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Great I still got 2 readers !
Stay tuned... I'm researching the last "American Heroes"...

Managing those cars was a great fun, but a lot of work.

Now I turn my eyez towards Spring Trophy.
Here are the 16 "historicals"

Unlike Oulton Park's perennial Gold Cup race the Spring Trophy was for Formula One cars only; an initial entry of sixteen cars was received. BRM sent the same three-car team seen in Ontario - Pedro Rodríguez in the sole P160 and older P153 models for Jo Siffert and Howden Ganley. John Surtees was along in his 1971 car while Peter Gethin was in the 1970 McLaren; the newer car had been entered for Denny Hulme but was ultimately withdrawn. Lotus entered three drivers in three different models - Emerson Fittipaldi returned to the 72C, Reine Wisell took a turn in the 56B turbine car and Tony Trimmer was given a second try-out in the old 49C. The both Tyrrells meanwhile were on hand for Jackie Stewart.

Frank Williams' March 711 was still being repaired after its' American accident but he rented his 701 to (unrelated) Formula Three racer Cyd Williams. Similar cars were entered for Mike Beuttler and Alan Rollinson (loaned Siffert's private example for the meeting). Ronnie Peterson had been entered in the works 711 but failed to show while Joakim Bonnier was another no-show.
You know me... I dont like no-shows, especially when there is some slots available on the grid !

1 Jo Bonnier Ecurie Bonnier McLaren M7A Ford Cosworth V8
2 Howden GANLEY Yardley Team BRM BRM P153 BRM V12
3 Pedro RODRIGUEZ Yardley Team BRM BRM P160 BRM V12
4 Jo SIFFERT Jo Siffert Automobiles BRM P153 BRM V12
5 John SURTEES Team Surtees Surtees TS9 Ford Cosworth V8
6 Peter GETHIN Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M14A Ford Cosworth V8
7 Denis Hulme Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M19A Ford Cosworth V8
8 Mike BEUTTLER Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing March 701 Ford Cosworth V8
9 xxx Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 002 Ford Cosworth V8
10 Emerson FITTIPALDI Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 72C Ford Cosworth V8
11 Reine WISELL Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 56B Pratt & Whitney tbn
12 Ronnie Peterson STP March Engineering March 711 Ford Cosworth V8
14 Syd WILLIAMS Frank Williams Racing Cars March 701 Ford Cosworth V8
15 Alan ROLLINSON Jo Siffert Automobiles March 711 Ford Cosworth V8
16 Jackie STEWART Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 001 Ford Cosworth V8
17 Tony TRIMMER Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49C Ford Cosworth V8
         
it gives margins to add much more ! Or not, We will see
Depends on feedback.

26 being a good figure, and without any more feedback, I decided for this Start List :

Spring Cup Oulton Park
1 Jo Bonnier Ecurie Bonnier McLaren M7A Ford Cosworth V8
2 Howden GANLEY Yardley Team BRM BRM P153 BRM V12
3 Pedro RODRIGUEZ Yardley Team BRM BRM P160 BRM V12
4 Jo SIFFERT Jo Siffert Automobiles BRM P153 BRM V12
5 John SURTEES Team Surtees Surtees TS9 Ford Cosworth V8
6 Peter GETHIN Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M14A Ford Cosworth V8
7 Denis Hulme Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M19A Ford Cosworth V8
8 Mike BEUTTLER Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing March 701 Ford Cosworth V8
9 François CEVERT Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 002 Ford Cosworth V8
10 Emerson FITTIPALDI Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 72C Ford Cosworth V8
11 Reine WISELL Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 56B Pratt & Whitney tbn
12 Ronnie Peterson STP March Engineering March 711 Ford Cosworth V8
14 Syd WILLIAMS Frank Williams Racing Cars March 701 Ford Cosworth V8
15 Alan ROLLINSON Jo Siffert Automobiles March 701 Ford Cosworth V8
16 Jackie STEWART Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 001 Ford Cosworth V8
17 Tony TRIMMER Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 49C Ford Cosworth V8
18 Jean CHRISTOPHE La Perle de Chateauneuf du Pape Brabham BT33 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
21 Philippe Nicolas Team Wookey Wookey PNB 71F1 Citroën SM14 V12 3,0 Michelin
22 Carlos REUTEMANN Ecurie CAP – Argentine Brabham BT26C Ford Cosworth V8
34 Taka Katsumoto Team Malongo Colt F3000 Honda V12 3,0 Bridgestone
35 Riccardo PRIORI Bellasi Scuderia Priori Bellasi F1 71 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
41 Luigi Mennella Scuderia Centro-Sud SCS P03 Alfa Romeo V8 Pirelli
54 Pierre SHELLER Vulkan Santa-Cruz Automoviles Vulkan T3 Lancia V8 3,0 Michelin
56 Conrad McLeod Scuderia Centro-Sud Bretagne SCS P03 Alfa Romeo V8 Pirelli
70 Boris Dimitrov LSA Khadi Khadi 10 Khadi V8 3,0l Nokia
97 Dave Criblez Criblez Racing Formula 1 Team BRM P153 BRM P142 V12 3.0 Goodyear

Next race Spain.

If you are Spanish and want to join. I can do you a favor. But I already have 36 entrants for sure.

N° Pilote Écurie Châssis Moteur Pneu
1 Philippe Nicolas Team Wookey Wookey PNB 71F1 Citroën SM14 V12 3,0 Michelin
2 Emerson FITTIPALDI Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 72C Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
3 Reine WISELL Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 72C Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
4 Jacky ICKX Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312B Ferrari 001 F12 3.0 Firestone
5 Clay REGAZZONI Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312B Ferrari 001 F12 3.0 Firestone
6 Mario ANDRETTI Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC Ferrari 312B Ferrari 001 F12 3.0 Firestone
7 Graham HILL Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham BT34 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
8 Tim SCHENKEN Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham BT33 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
9 Denny HULME Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M19A Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
10 Peter GETHIN Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M14A Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
11 Jackie STEWART Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 003 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
12 François CEVERT Elf Team Tyrrell Tyrrell 002 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
14 Pedro RODRIGUEZ Yardley Team BRM BRM P160 BRM P142 V12 3.0 Firestone
15 Jo SIFFERT Yardley Team BRM BRM P160 BRM P142 V12 3.0 Firestone
16 Howden GANLEY Yardley Team BRM BRM P153 BRM P142 V12 3.0 Firestone
17 Andrea De ADAMICH STP March Racing Team March 711 Alfa Romeo T33 V8 3.0 Firestone
18 Ronnie PETERSON STP March Racing Team March 711 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
19 Alex SOLER-ROIG STP March Racing Team March 711 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
20 Chris AMON Equipe Matra Sports Matra MS120B Matra MS71 V12 3.0 Goodyear
21 Jean-Pierre BELTOISE Equipe Matra Sports Matra MS120B Matra MS71 V12 3.0 Goodyear
24 John SURTEES Brooke Bond Oxo Team Surtees Surtees TS9 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
25 Rolf STOMMELEN Auto Motor und Sport Team Surtees Surtees TS9 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
27 Henri PESCAROLO Frank Williams Racing Cars March 711 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
28 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Team Wookey Wookey PNB 71F1 Citroën SM14 V12 3,0 Michelin
34 Taka Katsumoto Team Malongo Colt F3000 Honda V12 3,0 Bridgestone
35 Riccardo PRIORI Bellasi Scuderia Priori Bellasi F1 71 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
41 Luigi Mennella Scuderia Centro-Sud SCS P03 Alfa Romeo V8 Pirelli
46 Hans Huslebos Honig Team Surtees Nederland Surtees TS7 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
47 Bob Bondurant Team Shasta PZ Mk5 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
54 Pierre SHELLER Vulkan Santa-Cruz Automoviles Vulkan T3 Lancia V8 3,0 Michelin
55 Emilio BERTOLINI Vulkan Santa-Cruz Automoviles Vulkan T3 Lancia V8 3,0 Michelin
56 Conrad McLeod Scuderia Centro-Sud Bretagne SCS P03 Alfa Romeo V8 Pirelli
60 Michel VAILLANT Ecurie Vaillante Vaillante 711 Vaillante V12 3,0 Firestone
61 Steve WARSON Ecurie Vaillante Vaillante 711 Vaillante V12 3,0 Firestone
70 Boris Dimitrov LSA Khadi Khadi 10 Khadi V8 3,0l Nokia
97 Dave Criblez Criblez Racing Formula 1 Team BRM P153 BRM P142 V12 3.0 Goodyear

Those cars have been entered but DNA :

22 Mike BEUTTLER Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing March 701 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
23 Jo BONNIER Ecurie Bonnier McLaren M7C Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
26 Derek BELL Frank Williams Racing Cars March 701 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
36 Pierre Bat Ecurie St Feuillien March 701 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Dunlop
38 Jean CHRISTOPHE La Perle de Chateauneuf du Pape Brabham BT33 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear

NB : Welcome Hans Hulsebos !
NB 2 JP Jaussaud will be my team mate

I love Montjuich. Too bad my engine blew ! I must fix this problem before Silverstone.

For Silverstone, I have 2 solutions.
- Either transform it into a pure F1 race adding each and every private non-historical I got.
- Or keep as many of these F 5000's that historically race as possible.

44 Gordon SPICE - McLaren M10B (F5000) Chevrolet V8
51 Brian REDMAN - McLaren M18 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
52 Tony DEAN - McLaren M7A (F5000) Chevrolet V8
53 Frank GARDNER - Lola T192 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
54 John MYERSCOUGH - McLaren M10B (F5000) Chevrolet V8
55 Jock RUSSELL - Lotus 70 (F5000) Ford Cosworth V8
57 Ulf NORINDER - McLaren M18 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
58 Ray ALLEN - McLaren M10B (F5000) Chevrolet V8
61 Trevor TAYLOR - Leda LT25 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
62 Jean-Pierre JAUSSAUD - McLaren M18 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
65 Mike HAILWOOD - Surtees TS8 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
66 Fred SAUNDERS - Crosslé 15F (F5000) Rover V8
69 Robert LAMPLOUGH - Lola T102 (F5000) Ford V8
71 David PROPHET - McLaren M10B (F5000) Chevrolet V8
81 Bob MILLER - Dulon LD8 (F5000) Chevrolet V8

Your opinion Luigi? How many of David Sabre F5000 are ready made? Some of them are they worth including them, or is it a lot of work for nothing really new since we already had a F1 vs F5000 race before?
Of Course, if I decide to include F5000, I can do many myself as I did for Questor GP. : as long as there is a 3d Model and a working
- DefaultLivery="xyz"
line in the .veh

Hi Philippe, I'm in holiday now, tomorrow or friday I'll say you...

Luigi 70 wrote:Hi Philippe, I'm in holiday now, tomorrow or friday I'll say you...

Happy holidays !!! No problem whatever, in both cases it will be a great race !
What is the opinion of other readers? Do you prefer a maximum of F1 ? Or see new F5000 ?

I'd like to see an historically race as possible

Luigi 70 wrote:I'd like to see an historically race as possible

OK, tell me what you can get, when you have access to

This International Trophy is very exciting to re-create. Let's see why.
We have "potentially" 50 cars available. In 3 catégories.

16 F1 That historicaly participated :

1 Jackie STEWART Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 003 Ford Cosworth V8
2 Emerson FITTIPALDI Team Lotus Lotus 56B Pratt & Whitney tbn
3 Reine WISELL Team Lotus Lotus 72C Ford Cosworth V8
4 Graham HILL Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham BT34 Ford Cosworth V8
5 Alan ROLLINSON Team Surtees Surtees TS7 Ford Cosworth V8
6 Peter GETHIN Bruce McLaren Motor Racing McLaren M14A Ford Cosworth V8
7 Pedro RODRIGUEZ Yardley Team BRM BRM P160 BRM V12
8 Jo SIFFERT Yardley Team BRM BRM P160 BRM V12
11 Ronnie PETERSON STP March Racing Team March 711 Alfa Romeo V8
12 Henri PESCAROLO Frank Williams Racing Cars March 711 Ford Cosworth V8
14 Chris AMON Equipe Matra Sports Matra MS120B Matra V12
15 Jean-Pierre BELTOISE Equipe Matra Sports Matra MS120B Matra V12
16 John SURTEES Team Surtees Surtees TS9 Ford Cosworth V8
17 Howden GANLEY Yardley Team BRM BRM P153 BRM V12
18 Mike BEUTTLER Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing March 701 Ford Cosworth V8
21 Tim SCHENKEN Motor Racing Developments Ltd Brabham BT33 Ford Cosworth V8

19 Real F1 that Could have particpated, or Fiction characters of the story :

22 Mike BEUTTLER Clarke-Mordaunt-Guthrie Racing March 701 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
23 Jo BONNIER Ecurie Bonnier McLaren M7C Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
24 Pierre SHELLER Vulkan Santa-Cruz Automoviles Vulkan T3 Lancia V8 3,0 Michelin
25 Emilio BERTOLINI Vulkan Santa-Cruz Automoviles Vulkan T3 Lancia V8 3,0 Michelin
26 Derek BELL Frank Williams Racing Cars March 701 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
27 Philippe Nicolas Team Wookey Wookey PNB 71F1 Citroën SM14 V12 3,0 Michelin
28 TBD Team Wookey Wookey PNB 71F1 Citroën SM14 V12 3,0 Michelin
31 Michel VAILLANT Ecurie Vaillante Vaillante 711 Vaillante V12 3,0 Firestone
32 Steve WARSON Ecurie Vaillante Vaillante 711 Vaillante V12 3,0 Firestone
34 Taka Katsumoto Team Malongo Colt F3000 Honda V12 3,0 Bridgestone
35 Riccardo PRIORI Bellasi Scuderia Priori Bellasi F1 71 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
36 Pierre Bat Ecurie St Feuillien March 701 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Dunlop
38 Jean CHRISTOPHE La Perle de Chateauneuf du Pape Brabham BT33 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Goodyear
41 Luigi Mennella Scuderia Centro-Sud SCS P03 Alfa Romeo V8 Pirelli
46 Hans Huslebos Honig Team Surtees Nederland Surtees TS7 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
47 Bob Bondurant Team Shasta PZ Mk5 Ford Cosworth DFV V8 3.0 Firestone
56 Conrad McLeod Scuderia Centro-Sud Bretagne SCS P03 Alfa Romeo V8 Pirelli
70 Boris Dimitrov LSA Khadi Khadi 10 Khadi V8 3,0l Nokia
97 Dave Criblez Criblez Racing Formula 1 Team BRM P153 BRM P142 V12 3.0 Goodyear

And 15 F5000 that were really there.
44 Gordon SPICE - McLaren M10B (F5000) Chevrolet V8
51 Brian REDMAN - McLaren M18 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
52 Tony DEAN - McLaren M7A (F5000) Chevrolet V8
53 Frank GARDNER - Lola T192 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
54 John MYERSCOUGH - McLaren M10B (F5000) Chevrolet V8
55 Jock RUSSELL - Lotus 70 (F5000) Ford Cosworth V8
57 Ulf NORINDER - McLaren M18 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
58 Ray ALLEN - McLaren M10B (F5000) Chevrolet V8
61 Trevor TAYLOR - Leda LT25 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
62 Jean-Pierre JAUSSAUD - McLaren M18 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
65 Mike HAILWOOD - Surtees TS8 (F5000) Chevrolet V8
66 Fred SAUNDERS - Crosslé 15F (F5000) Rover V8
69 Robert LAMPLOUGH - Lola T102 (F5000) Ford V8
71 David PROPHET - McLaren M10B (F5000) Chevrolet V8
81 Bob MILLER - Dulon LD8 (F5000) Chevrolet V8

Solution 1
Depending on how many F5000 are available, I will first delete historical F1 that did not participate, then some fiction cars to downsize the grid to 36 cars.

Solution 2
I'll expend the entry to 52 cars, somehow, then run semi-final heats qualifying the first 13 of each to a 26 car final heat.

Problem solved !