THIS POST IS FOR BOTH GRIDS
Round 8 of the Formula 2 series will take place at Anderstorp, also known as the Scandinavian Raceway. The track was built on marshlands in 1968 and became an extremely popular venue in the 1970s, just as Swede Ronnie Peterson was at the height of his career. It had a long straight (called Flight Straight, which was also used as an aircraft runway), as well as several banked corners, making car setup an engineering compromise. Unusually, the pit lane was located halfway round the lap.
The raceway hosted six Formula One Swedish Grand Prix events in the '70s. When Peterson and Gunnar Nilsson died during the 1978 Formula One season, public support for the event dried up and the Swedish Grand Prix came to an end. The circuit is also noteworthy because it was the site of the first and only win of two unconventional F1 cars: the six-wheeled Tyrrell P34 car in 1976 and the infamous Brabham 'fan car' in 1978.

We will maintain the Grid A & Grid B arrangement but both groups will race together on UKGPL8.

Drivers have been allocated to the grids as below
Group A
Arf, Cookie, Dean Logan, Doni Yourth, Evil, Greg T, Marco, Natan, Fulvio, Badblood, Billy, Boggy, Il Lupo & Newblood.
RACE ON UKGPL3

Group B
Phil Thornton, Piero Mercaldo, Rainier, Raoni, Robert Fleurke, Roberto Teso, Ronnie, Samb, Turkey Machine, Iestyn, Dave Curtis, Rog, Maddog, Bernie & Walter
RACE ON UKGPL_T7


ONE reset is allowed but the Shift R must be followed by a Stop & Go in the pit lane within TWO laps. If you Reset on the last lap a 15 second time penalty will be awarded. Drivers must complete 50% of the race distance to score.

Due to the mixed grid handicaps are suspended for this race.

Race List = IGOR
Server = UKGPL8
IP = See IGOR for race list.
Race date = 11 May2014
Time = 21:00 UK time (21:00 GMT)
Track =Anderstorp, graphics update availablehere
Race length = 23 Laps
Variant = 1967 Formula 2
Damage Model = Intermediate
Qualifying time = max. 30 minutes
Password: see above
Replays available here

GPL F2 Mod: The initial release of the F2 mod will be used. The mod can be found here

The Driver list, Championship Table and series rules can be found here: Formula Two Trophy

Please restrict chat to pit messages including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Moderating The red zone will be fully moderated, the red zone will be from the start to pit lane entrance. Other moderation will be on reported incidents only or at the Moderators discretion

Steve,
First - welcome back to UKGPL.
Managing the grids & servers for this series has been very difficult this season. Best advice I can give is to register & see if there is a free slot. (Doesn't matter if you register Heavy or Light - I will allocate you to either Grid A or B). If we get a full house at Anderstorp then I will try & arrange the last races on two grids - subject to availability of servers.

Nice to see Steve back on the forum.  Hope that you can make the show, bud!

BTW, the forum pages are loading MUCH, MUCH BETTER the last couple of days.  Whatever's been done to tune things up, it's working! 

Had an off night, had the pace, but made many mistakes. Just didn't have the focus tonight...

Grats Roberto and podium

Hadn't practiced, didn't have a setup and hate Anderstorp BUT... was missing the action.

The start was a bit odd. We all set off and there was an issue up ahead so I stopped... and then exploded. Forgot to save the client replay but I definitely had stopped and then a car warped into me.

Ah well. Wasn't dead last as Bill was behind me so I put that right and set off in hunt of some braking points... started to get confident, especially as Bernie was keeping me interested but three spins later at the end of the airstrip I got lapped and felt that as a danger to shipping I might be better off if I shipped out.

Finally have a setup I can drive so if I put a bit of practice in, I might even be midfield next season!

I'll import the results tonight.

I had no time for any offline practice or preparation for this race, but I figured that it might just be OK as I know the circuit well. Plus I had some setups from other tracks that might convert well to Anderstorp...or at least I hoped they would!!

Arrived on the server with less than 30 mins to sort things out and started lapping on race fuel whilst I did one or two minor tweaks to wheel camber etc.
With about 5 mins to go I was way down the grid and decided to do a banzai lap to get closer to Robert and friends on the front rows.  I managed to get as high as 5th but then was pipped by Ronnie I think and dropped to 6th.

The start was a bit chaotic and the latency bar was high enough to think about discos!! I had to pause on the gas when the cars in front did not immediately leap away and played safe by keeping to the outside lane around the outside at T1, losing another place in the process.
There were a couple of "offs" by cars in front in the early laps and I gained places and found that I easily closed up the gap to sit on Jethro's tail at the rear of the train.   He mad a small error exiting T1 and put a wheel on the grass which lost momentum, so i nailed the gas and stuck myself down the inside for T2 trying to hug the kerb. I thought I had completed a perfect pass and pressed on. I looked at the replay after the race and although I think I did make the overlap and a good pass, there was just the hint of a tail end whip that clipped Jethro  
Then I was chasing down Marco? I think, but when I caught him he defended the entry to each corner and I spent several laps looking for a passing chance. This allowed Ronnie and Robert to close up and I was then like a man with 2 heads, watching my mirrors and trying to pass Marco. Ronnie was obviously keen to pass me and eventually we had a minor skirmish at the ned of the straight when he tested the casing on my gearbox. I thought that I had just about saved the ensuing slide and prevented the spin, but a wheel onto the grass snapped things sideways and I hit the big hoarding there. By the time I had recovered, just ahead of Ronnie ( maybe he waited?? like the gent he is   ) Robert had taken his chance and was scuttling away after Marco.
With Ronnie urging me on at every corner we chased down the leaders until I ran wide at the end of the straight and Ronnie slipped through. I had a big dose of "red mist syndrome " around that time and set about hunting down Ronnie and anyone else in front, determined to try and gain a podium place.
Ronnie was easy enough to catch, albeit slowly, but passing him was going to be another problem!! We had been joined together for most of the race and our pace was very similar. We both passed Robert who had gone grass cutting, which moved Ronnie to 3rd and me to 4th. A podium place was so close I could smell it...or was that Ronnie?  .
Then Ronnie made a small mistake out of the final corner and lost drive.... I nailed the exit and gas and got just ahead into T1, but I think we made contact? and Ronnie was nerfed.  So that was 3rd spot with 3 laps to go and I could see Marco ahead in 2nd place...but maybe just too far ahead to catch?  
Anyway, I thought I would just try and blitz the last laps and hope that Marco made a mistake or maybe I could apply some pressure. I closed up slowly but it looked at first as if Marco was just playing it cool and pacing himself to the line and a safe 2nd place, but as we passed the pits on the last lap the gap had shrunk.... onto the straight and I was definitely gaining.......he has to be low on fuel!!  . But he was still in front at the end of the straight with just the last 2 corners to go.... this is going to be a last gasp dash on the S/F straight!!  
I actually dropped back slightly before the last corner and lined myself up for a fast exit and just speed shifted up through the gears to steal 2nd place in the last few metres.

Tough luck on Marco who had held that second spot for most of the race  . Grats to Roberto on a flag to flag win.
Thanks to Ronnie for some great racing through the middle of the race  

where did I get the idea that it was Marco?

I have little to say about the race,
after the first round Robert eliminated himself, with his own hands,
rest of the GP was a struggle with myself, not to lose focus.

Rather, as in Mexico even this time I had lag issues.

Robert start well keeping his position with me on his neck, during all
the first lap he magically disappear and reappear here and there,
then he finished behind and to me the problems have diminished
but not disappeared as him.

As in Mexico, even here every time I walked into portions of the
track where there's other cars passing in the vicinity, lag problems
become evident.

If there is one thing in common with Mexico, apart from adjacent
track areas, is that there was a full grid of drivers, so maximum
workload for server and line.