SIGN UP HERE GRAN PREMIO DI PESCARA 1957 The 1957 Pescara Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on 18 August 1957, at the Pescara Circuit near Pescara in Italy. The race was the 7th round of the 1957 World Championship of Drivers. The 25.579 km (15.894 mi) circuit is the longest to ever hold a world championship race in Formula One. The race was the first and only Formula One World Championship race to take place at the track. It was also the first of two consecutive Italian races, which meant that it was the first time that the same country had held two Formula One World Championship races in the same season. Pending the investigation for the deaths of 13 people at Mille Miglia earlier that year, Enzo Ferrari stated that Ferrari would not compete in the race. However, he did enter a single Ferrari 801 after he received insistent requests from Luigi Musso, though he stated that this did not constitute an official Ferrari entry into the race. Despite a ban on all motor races on public roads following the disaster, the race was given special permission by the Italian Government to go ahead. The track was modified to conform with new safety regulations introduced after the accident. A chicane was added at the end of the seafront straight. *********************************************************************************************** Although the track is 25 km long, you basically only need to learn Sector 1, which is curvy. Sectors 2 and 3 are just 2 big straights. F1 1950s at Pescara 1957 demo race
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT PESCARA Like the real Pescara, this track is bumpy in sector 1. You have to know where the tricky parts are to anticipate them. Driving this track (or any other in this series), my general feeling is that the F1 1950s mod has to be driven smooth and progressively. You have to do everything in advance and take your time doing it. Braking, setting up for a corner and especially throttle application out of corners. You can't slam the throttle down like a TC GT3 car. You have to feed it in, or the car will go sideways a number of times. All cars have hardly any setup options, so it all comes down to the driver and his sense of finding grip and cornering ability. I tested all cars on Rouen 55 for topspeed and handling. My conclusion is that all cars have the same topspeed of around 262 km/h (on Rouen) and the difference comes from the car handling itself. Fuel consumption for all cars is around 2.39 to 2.49 litres per lap (on Rouen). So, the cars are pretty close together. Not the car, but you as a driver, have to make the difference. And that is nice. No setup tricks, just driving
Thanks for the opportunity to drive these cars. The first time I drove them, I was sent back to the day I first drove GPL. It was that much fun and challenging. I hope to make all the races. I'll be driving the Aston Martin for the series. It's got a shitty dashboard display but that's ok Cheers!
