Season 19 Novices Trophy - Round 4 - Silverstone

The fourth round of the championship sees the Novices at a different venue to the Amateurs who simply cannot tame this high speed and high thrill circuit. As the Amateurs meander through the rolling hills of Germany, the Novices will get to grips with the former World War 2 Bomber Base.

Half the circuit is in Northamptonshire and half is in Buckinghamshire, and it was first used for motorsport in September 1947 when 12 friends held an impromptu race on the deserted airfield. One of them, Maurice Geoghegan, from Silverstone village ran into a sheep writing off his car. The sheep didn't fare too well either and the race became known as the Mutton Grand Prix.

Drivers should be especially careful on lap 1 as usual but hopefully this fast circuit will not compress the field once safely through Becketts.

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 only, including at the end of the race until ALL drivers still racing have crossed the line.

Don't forget to use the updated 65 mod for this race.

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)
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Server = 5.UKGPL
IP Address = ping myjamesonline.net
Race Date = 18-05-2010
Time = 21:00
Track = Silverstone
Variant = 65F1
Damage Model = Intermediate
Qually Time = 30 minutes.
Race Length = Long
Password: see above

Driver lists can be found on the championship standings page

We have split the cars into groups based on average performance and split the drivers into groups based on average ability. The chassis numbers for Novices are as follows:

NOVICE CHASSIS GROUPS
1 - Lotus, Ferrari, BRM, Honda
2 - BT11
3 - Cooper
4 - BT7

Each driver has been given a seeding number and must pick a chassis with either an equal number or higher number but not a lower number. For example, if a driver is given a seeding of 2, he must pick one of the cars in group 2 (BT11) but if he would prefer to drive either the Cooper or BT7 he may do so. This means that a driver given a seeding of 1 can pick any chassis he prefers.

**NOTE**
Whichever chassis a driver begins his first race with is the chassis he must use for the remainder of the season unless a change has been agreed with the moderator.

The following drivers have made their chassis choice:

FULL TIME

Driver	Chassis
D-Rock	Lotus 33
NHance	Brabham BT11
roguk	Cooper T77
maddog	Cooper T77
maestro	Brabham BT11
il_lupo	Ferrari 512
happyal	BRM P261
Billy	Brabham BT11
gilles27	Lotus 33
G Poole	Brabham BT11
BookieW	BRM P261
Sharkfin	BRM P261
norbert	Ferrari 512
Vosblod	Lotus 33

RESERVES

Driver	Chassis
Nigel Smith	Honda RA272
karlisss	Honda RA272

The following drivers are still to make their chassis choice:

FULL TIME

Driver	Seeding
Burtoner	2

RESERVES

Driver	Seeding
miner2049er	1

Please use the updated 65 mod for this race which is available here:
Jamesonline.net/UKGPL

Nice tale though I think you might mean the supercharged V16 BRM of 1950's vintage .

Ive seen and heard both at Oulton and was there for the 66 Gold Cup when the H16 's were rolled out for there first race , driven by Stewart and Graham Hill .

Stewart demo'd the V16 which was indeed the loudest most raucus engine noise I ever witnessed , smoking the tyres the full lenghtof the pits straight and again on the straight bits around clay hill . when the mechanics first fired it up in the paddock the crowds scattered in all directions . unforgetable .

There is a recording on CD of the V16 car being driven round goodwood by owner chris mason , took it in work when I was with Comet , loaded it onto the biggest Hi Fi in store , whacked the noise up full , pressed "play" and walked away.

You can guess the reception it got 

Russel Gradwell,  a friends dad from Llandudno flew Lancies with 617 sqadron (dam busters to you) said the quickest way to learn french was if you ever get shot down in the place when occupied by the krauts . he could tell some great tales 

   

Another eventful race for me. After a good battle with Vos and D-Rock for pole, I settled for 3rd on the grid, which turned into 1st after a cracking start. After ten laps I'd built up a comfortable gap and was looking for a steady run to the finish - at which point my engine blew. I need to look at the replay but I'm not sure if it was my fault or not.

Not sure what the rules with a shift-R for engine failure are, but I reset anyway and pressed on - perhaps someone can clarify if I was right to do so? Anyway after a couple of laps getting up to speed again on full tanks and cold tyres, I had a cracking battle near the front with D-Rock, Norm and someone else, not sure who. Really pleased that I managed to race cleanly so at least I'm making progress on that front.

After getting up to second with a few laps left, I was gaining on D-Rock, but not enough to win. I should have backed off for the finish but kept pushing and spun at Chapel. Out of frustration I just quit - possibly a mistake as it looks like DR didn't win in the end. But it would have felt hollow after the engine blow anyway.

Looks tight at the top of the points, I'm still hopeful of moving up the table but I need to get some good finishes in and stop making silly mistakes.

Hi Al,

I think I was in the chasing pack when you went off, it was a hairy moment for sure! It's handy when people move over to be lapped but that's taking it a bit far :-)

Well done on getting to the finish intact and getting some points. You shouldn't say you didn't deserve it, at the end of the day getting to the end in one piece is the most important thing, something I seem incapable of doing right now.

If you're lap times were a bit slow perhaps it's your setup? I have a good one for the Lotus that renowned engineer, Billy NoBrakes gave me a while back. I'm sure he wouldn't mind if I passed it on to you. Let me know if you want it.

Cheers,

Ross

Sorry I missed the action last night - There was an emergency call out for Dad's taxi.
Well done to Peter for the win (starting to become a habit) and also a good result for the team with FMG winning at Nurburg.

Qually 5th & if I'd done a PB I wouldn't have been any higher. For 21 of the 24 laps I had someone not too far in front of me that I was trying to catch & make a challenge to, & all the time various drivers very close behind. The secret of my 2nd place was I made few errors, one or two dodgy slides & on the grass a bit that was it.
Never lead a race before, so that was good experience, but my downfall was racecraft, as I knew we were going to lap Graham, it was just a matter of where. Fair dues to Graham he got out of the way,(went on the grass) but my slight hesitation at Abbey, the corner I had the most trouble with, & where Pete was always faster than me meant Pete got better drive than me & was past by the time we reached Woodcote. Dropped to 3rd after that but RN made an error so I was back to 2nd.
Then the balistic missile that is Maddog's Cooper started to get very close till he too overcooked it, by this time the faster Pete had gone. Last 3 laps I just cut the revs & strolled it home. 
Well done Pete, a worthy winner & to Maddog working wonders with the Cooper.
Norm H

check out your anti virus burt , gave me loadsa probs till I deleted the stupid thing (AVG)

Double check that you are not using the 60 FPS patch Burt, as that will definitely screw up your connection.