MKD's F1 Sims

Back to back rainy races, this time on the home track of Motorsport Vienna. Will that be enough for the Austrians? Keikel won the last running in Austria, and may have something to say about that.

Lap 3: A race that claimed 9 cars at last running claims one here, as Dino Moore continues his frustrating battle with his car.

Lap 6: Kasektir springs an oil leak, we go to yellow flag as he ends his race.

Lap 7: Oh, no, Da Silva slides on the spilled oil and hits the wall!

Lap 8: Donst collides with Fehrvar on an attempted pass. 5 cars out already!

Lap 9: Daan loses something crucial in his engine. His car cannot run but the home fans serenade him all the same.

Lap 10: Japanese driver Yuji Makoto blows a tire in this rainy massacre.

Lap 12: Those words prove far too prophetic, as the same corner that ended 2 races on lap 8 claims more! Kujiro and Stokely collide, and Keikel can't brake fast enough. All 3 are miraculously okay. Only 8 cars left.

Lap 14: Bart Hancock narrowly escapes serious injury when his car overshoots a turn and nearly hits the remains of another, but a skilled slide keeps him alive, literally. His brother is quite shaken up, by the sounds of the radio calls.

Lap 18: This race loves to take people out, my goodness. Gustafson misses out on easy points, crashing just before 90%.

Lap 19: Morell pushes his damaged car across the line for 90%, then retires. He didn't want to risk injury or car damage.


*Did not finish but completed 90% of the race.

That was NUTS. Lap after lap, the crashes piled in. Vienna has already been taken off the calendar for 1965 and 1966, and will need to make massive improvements in order to return. Bart Hancock was nearly killed, and no less than 13 cars crashed today. Insane. Vicci snags a nice win though, and Boros snags his second podium of the year. Despite feeling his age, Halley kept his car alive, and would like to have a nice run in his final season.

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Between the lack of track preparedness in Vienna and the major injuries in Budapest, it's been a pretty bad few weeks for F1 hasn't it. Hopefully Belgrade and Istanbul will be safer!

Dang, that is horrendous. I know it would be realistic for the time but I didn’t think you would put stuff like that into this. Da Silva can’t catch a break on or off the track I guess.

After the disaster at Budapest that cost a driver his life, safety standards have been very strictly enforced at this race. We move across Yugoslavia for this year's GP, to Belgrade. Garcia replaces Duquese, and Isuzu signs Savic for 2 races, under the logic that they didn't have a standard reserve driver, and prize money from the constructor's championship is key. Garcia and Da Silva come out waving French flags to honor Duquese.

Lap 1: Kujiro can't get his car started today. All hope for Isuzu rests with Savic.

Lap 2: M. Hancock and Donst collide in an unfortunate manner. 

Lap 3: Fehrvar catches fire but is fine.

Lap 4: Garcia overshoots a turn and ends up in the barrier.

Lap 5: Vicci has more engine trouble and has to pull out.

Lap 7: Collision! Kasektir and Moore collide on a bad pass and both are done for.

Lap 9: Halley and Da Silva have separate mechanical issues and retire.

Lap 10: Morell overheats.

Lap 12: What a crash, the whole back pack is taken out. Savic, Keikel, and Daan are done for.

Lap 14: And then there were 3. Attila blows a seal.

*Did not finish but completed 90% of the race.

A series of unfortunate events, as all but 3 drivers cannot cross the finish line. Dear God.

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