Generic Weekly Hotlap #98 - Grand Prix Legend

Welcome to the thread for the Weekly Hotlap #98 - Grand Prix Legend
The Challenge.

Car: Lotus Type 49
Track: Spa




In 1952, a young 24 year old british engineer called Colin Chapman founded a company which he named "Lotus Engineering Ltd", and the first cars ever produced by this new company were sportscars made for endurace racing. A couple of years later, now with the name of "Team Lotus", the british green cars were already achieving success in both sportscar and F2 categories. This encourage Chapman to venture his company on the highest level of motoracing:F1.
The late 50's saw interesting performances from Lotus, and in the early 60's, the team was now a very respected force in the grid. The first victory came not in one of the works cars but under the hands of Stirling Moss,driving the Lotus 18 for Rob Walker Racing Team at Monaco in 1960.Officialy,the first victory for Lotus was in the 1961 USA GP, with Innes Ireland at the wheel.
The Team Lotus was now one of the big teams. The Lotus 25 proved to be the best car on the grid (perhaps because of Jim Clark's skill) and the 1963 championship went to England. Colin Champman's creative and innovate designs and philosophy were paying off:a huge adept of design performance rather than to use brute horsepower and very stiff springs, he famously remarked "Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtrating weight makes you faster everywere". However, the seasons went by,engines became more powerfull and Lotus started to loose the ground they conquered.Champman had to re-think his approach to cars because the 1967 season was going very bad.And then, the 49 appeared.
Arguably the most legendary and greatest of all Lotus cars ever made, Chapman took inspiration on the 1965 Indy 500 winner Lotus 38 to design a car around the Ford Cosworth DFV engine. The 49 only entered the grid in mid-season but was good enough to win most races and give the Brabham cars a run for their money for the title,losing the title only due to reliablity issues. The Team Lotus was back on the highlights again, and if the 1967 was lost to Brabham,the 1968 championship was conquered without much trouble,even though Jim Clark passed away early in the season on a F2 race. The big prize went on to Graham Hill. The V8 Cosworth engine was the most powerfull of grid,and generated 410 bhp.That,along with Chapman philosofy of having lightweight cars,made the 49 a bit difficult to handle at first,with sudden bursts of power that Graham Hill had reservations about.But overall,it was a easy and responsive car to drive once the driver got the feel of it.
The 49 raced until mid season of 1970 with many modifications and different variants. Every single one of those variants won at least one grand prix.




How badly i wanted a historical version of Spa for this challenge!I'm sorry for all Spa fans out there (i know there are billions and billions) but this track is nothing and it's quite boring compared to the 14km high speed - near death at every inch of the track and people are absolutely crazy to race here i'm out this scares me a lot! - monster of a track that was the original layout of Spa. So,we will have to settle with this not so great Spa, that still gives some fun with the Lotus, although that has more to do with the car. The combo classic Spa/classic F1 is amlmost as classic a...well,the track and car. There are probably mods out there for the old version, so PC guys - i'm very jealous of you!


The Rules.
Mode: Hotlap
Time of day: Free
Ambient Temp: 26 Degrees
Setup: Free
Controller: Free
Assists: Factory
Stability: Free


Please make sure you have the ambient temperature set correctly, and that you are in hotlap mode, I really don't like disallowing times!

The Deadline.
Sunday October 7th 2018 - 21:00 GMT.

How to take part!
To enter simply head into the game select Drive > Hotlap and choose the Lotus Type 49 and head to Spa. Make sure you setup the session using the settings detailed in this thread and hit the track!

You can run as many laps as you like and update your times as often as you like, its simple All Platforms are welcome, it is all about having fun and enjoying Assetto Corsa.

To submit a time, pause the game and select 'session' from the menu and screenshot this page or take a photo of your screen and post it in this thread - Note all the information from the screen is required including temperature, mode heading and of course the car being used!

Feel free to post video clips and share information in here as well, but without the session screen your time will not be included (placing the session screen in a video clip is acceptable).

You also need to state the time and your platform in the body of your post, this should be the first thing you do, the image should then be placed below the text. It would also be helpful to mark updated times with Improvement. This makes collating the results much easier.Also,to avoid mistakes on laptimes,please enter them with the format x.xx.xxx. This format makes it easier to work with Excell.
A leader board will be collated from time to time, this will keep everyone up to date on where they currently stand...Unfortunately editing of posts gets locked on this forum so this post will not be updated.

Feel free to use the unofficial leaderboard but remember you still need to include the session screen in this thread to be included in the results.

Good luck and have fun

Weekly Hotlap History

1. Mugello - Praga R1
2. Imola - Mercedes SLS GT3
3. Brands Hatch GP - RUF RT12
4. Magione - Lotus 2 Eleven
5. Silverstone International - Abarth 500 Assetto Corse
6. Zandvoort - Pagani Huayra
7. Nurburgring GP (GT) - Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI
8. Spa - BMW M3 GT2
9. Vallelunga Club - KTM X-Bow R
10. Barcelona - Moto - Shelby Cobra 427 S/C
11. Silverstone 1967 - Lotus 72D
12. Nordschleife - Porsche 911 Carrera S
13. Black Cat County - Ferrari LaFerrari
14. Monza Junior 1966 - Alfa Romeo GTA
15. Redbull Ring GP - Lamborghini Gallardo Sl
16. Zandvoort - Ford Escort RS1600
17. Imola - Mazda Rx-7 Spirit R
18. Brands Hatch GP - Lotus Exige V6 Cup
19. Monza - Ferrari FXX K
20. Barcelona - Moto - Ferrari 488 GT3
21. Mugello - Alfa Romeo Giulietta QV
22. Silverstone GP - Porsche 911 GT3 Cup 2017
23. Nurburgring Sprint GT - Toyota AE86 Tuned
24. Magione - Maserati Levante S
25. Spa - Lotus 98T
26. Vallelunga - Classic - Porsche 935/78 "Moby Dick"
27. Nordschleife Endurance Cup - M235i Racing
28. Silverstone 1967 - Maserati 250F T2 12C
29. Red Bull Ring National - BMW 1M
30. Zandvoort - Lotus Evora GX
31. Barcelona GP - Lotus Exos 125 Stage 1
32. Brands Hatch Indy - Toyota Supra MKIV Time Attack
33. Black Cat County Long - Lamborghini Countach
34. Imola - Mercedes Benz 190E Evo II
35. Monza - Chevrolet Corvette C7R
36. Nurburgring Sprint GT - BMW M3 E30
37. Magione - Mercedes SLS AMG
38. Spa - Porsche 917/30 Spyder
39. Silverstone GP - Nissan GT-R Nismo
40. RedBull Ring GP - Alfa Romeo 4c
41. Brands Hatch GP - Audi R8 LMS Ultra
42. Highlands Long - Ford GT40
43. Vallelunga - Lotus GTE Carbon
44. Zandvoort - Porsche 911 Turbo S
45. Nordschleife - Ferrari 312T
46. Mugello - BMW M3 E92
47. Black Cat County - Short - Ford Mustang 2015
48. Imola - Maserati MC12 GT1
49. Silverstone 1967 - Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0
50. Barcelona Moto - McLaren 570S
51. Magione - Mazda Miata NA
52. Spa - Ferrari F40
53. Vallelunga - Corvette C7 Stingray
54. Brands Hatch GP - Tatuus FA01
55. Highlands - Lotus 3 eleven
56. Nurburgring GP (GT) - Toyota Celica ST185 4WD Turbo
57. Monza 1966 Full Course - Ferrari 312/67
58. Nordschleife - Porsche 962 C Short Tail
59. Zandvoort- Nissan 370Z Nismo
60. Silverstone GP - McLaren F1
61. Vallelunga Classic - Ferrari 250GTO
62. Imola - Lotus 98T
63. Highlands Drift - P4/5 Competizione
64. Mugello - Lamborghini Aventador SV
65. Spa - Porsche 911R
66. Black Cat County - Lotus 2-Eleven GT4
67. Barcelona GP - Ferrari SF70H
68. Nordschleife Endurance & Highlands - Porsche 917k
69. Zandvoort - Lotus Exige Scura
70. RedBull Ring National - Maserati Alfieri
71. Laguna Seca - Audi Sport quattro S1 E2
72. Brands Hatch - Mclaren P1
73. Imola - Porsche 911 RSR
74. Nurburgring GP - Ferrari F2004
75. Barcelona Moto - Lamborghini Huracan Performante
76. Silverstone 1967 - Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale
77. Magione - BMW 1M Stage 3
78. Highlands Long - Mazda 787b
79. Black Cat County - Toyota GT86
80. Spa - Toyota TS040 Hybrid
81. Vallelunga Classic - Nissan Skyline R34 V-Spec
82. Mugello - Ferrari 458 GT2
83. Silverstone International - RUF R12 R AWD
84. Highlands Long - Audi R18 e-tron quattro 2014
85. Monza - Pagani Zonda R
86. Nordschleife - Lotus 3-eleven
87. Zandvoort - Maserati GranTurismo MC GT4
88. Redbull Ring GP - Mercedes Sauber C9
89. Brands Hatch - Lotus 25
90. Highlands Short - Abarth 595 SS
91. Nurburgring GP (GT) - Audi TT Cup
92. Monza 1966 - Road Course - Porsche 908 LH
93. Vallelunga - BMW M3 E30 Gr.A 92
94. Laguna Seca - Alfa Romeo Mito QV
95. Nordschleife - RUF Yellowbird & Ferrari F40
96. Barcelona GP - BMW Z4 GT3
97. Highlands Drift - Ferrari 458 Italia

 

Good choice Hugo. Colin Chapman was really a unique guy and he invented so much for the car industry and Motorsports. So happy Birthday Lotus. 70 years old now but the cars are still young, not so light in their weight as 50 years ago but com'on who's won't gained weight when we get older. By the way Hugo, I would also like to drive this beauty in AC on Historic Spa. I really like the nowadays spa layout nevertheless hystoric spa is crazy and uncomparable. By the way you can drive this car on historic spa in PC2.

Lotus 49 at Cota

 

2.31.757 pc



first three laps - setup outta the box, nothing changed. whoops what a ride!
i always struggle with spa - this track is so hard to learn for me.
but fun!
thx hugo again for this combination.

 

If my memory serves, this event marks the two year anniversary of the WHC on these forums.

Well done to all those that have been involved over that time, and to @Hugo Catarino for taking the time to keep I running, I know know the effort that it requires!

 

2.29.140
PS4

Quite a tricky combo for the anniversary...
What a brilliant contest WHC has been! Very well done to you for kicking this off Graveltrap and to all those who have kept it running.
Horrified to read about your incident last week Sissydriver and echo the thoughts of the others.
Hugo, I would skip GTs! I don't play online, I accept that it's a game with its own merits, but for me the driving feel, having experienced AC, is not at all satisfying. It's all opinion

 

Hiho Gravel!

Nice to see that you are still active.

Hope evertyhing is well and wish you the very best.

 

2.26.903 - X1X



Managed to get down from 2:34 but I’m usually 4-5 seconds off on a Monday so I suspect the Aliens will be around 2:22’s or lower very soon.
Really nice combo again Hugo.
Very tricky for me to control this car though, it’s gonna take some time to get to grips with it,
Slipping and sliding all over the place.


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2.27.720
PS4 Pro



I really like the combo but the car is so hard to drive fast. What a challenge

 

Improvement ish

2.26.588 - X1X




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Improvement
2:27.991
PS4

Really satisfying when you get a corner just right. I managed it twice for this lap time.

 

2.22.952 - PC


My totally legit Lotus 49 lap time. Nothing to see here

 

I think I speak for the rest of us when I say, "holy s*&t". Great time, Andy.

 

ROFL

 

Thanks man! I don't expect to see it counted obviously but I couldn't resist as I love that little Ferrari! When we race these on GRC I always choose the red one.

Agree with the comments about classic Spa being a bit scary (understatement of the century) there is an RF2 rip for AC and the Masta Kink catches me out pretty much every time!

 

get that filthy prancing horse off the top spot!!

2.22.643 - PC

 

I'm an idiot. I didn't notice it was a Ferrari. Time to go to Specsavers.

 

Haha yeah I took the 312 It didn't do too well in 67, not a pole, win or even fastest lap throughout but it is fun to try in the underdog! Might of taken this WHC in a Brabham-Repco but not happening in the Ferrari!

 

I would love to have Brabhams!i heard David Brabham sorted out licencising issues and he's more than willing to see his fathers cars represented,so im expecting to see brabhams in future racing games!

Oh,and your laptime is awsome,you really pushed the hell out of that Lot...WAIT A SECOND!

If memory right,serves me right Ferrari only got a 3rd in '67,by Chris Amon in the British GP but maybe i'm wrong

 

I always planned to check the date of the first challenge so i could mentioned it!thanks for the reminder @Graveltrap and thanks for running the WHL for so long aswell to @moodyryder who picked up!
But the person to be celebrated is @John Gordon ,he's the one who originally came up with the WHL.i dont know if he's still around but your simple yet great ideia still lives today!

Speaking about special ocasions,we are approaching the #100,and i have a crazy ideia to celebrate it

 

You may well do... but unfortunately it will be this one