UKGPL Season 6 (2002) Division 3

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September 01, 2002, 09:00:00 PM +0100 - Kyalami (1961-67) - UKGPL Season 6 (2002) Division 3

Driver Team	Model	Class	Qualifying		Race
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Laps	Stops	Best	Retirement reason
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Ballast		Best	Retirement reason
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	1	1:20.740 113.431mph	1		24		--- ---
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton			1	1:20.740 113.431mph	1				--- ---
Jared Chainey	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	2	+0.210 113.137mph	2	33:28.210 109.452mph	24		1:20.790 113.361mph
Jared Chainey			2	+0.210 113.137mph	2	33:28.210 109.452mph			1:20.790 113.361mph
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	3	+0.450 112.802mph	3	33:32.640 109.211mph	24		--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing			3	+0.450 112.802mph	3	33:32.640 109.211mph			--- ---
Clive Griffin	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	4	+0.610 112.580mph	4	34:04.710 107.498mph	24		--- ---
Clive Griffin			4	+0.610 112.580mph	4	34:04.710 107.498mph			--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	5	+0.680 112.483mph	5	34:07.890 107.331mph	24		--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark			5	+0.680 112.483mph	5	34:07.890 107.331mph			--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	8	+1.250 111.701mph	6 (+2)	34:30.340 106.167mph	24		--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton			8	+1.250 111.701mph	6 (+2)	34:30.340 106.167mph			--- ---
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish	P115 (#11007)	F1 1967	14	+3.100 109.237mph	7	34:39.690 105.690mph	24		--- ---
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish			14	+3.100 109.237mph	7	34:39.690 105.690mph			--- ---
Martin Portman	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	11	+2.180 110.449mph	8	+1L	23		--- ---
Martin Portman			11	+2.180 110.449mph	8	+1L			--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	9	+1.260 111.688mph	9 (+2)		23		--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting			9	+1.260 111.688mph	9 (+2)				--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	7	+1.160 111.824mph	10		23		--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark			7	+1.160 111.824mph	10				--- ---
Ralph Maiph	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	13	+2.730 109.721mph	11	+13L	11		--- ---
Ralph Maiph			13	+2.730 109.721mph	11	+13L			--- ---
Joe Murphy J-Team Racing	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	10	+1.640 111.173mph	12	+16L	8		--- ---
Joe Murphy J-Team Racing			10	+1.640 111.173mph	12	+16L			--- ---
Dick Barker	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	12	+2.320 110.262mph	13	+17L	7		--- ---
Dick Barker			12	+2.320 110.262mph	13	+17L			--- ---
Colliss Coll	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	6	+0.940 112.125mph	14	+19L	5		--- ---
Colliss Coll			6	+0.940 112.125mph	14	+19L			--- ---

Moderator's Report

Start Line

Tim Whiting gets a better start than Simon Gymer off the line (Both on the left hand side of the grid) and decides to drive up the left side to overtake where there is literally 1 car width of space. As Tim is alongside, Simon drifts fractionally to the left, they tangle and Simon is thrown off the road ending up with a wheel off forcing a Shift R. Tim is left pointing the wrong way and does a spin turn in front of the reset-ing Simon. Martin Portman is ahead, broadside across the track. Tim then goes for the small gap in front of Martin but Martin moves just as he gets there and they collide.

This is a classic case of lack od care at the start. We see far too many start line incidents, and have repeatedly asked drivers to be careful at the start when the cars are so tightly bunched. Trying to drive past someone that close is a recipe for disaster so the fact that Simon drifted left slightly does not make him at fault. This lack of care was compounded by trying to drive through another small gap to escape the confusion, when it would have been much simpler and safer to drive round the back of Martin's car.

Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting — Overly aggressive start — 2 places lost

Lap 13

Graham Houghton is approaching T1, and ahead Luci and Clive Griffin are side by side entering the braking zone. Both brake very early (presumably taking care not to go too deep) which catches Graham out. He brakes, but not hard enough, and by the time he realises this its too late and he locks up, sliding into Clive who's taken a wide line to give Luci room. Given the fact that both cars braked very early, this is the first race of the season, and I that think this was more a mistake than carelessness, I've decided to let Graham off a penalty for this and issue a warning instead.

Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton — Contact with Clive Griffin

4 corners later, Graham is now right behind Luci into Clubhouse. Luci takes a widish line in and a late apex, but Graham takes a much tighter line as if Luci were going wide. Graham hits Luci mid apex. This was far too ambitious and didn't account for what Luci might do. I think Graham assumed that Luci's wide line meant she had gone too deep and would not make the apex. Had Graham been following for a lap or 2 to work out the lines and braking points used by Luci it might have made this more acceptable as a misjudgement, but this was almost the first corner when Graham was close enough to think about an overtake.

Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton — Bad passing attempt — 2 places lost

One other thing worth mentioning. Joe Murphy missed the pit lane entry and stopped on the verge after the pit exit. This is not an acceptable alternative - if you miss the pits then you must go round and pit again. Only use the pits. Since this was a test race, rules are new and Joe retired anyway there seems little point in issuing a penalty here.

September 15, 2002, 09:00:00 PM +0100 - Zandvoort (1948-72) - UKGPL Season 6 (2002) Division 3

Driver Team	Model	Class	Qualifying		Race
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Laps	Stops	Best	Retirement reason
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Ballast		Best	Retirement reason
Colliss Coll	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	4	+0.760 108.617mph	1		27		--- ---
Colliss Coll			4	+0.760 108.617mph	1				--- ---
Jared Chainey	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	2	+0.540 108.895mph	2	39:51.200 105.891mph	27		1:26.040 108.996mph
Jared Chainey			2	+0.540 108.895mph	2	39:51.200 105.891mph			1:26.040 108.996mph
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	3	+0.630 108.781mph	3	40:10.320 105.051mph	27		--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing			3	+0.630 108.781mph	3	40:10.320 105.051mph			--- ---
John Vizoso	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	8	+1.470 107.731mph	4	40:14.170 104.883mph	27		--- ---
John Vizoso			8	+1.470 107.731mph	4	40:14.170 104.883mph			--- ---
Martin Portman	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	5	+0.970 108.354mph	5	40:31.160 104.150mph	27		--- ---
Martin Portman			5	+0.970 108.354mph	5	40:31.160 104.150mph			--- ---
Clive Griffin	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	6	+0.970 108.354mph	6	40:39.110 103.811mph	27		--- ---
Clive Griffin			6	+0.970 108.354mph	6	40:39.110 103.811mph			--- ---
Ralph Maiph	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	7	+1.190 108.079mph	7	40:55.730 103.108mph	27		--- ---
Ralph Maiph			7	+1.190 108.079mph	7	40:55.730 103.108mph			--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	14	+6.410 101.946mph	8	+1L	26		--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing			14	+6.410 101.946mph	8	+1L			--- ---
Joe Murphy J-Team Racing	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	11	+2.170 106.872mph	9		26		--- ---
Joe Murphy J-Team Racing			11	+2.170 106.872mph	9				--- ---
Dick Barker	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	12	+2.300 106.714mph	10	+22L	5		--- ---
Dick Barker			12	+2.300 106.714mph	10	+22L			--- ---
Vinny Kwiker	P115 (#11007)	F1 1967	13	+2.960 105.918mph	11 (+2)		5		--- ---
Vinny Kwiker			13	+2.960 105.918mph	11 (+2)				--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing	P115 (#11007)	F1 1967	15	+12.570 95.548mph	12	+23L	4		--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing			15	+12.570 95.548mph	12	+23L			--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	9	+1.550 107.632mph	13	+26L	1		--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark			9	+1.550 107.632mph	13	+26L			--- ---
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	1	1:25.580 109.582mph	14 (+5)		1		--- ---
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton			1	1:25.580 109.582mph	14 (+5)				--- ---
Tom Barton	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	10	+2.100 106.957mph	15		1		--- ---
Tom Barton			10	+2.100 106.957mph	15				--- ---

Moderator's Report

Start

Ralph Maiph(P7) is a litte slow off the line, which causes the cars behind him to bunch up, except that Vinny Kwiker doesnt read the situation in time and just clips Joe Murpy's right rear and Vinny goes spinning off, collecting Dick Barker. (Joe Murphy was unaffected)

This was very much an avoidable accident and no real attempt was taking to avoid the situation.

Vinny Kwiker — Avoidable accident — 2 places lost

Lap4

Van de Skids in P1, looses it at Hondenvlak and does a slow 360 on the track. Jared Chainey who's a little behind is largely unable to avoid him and clips him. (Skids is very lucky as he again is spun 360 and ends up pointing the right way).

Chainey could have done more to avoid Skids, though. Skids has turned over 120 degrees before Chainey stops accelerating, so a CAUTION to Chainey.

Lap6

Van de Skids spins again, this time at Tunnel Oost and goes for a picnic in the sanddunes... he then decides to rejoin, with an evil knievel style jump over the banks near Panoramabocht, flips, lands on the track and Ralph Maiph got no chance to avoid him. This looked more like frustration than anything else!

Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton — Bad rejoin — 3 places lost

Lap11.

Skids has been following Tom Barton for a couple of laps and is clearly faster, but is unable to match the pace of the Eagle on the straights.

At Panoramabocht Skids, while being clearly behind, dives to the inside, clipping Tom Barton and sends him flying. Again, this looked like frustration.

Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton — Overly ambitious overtake — 2 places lost

Lap14, Hondenvlak

Clive Griffin spin out at Hondenvlak and ends up on the track facing the wrong way. He then tries a 3rd gear(!!) spin turn, which fails and slowly goes across the track as Martin Portman approaches. Portman does very well to avoid Griffin, but the situation should never have arised.

Clive Griffin — Bad rejoin

Lap 21 & 23.

Tom Barton shift-rs on those two laps and does not take a stop and go on either occasion. A 6 place penalty and a disqualification is hereby issued.

Tom Barton — Failing to stop and go (twice) — 0 places lost

September 29, 2002, 09:00:00 PM +0100 - Spa (GPL) - UKGPL Season 6 (2002) Division 3

Driver Team	Model	Class	Qualifying		Race
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Laps	Stops	Best	Retirement reason
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Ballast		Best	Retirement reason
Colliss Coll	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	18	+13.470 148.596mph	1		9		--- ---
Colliss Coll			18	+13.470 148.596mph	1				--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	4	+0.920 157.935mph	2	30:51.490 153.312mph	9		3:19.080 158.427mph
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark			4	+0.920 157.935mph	2	30:51.490 153.312mph			3:19.080 158.427mph
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	3	+0.170 158.530mph	3	31:05.170 152.188mph	9		--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton			3	+0.170 158.530mph	3	31:05.170 152.188mph			--- ---
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	8	+1.660 157.352mph	4	31:18.810 151.083mph	9		--- ---
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton			8	+1.660 157.352mph	4	31:18.810 151.083mph			--- ---
Mo Ahmed	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	19		5	32:05.940 147.386mph	9		--- ---
Mo Ahmed			19		5	32:05.940 147.386mph			--- ---
Jared Chainey	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	7	+1.510 157.470mph	6	32:06.900 147.312mph	9		--- ---
Jared Chainey			7	+1.510 157.470mph	6	32:06.900 147.312mph			--- ---
Tom Barton	49 (Cosworth) (#11001)	F1 1967	6	+1.480 157.493mph	7	32:11.370 146.972mph	9		--- ---
Tom Barton			6	+1.480 157.493mph	7	32:11.370 146.972mph			--- ---
Ralph Maiph	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	12	+3.640 155.813mph	8	32:18.020 146.467mph	9		--- ---
Ralph Maiph			12	+3.640 155.813mph	8	32:18.020 146.467mph			--- ---
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	5	+1.450 157.517mph	9	32:33.410 145.313mph	9		--- ---
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish			5	+1.450 157.517mph	9	32:33.410 145.313mph			--- ---
Paul Adams Flying Fokkers	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	11	+2.860 156.415mph	10	32:45.670 144.407mph	9		--- ---
Paul Adams Flying Fokkers			11	+2.860 156.415mph	10	32:45.670 144.407mph			--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	16	+6.580 153.582mph	11	33:49.210 139.885mph	9		--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon			16	+6.580 153.582mph	11	33:49.210 139.885mph			--- ---
Vinny Kwiker	P115 (#11007)	F1 1967	17	+6.720 153.477mph	12	+1L	8		--- ---
Vinny Kwiker			17	+6.720 153.477mph	12	+1L			--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	14	+4.370 155.253mph	13 (+2)		8		--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting			14	+4.370 155.253mph	13 (+2)				--- ---
Martin Portman	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	15	+5.700 154.243mph	14	DNS			--- ---	unknown
Martin Portman			15	+5.700 154.243mph	14	DNS			--- ---	unknown
Dick Barker	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	10	+1.950 157.124mph	15	+3L	6		--- ---
Dick Barker			10	+1.950 157.124mph	15	+3L			--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	9	+1.950 157.124mph	16		6		--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing			9	+1.950 157.124mph	16				--- ---
Clive Griffin	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	2	+0.060 158.618mph	17	+6L	3		--- ---
Clive Griffin			2	+0.060 158.618mph	17	+6L			--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing	49 (Cosworth) (#11001)	F1 1967	1	3:18.780 158.666mph	18	+7L	2		--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing			1	3:18.780 158.666mph	18	+7L			--- ---
Joe Murphy J-Team Racing	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	13	+4.250 155.345mph	19	+8L	1		--- ---
Joe Murphy J-Team Racing			13	+4.250 155.345mph	19	+8L			--- ---

Moderator's Report

Lap 1

Off the line T Whiting goes left of a slow starting R.Maiph and drives into the side of J.Murphy who has kept to his side of the track. Moving in this manner at the start is very dangerous and will most likely cause incidents as it does in this case with a number of cars being caught in the resultant accident.

Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting — Start line contact with J. Murphy — 2 places lost

At the bottom of Eau Rouge T Barton and L Wong make side by side contact which causes quite a bad pileup, despite this I think the initial incident was a racing incident.

P.Adams and A Mcdanger have separate accidents at Masta and hit each other
in the process, racing incident.

Lap 2: J. Murphy spins at Masta and L.Wong can't avoid, racing incident

Lap 5: M.Portman loses the rear of his car, the front suddenly grips and throws him across the road into the unfortunate D.Dell who is taking avoiding action, racing incident

Derrick Del did not perform any stop and goes for his 3 shift-r's, so unfrtunately he is retired at the point of offence (2 laps after the 2nd missed stop/go).

Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst — Failing to Stop and Go — 0 places lost

October 13, 2002, 09:00:00 PM +0100 - Monaco (1929-71) - UKGPL Season 6 (2002) Division 3

Driver Team	Model	Class	Qualifying		Race
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Laps	Stops	Best	Retirement reason
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Ballast		Best	Retirement reason
Colliss Coll	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	4	+0.620 79.764mph	1		30		--- ---
Colliss Coll			4	+0.620 79.764mph	1				--- ---
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	1	1:27.570 80.329mph	2	45:46.920 76.825mph	30		--- ---
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton			1	1:27.570 80.329mph	2	45:46.920 76.825mph			--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	7	+1.330 79.127mph	3	46:14.870 76.051mph	30		--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon			7	+1.330 79.127mph	3	46:14.870 76.051mph			--- ---
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	14	+2.750 77.883mph	4 (+1)	46:57.900 74.890mph	30		--- ---
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish			14	+2.750 77.883mph	4 (+1)	46:57.900 74.890mph			--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing	P115 (#11007)	F1 1967	8	+1.530 78.949mph	5	+1L	29		--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing			8	+1.530 78.949mph	5	+1L			--- ---
Ralph Maiph	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	10	+1.790 78.720mph	6		29		--- ---
Ralph Maiph			10	+1.790 78.720mph	6				--- ---
Jared Chainey	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	5	+0.970 79.449mph	7 (+1)		29		--- ---
Jared Chainey			5	+0.970 79.449mph	7 (+1)				--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	11	+1.890 78.632mph	8		29		--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton			11	+1.890 78.632mph	8				--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	6	+1.080 79.350mph	9	+4L	26		--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting			6	+1.080 79.350mph	9	+4L			--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	13	+2.740 77.892mph	10		26		--- ---	accident
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing			13	+2.740 77.892mph	10				--- ---	accident
Tom Barton	49 (Cosworth) (#11001)	F1 1967	2	+0.390 79.973mph	11 (+7)		26		--- ---
Tom Barton			2	+0.390 79.973mph	11 (+7)				--- ---
Vinny Kwiker	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	16	+3.290 77.420mph	12 (+3)		26		--- ---
Vinny Kwiker			16	+3.290 77.420mph	12 (+3)				--- ---
Martin Portman	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	18	+4.910 76.064mph	13 (+2)	+9L	21		--- ---
Martin Portman			18	+4.910 76.064mph	13 (+2)	+9L			--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	19	+4.930 76.048mph	14	+23L	7		--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark			19	+4.930 76.048mph	14	+23L			--- ---
John Vizoso	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	9	+1.730 78.773mph	15 (+7)		7		--- ---
John Vizoso			9	+1.730 78.773mph	15 (+7)				--- ---
Paul Adams Flying Fokkers	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	17	+3.330 77.386mph	16 (+6)		7		--- ---
Paul Adams Flying Fokkers			17	+3.330 77.386mph	16 (+6)				--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	12	+2.520 78.082mph	17 (+6)		7		--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark			12	+2.520 78.082mph	17 (+6)				--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing	P115 (#11007)	F1 1967	15	+3.140 77.548mph	18	DNS			--- ---	accident
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing			15	+3.140 77.548mph	18	DNS			--- ---	accident
Philip 'Nosher' Barnes Soggy Bottom Racers Club	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	3	+0.550 79.828mph		46:08.830 ---			1:28.020 79.918mph
Philip 'Nosher' Barnes Soggy Bottom Racers Club			3	+0.550 79.828mph		46:08.830 ---			1:28.020 79.918mph

Moderator's Report

This has to be one of the most involved races I've ever had to moderate. Lots of incidents, many of them simple mistakes, but also several which were at least avoidable by taking a bit more care. It was also apparent that a lot of drivers were quite happy to nurf the armco almost every lap. This is a penalty offense according to the guidelines because its an abuse of the intermediate damage level we run to give drivers a 2nd chance, but since so many drivers did it there seems little point enforcing the rule.

Philip Barnes managed to complete the whole race in the wrong division, a feat worthy of some kind of award I'm sure you'll agree. This means that everyone moves up a place in the standings.

On the other hand, Tom Barton was lost by the server and actually finished 5th on the road.

Lap 1

Vinny is following Luci at a fair distance down into Mirabeau, but makes a wild late braking attempt down the inside. Luci sees him coming and wisely stays wide, but Vinny has left if far too late and slides straight through, thumping the armco on the outside and carrying on ahead of Luci. He then accelerates hard, gets crossed up under power and slews across the track in front of Luci. The 2 of them then race down to the hairpin where disaster awaits (see below). IMO this was not appropriate lap 1 driving by Vinny. To even attempt a pass from so far back on lap 1 at monaco is inviting trouble, and it's clear that he wasn't taking the care we expect from all drivers at this point of the race. To rub salt in the wounds, rather than let Luci back through he shows more lack of care by the wild power slide to stay ahead of her. Contact was only avoided by Luci's awareness of the situation and her willingness to sacrifice her own chances in the interests of clean racing.

Vinny Kwiker — over ambitious overtake/lack of care on lap 1 — 1 place lost

Up ahead, after a good clean start, the field bunches up at the Station hairpin (as it so often does on lap 1). Graham Houghton gets a bit too close to the car in front and taps it, causing him to suddenly lose speed. Ben Summers is behind and is caught out by the speed change, and nudges into Graham. Ben is then hit from behind simultaneously by Luci and Vinny who are obviously only focusing on their private battle. Carnage results. I feel both Vinny and Luci are to blame here. The initial contacts would not had have a big impact on their own, and the tightness of the hairpin makes them hard to avoid. Fot this reason I've decided only to issue penalties to Vinny and Luci. The normal penalty for a lap 1 rear end shunt is 3 places, but Luci's penalty is reduced because I feel she lost out unfairly at the previous corner and had already shown careful driving. I've also reduced both of them as this sort of situation would have been hard to avoid in any event - it was the scale of the impact that made it really bad.

There is much bumping and pushing to recover, but I've decided not to issue penalties as the whole situation is pretty hopeless!

Luci Wong — Rear end shunt/lack of care on lap 1 — 1 place lost
Vinny Kwiker — Rear end shunt/lack of care on lap 1 — 2 places lost

Lap 2: Martin Portman rear-ends Paul Adams at Tabac. No excuse really so early in the race.

Paul Adams is entitled to skip the stop/go requirement and does so, but fails to inform the moderator after the race that he has done so.

Martin Portman — Rear ending P. Adams — 2 places lost
Paul Adams — Failure to Stop and Go — 6 places lost

J Vizoso is following Ralph Maiph into Tabac. Ralph has to back off a bit due to the car in front getting sideways, but JV doesn't notice and ploughs into the back of him. I think warp played a small part in making this worse, but JV really should have taken more care at this early stage.

John Vizoso — Rear ending R. Maiph

Graham Houghton is caught up in the mess of the above incident, ends up facing backwards, and in his eagerness to get going does a big spin turn in front of 2 approaching cars. The one behind problem would have hidden them from view, but Graham didn't take any time to assess the situation or let things settle down. Only a large slice of luck prevented a big accident.

Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton — Bad rejoin

Lap 5: Jared Chainey Rear ends Tim Whiting at the gassworks hairpin. Since he had followed Tim for several laps it appears he just missed his braking point, so the penalty is reduced.

Jared Chainey — Rear ending T. Whiting — 1 place lost

Lap 6

After one of the many crashes at the chicane, Martin Portman is approaching Tabac. Vinny is some way behind but on the inside and carrying more speed. He makes a very late dive down the inside when Martin is already committed to the line. Martin is pushed off to the outside, and despite using Martin's car to slow his own down Vinny still hits the armco on the outside - very similar to the incident on lap 1 at Mirabeau only this time with contact. My first reaction on seeing this was to issue a penalty to Vinny since it looks quite blatant. After looking again however I think Vinny was unsighted, as a car skating down the track on its roof obscured his view of Martin's car. However, I still think Vinny was not taking enough care given the carnage around him (he had not passed the green flag after the incident) so I feel a warning is appropriate.

Vinny Kwiker — Lack of care

Paul Adams approaches the chicane where Simon Gymer has crashed. Yellow flags are clearly visible but Paul keeps his foot down until its far too late to avoid an incident.

Paul Adams — Lack of care approching an incident

Lap 9: Tom Barton shift Rs after a collision at the chicane. He pits at the end of the lap for his scheduled stop but neglects to take the stop/go penalty.

Tom Barton — Failure to Stop and Go — 6 places lost

Lap 11

Ben Summers rear-ends Del Brocklehurst at the gassworks Hairpin causing him to half spin. Given that Ben simply gets locked up and cant stop and that no places were gained/lost (Ben waited for Dell to get going) I've reduced the penalty to a warning.

Ben "Welling" Summers — Rear-ending D. Brocklehurst

Lap 14

Tom Barton taps Del Brocklehurst at the Station Hairpin, gaining a place as a result. Since Del went a little wide and then cut back and the contact was pretty light I've reduced the penalty.

Tom Barton — Rear-ending D. Brocklehurst — 1 place lost

J Vizoso shift Rs at the end of his pitstop, but doesn't take and extra stop/go. Pitstops do not allow you to shift R!

John Vizoso — Failure to Stop and Go — 6 places lost

Lap 17

After a spin, J Vizoso is pointing the wrong way at Tabac and spin turns to recover. The one behind problem means that he cant see the second car approaching and contact is inevitable. When rejoining the track you should always let cars go past to see if the track is clear.

John Vizoso — Bad rejoin — 1 place lost

Eddie Urbanski also skipped more than 1 stop/go.

Eddie Urbanski — Failure to Stop and Go — 6 places lost

There was some confusion at the end of the race as several drivers were shown the chequered flag a lap early, but luckily all those affected stopped and so the result was not affected.

Paul Adams also had a very bad connection throughout the race, with frequent large clock smashes making his car appear and disappear several times a lap! On one occasion this caused a big accident. I'd like to remind everybody that a good connection is a pre-requisite for taking part in the races. If you are getting bad clock smashes or the other cars are disappearing then do the decent thing and retire.

October 27, 2002, 09:00:00 PM +0000 - Rouen (1955-70) - UKGPL Season 6 (2002) Division 3

Driver Team	Model	Class	Qualifying		Race
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Laps	Stops	Best	Retirement reason
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Ballast		Best	Retirement reason
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	4	+0.220 124.122mph	1		18		--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing			4	+0.220 124.122mph	1				--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon	49 (Cosworth) (#11001)	F1 1967	2	+0.020 124.333mph	2	36:41.040 119.676mph	18		--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon			2	+0.020 124.333mph	2	36:41.040 119.676mph			--- ---
Jared Chainey	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	5	+0.750 123.567mph	3	36:45.120 119.455mph	18		--- ---
Jared Chainey			5	+0.750 123.567mph	3	36:45.120 119.455mph			--- ---
Colliss Coll	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	8	+1.300 122.995mph	4	37:00.840 118.609mph	18		--- ---
Colliss Coll			8	+1.300 122.995mph	4	37:00.840 118.609mph			--- ---
Tom Barton Soggy Bottom Racers Club	49 (Cosworth) (#11001)	F1 1967	3	+0.170 124.175mph	5	37:07.250 118.268mph	18		1:58.080 123.933mph
Tom Barton Soggy Bottom Racers Club			3	+0.170 124.175mph	5	37:07.250 118.268mph			1:58.080 123.933mph
Paul Adams Flying Fokkers	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	6	+0.870 123.442mph	6	37:13.980 117.912mph	18		--- ---
Paul Adams Flying Fokkers			6	+0.870 123.442mph	6	37:13.980 117.912mph			--- ---
John Vizoso	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	14	+3.150 121.112mph	7	37:24.190 117.375mph	18		--- ---
John Vizoso			14	+3.150 121.112mph	7	37:24.190 117.375mph			--- ---
Mo Ahmed	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	7	+1.290 123.006mph	8 (+2)	37:26.110 117.275mph	18		--- ---
Mo Ahmed			7	+1.290 123.006mph	8 (+2)	37:26.110 117.275mph			--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	13	+2.630 121.636mph	9	37:28.090 117.171mph	18		--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing			13	+2.630 121.636mph	9	37:28.090 117.171mph			--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	10	+1.640 122.645mph	10	37:30.790 117.031mph	18		--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark			10	+1.640 122.645mph	10	37:30.790 117.031mph			--- ---
Clive Griffin	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	11	+2.420 121.848mph	11	37:37.640 116.676mph	18		--- ---
Clive Griffin			11	+2.420 121.848mph	11	37:37.640 116.676mph			--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	16	+5.740 118.571mph	12	38:39.160 113.581mph	18		--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing			16	+5.740 118.571mph	12	38:39.160 113.581mph			--- ---
Martin Portman	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	15	+5.070 119.218mph	13	+6L	12		--- ---
Martin Portman			15	+5.070 119.218mph	13	+6L			--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	9	+1.430 122.861mph	14	+10L	8		--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton			9	+1.430 122.861mph	14	+10L			--- ---
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	1	1:57.680 124.354mph	15	DNS			--- ---
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish			1	1:57.680 124.354mph	15	DNS			--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	12	+2.440 121.828mph	16 (+3)				--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting			12	+2.440 121.828mph	16 (+3)				--- ---

Moderator's Report

Grid

Mo Ahmed (left side) makes a laboured getaway from the grid meaning the driver behind, Ford24V, is tied up behind him trying to restrain his throttle. Meanwhile, a place behind (on the right side of the grid), Simon Gymer has made a steady start but Tim Whiting (behind Simon) has made a stormer and is moving around Simon's right flank (almost taking out the starter). Ford24V oscillates first left then right, crossing the road markings for the middle of the track toward Simon. Tim is rather optimistically hoping there will be room ahead to filter in before the funnel of hay bails. Luckily for Tim the left-right slewing of Ford24V's Eagle and subsequent collision with Simon's Eagle means there is an opening before the funnel into T1. Ford24V's incident with Simon and resulting spins meant that many cars behind (Martin Portman, Ben Summers, Juan Vizoso) are all caught up in a T1 log-jam.

Reminder: This is online GPL racing where lag, the collision engine and a lack of peripheral vision means more care is needed at the start when there a lot of cars all around!

Ford24V and Simon Gymer: Racing Incident

Caution at the start please, races are won at the chequered flag not the green one. Luckily you got away with it this time. The pit straight is part of the track but at circuits such with such as this with a short space before the funnel it's risking a major T1 collisions to try moves such when you can't be sure you'll be able to filter back in.

Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting — Overly aggressive start

Lap 1 Nouveau Monde

The leaders all filter through the chicane single file but for some unfathomable reason Tim Whiting really can't wait and tries to make up some places. He dives up the inside on cold tyres and doesn't have enough brake, lock or angle to get through and T-bones Mo Ahmed who was two places ahead!

Everyone seemed to be in control here except Tim. This is lap 1 at probably the most infamous and tight corner of Rouen, right at the start of the race.

Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting — Contact with M. Ahmed — 3 places lost

Lap 4 Nouvou Monde

Collis has been chasing Clive for a few laps and putting him under pressure. Clive takes the hairpin wide of the apex and Collis gets sucked in on the inside. As they come out Collis' left front makes slight contact with Clive's rear right on the inner line of the track. It was Clive's corner to take the line he wanted...

Collis Coll: Warning. Side Contact, mitigated to Warning from 2 Place Penalty. Clive had been wide of the apex which sucked in Collis who had been following closely taking sighters for several laps and isn't really looking to overtake.

Colliss Coll — Contact with C. Griffin

Lap 17, Scierie

Mo Ahmed trails Kev Hammett in his Cooper up the back straight at a good distance behind. Kev stays in the throttle as long as poss (having to fend off an advancing Eagle). Kev is slightly ragged on the turn but is easily going to make it on a slightly unconventional line. However, he is is taken out by Mo who hadn't braked hard enough with Kev occupying the tarmac in front of him.

Mo Ahmed — Rear ending K. Hammett — 2 places lost

November 10, 2002, 09:00:00 PM +0000 - Silverstone (GP 1952-73) - UKGPL Season 6 (2002) Division 3

Driver Team	Model	Class	Qualifying		Race
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Laps	Stops	Best	Retirement reason
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Ballast		Best	Retirement reason
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	4	+0.910 119.213mph	1	36:48.240 114.522mph	24		--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon			4	+0.910 119.213mph	1	36:48.240 114.522mph			--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	3	+0.770 119.402mph	2 (+1)		24		--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing			3	+0.770 119.402mph	2 (+1)				--- ---
Martin Portman	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	11	+2.750 116.782mph	3	+11.670 113.920mph	24		--- ---
Martin Portman			11	+2.750 116.782mph	3	+11.670 113.920mph			--- ---
Colliss Coll	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	8	+1.810 118.011mph	4 (+2)	-9.190 115.001mph	24		--- ---
Colliss Coll			8	+1.810 118.011mph	4 (+2)	-9.190 115.001mph			--- ---
Tom Barton Soggy Bottom Racers Club	49 (Cosworth) (#11001)	F1 1967	2	+0.690 119.510mph	5	+12.960 113.854mph	24		1:28.330 119.294mph
Tom Barton Soggy Bottom Racers Club			2	+0.690 119.510mph	5	+12.960 113.854mph			1:28.330 119.294mph
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	6	+1.180 118.850mph	6	+14.340 113.783mph	24		--- ---
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish			6	+1.180 118.850mph	6	+14.340 113.783mph			--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	9	+2.260 117.419mph	7	+41.150 112.427mph	24		--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting			9	+2.260 117.419mph	7	+41.150 112.427mph			--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	12	+2.870 116.626mph	8	+1:07.850 111.108mph	24		--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing			12	+2.870 116.626mph	8	+1:07.850 111.108mph			--- ---
John Vizoso	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	14	+3.200 116.202mph	9	+1L	23		--- ---
John Vizoso			14	+3.200 116.202mph	9	+1L			--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	10	+2.740 116.795mph	10		23		--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton			10	+2.740 116.795mph	10				--- ---
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	7	+1.270 118.729mph	11	+8L	16		--- ---
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton			7	+1.270 118.729mph	11	+8L			--- ---
Jared Chainey	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	1	1:27.480 120.453mph	12	+24L	0		--- ---	Disco
Jared Chainey			1	1:27.480 120.453mph	12	+24L			--- ---	Disco
Simon Gymer Team Shark	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	5	+1.050 119.024mph		DNS			--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark			5	+1.050 119.024mph		DNS			--- ---
Joe Murphy J-Team Racing	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	13	+3.000 116.459mph					--- ---
Joe Murphy J-Team Racing			13	+3.000 116.459mph					--- ---

Moderator's Report

Lap 1, Becketts: Collis Coll makes a move on the inside of Van De Skids taking him out.

This is lap 1, turn 3 - no time for the race to settle down and everyone's on cold tyres. Collis does try to back out but it's way to late. Normally this would be a 3 place penalty (being on lap 1) but lenience shown for the attempt to back out.

Colliss Coll — Overly ambitious overtake — 2 places lost

Lap 12, Pitlane: Juan's Brabham Pitstop pitstop is 12 seconds rather than the 15 required.

Juan Vizoso: Penalty. 3 seconds added to race time, equating to a 1 place penalty (according to the approximate* finishing gap to the next driver).

If you are not using the pitstop software please make sure pitstop lengths are generous enough to cover the full pitstop time.

* The driver behind probably wasn't pushing as he may have settled for the position and obviously didn't *know* he was three seconds closer to Juan than his pitboard would have told him.

John Vizoso — Short timed stop — 3.000 seconds added

Lap 23, Club: Derrick Del rear ender on Collis Coll. Derrick has been hunting down Collis for many laps and finally gets within "striking distance" with a lap and a half to go with Collis catching up on a back marker.

In many ways on first sight it's a classic rear ender, but after comparison with their previous laps and watching the incident many times it's clear that Collis brakes very slightly earlier than normal and Derrick brakes very slightly later than normal. Hence the 2 place penalty reduced to one.

Collis shift-Rs and continues, finishing in the pits doing a stop-go (which was unnecessary as he had a body of evidence that the Shift-R was not his own fault!)

It was a shame to see the race end this way as we were set up for a wing-ding of final lap and grandstand finish (not withstanding the earlier penalty for Collis).

Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst — Rear ending C. Coll — 1 place lost

November 24, 2002, 09:00:00 PM +0000 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife) - UKGPL Season 6 (2002) Division 3

Driver Team	Model	Class	Qualifying		Race
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Laps	Stops	Best	Retirement reason
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Ballast		Best	Retirement reason
Tom Barton Soggy Bottom Racers Club	49 (Cosworth) (#11001)	F1 1967	1	8:16.840 102.811mph	1		5		8:17.360 102.703mph
Tom Barton Soggy Bottom Racers Club			1	8:16.840 102.811mph	1				8:17.360 102.703mph
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	2	+4.690 101.849mph	2	42:24.480 100.375mph	5		--- ---
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton			2	+4.690 101.849mph	2	42:24.480 100.375mph			--- ---
Jared Chainey	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	4	+5.990 101.586mph	3	42:41.430 99.711mph	5		--- ---
Jared Chainey			4	+5.990 101.586mph	3	42:41.430 99.711mph			--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	5	+6.920 101.398mph	4	42:42.320 99.676mph	5		--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing			5	+6.920 101.398mph	4	42:42.320 99.676mph			--- ---
Mo Ahmed	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	8	+15.330 99.733mph	5	43:47.820 97.192mph	5		--- ---
Mo Ahmed			8	+15.330 99.733mph	5	43:47.820 97.192mph			--- ---
Colliss Coll	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	9	+18.540 99.112mph	6	44:26.130 95.795mph	5		--- ---
Colliss Coll			9	+18.540 99.112mph	6	44:26.130 95.795mph			--- ---
Ralph Maiph	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	12	+25.960 97.705mph	7	44:34.280 95.503mph	5		--- ---
Ralph Maiph			12	+25.960 97.705mph	7	44:34.280 95.503mph			--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	6	+7.200 101.342mph	8	44:54.750 94.778mph	5		--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark			6	+7.200 101.342mph	8	44:54.750 94.778mph			--- ---
John Vizoso	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	11	+22.700 98.319mph	9	45:05.570 94.399mph	5		--- ---
John Vizoso			11	+22.700 98.319mph	9	45:05.570 94.399mph			--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	17		10	45:06.920 94.352mph	5		--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon			17		10	45:06.920 94.352mph			--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	14	+47.480 93.843mph	11	47:06.630 90.356mph	5		--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark			14	+47.480 93.843mph	11	47:06.630 90.356mph			--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	7	+14.050 99.983mph	12	+1L	4		--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing			7	+14.050 99.983mph	12	+1L			--- ---
Clive Griffin	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	16		13	+2L	3		--- ---
Clive Griffin			16		13	+2L			--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	13	+32.190 96.555mph	14	+3L	2		--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting			13	+32.190 96.555mph	14	+3L			--- ---
Martin Portman	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	10	+20.490 98.739mph	15	+4L	1		--- ---
Martin Portman			10	+20.490 98.739mph	15	+4L			--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	18		16		1		--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing			18		16				--- ---
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	3	+5.790 101.626mph	17	+5L	0		--- ---
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish			3	+5.790 101.626mph	17	+5L			--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	15	+48.430 93.679mph	18 (+2)	DNS			--- ---	accident
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton			15	+48.430 93.679mph	18 (+2)	DNS			--- ---	accident

Moderator's Report

Lap 1, Approach to Sudcurve - C. Coll vs R. Maiph vs T. Whiting

Colliss is following two Ferraris, TW and RM. TW braked particularly early which caught out RM and CC who both ploughed into him.

TW did brake particularly early but that's not exactly rare in the first few corners. TW was well over to the left and there was plenty of room to get past if they'd left a little more room.

Because of TW's very early braking and the fact there seems to be an element of warp in Colliss' case I'm mitigating the penalties to warnings.

Colliss Coll — Contact with T. Whiting
Ralph Maiph — Contact with T. Whiting

Lap 1, Approach to Sudcurve - FordV24 vs A. McDanger

FV24 accelerates down the straight and is all over the back of AMcD despite the fact that there's no way he can get in front before the next corner. AMcD brakes for the left hander leaving nowhere for FV24 to go.

I can see no mitigating circumstances in this case. No warp. No excessively early braking. You're supposed to be taking it carefully at the start of the race. This incident was simply the result of inappropriate throttle application and insufficient brake. Hence the penalty.

Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton — Contact with G. Lennon — 2 places lost

Lap 1, Antoniusbruche (I think) T. Whiting vs S. Gymer.

TW simply brakes too late for the left hander over the bridge and clouts SG mid corner. It's a driving error rather than an error of judgement so it's a warning rather than a penalty.

TW waits behind SG after the incident and is nearly hit by a Cooper ho comes round the corner blind to find two cars there. Also, by sitting there he blinds SG to any following traffic due to the one behind rule. Don't sit and wait for other people round blind corners, especially at the Ring. You'll only cause more carnage.

Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting — Contact with S. Gymer

December 08, 2002, 09:00:00 PM +0000 - Mosport - UKGPL Season 6 (2002) Division 3

Driver Team	Model	Class	Qualifying		Race
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Laps	Stops	Best	Retirement reason
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Ballast		Best	Retirement reason
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	1	1:21.850 108.154mph	1		27		1:22.490 107.315mph
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton			1	1:21.850 108.154mph	1				1:22.490 107.315mph
Colliss Coll	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	4	+0.880 107.004mph	2	38:10.550 104.348mph	27		--- ---
Colliss Coll			4	+0.880 107.004mph	2	38:10.550 104.348mph			--- ---
Jared Chainey	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	2	+0.660 107.289mph	3	38:11.290 104.315mph	27		--- ---
Jared Chainey			2	+0.660 107.289mph	3	38:11.290 104.315mph			--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	8	+1.820 105.801mph	4	38:48.910 102.629mph	27		--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark			8	+1.820 105.801mph	4	38:48.910 102.629mph			--- ---
Ralph Maiph	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	10	+2.040 105.524mph	5	39:00.150 102.137mph	27		--- ---
Ralph Maiph			10	+2.040 105.524mph	5	39:00.150 102.137mph			--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	14	+4.010 103.103mph	6	+1L	26		--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing			14	+4.010 103.103mph	6	+1L			--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	3	+0.720 107.211mph	7 (+1)		26		--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark			3	+0.720 107.211mph	7 (+1)				--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	13	+3.330 103.926mph	8		26		--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon			13	+3.330 103.926mph	8				--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	5	+1.190 106.604mph	9		26		--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing			5	+1.190 106.604mph	9				--- ---
Mo Ahmed	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	7	+1.470 106.246mph	10 (+1)		26		--- ---
Mo Ahmed			7	+1.470 106.246mph	10 (+1)				--- ---
Clive Griffin	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	6	+1.310 106.450mph	11		26		--- ---
Clive Griffin			6	+1.310 106.450mph	11				--- ---
John Vizoso	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	11	+2.570 104.861mph	12		26		--- ---
John Vizoso			11	+2.570 104.861mph	12				--- ---
Martin Portman	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	12	+3.010 104.318mph	13	+5L	22		--- ---	Disco
Martin Portman			12	+3.010 104.318mph	13	+5L			--- ---	Disco
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	9	+1.850 105.763mph	14	+22L	5		--- ---	Disco
Luci Wong MarieCurie Cod Fillet O' Fish			9	+1.850 105.763mph	14	+22L			--- ---	Disco

Moderator's Report

Lap 1 - Moss: M. Ahmed vs D. Del

DD Keeps to the conventional line between the two parts of Moss. MA stays to the inside in DD's blind spot. At the second right hander DD turns in and MA is slightly overlapping his rear wheel and they touch.

This is not an overtaking point. Positioning himself where MA did was futile and only ever going to result in an accident.

There was a very slight element of warp (which MA should have allowed for) so I've mitigated it to 1 place.

Mo Ahmed — Contact with D. Del — 1 place lost

Lap 6 - Moss: E. Urbanski vs S. Gymer

See previous incident description and change the names.

Eddie Urbanski — Contact with S. Gymer — 1 place lost

Lap 6 - Andretti Straight: M. Portman vs L. Wong vs M. Ahmed

LW is travelling slowly on te right of the track. MA goes past to the left. MP is following but on the right and drives straight into the back of LW's ferrari.

Mitigating factors are LW's slow speed (but MP has plenty of time to see this) and a sight warp just before he hits her.

For these reasons it's a warning rather than a penalty.

Martin Portman — Rear ending L. Wong

January 05, 2003, 09:00:00 PM +0000 - Monza (GP 1955-71) - UKGPL Season 6 (2002) Division 3

Driver Team	Model	Class	Qualifying		Race
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Laps	Stops	Best	Retirement reason
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Ballast		Best	Retirement reason
Jared Chainey	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	6	+1.280 143.863mph	1		21		--- ---
Jared Chainey			6	+1.280 143.863mph	1				--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	4	+0.270 145.507mph	2	32:23.540 138.983mph	21		--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton			4	+0.270 145.507mph	2	32:23.540 138.983mph			--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	13		3	32:26.250 138.789mph	21		--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing			13		3	32:26.250 138.789mph			--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	9	+1.800 143.031mph	4	32:40.510 137.780mph	21		--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting			9	+1.800 143.031mph	4	32:40.510 137.780mph			--- ---
Martin Portman	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	12	+3.230 140.792mph	5	32:42.090 137.669mph	21		--- ---
Martin Portman			12	+3.230 140.792mph	5	32:42.090 137.669mph			--- ---
Colliss Coll	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	5	+0.880 144.510mph	6	32:42.350 137.651mph	21		--- ---
Colliss Coll			5	+0.880 144.510mph	6	32:42.350 137.651mph			--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing	49 (Cosworth) (#11001)	F1 1967	2	+0.110 145.771mph	7 (+6)	DNS			--- ---
Kev Hammett Daktarn Racing			2	+0.110 145.771mph	7 (+6)	DNS			--- ---
Ralph Maiph	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	7	+1.290 143.847mph	8 (+3)				--- ---
Ralph Maiph			7	+1.290 143.847mph	8 (+3)				--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	10	+2.250 142.319mph	9 (+6)				--- ---
Simon Gymer Team Shark			10	+2.250 142.319mph	9 (+6)				--- ---
John Vizoso	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	8	+1.480 143.542mph	10	+2L	19		--- ---
John Vizoso			8	+1.480 143.542mph	10	+2L			--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	3	+0.190 145.639mph	11	+11L	10		--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark			3	+0.190 145.639mph	11	+11L			--- ---
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	1	1:28.130 145.953mph	12	+13L	8		1:28.580 145.211mph
Steve 'Van De Skidz' Alton			1	1:28.130 145.953mph	12	+13L			1:28.580 145.211mph
Karan Saxena	49 (Cosworth) (#11001)	F1 1967	14		13	+21L	0		--- ---
Karan Saxena			14		13	+21L			--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	11	+2.540 141.864mph	14 (+3)		0		--- ---
Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon			11	+2.540 141.864mph	14 (+3)				--- ---

Moderator's Report

Lap 1 Start

Juan Vizoso gets away slowly and Simon Gymer ducks out from behind to pass on the right. Both drivers then seem to drift into each other, causing a pileup which collects K Saxena (who would have been entitled to a no-fault shift R as a spinning car hit him). I feel both drivers could have taken mre care here to keep the cars straight, but were intent on maximum cceleration.

John Vizoso — Lack of care during start
Simon Gymer — Lack of care during start

Lap 1 Curve Grande

Ali McDanger gets it sideways and ends up running along the armco. When he sees a car behind approaching, he gets back hard on the gas while still riding the armco. This is clearly not allowed in the rules. Had Ali not got back hard on the gas then he would have got away with this, but it was pretty blatant IMO.

Gary 'Ali McDanger' Lennon — Railriding — 3 places lost

Lap 1 Lesmo 1: Ralph Maiph v Tim Whiting

Ralph is following Tim down to Lesmo 1. Tim stays left on the racing line, but Ralph stays right in an attempt to look down the inside, but isn't gaining on Tim. Ralph never gets anywhere near level before Tim turns in, and T bones him mid corner. This one is pretty clear cut - you must be level before the other car turns in in order to take his line in this way. The fact that this was only turn 2 of the first lap makes it worse. Several other cars ran into this incident afterwards.

Simon Gymer shift Rs after running into this incident. He doesn't take the required stop/go, or (as far as I know) inform the mod that he was taking a no-fault shift R. The latter is irrelevant tho, as the rules clearly state that running into an incident is not grounds for a no-fault shift R.

Ralph Maiph — Overly ambitious overtake — 3 places lost
Simon Gymer — Failing to Stop and Go — 6 places lost

Lap 10

Kev Hammet is forced to shift R after crashing (typing Pit in apparently). He comes in for his scheduled pitstop, waits for just UNDER 30 secs and then goes. He claims to have stopped for longer than normal to compensate for the need to stop/go but there is no evidence of this. I'll ignore the slightly short stop, but can't ignore the missed stop/go. The right thing to have done was do a stop/go on the next lap. Sorry Kev, a rule is a rule.

Kev Hammett — Failing to Stop and Go — 6 places lost

Lap 21

Juan Vizoso goes off at Parabolica, probably confused by J Chainey who is going slowly due to low fuel. He rejoins slowly and as he is getting back up to speed, the Cooper of Martin Portman appears behind him. JV stays hard on it, but the back end steps out, collecting MP. Looking at this a second time its possible the back end came out due to warp contact from MP's Cooper. JV's Eagle is pushed into the barrier on the right, but he deliberately lets the car roll back across the track so that he is facing forward. MP has no way to avoid and then hits him and JV is knocked on his roof.

To put this in context, JV was dead last with a big gap to the next car (in fact he was lapped so he had no chance to improve his position. I feel it was unnecessary to race MP at this point, when simply moving over would have cost JV nothing. Letting the car roll back across the track was also pretty inconsiderate.

January 19, 2003, 09:00:00 PM +0000 - Snetterton (Long) - UKGPL Season 6 (2002) Division 3

Driver Team	Model	Class	Qualifying		Race
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Laps	Stops	Best	Retirement reason
	Tyres		Pos	Time/Gap	Pos	Time/Gap	Ballast		Best	Retirement reason
Simon Gymer Team Shark	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	3	+0.510 112.137mph	1		24		1:25.140 112.875mph
Simon Gymer Team Shark			3	+0.510 112.137mph	1				1:25.140 112.875mph
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	4	+0.880 111.655mph	2	35:26.600 108.456mph	24		--- ---
Derrick 'Del' Brocklehurst J-Team Racing			4	+0.880 111.655mph	2	35:26.600 108.456mph			--- ---
Colliss Coll	RA300 (#11006)	F1 1967	9	+1.920 110.322mph	3	35:42.970 107.628mph	24		--- ---
Colliss Coll			9	+1.920 110.322mph	3	35:42.970 107.628mph			--- ---
John Vizoso	BT24 (Repco) (#11004)	F1 1967	8	+1.840 110.423mph	4	36:32.580 105.193mph	24		--- ---
John Vizoso			8	+1.840 110.423mph	4	36:32.580 105.193mph			--- ---
Martin Portman	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	10	+2.210 109.956mph	5	+5L	19		--- ---
Martin Portman			10	+2.210 109.956mph	5	+5L			--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing	T81b (Maserati) (#11005)	F1 1967	11	+2.250 109.906mph	6	+9L	15		--- ---
Ben "Welling" Summers Phoenix Racing			11	+2.250 109.906mph	6	+9L			--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton	T1G (Weslake 1967) (#11002)	F1 1967	1	1:25.190 112.808mph	7 (+2)	+0L 105.180mph	24		--- ---
Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton			1	1:25.190 112.808mph	7 (+2)	+0L 105.180mph			--- ---
Ralph Maiph	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	6	+1.200 111.241mph	8 (+2)	+1L	23		--- ---
Ralph Maiph			6	+1.200 111.241mph	8 (+2)	+1L			--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	5	+1.020 111.474mph	9	+20L	4		--- ---
Eddie Urbanski Team Shark			5	+1.020 111.474mph	9	+20L			--- ---
Mo Ahmed	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	7	+1.410 110.972mph	10 (+2)	+8L	16		--- ---
Mo Ahmed			7	+1.410 110.972mph	10 (+2)	+8L			--- ---
Karan Saxena	49 (Cosworth) (#11001)	F1 1967	2	+0.480 112.176mph	11 (+6)	+1L	23		--- ---
Karan Saxena			2	+0.480 112.176mph	11 (+6)	+1L			--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting	312 (1967) (#11003)	F1 1967	12	+2.940 109.045mph		DNS			--- ---
Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting			12	+2.940 109.045mph		DNS			--- ---

Moderator's Report

Lap1

After a good start the pack makes its way to the hairpin. Ford 24v loses his early lead and is too eager to regain the lead into the approach of the hairpin. Karan stays wide but when turns in the corner is clearly Karen's but is hit by ford24V in the side and is spun out.. no stop and go taken by ford24V.

After being spun out in the above incident, Karan made possibly the worst rejoin that I have seen in 3 years of GPL. Although Karan had been spun the car was facing back towards the oncoming traffic therefore had a full view of the race in progress. Karan still though chose to power into the oncoming vehicles and attempt a spin re-entry to the race. The ensuing chaos and destruction that followed was down purely to this awful rejoin. this in effect put the dampener on a large number of peoples race and cannot be tolerated in an online race.

Six place Penalty and Driver will be put on probation list for season 7.

Graham 'Ford24V' Houghton — Contact with K. Saxena — 2 places lost
Karan Saxena — Seriously bad rejoin — 6 places lost

Mo Ahmed: into the dreaded hairpin again and Eddie turns in for the corner. Having watched this I think Mo should have slowed and stayed back and Eddie might have tried to stay a little wider. But It was obvious to Mo that it was Eddies corner and I feel Mo was wrong to try at such a dangerous place to gain places.

This forced Eddie to Shift-R and do a SnG.

Mo Ahmed — Contact with E. Urbanski — 2 places lost

Ralph Maiph clips Derrick Dell, luckily this causes Del only a momentary loss of control (it was pretty hairy tho') which Del gathered up rather well.. but Ralph has a spin.

Ralph only just missed causing a bad incident and a getting himself a penalty.

Ralph Maiph — Contgact with Del — 2 places lost

Simon Gymer is cautioned; he exits the pitstop on lap 12 a tad aggressively and causes Colliss to take to the grass to avoid a coming together between the two cars. I realise the importance of keeping our time in the pits to a minimum but please all realise that pitstops need to be taken with care and drivers need to pay particular attention to exiting the pits.

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