Season 41 – 1966 F1 Series – Clermont Ferrand

Into the second half of the season and Round 5 of the 1966 series will be held at Clermont-Ferrand on circuit CHARADE in Auvergne where four Formula One French Grands Prix were held : 1965, 1969, 1970 and 1972. Due to drivers cutting corners, a stone thrown from Emerson Fittipaldi's Lotus hit Helmut Marko in the eye during the 1972 French Grand Prix, ending his F1 career, as well as that of the circuit. The stones also had caused ten deflated tyres, but no big crashes. The French Grand Prix moved back to the new Paul Ricard Circuit, where the French Grand Prix was held in 1971.


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. Pro standard drivers will receive 10 tokens at the start of the season & a further 10 tokens for each additional start. Amateur drivers will receive 20 tokens at the start of the season and a further 10 tokens for each additional start. Driver ranks can be found at the bottom of this e-mail.

Drivers are reminded that Lap 1 incidents carry an extra 1 place penalty.

Drivers must complete 50% race distance to score.

Unlimited number of Shift-Rs are allowed with no need to make Stop & Go.

Only reported incidents will be moderated.

Please, excepting emergencies, no chat until Session Completed in qualification. No chat in the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Please check Season 41 details regarding rules and the 1966 F1 Privateers Championship pages in particular.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL_8_60fps
IP address Server	=	See IGOR
GPL Mod	=	1966 F1
Date	=	8 November 2022
Damage model	=	Intermediate
Track	=	clermont
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	14 laps

Replay: https://www.mediafire.com/file/htd2ourevfkwamq/UKGPL_8__60fps.2022.11.08.23.26.rpy.7z/file

Tokens available after Round 4
AnGex   2
Arf Arf Arf    4
bagrupp   14
Claudio Navonne   10
Cookie   21
Doni Yourth    14
EvilClive   14
fpolicardi   6
GrandPrixYannick   5
Leo Menegucci   12
MagicArsouille   10
Pete Bennett   20
Phil Thornton   7
uli   4
Billy Nobrakes   8
PaulV    17
Philippe Girard   13
Rainier   12
Tom Johnson   16
Bernie   38
Bob Simpson   13
Lasse Albrecht   13

A ninth place finish seems nothing to be pleased over but let me say that I am quite happy to have got the Red Ball Special around this tedious circuit with only one drama and certainly, no resets.  That's just not in my playbook.  As well, I ran the snot out of the Honda bettering my personal best in the car by almost two full seconds.

Got away carefully from the grid and fell in behind Dave's Eagle.  Soon, I had Bot close astern recovering from his T1, Lap01 goof.  I hadn't even seen him off the road.  I don't use Pribluda to monitor placings...no self-respecting individual with an ounce of integrity does...so didn't know who was giving me a hard time.  Lost the script when I came upon Dave's spun Eagle and had a minor spin in the distraction letting Bot go and Dave to get well ahead.  Pursued Dave again and slipped by for the place when he went wide in one of the twisties.  Spent the rest of the race just pressing on with only one lap scoring a '64'.  Pleased with that.  The vision faded slightly mid-race but didn't present a problem.

Kudos to the podium and all finishers!