Season 43 - 1955GP - Round 8 – Monza

The eighth and final race in the 1955 Grand Prix series finds us at Monza in Italy. The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a race track located near the city of Monza, north of Milan.  Built in the Royal Villa of Monza park in a woodland setting, the circuit has gone through numerous changes over the years.  Perhaps the most striking feature in the park is the steep banked (sopraelevata) curves on the now defunct 10Km variant, first used in 1955.  The original circuit (used between 1922 and 1933) also had an oval section but the banked curves were not as wide or as steep as the later 1955 variant.  The banked circuit was used on four occasions for Formula 1 races; in 1955, 1956, 1960 and finally in 1961 when it was decided that Formula 1 cars were just too fast to be safe on the oval track.   The banked oval section was last used in any capacity in 1969.  From 1962 onwards, the Formula 1 Grand Prix was held on the "road circuit" which by the early 1970s was also deemed to be too fast for Formula 1 cars.  Two chicanes were introduced for 1972 Italian Grand Prix, one at the Ascari curve and another on the approach to the Curva Grande.

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Qualifying starts	=	20:45 UK time - 45 minutes
Race starts	=	~ 21:30 UK time
Race length	=	27 laps
Replay	=	HERE

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Is it the Band of Hope  ?   

Merry Chrissie 

Sorry for the mistake at parabolica,was my only one mistake in this race.

congratulations jonnie, an excellent season for you, great job......
   mine, actually for oblivion, the previous race, I was left out due to an accident and in this race, the electric power was cut off with 12 laps left.... .well, see you next year-
   Thanks for everything, guys, Merry Christmas and a very excellent New Year.

I think you speak about Evil's Lancia 
Anyway an unexpected good race for me that gave me an unexpected third on Championship, even if someone tried to kill me at Para lap 3 
Watching replay I noted a bad reaction after another crash in Para, I do hope  I misinterpreted that 

Tthank you Phil and CubbieRoo.Witn Phil a little battle also this race ,in the early laps.

I think you mean 2024 Clive. Time flys! 

No problem Moises, these things happen.   

I'm really bad at finding a tow in qually and as a result ended up 5th or 6th on the grid.  I was committed to a patient approach, which appeared to be working fine up until Moises' spin.  I was amazed to discover that I still had a working Merc and must apologise to Fulvio who suffered my bad rejoin.  At that point the championship was vanishing up the start/finish straight and if I didn't just go for it then I was sunk anyway.  After contact with Fulvio, I was left in the gravel and facing the wrong way so my next rejoin was somewhat delayed.  I entered Parabolica in 4th and left in 14th.

After that it was head down and hope for some misfortune at the front of the pack.

I struggled to pass anyone as everyone was in a slipstreaming column of cars usually being towed by a Merc.

When another Merc began to lose it in Parabolica I was more alert to the situation and was able to spot it soon enough to avoid the carnage.  That gained me three places at one go! 

I had a good clean battle with Albert, and finally got the better of it, which left me chasing down Axel for 4th.

Axel helped my cause by putting himself in the kitty-litter at parabolica.

So 4th was the best that I could manage.

Thanks to UKGPL for running the series and congratulations to Jonny and Fran for their well earned championships.

Hope to see you in Season 44.