UKGPL Season 29 (2015-16) Privateers Trophy (67) - Nürburgring - Nov 15

[Walter Conn]

I was able to survive quite a few minor offs. On the plus side, I had not missed that many gear shifts in the race. However, I pushed too hard on lap three, and I lost the right rear wheel twice.

I stayed on the server to watch and cheer on the finishers. Congrats all, Good race.  

[maddog]

Very frustrated indeed right now. 

That was me - lap 1, position 1 .  One second glitch at maximum speed.  Same thing destroyed my motor, and rolled my car on lap 3.  Two unhappy drivers.

[Ronnie Nilsson]

Sorry to hear Ronnie, please report the incidents

Awaiting replay...

[Robert Fleurke]

Sorry to hear Ronnie, please report the incidents

Awaiting replay...

Axel has uploaded server replay here: http://ftp://ukgpl3.dyndns.org/replays/Archive/Season29/Grads_Privs/

It can also be helpful to save your own client replay. Personally I try to save it at all times, also after DNF.

[dave curtis]

Was a hairy one tonight!

Lost half of qually, as I was watching recorded F1 from earlier & managed to fall asleep about 15-20 laps in 

I really could have done with the practice too!   Nearly managed to complete 1x  Q lap,   but flipped the car over on the final downhill straight thanks to the hedge jumping out after the bridge...   Still;  would have started from the same position anyway...

Race seemed to go out really;  thanks to misfortune elsewhere.   I really didn't want to waste the tokens,  so went with the Honda;  although no Old Spice required.
Have to say though,  the thing was indestructible.   Start/1st lap was ok due to problems elsewhere.  Luckily,  managed to even up the front end later in the race,  so severe damage on both sides [couldn't really tell!].

Had some fun circulating with Walter for a while and then Ronnie's Lotus [way quicker,  but he seemed happy to wait for me to fall off]. Then in the later stages Billy;  who was way faster than me & then off down the road,  but clearly had some major issues towards then end.

Previous fastest lap here was 9:08 in the Honda [my quickest car; really don't come here often as I don't like it!].   But was chuffed to have got in 3x laps sub-9mins;  good result for me.

Congrats all finishers.  Congrats on the fastest lap Bastian;  that must have been a real flyer!   However, I've just looked at the Pro times & they are quite depressing. 8:04? c'mon!

Bernie proving again he's no slouch either.


Cheers all,
Dave.

[Ronnie Nilsson]

Apology accepted, but frankly, I'm still seething.  Two races prior and one after this I will be driving poor cars to pay for the Lotus.  I end up 8th.  Far too many people in this league have a "die-or-bust" attitude, lunging for gaps that simply don't exist in places which are not passing places, and to hell with the consequences for other drivers.  I am not enjoying this at all, and seriously considering giving up.

[Michael Turner]

This is my least favourite Papy track and I wasn't expecting much - an expectation that was amply fulfilled. Starting cautiously  at the back I still managed to get caught up in an incident soon after the start and trundled along at the rear for the rest of the race.
But I did manage  a couple of laps without any offs ( a career first ) and some sub 10 minute laps which I regard as a major achievement
 A silly error with the finishing line in sight meant that I didn't finish the race but congratulations to Bernie leading the Soggie's revival with a fine podium finish

[maddog]

Car and driver were working well, and expecting good things to happen at the Nurb.  As per requirements, I grabbed the lead, and started to open a gap, up until the flat out dip before Adenauer Forst.  Whereapon, a one second freeze frame, allowed a rear wheel to stray onto the grass.  Slithering commenced, with a brief stop on the racing line, aided by that tree everyone uses for breaking.  My prime pursuer arrived immediately to assist, but instead removed a wheel from his Lot.  His was not a happy lot.  

I somehow survived to do close battle with Phil, until we were both overhauled by Bastian.  Checking the start/finish line at 2 laps, the first 4 cars were 4 seconds apart.  I then had a frame related engine reconfiguration, and another freeze frame shortly thereafter.  Noted how traction is lacking when wheels sit pointing skyward.  

Add one maddog to the list of those, unhappy with the service provided.  I will not be venturing back to race '67's, unless/until the connection issue now plaguing UKGPL, is fixed.

[bernie]

I joined hoping to just finish the race , Love this track but not too hot here so was very surprised to see all my race laps were sub 9 mins !
Even more surprising was to find me leading the race for 3 laps , how did that happen 
Just as I was dreaming of becoming famous and having front page headlines in the Wigan Weekly News , along came Bastian with 2 cracking final laps to steel the glory.
Bastian had passed me a few times but kept disapearing into the shrubbery allowing me to re take the lead , the Graph doesn't show how many position changes , there was some good scrapping going on down the order in spite of the outcome .

Sorry to here 1 or 2 are thinking of jacking , my own connection was better than I thought it might be though there was a few warp intervals here and there , in particular lap 1 when the field was bunched and frame rate dropped noticeably .

By the end of Lap 3 I was exhausted and remember hoping that someone would wave the chequered flag next time around , after the race It felt like I had done 6 rounds in the ring with Joe Frazier than 6 rounds of the Nurbergsring .

(typed this from the re- hab ward )

[Phil Thornton]

By the end of Lap 3 I was exhausted and remember hoping that someone would wave the chequered flag next time around , after the race It felt like I had done 6 rounds in the ring with Joe Frazier than 6 rounds of the Nurbergsring .

Brilliant drive Bernie.  You managed to keep your concentration better than me.  I managed to inherit the lead thanks to a few mistakes ahead only to do the same myself.  I think I damaged my car when I spun off on lap 2 because it was handling like a dog after that.  I lost a place to Martin on a twisty bit that I should have been much quicker on.  I then completely locked up at the end of the long straight after the pits (could have had a puncture??) and needed a shift R.  I tried to catch up to you but I wasn't making much headway when I crashed into a hedge row full of fly paper and my race was over.

Ronnie, please don't get downhearted.  Report the incident and it will be dealt with fairly and impartially.  The purpose of the moderation is to award penalties to try to redress the balance when a driver has been unfairly disadvantaged (not perfect because we can only demote, we can't promote to compensate a driver directly).  But it is also a means of learning from our own and others mistakes so that drivers get some feedback on their performance and some advice on how to improve.  Admittedly this can be done informally on the drivers forum but the moderating team's analysis tends to be more impartial.

[Burtoner]

Bit dissapointed, got on the grid and noticed my controls not working, I thought I could escape out and reconfigure them and get back in but I didn't get the green button to show up?

[DLogan]

Bit dissapointed, got on the grid and noticed my controls not working, I thought I could escape out and reconfigure them and get back in but I didn't get the green button to show up?

You can't rejoin the grid in GPL, unfortunately.

[GregT]

However, I've just looked at the Pro times & they are quite depressing. 8:04? c'mon!

You think that's depressing Dave? This might make you suicidal. I was significantly off my pace this weekend. My Q time included a spin. Pelle didn't practice at all. I was cruising somewhat the last three laps.

Lap 4: 8m04.554s [Off the track]
Lap 5: 8m05.373s [Off the track]
Lap 6: 8m04.581s [Off the track]

Here's some Q times from another recent race. It was Pro damage too. Read 'em and weep.

Pos No Driver                           Team     Nat      Time      Diff Laps
 1  15 Pelle Buchner                    Eagle    DEN 7m59.039s              3
 2  12 Gerd Höfferer                    Cooper   AUT 7m59.354s   00.315s    3
 3  20 Gregory Taber                    Ferrari  USA 7m59.830s   00.791s    3
 4  11 Tristan Bot                      Lotus    FRA 8m02.516s   03.477s    3
 5  10 Michael Lowery                   Lotus    USA 8m04.283s   05.244s    4
 6  13 Robert Fleurke                   Cooper   HOL 8m05.918s   06.879s    2

[Ronnie Nilsson]

I believe Jim Clark's pole time was 8:04. 

[bernie]

But did he run off track ?  doubt any of the above had a clean lap 

no doubt some s.a.  will be along to correct me though