oneGP News and Announcements

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TEST SESSION (Support Categories) - 13th May (8pm GMT)

The oneGP server will be hosting test session races on the above date for all support series entrants. This will also be open to guests who are considering entering any of the support series categories.

Short races (approx 8laps) will alternate between the FZR SuperCup car and the Formula BMW.

This is not a requirement for any of the support series teams, but will provide a good chance to get a look at the competition and get a feel for the first track in the series.



TEST SESSION (oneGP F1 World Series) - 14th May (8pm GMT)

The oneGP server will be hosting test session races on the above date for the oneGP F1 World Series entrants. This will also be open to guests who are considering entering the series.

This is not a requirement for any of the oneGP F1 World Series teams, but will provide a good chance to get a look at the competition and get a feel for the first track in the series.

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SERIES TIME CHANGE

To better suit the support categories, the time schedule for race days has changed to the following - in GMT

8:30am FZR SuperCup Qualifying
8:45am FZR Supercup Cup Race

10:00am FBMW Series Qualifying
10:15am FBMW Series Race

11:40am oneGP F1 World Series Qualifying
12:00pm oneGP F1 World Series Race

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SUPPORT SERIES CATEGORIES

For those that aren't aware or are unsure, the support series categories have had their start date changed to round 3 of the oneGP season ,and will not be starting with this weekends first round - this is to allow more time to fill the grid spots or determine if the have enough interest to run.

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RACE APPEAL No#001 ROUND 1 2008

- LFS USERNAME FOR ANY DRIVER/S INVOLVED: kart608 (#11 PRT Sitter) and jasonmatthews (#17 [SR] Turkey)

- LAP THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON: 1

- DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: kart608 suddenly moved up the oval banking for, hitting jasonmatthews, which sent him into the top wall of the oval.

REVIEW:
Following a review of the race replay, from multiple views and cameras, oneGP believes that the contact in this situation involved several factors:

1 - Possible minor contact between [AA] Slen and PRT Sitter.
2 - Some lag at start and during the reported incident for PRT Sitter.
3 - The position of [SR] Turkey's car in relation PRT Sitter [front-right wheel just in line with left-rear of PRT Sitters car] resulting in reduced visiblity for PRT Sitter

Conclusion: RACING INCIDENT WITH MINOR WARNING
While avoidable, the incident was the outcome of several factors and did not totally result from the driving standards of PRT Sitter.
A minor warning will be issued to PRT Sitter (regarding possible lag, and movement of car on banking)

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RACE APPEAL NO#002 ROUND 1 2008

- LFS USERNAME FOR ANY DRIVER/S INVOLVED: Martini.Niko and FLP/r Jouman

- LAP THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON: 1

- DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: contact between Martini.Niko and FLP/r Jouman

REVIEW:
Following a review of the race replay, from multiple views and cameras, oneGP believes that the contact in this situation involved several factors:

1- FLP/r Bateman moving in front of FLP/r Jouman and causing him to slow
2- FLP/r Jouman being off the regular racing line
3- Martini.Niko's failure to react and appy brakes before contact

Conclusion: AVOIDABLE MINOR INCIDENT - DRIVE THRU PENALTY (30secs post race)

Although the incident was in part due to the racing of both FLP/r cars causing FLP/r Jouman to slow slightly, Martini.niko's failure to react and apply brakes lead to the contact between himself and FLP/r Jouman - a post race 30sec penalty will be applied to Martini.Nikos time

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RACE APPEAL NO#003 ROUND 1 2008

- LFS USERNAME FOR ANY DRIVER/S INVOLVED: FRO Hibex and FLP/r Jouman

- LAP THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON: 7

- DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: contact between FRO Hibex and FLP/r Jouman

REVIEW:
Following a review of the race replay, from multiple views and cameras, oneGP believes that the contact in this situation involved a far too ambitous outbraking manoeuvre of behalf of FRO Hibex leading to contact with FLP/r Jouman.

Conclusion: AVOIDABLE MINOR INCIDENT - DRIVE THRU PENALTY (30secs post race)

A post race 30sec penalty will be applied to FRO Hibex's time

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RACE APPEAL NO#004 ROUND 1 2008

- LFS USERNAME FOR ANY DRIVER/S INVOLVED: [AA] Martini and FLP/r Jouman

- LAP THAT THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ON: 13

- DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT: contact between [AA] Martini and FLP/r Jouman

REVIEW:
Following a review of the race replay, from multiple views and cameras, oneGP believes that the contact in this situation involved several factors:

1- FLP/r Jouman exiting last turn with a lower speed to [AA] Martini
2- Both drivers failing to adjust to the changing amount of racing room, with FLP/r Jouman closing the line on [AA] Martini, and [AA] Martini not being far enough alongside to claim the race line.
3- [AA] Martini's lack of reaction (by either lifting throttle or applying brake) as FPL/r Jouman closed the racing line.

Conclusion: AVOIDABLE MINOR INCIDENT - DRIVE THRU PENALTY (30secs post race)

While it was partially the involvement of both drivers, [AA] Martinis noted lack of reaction was the cause of the incident - A post race 30sec penalty will be applied to [AA] Martini's time. - NOTE: as [AA] Martini was a DNF for round, the post race penalty will be applied by [AA] Martini starting the next race from the pitlane.

THIS CONCLUDES ALL ROUND ONE APPEALS

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SERVER DETAILS BETWEEN SERIES ROUNDS:

To make better use of the server and provide some entertaining racing between any oneGP rounds, the server has now been set to rotate (using vcom) through the 14 tracks used in the oneGP F1 World Series.

The format for this day to day racing is 10 races with laps based on a 30km distance before an automatic track change to a random track in the rotation set. Typing !rotator will show tracks listed for use. Also at any time you can type !pointsall to see the points standings of the currently connected drivers (note - points last only for your connected session)- or type !points to see your own session points.

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last post updated to reflect new format.

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After a few lag issues at the previous round, i had requested a move of the server from US to UK, to better suit the majority of people taking part in the oneGP series. This has now been done by 500servers and the server is now located out of London. So feel free to jump on and test it out before the next round on the 14th of June.

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Round 3 Qualifying Rules Infringements - Penalties.

3f: No driver is to block messages at any time, during qualifying or race events. Doing so limits race admins ability to inform drivers of situations such as under safety car or any penalities that may be being given. Admin will always ensure no chatting during race events, so as such blocking of messages should never be required.

pearcy_2k7 - blocked msgs: warning
aLpine159 - blocked msgs: warning
evilpimp - blocked msgs: warning
jasonmatthews - blocked msgs: warning

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9a: Qualifying will run for 15minutes. During this time no driver is to use Shift P or Shift S while on track, and must return to pitlane before using any of these type commands. This therefore requires that proper inlaps and outlaps are done. This is to avoid distraction to other drivers on track, and create a more realistic qualifying session.

pearcy_2k7 - 4 x shift-p on track: 10 Second racetime penalty
jasonmatthews - 2 x shift-p on track: 10 Second racetime penalty
Thunderhead - 2 x shift-p on track: 10 Second racetime penalty
Dicey - 2 x shift-s on track: 10 Second racetime penalty
aLpine159 - shift-p on track: 10 Second racetime penalty

These penalties have been given where no effort was made to recover car and driver has teleported, to spectate or pits, near instantly.

NOTE: In future these 10sec penalties will be accumlitive.

Race results and standings will be changed to reflect these penalties