Season 44 F1 1967 WORKS – Round 3 –  BALCARCE

For the third race in the 1967 Grand Prix Works series, we will visit Balcarce in Argentina.  Balcarce was the birthplace of the legendary Argentinian driver Juan Manuel Fangio and we will be racing on the circuit that bears his name. The Autódromo Juan Manuel Fangio was opened in his honour on 18th January 1971. The circuit has hosted events in the Turismo Carretera series but it has never hosted Formula 1 races and to this day remains rather underdeveloped.


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	=	balcarce
Quali starts	=	20:45  UK time -> 45min
Race starts	=	~21:30 UK time
Race length	=	~50 min -> 30 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.

Apologies to all. Got nerfed from behind at T1R, had to wait, then I hit somebody (still on the 1st lap at end of 2nd segment), ended up last, started climbing back and got impatient at the Esses.

It just seemed like I didn't want to stay ahead of you Phil. Twice I got in front (because of your mistakes) and twice I spun within two laps to fall back behind. Total of 22 seconds lost in three errors (third one on the last lap, but at least it didn't cost me any further positions.
The whole race was tense for me. I had a very cautious start and lost several positions on the first lap. But after a few laps I settled down, and I was close behind Fulvio. I stayed there for a long time ( I wasn't counting laps, on purpose). At one point we came a cross a blue Brabham (Phil). We got past him, but he was all over my mirrors, and I went slightly wide on T1 which led to clipping the inside curb at T2 and a spin, 4 seconds and one positions lost. After that I kept pushing as I could see Phil and Fulvio ahead of me. I never could close down those 5 seconds, but they stayed in my view. And then with 5 laps to go I came across them at t1, each on either side of the track, and I squeezed through. And I was thinking just a few laps, don't do anything risky. And then I spin at T2 again. This time it was just a normal braking point and line into T2, and somehow car just went too wide. Lost positions to both Phil and Fulvio here. And on the last lap, as I was right on Fulvio's tail, I again braked at normal spot for T3 (second loop) but car still slid off the track. I managed to get back to racing speed just before Dulima arrived and at least kept that place.
I'll be off the next three weeks, I'm on vacation starting next weekend, see you in march.

   A mind-boggling race, without resting, I ran the entire race in a dispute with Evil and his speedy Cooper, in the middle of the race I made it easier for him to pass because perhaps he would have a better chance of reaching Farina and by holding on we would be slower. But after Evil passed, the distance remained stable. And we stayed like that until the penultimate lap when Doni and Steiner joined the group and that's when Evil did a 180 and fell behind, so we stayed together until the finish line...... luckily I didn't make any mistakes and I managed hold the 3rd!!!

A great race.

I was able to make a new PB in practice only to be outpaced by 2 drivers (I think it was Enrique and Johny maybe) by 0.004 and 0.005, so I started P7. At the start I reacted fast and clean but had to protect a driver ahead and slowed down a little bit which gave a chance to Clive and one more driver to overtake me.

From there I drove without mistakes and was able to finish in P7. The highlight of my race was the battle with Phil. I needed not to crack up, cause he was ready to eat me alive. I didn't, even though he was ahead for a moment at the back straight, but I was able to take it back with a late brake. It was a nice, clean gentlemen fight. I loved it.

Grats to Tris and the podium guys.

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

Grats to Tris, Enrique and Jonny for the podium spots.

Experience told me that this track will bite you if you are not careful, so I saved my tokens and opted for the Cooper. Not a car that I use very often but a few practice laps and some careful setup adjustments gave me a car that felt that it might be competitive.
This track is a little weird, because if you consider a figure 8 circuit, there ought to be an equal number of left and right hand turns? but this track has only a single left turn? I'm still not sure how that is possible??!! So I set up a VERY assymetric setup and sacrificed the single left turn and it seemed to work well. The other thing that I find with this circuit is that the major corners are all much longer than I want them to be and I have to force myself to wait and wait before getting on the gas.lol.

A good start allowed me to slip past Dimi at T1 ( another great video DD   ) and get onto Doni's tailpipes. His Brabham was just a little too quick to mount a challenge, but it allowed me to be the star car in Dimi's video for a few laps until we came across an incident at T1. Doni went wide to avoid one of the cars and I was extremely lucky as the metal wall parted and I could drive straight through the middle and steal Doni's position. With a clear road I was just a few tenths faster than doni and slowly, slowly I eased away and started hunting down Jonny's BRM. Eventually I caught him, but it was clear that there was very little difference in our lap times..he was quicker on the straights and I was better under braking and through the corners.
Jonny was very gracious and allowed me to pass (, I was not expecting him to do that. But I then gave myself a few laps to build my pace before trying to reel in Enrique.
The reason that I did not pull away from Jonny is quite simple a) I was not fast enough and b) I had realised that I did not have enough fuel to reach the end of the race!!! So many laps of lift and coast with short shifting gradually stretched the consumption. It was a tough juggling act trying to keep Jonny far enough behind so that he could not attack, but keeping the revs as low as possible.

By the time we got to the last 3 laps I had a little spare fuel in the tank but Jonny, Doni and John were "on a mission" behind and closing the gap. All through the race I had avoided wheelspin out of the corners and kept the rear tyres cool. But the pressure made me over eager with the throttle and my left rear went red. With no time or gap to ease off and allow it to cool down I was in trouble. I almost knew what was about to happen as I braked for T3 into the tight section. Sure enough the rear tyres gave up and round we went!!!! losing 3 places so close to a possible 3rd place was not a good feeling !!!!
Well done JJ, Doni and John for applying the pressure and getting the result.

Hi  .......   Alain , I'm sorry, I didn't want to try anything, I was resigned from the start to finish second behind you, have you slowed down your pace?....I go a little sideways when braking and I lock up the wheels, I try to avoid you, but when sliding I no longer control the car....sorry again man, really a shame that your race ended there, the victory was clearly for you....
thx all & Org.

...sees you next one ....

I couldn't finish happier with this 2nd place, after the incident with the 2 leaders, I put myself in 1st place for about 4 laps, but the Frenchman got very close to me and I preferred to let it go and avoid an incident and losing a possible podium because of it. Then I had to get behind the 1st place and run as best as possible so that Jonnie wouldn't catch up with me and that's how it was, I think I made a good strategy and it turned out quite well,
   congratulations jonnie, very good with the 16 cylinder car