Season 42 – F1 67 WORKS – Round 4 – ALBI

The fourth race in the 1967 Grand Prix series finds us in South West of France. Racing first started on the Circuit des Planques in 1933, the pits and startline being on a short straight before the road twisted down into St.Antoine. At St.Juery the cars had to contend with an extreme hairpin bend, followed by a railway level crossing. The 5.531 mile circuit was shortened in 1951 to 1.859 miles, before being closed in 1955 following the Le Mans disaster. Racing resumed at the nearby Aerodrome in 1959 which is the circuit we now know as Albi. The Chicane du Sequestre was introduced in 1988. Albi has never hosted a championship F1 race, but it held a Formula Two race in 1967 and we will be using the layout used then. Jackie Stewart won that race in his Matra. He was followed home by Jochen Rindt in a Brabham and Jim Clark, who had spun his Lotus near the Dunlop bridge.

Race List	=	IGOR
Server	=	UKGPL04_60fps
IP address	=	146.200.244.218:32766
Password	=	see above
GPL mod	=	67 F1
Damage Model	=	PRO
Race date	=	26-02-2023
60fps patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track dir	=	albi
Quali starts	=	20:45  UK time -> 45min
Race starts	=	~21:30 UK time
Race length	=	~50 min -> 40 laps
Replay	=	here

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

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


Important
As we have now 21 registered driver (19 full time), we use the following procedere:
If at 21:05 UK time the server is full with >17 drivers
The Reserve driver have to leave for 10 Minutes to give waiting Full time driver the chance to join


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 Works Championship pages in particular.

I've managed a few practice laps in the BRM this evening. I won't be the quickest, but it's a fantastic track and I promise to keep out of the way whilst being lapped. 

I can't join UKGPL_10 atm - timeout!

Having a great race with Philippe until I locked up at Double Droite, ran wide and dropped back about 500 metres. I tried hard but I couldn't close the gap. As the laps ticked down I realised I hadn't put enough fuel in so I had to do a pit stop to refuel. That dropped me behind Bob and JonnyO but I managed to stay on the lead lap to the finish.

Well done Philippe, a well deserved 5th place. You are an established Works driver now 

thank you phil. Too bad for the full, otherwise, we would have had a good fight. I think you were faster, very difficult to pass on this track

Unexpected weekend  result considering the competition and car allocations  

First in qualifying, when I set a PB and could improve it a bit more after Jungle jumped in front temporarily. Then at the race and I knew it wold be hard to keep in front of an alien and a Ferrari.

With the green flag I had a fine jump out of the line, but would never challenge that first tight corner with you know who. Jungle didn't lose time in the speedy Ferrari pulling alongside in the back straight and out braking me in the outside at Droite de l'Aerodrome, great move. The front runners started the race with blistering pace and I had to pull some defensive lines to keep in front of Greg T., but after some three laps with tires up to temperature things got more settled and soon I was closing back in the 2nd place, that suddenly turned into a race for 1st. Jungle was making small mistakes while I was getting closer, as was the former lider, faster.

Then Jungle spun at Virage du Parc and I was 1st, seems he had some FPS problems, tough luck mate. Considering who was behind closing fast I thoght I wold just stick to my pace, nevermind the end result, but looks like the guy cooked his engine trying to get to the front. With little over half race distance I had bilt a confortble margin to Greg in 2nd and could manage it to the chequered flag. That was a great race. See you next round.

Congrats Leo and Fulvio! Nice job gentlemen.

That was a good race. I didn´t fall too far behind the leaders and Fulvio and Doni didn´t leave me much room for mistakes. I was so engrossed with the action that I thought I was chasing Tristan for at least a few laps when it actually was Leo that I was trailing.

That was pleasing. I got new fast laps both in qualifying and the race. I hoped for no more than matching old best lap. I also didn´t expect to make the podium. I thought I had a good chance at P4 while knowing I could easily fall to P6. 

I struggle a lot in qualifying with over heating my rear tires. By the end of qualifying I chose a good rear tire pressure. I only over heated the rear tires once in the race. I was a little disappointed Fulvio got in front of me in qualifying. I thought I would be faster the first few laps of the race.

I drove faster than I thought I would. Subtract the mistake I made and I never would have been far behind the leaders. It took me a while to get away from Fulvio and Doni, but my pace was very good the last 1/3 of the race.

That was tough for Tristan and Renato. It was very likely they would be on the podium if they finished.

Leo is doing a good job trying to win this championship. I´d bet on him. Very few of us have a chance to beat him now.

Thanks for the fun guys. I appreciate it.