PGR F1 World Championship 2011 [HL/Race] [Login] EVALUATION

[SGroe]

On the other hand I can imagine it being some sort of punishment for not returning the winner's interview on time.

There are 3 winners who are supposed to return the interview weeks ago (Majortom, Reh and XYY). We will see many accidents in the German race if your theory is true.

[XYY]

No crash here, I had more misfortune. One lap didn't coun't because I entered the Mobil1 corner on the sunktyres. How ironic

[majortom]

Results PGR F1 2011 Round 11
German GP - Hockenheim - Race

17 Drivers raced in Hockenheim after the few 11 in Quali.
First four places within 2 seconds - Congrats to the Winner

Fast Lap to XYY, but he missed a checkpoint and lost one lap.

Replays: link
Results Race: link
Drivers WM: link
Teams WM: link

Warning:
happy412 - late mail, choose driver first in menu, not in replay
Dany - late mail

nepias, kaiserkoenig - no mail sent

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[RudyOosterndijk]

2011 Belgian Grand Prix
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• Qualifying (13/02 - 15/02, 22:00 GMT):
• Tyre Wear: 0%
• Fuel Consumption: 0%
• Fuel Mass: 0 kg
• Damage: 20%
• Race Length: 12 laps
• Number of AIs: 0
• Car Version: (see above)
• Palette: (see above)

• Race (16/02 - 19/02, 22:00 GMT):
• Tyre Wear: 15%
• Fuel Consumption: 9%
• Fuel Mass: 0 kg
• Damage: 20%
• Race Length: 20 km
• Number of AIs: 5
• Car Version: (see above)
• Palette: (see above)

[akouk]

It seems that the starting lap has a handicap gain over the rest. Will the starting lap count as FL as well?

[RudyOosterndijk]

If that should be the case: NO, it does not count then.

I had a test drive yesterday (see Twitter) and checked this out, too, and the initial gap was always closed by the time I reached the exit of La Source. Might be the result of the line I chose through La Source. So I'll have another go today.

[TuomoH]

I already logined yesterday and my starting lap was the fastest in the end. Do you take my second best in that case?

[kuba]

That would be only logical way.

[RudyOosterndijk]

I already logined yesterday and my starting lap was the fastest in the end. Do you take my second best in that case?

Yes. Same for those who are going to drive later this week.
Still, I'm not completely sure if the first lap is really an advantage. The difference between the lap time of your initial lap and your second best attempt is 2/100 of a second. Hard to draw a conclusion here. In my test drive yesterday it was the other way around.

Whatever, that doesn't change anything for you all as long as you don't quit after the first lap.


Edit:

First lap of your Qualifying attempt does not count!

[majortom]

Results PGR F1 2011 Round 12
Belgian GP - Spa - Qualifying





Difficult Job this time.
Problems with Trackdesign results in some invalid laps.
Because this will not be intentional (except Reh ), best valid lap counts.

Pole for XYY - Congrats
Same time as akouk, but login 1 day earlier.

Replay of fastest laps (with/without cutting): link

TuomoH: first lap = fast lap 2. counts
Happy412: cutting 3 fast laps, 4. counts
majortom, kuba, Dany, SGRoe: cutting fast lap, 2. counts

Warning:
Reh: don't get extra speed in starting zone, next time BOP
3. lap (driven in one piece) counts,

You find your Startingposition for the Race on the right site of each row.
Racer without Qualifying start from P6.


Login for the race is ready - Good Luck

[XYY]

My lap sucked, but I'm on the pole, and that's all what matters. YEAH

[XYY]

Sorry for double post, but still
Am I right if I guess that the first lap of the race won't be allowed as the FL of the race? It would give me an unfair advantage

[RudyOosterndijk]

Not quite. We will add one lap to your overall race time so that you can lap fast from the start.

[Reh]

Not quite. We will add one lap to your overall race time so that you can lap fast from the start.

[XYY]

Sorry, I don't understand it I thought that the same is applied to the race like it was in the Qualifying (example: TuomoH whose 2nd best lap counted). And how "add one lap"?

[RudyOosterndijk]

Punk'd!

There are no points to give for a fastest lap, so there is no need to regulate. It might be interesting for GWR stats though.
Just race and leave the rest to us.

[XYY]

I didn't know that there are no points for the FL in this competition

[akouk]

race done at L5 the Sauber AI held me back 1/3 of lap, but it was a good overall performance

[majortom]

Results PGR F1 2011 Round 12
Belgian GP - Spa - Race

Again 17 Drivers in Spa. More discipline in the Race, except white Line at pit exit.

4 drivers above 147km/h, Winner within 1 second - Congrats

Replays: link
Results Race: link
Drivers WM: link
Teams WM: link

Now Drivers WM with 3 screens - all drivers with miniumum 1 Race/Quali

Penalty:
kuba 45s: 20laps instead 20km, +25s for one lap and +20s Penalty

Warning:
sky: wrong screenshot
all drivers crossing white line at pit exit are under observation.


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[kuba]

Gosh, that was stupid... I would be 7th.

[Reh]

Interesting that two stops was faster in the end...when calculating I got that this would be faster by almost four seconds, but every time I tried it I was slower than with three stop strategy...congratz TuomoH on this plucky decision.

[RudyOosterndijk]

2011 European Grand Prix
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• Qualifying (20/02 - 22/02, 22:00 GMT):
• Tyre Wear: 0%
• Fuel Consumption: 0%
• Fuel Mass: 0 kg
• Damage: 20%
• Race Length: 12 laps
• Number of AIs: 0
• Car Version: (see above)
• Palette: (see above)

• Race (23/02 - 26/02, 22:00 GMT):
• Tyre Wear: 15%
• Fuel Consumption: 9%
• Fuel Mass: 0 kg
• Damage: 20%
• Race Length: 20 km
• Number of AIs: 5
• Car Version: (see above)
• Palette: (see above)

[TuomoH]

Interesting that two stops was faster in the end...when calculating I got that this would be faster by almost four seconds, but every time I tried it I was slower than with three stop strategy...congratz TuomoH on this plucky decision.

Thanks. I tested once both strategies and my practice runs suggested 2 stops. My race was a bit slower than my 2 stop practice and I was a bit worried then that maybe 3 stops would be more beneficial. When watching the replay I was surprised seeing that I was the only one in top 6 with 2 stop strategy and it was quite thrilling watching the race.

[akouk]

Congrats TuomoH It was a tricky call the pit strategy. I decided to go for 3 stops for more secure traffic encounters, but I did a mistake at the beginning and lost crusial time.

[SGroe]

I just watched the replay without knowing the result. It is much more exiting to learn the result this way. Anyone else also using this approach??

It was also interesting to see how the strategies evolve. In practice I lost too much time on 7-laps-old tires, therefore a 2-stop strategy was not an option. I also tried a aggressive run with a 4-stop strategy. I was actually quicker than in my race! But I decided to go with 3 stops with medium attack but it didn't work out properly.