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Cars: '92 Ford Escort RS

Track: Silverstone (GP)

RACE ONE
Practice: ~19:20 (60 mins)
Qualifying: 20:20 (10 mins)
Race: 20:30 (15 laps)

Bonus points: 1 point for fastest lap in race.

RACE TWO will follow, with same rules as for Race One except that, Race One podiums will not take part in Race Two qualification.

Time of Day Setting: 14:00
Start: STANDING
Tyre wear: Normal
Fuel consumption: Normal
Pit stops: Not required

Server: simracing.org.uk Monday
Password: see above

Notes:
(1) It's best if all drivers can make sure they are connected before the Qualifying session as drivers on track during qualifying will not see cars that join after they are on track until they go back to the garage.
(2) Please make sure you are fully aware of the SimRacing.org.uk Rules.
(3) The AI control should be turned off so that you have control of the car at all times, including pitting. Your player file should therefore read
Autopit="0"
Force Autopit Off="1" // Forces autopit always off
No AI Control="1" // AI never has control over car
If you still finding pitting problematic, experience tells us that its less to do with positioning and more to do with approach speed. A slow approach to pit crew chief has proved most reliable.

Special Notes: Driver's must complete over 50% race distance to score points.

Your correct Erling. The OP was copied from the previous races (10 laps) and I forgot to change it. Well spotted!

OP is now corrected.

Results and replays now posted.

Final result will be published tomorrow.

Fastest lap points will be awarded in the next couple of days but have no impact on the final overall results, which follow.

Result_Race_1

Result_Race_2

Cracking end to the series.

Great quali session. I got the impression that it would be tight, and so it proved. Geoff pulled out a stonking lap to take pole, I was on one that would have been really close, but ran out of time in the session, got my timing wrong for once....

As Geoff said, he ran wide on cold tires on lap 1, and that was kind of that. He did then prove to have great pace as he said, and I wasn't really able to pull away much at all.

Race 2, softly softly at the start, let the race settle a touch. It got to be a flying foursome at the front, Clive, Erling, Geoffers and myself. Geoff was keenly lining up a pass on Erling, who was trying to defend whilst also looking to get past Clive, who was defending his line well. I could see that I had an advantage in Club, and when both Erling and Geoff went wide I went tight, and got the power on early, driving up the inside of both. Then made a move on Clive, hoping to get that done quick to have a little breathing room. Geoff was quickly passed though, and the gap was only 1 second or so.

What followed was a proper race. I knew I had the drive in Club, but Geoffers was very much quicker through Becketts-Maggots, and therefore onto Hanger, meaning a move was possible in Stow. He was then also quicker into and out of Stow, meaning I was under pressure into Vale, which was negating my advantage in Club a touch. He was then quicker into Abbey, I had good drive through Bridge though to hold him back, but he was then quicker into Luffield/Brooklands. I was quicker out of the final complex, but slower through Copse. It was a real nip and tuck situation, I could just barely hold him off if I got just enough of a spoiler on his lines, and maximised my drive on every corner, but it was really hard work. The smallest of errors on the fast stuff put my on the back foot, Geoff did get alongside on Hanger into braking for Stow once, and we did rub paint into Vale once, but mostly was just flat out with 0.3 to 0.8 seconds between us through most of the rest of the race, we both did very much our best laps in this race, faster than the initial qualifying runs....

Greta fun all round. I have enjoyed this car, so if we use it again that will be welcome for sure.

Great series, thank you for the organisation Tony, and grats to all.

Two quite nondescript races for me.

Race 1 the usual pecking order was temporarily upset, when Geoffers went off on L1, lending me the 2nd spot.  When he caught up, I waved him past. Uncharactaristically of me, but given our night & day skill difference here, it seemed pretty pointless to attempt racing him, and I thought I would let him continue unhindered towards chasing Daz; would have been refreshing to see another race winner for a change (sorry Daz  ).  With that I was in the same no-mans-land as Clive, just a little further ahead. So basically a lonely & rather boring race.

Race 2 I got a great start, jumping several drivers including the two aliens. Was battling Tony for 2nd already after the first corners. Found a way past later on L1, now chasing Clive in the lead.  Didn't take long for Daz & Geoffers to catch up. No freebees this time, so now we had a  - brief - 4-way battle for the lead.  Not that the two gents needed any help getting past; both Clive & I were dispatched like mere footnotes. About a lap later I found a way past Clive, getting a better exit out of Copse and then slipping ahead into Maggotts (no feeling sorry I can assure you Clive; had to work for it..  ).  Rest of the race much like the first, growing ever lonelier with each lap.

Grats to Daz on two more wins, Geoffers for the 2nds, and to Daz on an untouchable Series win.

Like the car a lot as others have stated.  Thanks to Tony for the setup & to Matt for server emergency services.