Season 42 – 1967 F1 – Round 1 – Privateers - Spa-Francorchamps

The first race in the 1967 F1 Privateers series finds us in Belgium at Spa-Francorchamps. Designed in 1920 the original triangle-shaped course used public roads between the Belgian towns of Francorchamps, Malmedy, and Stavelot. The track was intended to have hosted its inaugural race in August 1921, however the first car race was held at the circuit in 1922. Spa was the fastest road circuit in Europe at the time, and it had a nasty reputation for being dangerous and very fast. It was a circuit known to be one for the brave, and most drivers were frightened of it. The old Spa circuit was unique in that speeds were consistently high with hardly any let-up at all for 3–4 minutes. This made it an extraordinarily difficult mental challenge (& ridiculously easy to crash).

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL10
IP address	=	217.155.118.41
Password	=	see above
GPL Mod	=	67F1
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	link
Track directory	=	spa67
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	14 laps
Replay	=	here

Please use the Track Gap Freeze Fix Patch V.09 for all on-line races.

Please READ CAREFULLY THE RULES :
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.

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

Drivers must complete 50% race distance to score.

MOD PRO so no shift-R

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 the Season 42 details regarding rules and the 1967 F1 Privateers Championship pages in particular.

Excellent start,I went out into the meadow and tried to regain the asphalt which I could not find.So i reastart from the pit but a DQ appear in front of me.

Sometimes GPL DQs drivers because they have to go "backwards" on the grass in order to find a way back onto the circuit.  When this happens Fran, carry on racing the moderators can reinstate you after the race.

Pepe

We have a Trouble Shooting section on the Guide for New Members page that has a link to a thread about FPS drops caused by on-line chat.

You are right to point out that drivers MUST NOT chat whilst qualifying is still in progress. However, messages still pop up when drivers leave and join the server and there is nothing we can do about that.

So I suggest you look at the thread above and see if the fix described in there helps.

Understood, but a notice generated by GPL about a retirement isn't the same thing as a bunch of guys crowing about how they finished. One can't be avoided; the other can. I'll check the link you cited. Maybe it will help. What will help more is that drivers follow some simple rules: Don't chat during qualifying and don't chat until every driver has crossed the finish line. That's not so hard, is it?

That having been said, I tried for two weeks to finish a single 14-lap race with the AIs and never got past the halfway point. I figured that attrition would take out at least 50% of the drivers and maybe even more. What I didn't want it to take out was me. I figured if I went with the Honda for the first couple of races, where I wasn't going to be competitive against the big guns anyway, I'd be able to put myself into an Eagle later in the season.

The plan looked to be moderately successful at the start of qualifying, where I found myself in 3rd place for the first five minutes with a personal best of 3:32. Five minutes later I was 10th, still with my personal best. Hmmm. That doesn't look good. But maybe the guys I absolutely, positively have to beat like Eduardo and the two Davids will show up with Lotuses. Nope, they're in BRMS and a Honda. Drat the luck! As the race quickly unfolds, I find myself chasing Dave Curtis and being chased by David Rainier. This went on for like forty days and forty nights, not more than a few seconds separating the three of us. Eventually, they went away and I ended up sixth overall, not having overtaken a single soul. Will I take it without a whimper? You know it.

You are showing as a DNS so you will not have spent any tokens or earned your "start money" so you should still have 10 tokens. Hover your mouse over your points in the championship table to check.

Thank you Phil for clarification,i asked because hovering my mouse at the moment there is no number.

Things started to go wrong from the start when I found myself sat in the pits in a Lotus and not the BRM I should have been in , so a quick disco and re join .

Qually went OK as I was using race fuel and taking things easy just to get familiar with this "new" Spa track . I made a decent enough start following the pack until I caught the track edge with a rear wheel and found myself sliding into boondocks . By the time I had recovered the track the competition were out of sight .
I was left with my thoughts contemplating a long lonely race and completely lost concentration , forgot what part of the track I was on and suddenly remembered as the Barn at Stavelo appeared before my very eyes !

The local farmer had forgot to leave the doors open which didn't help as they were made of solid stuff . Race over as my poor BRM did not survive the 160 mph impact .

No sweat as I didn't expect to survive to the finish anyway .

Grats to the podium and all who made it home