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In the annals of vintage sim racing, the GPL 6 Main Championship at THR stands out as a remarkable testament to the spirit of competition and camaraderie reminiscent of the Gentleman Drivers era. This championship, a battleground for Pro drivers, was more than just a series of races; it was a celebration of skill, strategy, and the sheer passion for motorsport, all played out on the virtual reincarnations of some of the most iconic tracks in racing history.

From the high-speed straights of Monza to the challenging curves of the Nordschleife, drivers battled not just against each other, but against the legacy of the tracks themselves. The championship was structured to reward not just the victors but also to recognize the consistency and effort of all participants, with a points system that ensured every position fought for on the track had value.

At the pinnacle of this intense competition were five drivers whose performances were nothing short of spectacular, each with their own narrative of triumph and perseverance.

Simone Porcu, in his Lotus 49, demonstrated an unrivaled comeback story. Despite not starting in the initial races, Porcu's unyielding determination saw him dominating the latter half of the season. His series of victories, accumulating to a total of 271 points, was a testament to the fact that in racing, the final victory is reserved for those who never give up.

Pete Bondurant, another Lotus 49 enthusiast, showcased the power of consistency. With strategic placements and a keen sense of the races, Bondurant amassed 255 points. His journey was a blend of calculated risks and consistent performance, proving that in the long run, reliability can rival sheer speed.

FMG, behind the wheel of the Honda RA300, emerged as the championship's dark horse. With a total of 239 points, his journey was marked by high finishes and strategic recoveries, especially notable after a race where he scored no points. His performance underscored the championship's unpredictability and the ever-present opportunity for redemption.

Pitman, also in a Lotus 49, displayed a masterclass in strategic racing throughout the championship. His approach, focusing on consistency over outright speed, paid dividends, earning him a place among the elite with 224 points. Pitman's season was marked by intelligent racecraft and an ability to capitalize on the opportunities presented by the unpredictable nature of racing.

Kari Uotila's season was a masterclass in perseverance. In the competitive cockpit of his Lotus 49, Uotila's steady accumulation of points, culminating in a total of 221, illustrated the adage that consistency is key, and every race is an opportunity to edge closer to the top.

Detailed Results from every Race Weekend can be found here:
https://simresults.net/remote?results=http://5.75.183.156:8772/championship/449065b5-b32c-4272-86ed-64464962a741/export-results

All Races can be rewatched via this playlist:

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The GPL 6 Main Championship was more than just a competition; it was a homage to the golden era of racing, where the respect among drivers was as important as the races themselves. Each participant, especially the top five finishers, embodied the essence of this bygone era, proving that even in the virtual world, the spirit of motorsport is very much alive and thriving. This championship wasn't just a series of races; it was a chapter in the ongoing story of racing, where passion, skill, and respect for the sport and its history continue to drive competitors to new heights.


At the heart of an electrifying race, the circuit bore witness to a dramatic battle for supremacy among the top drivers, each vying for the coveted top positions. The initial grid was led by Simone Porcu in the Lotus 49, with Phil Noobson in the Ferrari 312 and Pete Bondurant, also in a Lotus 49, following closely. This set the stage for a thrilling contest that unfolded over the laps that followed.

Throughout the race, the lead changed hands multiple times, with each driver showcasing their skills and strategy to gain an advantage. Simone Porcu, starting from pole position, demonstrated exceptional control and pace, managing to fend off challenges and maintain a significant presence at the forefront of the race. His performance was not just about speed but also about consistency, which was evident in his fastest lap of 1:44.967, a testament to his exceptional driving prowess.

Pete Bondurant, who started third, put up a fierce fight, pushing his Lotus 49 to its limits. His determination was visible in his relentless pursuit of the leader, marked by his best lap time of 1:45.234. Bondurant's strategy and skill allowed him to navigate the track's complexities with precision, ensuring he remained a constant threat to the leaders.

Florian Masse, in the Ferrari 312, displayed a commendable performance, climbing from his starting position to secure a place among the top finishers. His race was characterized by strategic overtaking and consistent lap times, with his best lap being 1:45.740. Masse's ability to maintain his pace and capitalize on opportunities as they arose was crucial to his success in the race.

Stefano Bucci, also behind the wheel of a Lotus 49, showcased his racing acumen by making significant gains during the race. Starting further down the grid, Bucci's aggressive yet calculated approach saw him navigating through the field to finish among the top competitors. His best lap time of 1:45.661 was indicative of his speed and ability to keep up with the front runners.

Pitman, piloting another Lotus 49, rounded out the top finishers with a commendable drive. Starting from a mid-field position, Pitman's consistent performance and strategic decisions on the track saw him making up positions to finish in a commendable place. His best lap time of 1:45.869 highlighted his capability to compete at the highest level.

This race was not just about speed but also about the strategic nuances that come with motorsport. Each driver's approach to tire management, pit stops, and overtaking played a significant role in their final standings. The race was a testament to the skill, strategy, and sheer determination of the drivers, making it a memorable event for fans and participants alike.

The summary table below encapsulates the triumphs and challenges of the top 5 finishers, offering a snapshot of their performance in this gripping race:

NameCarTotal TimeBest Lap
Simone PorcuLotus 4960:12.5191:44.967
Pete BondurantLotus 4960:19.4491:45.234
Florian MasseFerrari 31260:30.3821:45.740
Stefano BucciLotus 4960:33.8991:45.661
PitmanLotus 4960:34.4771:45.869

This table reflects not only their achievements in terms of timing but also their resilience and adaptability in the face of the dynamic challenges presented by the race.

Podium

T Muttram
Jake Feimster
Tyler van Beek

Qualifying Results
Detailed Race Results

Race Report

Welcome to Zandvoort, the iconic track that has been a favorite among racers since its opening in 1948. Yesterday, we took a trip back in time to 1970, as the THR Vintage Simracing Community hosted a race at this legendary circuit. The community drove the Formula 1970 cars, which gave us an exciting and challenging race.

The qualifying session saw Florian Masse claim pole position with an impressive lap time of 01:16.1200, closely followed by Simone Porcu (who drove over 600 laps during the qualifiyng week) and T Muttram in second and third positions, respectively.

As the race began, the roar of the engines echoed across the track, and the drivers made their way towards the first corner. Masse got off to a good start and stayed in the lead. In the following 20 laps, Masse and Muttram fought for position one and due to there different setups Masse faced troubles with his tyres much earlier. After an exciting battle T Muttram, overtook Masse in the Hugenholtzbocht.

Meanwhile, Florian Masse suffered a setback after he decided to get new tyers from the pits and had to settle for sixth place, while Simone Porcu and Elia Porcu had a close battle for the second position, with Jake Feimster, Tyler Van Beek, and Carlo Pedersoli not far behind.

As the laps went by, Muttram continued to lead the race, setting an impressive pace and extending his lead. Feimster and Van Beek also showed impressive pace, steadily moving up the field and challenging the Porcu brothers for the podium positions.

In the end, it was T Muttram who crossed the finish line first, after 46 laps of intense racing. He took the checkered flag with a time of 01:00:49.7820, having led for 25 of the race's laps. Feimster finished in second place, 18.602 seconds behind Muttram, with Van Beek claiming the final podium position, a further 17.136 seconds behind Feimster.

Carlo Pedersoli and Pitman completed the top five, while Florian Masse finished in sixth place after experiencing some issues with his car. It was a thrilling and exciting race, showcasing the skills and dedication of the THR Vintage Simracing Community.

Zandvoort, with its fast and flowing corners, proved to be an ideal setting for this vintage race, and the Formula 1970 cars were perfectly suited to the track. With such a talented group of drivers, the race was always going to be an exciting affair, and it certainly lived up to expectations. Congratulations to T Muttram on his well-deserved victory and to all the drivers who participated in this fantastic event.

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Quotes from our members race reports

What an amazing battle! 30 minutes of nose to tail battling until I finally got into a position to make a pass stick.
Around the outside of Tarzan none the less!

Tim Muttram

what a nightmare this race was… Congrats @Tim you managed your setup and the race perfectly

Florian Masse

Puh, that was the hardest race since a long time.
I have headaches since yesterday and it was so difficult to stay concentrated under this conditions.
I am glad that I was able to finish (on P5) with the dead tyres.

pitman

I really enjoyed how the tires behaved towards the end of the race.

Simon Meisinger

Congrats to the winners and podium finishers of the race!

And many thanks to every participant. It was a pleasure to have you on track!
(There are some open incidents which might inflict the results afterwards.)


The detailed standings (including the given penalties) can be found here:
http://5.75.183.156:8772/championship/a7c7ef25-fb2c-42e3-a5b7-c80989c621d6?server=4

For more information about the Championship itself follow this link:
F1 1970 Championship



Our TCL 60 championship is over and we have two new champions.

meisterJäger won class 1
Gasklep won class 2

Congratulations for your awesome performances!

If I am informed correctly this is the first championship win for both drivers.
This means that both receive a gift from our ⁠thr-shop.

In class 1 the podium was completed by Flashor and Valentin Knechtel.
And in class 2 Pez claimed P2 and Nat Stevenson P3.
Many congratulations also to you!

Many thanks to all the championship participants.

From my opinion this was a great championship, with great tracks, great fights and some entertaining races. I hope the next championships will be as good!

Podium - Class A | Race 1 and Race 2

pitmanValentin Knechtel
Valentin Knechtelpitman
meisterjägerFlashor

Podium - Class B | Race 1 and Race 2

GasklepAnthony Ruffat
Nat StevensonGerard Clementine
Anthony RuffatNat Stevenson

Detailed Result - Qualifying
Detailed Result - Race 1
Detailed Result - Race 2

Live stream from the race

Please excuse the stuttering in the video. We have upgraded our streaming pc some weeks after this race.

Quotes from our members race reports

gg all. Congrats Anthony on Race 2. Nice racing.

Nat Stevenson

Intense races ! But what a frustration to see these damn Mustang go away in the straight line...

Flow

Thank you very much and congratulations to you, it was very hard to keep you behind me haha..

Anthony Ruffat

thanks for the battles @Steve Hayward @Flow @Rolf Biber most fun i have had this season

franglais

GREAT! JUHU! First wind since a longer time. Tastes good.

pitman

Congrats to the winners and podium finishers of the race!

And many thanks to every participant. It was a pleasure to have you on track!
(There are some open incidents which might inflict the results afterwards.)


The detailed standings (including the given penalties) can be found here:
https://bit.ly/TCL-60s-Championship-II

For more information about the Championship itself follow this link:
60s Touring Car Legends Championship



Podium - Class A | Race 1 and Race 2

FlashorPete Bondurant
HappyKoyotFlashor
Valentin Knechtelmeisterjäger

Podium - Class B | Race 1 and Race 2

GasklepNat Stevenson
Nat StevensonAlessandro Bezzi
Jorge Vidallucent

Detailed Result - Qualifying
Detailed Result - Race 1
Detailed Result - Race 2

Live stream from the race

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Quotes from our members race reports

Congrats to everyone who survived this and congrats to the winners.

meisterjäger

Yeah, we probably all made a couple of mistakes this evening. Coongrats to Pete for holding it all together in the second and most important race.

Steve Hayward

I'm sorry to everyone who got involved in the big crash of race 2, in the village. Due to a small mistake i ruined many peoples race. Congrats to everyone who survived this track.

Flashor

Good fun in race 1 all, particularly the late fight with @Pete Bondurant and @Tyler Van Beek.

Valentin Knechtel

Congrats to the winners and podium finishers of the race!

And many thanks to every participant. It was a pleasure to have you on track!
(There are some open incidents which might inflict the results afterwards.)


The detailed standings (including the given penalties) can be found here:
https://bit.ly/TCL-60s-Championship-II

For more information about the Championship itself follow this link:
60s Touring Car Legends Championship



Podium

Potatohedron
Adamike99
Florian Masse

Qualifying Results
Detailed Race Results

Race Report

6th race of the 1991 F1 season took us to Japan, on the mythical Suzuka circuit. 18 entrants were competing for the win but it was the inevitable Jayden HW who once again took pole position. Followed by Ony and Adamike99, it was a Ligier trio that locked the front grid.

The current choice of tires was split between medium and hards, letting us think that some might think one stop could be faster.

The start went very clean while the most noticeable thing might have been Rolf Biber and Tom Zeeuw gaining several positions in the first corners while Vanderspeed and Tyler Van Beek went into unfortunate spins.
As a good battle was on its way, Adamike99 lost the car in the Spoon curve, then Pitman's visor broke lose and sent him off track in the Snake. It was Florian Masse turn one lap after to hit the wall in the first corner, meaning that 3rd, 4th and 5th drivers on the grid crashed right at the beginning of the race. Potatohedron needed no more to secure his position hight on the board as he went also ahead of Linus Jonsson.
At the back, Evegeny Morozov suffered a difficult start despite a good qualification at P10 and retired early, as well as Gilvil77 and Tyler Van Beek.

Approaching mid race meant that medium started to wear out and the pit stop ball gets underway. Fresh new tires allowed several drivers to climb up the leaderboard until the end that saw a dramatic outcome. A mechanical failure forced Jayden HM to pit, losing his first place to Potatohedron, who had a particularly consistent race while Adamike99 overtook Florian Masse in the last lap for the 2nd position. Race results showed also a very good race from Tom Zeeum, Doenerfan and Pete Bodurant, gaining 12, 6 and 5 positions compared to the starting grid.
Best lap was claimed by Ony and his Ligier.

(Race Report written by Florian Masse)

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Quotes from our members race reports

florian that was awesome fight at the end

Adamike

game crashed but i at least had a good fight with Tomzee

Jayden HW

Yeah I definitely had some moments, car was very nervous in the slow sections

Potatohedron

That was really cool but you were so fast ! I couldn't do nothing... Anyway I enjoyed every minute of this race. The car was good, the feeling was great and the track is so fun !

Florian Masse

Congrats to the winners and podium finishers of the race!

And many thanks to every participant. It was a pleasure to have you on track!
(There are some open incidents which might inflict the results afterwards.)


The detailed standings (including the given penalties) can be found here:
https://bit.ly/F1-1991-Championship

For more information about the Championship itself follow this link:
F1 1991 Championship



Podium - Class A | Race 1 and Race 2

meisterjägermeisterjäger
Valentin KnechtelValentin Knechtel
pitmanDarren O'Mara

Podium - Class B | Race 1 and Race 2

Nik LikarNik Likar
Fabian FabekFabian Fabek
GasklepGasklep

Detailed Result - Qualifying
Detailed Result - Race 1
Detailed Result - Race 2

Live stream from the race

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Quotes from our members race reports

Congrats @meisterJäger to the wins! Fully deserved them!

Flashor

No problem so it was very interesting and close last lap.

meisterjäger

Considering my few practice laps, I got two unexpected results today: P3 and P4. Nice results. I am happy and will grab a beer now. Many thanks to my Mustang

pitman

Nice race, a lot of fun

gilvil

Congrats to the winners and podium finishers of the race!

And many thanks to every participant. It was a pleasure to have you on track!
(There are some open incidents which might inflict the results afterwards.)


The detailed standings (including the given penalties) can be found here:
https://bit.ly/TCL-60s-Championship-II

For more information about the Championship itself follow this link:
60s Touring Car Legends Championship



Podium

Jayden HW
Nik Likar
Adamike99

Qualifying Results
Detailed Race Results

Race Report

For this 5th race of the 1991 F1 season, we move to Portugal on the picturesque circuit of Estoril.

Inevitable since we started at Interlagos, Jayden HW qualified on pole, followed on the front row by pitman.
After a clean start, it’s Campbell MacDonald who launches himself the best, climbing from P18 to P14 in one lap. Lap 2, however, is more turbulent, as Florian Masse spin in Curva 3 and fall from P4 to P14, while Vanderspeed crashes at Parabolica Interior and Natan Veksler locks the brakes, making contact with Evgeny Morozov and Technoluddite at Orelha.

The first half of the race shows and incredible pace from Jayden HW, who create a comfortable 20sec gap with his follower, Nik Likar. At halftime, the pack is still grouped from 2nd to 9th place, before the pit stop routine. Indeed, the grid was divided between the choice of Hard and Medium tyres. However, the choice of Hard tyres did not seem to pay off as the race pace on these tyres collapsed earlier than expected.

Anyway, the battle went on until the finish line as Nik Likar and Adamike99 fought it out for 2nd position, while gilvil77 and Linus Jonsson chased Pete Bondurant for 5th. At the end of the race, Jayden HW, Nik Likar and Adamike99 complete the podium. Linus Jonsson takes the best lap in 1.14.8 and Tom Zeeuw makes an impressive recovery, finishing 8th, 13 position higher than his starting position.

Live stream from the race

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Quotes from our members race reports

damn this was hardest race of this league so far at least for me

Adamike

no stop wonder > lets go

Jayden HW

I wanted to no stop but the tires just died.

SpeedingRed

Congrats to the winners and podium finishers of the race!

And many thanks to every participant. It was a pleasure to have you on track!
(There are some open incidents which might inflict the results afterwards.)


The detailed standings (including the given penalties) can be found here:
https://bit.ly/F1-1991-Championship

For more information about the Championship itself follow this link:
F1 1991 Championship



Podium - Class A | Race 1 and Race 2

Valentin KnechtelFlorian Masse
Tyler van BeekTyler von Beek
FlashormeisterJäger

Podium - Class B | Race 1 and Race 2

GasklepGeorge
GeorgeAlessandro Bezzi
Mueeslilucent

Detailed Result - Qualifying
Detailed Result - Race 1
Detailed Result - Race 2


Quotes from our members race reports

was so physical

nicohuck

Ho my ! That was exhausting...

Flow

never felt that slow with the Mustang on any track…

Duderei

Amazing 2nd race with the Alfa's that was a serious battles

MackAttack

Crazy races! With a lot of nice fights.

meisterJäger

Congrats to the winners and podium finishers of the race!

And many thanks to every participant. It was a pleasure to have you on track!
(There are some open incidents which might inflict the results afterwards.)


The detailed standings (including the given penalties) can be found here:
https://bit.ly/TCL-60s-Championship-II

For more information about the Championship itself follow this link:
60s Touring Car Legends Championship