Season 41 1967F1 PRIVATEERS – Round 6 – Dundrod

We will drive the old (1965) version!


For the 6th race of the 1967 F1 Privateers Championship, we visit Dundrod in Northern Ireland. The Dundrod Circuit was first used in 1950 for the RAC Tourist Trophy Sports Car race and for the Formula One (non-championship) Ulster Trophy. The Sports Cars raced again in 1951 through to 1955 and the Formula 1 cars from 1951 through to 1953. The circuit comprised public roads closed for racing including a section of the B38 Hannahstown Road between Glenavy and Hannahstown, a section of the B101 Leathemstown Road from Leathemstown Corner to Dundrod and a section of the B153 Quarterland/Tornagrough Road from Cochranstown to the road junction of the B38 Upper Springsfield Road/Hannahstown Road at the Lindsay Hairpin. The last car race held on the Dundrod Circuit was the 1955 RAC Tourist Trophy race in which sadly there were 3 fatalities. The narrow, high-speed nature of the circuit, meant it was just too dangerous and since then it has only been used for motorcycle racing.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL10
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GPL Mod	=	67F1
Damage model	=	PRO
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	Dundrod 1965
Track directory	=	dundrod
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	14 laps
Replay	=	HERE

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A driver must cross the start line in order to register the use of a chassis, participation in qualifying is not sufficient.

The tokens system will be used with drivers being awarded tokens for starting the season and for starting each race. Each car will cost a number of tokens per race.

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I've updated the race on GPL Weekly to show the correct version of Dundrod. 

Did the server just crash?!

Sorry about that, had to relaunch server with full race distance.

I'm so glad this awful place is behind us that I could cry hot, salty tears. I do admire the insane devotion that Pearson puts into places like this and IoM, but for me they are extremely difficult to get through because I can't see where I'm going. The green landscape and the gray tarmac blend into some sort of haze that I can't seem to penetrate.

I spent far too much time here trying just to complete seven laps. Only this morning was I able to accomplish that. So my plan was simply to take it easy, drive four-minute laps, stay out of the way of leaders lapping me, and hope that attrition would do its ugly work. I would have bet some serious money that not more than three drivers would finish. That five were still running when I crashed out with one lap to go simply boggles my mind. I can't think of a more difficult place to drive, except maybe Brno.

Anyway, I've got enough money for Lotuses in the final two races at tracks that I really do enjoy. But first, a glass of some well-deserved wine for scoring a few points. I had no expectation of that happening tonight at all!  

I don't think it was me : nobody touched my rear wheel or I don't feel any contact.

Yes, the start was difficult because Eric Bilodeau didn't react and during a fraction of second I didn't know if I had to go left, right ...or to rearend him.
Except the start, the race was OK without any big issue.
I let pass Philippe when I understood he was really quicker than me (5 seconds/lap) but he had an accident at the hairpin on the final lap ...very bad luck, Philippe !
So I could be very happy finishing 3rd behind Axel and Ricardo who were at a top level.

Sorry Francesco for the bump during the qualif ...and thank you to remove some points to Pepe for the championship     

Now the championship, if I remove the worst result, should be :
1 Philippe 205
2 Rainier 202
3 Pepe 193
4 Bernie 148
5 Ricardo 112

Pepe told us he will drive Lotus at Road Ontario and Nassau, two not easy tracks, so the final rounds should be very exciting !
 

when I was solidly installed in 3rd place, I thought it was very smart to go straight at the hairpin...for the first time in my life, at the hairpin, and on the last lap of course      

Paul
I had a look at the replay, this is not me but Philippe you rearended just before the hairpin on the 1st lap...