RaceResults
Fastest Lap: Jody Scheckter - 1:30.683
Drive of the Race: Jody Scheckter - The three stop strategy looked like the poorer option on paper, but Scheckter drove flawlessly to take a convincing victory.
Reject of the Race: Tyrrell - The pace is there this season, but reliability isn't. Two finishes in 10 starts is atrocious.
Scheckter got a brilliant start from pole, with Sneva slotting in behind, but Depailler lost out to an extremely fast-starting Reutemann, who vaulted from 8th to 3rd by turn one. The Lotuses also found themselves going backwards, with both cars falling behind Clay Regazzoni and his ten foot wide Williams. At the back of the pack, Mikko Kozarowitzky tangled with Gianfranco Brancatelli, ending his race half a lap in.
Depailler would soon get past Sneva, and that's how the race would stay until the stops - with the McLarens caught in an intra-team imbroglio, Scheckter was able to eke out a 10 second gap by the time he came in. Thomas Nurmester would get past Regazzoni unscathed, and set about catching Jacques Laffite, buyt Mario Andretti wouldn't be so fortunate; the American running off the track in an uncharacteristic error, forcing an early and costly pit stop for a new front wing.
As the stops unfolded, it soon became clear the differing strategy betweent he two teams - Scheckter was on a 3 stop, Sneva and Depailler on a 2, and Reutemann was set to react to whatever seemed best at the time. Sneva would inherit the lead when Scheckter stopped, bu the South African would chase him down and pass him again, forcing McLaren to try something different: a 50 lap final stint for the Gas Man. However, even with a full tank, it wasn't quite enough - despite having to fend off Depailler, Scheckter would pass Sneva with 15 laps to go to take victory in Belgium. A victory in memory of the late Niki Lauda.
Further down the field, Carlos Reutemann would lose his initial race pace somewhere after his first stop, with trouble clearing traffic consigning him to a distant fourth place. Jacques Laffite backed up third in Spain with a fifth place finish, James Hunt beat both Williams drivers to the final point, Mario Andretti recovered to finish a brilliant 9th, and Renault failed to finish again.
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XXIX BRDC International TrophyThe preimer non-championsip F1 race will again return to Silverstone for the 29th running of the event. There are 28 spots up for grabs, and entries are now
open! Only 26 cars can start the race, so if a maximum entry of 28 is reached, 2 cars will fail to qualify.
FOCA team (Full time teams) entries are capped to
6 teams. These 12 entries will be kept aside for FOCA entries.
Privateer teams must also enter
2 cars, all remaining entries are open to Privateers.
In addition, you may enter non-championship, F2/F3/ShellSport teams. These teams may run
one or two cars, but are limited to using the Lola T380 chassis and Ford Cosworth '75 engines. These teams will not be assigned budgets. The number of one car teams must be even when entries close, so I reserve the right to remove any entry to make the simulation work.
Entries will be assigned on a first-come first-serve basis.
A flat travel fee of
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Any driver currently signed to drive for all races for a team (including privateers) will automatically race for you if you so choose in the Trophy. You are free to sign different drivers, however, they will be subject to an RNG. Drivers for non-champiosnhip teams will also be subject to RNG. Wages do
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