rFactor 2 Round 2 Clermont Ferrand 1965 - Tue Jul 7, 2026

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CLERMONT FERRAND 1965

The Circuit de Charade, also known as Circuit Louis Rosier and Circuit Clermont-Ferrand, is a motorsport race track in Saint-Genès-Champanelle near Clermont-Ferrand in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. The circuit, built around the base of an extinct volcano, was known for its challenging layout which favored the most skillful drivers and motorcyclists. It hosted the French Grand Prix four times and the French motorcycle Grand Prix ten times.

Circuit history
There had been local interest in motorsport racing beginning with proposals in 1908 for a race on a street circuit, although the proposals were never enacted. Efforts were renewed after the Second World War when the President of the Sports Association of the Automobile Club of Auvergne, Jean Auchatraire, and accomplished racer Louis Rosier designed a course by adapting pre-existing roads around the Puy de Dôme, an extinct volcano which dominated the city skyline. Construction began in May 1957 and the first race was held in July 1958 when an endurance race was won by Innes Ireland in a Lotus 1100, and a Formula Two race won by Maurice Trintignant in a Cooper T43.

Originally, the 8.055 km (5.005 mi) long circuit was described as an even twistier and faster version of the Nürburgring. With a relentless number of sharp curves and elevation changes and with almost no discernible straights, the circuit was both feared and respected by competitors. The sinuous track layout caused some drivers like Jochen Rindt in the 1969 French Grand Prix to complain of motion sickness, and wore open face helmets just in case. Despite the numerous curves, the track was relatively fast with Chris Amon setting the lap record in a Matra MS120 with a 167 km/h (104 mph) average during the 1972 French Grand Prix.

In his 1969 book Motor Cycle Racing, Peter Carrick wrote:

The French Grand Prix circuit at Clermont Ferrand was seen to be in complete contrast to the lap at Monza, when it was first used in 1959: the longest straight was 590 m (650 yd) and a variety of really tight corners quickly demonstrated—or exposed—a rider's skill!


SRO Formula One 1967 Grand Prix Series - Round 3 of 6 - Clermont Ferrand

 

RACE ALERT NOTES

1. We will not be doing a full formation lap on Clermont-Ferrand, but a partial short formation lap.
The race starts on the exit of Turn 3 "Manson".



2. Be careful not to cross the white pit lane line on the start straight with any wheel, or you will get a pit lane speeding penalty.

 

Please try this link: Clermont Ferrand v0.46
Consider joining the series. We need a few more guys.

 

DRIVERS BRIEFING

1. Clermont Ferrand 1965 Conditions
a) The race will start at 01:00 PM (in-game time of course).
b) Time acceleration is normal. Fuel = normal, tyres = normal.
c) Cut Track points are set to 20.
d) 100% damage.
e) The weather sunny and dry.
f) Qualifying is 1 hour and starts at 18:00 GMT. At 19:00 GMT the server will advance to Warm-up.

2. This event has a formation lap and rolling start. The pole-sitters can start the race coming out of the final corner.
(See post #3 above)

3. PUNTING:
- If you punt a driver, you have to stop and give the track position back.
- If you are not able to give the track position back, you have to do a pitlane drive-through.
- If you do not give the position back or do a drive-through, you will go 3 positions down in the end result after the race.
- Drivers who are punted can report to me, John van der Geest/admin, if the offender did none of the above.

4. You can find the password for the race server on the Clermont Ferrand event page.

5. Unregistering in time if you can't make it.

6. Please use the SAME NAME in the rFactor 2 game as on our SRO signup list or it won't match in our automated result processing.
You can change your name in the rFactor 2 "Profile" menu, or
Find the file ". . . steamapps / common / rfactor2 / UserData / Player / player.JSON". Open it in Notepad or any similar app. In the "DRIVER" section, find the line "Player Name":"Your Name" and change it to "Player Name":"John Smith" (or whatever). Next line "Player Nick":"(enter your nickname)"

7. If you plan to PROTEST another driver, you have to wait 24 hours counting from the end of the race.
Any protest filed before that time will be viewed as not received. You can find the rules about submitting a protest here.

8. You can find the server by typing SRO or the track name. Add the server to your favourites so you can always find it.
If you can't find the server in the rFactor 2 server list, you can access this way:
1. click on this link: https://simracepackages.lima-city.de/rF2server/
2. scroll down to "SRO" (it's alphabetical)
3. choose the correct server and join with the password (see point 4 above)
4. the server will start automatically and will take you to the event




Last but not least ... SIMRACINGONLINE wishes you a great race!
And always remember that your fellow SRO members have also put in a lot of time practising for this race,
so please be careful and respectful with your buddies.

 

You have to look on the event signup page. It's on the right side.
https://simracingonline.co.uk/racing/eventinfo/2473

 

Hi Dimitar, the qual will start in 60 minutes from now.
The qual duration is 60 minutes.

 

Nevertheless, grats on the win!

 

He's Finnish

 

Thanks for the upload. Good fun watching it from your perspective.
You did a great job indeed defending and it was possible for you to win the race, because like you said, it's hard to make a pass on this track.
Anyway, you and Phil had great speed and track knowledge, so we could have a good battle. Grats on P2 and Phil on P3! It was not easy.

Consider joining for the rest of the series, we need more good opponents.