Soutsen Wrote:
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> TheFireKing Wrote:
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> > damn it!!! I finished on 20th. I used one of my
> > boosts for nothing. simply unbelievable.
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> Maybe you was held behind the other cars during
> your runs. Btw what we have now? Two laps for each
> driver or 1 hour session as it was at some rounds
> year ago? And honestly it could be better if we
> had testers session to be covered more preceisly,
> so we could tell if the drivers were held or
> whatever else was happening there. I feel like our
> poor tester guys don't recieve enough attention
> from Ernie B. sadly
The Test drivers sessions are pretty much open to be conducted in however the RD decides, for each event. Yes, if the standard qualifying session is used, each driver gets just 2 timed laps - which is not much, and is fraught with danger of drivers being blocked, slowed, compromised etc. Hence why last season I had these exact disussions with the GPGSL board, and (without checking right now) some adjustments were made to the GpxPatch settings to allow in Free Practise sessions, cars will run several laps at a time, with limited cars on track - this gives all drivers a better chance of running laps at their best potential speeds.
The RD has that discretion to run sessions in whatever format they wish for the test drivers. Feature races every few rounds clearly give some air time to all involved. Having just re-read the series rules, Rule 10 actually states Feature Races can be run with NO POINTS awarded? Hmmm, this may need to be clarified by us on the board - 99% sure we have always awarded points
Bottom line is, for an RD it is entirely up to them how extensive a coverage can be - 1 reason why last season i offered to do RD for either the Test or Races only, to allow more time to be spent on one or the other.
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GPGSL Test Debut - Hungary, Season 4. GPGSL Race Debut - Adelaide, Season 5.