UKGPL Season 21 (2011) Historic (66) - Silverstone (GP 1952-73) - Jun 7

[bernie]

My pre-race preparation normally starts with a shot or two of Whisky - read into that what ever you please 

That explains why you always drive over the limit 

[Ronniepeterson]

Don't usually enjoy Silverstone as a track but great to race on. I had a good scrap with Goran who simply wore me down to the point where I checked my mirror one time too many and exited the track for the scenery. After rejoining the track with Goran now ahead I set about trying to catch him. I finally got him in sight on the very last lap but I suspect he was just doing enough to keep me at bay. Congrats to Tim, Fulvio and Clive.

[G Jonsson]

I had a good scrap with Goran who simply wore me down to the point where I checked my mirror one time too many and exited the track for the scenery. After rejoining the track with Goran now ahead I set about trying to catch him. I finally got him in sight on the very last lap but I suspect he was just doing enough to keep me at bay.

Yes Ronnie it was great, especially since I finish the race in front of you  .  But if you look at our laptimes both in quali and in the race you can see just how close it was.

As a whole my race was OK except when I totally lost focus, forgot to change gear and went off letting Evil and Ronnie by. I was behind Fulvio in 4Th position and  Evil and Ronnie was following but I figured that as long as I could use Fulvio`s tow I would be fine, and then.....................

After that I never saw Evil and Fulvio again, except on the pribluda but I noticed that Ronnie did not manage to stay with Evil so I began to reel him in. When I got on his gearbox I noticed that we had not made the 50% race distance so I backed off a bit and waited.

Then my plan was just to put pressue on him and hope, and it did work finally, over and done with it, and so I got 4Th because of the tragic missfortune up front. 

When I changed the handicap system to only be the two first places in the championship to be handicapped, not four as it was earlier, I never thought that I still would be affected by it, so now I am thinking about handicapping only P1 in the championship  , unfortunately I can not do that in the middle of the season, and the LM2 for some reason have me still in second position alltough on the same points as Fulvio so you can now look forward to running 8Th around me at Brno as well but after that, if you just keep your cars on the track, I think I will have a free choice of car for the race to come.

Göran

[Hristo Itchov]

Handicapping only the first place wouldn't be quite fair, would it? Imagine the case where top 2 placed drivers enter the final race with just a handful of points between them, you'd be literally handing out the title to the driver in 2nd place.

[G Jonsson]

Don`t worry H, I just vented my frustration. I do think it is rather good now.

I just did not expect that  I would hold second position in the championship.

Göran

[Hristo Itchov]

So you prefer NOT to be up the leaderboard? I thought the idea of a Championship is to win...  Anyway, it's early days, you have plenty of time to lose positions (if Evil's bad luck goes away, lol). 

[il_lupo_mannaro]

Had a great race with, i guess, Fabio. Needed about 10 laps of patience until he got in a big enough slide for me to get by. All that time i was thinking if i'm to conservative and should i dive down the inside after some of his minor slides. Couple of laps later he dived down my inside after my minor slide and confirmed that i wasn't too conservative.

Yes Ivan, I enjoyed our fight too!
I was trying to reach Jason in front of me and, at same time, I had to defend myself from your attemps, great fun, indeed!!

Unfortunately, when I tried to pass you at T1 I lost the control but, lucky me, I didn't bring you with me outside the track and out of the race (I guess you got some white hair...): shame that it didn't happen only few laps later to score some champ points...

Well I was using a Tommy v O setup and it was great for qually and f$%@ing awful for the race... 

I guess it was the same I downloaded from the Alternative Track Database: after adjusting the brake bias to suit my driving style, it wasn't so bad at all.

Never tried Silvy before with 2L cars and I was really surprised about my starting place, wow!

See you all in Czech Republic and Long Live UKGPL!!

[BadBlood]

When I changed the handicap system to only be the two first places in the championship to be handicapped, not four as it was earlier, I never thought that I still would be affected by it, so now I am thinking about handicapping only P1 in the championship  , unfortunately I can not do that in the middle of the season, and the LM2 for some reason have me still in second position alltough on the same points as Fulvio

I don't see why you can't change it... whats the point of power if you don't abuse it... 

Actually I think LM2 has it wrong and Fulvio should be second because he has more second places than you. Up to you though. Maybe the 50% thing has confused it.

[G Jonsson]

So you prefer NOT to be up the leaderboard? I thought the idea of a Championship is to win...  Anyway, it's early days, you have plenty of time to lose positions (if Evil's bad luck goes away, lol). 

I prefer to be up there at the end of the season and if I am in handicap cars I doubt I will because I do not have your ability to win in any car yet, but do not feel too secure, I begin to feel a bit weird 

When I changed the handicap system to only be the two first places in the championship to be handicapped, not four as it was earlier, I never thought that I still would be affected by it, so now I am thinking about handicapping only P1 in the championship  , unfortunately I can not do that in the middle of the season, and the LM2 for some reason have me still in second position alltough on the same points as Fulvio

I don't see why you can't change it... whats the point of power if you don't abuse it... 

Power? who, me?

Actually I think LM2 has it wrong and Fulvio should be second because he has more second places than you. Up to you though. Maybe the 50% thing has confused it.

Well, there you got the power, LM2 rules you know.

Göran

[FullMetalGasket]

3 podiums Vs 2 is the reason I suspect guys 

[BadBlood]

In the event of a tie on points, the following criteria will be applied in order:
Number of events entered within the championship
Best finish in class
Best finish overall
Best qualifying position in class
Best qualifying position overall
Most number of wins in class, or 2nd places if tied on wins, and so on down to 6th place.
Most number of wins overall, or 2nd places if tied on wins, and so on down to 6th place.
Most number of class poles in class, or 2nd place qualifying if tied on poles, and so on down to 6th place.
Most number of class poles overall, or 2nd place qualifying if tied on poles, and so on down to 6th place.
If none of the above resolve the tie then it will remain.

That is from the rules and regs and applies to LM2 I think. Fulvio has had a second, Goran has not. It is one for Giz I think.

[Hristo Itchov]

Yeah, that's odd.

[vosblod]

That is from the rules and regs and applies to LM2 I think. Fulvio has had a second, Goran has not. It is one for Giz I think.

Hands up my fault. When I set up the season I left the default srou tie-break rules whereas I should have selected the UKGPL tie-break rules from the dropdown.
Now corrected, sorry

[G Jonsson]

The Moderator`s report, or rather, as there were no incidents, Paul`s Race report is published.

Göran

[Hristo Itchov]

Excellent read as always, Paul!