1991 LGPS British GP commentary

19:43:27: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> hiya fellas
19:43:27: <ZeroForce> Hey Nuppiz!
19:43:34: <ZeroForce> Heya !
19:45:23: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> today is the 12/12/12 - isn't that great?
19:45:37: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> perfect day to get married
19:45:51: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> if getting married were something good, that is :X
19:46:08: <Nuppiz> hello
19:46:27: <Nuppiz> yes, it was on the news today
19:50:04: <Nuppiz> right, I might as well start the race now
19:50:24: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> four cars to stall, that's my bet
19:51:01: <Atax1a> I'm here for the start, going out in a little bit though :)
19:51:14: <Nuppiz> 5
19:51:15: <Nuppiz> 4
19:51:18: <Nuppiz> 3
19:51:21: <Nuppiz> 2
19:51:22: <ZeroForce> I'll bet on 3 stallers
19:51:23: <Nuppiz> 1
19:51:24: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> "Going out tonight, to kick out every light?"
19:51:29: <Nuppiz> GO GO GO!
19:51:37: <Atax1a> I'm not a hooligan
19:51:47: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> just had an earworm ;)
19:51:51: <Nuppiz> aand we have five stallers
19:52:06: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> ha, zeroforce, I was closer :P
19:52:17: <ZeroForce> Heh :P
19:55:32: <Nuppiz> excuse the delay, my stomach is a bit upset...
19:56:04: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> too much cookies?
19:56:05: <Nuppiz> Jong-Sung, Jericho, Armstrong, Chapman and van der Maeyede stall
19:56:13: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> *too many
19:56:17: <Nuppiz> too much chocolate
19:57:10: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> Oh, that is nasty. Especially here since the nearby supermarket chains have started selling these long white chocolate Toblerone bars (the devil's stick, I tell you)
19:57:23: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> so I know what that feels like
19:58:48: <Atax1a> I can see the adverts now: White Chocolate Toblerones...turning white into brown.
19:59:24: <Atax1a> and on that note, I now leave you...later chaps
20:00:02: <Nuppiz> both RIC cars and Mazzacane lose their front wings in the start chaos
20:01:04: <Nuppiz> Chapman manages to get his car coing
20:01:29: <Nuppiz> ...and hit's Jericho's wreck, losing the front wing as a result
20:02:16: <Darkapprentice77> how much have i missed
20:02:32: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> usual start mess, nothing else
20:02:47: <Darkapprentice77> ah good, who stalled this time?
20:02:56: <ZeroForce> [20:56] <@Nuppiz> Jong-Sung, Jericho, Armstrong, Chapman and van der Maeyede stall
20:03:06: <Darkapprentice77> wow that's alot
20:03:30: <ZeroForce> We also had 5 stallers on the previous race
20:03:40: <ZeroForce> (If I remember well) But yeah, that's quite a lot
20:05:46: <Nuppiz> so, after the first lap the top 10 is: Davies, Kickert, von Gottorp, Graham, Arthurs, Fernandez, Yazaki, Wilson, D. Smith, Balivernes
20:06:10: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> whooo, Von Gottorp survived the first lap for once :D
20:07:00: <Darkapprentice77> yep, leonhard needs a good result
20:07:40: <Nuppiz> Marky Howard is stuck in 5th gear
20:07:58: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> it's lame unless he also loses his rear wing
20:08:14: <Nuppiz> Generic spins...AND GETS HIT BY BALZARY!
20:08:35: <Nuppiz> no front wing for Mr. Bad Luck
20:08:43: <Darkapprentice77> i hope howard actually pulls into the pits this time instead of doing the usual ISI error of staying on track
20:08:57: <Nuppiz> luckily it happens near the pits
20:09:37: <Nuppiz> oh no
20:09:51: <Nuppiz> Balzary gets hit by Howard as well, and loses his rear wing...
20:10:10: <Nuppiz> what has he done to deserve such bad luck?
20:10:47: <ZeroForce> Reminds me of Kickert in the first rounds
20:12:32: <Nuppiz> Yoshino lost her front wing in the same incident as well
20:14:57: <Nuppiz> Howard pits and retires
20:16:58: <Nuppiz> Anker retires
20:17:30: <Nuppiz> Wilson has overtaken Yazaki, and Chapman is already being lapped
20:18:23: <Nuppiz> Chapman retires with gearbox problems
20:19:01: <Nuppiz> 23 cars running
20:19:24: <Nuppiz> 22, J. Smith retires just as I change the view to him
20:21:28: <Nuppiz> Fernandez retires
20:21:41: <Nuppiz> bot L.O.T.U.S. cars out, again
20:21:44: <Nuppiz> both*
20:21:51: <ZeroForce> Yup
20:22:14: <Darkapprentice77> sounds like alot of retirements, atleast they aren't using the peugeot A20 engine...
20:22:32: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> that would imply the A20 is worse than the Life engine
20:22:37: <Nuppiz> Arthurs has retired!
20:23:26: <Nuppiz> 20 cars still running
20:24:06: <Darkapprentice77> you should look at prost gp, out of 11 retirements in the last race 9 of them were engine related
20:24:39: <Nuppiz> Davies starts the 5th lap, followed by Kickert, von Gottorp, Graham, Wilson, Yazaki, D. Smith, Balivernes, Ramone and Roberts
20:24:53: <ZeroForce> I doubt that any of the A20 engines has blown up just after exiting the pits tho
20:24:53: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> wow, 11 retirements - we have that by one third of the race :P
20:26:02: <Nuppiz> and the remaining Smith retires as well!
20:26:17: <Darkapprentice77> oh wait, i meant out of 21 retirements 11 of them were engine related :/ silly me
20:26:27: <Darkapprentice77> still very high
20:26:33: <Nuppiz> that promotes Richardson into the top 10
20:28:49: <Nuppiz> but he isn't there long before retiring as well!
20:29:46: <Nuppiz> Generic is now 10th
20:32:40: <wizzie> Yes, I felt compelled to join just to see what the fuss is all about :P
20:32:54: <Nuppiz> Yoshino applying pressure on Winton
20:33:22: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> El Presidente has entered the room - show respect to El Presidente
20:33:36: <Nuppiz> aaaand Ramone is having gearbrox problems as well
20:34:36: <Nuppiz> you just entered at the moment when little is happening
20:35:05: <Nuppiz> now excuse me, there'll be a short break as I'll take the dog out
20:37:58: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> boo the dog :P
20:41:53: <Nuppiz> back
20:42:27: <Nuppiz> and in general, anything really exciting has happened yet, just the usual things
20:43:05: <Nuppiz> hasn't
20:43:40: <wizzie> The usually being 10 cars out within the first two minutes and the rest dropping like flies, correct?
20:45:19: <Nuppiz> four stallers, Balzary having bad luck and being forced to retire due to no fault of his own, Christopher Arthurs retiring from a good position, and multiple gearbox/brakes/suspension failures in the first few laps
20:45:29: <Nuppiz> that's the usual
20:45:48: <Nuppiz> and Ramone pulls into the pits to retire
20:46:56: <Nuppiz> promoting Mantis into the top 10
20:46:58: <Nuppiz> meanwhile Yoshino has overtaken Wilson
20:47:04: <Nuppiz> Winton*
20:48:15: <Nuppiz> 20 laps to go, 17 cars remaining
20:48:48: <Salamander> well, almost all the usual
20:49:06: <Salamander> davies hasnt had his customary breakdown while running very well yet
20:49:07: <Nuppiz> yes, Davies hasn't retired from the lead yet
20:50:59: <Nuppiz> and Roberts retires
20:51:27: <Nuppiz> he must be really HURT now
20:51:52: <Nuppiz> mentally, of course
20:52:57: <Nuppiz> Vitkin is now in the top 10
20:53:01: <ZeroForce> haha
20:53:52: <Pi3141> Just returned from university, could you please tell me what has happened so far?
20:54:30: <Nuppiz> nothing out of the ordinary
20:54:43: <Nuppiz> 2:45 Nuppiz four stallers, Balzary having bad luck and being forced to retire due to no fault of his own, Christopher Arthurs retiring from a good position, and multiple gearbox/brakes/suspension failures in the first few laps
20:55:31: <Nuppiz> Mazzacane is 16th and last
20:56:45: <Nuppiz> Yoshino has overtaken Gunselman and Zaugg
20:58:52: <Nuppiz> lapped drivers causing a bit of fuss, but no position changes
21:00:54: <Nuppiz> and Generic's engine blows up!
21:03:06: <Nuppiz> Yoshino now 10th
21:03:28: <Nuppiz> Psycho Soldiers is the only two-car team to still have both cars in the race
21:03:45: <ZeroForce> Surprising
21:04:27: <Nuppiz> 15 laps and 15 cars remaining
21:04:53: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> Have I mentioned we need a Malcolm Tucker-esque characters in a reject series?
21:06:23: <Nuppiz> Davies-----43.004-----Kickert
21:06:52: <Salamander> that's what, nearly 3 seconds a lap?
21:06:54: <Salamander> dear god
21:07:15: <Nuppiz> and just as I said something about Psycho Soldiers, Yoshino is out!
21:08:54: <Nuppiz> Zaugg gets into the top 10...and Mazzacane's engine has blown up!
21:09:22: <ZeroForce> Yay, go Nattie !
21:10:42: <Nuppiz> interestingly, both engine failures so far have occured when Davies has been about to lap those drivers
21:11:54: <Nuppiz> 13 cars, 13 laps to go
21:12:00: <Nuppiz> which one runs out first?
21:12:38: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> laps
21:12:55: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> we will never get a no finisher race ;_;
21:13:59: <ZeroForce> We were close to no finishers in Brands Hatch
21:14:06: <ZeroForce> Unfortunately... :(
21:14:18: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> close counts for nothing
21:14:59: <Nuppiz> ooh, we have some action
21:15:14: <Nuppiz> Alianopulos overtakes Winton for...13th position
21:15:23: <Nuppiz> Alianopoulos*
21:15:27: <Nuppiz> samn hard name
21:15:30: <Nuppiz> damn*
21:15:32: <Nuppiz> argh
21:17:05: <Nuppiz> DAVIES RETIRES!
21:17:16: <Salamander> what a surprise
21:17:19: <Darkapprentice77> oh no
21:17:31: <Darkapprentice77> such bad luck
21:17:36: <Salamander> i don't think he's going to take that very well
21:17:51: <Salamander> he was particularly dominant in qualifying
21:19:28: <Nuppiz> and dominant in the race as well, as it took this long for Kickert to overtake his stricken car
21:19:47: <Nuppiz> over 45 seconds in race time
21:22:49: <Nuppiz> live championship prediction: 1. van Dycke 42, 2. Dave Wilson 34, 3. Pieter Kickert 31, 4. James Davies 25, 5. Leonhard von Gottorp 25
21:23:45: <Nuppiz> Vitkin has retired as well
21:24:47: <Nuppiz> Gunselman and Alianopoulos to be promoted into the top 10
21:25:41: <Nuppiz> KICKERT'S ENGINE BLOWS UP!
21:25:45: <ZeroForce> WOOT
21:25:58: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> what a change at this critical juncture
21:26:21: <Nuppiz> and Wilson is right on von Gottorp's tail
21:26:48: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> Wilson must be booed
21:27:52: <Nuppiz> well, this is Wilson's home crowd after all
21:28:22: <Nuppiz> and this just improves his championship prospects
21:28:57: <Nuppiz> Balivernes and Mantis have gotten into the points
21:29:11: <Nuppiz> and Winton gets into the top 10 as the last car running
21:29:37: <Nuppiz> CRASHUU
21:29:42: <Pi3141> Who?
21:29:53: <Nuppiz> von Gottorp and Wilson!
21:30:18: <Pi3141> both out of the race?
21:30:40: <Nuppiz> Wilson continues without a front wing, and is overtaken by Graham
21:30:46: <Nuppiz> von Gottorp out
21:30:54: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> FACK THE WILSON!
21:31:17: <ZeroForce> Iron Sheik has entered the chat. ^
21:31:41: <A_Clone_In_Ireland> I MAKE HIM HUMBLE THAT PIECE OF SHIT DAVE WILSON
21:32:11: <Nuppiz> hold your horses
21:32:35: <Nuppiz> the replay shows that something failed in von Gottorp's car, and he stops right in front of Wilson
21:32:59: <I_Klon_Shiek> FACK THE GEARBOX (bet it was the gearbox)
21:33:06: <Nuppiz> nope
21:33:16: <Nuppiz> suspension or brakes by the looks of it
21:34:02: <Nuppiz> Wilson has a long lap to go without a front wing
21:34:24: <Nuppiz> as the accident happened on the main straight
21:35:01: <Nuppiz> he can't drop any lower than 4th, though
21:35:46: <Nuppiz> Natascha Zaugg enters the points
21:36:49: <Nuppiz> Wilson comes out from the pits in 4th, just as predicted
21:36:51: <ZeroForce> I just hope she finishes the race, with points or without.
21:38:45: <Pi3141> Who is leading the race at the moment?
21:38:49: <Nuppiz> Graham
21:41:43: <Nuppiz> Five laps to go, the order is: Graham, Yazaki, Balivernes, Wilson, Mantis, Zaugg, Gunselman, Alianopoulos, Winton
21:44:13: <Nuppiz> Wilson catching Balivernes, but will he run out of laps?
21:45:53: <Nuppiz> three laps to go
21:46:45: <Nuppiz> Wilson has caught Balivernes
21:48:06: <Nuppiz> wheel to wheel into the Club chicane... and yes!
21:48:18: <Nuppiz> beautiful overtake by Wilson
21:49:50: <Nuppiz> penultimate lap
21:49:59: <ZeroForce> Good
21:51:38: <Nuppiz> Graham starts the last lap of the race
21:53:32: <Nuppiz> oh no!
21:53:38: <Nuppiz> Zaugg retires!
21:53:43: <ZeroForce> >.>
21:54:35: <Nuppiz> so close, yet so far
21:55:11: <Nuppiz> Graham crosses the finish line and wins the race!
21:55:30: <ZeroForce> Well diserved for Team Sandinista
21:55:46: <Nuppiz> Yazaki comes home second
21:55:57: <Nuppiz> Wilson third
21:56:20: <Nuppiz> Balivernes fourth
21:56:54: <ZeroForce> Meh damn car.
21:57:41: <Nuppiz> Mantis fifth, Gunselman sixth
21:58:05: <Nuppiz> Alianopulos seventh, Winton 8th and Zaugg is classified 9th
21:58:21: <Nuppiz> Alianopoulos, dammit
21:58:32: <Nuppiz> I'll just call him the Greek guy from now on
21:58:35: <ZeroForce> haha that name
22:00:03: <ZeroForce> Did the results show why Zaugg has retired ?
22:01:04: <Nuppiz> Suspension
22:01:53: <ZeroForce> AW.
22:02:03: <ZeroForce> Any reject(s) of the race ?
22:02:37: <Nuppiz> Rockets to Russia's gearboxes'
22:02:56: <Nuppiz> both failed within five laps of each other
22:03:26: <Nuppiz> another candidate could be L.O.T.U.S., both cars out in four laps
22:04:18: <Nuppiz> but in the end I'm going with Pieter Kickert's engine
22:04:37: <ZeroForce> Yeah that's a good candidate
22:06:24: <Nuppiz> well, that's it then
22:06:39: <Nuppiz> two more races in Europe, Donington and Estoril
22:08:05: <Nuppiz> followed by two US rounds and the season clincher in Japan
22:08:25: <Darkapprentice77> i'm looking forward to caesers palace
22:08:53: <Nuppiz> I predict the attrition levels to be very high there
22:08:56: <ZeroForce> The same. I really can't wait for it
22:10:14: <Nuppiz> well, there's still three races before that
22:10:30: <Nuppiz> Watkins Glen has walls close to the circuit as well...
22:13:09: <ZeroForce> Do you have more rejectfull tracks to add to next year's calendar ?
22:13:34: <Nuppiz> Birmingham SuperPrix is already in for next year
22:13:54: <Nuppiz> Dallas Fair Park was tested, but it won't work with this many cars
22:14:53: <Nuppiz> I don't have any versions of AVUS, unfortunately
22:15:54: <ZeroForce> That's too bad :s
22:16:16: <Nuppiz> got any more rejectful tracks in mind?
22:19:02: <ZeroForce> Unfortunately no. Perhaps we could use some oval indy track for a non championship event ? lol
22:19:58: <Nuppiz> plenty of the available
22:20:03: <Nuppiz> them*
22:20:24: <Nuppiz> oh, and Jacarepagua is very rejectful in F1C as well
22:20:37: <Nuppiz> only two AIs finished when I drove there
22:21:08: <ZeroForce> That could possibly make Klon happy then. Seeing how our cars are reliable
22:21:18: <ZeroForce> Well, some of our cars
22:22:22: <Nuppiz> I tell you what, I'll add it in as a NC event at the end of this season...
22:22:27: <Nuppiz> see how it turns out
22:23:48: <ZeroForce> heh ^^
22:24:08: <Nuppiz> might be the first race without finishers
22:30:54: <Nuppiz> Fastest lap: James Davies, 1:41.088 on lap 8
22:33:03: <ZeroForce> No surprise there, Van Dycke out of action, Davies will get those points
22:41:35: <Nuppiz> So, Zaugg continues until the end of the European season, right?
22:42:13: <ZeroForce> Yup