UKGPL Season 44 (Spring 2024) 1955 GP (Privateers) - East London - Mar 3

[Phil Thornton]

For the next one It says Indianapolis (Oval) and there a few variants in the Track database
Can someone please say which download it is?

Links to all the tracks are on the registration thread

[bernie]

Fran , you are so correct.  I also wonder why the Connaught or the Vanwall does not have slightly better brakes than the others.

I believe one of them was actually the first Grand Prix car to have Disc Brakes.  I dont think they were as good as anything that came later, but surely far better than the Drum braked cars.

well done pods, that was a nice finish for you too Fran. No engine blow ups this time well done.  

and to all the finishers. sorry for any one that didnt make it.  Seems a simple track, but not easy at all in the '55s .

Paul the Torpedo move seldom works in your favour 

[Cookie]

Fran , you are so correct.  I also wonder why the Connaught or the Vanwall does not have slightly better brakes than the others.

I believe one of them was actually the first Grand Prix car to have Disc Brakes.  I dont think they were as good as anything that came later, but surely far better than the Drum braked cars.

Yes the disk brakes were better than the drum brakes, but the drum brakes were Race brakes with according size and cooling!
So they had not a big advantage, still engine and handling was the advantage.
The RL Mercedes mechanic said they never had a fading problem ... 

[Bully]

Hey Everyone,
                      Meant to post earlier, but this week has been crazy!

I qualified in 5th, which was a pleasant surprise in the Gordini. I was expecting much worse.

Anyway, got a reasonable start, Gordini is not great off the line. I lost one place to Bernie's Maserati, but managed to get it back at the hairpin.

Then I am chasing Paul and Matt, Moises and Ricardo have driven off into the distance at this point. They were very fast here.

Somewhere Paul fell off at the hairpin , so now I am up to 4th place! Ricardo has also had an issue and slipped back to Matt, but gets ahead again and sets off up the road. Now I am chasing Matt and very slowly catching up.

Then Matt overcooks the last turn and I am up to 3rd place! I've no real expectation of catching Moise or Ricardo in the Gordini, so I try to settle into a nice pace and let the muscle memory do the thinking, rather than me!

I have quite a nice gap to Fran in his Connaught and it stays very consistently the same gap. All I have to do is drive a nice pace the rest of the race for a podium in the Gordini!

Then eventually I have an off at the hairpin and Francesco is past me. SO now back to 4th. I give chase, but we are both very similar in pace and I can't seem to gain any time, so I need to try and force a mistake.

Then around lap 20 or so, after slowly reeling in Francesco we are both coming to the hairpin, he has taken a wide line, and seems slow. But I was very hot and coming up the inside. I was never going to stop and I clips wheels with Fran, Luckily Fran gets away with no issues (Apologies Fran, my fault completely). By the time I re-join Matt has slipped past. He had been slowly creeping up on Fran and I.

At this point I realise that Ricardo has dropped out So I am still somehow 4th place. I set off after Matt to try and chase for the podium. I manage to close in on Matt and apply some pressure but then I have another off at the hairpin. So at this point I just settle for 4th place.

Overall, very happy with 4th place in the Gordini. Had I run the perfect race and not fell off so bloody much I could of had 2nd! But then what if's etc! Sill I saved a butt load of tokens and with Indy next they will come in handy!

Cheers everyone, see at Indy

Bully.

[Phil Thornton]

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