UKGPL Season 37 (2020) 1955 GP - Roy Hesketh - Nov 15

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[Phil Thornton]

But I couldn't avoid the touch.  I'm glad you stayed in the race.

No problem Dulima, there was nothing you could do. It is the one issue with this mod that I don't like. If someone has an incident ahead, it is very difficult for the following drivers to avoid contact. The brakes are simply not good enough for an emergency stop. No harm done, I'm pleased you had a good race.

[Phil Thornton]

I would use the translator Axel has suggested, it is the best one I am aware of.

[maddog]

Returned to the track ready for action, equipped with a new wheel, and especially tuned racing socks, to continue the quest for the right-side floorboards.  I don't get paid for this stuff!

My race started rusty, with some narrow squeeks, and paintwork problems early on.  A scrappy start, and poor colour match when booted twice in tight quarters.

Mid-race became a long chase behind Fulvio, who didn't seem to want to get caught.  Final few laps then became a tussle with Tago, complicated by the late appearance of a twin Connaught.  I knew one of them had the 2nd placed car, but it was Tago who waved bye 1st.  Nice to be racing again, with some of the best drivers 1955 has to offer.

[GrandPrixYannick]

Saw I was a tad short of tokens so I went for the Connaught.
Tried my best in qualifying but 3rd was all I could do.

For the first number of laps I could keep up with E. Vil until I got screwed over lapping the first car we encountered.
At that point he got out of reach. I had trouble getting to grips with a overheating RR tyre and lost 20 seconds.

Once I got it resolved I drove my pace and got to 2nd.

See you next race.

[fpolicardi]

Returned to the track ready for action, equipped with a new wheel, and especially tuned racing socks, to continue the quest for the right-side floorboards.  I don't get paid for this stuff!

My race started rusty, with some narrow squeeks, and paintwork problems early on.  A scrappy start, and poor colour match when booted twice in tight quarters.

Mid-race became a long chase behind Fulvio, who didn't seem to want to get caught.  Final few laps then became a tussle with Tago, complicated by the late appearance of a twin Connaught.  I knew one of them had the 2nd placed car, but it was Tago who waved bye 1st.  Nice to be racing again, with some of the best drivers 1955 has to offer.

Martin I don't want to be nasty but I was in trouble with you twice in the last turn when you passed me inside as a bomb and then got sideways  locking the track with unavoidable contact with these cars with no brakes. I can understand in the race when you're battling for position, but in Q you can't hope for a better time.
Anyway thx for racing 

[Dulima]

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[Dulima]

But I couldn't avoid the touch.  I'm glad you stayed in the race.

No problem Dulima, there was nothing you could do. It is the one issue with this mod that I don't like. If someone has an incident ahead, it is very difficult for the following drivers to avoid contact. The brakes are simply not good enough for an emergency stop. No harm done, I'm pleased you had a good race.

Thanks for the words Phill, I’m more relaxed to see them

After 67, the mod I like the most is 55, sad are my starts, this problem I'm having, it's only with 55

Hug brother, a good week to all of us!

[maddog]

Martin I don't want to be nasty but I was in trouble with you twice in the last turn when you passed me inside as a bomb . . . .

My move was aggressive, but I kept to the inside.  We had similar pace for the middle of the race, so a close pass was necessary.
Watch Tagomago at lap 31 to see how polite a racer can be.

[EvilClive]

Grats to all those who finished, always a triumph with the 55's and those unreliable brakes  .

Well, the race went better than I expected and it was a relief to score top points and close the gap to the top of the table guys.

Yannick and Jonny showed that they had some serious pace during qualification, so I knew there would be a battle. From the start, I just managed to hold my 2nd place into T1 behind Jonny's Lancia and followed him for the 1st lap. I have to confess that I almost ended Jonny's race and mine during the first lap    when he slowed more than I expected at 2 corners. I had to use 100% of the brakes to avoid his tailpipes and that left me in the red going into the last corner. I was forced to take that without brakes, which actually did me a favour as the brakes were able to recover before T1.

I think it must have been the slipstream behind the Lancia down the straight that kept me close, and I saw a chance to pass JJ. Trying to outbrake cars in the 55's is a huge risk, but I was at 99.5% of the limit into T1 and just held the slide, before nailing the gas down to T2. Once I had a clear track ahead of me I just tried to pump in quick laps.
Jonny dropped back to be replaced by Yannick who must have had a tow rope tied to my back axle...I just could not shake him off without risking a major accident for myself, but I don't think he had the pace in the mighty Connaught to actually try a pass if I did not make a mistake. Then, we caught some backmarkers and I took a risk by going around the outside into the final corner. I think Yannick was caught behind the backmarker (?) and I finally had a 100mtr gap behind me.
Without the pressure from Yannick I was able to slowly stretch the lead and concentrate on the braking points and smooth fast laps.

There was a scare with 15 laps to go  when I glanced at the fuel  . Maybe it was the hard driving in the early laps , but I was a lap short of fuel to reach the chequered flag!!?? Fortunately I could use my lead over Yannick and short shift, plus I found that I could take the final corner a gear higher and keep the revs down. By the end of the race I had enough fuel to do an extra lap, so the fuel saving worked well.

The last 2 races are going to see some very close and serious racing I think. It has not gone unnoticed that Clive Loynes saved his tokens in this race, so the championship leader will be running some heavy machinery for the last rounds. JJ has a bank account full of tokens to burn  and Yannick is quick in whatever he drives.    Dulima and Phil are not out of contention if there are some DNF's ahead.

See you all at East London 

[Doni Yourth]

A reasonable result pour moi.  Start P4 and finish P4.  Hounded mercilessly in the latter stages by Clive Loynes doing a standout job in the inferior Connaught and I only just managed to prevail by a tick.  Good show for a decent P5 placing, Clive.

That other Clive owned this one.  Taking the point in Lap02, he never looked back.  Great drive, Evil!

Yannick comes through for P2 with some...uhhh...creative lines at times that aren't in my playbook.    In fact, after an excursion into the bales and a spin, he was actually behind me for a time til mounting a challenge.  Being almost thrice his age and mindful of the consequences of even a minor shunt, I didn't put up much a fight.

Jonny scores a useful P3 and for a a time, had to suck down my exhaust fumes for a bit after he went for a loop.  I was having to work pretty hard to keep my Brazilian amigo in my mirrors and that was great fun but a tangle with Fran while braking for T1 gave JJ his chance to scamper by for the place.  Apologies to Fran for the shunt.  Good to see that you could continue.

Got a fright in lapping Albert in the Merc when his signal dropped and he completely disappeared for a time at a crucial moment when I was making to pass.  Held my breath and hoped I didn't get shunted.  PHEW!  Made it!

I haven't been keeping very close tabs on the championship title standings but see as of yesterday's round that it's going to boil down to a scintillating finale with at least four pilots in the running.  May the best man win! 

[fpolicardi]

Yannick comes through for P2 with some...uhhh...creative lines at times that aren't in my playbook.    In fact, after an excursion into the bales and a spin, he was actually behind me for a time til mounting a challenge.  Being almost thrice his age and mindful of the consequences of even a minor shunt, I didn't put up much a fight.

Hey Yannick take care of this old bunch of drivers, we have an age! 
I don't know if laugh or cry thinking that when I bought GPL in '98 Yannick was only three 

[EvilClive]

Yannick comes through for P2 with some...uhhh...creative lines at times that aren't in my playbook.    In fact, after an excursion into the bales and a spin, he was actually behind me for a time til mounting a challenge.  Being almost thrice his age and mindful of the consequences of even a minor shunt, I didn't put up much a fight.

Hey Yannick take care of this old bunch of drivers, we have an age!  
I don't know if laugh or cry thinking that when I bought GPL in '98 Yannick was only three  

THREE???!!!  ....................THREE!!

No wonder Yannick had the energy to push that Connaught so quickly. These youngsters have no respect for us old timers with all of our infirmities!! I was already OLD when GPL was released  

Also, I forgot to give a shout for my Blue Moose teammate  Doni for a great points score. 

[Clive Loynes]

Congratulations to Evil, Yannick, Jonny and Doni.

That was just about what I was expecting, although Doni's sterling efforts with the Lancia were not in my original script!

I had tried the Lancia and didn't find it to be as effective as the Maserati around this place.  Since this was the most risky place to spend my tokens I refrained from using the Maserati but thanks to Evil for handicapping himself in the next races.   

As has been pointed out, the championship is going to be tight.

[JonnyO]

   It was a fun race, and Lancia really let me down a little bit, maybe Maserati was better, but I wouldn't know anyway because I couldn't test before, I don't even text, I sleep, I have no motivation for tests, ever.
So I went with the default Lancia, put the steering in 10: 1 and took some gas and wire for the qualy, I was very surprised to make the pole, really !!!!
  In the race it was clear that I could not resist the rhythm of Evil, in T2 I missed the gear, engaged 1st there ... sorry for the scare !!! And Yannick can only be a wizard, like Conaught, congratulations guys !!!!
   In the middle of the race I made a mistake and stopped in the hays, and Doni passed, then there were good laps behind my friend who lives in the cold lands of Canada. But he had a problem with a double driver, I couldn't pass it, only this error gave me the exact chance.