McKeon
Round 20 takes us to the finale, The Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi. The new home to the final race of the season from 2009 onwards, It has mustered up some iconic moments like Alonso losing the championship failing to overtake a 1 stopping Renault of Vitaly Petrov and the most recent piece of history being the ending to That championship in 2021. But SLR has had its fair share of moments in the McKeon division with the battle between BMidzy and raceroller coming down to a collision at the old Chicane during Season 7. The track is now much more flowing than then but it will be a massive DRS train and a strategic battle for all, so let’s see how this final race fares for the drivers involved.
Qualifying was won by BMidzy with a very decent lap, nothing on the line really for him in this one, so he’ll just be looking to convert the pole into the Race win. Second, in the end, was JagerUK, one of the best reserves we have pace-wise, will be upset with not getting pole but the man has some pace reserved so we’ll see if he has it for the race. Rounding off the top 3 was Snypz SB. Fresh off some doughnuts from the start of the session, he goes and sets a mighty time to match get close to the top 2. A great lap from a driver who usually struggles in quali but puts him in a good position in his first race as the newly sealed champion.
The race was full of battling right until the very end and it made for some great action, but it was Adzzz37 x who would take the Race win! A fine drive from the reserve driver stuck with the train the entire race, made the pit stop at just the right time, and had the tyres to be able to fend off his fellow Reserve teammate Jager at the end of the race, a race I’m sure he’ll be happy about. Second, in the end, was BRT Owen. Another reserve here, with this being his first race I believe ever in the division, and he showed his skills also sticking in the train and initially losing 2nd on track due to a penalty but with Jager getting a post-race pen he would get P2 in the end, a good drive from him. Rounding off the top 3 was JagerUK. He did have more pace but with the nature of the track it was hard for him to stay away from the 1 second region of others to get the race win with an unfortunate collision getting him a penalty he still just about gets a podium, still a decent drive from him.
An interesting race throughout with a few different trains, making drivers have to think on their toes and make the right decisions when it counts. Unfortunately, that is it for now here in the McKeon division, It’s been a long ol’ season which for me as a driver, I’ll be honest, I’m a little glad about but we will have a long break for Christmas and won’t be racing until the 28th of January, so until then I hope everyone has a great Festive period with their families and friends and we’ll be back next year to cover this fantastic Division!
Qualifying
Pole Lap: 1:21.413
1. BMidzy
2. JagerUK
3. Snypz SB
4. Adzzz37 x
5. BRT Owen
6. SimbarocksONE
7. FGE SH1BA
8. drast1k bLazE
9. SparksYT15
10. SLR Medal2533
11. raceroller22
12. SLR Corey
13. Crispy2001
14. PaRa Quickz
15. MeRkz47
Race
Fastest Lap: 1:24.159 FGE SH1BA
1. Adzzz37 x
2. BRT Owen
3. JagerUK +5sec
4. drast1k bLazE
5. Raceroller22 -3sec
6. SLR Medal2533
7. Snypz SB
8. BMidzy
9. SimbarocksONE
10. SparksYT15
11. MeRkz47
12. Crispy2001 (DNF)
13. FGE SH1BA (DNF)
14. PaRa Quickz (DNF)
15. SLR Corey (DNF)
Incident 1
Raceroller22 - 3s Time Penalty Removal Request
Outcome: Removal Granted
Reason: After reviewing the evidence of the game's stupid inconsistencies and being pushed off track by Blaze we will remove 2 of the warnings
Incident 2
Midzy vs Jageruk - Lap 21 - Spinning Another Car
Outcome: 5s Time Penalty + 2LPs to Jageruk
Reason: Jager Spins Midzy so therefore the Penalty is warranted
Division 2
Welcome to the Finale ladies and gentlemen! No Scar report, but instead I'll give you a quick rundown on what happened last week, just so I can gloat a little more.
Pole was taken by none other than yours truly (OwenHowell36) by just over 2 tenths, completing a Haas 1-2. Adrian VIII would round off the top 3 qualifiers, followed by the 2 Red Bulls.
Into the race and Owen had a good start and good away cleanly, however less of that could be said for Beast as he spun on the exit of T1. Owen did his best to get away however THATGUY and Liamm in the Bulls were keeping him company. Cod and also the returning SLR Southerner also were in the battle. A slight coming together between Owen and Liamm would send Owen back to P5, and within the next 2 laps we saw a new leader, as SLR Southerner took to the front with a gorgeous double overtake (I'll refrain from using Corey's exact quote on stream).
The Safety Car would come out at the optimal time for those starting on the Mediums, however the majority of the grid were on Hards. They all knew they had to pit, however it would be a struggle at the end on the Mediums until the end. That is what happened however, and the Red Bull double stack meant that THATGUY fell down the order, and the top 3 were now Southerner, Liamm and Owen. Liamm would have a stinker of a restart and he fell down the order rather quickly for some reason, despite having some stellar pace on the hards.
Due to this, Southerner and Owen would look to pull away and that they did, getting a gap of 5 seconds to the next car in what was a huge battle for P3. The top 2 would share the lead between them a fair few times as they were pulling eachother more into a 2 way fight for the win.
In the end, a lot of battery on the final couple of laps meant that Owen could get a lead and get a small gap, and down the final straight he made sure there was none of that left to keep Southerner behind. He would take the win in the final round and take his second win of the season! Southerner would finish a respectable P2 on his return, and after on track penalties, THATGUY691244 would round off the podium.
Thank you everyone for a great season of Division 2 racing, and we'll see you in just under 5 weeks when we get going again in Season 12!
Qualifying
Pole Time: 1:22.176
1. OwenHowell36
2. UKBeastAssassin
3. Adrian VIII
4. THATGUY691224
5. SLR Liamm
6. TIRCODZILLA
7. SLR Southerner
8. F1ABQW3RTYYY
9. SLR Mash
10. Ski Fee
11. FRL Kirito
12. LSW L3G3ND44
13. TCP Coutinho 10
14. Kislesko
15. Simon37M
16. ZachIsBeast25
17. SotierClock110
18. PxrpHaze 44
19. Scar B0rga
Race
Fastest Lap: 1:23.951 SotierClock110
1. OwenHowell36
2. SLR Southerner
3. THATGUY691224
4. TCP Coutinho 10
5. UKBeastAssassin
6. Scar B0rga
7. F1ABQW3RTYYY
8. PxrpHaze 44
9. Ski Fee
10. SLR Liamm
11. ZachIsBeast25
12. TIRCODZILLA
13. FRL Kirito +5sec
14. Kislesko
15. Adrian VIII
16. SotierClock110
17. Simon37M (DNF)
18. LSW L3G3ND44 (DNF)
19. SLR Mash (DNF)
Incident involving FRL Kirito and LSW L3G3ND44 (Lap 1, Turn 5)
5 Second Penalty and 1 License Point to FRL Kirito for causing a collision.
Based off of the evidence provided we feel as though this is the maximum penalty possible. It is hard to tell if it is an intentional move to the left from Kirito or just a loss of the car on traction and therefore we cannot award more than 5 and 1 based off of the evidence we received
Division 3
Qualifying
Pole Time: 1:22.374
1. legendarydannyd
2. lofty012
3. BadOtterTV
4. SLR Hicklin
5. Starsorphan6
6. SLR Moley
7. SSR Halo
8. TeaseCat76
9. l 21 l Maxwell
10. SLR James96
Race
Fastest Lap: 1:25.419 legendarydannyd
1. legendarydannyd
2. SLR Moley
3. SSR Halo
4. Starsorphan6
5. SLR Hicklin
6. TeaseCat76
7. BadOtterTV
8. lofty012 +10 sec
9. l 21 l Maxwell
10. SLR James96 (DNF)
BadOtterTV vs lofty012 - Causing a collision - Lap 14
Outcome: NFA
Here we think that this is tough racing with a few taps and bangs here and there but no penalty here.
BadOtterTV vs lofty012 - Spinning another driver - Lap 18
Outcome: 10 Seconds + 2LP to Lofty
Here we think that Lofty just turns in and doesn’t regard BadOtter as being there so just spins him around and ruins his race.
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