Race #14, Abu Dhabi: Race Briefing

David Dominguez · Oct 20, 2012

Welcome to the 13th race of the FSR 2012 World Trophy season at Korea! 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:

Remember to join the game with the FSR Manager software running, as described in the pre-raceand post-race procedures
A pre-qualifying session is organized (see the schedule and listings below)
Due to the number of allocated drivers being 6, Grid 2 race is not organized this time

Following drivers (7) have automatically gained the right to race in Grid 1. The listed drivers are NOT ALLOWED to take part in Pre-Qualifying:

Mark Aalberts
Ville Leppälä
Zoltan Csuti
Danny van der Niet
Armando Morra
Franz Schnyder
Eduard Kõre

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

Pre-qualifying Group (27):

1.Chris de JongParticipation confirmed2012-10-07 02:12:28
2.Scott WildeParticipation confirmed2012-10-07 09:35:34
3.Rens KlopParticipation confirmed2012-10-07 10:14:49
4.Jonathan HolmesParticipation confirmed2012-10-07 14:35:17
5.Milan RadivojevicParticipation confirmed2012-10-07 14:36:02
6.JacksonParticipation confirmed2012-10-08 06:47:20
7.Mikko SuokasParticipation confirmed2012-10-08 07:49:20
8.Jan Phillip SchmidtParticipation confirmed2012-10-08 10:36:08
9.Martial ThomasParticipation confirmed2012-10-08 21:03:04
10.Jan WenningerParticipation confirmed2012-10-10 14:29:46
11.Ron SquireParticipation confirmed2012-10-10 16:52:57
12.Drazen CokorParticipation confirmed2012-10-11 13:13:10
13.Theodoros EziroglouParticipation confirmed2012-10-11 21:50:46
14.Brian OatesParticipation confirmed2012-10-12 08:49:47
16.Mo SelvarajahParticipation confirmed2012-10-12 21:13:39
20.Sam JonesParticipation confirmed2012-10-16 19:06:57
23.Javier AlvarezParticipation confirmed2012-10-18 10:33:44
24.Sebastiano FilosaParticipation confirmed2012-10-18 12:10:21
25.Daniel KissParticipation confirmed2012-10-18 14:56:02
27.Tuomas KorialaParticipation confirmed2012-10-18 17:59:33
28.Todor VasilevParticipation confirmed2012-10-18 19:50:08
29.Gennaro CelientoParticipation confirmed2012-10-19 16:05:47
30.Vittorio FalcoDriver participation uncertain2012-10-19 16:16:28
31.arnaudParticipation confirmed2012-10-19 18:05:29
32.Ben TustingParticipation confirmed2012-10-19 19:32:06
33.Gilberto ColomboParticipation confirmed2012-10-19 20:25:04
34.Paul BerndtParticipation confirmed2012-10-19 21:29:58

Start from back of the grid:

Andrea Danese
Benjamin Burmeister
Diogo Silva
Francisco Oliveira
Juan Nicola
Ralph van Roeckel
Jarl Teien
Miguel Cardoso
Lee Harrison
Tim Brook
Paul Berdnt
Mathieu Jaminet
Arnaud Le Bruchec

License Status:

Alex Novo - 1 Penalty Points
Martial Thomas - 2.5 Penalty Points
Juan Nicola - 2 Penalty Points
Thomas Martens - 0.5 Penalty Points
Theodoros Eziroglou - 2 Penalty Points
Chris de Jong - 1.5 Penalty Points
Franz Schnyder - 2 Penalty Points
Gennaro Celiento - 2.5 Penalty Points
James Peutherer - 1 Penalty Points
Jan Wenninger - 1 Penalty Points
Maximilian Melamed - 0.5 Penalty Points
Milan Radivojevic - 1 Penalty Points
Mo Selvarajah - 1.5 Penalty Points
Nick Fischer - 2 Penalty Points
Paul Berdnt - 0.5 Penalty Points
Petar Brljak - 1 Penalty Point
Sami Pesari - 0.5 Penalty Points
Sebastiano Filosa - 1 Penalty Point
Tommy Nilsson - 0.5 Penalty Points
Tuomas Koriala - 1.5 Penalty Points
Todor Vasilev - 0.5 Penalty Points

Schedule:

Saturday, 13:00 GMT: Pre-Qualifying
Saturday, 13:20 GMT: G1 Practice
Saturday, 13:30 GMT: G1 Qualifying 1
Saturday, 13:45 GMT: G1 Qualifying 2
Saturday, 13:50 GMT: G1 Warmup
Saturday, 14:00 GMT: G1 Race Start
Saturday, 15:30 GMT: G2 Practice
Saturday, 15:50 GMT: G2 Warmup
Saturday, 16:00 GMT: G2 Race Start

The Pre-Qualifying session will be 10 minutes in length. The session will be run in Private mode without Parc Ferme. The sessions will also be closed, this means that it will impossible for people to join while the session is running. The top 19 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 42 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.

Mo Selvarajah · Oct 20, 2012

why am i starting from the back of the grid?????

David Dominguez · Oct 20, 2012

Edited, I forgot to remove your name in the last round.

Tume · Oct 20, 2012

Hey, want to ask about cutting at several places, so, allowed or not?

http://imageshack.us/g/1/9821952/

Mo Selvarajah · Oct 20, 2012

RandomnessInside said:
Hey, want to ask about cutting at several places, so, allowed or not?

http://imageshack.us/g/1/9821952/

yeh i had similar questions.
The white lines run on the INSIDE Of the kerbs here.

Its 2 wheels inside the white lines right?

So if theres kerb on the outside of the line, you can't have all 4 wheels outside the white line, but 2 on the kerb -
Correct?
Can anyone confirm?

Also just want to say...this is the worst track in motorsport. And unfortunately brings out the worst in rfactors physics too.......
Kerbs and low speed traction zones + rfactor = fail.#

EDITED
Rules:

14.1 The race "track" is considered the main asphalt surface generally bounded by white lines, grass,
walls or curbing. Curbs are usually painted in blue/white, green/white or red/white colors. Curbs are
considered part of the track. The green or grey solid or grasscrete surfaces on the inside of the curbs
are NOT to be considered as part of the curbs. It is pretty clear and self explanatory using common
sense at most tracks, but if you do have any doubts then don't hesitate to clear it up with questions to
the Race Director. The aim of the league is competition on a fair and level playing field. So all
aspects of rules and definitions must be respected and obeyed by all drivers so that the competition
does remain even to all. On corners where the inner edge is cut across, at least two wheels must
remain continually in contact with the defined "track" during their entire passage through the curve.
The same basic outline is used to measure running wide. The Race Director may set up exceptions
of the above mentioned rules for certain corners which will be announced on the forums.

So judging by that - YOU CAN HAVE ALL 4 WHEELS OUTSIDE THE WHITE LINES.
As Long as 2 wheels are on the Kerb, because Kerb is defined as part of the track.

ADMINISTRATOR - PLease clarify this assumption?
I got a penalty after the race last year for exactly this problem.

thanks.