The new season got of to a good start for me and SR4L , we had a great turnout and apart from the minor hiccup at the start a well run event.

On the subject of the start , I personally thought in this instance a restart was valid , we had a new inexperienced member in his first big league race who made a cockup , we have all been there at some time , It didnt affect anyones race or alter the results and it certainly didnt make SR4L look unproffessional so hopefully its a lesson learned .



I could lap quickly here but not consistently I was finding the temps on the rears just kept climbing until by lap 12 the grip disappeared , on the basis of that I decided a high downforce setup and 3 short stints was the way to go .

My start was OK went into turn 1 alongside ED in the Ferrari but came out of 2 just ahead , I tried to hug the rear of JP for the draft as I expected ED to blast past me with the Ferraris power , luckily JP pulled me along , I harrased JP as best as I could but couldnt pass him on the striaght due to my higher downforce but I was all over him in the complex , buy lap 3 he appeared to be sliding a lot so I kept myself big in his mirrors and managed to get past when he had an unlucky moment with a backmarker , I was now in clear air where I wanted to be so just pushed as much as the tyres would let me , Anti and the Williams powered ED were long gone so I new unless they hit tyre trouble I was fighting for 3rd , first stint went ok pitted in 3 rd came out in 6th behind Eds Ferrari which I quickly caught and passed when he visited the scenery , worked my way back to 3rd and again pitted , this time I came out 4th behind Andi , I now had a very enjoyable dice , I caught Andi but couldnt get past , on the striaghts I could draft alongside but as soon as I pulled out he just pulled back ahead , all I could do was crawl all over him in the complex and hope he spent too much time looking in the mirrors and made a mistake , I eventually got past on the brakes at the end of the striaght , after that I just brought it home .

Here are the results of Round 1 at Argintina along with the current championship points for individual and teams. You can also see results at simresults.net 191201-x1Q


           

The first round of the mid week challenge was last night and had to be abandoned as only two drivers showed up

The Championship has been modified for this year away from Endurance events to "short" races to accommodate those who are not fans (or their bladders don't allow) of long events. There is also single lap qualy and reverse grids however unless drivers turn up, there is simply no point in continuing.

The SR4L ethos is very much still there racing Historic cars at historic events (where possible) and the championship is "open" thus doesn't require registration allowing drivers pick and choose events or do the entire season.

The next event is Le Mans (The Grand Circuit) on 4th December with a practice/fun event next Wednesday evening. In addition to my posting both here and the simracers facebook page, please feel free to promote the championship and invite others be it leagues or individuals as you see fit.

SR4L needs your support and help and without it we don't have drivers and with no drivers means no races.

Use it or lose it

Thanks in advance for your support

Jonathan

Ok guys time to start adding your team names and team members. Remember once you enter the first race your name must remain the same for every race to the letter or your score will not show up you will have multiple entries.
Team one will be Wrinkley Racers with deecee and Tim McCoy we will be numbers 5 and 31. Lets fill it up with team guys.

Hi Folks

The Wed evening Mid week challenge has been announced http://here

A different format this year using the Porsche 917K's involving a 15 min Sprint race followed by a 30 min Feature race including single lap qualy and reverse grids for race two.

It's an open championship so you can drop in for one or two races or complete the whole season.

Hope to see you on track

Jonathan