Finaly we could start our new season !!! Racers do only want to do only one thing ..Racing.
We first had some server problems when we've started the qualify sessions but luckily we do have 2 servers so in a mater of minutes we were back "on track" on the second server liveforspeed.be2
We drove the frontwheel driven FXO on the Fernbay Green circuit. And we had 2 nice close racing races with not to many incidents.
As this is the fist race, and most of you need a refresh on the rules .. we assumed those errors made were not on purpose so they all come away with some warnings..
But be aware those warnings last for 2 races, so don't make those errors again in the next races or they will result in penalties !!
Here you can see for who and how long the warning stands
So read those rules again please ! They are translated into 5 languages .. so no excuse there !
Here is the race report :
Qualify:
1. StFin Stauf 1:18.53
2. [SR] Vule 1:18.99
3. StFin Jkl76 1:19.43
4. Salatoimik 1:19.43
5. harabla 1:19.81
6. Fridorik 1:20.37
7. Wellington 1:20.40
8. Hanziboy 1:21.38
9. Jancis 1:21.58
10. towz-T 1:23.06
11. SLO_Scatter 1:24.53
12. SLO_Knuckles 1:24.62
13. Xtian - LFS.BE no time
14. Ernest no time
Race 1 - 15 Laps:
0:45.00 - Fridorik and harabla touch in the kink between turns 2 and 3. Harabla gets moved over into the grass, but harabla could have simply used a little bit of brake so as not to force a bad situation. On the other hand, Fridorik could have given harabla a little more room. So each driver has some fault in this incident... warning for both drivers to give more room and don't force a bad situation.
7:18.50 - StFin Jkl76 hits the tires in the turn 1 chicane and puts his car on its side... SC called
Race 1 Finish Order:
1. [SR] Vule
2. Salatoimik
3. Xtian - LFS.BE
4. harabla
5. Wellington
6. towz-T
7. StFin Stauf
8. Hanziboy
9. Fridorik
10. Jancis
11. SLO_Knuckles
12. SLO_Scatter
13. StFin Jkl76
14. Ernest DNS
Race 2 - 30 Laps - Reversed Grid Order:
0:31.89 - Salatoimik gets into the back of Xtian's car and turns Xtian a little. But Salatoimik gets off the throttle to let Xtian recover. That possibly changed Xtian's entrance into turn 1 a little... racing incident
0:34.39 - Wellington clips the tires going into the turn 1 chicane which pushes his car over into harabla. Then Xtian can't avoid hitting harabla in the right rear causing harabla to spin. That then knocks Xtian over in front of Salatoimik, who has no place to go, and Salatoimik hits Xtian... racing incident
1:16.92 - Jancis and Stauf touch going through turn 6 which causes Jancis to lose control and slide to a stop sideways in the middle of the track. Scatter comes along and doesn't brake soon enough, when he saw the yellow flag on screen, and hits Jancis in the door sending him down the track sliding on his side. Jancis has to call the SC... warning for Scatter for not slowing down. Slow down sooner when the yellow is out.
12:32.00 - harabla clips the tires going into the turn 1 chicane and it sends him flying... SC called
18:11.59 - Stauf has a mechanical failure with his wheel and leaves after completing 11 laps...
21:15.01 - towz-T tries to pass Wellington at turn 5 and they both go sliding into the grass... warning for Wellington, do not block as per Rule 8.16
22:55.15 - Ernest must have had a lag spike when Xtian hits him in the left rear corner and is sent sliding backwards into the aarmco at turn 7. Xtian is 2 car lengths behind Ernest when this happens. Ernest spectates afterwards after completing 14 laps... racing incident caused by lag check this ...
23:05.80 - Jancis runs out of fuel on the back side of the track and tries to coast around to the pits. But at 24:26.16, Jancis is trying to go from the inside lane of turn 9 to the outside lane and is in the middle of the track when Vule, in the lead, gets to him. Vule has no time to react and hits Jancis which lets Salatoimik take the lead. Jancis had completed 13 laps... warning for Jancis to be more aware of cars approaching as per Rule 8.13, also warning for Vule to slow down when there is a yellow flag ahead. know this probably costed Vule's victory..
Race 2 Finish Order:
1. Salatoimik
2. towz-T
3. Xtian - LFS.BE
4. [SR] Vule
5. StFin Jkl76
6. Hanziboy
7. Fridorik
8. Wellington
9. SLO_Knuckles
10. harabla
11. SLO_Scatter
12. Jancis DNF
13. Ernest DNF
14. StFin Stauf DNF
Season 11 Race 1 Points Results:
1. Salatoimik
2. [SR] Vule
3. Xtian - LFS.BE
4. Towz-T
5. Wellington
6. Harabla
6. Hanziboy
8. Fridorik
9. StFin Jkl76
10. SLO_Knuckles
11. StFin Stauf
12. Jancis
13. SLO_Scatter
14. Ernest