rec.autos.simulators

This is the current top ten summary listing of lap times recorded in the
new Hall of Fame for fastest qualifying laps set using the IBM PC version
Microprose' Formula One Grand Prix/World Circuit

Set your WWW browser to http://www.king.ac.uk/~k948959/f1ed/hof.html
for full listings including split times (where available)

(Average speeds shown in MPH)

Phoenix
Phoenix Grand Prix Circuit, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A
Circuit length: 2.28 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:14.536 0:00.000 110.12 64/41:16R:27,33,40,48,55,62
2   Rene Smit        1:14.671 0:00.135 109.92 64/41:16R:27,33,40,48,55,62
3   ralf ernst       1:15.396 0:00.860 108.87 64/42:10R:28,35,42,49,55,61
4   Daniel Elsaesse  1:15.598 0:01.062 108.57 Not known
5   Peter Nijland    1:15.735 0:01.199 108.38 Not known
6   Chris Foden      1:15.776 0:01.240 108.32 Not known
7   Patrick ITALIAN  1:16.258 0:01.722 107.63 64/45:15R:30,37,44,50,56,60
8   Dmitry Simakov   1:16.577 0:02.041 107.19 Not Known
9   Hans Venema      1:16.839 0:02.303 106.82 Not known
10  Guy COLLOMB      1:16.985 0:02.449 106.62 64/41:15R:27,33,40,48,55,62

Interlagos
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Interlagos, Brazil
Circuit length: 2.688 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:10.598 0:00.000 137.07 64/38:14R:28,35,42,49,56,63
2   Rene Smit        1:10.716 0:00.118 136.84 64/38:14R:28,35,42,49,56,63
3   Chris Foden      1:10.968 0:00.370 136.35 Not known
4   Daniel Elsaesse  1:11.300 0:00.702 135.72 Not known
5   JC               1:11.557 0:00.959 135.23 Not known
6   Patrick ITALIAN  1:11.593 0:00.995 135.16 64/41:12R:31,38,44,50,56,62
7   ralf ernst       1:11.628 0:01.030 135.10 64/40:10R:26,32,39,47,56,63
8   Peter Nijland    1:11.726 0:01.128 134.91 Not known
9   FastFredo        1:11.844 0:01.246 134.69 64/40:14R:28,36,44,51,57,62
10  Dmitry Simakov   1:12.275 0:01.677 133.89 64/38:08R:26,34,42,49,56,63

Imola
Autodromo Enzo and Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy
Circuit length: 3.132 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:14.536 0:00.000 151.27 64/39:16R:31,38,44,50,56,63
2   Rene Smit        1:14.749 0:00.213 150.84 64/39:16R:31,38,44,50,56,63
3   Chris Foden      1:14.992 0:00.456 150.35 64/39:15R:28,35,43,51,57,64
4   ralf ernst       1:16.406 0:01.870 147.57 64/40:10R:28,34,42,50,57,63
5   Steve Smith      1:16.988 0:02.452 146.45 60/30:10R:27,35,42,49,57,65
6   Lee Brown        1:17.142 0:02.606 146.16 64/40:13R:30,36,42,49,56,64

Monte-Carlo
Circuit de Monaco, Monaco
Circuit length: 2.068 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:11.766 0:00.000 103.74 64/45:11R:22,29,36,43,50,57
2   Rene Smit        1:12.479 0:00.713 102.72 64/45:10R:22,29,35,43,50,57
3   Daniel Elsaesse  1:12.737 0:00.971 102.35 Not known
4   Chris Foden      1:12.987 0:01.221 102.00 Not known
5   ralf ernst       1:13.339 0:01.573 101.51 64/46:10R:22,30,38,45,52,58
6   Graham Moffat    1:14.153 0:02.387 100.40 64/45:11R:22,29,36,43,50,57
7   Guy COLLOMB      1:14.440 0:02.674 100.01 64/45:11R:22,29,36,43,50,57
8   Steve Smith      1:16.892 0:05.126 96.82  64/39:16R:23,29,36,42,49,56

Montreal
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada
Circuit length: 2.753 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:14.084 0:00.000 133.78 59/37:14R:26,34,42,50,57,63
2   Rene Smit        1:14.306 0:00.222 133.38 58/39:12R:26,34,42,50,57,63
3   Chris Foden      1:14.308 0:00.224 133.37 59/37:14R:26,34,42,50,57,63
4   Daniel Elsaesse  1:14.712 0:00.628 132.65 Not known
5   ralf ernst       1:15.352 0:01.268 131.53 60/40:10R:27,34,41,49,57,63

Mexico City
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City, Mexico
Circuit length: 2.747 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:10.957 0:00.000 139.37 64/32:18R:27,35,43,51,58,65
2   Rene Smit        1:11.013 0:00.056 139.26 22-Oct-95
3   Chris Foden      1:11.367 0:00.410 138.57 Not known
4   Daniel Elsaesse  1:11.783 0:00.826 137.77 Not known
5   ralf ernst       1:12.244 0:01.287 136.89 64/34:10R:28,35,43,51,58,64
6   JC               1:12.272 0:01.315 136.83 Not known
7   Steve Smith      1:13.077 0:02.120 135.33 55/30:05R:29,35,41,48,55,62

Magny Cours
Circuit de Nevers, Magny-Cours, France
Circuit length: 2.654 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:09.359 0:00.000 137.75 64/40:07R:21,27,34,44,53,62
2   Rene Smit        1:09.592 0:00.233 137.29 64/40:07R:22,28,34,44,53,62
3   Daniel Elsaesse  1:09.831 0:00.472 136.82 Not known
4   Chris Foden      1:09.972 0:00.613 136.55 64/40:07R:21,27,34,44,53,62
5   ralf ernst       1:10.460 0:01.101 135.60 64/40:10R:26,34,42,49,56,62
6   Guy COLLOMB      1:11.330 0:01.971 133.95 64/40:07R:21,27,34,44,53,62

Silverstone
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, Britain
Circuit length: 3.202 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:15.888 0:00.000 151.90 64/40:15R:33,39,45,52,58,63
2   Rene Smit        1:16.011 0:00.123 151.65 64/40:15R:33,39,45,52,58,63
3   Chris Foden      1:16.275 0:00.387 151.13 64/40:14R:34,40,46,52,58,63
4   Daniel Elsaesse  1:16.403 0:00.515 150.87 64/40:14R:34,40,46,52,58,63
5   ralf ernst       1:16.859 0:00.971 149.98 64/40:10R:34,40,46,52,58,63
6   Conrad Bessant   1:18.129 0:02.241 147.54 58/41:08R:31,35,39,46,54,62
7   Steve Smith      1:19.173 0:03.285 145.60 50/35:08R:24,32,39,46,53,61
8   Guy COLLOMB      1:19.289 0:03.401 145.38 64/40:13R:33,39,45,52,58,63

Hockenheim
Hockenheimring, Heidelberg, Germany
Circuit length: 4.227 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:29.210 0:00.000 170.58 29/15:14R:33,40,47,55,61,67
2   Daniel Elsaesse  1:29.338 0:00.128 170.33 29/15:14R:33,40,47,55,61,67
3   Rene Smit        1:29.877 0:00.667 169.31 18/02:16R:33,39,45,52,59,67
4   ralf ernst       1:29.984 0:00.774 169.11 42/16:10R:34,40,47,54,61,67
5   Chris Foden      1:30.126 0:00.916 168.84 Not known
6   Wibaut Jeurisse  1:32.069 0:02.859 165.28 42/15:R4:30,37,44,51,58,65

Hungaroring
Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary
Circuit length: 2.466 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:10.294 0:00.000 126.29 64/44:16R:29,35,42,48,53,58
2   Rene Smit        1:10.484 0:00.190 125.95 64/45:20R:28,34,40,47,53,58
3   Chris Foden      1:11.109 0:00.815 124.84 Not known
4   Brian Ferguson   1:11.189 0:00.895 124.70 64/43:13R:30,35,41,47,53,59
5   ralf ernst       1:11.749 0:01.455 123.73 64/42:10R:30,36,42,48,53,58
6   Steve Smith      1:12.363 0:02.069 122.68 64/40:15R:28,33,39,46,52,58

Spa-Francorchamps
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium
Circuit length: 4.313 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:38.971 0:00.000 156.88 60/34:18R:26,35,42,49,57,64
2   Rene Smit        1:39.001 0:00.030 156.83 60/34:18R:26,35,42,49,57,64
3   Chris Foden      1:40.065 0:01.094 155.17 56/28:14R:28,37,44,50,57,66
4   Daniel Elsaesse  1:40.143 0:01.172 155.05 60/34:15R:26,35,43,50,57,64
5   ralf ernst       1:40.706 0:01.735 154.18 60/34:10R:25,34,42,50,58,64
6   Brian Ferguson   1:40.929 0:01.958 153.84 60/36:08R:30,37,44,51,58,64
7   Steve Smith      1:42.738 0:03.767 151.13 55/35:10R:29,35,42,48,54,62

Monza
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Milan, Italy
Circuit length: 3.604 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:15.551 0:00.000 171.73 49/17:11R:33,40,47,53,60,67
2   Chris Foden      1:15.915 0:00.364 170.91 52/17:12R:34,40,47,53,60,67
3   Daniel Elsaesse  1:16.153 0:00.602 170.37 49/17:11R:34,40,47,53,60,67
4   ralf ernst       1:16.181 0:00.630 170.31 50/18:10R:36,42,48,54,60,66
5   Brian Ferguson   1:16.551 0:01.000 169.49 49/17:11R:34,41,48,54,60,66
6   Wibaut Jeurisse  1:16.700 0:01.149 169.16 53/21:R9:34,40,46,53,60,66
7   Steve Smith      1:17.121 0:01.570 168.23 50/25:11R:29,36,43,51,57,65
8   Vincent Meunier  1:17.958 0:02.407 166.43 Not known

Estoril
Autodromo do Estoril, Portugal
Circuit length: 2.703 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Rene Smit        1:08.364 0:00.000 142.34 64/40:18R:27,35,42,50,57,63
2   Steven Mestdagh  1:08.491 0:00.127 142.07 64/40:18R:27,35,42,50,57,63
3   Daniel Elsaesse  1:08.778 0:00.414 141.48 64/40:18R:34,40,46,52,58,63
4   Brian Ferguson   1:08.820 0:00.456 141.39 64/40:14R:33,39,46,52,58,63
5   Chris Foden      1:08.981 0:00.617 141.06 64/40:14R:27,34,41,48,56,63
6   ralf ernst       1:09.193 0:00.829 140.63 58/32:10R:27,35,42,50,58,64
7   JC               1:09.367 0:01.003 140.28 Not known
8   Lee Brown        1:09.990 0:01.626 139.03 64/40:14R:27,34,41,48,56,63
9   Steve Smith      1:10.084 0:01.720 138.84 60/40:05R:24,32,39,46,53,61
10  Jochem Vonk      1:10.150 0:01.786 138.71 64/40:18R:27,35,42,50,57,63

Barcelona
Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Circuit length: 2.95 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Rene Smit        1:12.814 0:00.000 145.85 64/40:16R:33,39,45,52,58,64
2   Steven Mestdagh  1:12.905 0:00.091 145.67 64/40:16R:32,39,45,52,58,64
3   Chris Foden      1:13.351 0:00.537 144.78 64/40:16R:31,38,45,52,58,64
4   Daniel Elsaesse  1:13.360 0:00.546 144.77 64/40:16R:33,39,45,52,58,64
5   ralf ernst       1:14.403 0:01.589 142.74 64/40:10R:32,38,44,51,57,63
6   Lee Brown        1:15.928 0:03.114 139.87 64/40:11R:30,37,45,51,58,63

Suzuka
Suzuka, Shiroko, Japan
Circuit length: 3.641 Miles.
Pos Driver           Time     Gap/1st  Speed  Setup
1   Steven Mestdagh  1:28.240 0:00.000 148.54 64/41:18R:24,32,40,48,55,62
2   Rene Smit        1:28.411 0:00.171 148.26 64/41:18R:24,32,40,48,55,62
3   Chris Foden      1:29.274 0:01.034 146.82 64/39:14R:24,31,39,47,55,63
4   Steve Smith      1:30.107 0:01.867 145.47 55/35:14R:26,33,40,47,54,62
5   Daniel Elsaesse  1:30.231 0:01.991 145.27 Not known
6   ralf ernst       1:30.303 0:02.063 145.15
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Hi Steve,
          Just wondering, are these times achieved using the standard
716 h.p.? They sure are mighty fast.
                                       Alan Gobien

They most certainly are :-)

(Each lap is checked by the driver submitting an encrypted code
generated by Trevor Kellaway's GPLAP program).

Steve.

Yes, and yes they are. :-)
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Dave,
      Thanks for responding, and wow are these guys quick, but one thing I'm
also puzzled about is why is there so much emphasis placed on just the
qualifying times. I'm fairly new to Internet racing, and am surprized by the
qualifying guru's out there, having spend most of my time trying to achieve
good car set-ups that work over 100% race distances.I would like to compare
100% race distance times of others with my own. Does the hall of fame list
these times as well?
 I think the ability to go consistantly fast over a full race distance is a
real test of ability and concentration, and should have the same importance
as qualifying.
                   Thanks and regards,
                                        Alan Gobien

Steve,
       Thanks for the reply, I'm pretty amazed by the qualifying times, I
can get within about 2 seconds of the times, I have no idea where these guys
are finding the rest of it. I am slowly learning about all this stuff as I
have only had internet access for about 5 months now. I joined the F1wic
racing series run by Frank Merlier and am having a real blast with it. I
downloaded qualifying setups from some link off of the hall of fame to use
as a starting point, they do help a bit. My real interest lies in getting
that perfect 100% race, as my background with the game is all modem play
with my friend who is also an avid F1 nut.

                                          Regards,
                                                  Alan Gobien

Absolutely, but you have to understand where the HOF came from. I
started it primarily as an experiment to see what the limit was WRT
laptimes was (I never guessed that they'd still be improving even
now!). Back in the days of yore when the HOF was young and I was less
hassled :-) the idea of storing 100% race times was discussed at
length, but in the end I decided to leave this in the domain of online
series such as LF3000 and it's successor LFRS.

My main reason for doing so is that the race times aren't really a
very objective measure of performance. So many things can happen in a
race that are outside of the player's control (AI crashes, for
example) that it may take a truly enormous number of races before you
run that "perfect" one to set your time, and very few people, I
suspect, would be prepared to devote that sort of effort towards a
"race HOF".

This doesn't apply to LFRS and co. so much because things tend to even
out over 16 races.
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