UKGPL Season 18 (2009) Novices Trophy (65) - Watkins Glen (GP) - Sep 8Welcome to the Grand Opener for UKGPL Season 18, the 10th anniversary year of UKGPL.
The opening race of the season will be held at Watkins Glen, USA which hosted a United States Grand Prix for twenty consecutive years. The race received the Grand Prix Drivers' Association award for the best organized and best staged GP of the season in 1965, 1970 and 1972 and unfortunately, like many other circuits, had to be altered to cope with faster cars in later years.
Please be careful on Lap 1 as you make your way through the Esses where things can get congested, and don't forget that lap 1 incidents attract an extra place penalty and can usually be avoided.
Remember you cannot win the race on the first lap but you can go a long way to loosing it. The driver who wins is usually the driver who makes the least mistakes. Remember if you need to do a shift-R then you will have to perform a stop and go in the pit lane unless you are sure it was totally the fault of another driver.
Reserve drivers should not join the race server until there are only 30 mins of qualifying left - this is to ensure the full-time drivers have had a fair chance to join the server.
No drivers should go out on track until there is 30 minutes of qualifying left - this helps to ensure all the full time drivers have joined the server successfully before qualifying begins.
Please restrict chat to "pit in" / "pit out" messages, and at the end of the race avoid chat until
ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.
Please be in the IGOR UKGPL chatroom by 8:55 p.m.
(You will need to set up a channel called #ukgpl if you haven't already done so)
IGOR and Race passwords:
see aboveServer = 6.UKGPL
IP Address = TBC
Race Date = 08-09-2009
Time = 21:00
Track = Watkins Glen
Variant = 65F1
Damage Model = Intermediate
Qually Time = 30 minutes.
Race Length = Long (33 laps)
Password:
see aboveDriver lists can be found on the
championship standings pageChassis allocations are below, and the same chassis will be used for all races this season unless there is an adjustment agreed by the moderator. Please note chassis adjustments can be made at any time not just at the mid season review. Good luck!
FULL TIME DRIVERSBurtoner - a choice between the BT7 again or the Cooper
G Poole - BT11
Vosblod - Lotus
Happy Al - Lotus
Maestro - BT11
Nicky - Cooper
Bookie - Ferrari
Norbert - Ferrari
NHance - BRM
Al Heller - BRM
Il Lupo - Ferrari
RogUK - BRM
Mark65 - BT11
Barry De La Rosa - Ferrari
Billy Nobrakes - BT11
Bernie - Honda
RESERVE DRIVERSViss - choice between the Lotus and the Ferrari
Please use the updated 65 mod for this race.If you have re-installed UKGPL over the summer break or are joining us for the first time, please don't forget to use the updated 65 mod which is available here:
Jamesonline.net/UKGPL