UKGPL Season 43 - 1971 Can-Am - Zeltweg - Dec 12


The last race in the 1971 CanAm series finds us at Zeltweg in Austria, the original Österreichring. Built in 1969 to replace the bland and bumpy Zeltweg Airfield circuit, the track was known for being very fast, as every corner was a fast sweeper and taken in no lower than 3rd gear in a 5-speed gearbox and 4th in a 6-speed gearbox.  There are also noticeable changes in elevation during the course of a lap which means the downhill sections are even faster. Like most fast circuits it was a hard circuit on engines and even harder on tyres simply because the speeds were so consistently high. The first World Championship round to be held at the Österreichring was in 1970 and the race was won by Jacky Ickx, driving a Ferrari. His teammate, Clay Regazzoni, made it a Ferrari 1-2 by finishing second a mere 0.61s behind. Rolf Stommelen achieved his only podium finish, coming third in a Brabham-Ford. Local driver and championship leader Jochen Rindt started from pole position in his Lotus-Ford, but retired with an engine failure. It would turn out to be Rindt's final Formula One race start.

Please check the Season 43 details regarding rules and the 1971 Can-Am Championship pages in particular.

You have to "drive each car once!"
Only one Shift-R is allowed !!!

ROLLING START

As we all know CanAm allways made rolling starts...

We do a ~100mph (160kmh) rolling - one line - start to the exit of the Hella Kurve
No passing allowed!

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL_8
IP address Server	=	look at iGOR
GPL Mod	=	CANM71
Damage model	=	INT
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track directory	=	zeltw71
Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	29 laps
Replay	=	here

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.
Drivers are reminded that Lap 1 incidents carry an extra 1 place penalty.
Drivers must complete 50% race distance to score.
MOD INT - only One Shift-R is allowed with no need to make Stop & Go
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.

8 races - 8 cars !

WIP

Class    Driver car 1 car 2 car 3 car 4 car 5 car 6 car 7 Works Tom Johnson    POR 0 M8B M8D 260 222 Works Phil Thornton M8D SHA FER 260 222 M8B Works Axel Cookie POR M8D M8B SHA M8F 222 Works EvilClive POR 0 M8B M8D SHA 222 Works Fulvio Policardi POR 260 M8D M8F SHA Works Doni Y POR M8D M8B SHA FER Works Pete Bennett FER M8B POR SHA 222 M8D Works Greg T POR M8B M8D 260 Works Arf Arf Arf 0 FER M8F 260 Works Francesco FER 0 260 M8B SHA Works Alain Maurice POR 260 222 SHA Works DavidRainier SHA 222 POR 260 M8B M8D Works Walter Conn POR M8B 260 Works Enrique Farina POR 0 FER 260 M8D M8B Works maddog 260 0     Use the Track Gap Freeze Fix Patch V.09 for all on-line races. GLA + FUN

Good season everyone!

I made a similar mistake and calculated not enough fuel.

I also learned a little about the tire temperatures. The tires seemed to heat up too much. So I changed my driving style mid race. It was not ideal. I can do better in future races.

I had a few distractions in my house, and these days I struggle to focus even when there are no distractions.

I had a lot of fun driving the Can Ams this season. Thanks Cookie for organizing, great track selection for these Can Am beasts.
Good race Dave R. and everyone

Congrats Greg, Doni and Tom!

Well, first the big congrats to Greg for the outstanding win of this championship!

Thanks to Phil's great performance our Antipasti Team made the Team Championship

My last race of the season was not bad, but I had overestimated the lame Fezza for this high speed track...
I could not imagine that Ferrari made a worse engine than the customer Chevy

It was a very mixed season for me, I did lots of testing the upcoming SC71 with a new tyre model (you will love it!)
this can be problematic when you switch between the mods on the fly..

Only dropping in for a moment to say it was a terrific race with my Blue Moose mate, Evil Clive.  Bad luck that he had an off.

Greg a fine win.  Tom closing in fast.

A miserable time for me, actually, as my eyeballs were bad from the day's start and got progressively worse as the day wore.  Not a chance that I'll make the OAO CA71 race this evening.

Congratulations Doni and Tom! Tom may have been able to beat Doni if he got some decent practice beforehand.

This track suits the M8F well. The Shadow and big Lola did not stand a chance against the mighty McLaren.

This was a good test for me. I had a setup dating from 2014. 30 minutes of practice before qualifying was enough to improve the old setup and drop my fastest lap by 0.5 seconds. The car was prone to over heating the left rear tire if I ran wide, but it was easily manageable.

It was a fun season. I've been wanting to work on my 71 setups for years now. I was able to make improvements and learn a little more about the cars. It's a shame Yannick and Tristan didn't appear. I wouldn't have been surprised if they won more races than me, but I could have given them a good challenge.

Fulvio, I apologize for crowding you at turn 1 on your last lap. Pribluda had me thinking I had another lap to run. I hoped the timing would work well and I could pass you easily and try break into the 1:32s on my last lap. Without that distraction, you would have had a better chance at trying to get Enrique's position.

Congrats to Tom and Enrique on P2 and P3 in the championship! If I wasn't here, it would have been quite a battle for the championship between Tom, Enrique, Phil, Pete, and Fulvio. It was good to see we had a fair number of drivers for this series.

Thanks for the fun gentlemen and thanks for letting me race with you. I appreciate it.

No problem Greg, I knew that you had end you race cause I saw the flagman crossing the s/f line, but you scared me a bit at T1 
Grats Greg!