sky!

As far as I see there were only 2 s+r in this race...

[ivandjj]

Skymole, did i read somewhere that you drive with keyboard?

If it's not keyboard, my apologies for wasting pixels.

Can't imagine that 5 people made 2 shift-r's. Did anyone bother to stop n go after resets or just retired?

Sky is driving with touchpad and he is doing this very well!

The incidents you mention have to be reported to get a neutral judgement. My first look at them show no steering issues by Sky!

As far as I see there were only 2 s+r in this race...

He is doing extremely well, no mistake there. Still, i can imagine that device such as touchpad restricts your manouvering ability in close battle more than a steering wheel.

Incidents don't have to be reported if i don't want to report them. My judgment is that i could've left him a bit more room regardless of touchpad, lines and whatever i don't need anyone elses judgement really. Thx for the offer anyway 

It's still possible that there were more cases where someone got damaged and needed to reset, but retired instead. Whatever, its anyones free choice to retire when they choose. 

[maddog]

Surfs up!  It was time, to put on the fireproof swimming costume, and head to a new track, for a new Season of racing.  Given the strange luxury, of several cars to choose from, I chose the one, with the safest setup, to get me to the finish line.  But with a closely matched grid, this put me near the back.

The race produced insufficient debris, to prosper as I'd hoped, and my mirrors rarely rested.  Those behind always seemed in rather a hurry to get somewhere?  This made for some good close, clean racing, from where I sat.  Until with only 2 laps left, and with yet another car to harass my worn out mirrors, I suffered a screen freeze, to keep Steve's company.  Some good fun up to that point, and looking forward to more, and to giving my mirrors a rest!

[Ronniepeterson]

Before the race a few square steering wheel issues in the BT11 had me worried but Martin sorted me out shortly before qualifying started, thanks.

Managed to set a fast lap reasonably early which turned out to be good enough for pole. Qualifying was a suprise as the track did not seem as busy as I thought it would be so I focused on my own driving rather than looking for a tow.

As for the race I got off the line well enough and into the first corner in the lead. Geoff and Axel were ever present on Prib but I tried not to look back as I was having so much fun up front. Unlike Opatija, I really like Surfers Paradise. I was gutted when I saw the chequered flag as I could have kept going longer with no concentration issues. Whether in close battle or alone I really enjoy this track in the 65 cars.

Great start to the season and the Intermediates but something tells me Mexico and its unforgiving polo mints will be more of a slog.........I hope not. Looking forward to the next one already.

[BadBlood]

Blimey Ronnie - can't believe you were worried about tow here  Be a while until we are in the same division again. You are Premiership, I am more Bluesquare Bet Southern... (football, just in case).