UKGPL Season 19 (2010) Graduates Cup (67) - Nürburgring (Nordschleife) - May 9

[Michael Turner]

Congrats to Bernie on a fine win and to newcomers Ronnie and Hannah on their podium finishes putting some of us veterans to shame

I'd just got back from a weekend away and a 300 mile drive so it was straight into the race with no practice. Guessing that I probably wouldn't last long, I opted for the BRM to reduce my tokens loss which as it turned out was a wise decision as I failed to complete a lap either in quali or the race. Fortunately I didn't cause anybody else any grief so it's on to the next race with a clear conscience.

[Hristo Itchov]

Nothing much to say really. A low turn out, managed to put it on pole and take the lead on the start narrowly from Evil.

Then he managed to follow for some time and I was being careful with the heavier car, but then went for it when I felt comfortable. Once he dropped off, I just had to avoid mistakes and bring it home. I had a spin or two along the way, plus a collision with a fence, but the car withstood the impact.

Got a sub 8 minute lap at the end, but still far off my PB here. That has to be expected considering it was years when I last drove around the track in a Honda though.

Shame for Evil's and Jethro's retirement, I think we could've had 2 cars on the podium. SHE would be half-pleased! 

[FullMetalGasket]

Well done on the win Bernie! Great way to celebrate 200 races 
I'm currently stealing WiFi from the ferry on my return trip - it's a shame I missed the race but nurby is just awesome in real life 
Highlights for my 'race' include a 9:05 lap (held up while letting a train of 4 VERY fast cars through),
A 9:02 lap (held up at the end of the lap by a superbike that wouldn't move over )
'Doing' the russian mafia (1x ferrari 360 and 2x porsche 911 turbo's none of whom willingly let my rusty Datsun past )
And finally having to flash a new 911GT3-RS untill he moved over and leaving him for dead 
Unfortunatly for me in real life, coming out of karusell on 2 wheels repeatedly can have nasty side effects on your suspension 
Looking forward to tuesdays race though if I manage to stay awake for it

[Phil Thornton]

I could swear I saw Bob DC while I was drivin..why is he in front of me?

Yes results are a bit strange so I've checked the server replay.

Flag dropped at 44 seconds into replay

Bob crashed at Wehreseifen on lap 2 at replay time 13:26 which is race time of 12:42
King Hiro crashed at Hohe Acht  on lap 2 at replay time 15:31 which is race time of 14:47
Evil crashed at Schwalbenschwanz on lap2 at replay time of 17:00 which is a race time of 16:16
Jethro crashed at Tiergarten on lap2 at replay time of 18:19 which is a race time of 17:35

But the results for these drivers are mixed up.  Don't know what has happened here.  Assume GPLRA couldn't decipher the replay properly?

Anyway manually amended the results.

[Hristo Itchov]

For some reason the manufacturers standings table is not showing after the results for this race were posted.

Phil, I didn't think you would resort to retirement just to prove a point (about getting lapped). 

[vosblod]

But the results for these drivers are mixed up.  Don't know what has happened here.  Assume GPLRA couldn't decipher the replay properly?
Anyway manually amended the results.

THE MASTER 

[bernie]

I dont care just as long as MY name stays at the top of that list 



My PC is fired up 24/7 so all family and friends who call in see my name up there 



 

[fpolicardi]

Ronnie my replay shows you and Fulvio having quite a bit of warp , maybe it had a bad effect on the battle .  Not easy to overtake at Nurby even without Pro damage.

Ehm I didn't race at Ring. 

I hope to return on track next week.
Ciao

[bernie]

Ronnie my replay shows you and Fulvio having quite a bit of warp , maybe it had a bad effect on the battle .  Not easy to overtake at Nurby even without Pro damage.

Ehm I didn't race at Ring. 

I hope to return on track next week.
Ciao

Aye! I got muxed ip , it was Fabio
wish you guys would use yer real handles , all them names got me confused


Sorry

[fpolicardi]

Hehe np 

[Statmeister]

Here's the updated tables following round 4 of Works & Privateers.

A perfect consistency score here would have been 120.

Privateers:



Works:



N.B. Since the 'ring is at least 4 times longer than the usual circuits I modified the consistency formula slightly to allow for 4 times the usual deviation (20 seconds instead of 5).