UKAC - Osterreichring World Sports Cars - Porsche 917K - Jan 2

[Fabri Fibra]

Do you think we need to make the race 38 mins long (or 22 laps) based on two of you saying there isn't enough fuel to get to 40 mins?

No, 40 mins. About fuel, just pray.

[Manteos]

With a race pace of about 1 min and 43.5 seconds we should make 24 laps.

Il the leader will keep a pace of 1.44 dead there's a chance that we will make only 23 laps, considering the first lap that will be slightly slower than the others.

I'll make some laps later to see what my fuel gauge suggests

[KDiesel]

Do you think we need to make the race 38 mins long (or 22 laps) based on two of you saying there isn't enough fuel to get to 40 mins?

No, 40 mins. About fuel, just pray.

2nd that.

[Mark J]

fine by me, 'tortoise and hare' .. i'll be happy to pass Fabri and FMG's parked up 917's on the last lap 

[Mark J]

What a cracking race that was  . Loved it

Well done to the hairy chested 9 of us that raced    those that stayed away, you missed out. This track so suits sportscar racing and old f1   

Amazingly I qualified a fine 3rd with a new pb 

That lasted about 50m at race start when both Matteo and Alexey got past me (seriously need to get my clutch adjusted) 
Still, I got back past Alexey on lap 2 or 3 and then re closed on the top 3. They had the edge but I was able to keep about 4 secs behind them for 15 minutes and loving the spectacle of a gaggle of 917’s I action.
Then disaster struck! As I whacked another downshift for the hairpin my gearstick clamp fell off  and as I had a rift on I couldn’t see it  I had no choice but to pull off track and re-fix it. (I blame these balsa wood gearknobs on the 917  )
I lost 35 seconds and two places 
But I put the hammer down rueing my bad luck and re caught first Tudor for a good multi lap dice and then cut 13 secs off Alexey 
We had a great tussle for many laps for 3rd place but I overcooked one of the downhill turns and lost 6 secs  but re-closed again for a fantastic fight to the end and a photo finish 

I was grinning like a mad man 

Well done and thanks to those who raced and big congrats to the podium 

[Baikal]

                                                                          
Ohh it was one of a hardest challenge for me. Finally, I dont' like this car so much but i love the track and company    In testing,i was found the wings 10 10 10 bring the car most stable and predictable for me. Qualified in 5th and race start was lucky. But i know that my pace is slow and i don't need a close battles here with MarkJ and others faster guys. I've let Matteo correct his mistake , Mark for take his place and just drive, drive, drive. Was done only 3 mistakes with gears. I saw the Mark's heroic evolutions in race, but i've just drive. He begun to fight closely in approx 10 minutes to race finish. It was best moments in race when red lion fighting a blue turtle. It was very interesting to see Red Lion car coming from hell darkness on my mirror closer and closer . It takes me to defend my possible podium   ( due Matteo's gearbox was gone and he stopped his race in pits.) Last 10 min of race was a very hard to both MarkJ and me but  i've save my podium in very last meters of distance.

Here is a race cockpit onboard highlights . Interesting defence battle w RedMarkJLionComesFromRearHellDarkness begins at 7.15  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h27Gkb4z7ow
Hope that i will never drive this wacky speedy crazy box.   40 minutes race was enought here  

Osterreich and Holy Porsche 962 ST was more and more fun to drive ( for me).
Thank Mark and all guys- it was really heroical event for true racers  
PS FMG maniac still doing his things on track    
  

[Mark J]

eheh, i guess it was a combo for the purist, but i thoroughly enjoyed the challenge. I actually dont think it was that hard to race these cars here, yes you had to focus but it was otherwise great. When i was fighting Tudor and Alexey it was like scenes from the Le Mans movie and the sounds were amazing too. ....though not sure if that was a flat 12 snarling or Alexey gnashing his teeth 

Just wish there were more of us who loved racing these historic race cars, i'd love to run a proper historics series using these as one class racing amongst a field of gt cars in another class, especially at Le Mans.  but will probably never happen due to low turnouts. 

If anyone knows of any well attended historics racing servers, let me know 

[Ceolmor]

I would definitely have supported this event, but was never going to be available due to visitors pre-booked for 2 Jan.  Shame.  Love this car and this track.  Try the 917K at Riverside International Raceway 

[goldtop]

Love racing this era of cars especially on historic tracks. I was way off pace and rusty so decided to drive within my limits with the aim of not falling off just retaining my quali position without getting lapped.

Had a few chases but never really felt able to attack and relied on others' mistakes to make places. Enjoyed the little battle with MJ but I was clearly holding him up and wasn't able to put up much of a fight unfortunately.

Congrats to the podium and well done to all who gave it a shot.

Hope to make some races next season but always hit and miss for me.....do we have to declare skins before events or can we just turn up on the night? Never did understand the server situation with AC 

[Mark J]

Hope to make some races next season but always hit and miss for me.....do we have to declare skins before events or can we just turn up on the night? Never did understand the server situation with AC 

Depends on the event/series. Fun races like these you just turn up and get appointed a skin but regular series we tend to have a pre-picked skin pack that everyone installs (including the server) so you should always get your chosen skin.
Depending on numbers we often have spare slots allocated for turn up on the night drivers but obviously you would only get what skins are left available unless you had previously joined the driver roster.

@Ceolmor, did wonder why more of you historic f1 fans didnt attend a 917 race, same eras same auras 

[Wiltshire Tony]

Can someone tell me the tyre brand for the Porsche 917K and I will add it to the database.

[Baikal]

Can someone tell me the tyre brand for the Porsche 917K and I will add it to the database.

Good Year 

[Mark J]

ha, enjoyed watching that video, thanks Alexey.  Bet it looked even better from external cameras.

[Wiltshire Tony]

Can someone tell me the tyre brand for the Porsche 917K and I will add it to the database.

Good Year 

Thank you 

[Fabri Fibra]

Yes, I agree, these cars are from external cameras really cool, but onbard the driver has less adrenaline, no idea why.
This is probably also a factor for which some players prefer classic-F1s and not these cars (me too). I did some online races (there were also Willian and Mak) with F1 67 on this track, and the adrenaline was much higher. I mean above all the feeling of speed, and partly the reactivity of the car.

About my race, I was simple slower than FMG (and maybe than Matteo too). At last 10 mins I became very tired and I started to do some small mistakes and one big, going to do a run on grass to watch a cow. I lost a ton of seconds for that.
I finished second, having much luck.