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Season 37 MIXED OPEN WHEEL – Round 6 – Albi
The Mixed Open Wheel series in which we will be using cars from 1965, 1966, 1967 (F2) & the newly released 1968 mod. Drivers entering this series must select a manufacturer group & keep to that group for the whole season. Where more than one chassis is allocated to the group you can select any car. Pro / Works standard drivers cannot use Group 8 or Group 9.
Round 6 means the second outing for the 1965 cars. We visit Albi in the Midi-Pyrénées region. Racing first started on the Circuit des Planques in 1933, the pits and startline being on a short straight before the road twisted down into St.Antoine. At St.Juery the cars had to contend with an extreme hairpin bend, followed by a railway level crossing. The 5.531 mile circuit was shortened in 1951 to 1.859 miles, before being closed in 1955 following the Le Mans disaster. Racing resumed at the nearby Aerodrome in 1959 which is the circuit we now know as Albi. The Chicane du Sequestre was introduced in 1988 but we will be using the original layout as raced in 1967.
Server = UKGPL_4 IP = 77.102.28.179 Race date = Tuesday 13 October 2020 Time = starts no later than 21.00 UK time. Track = Link Race length = 37 Laps (50 minutes) Variant = 1965 60fps patch used 60fpsV2newmod Damage Model = Intermediate Qualifying time = 30-45 minutes Replay = here
The championship will run with Intermediate damage model. Pro / Works drivers are not permitted to take any resets. Amateur / Privateer drivers are permitted one reset. Each reset (irrespective of fault) must be followed by a Stop & Go in the pit lane within two laps of the incident. If a reset is required on the last lap a time penalty will be added. Failure to take a Stop & Go will result in a time penalty. Any driver taking a more than the permitted number of Resets will be disqualified. This season, races are to be run at 60 frames per second – please use the 60 fps patch
Full Driver lists and divisional rules including manufacturer groups can be found here Championship Standings page
DRIVER ALLOCATIONS Alain Maurice – Pro – Group 1 (Eagle) Tobodestroyer2020 – Group 1 (Eagle) Alessandro Issachini – Pro – Group 2 – (McLaren) Doni Yourth – Pro – Group 3 (BRM) Fpolicardi – Pro – Group 4 (Cooper) Phil Thornton – Ams – Group 5 (Matra) Raoni Frizzo – Pro – Group 5 (Matra) Cookie – Pro – Group 6 (Honda) Uli – Pro – Group 6 (Honda) EvilClive – Pro – Group 6 (Honda) Gareth – Pro – Group 6 (Honda or BRM?) AnGex – Pro – Group 7 (Ferrari) Bagrupp – Pro – Group 7 (Ferrari) Francesco – Ams – Group 7 (Ferrari) Magic Arsouille – Pro – Group 7 (Ferrari) PaulV – Ams – Group 7 (Ferrari) Ziu Bacubacu – Pro – Group 7 (Ferrari) Yannick – Group 7 (Ferrari) Billy NoBrakes – Am – Group 8 (Brabham) Rainier – Ams – Group 8 (Brabham) Dave Curtis – Ams – Group 9 (Lotus) Philippe Girard- Am – Group 9 (Lotus)
There is no Red Zone. Moderating will be on reported incidents only. Remember that lap 1 incidents carry an additional penalty place.
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« Last Edit: October 14, 2020, 10:00:16 PM +0100 by Phil Thornton »
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« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2020, 01:05:40 PM +0100 » |
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I'm not going to race cause others duty, so please put me in reserve to give room to other drivers. Thx ciao
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« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2020, 10:57:19 PM +0100 » |
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Hi guys Maybe i want to pit in tomorrow for the Albi 65 race, is there an free stall ?! Thanks, ToM
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« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2020, 07:52:25 AM +0100 » |
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Billy Nobrakes
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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2020, 01:06:05 PM +0100 » |
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Tom,
18 drivers attended the last race so there should be a space for you.
As Gareth said you need to vote to join.
Fulvio can't make Tuesday's so Cooper's could do with a replacement driver but you can choose any chassis apart from Lotus or Brabham.
Fulvio - I have reassigned you as reserve.
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« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2020, 04:30:44 PM +0100 » |
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Tom,
18 drivers attended the last race so there should be a space for you.
As Gareth said you need to vote to join.
Fulvio can't make Tuesday's so Cooper's could do with a replacement driver but you can choose any chassis apart from Lotus or Brabham.
Fulvio - I have reassigned you as reserve.
OK Thank you ! Will race with the Ferr 1512 if it is allowed to me. See y
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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2020, 05:14:29 PM +0100 » |
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Quick question as a reserve...
How do I know if there is space for me? Should I wait in Igor UKGPL chat and wait to be given permission? Last time I rudely just jumped in at Watkins Glen so I hope I didn't deny someone else the slot.
Hope to join you later as a back marker in the BT7.
Pete (Tobo)
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Phil Thornton
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« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2020, 05:39:01 PM +0100 » |
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The process we usually adopt is that we have 19 full time drivers. These guys should join between 20:45 and 21:00. After that it is a free for all, the reserve drivers can join if there is a space. There usually is. It is very rare for someone not to get a drive unless we have more than 5 or 6 reserves. We have 4 reserves at the moment so things are getting at bit tight (but we've not got enough drivers to warrant a second server).
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« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2020, 05:44:30 PM +0100 » |
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OK, I get it. See you later. I remember the days of 3 servers in the VROC F2 club driving the F2 Trainers with a dial up 56K modem. How things have changed for the better.
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Billy Nobrakes
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« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2020, 08:52:01 PM +0100 » |
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Tom, I have processed your entry so you should see the password.
We have a total of 24 entries but several drivers are only part time. For the next race I will publish the rule that reserve drivers should not join until after 9pm which gives the full time drivers a opportunity to reserve their slot. In practice I expect that everyone who wants to drive will be able to join.
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« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2020, 09:12:44 PM +0100 » |
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Help! I'm trying to join qualifying but I get error saying that I'm not qualified to join... 23 minutes to go Update: Sorry, I was unable to join tonight. I tried various methods but I kept getting same error message. I could initially join server but then got message saying that I was not qualified to join. At first I thought it was because it had seem by practice times I tried rebuilding the gpl65c.exe and even re-installed the track. Made sure that Albi was in my 67season (but I don't think that makes a difference). I definitely have the correct 60FPS patch but still nothing. Any ideas? I was gutted not to be able to join as this is the only chance in a fortnight I get to race online. How can I avoid this situation next time around? Please tell me what I'm doing wrong. Thanks. I hope you have a good race. Update: I've got everything set up for the next round: 1966 Mod, EagleT1F, 60FPS, Clermont, reliable set-up, fuel. I'll try to arrive a bit earlier next time so that I can make sure I can join the server.
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« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2020, 09:30:23 PM +0100 » |
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you usually get that error if you haven't got the correct 60fps patch selected in GEM
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« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2020, 10:28:08 PM +0100 » |
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I don't know if this race was my worst but for sure not the best.Sorry dave R i have not understood the strong brake at the start.
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« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2020, 10:35:34 PM +0100 » |
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How can I avoid this situation next time around? Please tell me what I'm doing wrong. Thanks. I hope you have a good race.
We always have the race server running for a few hours before the race for drivers to check their connections. It isn't easy to sort out connection problems just before the race. Apart from the race password, everything will be the same. So if you can connect in praccy before the race, you should have no problems. I appreciate this is of no use now and I'm sorry you missed the race. What I will do is set UKGPL_4 up tomorrow night with exactly the same settings as tonight (65s at Albi). Then you can try to find out what the issue is and we can try to help.
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« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2020, 11:52:29 PM +0100 » |
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A difficult race for me, the Cooper is very slow and I don't have the skills to compensate. I was overdriving a bit to try to stay with the pack and consequently I dropped to a distant last and I resigned myself to a lonely boring race. However, I decided to persevere as you never know what can happen up front. For some reason unbeknown to me, I manged to catch a couple of people and I found myself on Billy's gearbox. I tried very hard but I couldn't engineer an opportunity to pass. Uli caught us up and I stayed wide in the last corner to let him by to lap me. Billy was equally gentlemanly and allowed Uli past at T2. I saw an opportunity to sneak past and I took it. Sorry Billy, I don't normally resort to dirty tactics but the Cooper was annoyingly slow. There were only 2 laps to go and I thought Billy would find me a sitting duck on the long straights and take the place back easily. But I think red mist must have descended and I saw him make a mistake in my mirrors and I was safe.
Grats to Tris and Tom for being the class of the field in their very fast red machines but my vote for driver of the day goes to Alessandro for getting the BT7 onto the podium. A very impressive drive!
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