UKGPL Season 16 - Novices and Amateurs - Race 8 - 65 mod - Brands HatchTim is leading the Amateurs as we enter the final stages, though he is yet to win a race! The Lotus cars of Storm and Natan are his closest rivals, while Nicky needs a good result and John is almost out of contention after missing Silverstone. Though the move to two separate divisions next season will involve some rebalancing of the chassis allocations, I would hope that this leading group would be comfortable with the same cars, as the racing has been very close.
Sam and ginsters are moving up from the Novices after Silverstone, leaving a more open field. With steady improvement of the other beginner drivers, there might even be a surprise on a tricky circuit where the most consistent drivers will have the advantage. Welcome to the drivers who have joined over the break.
There has been another request for improved aero for the 65s- the RSC thread is here:
http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=329607While some consider the 66 tow excessive, the slower top speeds of the 65s would reduce this problem to a large extent. Also, the current 65 model isn't that of the original cars as it was impossible to make it work- the crude solution was to increase top speeds 5%. The 65s with tow might be fantastic racing- and of course the existing 65s would still be an option.
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Race date = 6-1-2009
Time =
20:45Track = Brands67
Variant = 65F1
Damage Model = Int
Qually time = 30 minutes.
Race length = Long (24 laps)
Driver lists can be found on the
championship standings page65 ModThese were the 65 drivers
BT7 Bonnier, Baghetti, Hulme (Bonnier drove for Walker)
BT11 Brabham Gurney Gardner Anderson Siffert (Siffert drove for Walker, Gardner and Anderson were privateers)
Lotus Clark Spence Rodriguez Mitter Russo Solana (and Maggs Hailwood Attwood Amon and Ireland for Parnell)
Ferrari Surtees Bandini Rodriguez Vaccarella Bondurant Scarfiotti
Honda Ginther Bucknum
Cooper McLaren Rindt
BRM Hill Stewart
The 1965 season was the last to use the controversial 1500cc formula which had begun after 1960, to the initial advantage of Ferrari. The 1965 cars are smaller than the 1967 cars and have less torque and hence more grip. It was claimed that they 'cornered on rails', however this allowed the Grand Prix series to retain the use of circuits which were otherwise to prove extremely dangerous.
The 1965 cars are ideal for those new to GPL as they allow the tracks to be learnt in light reliable cars, however these are also full Formula One cars, and quite fast.... The inaugural Race of Champions was staged at Brands in 1965. Mike Spence won over the two heats, in a Lotus 33. Jim Clark had the fastest qualifying time at 1:34'9.
David Wright's 'Legends' site
http://fp.gplegends.plus.com/ has the download of the most recent 2.0.1 version (under 'details') as well as being an exceptional guide to both 1965 and 1967, for those interested in Formula One history.
Unfortunately the current 65 mod download does not have default setups. Default setups for all the cars and tracks that are likely to be used can be downloaded from
http://www.neurology-crew.com/gplserver under '65 setups'. Note that you will have to add enough fuel for the race, whether short or long!