rFactor 2 Round 3 Zandvoort Classic

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ZANDVOORT CLASSIC

DRM at Zandvoort in 1979

History
1930s to mid 1980s
There were plans for races at Zandvoort before World War II: the first street race was held on 3 June 1939. However, a permanent race track was not constructed until after the war, using communications roads built by the occupying German army. Contrary to popular belief John Hugenholtz cannot be credited with the design of the Zandvoort track, although he was involved as the chairman of the Nederlandse Automobiel Ren Club (Dutch Auto Racing Club) before becoming the first track director in 1949. Instead, it was 1927 Le Mans winner, S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis who was brought in as a track design advisor in July 1946 although the layout was partly dictated by the existing roads.

The first race on the circuit, the Prijs van Zandvoort, took place on 7 August 1948. The race was renamed the Grote Prijs van Zandvoort (Zandvoort Grand Prix) in 1949, then the Grote Prijs van Nederland (Dutch Grand Prix) in 1950. The 1952 race was the first to be run as a round of the World Championship, albeit to Formula Two regulations rather than Formula One regulations like all the European rounds of the championship that year; a similar situation also applied to the 1953. There was no Dutch Grand Prix in 1954, 1956 or 1957, but 1955 saw the first true Formula One race as part of the Drivers' Championship. The Dutch Grand Prix returned in 1958 and remained a permanent fixture on the F1 calendar (with the exception of 1972) through 1985, when it was held for the last time in the 20th century.


Grand Prix - 1966 - Zandvoort

 

Full formation lap.
The race starts coming out of the last corner.

 

PITLANE SPEEDING WARNING

Don't drive over the pitlane line while racing or overtaking someone. The game considers that coming into the pits, and you will get a pitlane speeding penalty.

 

DRIVERS BRIEFING

1. All 5 events of this series will be broadcast
Broadcaster: Neil Wood


2. Zandvoort Conditions
a) The race will start at 02:00 PM (in-game time of course).
b) Time acceleration is normal. Fuel = normal, tyres = normal.
c) Cut Track points are set to 6
d) 50% damage
e) The weather is always dry.
f) Mandatory: you have to make a pitstop to change tyres during the race. You can decide yourself when to do it.

3) This event has a single file formation lap. The pole sitter can start racing coming out of the last corner.



4. 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.

5. The use of the Esc key in Qualification
Use of the Esc key during Qualifying is the equivalent of stopping your car and getting out. This may be done only in your pit stall. There are very few exceptions to this rule. Here are the only two we will currently consider. These exceptions are subject to change at any time:
1. You run out of fuel in the pit lane before reaching your pit stall.
2. You sustain damage to your car as a result of another driver and cannot make it back to your pit stall. You must prove your qualifying session was wrecked by another driver and that you made an attempt to return to pit lane.

If you use the Esc key in any location other than your pit stall, your Qualifying session is over and you may not return to the track.

6. You can find the password for the race server on the Zandvoort event page.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

 

I had a good pace, but I had 3 stop & go's because I didn't know the pitlane speed limit in the race session. Practice is 400 km/h, so I thought it was the same.

Sorry to Nick Westy for the misunderstanding. I thought you would lap me on the right, so I stayed left and lifted.
Thanks to Gilles da Silva for the skin!

 

Looks like this is your first race in this series? Your stats will show once the results for round 4 are processed.

 

That was a nail-biter for sure! These 70's cars are built like tanks!! haha .. Thanks, Toni, for a setup that made these cars a lot of fun to drive & slam around! I was using the hills & bushes like the hi banks at Daytona! Go in too hot and slide off into the scrubs? no prob, just keep your foot in it all the way haha .. Happy to finish 7th after knocking myself down into 10th or was it 11th? ..

Grats top 3 ! I got the Lancia M2 out of the way ! ..With Toni's set the thing was a beast! I had a lot of fun with it ...

 

That is correct. The race starts from the exit of the corner.

 

OFF TOPIC REQUEST FOR F1 1950's SERIES

Hi guys, please consider joining the F1 1950s series, because we are only 16 guys right now and with the no-shows we could be down to just 11 or 12.
That would be a shame, because this series is also being broadcast by Neil Wood.

Pescara and Napoli are DLC tracks. Contact me to help you with the download of these tracks.