Season 44 F1 1967 WORKS – Round 1 –  Interlagos 1971

Autódromo José Carlos Pace, also known as Interlagos, is in the city of São Paulo, in the neighborhood of Interlagos. It is named after Brazilian Formula One driver Carlos Pace, who died in a plane crash in 1977. It has hosted the Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix since 1973.  The race won by defending Formula One World Champion and São Paulo local Emerson Fittipaldi. Fittipaldi won the race again the following year in bad weather and Brazilian driver José Carlos Pace won his only race at Interlagos in 1975.


THERE ARE MORE THAN 19 REGISTERED DRIVERS IN THIS SERIES, SO :
The full time drivers can start to practice as soon as the server is available.  Reserve drivers can also join as soon as the server becomes available but must leave the server with 35 minutes of qualifying left, for a total of 5 minutes; this will allow any remaining full timers to join.  If there is enough space on the grid, the reserve drivers will be able to rejoin when there are 30 mins of qualifying left.  

Race list	=	iGOR
Server	=	UKGPL04
IP address	=	146.199.1.65
Password	=	see above
GPL Mod	=	67F1
60fps Patch	=	60fpsV2newmod
Track download	=	Link
Track directory	=	interlag
Quali starts	=	20:45  UK time -> 45min
Race starts	=	~21:30 UK time
Race length	=	~50 min -> 16 laps
Replay	=	here

Please check the Season 44 details regarding rules and the 1967 F1 Works Championship pages in particular.

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.

The bumps are indeed hard, also to avoid them, you need to put some understeer into the car which is not comfortable for the fast corners. However, I believe with some luck, I will be able to survive with my BRM, which will be my goal for this track.

Well I managed to get down to a sub 2min55s lap in race conditions and I didn't make any mistakes. So objective achieved, I'm happy with that. I had a race long duel with Dulima but no matter how much pressure I put him under he didn't crack! He only gave me once chance to pass when he went a bit wide at Curva 3 (the end of the long straight) and I went for the inside line. Unfortunately for me he collected the car and got the power down to keep his momentum. I left him space but in doing that I was a bit slow on the exit, and he repassed me. To rub salt into my wounds Dimitar followed him through and so instead of gaining a place, I lost one. With just 2 laps to go I had to try to catch up. Fortunately for me Dimitar spun at Curva 1 and I got the place back.  I managed to close the gap on the last lap but Dulima had it in the bag and cruised to the line. Good clean racing gents, I enjoyed that.

I was a little bit skeptical about this race, as I was not completely happy with the setup at all. However, we had a great fun in mid-table.

I was careful at the start from P7 and lost a position and when I was able to go 2 positions up, after P2 and 3 collided, I span in the middle between corners 3 and 4 by just touching the grass.

I lost few position but I kept going from P10, I believe. Then I was able to drive clean and after more drivers made mistakes I was promoted to P6 again. Then in an attempt to be as fast as possible in the final lap to catch Dulima for P5, I spam again, this time barely touching the grass at the end of turn 1.

At the end - P7, exactly from where I started the race. I am happy, as I take decent points with the slowest car.

I enjoyed my battle with Phil and Dulima btw. I was about 6 seconds behind about 10 laps before the end and was able to catch them and even overtake Phil for a moment, as he wrote above. It was so much fun.

It was so much fun. Now I look a little bit worried ahead for Porto, as the track looks extremely hard. I will need a stale and reliable car there.

My full stream replay: https://www.twitch.tv/turboracing39

Wow! Your transmission was very decent!

Your graph is perfect!

Firstly, sorry to Renato for spinning in front of him at the end of lap 2, then for the contact when rejoining, I didn't realize until I watched the replay, I thought you were collected by a passing car.  From there it was a recovery drive for the both of us, more so for Renato.  I made reasonable progress through the field, lucky that soo many were in BRMs!  Towards the end I was up with Doni and Fulvio.  Having passed Doni I had a few sketchy moments, impeding Doni a bit, before a spin, sorry to scare you Doni, it was close but you just managed to avoid me.  A couple of corners later I managed to go the long way round at Curva do Sol and emerge in-front.  Due to my antics, Fulvio had pulled a decent gap and despite the FL on the last lap, he managed to hold me off for 2nd, well driven Fulvio, I saw you also set your FL on the last lap, keen to hold onto 2nd!  I have to be happy with 3rd, didn't expect much what with the track being so tricky and my erratic style which I need to tame.

Cheers for the orga, see you in Porto where I hope to do better than my last outing when I got caught behind a crash and GPL timed me out after only one corner!

Bob.

P.S Dulima, you can call me Bob

   

   Oops, finally a victory in mod67, last season I blew up an eagle engine and maybe, in this champ I won't use any Dan Gurney cars.......
  I like Interlagos, and yes, it's a tiring, treacherous, long track, but historically a legend in Brazil, this old route.
  Luckily I had the best car for Interlagos, the Ferrari, and I was able to enjoy that, Greg, Leo and Farina were absent, Bot with BRM, I think that all helped too.

  My race was fast at the beginning to try to escape from Baab and Jungle, but they had an accident and this made it easier for me.

  Happy to see my Ferrari teammate in second and the stainless Doni in third.

   I believe that everyone who raced in the BRM had a lot of fun, there were a lot of them!!!