UKGPL Season 21 (2011) Specs - Albi (1959-80) - Jun 24

[Hristo Itchov]

I think that's the max revs, not the safe or usable revs.

[Samb]

Good fun those races. Having really only driven the BRM until recently in my GPL races, I've found the engine is nothing short of bulletproof. I've given the engine such a pounding over various races with only one freak detonation throughout my online experiences with it, I've just assumed it's almost impossible to kill a 65 engine in general. Of course I was proven wrong in race 2  .

Race 1 was simple enough, qualified 4th, made a reasonable start but unable to catch Clive and H. A spin half way through the race put an end to my pursuit in the lead, and had to pass an impressive Steve in the dying laps to snatch back 3rd.

Race 2 was much more fun. Having never really driven the Honda. I hastily downloaded Steve Cloyd's Silverstone setup and tweaked the gears. I was surprised how much of a peach the Honda was to drive through the corners. It would sweep through the bends so quickly with excellent control. The first half was terrific fun, I was driving out my skin to catch H, I was even side by side on occasion, but again, simply can't compete with him on the brakes. I tried some later braking when I was a second behind.......and onto the grass. About 3 laps from the end, about a couple of seconds away from H, the Honda's engine had cried enough from my brutal treatment and that allowed Clive and Natan through, losing any chance of a podium. The next couple of laps were a comedy of errors, with various coming togethers and off-track executions, on-route to 10th place.

Still, was worth it just to keep up with H for a while  . Congrats to everyone on the podium.

[norbert]

I think that's the max revs, not the safe or usable revs.

Brm max rev is beyond rev counter.
Just try to overrev it and you see.
That does't mean of course that player infos rev information is the max save rev .

But for the wazamobil for example it shows 12 000 upm and if I'm not very much mistaken
that's quite close to the usable max rev .
(and absolut max rev is somewhere around 13 500 upm)

Having that in mind, I think it's worth a shot to use the player info.
(Until you blow your engine, of course, then we would all claim we knew it was bullshit )

[Billy Nobrakes]

Performances were terrible - spend quite a while trying to find the right set up but it never materialised. Hoping for better things on Tuesday when I can use the trusty Brabham.
Sorry to Cookie for rear end on lap 4 of race 2 - checked the replay & dont think you sufffered any harm. Bigger apology to Geoff for the same thing at the end of the straight on Lap 5. Retired after that. On both occasions I was working on the basis that I could use my normal barke point as you chaps were going to be quicker than me - mighty surprised to run into you - but thats not an excuse.

Anyway - on to something useful (of course I didn't bother looking at this myself befor Albi) but I think it was Steve Bird who posted this link a while back - shows the max revs for various GPL cars http://wiki.grandprixlegends.info/index.php?title=Cockpit_Gauge_Explanations.

[Hristo Itchov]

That's excellent information, thanks! And it seems you're right, Norbert, the player info shows the RPM for peak power. Looking at the BRM's manually drawn red line on the RPM gauge, I was just about nailing it yesterday.

[EvilClive]

Yes, thanks to Norbert and Billy some vaery interesting info there. It amazing what you do not actually know about these cars despite driving the wheels off of them for several years!!  lol If Hristo was getting it right I was mostly short shifting!!  .............but next time 

[Cookie]

Did some praccy before this race with both cars which where as new to me as the track...

My first Quali with BRM went ok to midfield and with some nice fights I landed in a satisfiying 6th.

Second quali with Honda was discouraging, as I could not reach my practice times by far.
The race was fighting for the golden pineapple (german!) but I finished....

Thanks the Wazas for all the info about this "lady" but too late for me...
Next race!

Cheers

PS Where can I find the replays?

[EvilClive]

 Axel,
perhaps this will help you understand the Hiki Waza team and who "SHE" is..   

http://www.hiki-waza.dsvh.co.uk/

[Billy Nobrakes]

Repalys now uploaded - in the usual place.

[Billy Nobrakes]

Mod report now up.