Season 43 – 1967 F1 – Round 2 – Privateers  - Ain Diab
For the 2nd round in the  1967 Grand Prix series we sail across the Mediterranean to Morocco. The Moroccan Grand Prix was held on four different circuits between 1925 and 1958. Apart from Agadir, all the circuits are in the Casablanca area. The 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix was held on the Ain-Diab circuit which, in part, ran along a stretch of coastline know as La Corniche. The race was famous for deciding the 1958 world championship. Stirling Moss, in a Vanwall, needed to win the race with Mike Hawthorn, driving a Ferrari, finishing no higher than third. Moss did everything he could, winning the race and setting the fastest lap but he needed his teammates, Tony Brooks and Stuart Lewis-Evans, to finish ahead of Hawthorn. But it wasn’t to be, both Brooks and Lewis-Evans suffered engine seizures and were out of the race. Phil Hill, Hawthorn’s teammate, moved over to allow Mike Hawthorn to take second place and with it the world championship by a single point. Brooks walked away from his Vanwall but Stuart Lewis-Evans was not so lucky. His car spun off the road, burst into flames and although he climbed out, but Lewis-Evans was very badly burned. Tragically Stuart Lewis-Evans died from his injuries eight days later. Devastated, Tony Vandervell closed his team. Vanwall had just won the first ever Constructors' Formula 1 Championship but they would never race again.

Track Limits.  For the purposes of moderating, the track boundary will be the outer edge of the gravel "shoulder". So the desert is outside the track boundary, the gravel is inside the track boundary. Drivers should keep 2 wheels inside the track boundary (i.e. on the gravel) at all times. However, the gravel is a bit slippery so the fastest line will probably be to keep 2 wheels on the tarmac.

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL10
IP address	=	217.155.118.41
Password	=	see above
GPL Mod	=	67F1
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	Aindiab  1958
Track directory	=	aindiab
Quali starts	=	20:45  UK time -> 45min
Race starts	=	~21:30 UK time
Race length	=	~50 min -> 21 laps
Replay	=	here

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

Please 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 43 details regarding rules and the 1967 F1 Privateers Championship pages in particular.
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I think I've worked around an issue where UKGPL10 would crash when re-spawning to host repeated events with this track.
I've set it running until Sunday mornning (will then set it going again in Pro mode).

I've also put a copy of the installer on the UKGPL Replays site. See here.

I suggest you concentrate on learning the track tonight but when you get a chance please register on the new GPL Track Database. I don't like keeping copies of tracks on the replays site.

Hey Paul . No worries with the crash so dont lose any sleep over it . I was going nowhere fast anyway and it was only a matter of time before I went off for the early bath , so why not go in style   

Well, I didn't expect that. I'd had a couple of wins in UKGPL before but I'd inherited them from leaders less fortunate than I. Here it was a solid pole --- my first ever in any league race --- and the good luck to stay on track most of the time just a few seconds ahead of a constantly pressing David Rainier. My lead over him was never more than eight seconds, so I was acutely aware that any significant error would immediately relegate me to second place. But neither of us made an error of much magnitude, and it basically remained a two-car race from beginning to end. My only question at the end of the day was how does Max Verstappen do this stuff every week?

I'd been benefitted, I'm sure, because we ran this track in our two oAo divisions three years ago. I carried away from that experience a terrible fear of first-corner contacts that would splinter the field. To my surprise, only Albert became a little too frisky and took Billy out in T1. Still, after that things seemed to settle down and the field predictably spread out enough to breathe now and then.

So, we have six races to go and three of them on original Papyrus tracks. I sense some close racing coming up in the not too distant future.

Phil, that sounds like a genuine threat! I want no part of you aliens!   

My compliments to Pepe for the race and qualy time with the same car used by me.At the start I didn't think I would make fourth.Possible third when in last lap Eric made a mistake but his defence,in the middle of the track,forced me to release the gas to avoid a rear touch.