8th 1955 F1 Championship - 03 - Nassau Trophy Race

[Mezcua]

Las cosas fueron así
This is how things went

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1 	G. Lopez55 	FER 	2:45.28
2 	C. Loynes55 	LAN 	2:47.94
3 	tagomago55 	LAN 	2:50.09
4 	N. Xug 		MER 	2:54.53

Hoy es día de carreras
esta noche algún español, algún canadiense, algún británico y algún mejicano se reuniran en un Nassau virtual con sus amigos y sus berlinas de carreras de fórmula 1 del año 1955 para pasar un buen rato
Como veis hoy mi café esta muy poético, así que le brindaremos esta carrera a nuestros amigos del reportaje de Nassau Alfonso de Portago y Stirling Moss allá donde estén
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Today is a racing day
tonight some Spaniard, some Canadian, some Briton and some Mexican will meet in a virtual Nassau with their friends and their 1955 Formula 1 racing saloons to have a good time
As you can see today my coffee is very poetic, so we will toast this race to our friends of the Nassau report Alfonso de Portago and Stirling Moss wherever they are

[Clive Loynes]

I had a look at the replay from FP2 and I certainly can't match Gaizka's work rate. So I just have to accept that I will not be able to see him after lap two!

My setup has been developed to prioritise engine survival by avoiding over reving. It means that Gaizka does ten more gear changes than I do in one lap. This also cuts down on the number of opportunities that I have to screw things up!

I will just have to hope that I'm not lapped.


He echado un vistazo a la repetición del FP2 y desde luego no puedo igualar el ritmo de trabajo de Gaizka. ¡Así que tengo que aceptar que no podré verlo después de la segunda vuelta!

Mi configuración ha sido desarrollada para priorizar la supervivencia del motor evitando el exceso de revoluciones. Significa que Gaizka hace diez cambios de marcha más que yo en una vuelta. ¡Esto también reduce la cantidad de oportunidades que tengo para arruinar las cosas!

Sólo tendré que esperar que no me superen.

[Paul_S]

Apart from a few lap with Clive I have not had time for 55 this week.

Looking at the lap times I will be racing with tago

[Mezcua]

Clive has improved

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1 	G. Lopez55 	FER 	2:45.28
2 	C. Loynes55 	LAN 	2:47.33
3 	tagomago55 	LAN 	2:50.09
4 	N. Xug 		MER 	2:54.53

Good luck all for the race

[Clive Loynes]

Great scrap with Paul but I guess that I should have stayed with my low rev approach as when I might finally have got the better of Paul, I lost a valve!

Shame as I was having fun.

[Mezcua]

A pity Clive ... you preapred this one very well

Great racing night at Nassau, Bahamas



Grats Gaiz Enrique and Tago

Thx all for racing

[Paul_S]

Thanks all for racing.

I was having a nice race with Clive. He was faster in some sections, I was faster in others.
When Clive slowed and pulled over I lost concentration and started to have excursions into the undergrowth.
Luckily there is not much to collide with when you go off track here so at least I finished

Well done podium.

Thanks to PDLR for organising and hosting.

See you next race.

[Doni Yourth]

Goodness me but that was a topsy-turvey, upsy-downsy kinda race! I met my goal of a P4 finish but little did I expect the dramas along the way.

The 'G-man', Gaizka, had this one in his back pocket from the get-go. Pole, leading every lap, easy victory and the FTD. Ricky had an entertaining run with some offs and a collision with me but came home in P2 with a best lap in the race not far off Gaizka and well clear of everyone else. Tago nabbed the final podium place after a solid run. Good show, fellas.

A little disappointed with efforts in qualifying that were well over a second off my pre-race trial pace. I had a reasonable launch off the grid to keep Xuggy behind me and picked up a slot early when Tago slipped off on the exit of the Colonial Loop. Still on Lap01, another gift as Ricky went into Dolphin too deep and skated off. I could just hear Ricky screaming, 'AY, CARUMBA!' Over the next few laps, I was surprised to find that I was able to keep up with both Clive and Paul but in all honesty, they were battling so hard with pass and re-pass attempts that they were slowing each other down and allowing me to keep them in sight. This became critical on Lap06 where they both cost each other lots of time and I was right on their tails on the exit of Carlton. Trouble was, all this was allowing Ricky to close back in and he made a stab up the inside at Dolphin. A little optimistic there, imo, with contact that put me off. Ricky, to his credit, checked up to allow me to retake the place. No apparent damage to either of us. I was able to hold of Ricky's Lancia for a lap but soon, he blasted by on Sassoon to take over P4. Major developments on Lap08 as Clive had the engine fail in his Lancia. Bad luck there, Clive. Only moments later, Paul ran very wide out into the heather in the Colonial Loop. In trying to get back onto the runway, he lost traction and arced across the road directly in front of both Ricky and I. Ricky made it through the narrow gap; I didn't. WAMO! A solid midships hit to Paul's Lancia. Rang my bell. It was like the Titanic homing in on that iceberg. I could see it coming but there was nothing I could do to avoid. I managed to recover from this to carry on but GPLRA Mechanical Report notes that I took a lot of damage including the engine. Evidently, Paul's Lancia was unaffected. That duff engine became apparent in short order as both Tago and Paul made easy passes on the straights to follow within a lap. Groan... There were many laps left to run and I tried my best to keep up with the crippled Maser. Coming off Prince George to finish Lap13, I saw some simply enormous tyre tracks leading to the outfield. Uh-oh. Someone has had a wild ride. This turned out to be Paul who arced over in spectacular fashion to get trapped in the outfield by fencing. In scoping the replay, I was both amazed and amused to see that he found a gap in the outer pit wall to regain the track. Paul lost a lot of time here and Xuggy made the most of it by claiming P5.

I set my FTD on Lap02 with the brakes still relatively cool and am surprised to see, trying hard to stay ahead of Xuggy and Paul, that I set a time not far off my qualifying marker on Lap15 even with an engine suffering from constipation.

All in all, a wild & crazy affair.

[Clive Loynes]

Congratulations to Gaizka, Enrique and Tago.

I must have been racing with Paul, on and off, for about twenty years and last night we finally got it right.

55mod is not the easiest platform for a long battle but we each gave the other the required racing room and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Looking forward to Watkins Glen, at least Gaizka shouldn't be four seconds up the road! It isn't long enough!



Enhorabuena a Gaizka, Enrique y Tago.

Debo haber estado corriendo con Paul, intermitentemente, durante unos veinte años y anoche finalmente lo hicimos bien.

55mod no es la plataforma más fácil para una batalla larga, pero cada uno de nosotros le dimos al otro el espacio de carreras necesario y lo disfruté muchísimo.

Esperando con ansias Watkins Glen, ¡al menos Gaizka no debería estar a cuatro segundos del camino! ¡No es suficiente!

[enriquefarina]

I really like this circuit in the Bahamas (I think I'll have to go see it myself one day).
On the other hand MAESTRO MEZCUA, what extraordinary photos and also what a hard life poor Moss has, always in bad company, like all the little Formula 1 drivers... I'm going to organize a trip to the Bahamas one day to see if I can find company similar to that of Sterling... (I doubt that very much)
On the other hand, about the race, well, I arrived home in a hurry after having visited a client, (remember that here in Mexico it's 3 in the afternoon, the time that the server sends).
I didn't have much time to warm up and I qualified, more or less regularly with the little time I had left.
The start, like most of mine, I started slowly but I was able to stay in my position, as it was cold I had forgotten the braking reference in some corners and just as Doni said I shouted (HAY CARUMBA) AND THERE IS . HAY CARAMBA... just change "u" for "a"..hehehehe
but then I started to get into rhythm and lap after lap I went faster and faster, I caught up with Doni again and in an attempt to brake further ahead, he didn't reach me to get inside and I hit him (my fault Doni, an apology)
fortunately without consequences for anyone, I waited for the Ferrari to regain its place and Tago took advantage and got in front of me in a shameless way.......
I put nitro in that Lancia and put pressure on Tago's Lancia, which went a bit long in a corner and I took advantage of that "vile theft" of position.......
I caught up with Doni again and took advantage of the power of the Italian car and on the long straight I was able to pass him, I was trying to catch up with the other two Lancias that were leading... (because I didn't see any Mercedes in 1st place, I only saw two Lancias in 1st and 2nd position... someone mentioned a certain Gaiska, but I didn't see anyone with that name in the race... so I won... umffff... I said...
Anyway, I was slowly cutting Clive and Paul's time, but at some point, I saw Clive stopped in front of the start finish line, and I said to myself, "GOSH" Clive, and then in the 2nd corner, I found Paul in a "kill me" position and as I'm not a killer, I got into the only gap I had to avoid the collision and by a miracle, by a miracle I avoided him... that luck, it wasn't Doni's...
Then it was just running and running and without a single mistake, I managed to take the victory... mmmmmm (earth people victory I mean).
I had a lot of fun, it's actually a great pleasure and not sexual, to virtually race against you, you are true gentlemen.
See you at WG, I hope I don't have to serve any clients...
Hugs

me gusta mucho este circuito en las bahamas ( creo que tendre que ir personalemnte a verlo algun dia).
por otro lado MAESTRO MEZCUA, que extraordinarias fotos y tambien que vida tan sufrida la del pobre moss, siempre mal acompañado, como todos los pilotillos de formula 1... voy a organizar un viaje a las bahamas algun dia a ver si quizas me encuentre compañia similar que la que tiene sterling.....( dudo mucho eso)
por otro lado sobre la carrera, pues, llegue corriendo a la casa despues de haber visitado un cliente, ( acuerdense que aca en mexico son las 3 de la tarde la hora que mandan el servidor).
no me dio mucho tiempo de calentar y clasifique, mas o menos regular con lo poco que me quedaba de tiempo.
la largada como casi todas las mias, sali lento pero me pude quedar en mi puesto, como estaba frio se me habia olvidado la referencia de frenado en algunas curvas y tal como dijo doni grite ( HAY CARAMBA) Y NO HAY CARUMBA..... just change "u" for "a"..hehehehe
pero despues empece a agarrar ritmo y vuelta tras vuelta las daba cada vez mas rapido, volvi a alcanzar a doni y en un intento de frenado mas adelante, no me alcanzo para entrar por mi interior y lo golpee( mi culpa doni, una disculpa)
afortunadamente sin consecuencias para ninguno, espere a que la ferrari volviera a recuperar su lugar y tago aprovecho y se me colo de una forma descarada.......
fue ponerle nitro a ese lancia y presionar al lancia de tago, la cual se fue un poco largo en una curva y aproveche de recuperar ese " vil robo" de posicion.......
volvi alcanzar a doni y aproveche la potencia del auto italiano y en la recta larga lo pude pasar, ya era intentar alcanzar a los otros dos lancias que estaban liderando...( por que yo no vi ningun mercedes en el 1 puesto,.. solo vi a dos lancias en la 1 y 2 posicion...alguien menciono un tal gaiska, pero yo no vi a nadie con ese nombre en la carrera....asi que yo gane.....umffff ....he dicho.....
en fin estaba poco a poco recortandole tiempo clive y paul, pero en algun momento, vi detenido a clive al frente de la linea de start finish, y me dije, "CARAMBA" clive, y despues en la 2 curva, me encontre a paul en pocision de " matame" y como no soy asesino, me meti por el unico hueco que tenia para evitar la colicion y de milagro, pero de milagro lo esquive.......esa suerte, no la tuvo doni......
despues fue correr y correr y sin un solo error, me logre alzar con la victoria.......mmmmm ( victoria terrestre me refiero).
me diverti mucho, en realidad es un gran placer y no sexual, correr virtualmente contra ustedes, son unos verdaderos caballeros.
nos vemos en WG, espero no tener que atender a algun cliente...
abrazos

[Paul_S]

Paul ran very wide out into the heather in the Colonial Loop. In trying to get back onto the runway, he lost traction and arced across the road directly in front of both Ricky and I. Ricky made it through the narrow gap; I didn't. WAMO! A solid midships hit to Paul's Lancia. Rang my bell. It was like the Titanic homing in on that iceberg. I could see it coming but there was nothing I could do to avoid.

Sorry about that Doni.
I lost control of the car

I am glad you could continue to the finish even though you lost some power.