Phil Thornton
UKGPL Consigliere
Administrator
Hero Member
Posts: 8026
|
|
« on: January 21, 2020, 07:04:56 PM +0000 » |
|
Season 36 – 1955 Grand Prix – Round 1 – Zolder
The first race in the 1955 Grand Prix series takes us to Zolder in the Belgium. Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as the 1980 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix. F1 moved to Zolder in 1973 and with the exception of a race at Nivelles-Baulers in 1974, Zolder was the location of the Belgian Grand Prix until 1982. That year, Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve was killed during qualifying at the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix. Villeneuve's Ferrari 126C2 collided at speed with the March of Jochen Mass. The Ferrari was torn up in the accident and when rolling, Villeneuve was thrown from the car.
After Villeneuve's death, the Belgian Grand Prix was held at Spa-Francorchamps in 1983, before returning to Zolder one final time in 1984. Fittingly, Ferrari driver Michele Alboreto won the race carrying Villeneuve's #27 on his car. Since 1985, the Belgian Grand Prix has permanently moved to Spa. Please read the championship specific rules on the championship standings page.
Race list | iGOR | Server | UKGPL_4 | IP address | 77.102.28.179 | Date | 26-01-2020 | Track | Zolder 1967 | Mod | 55GP with 60fpsV2newmod | Damage | PRO long | Race time | ~ 21:30 UK time | Qualifying | 20:45 UK time - 45 minutes | Race length | 25 laps | Replay | here |
Please restrict chat to emergency messages only including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line. Password: see aboveDriver lists can be found on the championship standings pageHandicapping and chassis allocation.The 1955 Grand Prix cars will be using a token system which allows drivers to purchase any chassis of their choice for a given number of tokens as published on the championship standings page. Drivers classed as Juniors will be allocated an additional 10 tokens. The tokens available to each driver will be published in the race announcement. See table below. Available Tokens:Note: These are the tokens available to each driver before the 10 tokens are added for making the race start. Driver | Tokens | Status | bagrupp | 10 | Senior | Clive Loynes | 10 | Senior | Doni Yourth | 10 | Senior | Dulima | 10 | Senior | EvilClive | 10 | Senior | fpolicardi | 10 | Senior | GregT | 10 | Senior | JonnyO | 10 | Senior | Ziu Bacubacu | 10 | Senior | tagomago | 20 | Junior | 5117sebas | 20 | Junior | francesco | 20 | Junior | Gareth | 20 | Junior | PaulV | 20 | Junior | Phil Thornton | 20 | Junior | Ricardo Valim da Silva | 20 | Junior |
|
|
« Last Edit: January 30, 2020, 08:33:06 PM +0000 by Phil Thornton »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Phil Thornton
UKGPL Consigliere
Administrator
Hero Member
Posts: 8026
|
|
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2020, 09:25:29 PM +0000 » |
|
Hi Doni
Good to see you back. I'm looking forward to this 55 season too. It is my favourite mod at the moment. The brakes are bad but it is a thinking man's series. There is time to think and plan a manoeuvre, it isn't all about flat out racing. I drove in the 69x race on Tuesday and the speed is manic. You don't have time to think, it is all instinctive. I missed so many gears because the revs climbed so fast it was all clutch shift clutch shift clutch shift miss grind.....
In the light of your Clandestines Trophy results, I've amended your grade from Junior to Senior. A more fitting status for a champion.
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
EvilClive
UKGPL Senior Consultant
UKGPL Moderators
Hero Member
Posts: 7745
I always play by the rules.... they are MY rules!
|
|
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2020, 09:46:25 PM +0000 » |
|
Hi Doni caught sight of your name at Monaco last Sunday and almost crashed!! lol Welcome back my good friend and looking forward to these 1955 cars too
|
|
|
Logged
|
Evil Waza, now a completely reformed character! **NOW AVAILABLE ON TWITCH @ evilclive67 Rank Only when I sweat
|
|
|
francesco
|
|
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2020, 09:40:39 PM +0000 » |
|
Thanks to Taber a very beautiful start of the 55 Season,nor half lap.
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Doni Yourth
|
|
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2020, 09:42:47 PM +0000 » |
|
Some people on this board better smarten up a ton real fast or you'll be down an entry.
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Phil Thornton
UKGPL Consigliere
Administrator
Hero Member
Posts: 8026
|
|
« Reply #6 on: January 26, 2020, 10:47:59 PM +0000 » |
|
Some people on this board better smarten up a ton real fast or you'll be down an entry.
Results are up now Doni so please use the link below the table to submit an incident report.
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Phil Thornton
UKGPL Consigliere
Administrator
Hero Member
Posts: 8026
|
|
« Reply #7 on: January 26, 2020, 10:49:37 PM +0000 » |
|
Who was driving as "J automatic" tonight? I can't associate the driving name with any forum name.
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Phil Thornton
UKGPL Consigliere
Administrator
Hero Member
Posts: 8026
|
|
« Reply #8 on: January 26, 2020, 11:03:45 PM +0000 » |
|
I've loaded the chassis the drivers used into the token calculator spreadsheet. For the next race the available tokens will be as declared in the table below (the table will also appear in the next race announcement). The calculated values are automated but selecting the cars is a manual process so please check your tokens to make sure I haven't made a silly error. There was no token overspend for this round so no one is disqualified. Driver | Tokens | Status | bagrupp | 20 | Senior | Clive Loynes | 15 | Senior | Doni Yourth | 20 | Senior | Dulima | 15 | Senior | EvilClive | 15 | Senior | fpolicardi | 8 | Senior | GregT | 20 | Senior | JonnyO | 20 | Senior | Ziu Bacubacu | 10 | Senior | 5117sebas | 20 | Junior | enrique farina | 30 | Junior | francesco | 18 | Junior | Gareth | 20 | Junior | luiz covisi | 25 | Junior | PaulV | 18 | Junior | Phil Thornton | 20 | Junior | Ricardo Valim da Silva | 20 | Junior | tagomago | 20 | Junior |
|
|
« Last Edit: January 30, 2020, 08:56:33 PM +0000 by Phil Thornton »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
GregT
|
|
« Reply #9 on: January 26, 2020, 11:40:34 PM +0000 » |
|
Thanks to Taber a very beautiful start of the 55 Season,nor half lap.
I apologize Fran. I wasn't expecting you to slow on one of the fastest sections of track. With you warping I didn't realize it until it was too late. Congrats Clive, Clive, and Ziu! I was doing well until my car quit braking for T1. I never could save enough brakes for T1.
|
|
|
Logged
|
You know that some people are different Now ain't that a crying shame Now wouldn't it be a real drag if we were all the same
Savoy Brown
|
|
|
JonnyO
|
|
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2020, 01:41:04 AM +0000 » |
|
J. Automatic is me, Ok one mystake.
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
bagrupp
|
|
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2020, 08:57:14 AM +0000 » |
|
That was an action loaded race !
I thougt about saving points and took the gordini, which was more difficult than i expected.
I'm still confused about the missing tacho light, so i did not see when my brakes faded....
Anyway, great start, avoiding all flying cars and found myself on 6th.
Faster cars and some spins brought me down to a final great fight with fulvio.
When Clive came to lap i was not sure how to manage it good, and i let him pass on the backstraight, but i saw on pribluda that he had plenty gap to second position.
I put some pressure and unluckly clive spun, sorry, not my intention. On the last lap fulvio overtook at the line and i was hoping i saved enough brake to reattack, but as always on the 55 cars you lose the brakes just about 1 second to early. Same happend to DuLima with me in the beginning of the race i guess?
So, i saw Fulvio in the fence/hill. My car was still drivable but after i knew he was in front me at the line i retired the car so he stayed in front of me, not the way to gain a position.
So, i hope for a great season and me in a faster car !
|
|
« Last Edit: January 27, 2020, 09:46:59 AM +0000 by bagrupp »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
francesco
|
|
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2020, 09:40:36 AM +0000 » |
|
I'm still confused about the missing tacho light, so i did not see when my brakes faded.... On this track the brake fade is not a problem ,wait Roy Esket and you see your brakes faded.
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
bagrupp
|
|
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2020, 09:43:33 AM +0000 » |
|
I'm still confused about the missing tacho light, so i did not see when my brakes faded.... On this track the brake fade is not a problem ,wait Roy Esket and you see your brakes faded. now i'm even more confused... ok its an upcoming track, sure its no big deal here but you have to breaking points where you can use it if you have breaks.
|
|
« Last Edit: January 27, 2020, 09:46:44 AM +0000 by bagrupp »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Clive Loynes
|
|
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2020, 10:27:31 AM +0000 » |
|
That was a close one. Evil nicked pole by 0.021 seconds but by then I was doing a long run on race fuel and was seeing problems with the tyres and didn't bother to respond.
In the race, I was beaten off the line by Ziu's Ferrari and could not get past for some time, whilst Evil made his escape.
In 55mod you can usually expect mistakes, from anyone, but sadly it was me who made the first error, whilst trying not to ram Ziu. That let Phil past, so now I had two cars between me and Evil!
Eventually, both Phil and Ziu had grassy moments and I was able to resume my pursuit of Evil.
It was soon apparent that we were doing similar lap times and I didn't feel that I had enough brakes to do anything more. Having followed Ziu at the start it took me several laps to get my brakes back under control.
So that was it really. I closed a little at the end when Evil encountered Fulvio and Bastian but otherwise it was stalemate to the flag.
Congratulations to Evil, perhaps I shall have to try harder to get a head on the grid in future.
|
|
|
Logged
|
SBRC UKPnG Season 6, 7 & 8 Champions (Missed Season 9 by a gnat's nadger!)
|
|
|
|