Round 3 - Grand Prix de Belgique [May 18th]

absent   

Prequalified drivers for tonight:

#15 Lotus 25 BRM (Tony Maggs) : Alan Lopez
#19 Lotus 25 BRM (Chris Amon) : Teemu Toikka
#21 Lotus 25 BRM (Richard Attwood) : Christopher Tarboton
#38 Lotus 25 BRM (Innes Ireland) : Sergio Mengual

Server launched, qual in 30 minutes.

Remember, no reco lap and no formation lap.

Pas de tour de reconnaissance ni de tour de formation.

i just installed the older 65, i got mismatches, but i see quali already started. early for 9 a clock race
Can i still join?

How are u guys goin so damn fast is there like a secret road i dont see?

@Jef: Not tonight sorry, to participate as a guest you have to record a time with a Reg Parnell Lotus before friday night  

Austin Johnson wrote:

How are u guys goin so damn fast is there like a secret road i dont see?

Yes, at the bottom of Eau Rouge take a left, Then up the hill, Will bring you back out at La Source    

Sorry i wouldn't be ther tonight. Problems with my computer and need to clean it.

hope to be back on wednesday.

Richard Coxon wrote:

Austin Johnson wrote:

How are u guys goin so damn fast is there like a secret road i dont see?

Yes, at the bottom of Eau Rouge take a left, Then up the hill, Will bring you back out at La Source    

I knew it   

Please wait 2 mins if possible

Put... y a de quoi se fâcher !!!!!

c 'est quoi ces coups de roue dans le premier tour et à me pousser dans l'herbe !!!!!

Facile pour se débarrasser de ceux qui passe à l'aspi ! nul de chez nul !

Y'a vraiment de voyous  !!!! je suis dégoûté ! volant tordu abandon après 2km !

Absolute Shite...............    Stupid twatting computers. Decided to get locked on the desktop and would let me close rfactor the re open it, SO then when i restart computer it does it again, And then 3rd time lucky when it does work after restarting again, The Race has started.....   

So pissed right now.  

Well done to the winners and finishers in advance.

Damn, lost concentration while in 9th paying too much attention to Jason. Fast left right got me. Went into the black hole. Oh well, suspected I would DNF.

Another DNF for me in these series due to my own fault. I really need to get my concentration together   

Anyway..very nice track updates from Francois..I loved the rainy surface and photographer at La Source   

Race Start!
 

Heading into Burnenville...look at the spray from the leaders who just went by   
 

View from Alan Lopez at Burnenville

Yves Plaçais wrote:

Put... y a de quoi se fâcher !!!!!

c 'est quoi ces coups de roue dans le premier tour et à me pousser dans l'herbe !!!!!

Facile pour se débarrasser de ceux qui passe à l'aspi ! nul de chez nul !

Y'a vraiment de voyous  !!!! je suis dégoûté ! volant tordu abandon après 2km !

Je pense que Martin tentera dès son retour de regarder ça de plus prés.

only about 9/10 laps (in total, quals+race), but the evening is made with this short passing:
great sensations in my pleasant and optimist BT7, with unprecedentedly wide gearbox  
and really nice track with good ambience (liked the bumps, sprays and skies, congrats to the builder/s)  
a good day to have the avatar pic i have!

did not finish because of too much water in the eyes entering Masta behind Vincent and others, and a small hit in a wall which instantly bent the car...
anyway there will be worse endings given the weather today  

sorry if I took part in Christopher's crash (?) water sprays again,
see you in Charade where there will be sun, merci HSO !!

je traverse toute la piste en large au depart à cause d'une perte de controle due au patinage du à mon depart trop nerveux   
je n'ai pas regardé le replay mais j'espere n'avoir shooté personne  

The next time someone brake checks me im not gonna bother trying to avoid you, everytime i do i wreck, so fair warning.

 Oh yeah!!! Third place von Trips!!!  
Very happy with this result, but sorry to see my new teamie Richard didn't make the start; would have been sweet to see him race François for the VT win.   

A very challenging race from the standpoint of keeping concentration. I had a couple of close calls along the way, but nothing too serious. Was bummed to see Mike sail off the track early because we were having a dandy scrap.  From then on my main competition was Gérard Ryon, who caught and passed me -- but later on spun out at that sharp right-hander everyone loves to hate. Luckily, I chose to drift left and avoided T-boning him.  Was content to finish 9th overall and pick up a few VT points, but was promoted to 7th due to late race retirements.  As usual, I over-filled my car with fuel    Not that it affected my performance much, but I will endeavor to get that closer next time.  Congrats to all the finishers and Steve on a great win overall.  On to the next race...

Austin Johnson wrote:

The next time someone brake checks me im not gonna bother trying to avoid you, everytime i do i wreck, so fair warning.

Is that aimed at me ?,i didnt brake check you it was i mistimed the corner and ferrari brakes are crap,but i was surprised you hadnt taken me off earlier when you hit back of me twice.

It was aimed at u yes, im sry im just a little bumed out. I know it wasent intentional but we only had 3 laps to go and i drove my ass off with spray in my face for 27 laps. And i dont recall hitting you love tap is more like it. I never touched you in a breaking point or in a corner i didnt even try to pass you , the one time i did you pinched me in the dirt but its fine. Other than that it was a fantastic and fun race track is awesome great job.

CLAIM
I ask to Race Direction (if there is one) to be classified 5th, my real final position.
Rfactor give me an invalid "blue flag ignored" penalty when Parker reach me at 2 laps from the end, but i do nothing to obstacle him, simply he was slow because race was ending (i was lapped, calmy, in last lap, after Eau Rouge).

Cette piste est une magnifique réalisation, très immersive (c'est le cas de le dire avec l'eau). Bravo à François et à ses potes.

Ma course a été passionnante de bout en bout. Je me suis sorti à Stavelot dans le 1er tour sans bobo, coup de chance. Reparti dernier, j'ai mené une course poursuite jusqu'à une 3eme place totalement inespérée.


Je dépose aussi une réclamation officielle    auprès de la direction de course pour qu'on fasse taire ce gugusse. Vous pouvez me croire, vous ne vous en sortirez pas.

Merci HSO, vous êtes les meilleurs, vous vous donnez beaucoup de mal pour nous .

Yves Plaçais wrote:

Put... y a de quoi se fâcher !!!!!

c 'est quoi ces coups de roue dans le premier tour et à me pousser dans l'herbe !!!!!

Facile pour se débarrasser de ceux qui passe à l'aspi ! nul de chez nul !

Y'a vraiment de voyous  !!!! je suis dégoûté ! volant tordu abandon après 2km !

I'm so sorry about that Yves

I wasn't trying to block your pass. I was actually overtaking peter

Don't be so sore about it, writing me private and stuff. When you took me out in two consecutive races with the 70's sportscar, both on the first lap, one of them by ramming my rear in a plain strait, I rebmember being much more sportsmanlike about you   

Alex Barresi wrote:

CLAIM
I ask to Race Direction (if there is one) to be classified 5th, my real final position.
Rfactor give me an invalid "blue flag ignored" penalty when Parker reach me at 2 laps from the end, but i do nothing to obstacle him, simply he was slow because race was ending (i was lapped, calmy, in last lap, after Eau Rouge).

I Confirm alexs claim,my engine was nearly dead and was waiting for safe place to pass so i had backed off on throttle