Season 42 – F1 67 WORKS – Round 8 – CURITIBA

The 8th race in the 1967 Grand Prix series finds us at Curitiba in Brazil.
The story begins in 1959 when a group of businessmen led by Flavio Chagas Lima announced a new project for a sporting complex in the Pinhais municipality of Paraná state. By 1966, the circuit had been completed, save for asphalt surface. The oval outer course stretched for 1.68 miles and was intended for testing, while the twistier 2.61 miles road course would see the racing action.
Both courses were run in an anti-clockwise direction in this first incarnation. The circuit was designed to be fully visible from all spectator vantage points and boasted amenities including a go-kart track and a large parking area. 

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	=	07-05-2023
60fps patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	here
Track directory	=	curitiba
Quali starts	=	20:45  UK time -> 45min

   

Race starts	=	~21:30 UK time
Race length	=	~50 min -> 34 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.

This should tell us, the track builder has hidden some extra grip somewhere, hiding under the grass, which we must find.

Well I managed to convert a P3 on the grid to a P3 on the podium. A great result for me, I usually make a stupid mistake and drop down the order, but not today .

I knew JonnyO and Leo would be too fast so I tried to ensure I drove at my pace and wasn't tempted to take risks in a futile attempt to stay with them. It worked but the consequence is that I never made a competitive pass all race. I'll take the points though, that's two Works podiums this season, I'm happy with that

It is a great track JonnyO, thanks for building it. The sticky grass and well placed obstacles make for great on-line races. No corner cutting and running wide is punished appropriately  .

It has only taken me 21 years and 993 league races to progress this far. I wonder how much more evolution I need to actually win the Works 

I did myself no favours by spending a lot of seat time in the morning at the computer dashing about Rudskogen in iRacing FV's and FF's.  I ran off a whole slew of races to the point that my vision was severely compromised by the time for our Curitiba event was due to run off.  My prescription eye drops helped save the day but even they can't work miracles.  Late in our race, my left eye was next to just along for the ride.  Still...  A P5 placing was a welcome relief after a string of poor results.  I'll take it.

Great job for the win by Jonny.  Leo a good P2.  Phil a standout run for P3 despite a little drama on Lap 21.  Flirting with a disaster there but he survived it. 

Not too much to tell from my race.  Picked up a slot on Lap01 and held it to the flag.  Had a couple of opportunities to make life interesting for Renato when he had some dramas but he picked up the pieces to motor on to P4.

TY for hosting!

Forgot to mention Jonny,

When driving back in to the pits, at practice and in race, there was no pit board for the pit stalls.

Also, at the garage, fuel consumption shows 999 laps regardless the amonto o fuel.

I had the same issue, but the fuel level diminished with each lap during practice so I could work out how much go-juice I needed. Not that it made any difference as I binned it within 3 laps!!! 

Same for me, when I realized that I had not enough gas I pitted to refuel, but no pit board was visible, so I had to stop at 3 laps to go.
I have to say that I installed the track at very last moment and din't check the update for pit.lp.
I'll check if that works right.