Season 42 – F1 67 WORKS – Round 7 –BOREHAM AIRFIELD

The 7th race in the 1967 Grand Prix series finds us at Boreham Airfield in the UK. RAF Boreham closed in 1946 and subsequently the West Essex Car Club developed the 2.95 mile perimeter track into a motor racing circuit. Although not on the official Grand Prix calendar, Boreham Circuit hosted competitive races between 1949 and 1952. Among the teams that raced at Boreham were BRM, Connaught, Frazer Nash, and Talbot-Lago. Among the drivers who raced there were Mike Hawthorn, Stirling Moss, and Ken Wharton. In 1955 the Ford Motor Company bought the airfield to use as a test facility for trucks, as well as the base for their Competitions Department where they prepared their cars.

Race List	=	IGOR
Server	=	UKGPLyy_60fps
IP address	=	xxx.200.244.218:32766
Password	=	see above
GPL mod	=	67 F1
Damage Model	=	PRO
Race date	=	23-04-2023
60fps patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	Link
Track directory	=	boreham
Quali starts	=	20:45  UK time -> 45min

   

Race starts	=	~21:30 UK time
Race length	=	~50 min -> 32 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 check the Season 42 details regarding rules and the 1967 F1 Works Championship pages in particular.

Sorry. It was my fault for putting the bale there.

As for me? Clutch failure on the front straight. I've never had that before as a retirement issue in GPL. Hey ho!

Yep, you were ahead of me.

I'd saved some tokens so I could afford a Lotus today. I need a car advantage to get anywhere near the podium in the Works, so I was deflated when I saw both Tris and Leo roll up in Colin Chapman's creation. But with only 3 Lotuses in the field I still had a chance of a podium. Qually went well with Tris and Leo way ahead as expected and me in P3. Pete got within 3 hundredths of my time in his Eagle so I was expecting a massive battle. I got a good start and settled in behind Leo. I managed to keep Pete behind into the first corner and from there on I just tried to drive within myself. I managed to stay focussed until the penultimate lap when I clipped the grass and spun out at Railway Corner. Thankfully no damage was done and I recovered to keep my podium place, luckily JonnyO was just far enough behind so he couldn't take advantage of my mistake  .

Grats to Tris and Leo. They were very fast. It looks like Leo has a good lead in the championship but only 8/10 rounds count so he has some points to drop compared with some of the other drivers. So his lead is bound to slim down, you can't take your foot off the gas yet Leo 

You are right Jonny. After seeing the car allocation I just thought about the points. Nothing different at the start and I managed the difference to Phil in a bureaucratic race to the end.

But I see this result as a victory as we are now in a very strong position regarding tokens. I see you now bringing only the Lotus for the next events and I won't be so bad either. Hope we can have some fine racing up front.

But nothing finished yet as Phil pointed out

congratulations to the lotus, congratulations to tristan and leo, and a big congratulations to phil, huge race on your part.

Hi
Thx All ...After a chaotic start to the championship I really needed points ....The Lotus was the right choice here ... Phil was very good, congratulations for the podium (thumbs up) ...I like the track and the Lotus was fun to drive ...
...C U next one ...( where it won't be that simple .... )