UKGPL Season 38 (Spring 2021) 1955 Grand Prix - Oakes Field - Works - Jan 17

[Alain Maurice]

Good morning all

What a race, what a change, incredible and worthy of a noir novel this end of the race for Clive in the lead almost the entire race.


For my part, with the best car on paper, I hoped and had to finish well. Departure 4 I pass quickly 5 then come back 4, 3 and even 2 following each other's mistakes. Behind Clive and 8 laps from the end I must ensure.

1 error or too much inside in a bend I find myself in the vegetation, 2 places lost, good 5 is not too bad but another error and hop 7 before breaking my engine 2 laps from the end.
Sorry for the unlucky ones and Bravo Evil for this great victory which is not due to chance because you are very fast in 55.

See you soon and thank you for the organization

[JonnyO]

  Congrats podium!!!!!!!!

  Yes, I was very happy with my 7th position in the race, this would be my real performance ...... but, the end of the crazy race threw me to 4th in the end, what a beautiful gift !!!!

  Congrats Evil !!!

[EvilClive]

I  will probably get a place penalty for the tap on Peter's 250F in Lap 1.  , so maybe Peter should be congratulated?

[Clive Loynes]

I  will probably get a place penalty for the tap on Peter's 250F in Lap 1.  , so maybe Peter should be congratulated?

At least six places if not more I should say!

I saw wheels flying off.  I was really disapointed when I realised that you were both still in the race!   

[EvilClive]

lol Clive, .........

well none of those wheels originated from my Connaught, and if Peter's Maserati was that quick on 3 wheels for the remaining 15 laps we might as well hand him the trophy right now!!

TBH I was a little surprised/disappointed when the contact occurred  . I was quite chuffed to have outdragged you to T1 and steal 2nd spot, but even more pleased to have hooked up in Peter's slipstream through the first corners. No excuses from me, I was simply 2 metres too close and the crash box gremlins decided to react and throw Peter and myself into the sand and the weeds. Apologies to Peter as it made his race very difficult from there on.

Maybe there is a crumb of comfort for you Clive in that I lose a few points, but when the various penalties play out Jonny's decision to run the Gordini might prove to be a masterstroke. Ironically I almost chose that car too, but wimped out at the last minute 

[romanov]

Yes, my race after 1 lap incident was gone out of plane.  I understood, that car is ok, and i can still win the race. After 4  or 5 laps i cautch up C. Loynes on the first corner, but, hi is spinned, and i to avoid a collision, spinned too.
It was terrible.  After that i again rolled back to 3-4 position.
Not sure, that car is all right, i tryed to come back to lead group.
On the few last laps, at first has mistake C. Loynes, after him and I go too wide on s2, and lost lead.
i don't won't, that race result is changed after race.  But incident on first lap must learned according to rule  champs.
Sorry for my english.

[romanov]

Yes, Petr is no Peter. It is two different names.

[EvilClive]

Apologies Petr.

[Phil Thornton]

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.

As this was the first race, nobody had a token overspend.

Driver	Tokens	Status
Alain Maurice	5	Works
Albert Hallu	10	Works
bagrupp	10	Works
Carlos Cendejas	10	Works
Clive Loynes	15	Works
Doni Yourth	15	Works
Dulima	15	Works
Enrique Farina	20	Works
EvilClive	15	Works
fpolicardi	15	Works
Gaizka López C	10	Works
JonnyO	20	Works
Phil Thornton	15	Works
Raoni Frizzo	15	Works
romanov	8	Works
tagomago	10	Works

[romanov]

i don't understand, i will not use a lancia in  Spa?
Get i token on  start race, or in the end?
What are car available on Spa for me?

[Cookie]

You get 10 token before the start  - so you have 18 token

[Clive Loynes]

Has anyone got through to Albert yet?

[Phil Thornton]

Mod report published.

[EvilClive]

I fully accept the mod report and penalty.

Just a note about Phil's comments regarding green lights on the dashboard and the % of brakes available on the start line. At the start of this race my dashboard light was RED and I had to nurse the car through the first half of the lap to recover some decent brakes. Rather ironic that just as I get a green light, I failed to slow down enough to avoid the car in front 

So, it might be worth checking your brake light when you are on the start grid, before you discover the problem as you hurtle into T1 with the pack.? I'm not sure if this is a "random" feature of the 55's or simply a graphics glitch. But I certainly felt that I did not have 100% brakes available for T1 lap 1. This is not the first time that I have noticed this issue on the start line.

[Clive Loynes]

This is not the first time that I have noticed this issue on the start line.

Yes, I've been hit with that one too.