Season 42 - 1955GP – Round 4 – Reims

For the fourth race in the 1955 Grand Prix series finds us at Reims in France.  The circuit is basically several long straights with a couple of hairpins and a few cornfields. Catching a tow is what this track is about. It normally produces close racing. Reims-Gueux was first established in 1926 on the public roads between the small French villages of Thillois and Gueux. The circuit had two very long straights between the towns, and teams strove to maximize straight-line speed of their cars; many slipstream battles ensued. Race organizers actually felled trees and demolished old houses in order to make the circuit even quicker. International racing came with the first official Formula One event occurring in 1950, the inaugural year of the Formula One world championship. The circuit layout was shortened and changed in 1952 to bypass the town. In the 1954 race, the long-awaited Mercedes W196 with its straight-8 fuel-injection engine made its debut with Juan Manuel Fangio transferring from Maserati to join an otherwise all-German line-up of Hans Herrmann, Karl Kling and pre-war driver Hermann Lang. It was a dominant return with Fangio recording a practice lap of 124.31 mph. He and Kling led away and continued to race side by side around the Reims track. The Ferrari drivers simply couldn't cope with the pace. There was no race at Reims in 1955 and when the Grand Prix circus returned in 1956, it was without the silver arrows. Fangio dominated again but this time in a resurgent Ferrari team who's drivers also claimed the remaining podium places.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL04_60fps
IP address	=	146.200.244.218:32766
Password	=	see above
GPL Mod	=	55GP
Damage model	=	PRO
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	Reims 1967
Track directory	=	reims
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	19 laps
Replay	=	HERE

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Hi Moises
Yes, of course you can take part in this race  .

At Monza there was no incident reported that you were involved in (the crash at Parabolica on Lap 1 was not reported). If there was you would have received a PM asking for you to submit your version of what happened. Even if there was an incident, we generally don't issue race bans for a single incident. A race ban usually only happens after a driver has committed a number of serious errors.

You were excluded from the results of the Monza 10K race because you didn't have enough tokens for the Mercedes-Benz W196.

Your token spend is as follows:

Round	Tokens Before Race	Tokens Earned	Car	Tokens Spent	Tokens After Race
Silverstone	10	10	Vanwall	9	10 + 10 - 9 = 11
Spa Francorchamps	11	10	Lancia	15	11 + 10 - 15 = 6
Monza 10k	6	10	Mercedes-Benz W196	18	6 + 10 - 18 = -2

Because you overspent (i.e. tokens were -2), your tokens are reset to zero. So when you get 10 tokens for starting the next race you will only have 10 tokens with which to buy a car. So for Reims you can only drive either the Gordini, Connaught, Vanwall or Ferrari Tipo 625. If you take any other car you will overspend and get excluded again.

I hadn't driven this track very much at before now. It looks great for online racing with plenty of opportunities for a good tow. Monza without the banking. Vive la France.

Would love to call in to La Garenne Restauraunt , sit at a table facing the track and order one of those gourmet french dishes avec Tomato Sauce !

With SRMZ still down, has anyone got a copy of pitstop patch v1 (the one that doesn't shred your tyres but lets you refuel). Thanks in advance.

All except V1 of pit-stop. Only V2 available there.

Thanks :0

Vanwall firing order = suck - squeeze - BANG ! Bollox