1991 LGPS Luxembourg GP commentary

19:45	Atax1a	which sux
19:46	Nuppiz	yeah, there were some problems running the qualifying
19:46	Nuppiz	only at the fourth attempt every driver set a time
19:46	Nuppiz	probably won't use this track next year
19:46	Pi3141	Is the Circuit de la Sarthe available?
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19:49	HerrmannMann	Guten abend to you all
19:49	Atax1a	Good day
19:50	Nuppiz	yes, Le Mans is possible
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19:50	Nuppiz	but I'll probably drop one of the French or British Grands Prix
19:51	HerrmannMann	FGC could actually be in with a chance of victory for once, I'm shocked! Also Nuppiz, do Thruxton, Castle Co
19:51	Nuppiz	in favor of Zandvoort
19:51	HerrmannMann	mDo Thructon, Castle combe or Mid Ohio in america exst for F1C?
19:51	Nuppiz	Thruxton and Castle Combe, yes
19:51	Nuppiz	not sure about Mid Ohio
19:52	Nuppiz	I actually have Thruxton and Castle Combe on my computer at the moment, for the 356B Mod
19:52	HerrmannMann	Castle Combe chicane version should be an interesting track. Not as an extra race though
19:52	Nuppiz	I only have the non-chicane one
19:52	HerrmannMann	The chicanes would cause havoc, especially if somone stopped halfway through one
19:53	HerrmannMann	Ah that's a shame
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19:53	Nuppiz	but yeah, let's continue with that after the race, we're already behind schedule...
19:54	Atax1a	Aah...Castle Combe
19:54	Atax1a	I have good memories of that plac
19:54	Atax1a	place*
19:54	Nuppiz	it's a short track, so there's bound to be havoc with lapped drivers
19:55	Atax1a	got to see some Radicals race around there when I was a kid
19:55	Atax1a	it was great
19:55	HerrmannMann	I'm sure the chicane version must exist for F1C, but what version is used, if at all, is of course down to you Nuppiz. BLN, sounds good, the only race meeting I've ever been to was at Brands Hatch
19:56	Atax1a	I haven't been to a race in ages though...
19:56	Shadaza	BTCC at Brands is awesme
19:56	Atax1a	My last was Goodwood when I was about 9...met the late Barry Sheene
19:57	Nuppiz	the chicanes weren't installed until 1999, so we would use the faster version
19:57	Nuppiz	also found out I have Mid Ohio as well
19:57	Shadaza	Going to Silverstone next year to watch the GP
19:57	Nuppiz	but anyway, let's get started
19:57	Nuppiz	3
19:57	Nuppiz	2
19:57	Nuppiz	1
19:57	Nuppiz	GO GO GO
19:57	HerrmannMann	Fater versions good too, it and Thruxton are very similar IIRC. Mid Ohio is a great track, and lucky you Shadaza!
19:58	Nuppiz	I can see some stallers
19:58	Nuppiz	Winton has stalled
19:58	Nuppiz	Leonhard von Gottorp has stalled
19:59	Nuppiz	one of the Rockets to Russia cars is stagnant as well and...oh dear
19:59	Nuppiz	Balzary is our official Bad Luck Brian now
19:59	HerrmannMann	[IC] Haha, now I must hope van Dycke bumps into mis fortune....
19:59	Atax1a	Oh...fuck my balls
19:59	Shadaza	at least LOTUS are off the line
20:00	Atax1a	Balzary should just stick to playing bass...
20:00	Atax1a	at least that one thing he's good at
20:00	HerrmannMann	Probably the only thing
20:01	Atax1a	I would disagree with that...he's good at piano and trumpet too
20:01	Nuppiz	it's Ramone's RtR car that stalled
20:01	HerrmannMann	Fair enough then
20:01	Nuppiz	for the first time ever, there are no collisions at the start
20:01	HerrmannMann	Do these smileys freak anyone else out?
20:02	Nuppiz	Winton's got the car moving
20:02	Atax1a	yeah, they're a bit...surreal
20:02	HerrmannMann	Especially this....
20:03	Atax1a	seeing as this is set in '91, Balzary's band has an album coming out
20:04	HerrmannMann	Maybe they wil perform a gig or something at a Life GP event? You never know, the one man and his dog who've turned up to watch the race may stick around for the concert too....
20:04	Nuppiz	August 25th, 1991 to be exact
20:05	Atax1a	According to wikipedia, the album has a month until it's released then...
20:06	HerrmannMann
20:07	Nuppiz	and according to my computer I don't have an internet connection at the moment
20:07	Nuppiz	lol
20:07	HerrmannMann	Windows go home. You're drunk
20:09	Nuppiz	and as the cars round out the first lap, the top 10 is: Van Dycke, Kickert, Arthurs, Graham, Balivernes, Bell, Fernandez, Armstrong, Davies, Mantis
20:10	HerrmannMann	Come on Kickert
20:10	HerrmannMann	!
20:12	Nuppiz	no changes in the top 10 on the second lap
20:12	Nuppiz	gaps between the cars are still surprisingly small
20:14	HerrmannMann	Someone will crash at that hairpin, just watch..
20:14	Nuppiz	Anker overtakes Generic, while hist teammate Richardson pulls into the pits with a gearbox failure
20:15	Nuppiz	Jericho retires
20:16	Nuppiz	brake failure
20:19	Nuppiz	and Ron Tenpecost is our first driver to hit the barriers
20:20	Nuppiz	he loses the rear coming into the hair pin and loses the front wing, but can carry on
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20:22	Pi3141	I'm back. What is Mazzacane doing?
20:22	Nuppiz	Mantis is having gearbox trouble
20:22	Nuppiz	Mazzacane is 20th
20:23	Pi3141	How many cars are still running?
20:24	Nuppiz	hang on, there's more retirements
20:25	Nuppiz	Howard retires with gearbox failure
20:27	Nuppiz	VAN DYCKE RETIRES!
20:27	Nuppiz	engine failure sends him into the wall!
20:28	Nuppiz	Fernandez retires
20:29	Nuppiz	that makes it 21 cars still running
20:30	Nuppiz	Wellholme is without a front wing
20:30	Nuppiz	a very similar accident to that of Tenpecost's
20:30	Nuppiz	he, too can continue after a pitstop
20:31	Nuppiz	hang on, there's 23 cars still running
20:32	Shadaza	a new record!
20:33	Nuppiz	Mantis should retire, but he doesn't despite his gearbox being stuck in fifth gear
20:34	Nuppiz	so, after 5/25 laps the top 10 is: Kickert, Arthurs, Graham, Balivernes, Bell, Armstrong, Davies, J. Smith, Yoshino, Wilson
20:35	Nuppiz	AND THERE'S BEEN A HUGE ACCIDENT
20:35	Nuppiz	Tenpecost and Bogan are both missing a wheel!
20:37	Nuppiz	oh dear
20:37	Nuppiz	and here's the replay
20:38	Nuppiz	so there's Bogan...oh and his car fails, he hits the barriers, then rolls back on the track!
20:38	Nuppiz	and Tenpecost hits him dead on despite there being plenty of time and room to avoid him
20:39	Nuppiz	I hope Tenpecost is OK, the last thing Racing in Circles needs now is another injury
20:39	Nuppiz	neither does HURT Racing have anyone in reserve, though
20:39	Atax1a	gonna go make dinner, in a bit chaps
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20:40	Nuppiz	both drivers are being put into an ambulance
20:41	Nuppiz	meanwhile, Mantis is being a roadblock by refusing to retire despite the mashed gearbox
20:44	Pi3141	And Mazzacane? I expect him to be around 16th.
20:44	Nuppiz	18th
20:45	Nuppiz	he's being held up by Mantis badly
20:45	HerrmannMann	YES! COME ON YOU BEAUTY! #DELIRIUM
20:45	Pi3141	I know he would need an overtaking upgrade, but the team is without money unfortunately.
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20:47	Nuppiz	well, now he'll raise up to 16th as Generic and Anker retire almost simultaneously
20:48	HerrmannMann	And we pass over to Perry McCarthy who's in the pits, and he's found Herrman Mann
20:49	HerrmannMann	PM: "Herrmann, do you think Pieter will be able to hang on until the end?"
20:49	HerrmannMann	HM: "Yesh, Perry, he hash drivon vell, und I expect him to finish der race from here"
20:50	HerrmannMann	PM: "Do you think the championship is out of reach?"
20:50	Nuppiz	8/25 completed, top 10: Kickert, Arthurs, Graham, Balivernes, Bell, Armstrong, Davies, Yoshino, J.Smith, Wilson
20:50	HerrmannMann	HM: "Realistically, yesh, but unrealistically, anything can happen!"
20:51	LondonCalling	Unconfirmed reports from the paddock suggest that the younger Arthurs brother is most displeased at the way things are turning out in the race.
20:51	LondonCalling	Understandable when you consider he propbably doesn't have a seat to return to anymore.
20:51	Nuppiz	especially because he would be fit to race at the next GP...
20:51	Nuppiz	Mazzacane finally got past Mantis and is 15th
20:52	Nuppiz	Wellholme causing trouble by doing his best Olivier Grouillard impersonation
20:52	Pi3141	Yes, finally he has passed that moving chicane. How can a driver continue, when he is stuck in 5th gear?
20:53	Nuppiz	well, you should ask Leonhard von Gottorp
20:53	Nuppiz	he did that at Monza, while also missing the rear wing at the same time
20:53	HerrmannMann	PM: "Thanks Herrman, back to you Niko!"
20:56	Nuppiz	and Yazaki makes a fine double overtake on van der Maeyede and Jong-Sung, promoting him to 11th
20:57	Nuppiz	Smith also goes past the North Korean
20:58	Nuppiz	Trabant mechanics are reportedly heading towards the Start 'n' Park garage to have a few words with them over this
20:58	Nuppiz	and John Smith pulls over
20:58	Nuppiz	it was, of course, Dave Smith who overtook Jong-Sung
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20:59	Nuppiz	that retirement prmotes Yazaki into the top 10
21:00	Nuppiz	Kickert leads Arthurs by about 5 seconds
21:02	Nuppiz	18 cars remaining...AND THAT'S WILSON'S CAR UPSIDE DOWN!
21:02	Pi3141	Not another heavy accident.
21:02	Pi3141	i hope
21:03	Nuppiz	unfortunately it is a pretty nasty shunt
21:04	Nuppiz	the brakes fail, Wilson goes wide and the Dunlop billboards are set at such angle that the car rolls over after hitting them
21:06	Nuppiz	as he is helped out from the wreck, Wilson gives us thumbs up
21:06	Nuppiz	it remains to be seen if he is fully OK
21:06	HerrmannMann	Hopefully it won't be another Dave McFaste style incident
21:07	Nuppiz	and Kickert's lead over Arthurs is now a bit over six seconds
21:07	Nuppiz	Wilson's accident also promoted Van der Maeyede into 10th position
21:09	HerrmannMann	Come on Jan, if you score points I'll let you have one of those funny fags...
21:09	Nuppiz	wait, Graham is now second
21:09	Nuppiz	what the hell
21:09	Nuppiz	did we just witness Arthurs deliberately giving way to Graham?!
21:10	Nuppiz	is this a ploy to make sure Richard won't return?
21:12	Nuppiz	12/25 laps completed
21:13	Nuppiz	Winton is being a roadblock now
21:13	Nuppiz	Balivernes loses his 4th place to Bell as a result
21:15	Nuppiz	and at the same time Davies overtakes Armstrong for 6th
21:15	Nuppiz	it took him half a race to achieve that
21:16	Nuppiz	and he doesn't waste time going past Balivernes for 5th
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21:18	Nuppiz	and that's Mazzacane out
21:19	Nuppiz	engine failure, no question about it
21:20	Nuppiz	Davies now harassing Bell
21:21	Nuppiz	aaaand yyyeeeees
21:21	Nuppiz	beautiful overtake in the hairpin
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21:22	Nuppiz	but what now?
21:22	Nuppiz	the Welshman is in flames, and I mean literally!
21:23	Nuppiz	somehow he's still running, but for how long?
21:23	zeroforce	Demmet, 8th on qualifying. Bet my car retired already then.
21:23	Nuppiz	no, Bell is 4th
21:24	zeroforce	Good lord !
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21:26	Zeroforce	Sorry for that spam ^ I like mIRC better
21:27	Nuppiz	and Davies' car grinds to a halt, there was no way it could've lasted until the end
21:29	Nuppiz	and Chapman's miserable race ends in a puff of smoke
21:32	Nuppiz	18 laps/25 done, top 10 is: Kickert, Graham, Arthurs, Bell, Balivernes, Armstrong, Yazaki, Yoshino, Van der Maeyede, D. Smith
21:33	Nuppiz	the Psycho Soldiers cars have swapped places
21:33	Zeroforce	Come on little purple car, don't break now
21:34	Nuppiz	there's Mantis' car, with black some coming from it
21:35	Nuppiz	13 cars still running
21:38	Nuppiz	five laps to go
21:40	Nuppiz	NO
21:40	Nuppiz	shitcock
21:41	Nuppiz	I pressed Y, which restarts the race
21:41	HerrmannMann	Plese no Kickert...please no kickert...
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21:41	HerrmannMann
21:41	Nuppiz	le fu-
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21:42	Nuppiz	hmm, let's just say the race was red flagged
21:42	Nuppiz	because there was only four laps remaining
21:42	Zeroforce	a naked man entered the track
21:43	HerrmannMann	yes! pieter kcikert wins! wins!
21:43	Nuppiz	we'll, we're in France, so...
21:43	HerrmannMann	Foster's Good Call ! woooohooooooo
21:43	Nuppiz	the stewards suddenly decided to go on strike
21:45	Nuppiz	that's a relief to East Londoner as well, because the reason why I accidentally pressed Y was that I was going to look at the replay of Graham's retirement which occured just before that
21:46	HerrmannMann	Well....now there's one more thing to go in the Reject Moments that never happened....but oh wait thread
21:46	Nuppiz	well, the final race order was then: Kickert, Graham, Arthurs, Bell, Balivernes, Armstrong, Yazaki, Yoshino, Van der Maeyede, D. Smith, Jong-Sung, Winton, Chapman
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21:48	Nuppiz	I have to change that to some other key that is not so close to the replay button before the next race
21:49	Nuppiz	and because more than 60% of the laps were completed, full points are awardes as well
21:50	Nuppiz	fastest lap goes to, eh...
21:50	Nuppiz	well it's either James Davies or Gio van Dycke, that's for sure
21:51	Nuppiz	I'll halve it, let's say that the stewards also messed up the lap statistics
21:51	Nuppiz	so half a point to both
21:51	HerrmannMann	Is this the first race to be invaded by a person NOT won by Rubens Barrichello?
21:52	Nuppiz	persons*
21:52	Nuppiz	I just figured out the proper reason
21:52	Nuppiz	people at the trackside café were enraged to hear that they'd run ot of baguettes
21:53	Nuppiz	so they occupied the hairpin and didn't move
21:54	HerrmannMann	Hahaha... the funniest thing is, because this is France that's a very plausible reason!
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21:59	pi3141	What is the explanation for the restart now?
21:59	Nuppiz	no restart, as it would be pointless
21:59	Nuppiz	21 laps had already been done
21:59	Nuppiz	out of 25
22:00	Nuppiz	the race was red flagged after a group of Frenchmen were enraged to hear that they'd run out of baguettes at the trackside café, so they occupied the hairpin and didn't move
22:02	Nuppiz	good thing I recorded the highlights on the fly...
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