GPG Nations Cup S2: Finished! S3: Annoucements/Signup pg 52! (4 SPACES LEFT)

kedy89 Wrote:
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> 10th place is a good base for the race. Points
> should be possible, but I don't expect that we'll
> be able to fight for the top places.
>
> @icky: which version of Estoril are you using?
> This one looks different to the ones I have.

I believe its the 2008 version.

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Team France post qualifying press release....

Our man Girard has a lot of work to do, from 21st on the grid. We are confident however, that Jean can bring home some points.....

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GPGSL Team Owner Debut - Melbourne, Season 8 - present
GPGSL Test Debut - Hungary, Season 4. GPGSL Race Debut - Adelaide, Season 5.

Hello all and its race time here in Estoril. With Alpenstrom and pole and Girard his closet rival languishing down the field after a poor qualifying is it time to see that gap increase. The weather is sunny so that will be a non factor today.



We are waiting for the start as McGregor lines up alongside Alpenstrom on the front row



We are go and its Edvardsen with a great start shooting right past McGregor





Maverick had a struggling start and Silva tries to thread the needle between him and Jantsher





Into the first corner and Alpenstrom is going to lead it with McGregor losing another place to Kamikaze behind



Silva gets right up alongside Vukcevic for 6th



With Vukcevic trying to hang on around the outside but not going to be able to



Maverick was not the only man to be slow of the line as Antunis bogged down as the mess of cars raced to the first corner



Nikolov misjudges his braking point clipping the rear of Maverick



It forces Hunsley to the outside



Tafuro just ahead takes Jantsher



As Vilela capitalizes on Hunsley being forced wide to steal his place



Byrne also made a pass on Copeman just further back of this



Edvardsen taking a defensive line against Kamikaze



Maverick forces Nikolov out wide to prevent a pass



Kamikaze is alongside Edvardsen down the main straight



Just as Silva and Kederer do to McGregor and Vukcevic respectively





Kamikaze takes second and will set his sights on Alpenstrom



Meanwhile McGregor puts up a better effort keeping alongside Silva round the outside



Advantage back to Silva as he is now on the inside for the hairpin as we can see Kederer passed Vukcevic



McGregor has to conceed the position now but a great effort in defending Silva



Standings after the start and early lap drama







Kederer immediately sets his sights on McGregor



Nikolov trying as well on Jantsher



This time McGregor does not manage to hold off Kederer past turn one



And its the same for Jantsher



Maverick another to suffer a loss of place at turn 1



Alpenstrom already has a small cushion on Kamikaze



Tafuro getting defensive against an aggressive Nikolov



Silva having a look at Edvardsen but he is a little too far back and will tuck in behind





It was not going to be long before Nikolov found his way past Tafuro



Jantsher is continuing to go backwards today



Maverick closes the door on Hunsley and they are so very close



Girard on the other hand has Silvestre passed before turn 1



Silvestre trying to hard to keep up runs wide



He hits a car???!!



Manages to only come away with a broken wing



We can see Silva in Edvardsen's slipstream attempting to use the extra pace



Another pass at turn one this time Silva on Edvardsen



Edvardsen taking a more defensive line with Kederer closing in



Kamikaze has not managed to claw back any time as Alpenstrom slowly adds tenths to his lead



He has a reasonably comfortable gap back to Silva



Edvardsen loses another place after his great start and this one is to Kederer



Vukcevic drops a place to Nikolov who is continuing his charge



A group is forming behind Maverick



Edvardsen now finds himself with McGregor in his mirrors



Janthser gives Copeman no room around the outside



He still tries to go around the outside but finds himself further away than when he started





McGregor getting back one of the places he lost to Edvardsen who seems not to have the race pace today



Copeman is another to go for the pass at turn one



But Jantsher is putting up some resistance



Copeman holds the pass though



With that we will take a short break after a frenzied start to the Portuguese GP

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Seriously? From 8th even further downwards? This season is just so frustrating. And again the boost seems to help not at all.


GPGSL : Team Owner of 'Maverick Track Performance' (MTP)

Nikolov is going well in these 6 laps. We all hope his running forward is succesful

We return with the second part of the Portuguese GP here in Estoril

We rejoin with Jantsher having just been past by Copeman with more to worry about



Hunsley holding a tighter line as Jantsher ran a bit wide



Its at turn one though where Hunsley makes his move



Janthser refuses to let the place go



Hunsley can keep just enough alongside Jantsher to stop him cutting him off



And Hunsley makes the pass at the hairpin having the inside line



Jantsher is forced wide and De Boer has a chance at a pass



But Jantsher cuts back across on the racing line to stop that



Copeman is all over the back of Maverick



He has a good run out of the last corner



And pulls alongside Maverick



He dives up the inside and Maverick has to let the place go





He does look at making an instant pass back as Copeman runs a bit wide but the hairpin is long enough that it can be saved if you do



Silvestre finds himself lapped very early on



Copeman now starting to work on closing Tafuro down



By the end of the lap he is already right on his tail



And passing Tafuro taking the 10th spot



Byrne catches up to Jantsher



Here are the standings with pit stops to come







And it is Alpenstrom who starts them off



Kamikaze moves into the lead



As Silva pits



Vilela the other man in the top ten to pit this lap



Alpenstrom rejoins in 8th not quite into clean air



Maverick finds himself on the wrong end of a battle between him and De Boer



Silva is back on circuit 13th



Vilela 17th



McGregor pits and rejoins in 12th



Nikolov pits in from third



As Jantsher joins Maverick in the pits



Nikolov rejoins in 9th people still scattered about the track



Good work by the swiss pit crew as Maverick gets out ahead of Hunsley with Jantsher behind that



Kamikaze pits from the lead



With Kederer joining him



Vukcevic and Copeman also stopping





Edvardsen takes the lead



Alpenstrom stays ahead of Kamikaze but he is a lot closer



Kederer rejoins ahead of Silva



Copeman gets ahead of Vilela and Vukcevic he got in the pits



Silvestre finds himself lapped again



Edvardsen finally pits



Allowing Alpenstrom to take back the lead



Edvardsen rejoins in 7th place



Silvestre locks up and hits the car again



This time he will not be able to keep going and is stuck in the middle of the circuit





Everyone is having to be careful to pass the stricken Silvestre



Nikolov locks up trying to chase down McGregor



Trouble for Tafuro perhaps a botched pit stop as he has a loose wheel



He cannot make it to the pits and is our second retirement



Standings with those pit stops done







Vukcevic trying to make up for his pit stop chasing Vilela



Girard has had a slow day and locks up with Byrne lingering behind



Vukcevic passes Vilela at turn one to get back one of his lost places



Nikolov has closed up on McGregor with him trying to catch Silva



Kamikaze holding his own against Alpenstrom in this stint



Time for our final break with a second set of pit stops to come

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Here we go with the final part of the Portuguese GP

Its Copeman first to draw the camera's attention with him locking up chasing Edvardsen



Nikolov finds himself right on the back of McGregor and he will be thinking about passing Silva too



Copeman up the inside for 7th place on Edvardsen



Nikolov steps out of the slipstream of McGregor



He makes the pass at turn one and sets his sights on Silva



De Boer is looking to drop the gap to Vilela in the final points scoring place



Standings with the second pit stops coming







Its Johnson who starts us off this time pitting and rejoining just ahead of Marinescu





Vilela the first to pit from the top ten and returns in 13th much closer to De Boer





Alpenstrom pits



As does Kederer



Kamikaze is in the lead but has traffic which will hinder his chances



McGregor pits from 7th



Alpenstrom is back on circuit 4th



And Kederer returns 7th and McGregor back 9th





Kamikaze pits from the lead



As Nikolov follows Silva in



Copeman also pits with Edvardsen in tow





Alpenstrom retakes the lead from Kamikaze who will be ruing the traffic



Silva rejoins ahead of Nikolov in 5th and further ahead than at the stop





Copeman is out in 8th with Edvardsen 9th





McGregor has kept within reach of Nikolov after the pit stops



De Boer eases past Vilela for the tenth spot



Vukcevic finally pits from the 4th place he took by not pitting earlier



And is out 9th with De Boer in the background



Kamikaze has a backmarker and 2.5 seconds to make up if he wants the win



But holds a comfortable gap back to Kederer



Who in turn is safely in third for now



But whats this a mistake by Kamikaze running wide



He spins into that car



Now struggling to get back on circuit



And its clear to see why he has no front wing



This puts Kederer in second and Alpenstrom now has even more leeway



Kamikaze pits from 8th for his new wing



Vilela is now in tenth



Kamikaze returns out of it now in 16th right in front of Jantsher



The gap for McGregor is a second to Copeman who must have passed him somewhere, probably turn one



Kamikaze perhaps a little frustrated makes a pass on Girard





The gap is under two seconds for Nikolov to perhaps push the podium



Kamikaze messes up again on the back end of the circuit



He hits the barrier and now retires and its a frustrating end for the Japanese team



McGregor is falling away from Copeman



The only real sniff of action in the last laps has been this one for 11th between Maverick and Hunsley



Alpenstrom takes the win though and its been a great race pushing Alpenstrom ahead in the championship



Kederer and Silva fill the podium





And Vilela takes the final points place



Here are your official standings



Fastest lap went to Alpenstrom

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Very, very happy about 2nd place . That's way more than I was expecting.

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We could save a podium place just at the end of the race. Although we though we could fight for the win.
Nevertheless, a good result for the championship.

BTW, great coverage!

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Utter bullshit...

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Indeed a great coverage again. But I'm really, really frustrated. Again no points for team Switzerland despite a good position and a decent perf. We'll have to scale down the expectations more and more. Even P10 seems to get unlikely already.


GPGSL : Team Owner of 'Maverick Track Performance' (MTP)

Nice race for us, we merely missed the podium! Great resut as once again Nikolov made all the nation be proud of his performance. Българи юнаци!

Team Suomi:

Despite starting 3rd, 7th is a great result. Feels good to be back in the points after so long.

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Unless I'm very much mistaken... I am very much mistaken!

Jean Girard caught uttering some words as he left the circuit....

"..... stupide Portugal. Piste stupide. Obtenez-moi le camp d'ici...."

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GPGSL Team Owner Debut - Melbourne, Season 8 - present
GPGSL Test Debut - Hungary, Season 4. GPGSL Race Debut - Adelaide, Season 5.

Finally!!!


One Racing driver and team manager
GPGSL-3: champion in 2007/2013/2014!
GPGSL-4: testdrivers champion in Season 11!

I'm absolutely gutted, another good race thrown away.

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Glad you guys enjoyed the coverage cos i found it painful to do this race since i think only one pass occurred that was not at turn one. As for people falling back i feel for you John. I dunno what it is this year i think more people are spending big points in the race so spending 250 is as bad as spending zero. I am sure for season three we will make changes to fix it up a bit. The variance is something True suggested we should modify again and he is probably right i just kinda dallying on it because unlike when at zero it killed the races and it was much earlier in the season now it would be messing with the championship considering how people have spent so much of their points

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Glad you guys enjoyed the coverage cos i found it painful to do this race since i think only one pass occurred that was not at turn one. As for people falling back i feel for you John. I dunno what it is this year i think more people are spending big points in the race so spending 250 is as bad as spending zero. I am sure for season three we will make changes to fix it up a bit. The variance is something True suggested we should modify again and he is probably right i just kinda dallying on it because unlike when at zero it killed the races and it was much earlier in the season now it would be messing with the championship considering how people have spent so much of their points

Btw posting deadline for next round tonight

Don't get me wrong Ben, I don't want to make the series at all bad. I just understand team Australia very well now, how frustrating it is when always and again and again something happens that spoils good results. I agree though that zero variance wasn't the right way either. But right now it might be too high because spending boost points at all seems to be even more a gamble here at GPGNC than at the GPGSL. The correct allocation of boost points is an essential part of this series and I feel that with the variance now this part is spoiled in a very negative way, as the variance can totally destroy all the efforts you intend to get in with a boost. And as the variance doesn't decrease in this series, it shouldn't be as high to make this happen again and again.
Of course nothing should and could be changed in the middle of a running season, but for next season I'd really encourage some changes to the variance. My suggestion would be to make the variance double the number of a regular boost for one session. As the standard number for boosts is 250 points per session, this'd make the variance 500 and would allow +/- 250 points of the actual perf. If people think that this is too little, maybe 750 or 1000 max could be considered. But definitely not more, if you ask me.


GPGSL : Team Owner of 'Maverick Track Performance' (MTP)

Well yeah i mean 1000 is probably too steep i cannot remember what the old variance was. The more you lower the variance you increase the spend 500 to win. Although it could open up to accumulate points over the season without a spend or bust if you commit big points then the incentive is not quite there to be consistent. Any suggestions though and i will do some testing in the off season to find a formula that works.

So far there is reducing variance
Perhaps increase ai errors or chance of car faults?
Lower the perf spending cap per race?