UKGPL Season 21 (2011) Porsche - Kyalami - Jul 1

[Arf Arf Arf]

The password should appear at the top of this page, just above all the high scores.

[miner2049er]

Hmm! I do not know.
 Need to enter the chat to get the password?

Roberto

I don't see you in the system, you need to vote in the poll at the top of the registration thread

https://www.simracing.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=9197.0

Once you vote there an admin will add you and the password will be revealed at the top of this race thread.

[Arf Arf Arf]

Hmm! I do not know.
 Roberto

One other thing, just in case. Because you are a reserve driver, then if Tristan, Dave and I are all there tonight, I don't think you can drive for our team. If Dave or Tristan don't appear then you can automatically drive for us. I am not sure what the rules are about you driving for another team if LoL2 doesn't have room for you.

I told Tristan I was available earlier in the week, he didn't say anything about who else was driving tonight.

[Roberto Vianna]

No problem, if it fails to run, patience!

[Roberto Vianna]

Already voted, I do right?

[vosblod]

Already voted, I do right?

You should now be able to see the password and welcome to UKGPL.

[Ronniepeterson]

Welcome indeed Roberto!

[Geoff65]

Well, that was rubbish. Caught up in 2 other drivers spins in only 14 laps, not a bad average. Tried to avoid Vos spinning at Crowthorne, only succeeded in following him and tapping him on the nose. Chased a pre-spun Jason for a few laps and we caught a group of cars ahead of us comprising Norbert, Dave Rainier and I think Ronnie a 1/2 second or so ahead. And as always happens as soon as you catch a small group someone bloody spins and blocks the track. Had to take avoiding action to miss Norbert who rolled backwards into my chosen tight line off Crowthorne, and lost it cracking the bank on the outside. Soon after I got going again, it dropped a cylinder and that was goodnight nurse. Drove it up the bank at Crowthorne to spectate for a while. Not happy Jan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2akt3P8ltLM

[vosblod]

I did all of 1 minute 33 seconds before feeling a bump, seeing a spin (mine) then losing a wheel. Not a good night for Clark-Hill it seems.

[Geoff65]

Not a good night for Clark-Hill it seems.

A master of understatement lad.......

[bernie]

Not happy Jan.

Not exactly what Hawkeye would have said 

(Just noticed your avatar ) I was spectating at Oulton on that very sad day   

[BadBlood]

Absolutely knackered. Drove for a finish and gained some points from people falling off. Not exactly Schumacher but it was cobblers... The import then took a couple of hours <yawn>

Getting you guys on the right servers is very hard. Makes my cat-herding job seem easy

Also I could do without losing the server password again... that'll learn me to use caching.

Thanks to Fulvio (again) and well done all on joining the right servers with the right car (mostly) and the right profile (mostly).

I think I might skip Sunday - I've had enough of South Africa...

[Roberto Vianna]

It was very gratifying to participate in this race!
 Too bad it was short lived. Problems newbie eh eh eh
 Thank you for the welcome received.
 Until next time

[Geoff65]

Not happy Jan.

Not exactly what Hawkeye would have said  

(Just noticed your avatar ) I was spectating at Oulton on that very sad day  

Yeah, I'd never heard of Paul Hawkins until I was searching for some information that I've forgotten about now. I came across by accident a short Bio on Paul and found that he was a born and bred Melbourne boy just like myself. I found it ludicrous that I had never heard mention of the man's name anywhere in motor racing circles. You have to understand I suppose, that as far as the motor racing media is concerned nobody rates any mention at all unless they're from NSW. Sir Jack is from NSW, as are Gardner, Doohan, Stoner, Bayliss and many more that I can't recall at this time. Paul was a world class sportscar driver, having won Targa in '67 I think and class wins at  LeMans more than once, and totally anonymous in his own home town. He obviously didn't belong to the right clique to get any recognition. A very sad loss indeed, who knows how many 24Hour races he could have won without having his career fatally shortened.
 
http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/photo/Paul-Hawkins-AUS.html
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Nurburgring-1967-05-28.html
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1967/Nurburgring-1967-05-28-019.jpg

Worth a look when you have the time. Might speak with my brother Mods about the possibility of a single Paul Hawkins Memorial Sportscar Classic at the end of the season. He was driving for the Porsche factory team for a while it seems in the 910.

[Rainier]

Hello

Kyalami was my first race on UKGPL.
I really enjoy it, even if it was very difficult !
First, my PC rebooted when I try to connect for qualifying ...and everything was OK with my computer only 6 minutes before the start of the race.

After 11 laps, I was not disconnected as it is indicated in the race report on top of the page, but I loose a wheel after hitting the wall to avoid another racer (Stemmler ?) who spun just in front of me on V1.

Congratulation to my team mate Tristan "magicarsouille" Bot who finish 2nd and to all drivers for this nice race !

See you on next race
Dave "Prostwasthebest" Rainier