1992 LGPS Italian GP commentary

16:19:02: <Rated> Holy moly, it will start early
16:19:33: <Salamander> awesome
16:19:44: <Salamander> maybe this time more than 0 of my guys will finish
16:19:47: <Salamander> thatd be nice
16:21:40: <klon> Salamander, no, that would be bad
16:21:49: <klon> because if your cars finish that means that cars do finish
16:22:00: <klon> and I want my "zero finishers" race dammit
16:23:02: <Salamander> its not happening in lifegp klon
16:23:24: <Salamander> there are too many people trying to win
16:24:09: <Nuppiz> lol
16:24:17: <Nuppiz> I'm running the main quali now
16:24:51: <Nuppiz> Atos Koumettou got up to the first corner before his engine blew up
16:25:13: <Salamander> well, thats a good start to the weekend
16:25:33: <Nuppiz> he did clear PQ without issues though
16:43:19: <Nuppiz> pff
16:43:47: <Nuppiz> I have to stop giving an exact time for race starts, because there's always some delay
16:43:57: <Rated> lol
16:48:52: <Nuppiz> 20 minute delay due to, err...
16:49:14: <Nuppiz> due to one of the track marshalls eating a rotten pizza
16:49:28: <Salamander> :D
16:49:39: <Rated> touristaaaa
16:49:42: <Salamander> also hell yes jan van der maeyede continues to be awesome
16:49:54: <klon> I thought it was because von Gottorp took too long on his "old man dancing" number
16:49:55: <klon> :D
16:50:18: <Salamander> track marshals eating a rotten pizza?
16:50:22: <Salamander> dont you mean geoff donnelly?
16:50:31: <Salamander> :D
16:50:41: <Salamander> also sup pi
16:50:48: <Pi> Has the race started yet?
16:50:55: <Nuppiz> would explain why he's so far off his team mate :D
16:51:00: <Salamander> :D
16:51:05: <Nuppiz> it'll start in ten minutes
16:51:14: <Nuppiz> or nine, to be exact
16:51:19: <Rated> BOOOOO BELL Y U START LAST ?
16:51:41: <Salamander> so, pi, when were you thinking of starting up the alt. 70s championship again?
16:52:49: <Pi> Today. I was on a holiday for two weeks, and have a lot of homework to do for university, but after the LifeGP race I'll run the Jacarepagua pre-qualifying.
16:53:06: <Salamander> fair enough
16:53:15: <Salamander> looking forward to it :)
16:56:14: <Rated> pi, I have a french driver looking for an IFRC seat. I somehow made an offer to Ecurie Prenois. (page4)
16:59:39: <Pi> I'm going to offer the seat to Rick Simpson first, because I offered him an F3RWRS drive, despite already having signed two drivers. But if Simpson isn't interested, I'll sign Thybes.
17:00:35: <Nuppiz> we've started the formation lap
17:00:39: <Rated> Well, even a test driver role would be fine
17:01:23: <Pi> OK, I sign her as a test driver.
17:01:31: <Rated> Excellent, thanks !
17:04:37: <Nuppiz> one light
17:04:42: <Nuppiz> two lights
17:04:46: <Nuppiz> three lights
17:04:51: <Nuppiz> four lights
17:05:01: <Nuppiz> five lights..... and it's go go go!
17:05:28: <Salamander> errr... 3 stallers!
17:05:39: <Pi> I say 2.
17:05:39: <Rated> I'll bet on 2
17:05:46: <klon> I go for four
17:06:06: <Nuppiz> and you are all wrong
17:06:08: <Nuppiz> only one
17:06:11: <Nuppiz> Stalic
17:06:12: <klon> boooo
17:06:15: <Salamander> BAH
17:06:20: <Rated> bleh.
17:06:24: <Salamander> ):<
17:07:28: <Salamander> a wild fmecha appeared!
17:07:38: <Nuppiz> and von Gottorp takes the lead from van Dycke!
17:07:39: <klon> Klon throws Super Ball
17:07:44: <klon> WOOO!
17:08:04: <Salamander> dont be silly klon
17:08:10: <Salamander> theres no such thing as a super ball :p
17:08:11: <FMecha> Pulaski: "You [Jimmy Hernandez], take care of things for time being." [Translation: Hernandez drives from next round onwards]
17:08:18: <FMecha> What is Tenpenny doing?
17:08:40: <Nuppiz> bein 25th
17:08:42: <Nuppiz> being
17:08:54: <Salamander> did vdm make any ground on the start?
17:09:04: <klon> Yes, there is, Salamander
17:09:13: <Nuppiz> VDM is third
17:09:18: <Salamander> awesome :D
17:09:19: <Nuppiz> he overtook Kickert
17:09:25: <klon> In Germany the Great Balls are called Superball :D
17:09:29: <FMecha> which lap?
17:09:31: <Salamander> ah
17:09:32: <Nuppiz> and Karimov already has a gearbox problem
17:09:38: <Salamander> lap 1
17:09:42: <Salamander> race just started
17:09:52: <FMecha> lol :lol:
17:09:57: <klon> Which, incidently has nothing to do with a silly game that was played on a well-known morning show
17:10:01: <Salamander> all you missed was stalic stalling
17:10:09: <klon> but that is getting too deep into German culture
17:10:15: <klon> speaking of German culture
17:10:21: <Nuppiz> and Koumettou has retired again
17:10:22: <klon> OLD MEN POWER
17:10:23: <klon> OLD MEN POWER
17:10:23: <klon> OLD MEN POWER
17:10:41: <Nuppiz> he hasn't completed a lot of laps in the races he has started
17:10:46: <Salamander> von gottorp finally woke up from his nap, eh?
17:12:22: <Nuppiz> Donnelly has retired
17:12:41: <Salamander> eating that rotten pizza was probably not the best idea
17:13:08: <Nuppiz> gearbox
17:14:57: <Nuppiz> van Dycke is actually slower than von Gottorp at the moment
17:15:10: <Salamander> is he slower than van der maeyede?
17:15:35: <Nuppiz> the top three is tightly packed, within about 1.8 seconds
17:15:42: <Salamander> excellent :D
17:15:56: <Salamander> sup man
17:15:59: <AndreaModa> evening lads
17:16:21: <Nuppiz> hi, Pearson is 8th at the moment
17:16:29: <AndreaModa> haha still going?
17:16:34: <AndreaModa> consider me impressed :P
17:16:51: <Nuppiz> well it's only lap 3 :P
17:17:30: <Pi> Where's Mazzacane at the moment?
17:17:46: <Nuppiz> 13th
17:18:03: <AndreaModa> aha well then i'll keep my fingers crossed
17:19:25: <Nuppiz> uh-oh, Mazzacane developed a gearbox problem
17:20:23: <Nuppiz> and he retires
17:20:30: <AndreaModa> commentators curse!
17:20:36: <AndreaModa> don't fall for it pearson!
17:22:23: <Nuppiz> oh, Arthurs retires in the middle of the track and it causes a minor chaos!
17:22:32: <Nuppiz> Graham and Roberts lose their front wings
17:23:12: <FMecha> LSPD will be proably anonymous again
17:23:20: <Pi> How many cars retired before Mazzacane stopped?
17:24:32: <Nuppiz> only four
17:25:16: <Nuppiz> the next two retirements will also be relegated into PQ
17:25:23: <Nuppiz> after that everyone is safe
17:26:08: <AndreaModa> crikey is that how its working now?
17:26:09: <Nuppiz> Pearson up to 6th thanks to Team Sandinista's problems
17:26:15: <AndreaModa> regardless of championship position?
17:26:23: <Nuppiz> regardless of
17:26:43: <Nuppiz> last eight cars in the race will be in the PQ for the next GP
17:26:58: <Nuppiz> which in this series means the first eight retirements
17:27:54: <AndreaModa> haha yep i see
17:28:06: <AndreaModa> certainly makes it more interesting!
17:31:08: <Nuppiz> von Gottorp is still leading
17:33:32: <AndreaModa> ...the race to the old people's home
17:33:40: <AndreaModa> move over old man!
17:33:42: <Nuppiz> Tenpenny retires
17:34:41: <Salamander> yeah, move over von gottorp
17:34:49: <Nuppiz> brakes or suspension
17:34:50: <Salamander> its time for jan van der maeyede to shine :D
17:35:01: <Nuppiz> VDM 2nd!
17:35:42: <Salamander> hell yes! :D
17:36:17: <Pi> How much would it cost to replace Kjellerup with Balivernes?
17:36:44: <Nuppiz> for how long?
17:37:56: <Nuppiz> Jong-Sung retires with gearbox problems
17:38:02: <Pi> For the rest of the season. Because I doubt that Kjellerup or Connes can qualify the car.
17:38:54: <Nuppiz> that would be 75% of his yearly wage
17:39:17: <Nuppiz> 1350 CHF
17:40:05: <Pi> ok, I'll put Balivernes in the number 40 car from next race onwards.
17:40:21: <Nuppiz> van der Mayede leads!
17:40:28: <Nuppiz> Maeyede
17:40:35: <Salamander> is out
17:40:37: <Nuppiz> fuck I hate that name
17:40:38: <Salamander> isnt he :/
17:40:43: <Nuppiz> no, he leads
17:40:46: <Salamander> oh wait what
17:40:51: <Salamander> how the hell did i miss that
17:41:36: <Salamander> well that kinda dampened what shouldve been my celebrations but whatever :D
17:41:42: <Rated> What happened to the old man ?
17:41:54: <Nuppiz> nothing, it was a clean overtake
17:42:01: <Rated> :O
17:42:11: <Salamander> jan's just that awesome :D
17:42:25: <Nuppiz> also, all remaining cars are safe from PQ
17:43:41: <Nuppiz> Roberts out
17:45:10: <Nuppiz> as is Alianopoulos
17:45:42: <Salamander> awww :(
17:46:13: <Nuppiz> both looked like brake failures
17:46:28: <Nuppiz> and Baker is out as well!
17:46:34: <Nuppiz> three for the price of one
17:50:08: <Nuppiz> Van der Maeyede pulling a small gap to von Gottorp and van Dycke
17:50:30: <AndreaModa> its all vons and vans at the front
17:51:38: <Nuppiz> top four is within two seconds of each other
17:51:53: <Nuppiz> thn there's a looooong gap to fifth position
17:51:57: <Nuppiz> then
17:52:04: <Salamander> whos 4th?
17:52:09: <Nuppiz> Kickert
17:52:14: <Salamander> ah
17:52:23: <Salamander> is gomes doing much?
17:52:36: <Nuppiz> 41 seconds between Kickert in 4th and Braggia in 5th
17:52:45: <Salamander> :o
17:52:54: <Nuppiz> Gomes is 14th
17:53:05: <Salamander> not too bad, i guess
17:53:12: <Nuppiz> fourth last
17:53:29: <Salamander> yeah but she only has qualifying upgrades on her
17:53:41: <Nuppiz> not too far from being lapped by the leading bunch
17:54:25: <Salamander> at this stage though we're looking at our fifth different winner in 5 races
17:54:33: <Rated> What is the Zeroforce A20 doing ? :D
17:54:35: <Salamander> for both drivers and teams
17:55:25: <Nuppiz> van Dycke and von Gottorp banging tyres in the first corner, continuing into the second one...
17:55:45: <FMecha> are LSPD anonymous again?
17:55:49: <Nuppiz> and van Dycke takes second, Blog's blocking on the main straight helped in achieving that
17:56:02: <Salamander> excellent
17:56:05: <Nuppiz> Bell 16th
17:56:13: <Nuppiz> Tenpenny retired ages ago
17:56:14: <Salamander> this gives vdm a chance to make a break
17:57:52: <Salamander> meanwhile i have located a picture of jan van der maeyede's dog
17:58:00: <Salamander> http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/s480x480/553003_10151612742531807_389632534_n.jpg
17:58:55: <FMecha> what lap? why
18:00:12: <Nuppiz> lap 8, suspension or brakes
18:00:39: <Nuppiz> and Gomes has found a way of dropping last in the race
18:00:52: <Salamander> :/
18:01:51: <Nuppiz> ah, she gave too much room when the top 4 lapped her
18:02:06: <Nuppiz> and the drivers behind him took advantage of it
18:02:21: <Nuppiz> behind her
18:03:28: <Nuppiz> Pearson has a gearbox problem
18:05:09: <Nuppiz> and he retires as we reach the halfway point of the race
18:05:16: <AndreaModa> noooo
18:05:20: <AndreaModa> ah wel
18:06:04: <Nuppiz> oh dear, and there's van der Maeyede's car on the side of the road
18:06:13: <Salamander> DAMMIT
18:06:25: <Salamander> he had that one won as well :/
18:07:20: <Nuppiz> van Dycke leads
18:08:14: <Nuppiz> Kickert retires!
18:08:28: <Salamander> not a good couple of laps for pasta it seems
18:08:45: <Nuppiz> and Graham collides with his stricken car, that's her second smashed nosecone of today
18:14:56: <Nuppiz> Joe Gaera suffers another engine failure
18:16:00: <Nuppiz> Anker retires with gearbox woes
18:17:10: <Nuppiz> 12 cars remaining
18:18:18: <Nuppiz> van Dycke, von Gottorp, Braggia, Howard, Ramone, Jericho, Richardson, Sunset, Bell, Blog, Gomes, Graham
18:20:53: <Nuppiz> 10 laps to go
18:22:41: <Nuppiz> and Jericho's engine blows up!
18:22:53: <Nuppiz> there goes his hunt for the fourth conscutive points finish
18:23:00: <Nuppiz> consecutive
18:23:25: <Nuppiz> Blog retires as well
18:26:06: <Nuppiz> and it looks like all cars have to pit for more fuel
18:31:49: <Nuppiz> five laps to go
18:31:57: <Nuppiz> van Dycke has pitted for more fuel
18:32:47: <Nuppiz> von Gottorp might run out of fuel!
18:33:00: <captain_getz> how much time is left in the race?
18:33:06: <Nuppiz> five laps
18:33:07: <Pi> five laps
18:33:19: <captain_getz> and who is still running?
18:33:21: <Pi> sunset is still in the race, 8th, i think
18:33:32: <Nuppiz> Sunset is 7th
18:33:46: <Pi> forgot Jericho's engine blowing up.
18:34:15: <Nuppiz> von Gottorp running on fumes, will he make it to the pits?
18:34:39: <Nuppiz> no!
18:34:51: <captain_getz> what, was he winning?
18:34:53: <AndreaModa> ohhh
18:35:03: <Nuppiz> he makes it on the pitlane but runs out of gas before his pitcrew!
18:35:04: <Salamander> 2nd
18:35:04: <AndreaModa> drama at the end!
18:35:10: <Nuppiz> he's out!
18:35:16: <Salamander> wow
18:35:20: <Salamander> thats incredibly unlucky
18:35:40: <Nuppiz> well, that wasn't as close as Voeckler in Brazil '91
18:35:41: <captain_getz> so is that ROTR again going to someone who ran out of fuel?
18:35:55: <Nuppiz> where it was about two meters
18:36:03: <Salamander> rotr should be whatever broke on van der maeyede's car
18:36:09: <Salamander> he had this race won :/
18:36:34: <Nuppiz> ooh Gomes in the wall!
18:36:43: <Salamander> goddammit :/
18:39:27: <Nuppiz> small chance of injury
18:40:04: <Nuppiz> Sunset pits for more fuel
18:40:26: <Nuppiz> Braggia's sfuel ituation is alarming
18:40:32: <Nuppiz> fuel situation
18:40:38: <captain_getz> are the drivers just programmed to only pit when theyre almost out?
18:41:29: <Nuppiz> Ramone, Braggia and Bell pit
18:41:40: <Nuppiz> captain_getz, yep
18:42:20: <captain_getz> that just makes the finishes more awkward and it breaks the mood of the last few lapsIMO
18:42:23: <Nuppiz> Richardson is the only remeining car to not have refuelled
18:43:05: <Nuppiz> it depends on the track, on some of them the fuel consumption is calculated incorrectly
18:43:25: <Nuppiz> so the cars take less fuel aboard and have to pit for more in the closing stages
18:44:22: <captain_getz> the lemans superprix is longer right? twice as long?
18:44:35: <Nuppiz> possibly
18:44:57: <captain_getz> could be a nice mid-season special event to keep the series interesting
18:45:00: <Nuppiz> and Richardson runs out of juice!
18:45:07: <Nuppiz> he was 5th
18:45:59: <Nuppiz> VAN DYCKE
18:46:10: <Nuppiz> VAN DYCKE IS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD!
18:47:27: <Nuppiz> Howard is going to be the first driver with two wins this season
18:47:34: <Nuppiz> unless his car breaks down as well
18:47:54: <captain_getz> looks like Wilson has some catching up to do....
18:48:22: <Salamander> goddammit
18:48:29: <Salamander> all of my drivers wouldve done so well
18:48:35: <Salamander> if they actually bloody finished :/
18:49:04: <Nuppiz> all remaining cars will score points
18:50:33: <Nuppiz> Howard starts the last lap
18:52:36: <AndreaModa> i think the thing with life gp is, if you finish the race, you'll do well!
18:52:40: <Nuppiz> lol
18:52:55: <Nuppiz> Graham pits on the last lap and gives 5th position to Bell
18:53:13: <captain_getz> hmm, not bad for a car that started in last
18:55:00: <Nuppiz> Marky Howard wins the Italian GP, his second win in row!
18:55:22: <captain_getz> who was left running?
18:55:29: <Nuppiz> Jose Braggia is second... and runs out of fuel on the cooldown lap
18:55:30: <Salamander> while my drivers have a grand total of 2 finishes between them
18:55:33: <Salamander> :/
18:55:39: <Nuppiz> Danny Ramone is third
18:55:51: <Nuppiz> Vic Sunset is fourth
18:56:03: <Nuppiz> Algernon Bell is fifth
18:56:05: <Rated> weee
18:56:08: <captain_getz> alright, so points!
18:56:13: <captain_getz> *some points
18:56:30: <Nuppiz> and Rachel Graham's car fails on the cooldown lap as well, she finishes sixth
18:56:52: <Nuppiz> Gio van Dycke will be classified 7th
18:57:14: <klon> booo
18:57:14: <Nuppiz> lol
18:57:14: <Salamander> von gottorp retired
18:57:24: <Nuppiz> Howard's gearbox failed on the cooldown lap
18:57:27: <klon> double booo
18:57:44: <Salamander> that was his second win in a row btw
18:58:15: <captain_getz> is it too lat for Wilson once he recovers?
18:58:18: <captain_getz> *late
18:58:29: <Salamander> nah
18:58:32: <Salamander> this is life gp
18:58:46: <Salamander> howard would be lucky to score one point in the next 2 races
18:59:09: <Salamander> hes basically the only title protagonist to profit from this race
18:59:14: <captain_getz> I wonder why there isnt a constructors championship in this series; too expensive?
18:59:16: <Salamander> so wilson's still in a good position
18:59:19: <Salamander> unfortunately :/
18:59:28: <Salamander> because theres a lot of 1 car teams
18:59:35: <Nuppiz> yeah, that
18:59:56: <Nuppiz> and oddly enough one car teams tend to be more successful
19:00:10: <Salamander> hmmm
19:00:10: <captain_getz> i'll keep that in mind
19:00:21: <Nuppiz> so the teams' championship would look very similar to the drivers' one
19:00:43: <Salamander> would i gain any money by withdrawing donnelly from a few races so i could focus on upgrading vdm?
19:01:11: <captain_getz> Rockets seem to be doing fine fr now, we'll see if the 2-car costs ruins that lead
19:02:02: <captain_getz> least my 2nd favorite f1 course is next
19:06:08: <Nuppiz> Fastest lap: Gio van Dycke, 1:44.486 on lap 27
19:06:10: <Nuppiz> ROTR: Rachel Graham
19:06:20: <Salamander> dammit
19:06:25: <Salamander> didnt even get fastest lap