UKGPL Season 22 (2011-2012) GT - Imola - Dec 4

[EvilClive]

UKGPL Season 22 GT Teams Championship
Race 3 Imola

 The third race in the GT team series takes us to the heart of Italy and one of the iconic circuits. Some sweeping bends that will challenge the road holding of the GT's and some tighter corners that will require some good brakes to slow these beasts down.
The team competition is warming up and it looks like every point will count in this championship, so getting your car to the end is a priority. The Porsches will probably struggle for outright speed against the brutal Fords here, but there are some Porsche friendly tracks later in the series which should redress the balance and it seems that those who drive the Porkers have their own race within a race to collect as many team points as they can.

 
Please check the Season 22 pages for details regarding rules and the GT Teams Championship pages in particular.

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.

The GT races are run under Int Long rules and there will be full moderation of lap one Red Zone and reported incidents for the rest of the race, however the moderators reserve the right to review any incident. Drivers are reminded that they are limited to ONE Shift-R

Please submit incident reports within a week after the race so that the moderators report may be out before the next race.

Race List = iGOR
Server = T7_2
IP address =62.149.202.168
Race date = 20/11/2011
Time = 21:00 UK time
Track = Imola
Variant = GT mod
Damage Model = Int
Qualifying time = 30 minutes
Race length = 35 laps
Password: see above

There will be rolling starts for all races with full moderation of both the warm-up and first lap.

Guidelines for rolling starts...

The car on pole will lead off the grid and maintain a steady pace for the 1st lap around 175kph
All drivers should form up in single file behind him leaving 3-4 car lengths between each car.
There is NO OVERTAKING on the 1st lap until the exit of the last corner.
It is the reponsibility of the lead car to ensure that all drivers are with him as he approaches the final corner.
Racing and overtaking begin AFTER the exit of the last corner, so you may overtake between the exit of the last corner and the S/F line.

Any driver who loses his position on the rolling lap, by going off, blowing his engine or through contact with another car ( regardless of fault) must rejoin at the back of the field.
Incidents on the rolling lap ( Lap 1) will be fully modded and anyone found to have caused another competitor to lose position through bad driving will be penalised appropriately.
Also, please make sure that you know which car you should be following on the rolling lap, so that you do NOT get out of position.

The teams have been chosen and the cars are polished and ready to go.

TEAMS

GT International Team
Juha Hallikainen, David Rainier, Axel "Cookie"   
Cars                     
Ford Mk2B, Ford Mk2B, Lola T70 MkIII


Team 7
Fulvio Policardi, S2173, Samb
Cars
Lola T70, Mirage M1, Porsche 910


Hiki Waza Racing
EvilClive, Nigel Smith, FMG?
Cars
Porsche 910, Lola, Ford GT40 Mk4


Clark Hill Racing
Al Heller, King Hiro, Bartosz/Vosblod
Cars
Mirage M1, Lola T70, Porsche 910


Team Green
Doni Yourth, Phil Thornton, Jason Blito
Cars
Ferrari, Ford GT40 Mk2B, Porsche 910


Team Godzilla
Alex Barresi, Mark75 Barresi, Badblood   
Cars                     
Ford Mk2B, Ford Mk2B, Ford Mk2B



Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page

Password: see above

[1967driver]

The race is imminent and i ask for a response to my question in GT subscription thread:

"In exception at actual rules, i ask the moderators to be able to replace the 3 Gt40 Mk II, purchased for the championship, with as many Porsche 910, to be used for the remaining 8 races.
I accept immediate penalty for the violation of the rule g) or, alternatively, to have cleared the points scored in two races played so far".

[EvilClive]

Apologies Alex, I missed that request.

Unfortunately, the rules are quite clear, the cars which are selected at the beginning of the season are the ones that you must use for all of the races. The whole ethos of this championship is to select the cars that will work best throughout the whole season with your team of drivers.

The tracks have been chosen to give the slower cars an advantage at some circuits and the faster cars at others. If we allow your team cars to be changed after a few races, then we must allow ALL teams the same opportunity to switch their cars if they want to, and it ceases to be the challenge it was intended to be.

There are still quite a few tracks where we have to race, where the Mk2 will have a distinct speed advantage over cars like the Porsche, Ferrari or Lola so I do not think that you are at a huge disadvantage for the rest of the season.

[1967driver]

All this was already clear to me: the request was, in fact, notwithstanding rules and motivated by the fact that my First Driver Paul has a few minor (?!) problems to keep on track the GT40 (this i do not know, when I chose the car in preseason).
If you change your opinion, at least give him the Porsche so that he can have fun like everyone else, and penalize the team for violation of the rule g); Marco and i can stay with the GT40 with no problems.
Paul, i authorize you to throw out everything that moves on the track at Imola, also your teammates ... 

[BadBlood]

Alex,

I very much appreciate the sentiment but don't let the fact I can't drive ruin your enjoyment. I am having fun, even in the Mk 2. My aims are just a little lower than other drivers - e.g. Try to average less than one spin per lap; set a PB and bask in the reflected glory of the mighty Barresi bros.

Don't forget - I am a reigning champion - check out Season 21

[EvilClive]

Alex,


Thank you for considering your team mate Paul and I completely understand that you did not know how well he would perform with the Mk2B when you chose that as the team car.
Paul has expressed his views here and seems happy to continue with his car. I think Paul may be receiving some "help" with setups to make his car easier to drive.

[BadBlood]

Gentleman,

I have been asked to attend a meeting tomorrow night at 8:30 pm so either some kind soul needs to start the server or I shall start it at 8:25.

Apologies to Clive and to my team for the problem.

[EvilClive]

If you are able to Paul, I see no reason why the server cannot be started at 8:25.

Because we are starting it very early can we make it clear on IGOR that it is THE RACE SERVER?

[BadBlood]

Yep

[fpolicardi]

Gentleman,

I have been asked to attend a meeting tomorrow night at 8:30 pm so either some kind soul needs to start the server or I shall start it at 8:25.

Apologies to Clive and to my team for the problem.

Paul I'm setting right now T7 server for 35 laps Long race and I can start it tonight no problem.
Ciao

[BadBlood]

Thank you very much Fulvio.

[s2173]

I didn't think it could get any worse than the last race (or the one before that...or the one before that...or...yeah) but I was wrong. Yeah, I finished... last... and with the penalty points I'll be worse than last...

At start everyone ahead started fast...and braked hard again. I panicked, locked all the brakes and doors I could find,  kicked the hell out of all pedals and turned the steering wheel the wrong way... into someone, probably Nigel. Then I was running after the rest again, and the rolling lap was abit too fast to be rolling...Then there were alot of people parked at the starting line of lap 2. What they did there I don't know, probably were setting a police blockade for me...  I managed to squeese barely between them and then finished in the fence. And after I got out of there, I was last... for the rest of the race. Crash after crash and spin after spin I made my way trough the rest of the laps, and my frustration and terror were like hot and cold waves, swallowing me whole,  and I saw monsters and ugly faces grinning and pointing at me, hidden in the trees, and I heard cruel laughter when I passed under the tribunes... And the engine went almost dead with 10 laps to go...  And then I finished something...I think...I don't know what, why or where...

[BadBlood]

The race has been imported but Al Heller was DQ'ed by the server and his place will (almost certainly) be re-instated.

As always, replay is available here. Just select the GTs series and click the download link. Analysis is available if you click on the Archive name.

That analysis is available directly from here.

The Replay .rar files are available here.

[Phil Thornton]

Don't know what happened at the start but I expected everyone to have floored it after Rivazza (the last left hander) not leave it until the kink before the start line.  Consequently when I was left for dead at exit of Rivazza I though the race was on and the last thing I expected to see was several cars practically stationary on the start line.  I managed to anchor on but ended up on the grass I somehow managed to miss everyone and carried on albeit several places down.

I had a good battle with Geoff and Fulvio in the early laps until I made a mistake at Acque Minerali.  I lost touch with Fulvio but continued my dice with Geoff until he slid off at Rivazza and I was through.  I tried my best to catch Fulvio but each time I made a bit of ground I ended up running wide somewhere and loosing all the ground I had made up.

Quite pleased with my pace but the Porker was capable of more as Tim was able to show.  That's 3 GT races in the Porker done for me, looking forward to a quicker car for the next round

Grats to Doni on pole position, pit you couldn't turn it into a win.  I was monitoring you progress on Pribluda, you were looking good for most of the race!  Close finish though only 4/100 ths behind Mark.

Well done on a finish Jason.

[s2173]

Allways fun to read the mechanical report afterwards... I think my car looked something like this at the  end...