Race #8, Spain: Race Briefing

[John-Eric Saxén]

Welcome to the eight race of the FSR 2012 World Series season at Spain! You will find the password for this event by logging on GPCOS and looking at the password field which is next to the server's IP address.

Before proceeding to the event, pay attention to the following:

• The current penalty point status can be viewed in this thread
  Remember to join the game with the FSR Manager software running, as described in the pre-race and post-race procedures
• A pre-qualifying session is organized (see the schedule and listings below)
• Due to the number of allocated drivers being 6, no Grid 2 race is organized this time

Following drivers (8) have automatically gained the right to race in Grid 1. The listed drivers are NOT ALLOWED to take part in Pre-Qualifying:

Jack Keithley Participation confirmed 2012-04-24 10:18:12
Ivar Kalamees Participation confirmed 2012-04-08 11:13:00
Philipp Puschke Participation confirmed 2012-04-18 05:24:02
Peter Duivelaar Participation confirmed 2012-05-30 10:41:3
Eduard Mallorqui Participation confirmed 2012-04-19 12:50:43
Rob van Starkenburg Participation confirmed 2012-04-27 16:25:04
Dimitri De Matos Participation confirmed 2012-05-04 20:26:17
Matteo Vecchioni Participation confirmed 2012-07-17 08:13:42

Following drivers have the right to participate in Pre-Qualifying:

Pre-qualifying Group 1/1 (19):

3. William Woodcock Participation confirmed 2012-07-18 03:14:55
6. Eros Masciulli Participation confirmed 2012-07-24 20:55:30
7. Alban Deslie Participation confirmed 2012-07-25 09:23:15
9. Maurice Brackhahn Participation confirmed 2012-07-25 16:07:09
10. Ivan Hincu Participation confirmed 2012-07-26 14:55:11
11. Luka Oslakovic Participation confirmed 2012-07-26 18:17:32
12. Matheus Participation confirmed 2012-07-27 01:28:14
13. Danny Lubbers Participation confirmed 2012-07-29 22:06:25
14. Roman Ivanov Participation confirmed 2012-07-30 15:57:30
15. Martin Gosbee Driver participation uncertain 2012-08-02 11:49:33
16. Markus Hoffmann Participation confirmed 2012-08-02 17:05:31
17. Cyril Werdmuller Participation confirmed 2012-08-02 20:10:01
19. Fred Gosling Participation confirmed 2012-08-02 20:42:11
21. Michael Francesconi Participation confirmed 2012-08-03 10:05:20
22. Michael Reiter Participation confirmed 2012-08-03 10:15:18
23. Carlos Hernandez Driver participation uncertain 2012-08-03 13:02:19
24. Fabian Guckel Participation confirmed 2012-08-03 15:18:22
25. Pedro Melim Participation confirmed 2012-08-03 17:38:56
26. Marko Vuori Participation confirmed 2012-08-03 18:28:50

Start from back of the grid (1):

Roman Ivanov

Schedule:

Saturday, 18:55 GMT: Server opens
Saturday, 19:05 GMT: Pre-Qualifying Group 1
Saturday, 19:20 GMT: G1 Practice
Saturday, 19:30 GMT: G1 Qualifying 1
Saturday, 19:45 GMT: G1 Qualifying 2
Saturday, 19:50 GMT: G1 Warmup
Saturday, 20:00 GMT: G1 Race Start

 

[John-Eric Saxén]

The Pre-Qualifying session will be 10 minutes in length. The session will be run in Private mode without Parc Ferme. The session will also be closed, this means that it will impossible for people to join while the session is running. The top 18 from Pre-Qualifying will make it in to Grid 1.

The Free Practice session will be 10 minutes in length. Every participating driver should join as soon as possible after the server opens to make sure that they don't miss the start of Qualifying and also to make sure that their game is configured & working properly.

Qualifying will be split to two sessions (10 + 5 minutes). Both sessions will run in non-private mode (all cars will be visible on track at the same time). Qualifying 1 will be run with free setup while Qualifying 2 has Parc Ferme enforced. Parc Ferme will only allow you to change your fuel load, tire compound, engine boost, engine brakemap, front wing angle, steering lock, brake balance and brake pressure after the session is over, so make sure you have your race setup loaded when entering Qualifying 2. Qualifying 2 session will be closed, this means that it will impossible for people to join while the session is running.

The Warmup session will be 10 minutes in length. You can drive freely in the Warmup session to try to get a feel for the heavier car after qualifying on low fuel.

The Race will be 57 laps long. Drive safely during the race, especially at the start and the first lap in general.

Red Flags will NOT be used unless in very specific situations which are specified in the rule documents.

 

[Maurice Brackhahn]

Hey guys, I know it's late but I have to cancel my participation, because I'm ill and I'm not able to drive today. Sorry