Season 18 Novices Trophy - Round 2 - SolitudeThe opening round at Watkins Glen was a fairly clean race, notably the start which can be prone to incidents because of the awkward camber. So well done everyone on a good start to the season. However, there were one or two incidents involving back markers so please read the race report and take note of any advice.
Solitude is a very different track to Watkins Glen, the lap is a lot longer and there are some very tricky bends. 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.
The Solituderennen events and the 11.4 km Solitudering near Stuttgart were named after the nearby Castle Solitude. Motorsports events were held there from 1903 to 1965. Due to the narrow track, initially mainly motorcycle events were held there until 1956. The track and the pits were widened in early 1957 and sports car racing was staged by the automobile club ADAC. From 1961 to 1964, non-Championship Formula One Grand Prix races were also held, in addition to previous Formula 2 and Formula Junior events.The last "Grand Prix of Solitude" with F1 cars was held in July 1964, including drivers like Jim Cark, Jack Brabham, Graham Hill, Chris Amon, John Surtees. The 1964 race was won by Jim Clark in the Lotus 33. In 1965 the last "Solituderennen" on the Solitude track was an F2 race, won by Chris Amon.
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 = 22-09-2009
Time = 21:00
Track = Solitude
Variant = 65F1
Damage Model = Intermediate
Qually Time = 30 minutes.
Race Length = Long (11 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