Ford vs Ferrari, Imola, Aug. 25th, Pre-Race Briefing

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~ In your TRACK list, the track is:
" Imola/Imola 1972 "
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~ Race length is 50 minutes
~ Race Pit Speed 75mph/120kph
~ Fuel Usage 3x
~ Standing Start
~ Do not use off-course areas to gain an advantage.
~ Please Note that we will be doing a Standing Start for this series!
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Race Day and Time: Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
Server Name: MNRL CMSRACING.COM
Qualifying at 8PM CST/9PM EST (15 minutes)
Warmup, 5 minutes,
Race 50 Minutes
~ Server Settings

Server Password:loudandproud

~ ORANGE ZONE RULES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE START OF THE RACE


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Race review and penalties:
The race start may be reviewed by the review team if an admin deems it necessary or a protest is filed as well as

review any incidents during the race for which an incident protest was filed.
Penalties may be issued as appropriate. The results of these reviews will be posted no later than one week before

the next event.
All drivers are required to read the race review/penalty thread before the upcoming race so

that they will be aware if they are required to serve any penalties.
You can find this info posted here in this forum and on the CMS Discord in the "Tuesdays-AMS

(MNRL)" channel under the "mnrl-league-info" and "mnrl-league-discussion" sub channels. Also in the CMS Discord

"RACE STEWARDS" channel under the "review-cmte-anouncments" sub channel where it originated.
Any driver receiving a penalty will also be notified via PM.

!!!PLEASE be familiar with CMS rules and regulations!!!
Rules, Regulations and Protest Procedure



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Server should be up a week prior to the race.
In the SERVER LIST, look for
MNRL CMSRACING.COM ...
Server Password:loudandproud

NOTE:
If you can't see the sever on the list please use LiveRacers Join link.
The sim must NOT be running when you click the Join button at the top of LiveRacers.
Here is a link

MNRL LiveRacers.

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Use this link to join the CMS Discord server:
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If you have yet to join the CMS Discord server, please do this as soon as possible.
It may take a minute (or hour or two) to get everything organized and get yourself familiarized with the interface.


You will also need to be given permission, once you accept the Discord invite, before certain channels on the CMS

server can be accessed.
Please don't wait until race night to try to organize this stuff!

Thank you!

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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE CHIEF STEWARD:

As usual, the lift/blip May be in effect, depending on the car. Repetitive speedshifting
may result in motor damage and failure.

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Circuit History
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Imola will forever be tainted by the tragedies of 1994 which prompted major revisions to its layout but, despite

this, it remains one of the most atmospheric and challenging circuits in Europe.

The circuit is in an area with long associations with speed – as far back as 80BC the Romans created an

amphitheatre for gladiatorial chariot racing. In more recent times, the idea for a motor racing circuit was first

promoted in the late 1940s. Four locals – Alfredo Campagnoli, Graziano Golinelli, Ugo Montevecchi and Gualtiero

Vighi – who were all keen on motorcycle racing, saw the opportunity presented by the creation of a new road. This

linked the via Emila, where the Rivazza curve is now located, to the town of Codrigano, as far as the current Tosa

curve.

Winning support for an autodrome under the guise of using the construction to help relieve unemployment, a series

of connecting roads were created to form an anti-clockwise loop. The first foundation stone was laid in March 1950,

with Enzo Ferrari himself present. It was not until October 1952 that the first testing could take place, with

Ferrari dispatching a 340 Sport for Ascari, Marzotto and Villoresi to try out, lapping at an average of 149 km/h.

Also present were the Gilera and Moto Guzzi motorcycle teams, with riders able to achieve an average speed of 138

km/h.

The original circuit layout ttravelled the familiar route alongside the river to Tosa, up the hillside to Piratella

and Acque Minerale, before plunging back down towards the Rivazza. While the track layout itself is largely

unchanged, little else would be recognisable to racegoers today – essentially, the circuit resembled the largely

temporary facility it was, a simple connection of the roads and streets of a city suburb, replete with all of the

hazards this brings.

Initially named after the Santerno River which borders it on the paddock side, the circuit was renamed Autodromo

Dino Ferrari in 1970 after Enzo Ferrari's son, who had died of leukaemia in 1956. Enzo Ferrari's own name was added

following his death in 1988.

The first racing events were held in April 1953, with the GP Coni motorcycle race which was approved for the 125cc

and 500cc Italian championship. The following year the first car races arrived in the form of the Coppa d'Oro Shell

('Golden Shell' race), which was open only to sports cars and would see Ferrari and Maserati compete for victory,

the Ferrari of Magioli eventually proving victorious. In the same year, the circuit's management was entrusted to

E.S.T.I. (Imola's Sport and Tourism Body), with Tommaso Maffei Alberti as President.

Those early years saw Imola establish itself mainly as a sports car and motorcycle venue, but in 1963 it organised

its first international race run to Formula One rules. Jim Clark proved a runaway winner in a Lotus 25, though

organisers were disappointed that there was no entry for Ferrari. Similarly, the first World Championship

Motorcycle event took place in 1969 without the most prestigious home manufacturer, as MV Augusta was not present.

Gradual improvements were made to the facilities; in 1965, the first covered grandstand was erected on the

start/finish straight, while some sections were resurfaced and widened, including at Tosa, were new run off areas

and spectator banking was provided in 1970, along with sections of Armco barrier at key points.

The first major layout revision came in August 1972, with the construction of the Variente Bassa (lower) chicane,

and from 1974 the Variente Alta (higher) chicane was also added to slow speeds on the approach to Rivazza.

Into the mid 1970s, Imola was still a collection of public and private roads, but the decision was taken at the end

of the decade to formalise affairs and create a true permanent facility for the first time. Roads were closed off

to public traffic and construction work around the circuit saw it emerge with barriers all round, grandstands and

new pit buildings.

The reward was a Formula One Grand Prix – initially a non-championship affair in 1979, won by the Brabham of Niki

Lauda – and then in 1980, the Italian Grand Prix was awarded to Imola following a dispute with organisers at the

Monza circuit. From 1981, Imola was granted a race alongside Monza under the guise of the nearby Republic of San

Marino, an event it would host for the next quarter century.

Further circuit changes were made for the 1981 season, based on feedback from the first two F1 events. A lack of

run-off at Acque Minerale was solved by the insertion of a somewhat clumsy chicane. At Variente Alta, meanwhile,

for the return of the Motorcycling World Championship, a temporary second chicane was added for use during bike

events only. A further chicane at Villeneuve corner was added in 1985, again only for use by motorcycle racers,

though the world championship racers got only one opportunity to sample it in 1988 before the race switched

permanenlty to nearby Misano.

Despite the addition of the various chicanes, the circuit was subject to constant safety concerns, mostly regarding

the flat-out Tamburello corner, which was very bumpy and had dangerously little room between the track and a

concrete wall which protects the river behind it. In 1987, Nelson Piquet was inured after crashing there in his

Williams, missing the race as a result. Worse was to come in 1989, when Gerhard Berger's Ferrari left the circuit

after a front wing failure and caught fire. Rapid work by marshals ensured the flames were quickly extinguished but

Berger had suffered burns to his hands which would see him miss the following Grand Prix.

Then came Formula One's blackest weekend. During Friday practice for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, Rubens

Barrichello was lucky to emerge with relatively light injuries when he crashed his Jordan-Hart at the Variente

Bassa, launching over the kerbing into the debris fencing. The following day, Roland Ratzenberger was killed when

he crashed at Villeneuve and in the race itself, spectators were injured when debris from a startline collision

went into the crowd. Then, Formula One's biggest star Ayrton Senna suffered fatal injuries when his car left the

track at Tamburello, and mechanics were injured in the restarted race when a wheel came loose from a Minardi.

The events in Imola rocked the motor racing world and forced immediate changes in car and circuit design. Imola

itself underwent a total reconstruction in the winter of 1994, emerging in much modified form. Tamburello was no

more, replaced by a chicane, as was the case at Villeneuve. Run off was much improved around the circuit, including

at Rivazza, which had been repositioned and the corners made tighter. Acque Minerale was, however, restored as

proper corner, albeit with greatly increased run-off.

Formula One events would continue successfully for another decade and, between 1996 and 1999, the MotoGP also

returned, meaning that for a brief period Imola was one more home to the top classes in two and four wheels.

However, MotoGP departed in 2000, to be replaced a year later by the World Superbike Championships. Storm clouds

were gathering by this time, with discontent in the Formula One about the state of the pit and paddock facilities —

which were essentially unchanged from the 1979 rebuild — and a general impetus for new races in the Far East. The

inevitable happened in August 2006, when the FIA dropped the San Marino Grand Prix from the F1 calendar, unless

improvements could be made to the circuit.

Against this background, track operator SAGIS ploughed ahead with plans to modernise, employing Herman Tilke to

design new pit and paddock facilities. These call for a lengthened pit lane, which would result in the removal of

the Variante Bassa chicane altogether. In November 2006, the existing pit buildings (save for the iconic Marlboro

Tower) were demolished, in preparation for revisions. It was to prove the last act of SAGIS, which filed for

bankruptcy in early 2007, bringing work on site to an abrupt halt. The Municipality of Imola launched a tender for

the thirty-year management of the circuit, awarding it in February 2007 to a new company, 'Formula Imola', which is

a joint venture between the city and the Norman property group. Work resumed on the reconfiguration, but the delays

mean that no racing could be held during 2007.

The revised circuit was inaugurated in May 2008, hosting a round of the World Touring Car Championship for the

first time in August. At the end of the year, the Norman property group bowed out of ownership and the majority

stake in Formula Imola was bought by the Motorsport Eventi company. A push for more international events saw the

return of the World Superbikes in 2009, though a new Variente Bassa chicane was added just ahead of the

start/finish line at the request of the FIM. This is only utilised by the motorcycle racers.

The debts accrued by the circuit modernisation sent Formula Imola into adminisatrion again in February 2010, though

the circuit continued to operate on a provisional basis while new ownership was sought. Under the adminstrator, the

circuit's debts were addressed, such that by October 2010 it was removed from administration once more. A

reorganisation to form a new holding company, Con-Ami, took place in December of that year. Con-Ami was

subsequently awarded the rights to run the circuit for 64 years in 2012.

The revived circuit has gone on to consolidate its position, continuing to host the World Superbike Championships

but also reviving top class sportscars with the Six Hours of Imola, run to Le Mans rules as part of the

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup in 2011. Subsequently, a shortened three-hour race has formed a round of the European

Le Mans Series. A complete resurface was undertaken in August 2011, after which the FIA awarded the circuit Grade 1

status once again, licensing it for Formula One competition; while a revival of the San Marino Grand Prix seemed a

remote possibility, the certification did at least mean that the venue could host F1 testing once again.

As it turned out, the Grade 1 homologation did prove beneficial during the turbulent 2020 coronavirus-affected

season. Formula One, like the majority of championships, was faced with multiple calendar changes, as travel and

quarantine restrictions changed week by week. In July 2020 it was announced that a deal had been struck for

Formula One to return - not as host of the San Marino Grand Prix as before, but instead the event on November 1

would be known as the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The event will be run in a two-day format, with only one practice

session expected ahead of qualifying and the race.