Since there has been so much discussion about what lap times you can
and cannot turn at Imola with the standard setup, I thought we could
have a little challenge.
Let's see who IS the fastest driver at Imola. There are a few rules
that one must follow:
1) Practice and Qualifying time must be set to 15 mins.
2) The default setup must be used:
FW=40 RW=40 Brakes=0 24 32 39 46 53 61
3) The human car's HP must be set to 716.
4) For Practice, C tires must be used.
5) For Qualifying, Q tires must be used.
6) The 15 min Practice session is the only time you are allowed to
drive on the track with this setup. Use this time to adjust to the
setup and get warmed up for the Q tires.
7) The 15 min Qualifying session is the only time you are allowed to
drive with Q tires on the car. You may use as many or as few Q
tires as you want.
Hint - The 15 min session probably won't be long enough to get
through all 4 sets of tires anyway.
8) Use GPLAP to record your times. Also send the authentication code
for your fastest laps.
9) DO NOT MAIL YOUR TIMES TO ME. Upload them here in public for
everybody to grope over. It's only for fun anyway (and bragging
rights, of course ;).
That's it.
PS - This is all based on the honor system. If you want to send in time,
please be honest about it. We'll know if you cheated anyway. ;)
To get the ball rolling, I thought I'd start by sending my lap charts.
Here they are (don't go by the name, I'm not really Carlos ;):
Pos Car Lap Driver Lap Time Best Lap Race Time Avg Speed
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thu 19 Jan 1995 1:49am
Imola, San Marino
F - *1 0 Carlos Sanchez Pit Out
Wings:F40/R40 Brake-Bias:R0 Gears:24,32,39,46,53,61 Tyres:C
F - *1 1 Carlos Sanchez -:--.--- -:--.---
F 1 *1 2 Carlos Sanchez 1:22.390 1:22.390!FL 136.85mph
F 1 *1 3 Carlos Sanchez 1:21.391 1:21.391!FL 138.53mph
F 1 *1 4 Carlos Sanchez 1:22.270 1:21.391 137.05mph
F 1 *1 5 Carlos Sanchez 1:21.462 1:21.391 138.41mph
F 1 *1 6 Carlos Sanchez 1:20.563 1:20.563!FL 139.95mph
F 1 *1 7 Carlos Sanchez 1:21.057 1:20.563 139.10mph
F 1 *1 8 Carlos Sanchez 1:20.072 1:20.072!FL 140.81mph
F 1 *1 9 Carlos Sanchez 1:24.601 1:20.072 133.27mph
F 1 *1 10 Carlos Sanchez 1:23.625 1:20.072 134.83mph
Q - *1 0 Carlos Sanchez Pit Out
Wings:F40/R40 Brake-Bias:R0 Gears:24,32,39,46,53,61 Tyres:Q
Q - *1 1 Carlos Sanchez -:--.--- -:--.---
Q 1 *1 2 Carlos Sanchez 1:19.142 1:19.142!FQ 142.46mph
Q 1 *1 3 Carlos Sanchez 1:18.968 1:18.968!FQ 142.78mph
Q - *1 0 Carlos Sanchez Pit Out
Wings:F40/R40 Brake-Bias:R0 Gears:24,32,39,46,53,61 Tyres:Q
Q 1 *1 1 Carlos Sanchez -:--.--- 1:18.968
Q 1 *1 2 Carlos Sanchez 1:19.381 1:18.968 142.03mph
Q 1 *1 3 Carlos Sanchez 1:19.055 1:18.968 142.62mph
Q - *1 0 Carlos Sanchez Pit Out
Wings:F40/R40 Brake-Bias:R0 Gears:24,32,39,46,53,61 Tyres:Q
Q 1 *1 1 Carlos Sanchez -:--.--- 1:18.968
Q 1 *1 2 Carlos Sanchez 1:19.100 1:18.968 142.54mph
Player's Laps
Practice: 0
Free Practice: 10
Qualifying: 8
Pre-race Practice: 0
Race: 0
Best Practice lap authentication:
Imola, San Marino
1:20.072 Carlos Sanchez BHP:716 AIG:1 Ace,S,T 19-Jan-95 2:02am
AUTH1:[0321C8380100CC0201C0042602021301CB074361726C]
AUTH2:[6F732053616E6368657A00000000000000000000B16C]
Best Qualifying lap authentication:
Imola, San Marino
1:18.968 Carlos Sanchez BHP:716 AIG:1 Ace,S,T 19-Jan-95 2:10am
AUTH1:[032278340100CC0201C004010A021301CB074361726C]
AUTH2:[6F732053616E6368657A0000000000000000000033FD]
I was right in the middle of a good qualfying run when the session ended
on me. I think that I would have had another 1m18 lap, but the time ran
out as I was on my way to Variante Bassa. Man, another 10s and I
probably would have had another 1m18.
Overall, this is not really a bad setup to drive on this track. It
handles about the same as my regular setup (which I can run 1m16.0s laps
with). I found it to have only a slight push. I'd have expected it to
really push bad, but that wasn't the case.
As you can tell by my Practice times, this car is not very consistent on
C tires. I did a LOT better as far as consistancy is concerned once the
Q tires went on.
So, as you can see, 1m18s laps are indeed possible with the default setup
at Imola.
Who's next??
