Season 44 - 1955GP (Works) - Round 2 – Brands Hatch
The second race in the 1955 Grand Prix series finds us at Brands Hatch in England. The first race to be held at Brands Hatch took place on 16th April 1950, it featured 500cc cars competing over a version of the "Indy" circuit (without Druids Hill Bend) in an anti-clockwise direction. During the 1950s the track was extended to include Druids Hill bend, Paddock Hill bend and the racing direction was changed to clockwise. It wasn't until 1960 that the full Grand Prix circuit was created. The British Grand Prix has been held at Brands Hatch on 12 occasions and the European Grand Prix has been held there twice.  The 1967 Grand Prix was won by Jack Brabham and the 1968 race by Jo Siffert driving a Brabham Repco BT19 and a Lotus-Cosworth 49B respectively.  There have also been numerous non-championship Formula 1 races most notably the Race of Champions in 1967 which was won by Dan Gurney in the Eagle-Weslake T1G.

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Please do NOT post chat messages during qualifying or racing until ALL drivers still qualifying or racing have crossed the line.

Driver lists and division specific rules can be found on the championship standings page.

2 wheels within the white lines at all times 

I don't think there is anywhere on this track where all 4 wheels on the grass would be advantageous. Riding the kerbs is tricky in these cars, so all 4 wheels within the white lines is a good place to be.

By advantageous, I mean why would anyone be motivated to do it if it wasn't advantageous?  But you are right, we have a rule and everyone must comply.

It won't be hell for the moderators, if everyone complies with the rules and any transgressions are reported.

If a moderator has to review the entire race from every driver's point of view to check who was cutting corners, then I agree with you; that would be hell. But that won't happen.

Actually GPL does have a facility to automatically assign an in-race penalty but we always disable this option for on-line races (by checking the "Disable Checkpoints" option in iGOR). The reason being that network latencies can erroneously generate a missed checkpoint. This was a real problem in the days of 56K modems. We've not done any testing with modern broadband connections, perhaps we should?

With all of the addon tracks that we use I would be surprised if anyone except Doni could escape penalties, since the corner cutting limits tend to be all over the place.  
With the current rule of two wheels on the tarmac we know where we stand. Rest assured that if the cars in front of me are regularly cutting corners then you are going to hear about it! 

Do it!

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I was a bit off my PB in qually but even if I'd matched it, I wouldn't have been near the front row in this company. Brilliant lap times from Yannick and Hristo with Leo mighty close.

I got a bit of a slow start and got mugged by Syd in the Merc. For what seemed like half the race I was all over Syd's tail but there was no way I was going to get past unless he made a mistake. Unfortunately for Syd and Jonathan they tangled at Druids and I grabbed the chance to pick up 2 places. A few laps later, Enrique ran wide at Clearways and I got past. At this point I could see Clive and Dimitar ahead but I couldn't close the gap. If anything Clive and Dimitar were inching away. Before long the Silver Arrow loomed large in my mirrors and I had to push hard to stay ahead of Syd. My efforts paid off and Syd  made a mistake and dropped back. The only way I was going to catch Clive now was if he made a mistake but he didn't. With 4 laps to go Jonathan caught me up, I tried hard to defend but he used the power of the Vanwall to blast past my Connaught through Pilgrim's Drop. Fortunately for me, Jonathan ran wide at Druids on lap 23 and I squeezed ahead again. As we crossed the line to start the last lap Jonathan was on my inside and we rounded Paddock Hill Bend side-by-side! Jonathan left his braking too late and ran wide at Druids again and I got past. All I had to do now was stay on the tarmac for the rest of the lap but I blew it running wide at South Bank. I only touched the the grass on the last 20 metres of the turn but it meant I couldn't get the power down early enough and Jonathan breezed past. The run to the line was close but Jonathan didn't make a mistake and he took the place. Great race Jonathan, well done