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October 12, 2003, 09:45:00 PM +0100 - Monza (GP 1955-71) - UKGPL Season 8 (2003-2004) Division 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moderator's ReportL1 - Bias railriding through Curva Grande. If you get stuck to the barrier, slow down.
L1 - Parabolica N.Stratton outbrakes K.Williams on the inside but runs wide and as he recovers KW & NS bang wheels. Racing incident, but make sure you leave room if you think someone might be alongside. It's quicker to be cautious than have an incident. NS shift-R's but doesn't SnG. You need to do this if the accident was your fault or if you're not sure. Given the time lost waiting to rejoin I'd probably let it go anyway though.
L2 - J.Vizoso rearends R.Briant braking for Parabolica. Clearly JV's fault, it would have been a good passing opportunity if JV had taken the inside line.
L3 - C.MacDonald rearends I.Bassi braking for Lesmos1. Ian pulls over to the right after Col started his passing move. This is not allowed and is considered blocking. I.Bassi please read the section on blocking in the penalty guidelines and bear in mind that this carries a 3 place penalty. As the defending driver you are allowed to make one pre-emptive move per straight, and you must not drive down the middle of the road or drift slowly across. None of the other drivers involved could have avoided this.
L6 - N.Stratton disco's from his pitstop. Practice this, I recommend you spin the wheels every 20 seconds or so. It's easy to accidentally stop for 30 secs during a 28 sec stop, so play it safe. L10 - Ben Summers spins out at the curva grande, unfortunately collecting several other drivers. Racing incident. Ben, You definately cooked your rear tyres ;-) Try lowering the rear tyre pressure one click on each side. L12 - C.MacDonald has a go under braking for the Parabolica but doesn't quite make it. M.Keigley sticks to his line but Col weaves while braking and sideswipes him. I guess Col just wasn't looking in his mirrors and it was clearly Col's fault, and he didn't SnG.
L13 - R.Briant dives down the inside into Ascari but I.Bassi clearly doesn't see him and turns into him. This puts Ian into the barrier and he railrides out of the corner. Rik was ahead at the point of contact, so this would be a heavy penalty to Ian. Make sure you know where your opponents are when you turn in, and slow down if you get stuck on a barrier.
L14 - and now M.Pitchford is in the the middle of I.Bassi and M.Keighley, but gets too close to Ian in a draught and instead of going for a pass he backs off. M.Keighley immediately rearends him having no time to react.
L18 - and they are still at it! M.Pitchford is spending alot of time weaving behind I.Bassi and not looking out for M.Keighley behind. Don't rund down the middle of the road or weave on the straights when you have someone behind you, this is blocking and as M.Keighley found, it make it very easy to collide with you. Both of you could have left more room though, so I'll call it a racing incident, but be more careful when you are in close proximity to another car. L20 - E.Urbanski, who had a massive lead runs low on fuel, and spends the last two laps idling round. While it's commendable that you attempt to finish the race, you were only narrowly avoided by several cars and spent quite a bit of the time on the racing line. This is very dangerous to the other drivers, so please don't do this again. Stay well off the racing line and keep an eye on your mirrors if you have to cross it.
E.Urbanski & Bias were both pretty aggressive & at times reckless in traffic. E.Urbanski is pretty clearly Div2 material too. Ian Bassi saw alot of incidents in his mirrors, and while he drove a generally good defencive race, at any other track (that wasn't so wide) alot of this would be considered blocking. Sometimes you just have to concede the place. |
October 19, 2003, 09:21:00 PM +0100 - Mosport - UKGPL Season 8 (2003-2004) Division 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moderator's ReportIn the main the standard of driving was excellent, although as usual at Mosport the grass cutters were out in force. ;-) L1 Kevin Williams runs wide and loses it in T2, sliding back across the track he unfortunately collects P.Davis, who did nothing wrong and so was entitled to a non-fault shift-R. Racing incident.
Still on lap1, and P.Davis knocks S.Cullen's car sideways into the T5b sharp right-hander. It looks like P.Davis missed his braking point.
L3 P.Davis attempts a pass on J.Vizoso as they brake over the crest at the end of the straight. This was an over-ambitious move from so far back, and it would have been much easier to pass on the next lap from much closer behind.
L7 P.Davis drives straight into the back of J.Vizoso as they enter T2 with no apparent attempt to avoid the incident.
L9 P.Davis rearends M.Smith as they both come to rest in the pits. If you stop right behind another car you leave yourself no room to get out again quickly. If you follow another car into the pitlane just stop well away from them, and whoever gets away first has no problems. For an Eagle driver trying to stop in front of a Brab is pointless, since the Brab has a much shorter stop. I won't give a warning for this since it's very easy to accidentally hit another car in the pitlane, but once again it shows impatience and lack of thought for the other drivers. P.Davis' behaviour throughout this race was pretty poor, so Paul, please make sure you are careful in the proper season. Everyone makes mistakes and that's fine, but poor decisions and lack of care will quickly earn you penalties. L10 G.Thorley performs his pitstop, but stops in the middle of the pitlane. This didn't cause a problem since no one else was in (or entered) the pitlane for the duration of your stop, but please make sure all stops are carried out in the section where the pitstalls are. You don't have to stop in your own, but you do need to leave room for others to get past you. L10 P.Scholey spins out of T5a and as he tries to crawl away he clips the tail of J.Vizoso's car. I'll call this a racing incident because it's impossible to get enough lock on to stay off the racing line, but if you have an off and someone is passing as you rejoin, you should give way to them. In this case it would have been better for Paul to stop completely. L13 G.Thorley (2 laps down) spins at T5a, and momentarily puts it in reverse & collides with S.Knight. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and assume it was accidental, but please be careful when rejoining if you can hear any other cars approaching. L19 P.Thornton recovers from a spin (which Sharon rather neatly avoids ;-)) but K.Williams closes fast to lap him and is forced to slow as Phil weaves from side to side up the straight. Kevin eventually dives past but the two cars both move towards the middle of the track & collide. Kevin continues almost inaffected, but Phil spins out. Phil was not only being lapped, he was recovering from a spin, and should have given way to the car behind as he got back up to speed. As the lapping car however, Keith has the responsibility to go off the racing line and pass in a safe manner. Phil would get a 3 place penalty for a bad rejoin/blocking, but Kevin would also get a 2 place penalty for side-by-side contact, probably mitigated to 1 place due to Phil's bad rejoin. Basically you both just need to be a little more patient.
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October 26, 2003, 10:19:00 PM +0000 - Monza (GP 1955-71) - UKGPL Season 8 (2003-2004) Division 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moderator's ReportThe overall standard to behaviour was excellent, with virtually all incidents (including the massive T1 pileup) caused by loss of control rather than over-optimistic driving. Lots of problems with the pitstops though, make sure you practice this. L1 M.Dawkins blows his engine on the startline then just after the start does a very poor SnG. L1T1 P.Davis beats the pack to T1 but is taken out by N.Stratton apparently attempting to go three-wide into Curva Grande. Neil was having problems with GPLWait and his view changed (F10) with a short loss of control.
L1T1 R.Briant rearends H.Moore braking for Curva Grande in an unrelated incident.
L1T1 H.Moore collides with I.Bassi as he picks his way through the debris of the main T1 pileup. Racing incident. Herb is not entitled to a non-fault shift-R for this incident, and does a SnG at the end of lap2. L3 J.Vizoso runs wide as he passes M.Benjamin into lesmos1 and knocks Marvin into the barrier. K.Williams is unable to avoid Marvin's spinning car.
L7 R.Briant pits, but only for 3 seconds (should be a 10 second stop). Since Rik didn't finish the race a time penalty would have no effect, but please make sure you pit correctly in future. L8 V.Flores only stops for 30 secs instead of 35. This didn't give him an advantage when leaving the pitlane, and he finished well ahead of M.Benjamin, so no additional penalty will apply.
L9 D.Taylor Pits, only stopping half-way into the pit-stall area and blocking P.Thornton's exit. Please try to stop well away from other cars in the pitlane in future.
L9 H.Moore only stops for 9 Seconds (1 second short). This didn't give him an advantage when leaving the pitlane, and he finished well ahead of R.Briant, so no additional penalty will apply.
L10 M.Keighley's pitstop is almost a full second short of 5 seconds. This didn't give him an advantage when leaving the pitlane, and he finished well ahead of J.Vizoso, so no additional penalty will apply.
L14 R.Briant blows his engine & comes to rest at the entrance to Ascari. N.Stratton is unable to avoid him & clips the front, spinning Neil out. N.Stratton is entitled to a non-fault Shift-R. Racing incident. L14 M.Benjamin clips the barrier at the exit of Curva Grande, but rather than holding it against the wall (steering left) he steers right and drives across M.Pitchford's path. If there had been contact this would have been a 3-place penalty for a bad rejoin. If you lose it, stand on the brakes or hug the barrier to keep your car out of the path of other drivers as much as possible.
L19 P.Davis clips M.Benjamin as he passes into T1 although both drivers continued. Please make sure you leave enough room for your opponent. Marvin was almost forced into the hedge.
M.Benjamin DID NOT PERFORM A PIT STOP. Since he gained a significant advantage in the race and to his finishing position by not stopping, a penalty of 3x the stoppage required is applied.
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November 09, 2003, 10:21:00 PM +0000 - Mosport - UKGPL Season 8 (2003-2004) Division 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moderator's ReportCongratulations to Neil Stratton for a decisive victory, and also to Keith Williams and Sharon Cullen who had a rather more exciting race than Neil ;-) L1 R.Briant bogs down at the start and has to dip the clutch to get going again. His car steps sideways as H.Moore is alongside and a warp knocks them both off the track. Given the warp involved I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and put this down as a racing incident, but I feel this collision may have happened anyway albeit not as severely. It's important to keep your car under control at the start and Rik didn't do this. However Herb really should have left more room. L1 S.Peake loses control accelerating up the straight and unfortunately takes out P.Thornton. Note to S.Peake: When performing an SnG or any pitstop, please do not block the pitlane, park in the pit stall area. L1 S.Peake is left facing the wrong way in the middle of the track as I.Bassi and M.Smith approach. Both Ian & Mick back off when they see the incident and go either side of Steve's car, but Mick clips Steve & spins out, collecting Ian in the process. Mick could have made more of an attempt to steer clear of Steve's car or braked, but in mitigation he would have had to take to the grass could have lost it anyway. This incident also caused damage to Ian's car which made it more difficult to control too. L1 A badly warping P.Thornton then unfortunately crosses C.MacDonald's path, Colin is unable to avoid Phil. L3 P.Thornton rearends I.Bassi just before T3. It looks like Ian Brakes a little early here and was in the middle of the track (on the racing line) but a standard rear end shunt 2 place penalty should apply. Phil's personal replay shows Ian's car warping badly though, and no apparent contact. This is an excellent example of why it's important to save your own replay! L5 K.Williams rearends P.Davis as they brake for T5a. With no mitigating circumstances the full penalty applies.
L6 S.Peake has a go down the inside of T1 to pass M.Smith, but clips the curb and spins out, unfortunately taking Mick with him. It would probably have been a clean pass but for hitting the curb, so the penalty is reduced bearing in mind the loss of control.
L8 Bias stops for 20 seconds instead of 25. Bias gained a clear advantage over M.Dawkins who had stopped at the same time & was also in a Ferrari, and gained at least one more place as a result of this short stop. Bias was well aware of the required stoppage and describes it as a genuine mistake, but with no mitigating circumstances and a likely two places gained as a result, the full penalty (3x shortage) must apply.
L10 R.Briant doesn't actually stop in the pits (should have been a Stop & Go). No advantage was gained leaving the pits or at the end of the race, but please make sure you actually stop for a SnG! L11 V.Flores only pits for 22 seconds (should have been 25 seconds). No advantage was gained leaving the pits or at the end of the race, so the shortage is added to the total race time.
L11 S.Cullen only pits for 4 seconds (should have been 5 seconds). No advantage was gained leaving the pits or at the end of the race, so the shortage is added to the total race time.
L11 C.MacDonald rearends M.Smith in T2. Colin SnG's for this and lost one place as a result so the penalty is reduced.
L11 P.Davis sideswipes R.Briant as they exit T5b. G.Thorley is unable to avoid the recovering cars as he tries to pick his way though the carnage. Paul's attempt to rejoin the race was very poor, and as he reverses back across the track he takes out Bias and shift-R's but doesn't SnG. Paul retires on Lap12 so the normal 15 second penalty does not apply.
L12 S.Peake passes P.Davis under braking for T2 and takes the racing line through the corner, but Paul has the inside line and repasses Steve. Steve needed to leave more room here and would have received a side-by side contact 2 place penalty, but it looks like Paul was already spinning out as a result of his over-optimistic passing attempt (also worth a 2 place penalty) when Steve hit him. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt since both drivers would probably have reacted differently if the other had not made things worse.
L14 C.MacDonald loses it braking at the end of the straight and K.Williams, a lap ahead, is unable to avoid him. L22 S.Peake spins out at T2 and recovers without incident. Unfortunately P.Thornton and I.Bassi are close behind and two-wide. With no room to avoid Steve's spinning car, Phil moves right to squeeze through but Ian doesn't move over for Phil. L24 K.Williams tries to lap R.Briant round the outside of the sweeping right-hander at the end of the straight, but leaves nowhere near enough room so that when Rik (attempting to stay out of the way) hits the inside curb & is thrown back out, Keith is in the way. Being a lap up doesn't mean you don't still have to leave room for the car you are passing. The normal 2 place penalty is reduced as a result of Rik's loss of control, but it was still a very poor passing attempt.
L26 A warp from K.Williams knocks S.Cullen sideways at T5b. L26 D.Taylor spins in T2 & is accelerating back up to racing speed as N.Stratton rounds the corner to lap him. Neil dives to the right to avoid the slow car but Dave moves 'out of the way' straight across Neil's path. If you are recovering from a spin it's important that you keep out of the way of any approaching cars, but the car behind has a much better view, so let them work out how to get round you, and stick to whichever side of the track you find yourself on. Considering Dave's intentions were right though, I've reduced what would otherwise be a 3-place penalty to a warning. No SnG was done for the Shift-R either.
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November 23, 2003, 10:32:00 PM +0000 - Nürburgring (Nordschleife) - UKGPL Season 8 (2003-2004) Division 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moderator's ReportL2 (19:05) N.Stratton pulls into the pitlane and rearends K.Williams who is sitting out his timed stop. No damage was caused but as mentioned in the pre-race briefing, it's important to leave room for yourself and the other drivers to enter & leave the pits. The pitlane is a quarter of a mile long here and only had one car in it, which you attempted to park right behind. Advice: Please make sure you stop well away from any other car in future. L3 (22:22) M.Benjamin loses it in a big way and eventually comes to rest in the middle of the track, unfortunately just over the crest of a rise. M.Smith is the next car to arrive and does a good job of steering round Marvin's car and takes to the grass but is unable to avoid clipping Marvin's car. Advice to M.Benjamin: Your car was spinning for several seconds, plenty of time to change down through the gears to first ready to move off. Although you were stationary for less than half a second before the collision and you correctly stood on the brakes you could have avoided coming to rest in the middle of the track by lifting off the brakes a little as the car came back onto the track. L3 (23:03) J.Vizoso thinks M.Smith is letting him through and accelerates past. Juan is ahead by a nose when Mick turns in and collides with him. To be fair to Juan, it does look like Mick is letting him past and certainly it would be a bad place to attempt to pass without the cooperation of the other driver, as this shows. However, whether it was a cooperative pass or not doesn't matter, since Juan was ahead at the time of impact and Mick should have left him room. Both drivers Shift-R'd, J.Vizoso is entitled to a non-fault Shift-R. M.Smith DNF'd so no time penalty needs to be applied.
L3 (24:00) J.Vizoso crashes & lands upside-down. M.Smith sees this & spins out in sympathy. M.Benjamin arrives at the scene and neatly drives around the outside of Mick's car but unfortunately clips Juan's upturned car, which wasn't visible before Marvin passed Mick. J.Vizoso Shift-R's but doesn't SnG.
L3 (26:23) D.Taylor takes the centre line on the back straight. After the yump Dave had a bad landing & veered to the left, regaining control of his car on the left of the track. He then moved right (back onto the racing line, and a justified defensive move), then back to the left and finally back over to the right to take the racing line under the bridge.
L3 (29:40) M.Benjamin brakes very late & lunges past M.Smith, smacking into the Armco at the final chicane. He then swerves back into Mick's path as Mick passes, causing Mick to take avoiding action. To be honest the passing attempt was on since Mick did brake pretty early, and but for a small loss of control at the end Marvin could have pulled this off. It's not easy to pass here, but it can be done. Marvin's rejoin was not good though, and considering he had just passed a car then crashed, he was certainly aware that there was a car right behind him when he pulled out, and it appears that Marvin deliberately attempted to keep Mick behind him.
L4 (33:02) R.Briant's car gets away from him through a flat out left-hander, and although he hangs onto it he briefly takes to the grass & slows. N.Stratton is right behind and poised to take advantage of any mistake, which he attempts to do. Unfortunately although Rik manages to get back onto the tarmac his car is still essentially out of control and Rik is unable to keep the car to the left to avoid Neil. They bump wheels & Rik is knocked sideways but continues, Neil takes a brief trip up the bank & loses some time but again is otherwise unaffected. Neither driver really did anything wrong, but Rik could have backed off to regain control (a difficult choice in the heat of the moment) and Neil could have foreseen what was likely to happen. L4 (33:26) V.Flores loses control, clumps the barrier & rips a corner off his car. He's a passenger from then on & is unable to prevent his car coming to rest in the middle of the track. Several cars manage to go past without problem, but unfortunately C.MacDonald's view is obstructed by N.Stratton's car & doesn't see Vic until it's too late. C.MacDonald is entitled to a non-fault Shift-R. L4 N.Stratton Shift-R's twice on this lap but is only able to do one SnG.
L5 (45:21) N.Stratton is closely following M.Pitchford into the right-hander leading onto the back straight, Mark runs wide and Neil takes advantage by moving up the inside. Unfortunately neither driver has a replay and the server replay shows some warp, but it looks like Mark lost the back end and was in the process of spinning out when Neil interrupted him. If this was not the case then it would certainly be an over-ambitious passing attempt by Neil, but considering the warp and lack of a client replay from either driver I must give Neil the benefit of the doubt and assume Mark lost control. If Mark had lost control Neil would be entitled to a non-fault shift-R, and if he hadn't Mark would be entitled, so I must allow both drivers to skip the SnG on this occasion. L5 M.Pitchford and R.Briant Shift-R'd but were unable to take a SnG since it was the final lap.
It's really hard to pass at the Nurburgring unless your opponent makes a mistake, and all I'll say was there was a lot of passing in this race ;-) L1 R.Briant loses control under braking and bumps G.Thorley as they brake for T1. Neither driver was badly affected and there was plenty of room for a safe pass. Had Rik maintained full control I'm sure he would have passed Graham anyway, so no advantage was gained. L1 (1:55) J Vizoso loses it in a big way and his out of control car bounces back into the path of R.Briant. Juan Shift-R's and SnG's at the end of L1. L1 (3:16) M.Benjamin loses control on the grass and spins out. M.Pitchford is unable to avoid Marvin's spinning car. Marvin Shift-R's but does not SnG, but later retires so no time penalty needs to be applied. L1 (7:40) S.Peake spins out and immediately rejoins, but cuts across the track almost colliding with two following cars. Considering that no contact was made I'll let reduce the penalty to a warning, but it would have been much safer to stay on the right as you filter back into traffic rather than rely solely on your mirrors and jump straight back onto the racing line in a twisty section of the track.
L1 (7:56) P.Thornton spins onto the grass but instead of braking coasts backwards back onto the tarmac, straight into the path of D.Taylor. Dave is entitled to a non-fault Shift-R. This was a bad rejoin by Phil after his initial spin, and he should have stood on the brakes & allowed the car to follow a predictable path rather than allow it to roll back into the path of another car. Taking into account the partial loss of control I have reduced what would otherwise be a 3-place penalty to 2, but after colliding with Dave Phil immediately dove straight back onto the track AGAIN at an angle where he would not have been able to see if it was clear (even though it was). This shows a lack of consideration for his own safety and those around him.
L1 (8:56) S.Peake misses his braking point for the Little Karussel and rear-ends J.Vizoso. Juan is briefly knocked sideways but otherwise they both continue unaffected. Steve was not attempting to pass here but just made a mistake, and considering this and the lack of serious damage what would otherwise be a 2-place penalty is reduced.
L2 (13:02) N.Stratton taps R.Briant under braking, warp throws Rik in the air but both drivers recover immediately and continue. At a twisty track like this it's inevitable that drivers will take different lines through a corner, and it's clear that Neil wasn't attempting to pass but was caught out by Rik slowing suddenly. Neil should have allowed more room since it was impossible to pass anyway, but considering that warp did more damage than the minor collision and no advantage was lost or gained by either driver the penalty is reduced to a warning.
L2 (13:37) N.Stratton spins out and K.Williams close behind is unable to avoid him. L2 (15:22) V.Flores spins out at the corner before the Karusell and when rejoining dives straight back onto the racing line, clipping C.MacDonald's rear tyre. Although Colin was unaffected this is another example of poor consideration and it's only the lack of any damage that reduces the penalty.
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December 07, 2003, 10:23:00 PM +0000 - Watkins Glen (Classic) - UKGPL Season 8 (2003-2004) Division 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moderator's ReportCongratulations to Neil Stratton for a consistent & clean win, and a heartfelt 'bad luck' to Andrew Hodgson who unfortunately had victory snatched away in an unlucky chain of events in the closing stages of the race. Lap1 J.Vizoso rearends P.Thornton at the Esses. M.Pitchford is unable to avoid Phil's out of control car. Phil was just following traffic as JV caught up to the pack, unfortunately it seems VJ just wasn't paying enough attention to the relative speed difference, and braked too late to avoid Phil. P.Thornton is entitled to a non-fault shift-R.
Lap1 C.MacDonald takes it easy braking over the crest for the Loop, a common and easily anticipated situation on lap1 here, and his speed is much the same as the two cars ahead. D.Taylor and K.Williams brake much later but just as with JV in the previous incident, it's clear that Dave just wasn't paying enough attention to the relative speed difference, and braked too late to avoid Colin. C.MacDonald is entitled to a non-fault shift-R. It looks like Kevin had already lost control when he collided with Dave & Colin, so his penalty is reduced to account for the loss of control. Dave was not out of control, he made an error of judgement by braking so late on cold tyres, in traffic, at a known black spot. Dave waited 15 seconds for the resulting carnage to clear before he reset, and it's only because of this that what would otherwise be a 3 place penalty is reduced. Please note that if you are in the position of either causing an incident or crashing out, crash out every time.
Lap1 Bias was unable to avoid D.Taylor's out of control car and tapped him, but was then knocked sideways as he attempted to drive round Dave as Dave moved forwards to get off the racing line. Considering the flames in Dave's mirrors I'll put this down as a racing incident. Lap1 R.Briant sees the incident ahead and brakes hard, catching S.Cullen out. R.Briant is entitled to a non-fault Shift-R. Considering how far Rik was from the nearest crashed car it's understandable that Sharon didn't expect Rik to brake so hard. Lap1 G.Thorley taps a flaming K.Williams as he weaves his way through the carnage. Lap13 J.Vizoso makes a convincing pass on S.Peake but loses control under braking for the Big Bend and collides with Steve's car taking them both out. JV should have been much further over to the right (he was in the middle of the track with Steve to his left), but I think he would have probably hit Steve anyway, and JV was ahead by a nose when he lost control. Lap19 Big Bend. S.Cullen spins at the Big Bend and ends up back on the track. R.Briant is unfortunately unable to avoid the spinning car. Lap28 Bias loses control at the Big Bend and rejoins reasonably carefully. Unfortunately since Bias is on the outside of the corner and in a ditch he is unable to check his mirrors until he can get back on track, but was at least off the normal racing line. A.Hodgson coincidentally runs wide at the same point (they are not racing for position since Andrew was a lap up and in the lead) and they touch, spinning Andrew out. Lap31 J.Vizoso spins off at Big Bend and Shift-R's but doesn't SnG.
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December 21, 2003, 10:10:00 PM +0000 - Kyalami (1961-67) - UKGPL Season 8 (2003-2004) Division 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moderator's ReportCongratulations to Dave Taylor for dominating the race, and everyone else for making it an excellent race to watch. Unfortunately it looks like a few people had dodgy connections for this race. Lap1 G.Thorley takes it easy into T1, entering the corner 20mph slower than the cars ahead and behind. While Graham did nothing wrong this is an unusually cautious move, even for L1, and it catches out most of the pack behind.
Lap1 A.Hodgson follows V.Flores out of the tight Clubhouse Bend left-hander, and has to brake to avoid rearending Vic. Herb is right behind and is caught out by this, rear-ending Andrew. Both Andrew & Herb should have been ready to take avoiding action in the bunched up pack. Andrew was but Herb wasn't paying enough attention. Herb doesn't Shift-R but does SnG and loses several places so no further places are taken away.
Lap3 R.Briant passes J.Vizoso on the inside of the last corner when JV loses it briefly. Unfortunately JV then moved back to the right towards Rik's car and although they are never closer than a foot apart JV is taken out by warp. Lap4 S.Peake successfully outbrakes G.Thorley into T1 but pulls back over to the left to take the racing line and clips Graham's nose. Graham appears to be completely unaffected by this but Steve pays the price and takes to the grass. It would have been far better for Steve to just take the inside line into T1 and he had the room, but since he was ahead anyway and the cars were several feet apart at the 'point of impact' I'll put this down to warp. Lap4 S.Peake has just recovered from the above incident and takes a wide line to allow S.Cullen and H.Moore though. Unfortunately Steve is knocked out by warp from Herb's car. It's worth mentioning here that Herb really should have tucked in behind Steve rather than attempting a pass at Barbeque, but equally since Steve effectively waved him through he should have backed off a tad more to let Herb complete the pass with minimum disruption to either car. Lap11 S.Peake loses control of his car as he attempts to type in his PI message. He slows and weaves into V.Vizoso's path. Gplwait is an excellent utility to help avoid having to take your eye off the monitor, and can be programmed to a button on your controller with the right software. JV's car is damaged by this incident although he doesn't Shift-R for two more laps. JV is entitled to a non-fault Shift-R.
Lap19 As H.Moore moves to lap C.MacDonald, it looks like Colin is staying right to let him though. As Herb moves to pass Colin moves back onto the racing line in what looks very much like a blocking move, since Herb is clearly visible in Col's mirrors. Ultimately, although Col should have made a more decisive move to one side of the track or the other, it's Herb's responsibility as the lapper to make sure he can pass safely. Since neither driver submitted an incident report it's difficult to lay blame squarely on one driver or the other though, so both drivers are penalised.
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January 04, 2004, 12:00:00 AM +0000 - Mexico City (1962-1979) - UKGPL Season 8 (2003-2004) Division 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moderator's ReportTypical Mexico race - loads of excitement, spectacle and brown trouser moments at the hairpin. Practice - P.Thornton leaves pit lane with 31:45 remaining showing on the clock. Practice does not start until 30:00 remaining is showing. There isn't any penalty for this, but it does give an unfair advantage over your opponents. The extra 5 minutes to for letting people connect. Please don't do this again. While watching this I couldn't help notice Rik Briant's inexcusably poor first pit exit, diving straight over to the racing line & forcing Phil onto the grass. Even if you don't see a car approaching there is no need for this type of move. L1 G.Thorley nudges the rear of R.Briant as they enter T2 sending him over the tyres onto the grass. Graham spins to outside of corner. Rik was going unusually slowly here, probably a result of running wide in T1, but given the difficult nature of the corner entry and it being L1 in traffic this is understandable. Graham was travelling slowly himself & it's surprising that he wasn't able to just brake a little more to avoid Rik. The penalty is reduced from what would normally be a 3 place penalty on L1 because of Rik's slow speed. Unusually Rik actually gained from this incident since he involuntarily cut the corner.
L1 S.Cullen nudges R.Briant on the entry to the hairpin. The traffic in front of Rik was slowing more than normal due to a recovering Honda which Sharon could not see, however this corner (like the hairpin at Rouen) almost always catches one or two people out so extra care is necessary. B.Summers is unable to avoid tapping Sharon's car which is sideways across the road in front of him.
L3 P.Thornton hits D.Taylor under braking for the hairpin. Phil seems to brake far too late especially when the 2 cars ahead of him were also very close together. Neither car lost much time but this is a common mistake on a part of the track where you have to be extra careful.
L4 J.Vizoso brakes too late for the hairpin and goes up the inside of V.Flores in a very ambitious overtaking manoeuvre, and ends up hitting Vic. Juan pulls over to let Vic past and the penalty is reduced as a result.
L7 B.Summers hits the back of R.Briant's BRM in the esses before the hairpin. Rik is entitled to a non-fault shift-R. Ben waits for Rik to continue and the penalty is reduced as a result.
L7 S.Cullen outbrakes herself into the hairpin & loses a wheel. l8 S.Peake's pitstop is only 9 seconds instead of 10. Since he followed J.Vizoso in and was ahead of him as they left this gave Steve a clear advantage so the full (3x the shortage) penalty is applied. Note also that Steve's car was not parked in the pit stall area, although fortunately it didn't cause an obstruction. Please make sure your car is right up against the wall in future.
L16 Esses 2nd corner - S Peake clips one of the inside tyres and spins slowly making the slightest contact with Bias who catches the spin and continues virtually unaffected. |
January 18, 2004, 10:25:00 PM +0000 - Monaco (1929-71) - UKGPL Season 8 (2003-2004) Division 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moderator's ReportA gripping race to watch, with Kev & Sharon's battle for the lead a particular highlight, but leaving an awful lot of carnage in it's wake. Close racing is what it's all about, but you sometimes have to accept that your opponent has got the better of you. L1 M.Pitchford gets it all wrong at T1 and ends up colliding with I.Bassi, and then C.MacDonald runs into the mess. L1 A.Hodgson and S.Peake run wide through Massenet and would have continued normally but P.Thornton tried to take advantage of the gap and moves to pass just as Steve moves away from the kerb back to the racing line and they collide. Unfortunately at no point during the pass was Phil's car visible from Steve's cockpit and it's certainly an unconventional passing place, so the penalty is reduced.
L1 Immediately after the above incident, P.Thornton gets a bit sideways out of Casino on cold tyres and S.Peake following behind has to brake. It's I.Bassi's turn to take advantage this time round the outside but he smacks the barrier and bounced straight into Steve. Rik should have been more patient and tucked in behind Steve, but considering Rik's view of the previous incident it's reasonable to assume he was just threading his way through what he thought was carnage and was caught out by Steve's immediate recovery.
L1 As R.Briant recovers from the above incident and turns in to Mirabeau he locks up at slow speed and spins P.Thornton around. Over the course of just two corners Rik has forced his way past two cars. With similar two incidents so close together there can be no reduction, and the two combined add up to 3 places for a L1 incident.
L1 S.Cullen rear ends K.Williams at the Station hairpin. No excuses here, you were both in a line of traffic, Sharon should have left more room.
L1 P.Thornton goes wide at the Station hairpin, moves back onto the racing line but J.Vizoso tries to sneak round the inside. V.Flores is unable to avoid JV. JV should have been patient here and waited for Phil's car to complete the turn. Phil was in view and ahead throughout. Warp plays a small part in making the impact worse than it should have been, but the cars still came together.
L2 (3:44) G.Thorley spins at the chicane, S.Peake is unable to avoid him. L2 (4:03) I.Bassi brakes early for the Gasworks Hairpin but J.Vizoso brakes late and clouts Ian. I.Bassi is entitled to a non-fault shift-R. JV does an immediate SnG.
L3 (4:18) A.Hodgson loses it through Massenet and his out of control car takes out K.Williams. L3 R.Briant and N.Stratton round the corner and have to swerve to avoid K.Williams stricken car. Rik bounces off the kerb and spins into the recovering Kev. L5 (8:36) P.Thornton rear ends C.MacDonald when lapping him at the Gasworks Hairpin. Although backmarkers should allow room when it's safe to do so, the primary responsibility is to the lapping driver to make a safe pass. Col could have left more room here but he didn't have to and would not have seen Phil in his mirror.
L7 B.Summers clips the curb on the left entering Massenet and is unable to regain control quickly enough to avoid rearending M.Pitchford as he braked. L10 (15:57) I.Bassi spins at the chicane, P.Thornton (a lap up) moves over to pass him but Ian (who is facing backwards and can clearly see Phil right behind him) lifts off the brakes and tries to spin the car around. This was a fundamental error by Ian, who should have stayed on the brakes to keep his car travelling in a predictable path. There was nothing Phil could have done to avoid this. Phil then does pretty much the same thing, he could have kept steering left and hugged the wall, but turned right and effectively blocked Tabac. N.Stratton is unable to avoid clipping the back of Phil's car. This was just a racing incident, but the rejoins were the problem not the original coming together. Please make sure you keep your car out of the way as much as possible once you regain control after an incident. Phil's penalty is reduced because it appears that he braked as soon as he saw Neil approaching.
L10 (17:15) Ben Summers spins in the tunnel, loses a wheel and then crawls down wall for 30 seconds, presumably trying to get off the wall and to a safe place to shift-R. Unfortunately as he crests the hill R.Briant is understandably taken by surprise at Ben's position (despite having seen the yellow flag) and clips him. R.Briant is entitled to a non-fault shift-R. Ben's intentions were certainly good, but the execution left something to be desired, although short of just resetting & hoping it would be okay or retiring (which he eventually did) there's not a lot else he could have done here. L14 (23:02) R.Briant spins at the chicane. Several cars pass but J.Vizoso's view is blocked by the car ahead until it's too late. J.Vizoso is entitled to a non-fault shift-R. L15 (23:43) R.Briant rear ends J.Vizoso at T1. Rik should have backed off as it was pretty clear what was going to happen. JV is entitled to a non-fault shift-R.
L20 I.Bassi spins at the Station Hairpin and R.Briant and S.Cullen can't see him until it's too late Ian did the right thing by staying put until the coast was clear. M.Pitchford was unable to avoid Rik's car. L26 (41:14) G.Thorley swings wide after chicane, A.Hodgson goes for the gap but Graham closes it before Tabac and they collide. Graham, having made a mistake with a car right behind, should have stayed on his side of the track until he was sure where Andrew was. This looks like an aggressive and inconsiderate defensive move to me, or to put it another way, Blocking. The penalty is reduced to allow for the small loss of control, but Graham should still have stayed left, not moved to the right.
L29 A.Hodgson takes a wide line into the gasworks hairpin to let K.Williams pass but doesn't quite slow enough and clips Kev's rear wheel as they exit. Kev was on full lock and was unable to turn any more. Not the best place to pass, and no one had a good view of the others in their mirrors. One of those situations where the F10 view or look left/right would have helped all concerned. L30 (45:29) S.Cullen hits V.Flores when lapping him between Casino and Mirabeau. Vic did what he could to leave room, Sharon should have been more patient in passing Vic, or waited for another opportunity. Kev & Sharon were in a close battle for the lead at this point and the adrenaline was flowing but this is no excuse.
L30 S.Cullen brakes too late for Gasworks (last corner of the last lap) and rear ends K.Williams who spins into bales. Sharon did slow to finish to let Kev back, but went over line before he did.
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February 01, 2004, 10:20:00 PM +0000 - Zandvoort (1948-72) - UKGPL Season 8 (2003-2004) Division 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moderator's ReportCongratulations to Neil Stratton for a consistent & clean race, and well done to Kev Williams for a Pole winning 1:25.03, a decent lap for Div1 ;-) L1. Tarzan. Side by side contact at Tarzan between M.Pitchford and Bias who was rejoining the track from the right. Bias should have seen Mark in his mirrors before Mark entered his blind spot but it was a careful and slow rejoin. Mark was forced to keep left by Bias' spin below. L1 B.Summers runs into the spinning I.Bassi at Gerlachbocht. Ben was accelerating as he hit Ian and had plenty of visible warning that he was spinning but there was no yellow flag. L5 D.Taylor shift-R's at Hunzerug. With P.Thornton and S.Cullen rapidly approaching Dave gets it a bit sideways in his haste to get out of the way. Unfortunately this has the opposite effect and Sharon is forced to take to the grass. L13 A stationary M.Pitchford is rear ended by Bias during his pitstop. Full penalty to Bias as there are no mitigating factors. M.Pitchford is entitled to a non-fault shift-R. A minor tap in the pitlane would not normally get a penalty but this was a big shunt for no apparent reason. The pitlane was otherwise empty.
L13 D.Taylor clips M.Pitchford who is rejoining at Hunzerug after an excursion onto the grass probably caused by cold tyres following his shift-R in the pits. Mark only gets a very brief look at Dave following in his mirrors, easy to miss and Dave had plenty of visible warning that Mark was going to rejoin. Also Dave did not slow down at all and had bounced off the right curb, putting him further to the left than Mark would have been expecting. L13 Contact between H.Moore who had spun across the track at Pulleveld and M.Pitchford who was following. There was no yellow flag and Herb already had the car on the black stuff but was weaving about trying to gain control. Mark slowed right down and tried to avoid the impact but Moore was too unpredictable. Herb lets Mark past though.
L25 Throughout the whole lap K.Williams was held up by M.Pitchford who was a lap down.
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February 15, 2004, 10:18:00 PM +0000 - Snetterton (Long) - UKGPL Season 8 (2003-2004) Division 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moderator's ReportA good end to a great season for Division3, with Neil Stratton wrapping up the championship with a final win here. Herb Moore & Steve Peake got their first podiums of the season too, showing that a decent add-on track can mix up the pack! L4 R.Briant gets out of shape through the esses and K.Williams goes through. As Rik recovers he moves over to the left (towards the racing line) and with the help of some warp tags the back of Kev's car, spinning him out. While warp played a part, Rik was too close to Kev for comfort anyway, and should have stayed further to the right after his 'moment'. It is clear that Rik did what he could to avoid Kev once he had seen him though. Bearing this in mind and the warp, what would have been a 3 place penalty is reduced. S.Peake is unable to avoid K.Williams' stranded car.
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