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Stop blaspheming, it's one of my favourite tracks.
I knew that! Plus it is a great track to start with because of the extra width.
I did a couple of practise races on Saturday at Sugo - it feels really great with this car, but it is going to be difficult to overtake cleanly - backmarkers (including me!) please take extra care to let the faster guys through cleanly.
That is an interesting idea, which we could try in the future. I think it might work better with saloons / closed wheel race cars.
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Unless told otherwise the conditions are generally summer(ish) with some light to medium cloud and dry.
Sick does occasionally use advanced time to include night settings. And again on occasions I cook up some weather related features for him. But these are usually mentioned in advance.
For a change I ought to get a little practice in too. See you later.
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Hi guys,
after missing the 1st race with the Lotus 49, I was more then ready to finally get going at Sugo. Here's how it turned out:
I find the track quite tough and the cars challenging to handle, so I'm happy to find myself firmly in the midfield, starting the race in 7th position. This is a first with the loose setup, because it gives me much more control and makes these cars a joy to drive! Still challenging, though
My start is pretty good, and I gain a position around the outside of the first couple of corners. I quickly realize that the cars in front are too fast for me, but I also manage to build a small gap to the ones behind me. A slownown penaly on lap 3 allows @beachboy6658 to catch up, and he's breathing down my neck from thereon, forcing me to cover the inside line down the fast pit straight. In front, @Napalm_LT has an off at the end of the back straight, braking for Horseback Corner. He returns to the track just when I want to accelerate out of the corner, and I misjudge the width of my car, which seemingly is much more difficult than it sounds. I thought I'd learned this lesson woth the Formula Rookies, but I guess I needed a reminder
To make things worse, this is the moment @beachboy6658 has been waiting for. Trying to capitalize on my momentary loss of speed, he darts down the inside for the next left hander. He is out of my mirrors, and just when my spotter tells me "left side", I feel the contact... Hard to tell during the race, but having watched the replay, I feel that @beachboy6658 had his car well positioned to my inside and just I turn in on him. Trust me, stern words were spoken to the spotter 
Nonetheless, and being a real gentledriver, he waits for me to rejoin and has a prime seat to watch me dance with car for a bit, on the track, off the track, spin a little, and then some more
Having dropped to 11th place, I chase the next car in front of me, @Oldbass47, and pass him just before the Esses on lap 6. I settle into a rhythm, and although my pace isn't super fast, its consistent. Over the course of the next few laps, I slowly catch up to a fighting of four cars. Before I reach them, however, I decide to make my pit stop. I'm not the only one
Four cars make the pit lane a busy place, but no positions are exchanged. I do lose a position at the end of my outlap, running whide at the very last corner.
Now I'm last of the group of four cars and a tight battle ensues. I manage to sneak past @Hygrade B and am close to @beachboy6658 in front of me. He runs a little wide through the last corner and I'm so focused on the corner exit and getting a good run on @Napalm_LT in front that I don't see him rejoining the track. The result is a nasty bump which loses us both a position. No talking my way out if this one, I could have avoided the collision easily and got caught unawares. Sorry, mate
I regain one more position before the race ends, finishing in 8th position. It was a fun race with lots of close racing, so I'm not overly disappointed, but I do have to work on racing closely and keeping my eyes open in the meantime.
after missing the 1st race with the Lotus 49, I was more then ready to finally get going at Sugo. Here's how it turned out:
I find the track quite tough and the cars challenging to handle, so I'm happy to find myself firmly in the midfield, starting the race in 7th position. This is a first with the loose setup, because it gives me much more control and makes these cars a joy to drive! Still challenging, though
My start is pretty good, and I gain a position around the outside of the first couple of corners. I quickly realize that the cars in front are too fast for me, but I also manage to build a small gap to the ones behind me. A slownown penaly on lap 3 allows @beachboy6658 to catch up, and he's breathing down my neck from thereon, forcing me to cover the inside line down the fast pit straight. In front, @Napalm_LT has an off at the end of the back straight, braking for Horseback Corner. He returns to the track just when I want to accelerate out of the corner, and I misjudge the width of my car, which seemingly is much more difficult than it sounds. I thought I'd learned this lesson woth the Formula Rookies, but I guess I needed a reminder
To make things worse, this is the moment @beachboy6658 has been waiting for. Trying to capitalize on my momentary loss of speed, he darts down the inside for the next left hander. He is out of my mirrors, and just when my spotter tells me "left side", I feel the contact... Hard to tell during the race, but having watched the replay, I feel that @beachboy6658 had his car well positioned to my inside and just I turn in on him. Trust me, stern words were spoken to the spotter Nonetheless, and being a real gentledriver, he waits for me to rejoin and has a prime seat to watch me dance with car for a bit, on the track, off the track, spin a little, and then some more Having dropped to 11th place, I chase the next car in front of me, @Oldbass47, and pass him just before the Esses on lap 6. I settle into a rhythm, and although my pace isn't super fast, its consistent. Over the course of the next few laps, I slowly catch up to a fighting of four cars. Before I reach them, however, I decide to make my pit stop. I'm not the only one
Four cars make the pit lane a busy place, but no positions are exchanged. I do lose a position at the end of my outlap, running whide at the very last corner.Now I'm last of the group of four cars and a tight battle ensues. I manage to sneak past @Hygrade B and am close to @beachboy6658 in front of me. He runs a little wide through the last corner and I'm so focused on the corner exit and getting a good run on @Napalm_LT in front that I don't see him rejoining the track. The result is a nasty bump which loses us both a position. No talking my way out if this one, I could have avoided the collision easily and got caught unawares. Sorry, mate
I regain one more position before the race ends, finishing in 8th position. It was a fun race with lots of close racing, so I'm not overly disappointed, but I do have to work on racing closely and keeping my eyes open in the meantime.
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The weather at Hockenheim tomorrow will be sunny and dry! I did experiment with other weather options, but this track becomes very treacherous and unpredictable in the wet.
There is a lot of high speed to low speed braking - take extra care not to ram other drivers from behind - try staying to the side of each other when driving close.
1968 was a World Championship year for Graham Hill, but there is very little footage from that year - enjoy these highlights of the German Grand Prix from 1967 kindly produced by Castrol. It is interesting how few of the cars managed to survive the full race distance.
There is a lot of high speed to low speed braking - take extra care not to ram other drivers from behind - try staying to the side of each other when driving close.
1968 was a World Championship year for Graham Hill, but there is very little footage from that year - enjoy these highlights of the German Grand Prix from 1967 kindly produced by Castrol. It is interesting how few of the cars managed to survive the full race distance.
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There's an invitational event, 9 laps at wet Monza, car quite hard do drive Sick.
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Hopefully @Sick Cylinder will spot your post before the race. There's usually a vacant spot for you.
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Hello everyone,
here are the replays from yesterday's race:
I fail to piece together a proper lap in qualifying and start in the middle of the pack in 8th position. My start is decent and I sprint past @Oldbass47 before the first corner. Now the drag race is on!
The entire field barrels down the long straight, but everyone is well behaved through the first chicane. Approaching it, I have a small moment as @beachboy6658 lets off the gas momentarily, but this time I'm focussed not wanting to repeat last race's shunt and slown down as well.
I brake cautiously for the second chichane as @beachboy6658's car swerves wildly to the left and into the tyre barriers
At the same time, @Don Mejillone drives into the right side tyre barriers collecting @richroo in the process. I see a gap opening next to him but once more misjudge the width of my Lotus and push us both past @Don Mejillone's stricken car. Two other cars drive past us.
I catch up to them approaching the stadium-like motodrom, pass them both with an optimistic slide through the corner, but lose the positions right away running wide through the Sachskurve. The next lap is a more fortunate one: I repass both @Sick Cylinder and @Hygrade B and settle into a good rhythm that is only disturbed by the occasional slow down penalty. At the start of the pit window, I catch up to @Napalm_LT in front of me and I decide to make my stop now rather than to lose time fighting for a position.
Having pitted from 4th position, I rejoin 8th with a free road ahead of me. This isn't for long, however, as I catch up to a fighting group of three cars. Fortunately, two of them pit quickly.
Starting lap 8, I run a little wide and am hit with another slow down penalty just when @Napalm_LT exits the pits. I have to coast for a bit and lose the position that I had just gained I follow him closely until the motodrom, where mistakes from him as well as @Hygrade B in front enable me to snatch the last podium position. I slowly manage to build a gap that allows me to bring the car home third
Not even two minutes from the finish line, I'm presented with a small reminder how random a driver's fortunes can be
Two tyre stacks have found their way into the acceleraction zone of the fast Ostkurve chicane. I ram them head-on and am relieved to see a smaller effect on my car than I had anticipated.
I really enjoyed the cars on this fast historic Hockenheim track. I think it suits the cars' characteristics much better. It will be interesting to see how they perform with muss less road space in Snetterton
here are the replays from yesterday's race:
I fail to piece together a proper lap in qualifying and start in the middle of the pack in 8th position. My start is decent and I sprint past @Oldbass47 before the first corner. Now the drag race is on!
The entire field barrels down the long straight, but everyone is well behaved through the first chicane. Approaching it, I have a small moment as @beachboy6658 lets off the gas momentarily, but this time I'm focussed not wanting to repeat last race's shunt and slown down as well.I brake cautiously for the second chichane as @beachboy6658's car swerves wildly to the left and into the tyre barriers
At the same time, @Don Mejillone drives into the right side tyre barriers collecting @richroo in the process. I see a gap opening next to him but once more misjudge the width of my Lotus and push us both past @Don Mejillone's stricken car. Two other cars drive past us.I catch up to them approaching the stadium-like motodrom, pass them both with an optimistic slide through the corner, but lose the positions right away running wide through the Sachskurve. The next lap is a more fortunate one: I repass both @Sick Cylinder and @Hygrade B and settle into a good rhythm that is only disturbed by the occasional slow down penalty. At the start of the pit window, I catch up to @Napalm_LT in front of me and I decide to make my stop now rather than to lose time fighting for a position.
Having pitted from 4th position, I rejoin 8th with a free road ahead of me. This isn't for long, however, as I catch up to a fighting group of three cars. Fortunately, two of them pit quickly.
Starting lap 8, I run a little wide and am hit with another slow down penalty just when @Napalm_LT exits the pits. I have to coast for a bit and lose the position that I had just gained
I follow him closely until the motodrom, where mistakes from him as well as @Hygrade B in front enable me to snatch the last podium position. I slowly manage to build a gap that allows me to bring the car home third Not even two minutes from the finish line, I'm presented with a small reminder how random a driver's fortunes can be
Two tyre stacks have found their way into the acceleraction zone of the fast Ostkurve chicane. I ram them head-on and am relieved to see a smaller effect on my car than I had anticipated.I really enjoyed the cars on this fast historic Hockenheim track. I think it suits the cars' characteristics much better. It will be interesting to see how they perform with muss less road space in Snetterton
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Nice report again @WiSchmo. I must try and catch/keep up with you one race so I get a mention.
I was was buzzing around at the back annoying Sick, John and OldBass. And enjoying it.
While I don't enjoy the track so much, since it always causes my Logi wheel to rattle a lot, I enjoyed the car more this week. I've moved my view way forward so while the car behaves the same I feel I'm more in control. Somehow!
I was was buzzing around at the back annoying Sick, John and OldBass. And enjoying it.
While I don't enjoy the track so much, since it always causes my Logi wheel to rattle a lot, I enjoyed the car more this week. I've moved my view way forward so while the car behaves the same I feel I'm more in control. Somehow!
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What a great race we had, got up to 7th, because the pile up, then got over taken. Sick, Old, Paul, Beach, having good battle.
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Simba came round hit one of the tyres, as well.Ahem. I'm not going to say it was John, but it was John.
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You'd get a great score if it was 10 pin bowling John. You didn't leave many standing. 👍
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It's good that you shared them around.
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Antares what's your online user name?
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Ah, good point. I can't see it either.
It's something that got introduced a little while back. Although it's worth noting that we don't use it for every series, so perhaps that's why it's not mentioned.
@Sick Cylinder perhaps you could add a bit about pitstops for anyone reading up on the regs.
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Note - Pit Stop information has been added to post 3, page 1. Pit Stops will now apply to all series and races unless otherwise specified.
The next race is at Snetterton on the 200 circuit which is closest to the layout used in 1964 for the non-championship F1 race won by Innes Ireland in a BRP BRM.
Below - Action from Snetterton - Graham Hill tests the Lotus 49. A young Keith Duckworth (engine designer) asks Graham to keep the revs under 8,800. The burden of the test and development work fell on Hill as by this time Jimmy Clark was a tax exile only allowed into the UK for short periods. The first time Clark drove the car was at Zandvoort - where he won - Hill had led the race, but broke down.
Below highlights of the 1967 Snetterton F2 race - Formula 2 was very important for most of the manufacturers as they could sell relatively large numbers of these cars to privateers, including for use in domestic championships such as the French championship. Sadly Jim Clark perished in an F2 accident at Hockenheim on 7th April 1968.
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