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« on: July 22, 2020, 12:05:03 AM +0100 » |
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Season 37 – 1955 Grand Prix – Round 2 – Spa-Francorchamps The second race in the 1955 Grand Prix series finds us in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps. Designed in 1920 the original triangle-shaped course used public roads between the Belgian towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy, and Stavelot. The track was intended to have hosted its inaugural race in August 1921, however the first car race was held at the circuit in 1922. Spa was the fastest road circuit in Europe at the time, and it had a nasty reputation for being dangerous and very fast. It was a circuit known to be one for the brave, and most drivers were frightened of it. The old Spa circuit was unique in that speeds were consistently high with hardly any let-up at all for 3–4 minutes. This made it an extraordinarily difficult mental challenge (& ridiculously easy to crash). Please read the championship specific rules on the championship standings page.
Race list | iGOR | Server | UKGPL_4 | IP address | 77.102.28.179 | Date | 26-07-2020 | Track | spa67 | Mod | 55GP with 60fpsV2newmod | Damage | PRO long | Race time | ~ 21:30 UK time | Qualifying | 20:45 UK time - 45 minutes | Race length | 11 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 Privateers 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 | Alain Maurice | 20 | Works | bagrupp | 10 | Works | Clive Loynes | 15 | Works | Doni Yourth | 15 | Works | Dulima | 15 | Works | Enrique Farina | 15 | Works | EvilClive | 8 | Works | fpolicardi | 15 | Works | JonnyO | 20 | Works | Phil Thornton | 15 | Works | Raoni Frizzo | 10 | Works | bernie | 18 | Privateer | covisi2016 | 30 | Privateer | Daniel_San | 20 | Privateer | francesco | 20 | Privateer | maddog | 15 | Privateer | PaulV | 20 | Privateer | Ricardo Valim da Silva | 25 | Privateer | tagomago | 25 | Privateer |
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Clive Loynes
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« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2020, 03:12:58 PM +0100 » |
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Thanks for the link Alain.
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« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2020, 09:06:53 PM +0100 » |
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What courage these gentlemen Do you mean the drivers or gendarmes standing on the road at Stavelot?
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Clive Loynes
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« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2020, 09:28:04 PM +0100 » |
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What courage these gentlemen Do you mean the drivers or gendarmes standing on the road at Stavelot? LOL Or the ones trying to catch stray dogs?
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EvilClive
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« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2020, 10:31:03 PM +0100 » |
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Where can I hire that dog? I might need some extra help on Sunday . But, the film simply confirms what I find so compelling about that era. No wings, no slicks, no seatbelts....I could go on. Proper length Grand Prix where both car and driver ( and spectators!) are tested to the limit of their endurance. Those guys had to wrestle their cars, (it wasn't driving with power assisted steering like modern F1), unless you were Fangio who turned fast driving into an art form. I hope to demonstrate a different sort of art form on Sunday, just loosely based on Fangio's example.
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Evil Waza, now a completely reformed character! **NOW AVAILABLE ON TWITCH @ evilclive67 Rank Only when I sweat
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« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2020, 11:18:20 PM +0100 » |
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Awesome video! When racing was dangerous and sex was safe...
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Clive Loynes
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« Reply #7 on: July 24, 2020, 08:45:10 AM +0100 » |
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Perhaps we should race in black and white for more realism!
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« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2020, 08:21:24 PM +0100 » |
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Beware ! Ive armed myself with a goodly supply of banana skins for any lapping driver who wants to try get past
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« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2020, 06:29:44 PM +0100 » |
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I've been working hard to get a good rhythm in spa ... here's a good test ... Although I don't know why lancia is so strange in the photo ... could it be missing two wheels? ... the setup did not adapt well either ... and finally I think the track installation is not adequate I'm still working to be ready for tomorrow
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Clive Loynes
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« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2020, 03:32:37 PM +0100 » |
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You look to be well off piste there Tago.
Not had much time for intense practice but I hope that everyone else has made some progress.
I have a very nice Lancia for Spa that a bloke down in Bristol knitted for me! ;-)
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« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2020, 06:42:58 PM +0100 » |
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I'm still working to be ready for tomorrow I hope you're ready Nice GS, should be the perfect bike for that terrain. I've got a Triumph Explorer (1200 not the 800) but I've never dared to take it on tracks like that. It is so heavy, if I dropped it I'd never be able to get it back up!
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« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2020, 06:53:44 PM +0100 » |
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You look to be well off piste there Tago.
Not had much time for intense practice but I hope that everyone else has made some progress.
I have a very nice Lancia for Spa that a bloke down in Bristol knitted for me! ;-)
......a bloke who might come to regret his moment of weakness and generosity
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« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2020, 09:40:20 PM +0100 » |
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Freeze for me, still with the game (sound) working. Heard my car crashing and hope nobody else got involved. Only thing I could do was to reset the computer as soon as possible. Anyway, sincere apologies if anyone got involved
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« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2020, 09:54:01 PM +0100 » |
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you were just vanishing in front of me Raoni so much action in a short race. Connection Issues and just one lap, mistake and rejoined on Alain, sorry. great start to 9th position, fighting with Clive (hope not to hard through la source) I put pressure on tagomago and he went off unfortunatly. Even more, i touched the wall as well, not so hard but just enough to lose a wheel
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