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[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Well done Pete.

2 drivers gone first lap and a car, bonus points saved my day.

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

23 hours ago, John Privett said:

Quick update...

 

It seems Vettel has now been disqualified from the Hungarian GP due to fuel issues.  The FIA were unable to extract the required litre of fuel after the race for analysis,  only 0.3 litres could be taken.  This has resulted in Vettel being disqualified.  Aston Martin have stated that they intend to appeal against the decision.

 

At the moment the results on fantasygp have not been amended in line with this development.

 

Revised scores in John.

[John Privett]

OK,  take 2!  The scores have now been revised in light of Vettel's disqualification.  So our results from Hungary now look like this;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	9 2	Revers Racing	Pete B	200
2	8 2	teewrex	John Tee	155
3	12 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	142
4	1 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	138
5	13 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	135
6	10 1	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	117
7	6 0	PSS Power	Flyer	116
8	5 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	112
9	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	104
10	11 3	Torque of the devil	Stu	103
11	3 1	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	100
12	7 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	88
13	4 1	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	75

 

Pete still takes top spot, but now with 200 points.  John Tee is still second, now on 155,  but I sneak past Ade to take third on 142 points.

 

What about the overall table?  Well the top 8 are unchanged from what we had yesterday, but there's a bit more activity below 8th;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	1659
2	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	1603
3	3 1	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	1461
4	4 1	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	1455
5	5 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	1450
6	6 0	PSS Power	Flyer	1415
7	7 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	1377
8	8 2	teewrex	John Tee	1365
9	9 2	Revers Racing	Pete B	1350
10	10 1	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	1339
11	11 3	Torque of the devil	Stu	1326
12	12 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	1208
13	13 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	1123

 

 

Pete's win is now rewarded with a move upwards of 2 places to 9th.  Kev still drops one place to 10th,  but Stu loses out further, slipping 3 places instead of 1, now down to 11th.

 

All this could, of course, change again if Aston Martin appeal and that appeal is successful.  No appeal has yet been confirmed, though A-M did indicate yesterday that they intended to appeal.  Hopefully all will be resolved - one way or the other - before the end of the summer break!

[McG 6969]

Thanks once more for the 'double' job, John P.

 

Congrats to Pete for his really great score.  ?

 

Comparable to John S, I lost 2 drivers & 2 cars from my team in that first lap... bis repetita, after the Silverstone 'issue'...

C'est la vie...  ?

 

IRL,  it's really a shame that VET lost the result of that splendid drive in Hungary.

 

To all > enjoy your summer break & see you in Spa

 

Cheers

Chris

 

 

[Simon Webb]

Wahey.....I have more points.....still at the back but I have more points......

 

I am happy ?

[iqon]

I`m happy, more points.

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Back racing this weekend then, I'm away from Friday, so will be guess work for me, as usual. ?

[McG 6969]

13 hours ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said:

Back racing this weekend then, I'm away from Friday, so will be guess work for me, as usual. ?

 

... no worries, John.

 

I'll keep an eye at your predictions for you...   ?  ?

 

Cheers

Chris

 

[John Privett]

OK folks... As John S has already said,  we're back racing again!  The summer break is over, and it's time for me to remind you all;

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

It's Spa this weekend,  and P! saw Bottas the setting fastest lap with Verstappen second.  Hamilton was apparently on course to beat Bottas' time, but was blocked by Latifi and narrowly avoided a collision.  P2 saw Vertappen setting the fastest time,  ahead of Bottas and Hamilton - though not by much,  just 4 and 7 hundredths of a second respectively.

 

Qualifying is at 2pm BST tomorrow, with the race at the same time on Sunday.

[John Privett]

Well...

 

I made one great decision today.  I decided to record the race,  go flying this afternoon and then watch the race after my daily bike ride.  It didn't take too long to "FF" through the bits where nothing was happening,  and to wonder why I was even bothering to watch the "race" laps taking place behind the safety car.

 

So in the end,  it was the weather that won today.  The drivers came away with half-points from what was a bit of a non-event.  I haven't found an announcement on fantasygp, but they're obviously giving us half points today too,  which I guess is fair enough!

 

So,  let's look first at our league results for today;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	7 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	66.5
2	10 1	Torque of the devil	Stu	65.0
3	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	61.5
4	3 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	60.5
5	1 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	60.0
6	9 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	58.0
7	6 0	PSS Power	Flyer	52.5
8	8 0	teewrex	John Tee	49.5
9	12 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	42.5
10	5 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	41.5
11	13 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	40.0
12	4 0	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	37.5
13	11 1	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	25.5

 

Charles takes our top spot today with 66.5 points from Stu on 65 and Chris on 61.5.  Well done to them!

 

In terms of the overall championship, our league now looks like this;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	1719.0
2	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	1664.5
3	3 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	1521.5
4	4 0	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	1492.5
5	5 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	1491.5
6	6 0	PSS Power	Flyer	1467.5
7	7 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	1443.5
8	8 0	teewrex	John Tee	1414.5
9	9 0	Revers Racing	Pete B	1408.0
10	10 1	Torque of the devil	Stu	1391.0
11	11 1	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	1364.5
12	12 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	1250.5
13	13 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	1163.0

 

John S remains at the top of the league with Chris narrowing his gap by just 1.5 points.

 

The only place change in the league today is Stu - with his points from second place - moving up to 10th, displacing Kev down to 11th.

 

Hopefully we'll have better conditions in the Netherlands next weekend for Max's home race.  Don't forget your predictions!

[Glenn Philbrick]

Well what,a waste of time this race was!! Should have been called off completely. One of my drivers crashed before the start but at least was allowed to go for a lap in the rain afterwards. There was no way Russel was going to finish second, but I suppose we know who will partner Hamilton next year.

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Fans get their money back ?

Thought I was nailed on for big bonus points, same for us all so musn't grumble.

[McG 6969]

I wasn't feeling really encouraged to post here after yesterday's 'non-event' except for thanking John P for his kind follow up.

 

For me, after about twenty years of car racing in different categories, what we saw in Spa was - IMHO - a total 'pantomine'... never a 'race'...

 

Of course, no way to let the guys race in those conditions of zero visibility.

 

BUT, a few laps behind a SC never has been a 'race'... since you just have to 'follow' without any overtaking allowed.

 

NO 'greens laps' = NO 'race'

NO 'race' = NO points & certainly NO podium

 

What Masi / FIA / Liberty did was just taking care of their own big money by ensuring no 'cancelling of the event' would bring them into contract issues with sponsors / broadcasters and other parties. 

Even Dominicali - Liberty's CEO - now claiming that not Liberty but the promotors should take the responsibility to refund the fans present at Liberty's 'non-event'... unbelievable...

 

I guess I could be ashamed now to be an old & die hard fan now...

 

Matata mingi, I'm afraid

 

Chris

 

 

 

 

Edited August 30, 2021 by McG 6969

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Don't know if JP or Chris are busy, but don't forget your predictions, Dutch GP this weekend.

[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

A bit later than usual as I got stuck doing some model club admin stuff this evening,  but hot on the heels of a rather forgettable Belgian GP this weekend it's the Dutch GP.  So, the customary reminder;

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

P1 saw Hamilton just ahead of Verstappen, with the 2 Ferraris next and then Bottas.  P2 was a different story for Hamilton,  an engine problem left him 11th with just one flying lap.  Verstappen was unlucky to "lose" 2 flying laps - the session was red-flagged twice, and each time he was in the middle of a decent flying lap.  Verstappen posted on ly the 5th fastest time in P2 with Leclerc and Sainz's Ferraris heading the leaderboard, with Ocon and Bottas following.

 

Usual European times (2pm BST) for both qualitying and the race.  Hopefully the weather will be better than last weekend!!!

[John Privett]

13 minutes ago, john stones 1 - Moderator said:

Don't know if JP or Chris are busy, but don't forget your predictions, Dutch GP this weekend.

 

Thanks John!  I was typing my post when your message popped up,  but yes I had been a bit busy earlier!

Off to do my predictions now...

[McG 6969]

Thanks to both of you.  ?

 

I got a bit distracted by enjoying - from a distance, unfortunately - that superb weather there in Holland in the Zandvoort dunes...

 

Glad to read that the majority of the drivers enjoyed the revised track, especially the two 'bankings'.

The general idea is that there will be some 'traffic jams' over there during Q1 or even later on tomorrow afternoon in Q2...

 

Really not so sure about what to predict, probably a last minute job after FP3...

 

Good luck to all

 

Cheers

Chris

 

 

[John Privett]

Evening all - I'm running behind schedule again... ?  I made the most of the good weather today by recording the race, going flying this afternoon, and finally a 52 km bike ride before watching the recording of the race. 

 

So after all that, let's see how we all scored today!

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	4 1	Igoronic racing	iqon	192
2	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	184
3	5 1	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	182
4	6 1	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	179
5	1 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	175
6	3 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	170
7	8 1	Revers Racing	Pete B	128
8	12 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	121
9	9 1	teewrex	John Tee	120
10	11 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	113
11	7 1	PSS Power	Flyer	110
12	10 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	98
13	13 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	77

 

 

Today's top scorer is Iqon on an impressive 192 points.  Next up is Chris on 184 points and Glenn takes third, only 2 points back on 182.  Well done to today's top three!

 

Has John S done enough today with his 175 points to hold off Chris?  Let's find out!

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	1894.0
2	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	1848.5
3	3 0	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	1691.5
4	4 1	Igoronic racing	iqon	1683.5
5	5 1	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	1674.5
6	6 1	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	1622.5
7	7 1	PSS Power	Flyer	1577.5
8	8 1	Revers Racing	Pete B	1536.0
9	9 1	teewrex	John Tee	1534.5
10	10 0	Torque of the devil	Stu	1489.0
11	11 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	1477.5
12	12 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	1371.5
13	13 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	1240.0

 

There's a few mid-table place swaps,  but the top three are unaffected by today's result.  John S holds first place from Chris, but with a slightly reduced gap.  Tony holds third.

 

Behind them though there's a flurry of changes...  Iqon's win today is enough to take him up to 4th, displacing Glenn down to 5th.  Charles moves up to 6th at the expense of Ade who slips to 7th,  and finally Pete moves above John T - by the slender margin of 1.5 points - to take 8th, moving John down to 9th.  The remaining places remain unchanged.

 

It was good to see a return to racing today, rather than a procession behind the safety car!  Next up is Imola next weekend.  Don't forget your predictions!

 

Edited September 5, 2021 by John Privett

[john stones 1 - Moderator]

Get in there Igor, your lass do your team n predictions this week ? ?

He'll be gloating all week now. ?

 

Well done the top 3 lads.

[McG 6969]

"Merci beaucoup, Max" (and to John P obviously)...

 

Also a nice surprise from the Oranje Army for not boo-ing Toto's troops.   ?

 

Congrats to Igor and Glenn for their podium spot.  ?

 

Forza Monza

 

Cheers

Chris

 

[Charles Pic]

Well done all. Not a thrilling race, but hopefully Monza is better.

[John Privett]

Evening all!

 

It's another sprint qualifying race weekend, this time in Monza. So, time for the customary reminder;

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

In today's practice/qualifying session Bottas took pole for tomorrow's sprint qualifying race, with Hamilton second and Verstappen third.  Next came the two McLaren's in the customary order...

 

The spring qualifying race is at the later time of 3:30pm BST tomorrow,  with the race at the usual 2pm on Sunday.

[John Privett]

OK, results time...  I'm still watching (a recording of) the race as I was out flying again this aftenoon, but I'll post the league results anyway.

 

First up, the league results today,  and probably no surprise that it's a rather low-scoring day!

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	7 0	PSS Power	Flyer	127
2	9 1	Torque of the devil	Stu	125
3	3 2	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	114
4	11 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	106
5	6 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	94
6	4 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	93
7	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	89
8	1 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	84
9	8 1	teewrex	John Tee	83
10	12 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	79
11	10 2	Revers Racing	Pete B	66
12	5 2	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	66
13	13 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	50

 

 

Ade takes top spot today on 127 points from Stu on 125 points and Glenn on 114 points.  Well done to today's top 3!

 

Kev was the only other person to score a 3-digit score today on 106.

 

Let's have a look then at the overall table after today's race;

 

Pos	League Rank	Team	Manager	Pts
1	1 0	Pitts Specials	john stones	1978.0
2	2 0	GASTON Formula	Chris McG	1937.5
3	3 2	Oyster f1	Glenn Philbrick	1788.5
4	4 0	Igoronic racing	iqon	1776.5
5	5 2	Essex Racing	Tony Clark	1757.5
6	6 0	Team Charles Picd	Charles Pic	1716.5
7	7 0	PSS Power	Flyer	1704.5
8	8 1	teewrex	John Tee	1617.5
9	9 1	Torque of the devil	Stu	1614.0
10	10 2	Revers Racing	Pete B	1602.0
11	11 0	Norfolk Flyers	Kevin Fairgrieve	1583.5
12	12 0	The JP Specials	johnpflyrc	1450.5
13	13 0	DMFC Racing Team	Simon Webb	1290.0

 

 

John S holds first place overall with Chris remaining in second.  Behind them though, Glenn jumps 2 places, up to 3rd, with Tony lipping 2 places to 5th - in the middle of that Iqon stays 4th.  Further down the table John T and Stu each move up a place to 8th and 9th respectively which means that Pete drops 2 places today, down to 10th.  No further place changes after that.

 

Next up is Russia in 2 weeks time.

[John Privett]

Evening all!  

 

It's another GP weekend,  and this time we're in Sochi.  So first, the customary reminder;

 

Don't forget your predictions!

 

P1 saw Bottas setting fastest time, a couple of tenths ahead of Hamiltoin with Verstappen just a couple of hundredths behind.  P2 also saw Bottas ahead of Hamilton, but by a smaller margin. Gasly set 3rd fastest with Norris, Ocon and Verstappen taking the next places. 

 

Note that whatever happens in qualifying, Verstappen will start from the back of the grid due to a penalty for using too many engines.

 

P3 is at 10:00 BST tomorrow with qualifying at 13:00.  The race is at 13:00 on Sunday.

[McG 6969]

Thanks once more, John P.

 

I'm moving house this WE and will get my predictions done without being able to follow the 'last' grid opportunities.

 

My follow -up of the results will depend on my new internet connection, scheduled for October 8th at the earliest...

 

Best of luck to all for the Russian race...

 

Cheers

Chris