UKGPL Season 21 (2011) Novices (65) - Silverstone (GP 1952-73) - Jun 14

[blito]

And the race according to Blito...

**** F#!K Yeah!!! 15th to 5th *****

Call me Jensen!!

I am gonna be HOURS calming down from this one!

[karlisss]

after great Pole (my PB) 1-32.7
i was afraid about my engine and lowered gears for race...
wasnt good idea.
i did slow start and droped down to P4, all my target was to do no contact or PP race....
then long time was in P2 chasing Cookie.. so from some 10sec i get close to 7.5sec when
SKYPE JUMP OUT with blinking message, that someone have birth day!!!!!!!...1 sec later i had "roof" in T1
here my nightmare starts...
so after all i did 4 spins, one crash with tree, 2 shits+R,
also tried first time ever how to correct  join in race when ALL cars pass you buye...
whyle i raced nostalgic backmarkers race, i did all what i can do, to avoid another contact with slower car in front of me at T1... it brake so early that i hit all my brakes as hard and spun again and lost place for Fossa...
my skype is still blinking, it was during all race
(i believe from replay there will be a huge crash for moderators, so i will lost my last place and gain some ban ) but maybe not)
atleast FL is something good in all this frustrated Silverstone.

Gratz Cookie and podium for deserved win!

next time.
ps
will watch replay for Blito masterpiece

[BadBlood]

Good race generally. Got a good start and got up to eighth and was holding it nicely when I saw a Fezza up on the banking at Beckets. I zoomed past but Norbert was having none of it... wasn't too pleased at the time. Left me backwards on the racing line so I went to donut quick but others were coming though. Well done to Rog and Jason for avoiding me. Had a nice few laps with Jason and he got a run on me down the farm straight so I took the inside and compromised myself a bit hoping the Honda power would play on the S/F but he passed me around the outside - good one. I braked a bit late for Cospse and then floored it too early, spinning. That put me behind Sky and Fabio and I spent ages chasing them. Sky made a mistake and ended up 10 yds behind. He then lost it at Copse when I think he thought I braked a bit early - but it was my usual place. Couldn't catch the Red Baron but with two laps to go - there he was backwards at Copse. It all happens there. Drove carefully after that and finished ninth.

Very pleased - had some racing and got a top ten with no shift-r's.

I was surprised to be down in 12th with a 1:35.50 though.

Big congrats to JB (B*stard ) and well done podium. Hard luck K.

[Cookie]

  WOW 

Gratz to all finishers! Especially to my great master Martin for 2nd

Funny thing is I had a pretty good setup this afternoon, but just short before the race I tried a Steve Cloyd setup.
This was not faster but way easier to drive after some little modifications and had a really short first gear
So I decided to test in Qualy both. For the race I took it!

Start was great and I was gone, controlling the distances in pribluda, til Karliss suddenly was no longer there and my friend Martin appeared 2nd 
Rest was a little boring and dangerous not to loose concentration, but I managed not to make the slightest mistake
Counting the laps down I finished without any incident...

Cheers

[norbert]

I saw a Fezza up on the banking at Beckets. I zoomed past but Norbert was having none of it... wasn't too pleased at the time.

Sorry about that .
Entirely my fault of course. Got hit by Maddog (because of immense warp at that time, it seems).
Found myself facing backwards and misjudged the situation again, when I tried to enter the scene.

[BadBlood]

No problem. Just one of those things. I was getting a nosebleed running that high anyway... 

[BadBlood]

Did young Joseph jump the start there or something?

I ought to send you the replay of the first 100 yards - its hailarious.

[NHance]

Well done Cookie - never saw you after the grid & to 2nd & 3rd also. What a lot of warping. I backed off the Maddog/Fabio dice a little as they were disappearing so much but then Johnny was catching & he was too & so I assume was I. Fabio & Maddog eh! that's like throwing a lighted match into a box of dynamite . Fabio spun & then Karliss's Skype friend gave us all a birthday present & I was 3rd.

After a few laps I made what I think was my one & only mistake of the race & spun to rejoin 7th. If Jason was Jensen then Norm was Nico!. Gave him room to pass as he was obviously faster. Maybe I should defend more. Roguk did but spun. Jason had a trip up the banking & to avoid him I went on the grass & Rog went past. Motored on to finish 8th with the 3 in front of me all visible a little way ahead.

Really I'm kicking myself for the spin when under no obvious pressure other than to stay in the gap between Maddog & Johnny O. There's always the next one
Norm H  

[BadBlood]

The warping thing where cars just disappear in front of you is really disconcerting. A few times I was catching up but being really cautious because I couldn't always see them. Interestingly, I never had anyone disappear when they were really close so I wonder if it was truly warp or just the server deciding they were too far away to draw?

[NHance]

Spot on Paul. I noticed that but not being a techie I don't know why. Maybe backing off at first was the wrong thing to do. I was forced to speed up again by Johnny anyway. Some of the disappearances were so long I genuinely thought they had disco'd (in my dreams eh! ).  Can't remember who but someone on post race chat said they backed off as well for the same reason.  Something we all have to put up with but its worth it.
Norm H

[BadBlood]

Some of the disappearances were so long I genuinely thought they had disco'd (in my dreams eh! ).

You and me both. When Karliss and Du Fossa turned up behind me I dismissed it as a glitch. Incidentally I am celebrating the fact that this was the first race in which I avoided being lapped. Feels good but I wasn't sure until Mike posted the results.

[Cookie]

Yes Paul warping was a great handicap in this race, for me especially in Qualifiying!
Couldn't do a clean lap on my first stint with all this warp around, so I decided to leave the server with ~11min  left.
But took me about 5min to rejoin because of rejecting me with "too high ping", allready thought I will miss this race!
Thank god I could rejoin with a ping of about 150 and do my best lap.

My race strategy was to come in save, so I never had to push hard, thats why I only really lapped the most unlucky Billy who afterwards followed me  perfect driving.
After the studium of the reports, I am proud to not have left the track a single time until the finish where i kissed the flagman
The most interresting report for me is allways the "race history graph".

[s2173]

I had lots of wrapping around me too, sometimes just at the distance, but often the cars jumped so bad that i was not sure if they are infront or behind me... i tought it was my connection, but i had some nice close battles with some non-warping drivers. I got disconnected at the end anyway.

[Hristo Itchov]

But took me about 5min to rejoin because of rejecting me with "too high ping", allready thought I will miss this race!
Thank god I could rejoin with a ping of about 150 and do my best lap.

I suggest we don't use a ping limit for UKGPL races, unless you want to prevent people from joining even if it's not their fault or they happen to have a high ping for a few minutes. Can easily miss a race that way...

As for warping, before I joined the Pro race, I saw the Novices server had a ping of over 800, and the server restart didn't cure that. Probably some temporary issues on server side connection.

[JonnyO]

  Had a moment where cars disappear, I believe it was between laps 5-10.

  At the moment I leave is to increase the distance at which insurance.I believe silverstone when running with a small engine, the best thing is to be regularity, you are only going forward if the pilot error.