1956 Round 5: Copa Montjuich

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RULES

Time Normal Fuel Normal Tyres Normal Weather Clear Real Road Naturally Progressing

Prequalifying No prequalifying at this stage.

Starting procedure Standing start, no formation lap.

SCHEDULE

Sunday December 3 (all times given are CEST):
Race #1 | 1,500cc & 2,000cc

• 19:30 – Free practice (30 minutes)
  
• 20:00 – Qualifying (private, 15 minutes)
  
• 20:15 – Race (30 laps)
  

Race #2 | 3,000cc & +3,000cc

• 21:15 – Free practice (30 minutes)
  
• 21:45 – Qualifying (private, 15 minutes)
  
• 22:00 – Race (30 laps)
  

Server: 1956 HSO Montjuich
Password: hsogs23
Hotlaps Page: http://www.hso-r2la.racing:8000/tracks

A training server will run 24/7 and can be accessed using the same password as for the race server: hsogs23.

The practice sessions for this event will run with a static realroad setting. For the race day practice, qualifying and race sessions the realroad will be naturally progressing. Note that scheduled times for the second race are approximate and dependent on the running of the first race.

Drivers are only eligible to participate in the cars they selected to compete with for the season. Thanks in advance for pointing out your presence or absence by replying to this post!

ENTRY LIST (13 present | 18 pending | 4 absent)

Present
Darren Andrews	#27 Bristol Aeroplane Company
Declan Brush	#33 Automobili OSCA
Stef Hermans	#35 Automobili OSCA
Myfanwy Fflur	#36 Porsche KG
Mark Johnson	#37 Porsche KG
Matias Estrela	#39 Porsche KG
David Purchase	#44 Ecurie Ecosse
Kayo Michiels	#46 Ecurie Francorchamps
Chris Gordon	#55 Ecurie Côte-d’Azur
Lari Salminen	#56 Ecurie Yankee
Matt Wright	#57 Ecurie Monte-Carlo
Rhys Gardiner	#63 Scuderia Lancia
Niklas Kirsten	#64 Scuderia Lancia
Pending
Jackson Robillard	#1 Briggs Cunningham
Robin de Vos	#2 Briggs Cunningham
Grzegorz Marszałek	#3 Briggs Cunningham
Petr Hlavac	#5 Scuderia Ferrari
Mantas Išganaitis	#6 Scuderia Ferrari
Jerome Gustin	#7 Scuderia Ferrari
Erwann Burguiere	#10 Jaguar Cars
Jukka Närhi	#22 Equipe Gordini
Christian Dauger	#23 Equipe Gordini
Claudio Navonne	#24 Officine Alfieri Maserati
Isidoro Jauregui	#28 Bristol Aeroplane Company
Martin Bayer	#34 Automobili OSCA
Tom Dee	#40 Ecurie Rosier
Jon Dee	#41 Ecurie Rosier
David Baca Celedón	#42 Ecurie Ecosse
Gérard Ryon	#45 Ecurie Francorchamps
Teagan Collins	#47 North American Racing Team
Franek Godrecki	#62 Scuderia Lancia
Absent
Austin Burchfield	#9 Jaguar Cars
Jim Carvalho	#17 David Brown Corporation
Ryley Wyans	#58 Gilby Engineering
Ragnar Loddlebrog	#59 Ecurie Sonauto Porsche

Present

Present.

Present! Loved this track in GPL!

https://www.youtube.com/live/E89e_9vCN4w?si=OYw3LHKWrNuptq8w&t=5222

Out. Will try and make it for Rouen though, gotta beat Ryley in the standings

present

Present

Present.

Present.

At the start.

I don't have much expectation of being there at the end.

I regret to announce that Aston Martin no longer have need of my services. As a result I will be enjoying a much needed break from racing until the new year.

Have fun all, until then. Thanks to all at HSO who make this possible and to all the drivers who share this virtual tarmac with so much enthusiasm and courteous behavior.

Have a nice break Jim, see you on track again soon.

Jim Carvalho wrote:

I regret to announce that Aston Martin no longer have need of my services. As a result I will be enjoying a much needed break from racing until the new year.

Have fun all, until then. Thanks to all at HSO who make this possible and to all the drivers who share this virtual tarmac with so much enthusiasm and courteous behavior.

Sorry to hear that Jim, it's be great to have you with us. Hope you enjoy the break!

Provisionally present, we'll see.

Hopefully present

Present

Sorry, too late for me. Absent again

Présent

It's a bit of sadomasochism with these cars on this track, but I'm in, anyway

Absent

Absent due to personal reasons.

Sorry can't participate, something came up and i can't get back in time...

Will make an attempt of finishing, Enzo asked.

I didn't feel at ease in the car since loading up this track. Massive understeer and the rears light up at the mere suggestion of a corner and throttle. Still, I found a comfortable rhythm and basic setup.
Then I jumped onto practice on race day. The track felt like someone had been polishing it since practice. I was sliding all around the place but did set an ok time. Into qualifying and it felt worse. Set one mediocre time and mucked up all my other laps.
Decided to change the setup for the race and add 10 or so laps of extra fuel (about 46 laps worth) and hope it would keep the rea more stable.
Made a good start and kept ahead of my competition and just behind the works Ferraris. I briefly toyed with attacking them but they soon settled into a slightly quicker pace than me so I focused on my own race. They had a few issues ahead of me so I tried to stay close but couldn't ever capitalise on their errors. Until Mantis got too close to a barrier and bent his car. That allowed me past and into a lonely race to the flag.
It wasn't uneventful though. My concentration started going about halfway (Lord help me next week on a long stint). At one point I had a small spin at the first half-hairpin and lost 10 seconds. I also lost my confidence and so the pace really dropped off as I cruised to the end (making a few little slidely errors but no contacts on the way).
The final challenge was being lapped by Niklas. I was happy to have one less lap to do but paranoid about spoiling his race.

Race stream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/GdKheeX9DVU?si=K5LgMLLzLsGIMQAb
And I picked up some points for the first time in ages.

This was nothing but a torture I underestimated the practice needed for this one. I know the track, raced it a few times with GPL67/69. But this was different. It took 20 laps till I knew what I was actually doing, as it's super easy to overdrive the car at this circuit. But it was worth it in the end. Finally, I managed to beat Mantas in the same car. Yes, he was faster and DNFed, but at least he was behind me when he retired. Mission accomplished Frankly, it would be more interesting if all classes raced together. But we'll get that in Rouen. See you there