UKGPL Season 17 - Novices Trophy - Race 10 - 65 mod - Monza (GP 1955-71)And so to Italy- the traditional home of incredibly expensive professional organised sports. Clutch and Mike will contest the Novices Trophy in front of the fanatical tifosi in our season finale, Brabham to Lotus- who will be Bruce Lee, and who will be Chuck Norris? Mountside may have slipped too far behind in the team championship though, partly because of the efforts of the renowned Clark-Hill elite transfer unit.
Please also use the thread to set out any changes you'd like to see for next season, especially with the schedule. We're considering using only 6 or 7 original tracks next season- so if you'd prefer to stay with eight, this is your opportunity to object. Put your chassis requests for next season in as well- Ferrari have struggled to retain drivers this time, and both they and Honda will look for new pilots in the next allocations.
Reserve drivers should not join until there are only 30 mins of qualifying left. However, all drivers should not go on track until there is 30 minutes of qualifying left. This helps all drivers join the server successfully. Please restrict chat to pit messages.
Please use the updated 65 mod for this race.The 65 mod V2 update is being used by UKGPL and the updated layout features are very welcome, with the ability to record best lap times at addon tracks and to have 65 specific tracks. The new collision boxes are also a great improvement. Though the new slipstream code will need extensive testing, the preliminary race seemed to show that it would be a definite improvement in racing terms, without the controversy over its extent, as with the 66 mod.
Thanks to all involved with producing the update. If the new slipsteam code works as well as it seems it might, perhaps it could help persuade the authors of the 66 mod to rework their code as well!
Please be in IGOR UKGPL chatroom by 8:55 p.m. UK 19:55 GMT
(You will need to set up a channel called #ukgpl if you haven't already done so)
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IP address TBC
Race date = 7-07-2009
Time = 21:00 (UK time) 20:00 (GMT)
Track = Monza (GP 1955-71)
Variant = 65F1
Damage Model = INT
Qually time = 30 minutes.
Race length = long (
23 laps- not 21, as before the 65 patch)
Please make sure that you have enough race fuel to complete the distance!(2) Driver lists can be found on the
championship standings pagePenalties are to be worried about after the race, with the exception of penalties for restarts. The UKGPL rule is that you have to take a stop-and-go in the pits for each reset at the end of the lap, with the only exception being if your reset was caused by another driver. The penalty for not taking a stop-and-go is thirty seconds.
CHASSIS ALLOCATION If I haven't included you but your chassis has been agreed it's not important, otherwise pm me.
Ferrari Norbert Roguk Fabio
Lotus Al Vos Mike Scott Vee8
BRM Billy Hezemans Hurtubise JamesRye
BT11 Graham Maestro Clutch Nhance Mark
Honda Bookie Tomd18
Cooper Asbjeurn* Ian* Steve B* Steve B2* Geoff* Bernie* Nicky*
BT7 Aulden Burt* Glyn
*drivers also assigned an Amateurs chassis
65 Mod
These 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.... Graham Hill got pole in his P261 in 1965 with a time of 1'30.7. Jim Clark won the race in a Lotus 33 with a fastest lap of 1'30.6
David Wright's 'Legends' site
http://fp.gplegends.plus.com/ has the download of the 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. The 2.02 update is available here:
http://www.jamesonline.net/ukgpl/1965mod_PATCH_v2.0.2_Setup.zip