In Elite FRA Freeman9 took yet another pole in what is turning out to be a dominant season at least on one lap pace.
Ghost Colt impressed once again putting his Ferrari onto the first row of the grid with HamJam securing 3rd for the Renault team and out-qualifying his championship rivals, ZyDRAD and JamHam who were 7th and 11th respectively.
In the race early damage caused Jam to pit while Snypz and Hoopolicious jumped Ham off of the start and ZyDRAD challenged the Renault into turn 1.
Around the halfway stage, Ghost Colt who had stormed into a rather substantial lead agonisingly disconnected allowing Freeman to waltz to a rather convincing victory, Ham jumped Hoopolicious on penalties as they rounded out the podium with Ham extending his championship lead to 40 points.
Bezzas had another assured drive putting his RedBull 5th in the grid and going one better in the race to secure P4.
Ryan Jones once again proved consistency is key by claiming another P5 in a solid showing for the Alpha Tauri team JamHam despite early damage recovered well to P6 and closed the gap to ZyDRAD in the championship as the Haas driver could only manage P9.
Merkz and Beast both stormed up 6 positions each to claim 7th and 8th respectively with the former now closing up to Ghost Colt in the championship and the latter scoring a rare points finish in what has been a difficult season since dominating the division 2 campaign the year before.
Snypz secured another point in P10 with Smoke and Para rounding out the finishers, 12 in total in a race of attrition as 6 drivers retired or weren’t classified.
The championship now moves on to Russia a track that drivers seem to either love or hate and one that can at times provide some good racing whilst at others be a bit of a stale affair.
Still all to play for in both Championships as well as the joint constructors, see you all at the Sochi Autodrom for what should be another great race!
Qualifying
Pole Lap: 01.32.898
1. FRA Freeman9
2. gho3t COLT
3. HamJam2002
4. Hoopolicious
5. bezzas1
6. Snypz SB
7. ZyDRAD
8. Ryan Jones123
9. raceroller22
10. BDunk
11. Xx JamHam xX
12. SLR Dylan
13. MeRkz47
14. UKBeastAssassin
15. SLR Smoke68
16. Jito DV
17. SLR Niki
18. PaRa Quickz
Race
Fastest Lap: 01.38.144 Snypz SB
1. FRA Freeman9
2. HamJam2002
3. Hoopolicious
4. bezzas1
5. Ryan Jones123
6. Xx JamHam xX
7. MeRkz47
8. UKBeastAssassin
9. ZyDRAD
10. Snypz SB
11. gho3t COLT
12. SLR Smoke68
13. PaRa Quickz
14. raceroller22 (DNF)
15. SLR Dylan (DNF)
16. Jito DV (DNF)
17. SLR Niki (DNF)
18. BDunk (DNF)
No incidents reported well done Elite
Qualifying was once again brilliantly close in division 1 with sillybunny47711 taking pole followed by Cechthisout and the pole sitters team mate SLR Kolka. We saw rain for what felt like forever at the start of the race which threw anyone into contention for the win. Tooman3sweets took full advantage finding himself at the front of the pack with a large lead before making a costly mistake and retiring with race ending damage. We saw another team 1-2 with the Mercedes drivers locking top two positions. P1 brindyboi67 P2 JH199 and rounding of the podium a familiar name in Sotierclock110
Qualifying
Pole Lap: 01.33.955
1. SillyBunny47711
2. CechThisOut
3. SLR Kolka
4. BrindyBoi67
5. tooman3sweets
6. SotierClock110
7. JH199
8. SLR McKoen
9. Riggsey x
10. II Monkeyy II
11. SLR Gooner
12. SLR ranga
13. zZSouthernerZz
14. Lewisod
15. SLR Liamm
16. JibJab325
17. ARL PReDaToRZz
18. I DarkXenon I
19. Lil Wiggy
Race
Fastest Lap: 1:37.896 SLR McKeon
1. BrindyBoi67
2. JH199
3. SotierClock110
4. SLR Kolka
5. Riggsey x
6. zZSouthernerZz
7. SillyBunny47711
8. Lewisod
9. SLR Liamm
10. SLR ranga
11. l DarkXenon l
12. JibJab325
13. SLR McKeon (FL)
14. CechThisOut
15. ARL PReDaToRZz
16. SLR Gooner (DNF)
17. tooman3sweets (DNF)
18. Lil Wiggyy (DNF)
19. Il Monkeyy lI (DNF)
No incidents reported well done Division 1
Qualifying
Pole Time: 1:34.287 - SLR Semm
1. SLR Semm
2. rockamad73
3. DnK Rando18
4. bennett628
5. SLR Barlow
6. SLR vTaqx
7. Honeybadger56x
8. SLR Hicklin
9. ZachIsBeast25
10. Coupe a Benz
11. MRC R Leah
12. AG ll Panther
13. SLR iCallum
14. SLR Nealix
15. SLR Owenn
16. ChickeN FikR
17. SSR Halo
18. Original96
19. PlainTeddy24
20. SLR Scopezz
Race
Fastest Lap: 1:37.979 - SLR Owenn
1. SLR Semm
2. rockamad73 (+5s from last race)
3. DnK Rando18
4. bennett628
5. MRC R Leah
6. Honeybadger56x
7. AG ll Panther
8. ChickeN FikR
9. SLR Hicklin
10. SLR vTaqx
11. SLR Nealix (+10s)
12. ZachIsBeast25
13. SSR Halo (+5s from last race)
14. Coupe a Benz
15. SLR Scopezz
16. SLR Owenn (+15s)
17. Original96
18. PlainTeddy24 (DNF)
19. SLR Barlow (DNF) (+15s) (qualifying ban for next race)
20. SLR iCallum (DNF) (+10 added to next race)
Barlow - Retiring on track
Outcome - 15 Secs + 3LP
Reason - Retiring on track in quali
Scopez vs Nealix
Outcome - 10 sec pen + 2LP for Nealix
Reason - Squeezing with damage - Nealix squeezes scopez into the wall
Zach Vs iCallum
Outcome - 10sec pen and 3LP for iCallum
Reason - Spinning another car
Zach vs Owen
Outcome - 15sec pen + 4LP for Owen
Reason - Causing major wing damage - Owen comes across Zach pushing him into the wall resulting in major wing damage
Round 16 at Singapore for division 3 brought another thrilling race from the off. A clean start to the race as Craigfk led the field through lap 1. It took until turn 8 to bring some early drama as Scott85laney in 7th slowed right down causing a concertina effect as it looked like Lofty4794, Baggiefan1995, DaredPaul1986, Nedklaw & Spr1ghtly all bunched up and made contact with one another with x J Geddes x, Aflyinglemon318, l Russell l9008 & dingledolphin86 also getting caught up in the action with damaged wings flying all over the track. This led to an immediate VSC while drivers composed themselves ahead of the full green flag restart. At the end of lap 1 it was Nedklaw, Spr1ghtly, Aflyinglemon318 & DaredPaul1986 who all pitted for repairs and a switch onto the hard tyres. It was lap 4 before the next change of the race happened as Scott85laney came into the pits in 8th place for repairs dropping him down to 16th as he returned to the race. By lap 5 Baggiefan1995 and x J Geddes x were fighting side by side for 9th place into turn 8 while l Russell l9008 was up 9 places into 11th after a great start. Onto lap 7 and SLR Gareth made a pass on l21l Maxwell ahead of turn 7 to take 6th place after looking like he was being held up slightly over laps 5 and 6. It was despair for SLR Gareth though as no sooner had he made the pass he lost traction ahead of turn 8 making contact with the wall getting wing damage & putting l21l Maxwell back into 6th. This then led to the second VSC of the race as the two Redbulls double stacked in the pits putting x J Geddes x into 6th, Lofty4794 into 7th, dingledolphin86 into 8th with SLR St2oh up into 9th.
The end of lap 10 saw both Sphh in 4th and SLR Dodgy in 5th make their one stops of the race both however both making repairs to damaged wings. Meanwhile on turn 14 it was Scott85laney making an audacious move on SLR St2oh up the inside to take 10th. The start of lap 11 it was still Craigfk out in front with Crafti3stJ3st3r in 2nd. Lofty4794 was up to 4th, x J Geddes x in 5th, dingledoplhin86 in 6th and l21l Maxwell up to 7th. Turn 9 saw SLR Hyperz collide with the wall picking up wing damage and losing ground with the top 2 but remaining in 3rd place, with a pitstop pushing Lofty4794 up into 3rd. Meanwhile at turn 8 it was Scott85laney crashing out from the race in 9th with terminal damage bringing a 3rd VSC of the race as the leaders Craigfk and Crafti3stJ3st3r pitted for fresh rubber. Lap 14 and Craigfk and Crafti3stJ3st3r went toe to toe into turn 1 for the lead and it looked like very slight contact between the two as Crafti3stJ3st3r ended up in a spin and facing the wrong way on track as Craigfk opened up a good lead in the race. Daredpaul1986 then spun out on the final corner and into the wall with terminal damage which surprisingly didn’t bring out a safety car. Lap 15 and we did then see a safety car as Lofty4794 crashed at the dreaded turn 8 but was able to continue his race. This brought Crafti3sJ3st3r into the pits for hard tyres and a wing change moving SLR Hyperz and SLR Dodgy into 2nd and 3rd with Crafti3stJ3st3r returning in 5th. Lap 19 and the race restarted with all drivers once again getting away cleanly. Aflyinglemon318 in 12th then had a slide at turn 10 in into the barrier but was able to continue in re-joining in 17th.
Lap 22 and SLR Hyperz lost connection to the race meaning his race imploded as he begun to fall down the field as SLR Dodgy moved into 2nd with SPhh into 3rd and Crafti3stJ3st3r into 4th. Lap 23 and Spr1ghtly in 9th lost it on turn 14 ending his race with terminal damage as Craigfk continued to lead the race comfortably. After the final 6 laps the race then concluded out with no further incidents as Craigfk won comfortably by 10 seconds to Crafti3stJ3st3r in 2nd and SLR Dodgy in 3rd. Sphh managed 4th despite 21seconds of penalties, l21l Maxwell took 5th, Lofty4794 6th, SLR Gareth was 7th, x J Geddes x was in 8th, dingledoplphin86 with his first points of the season in 9th and Baggiefan1995 made up the top 10 with a driver of the day performance.
Qualifying
Pole Lap: 01.36.071
1. craigfk
2. Crafti3stJ3st3r
3. SLR Hyperz
4. Sphh
5. Scott85Laney
6. SLR Dodgy
7. SLR Gareth
8. DaredPaul1986
9. Lofty4794
10. SPR1GHTLY
11. NEDKLAW
12. I 21 I Maxwell
13. Baggiefan 1995
14. Aflyinglemon318
15. x J GEDDES x
16. dingledolphin86
17. SLR St2oH
18. UK I DeMoNz
19. JON5Y
20. I Russell I9008
Race
Fastest Lap: 01.38.345 SLR Hyperz
1. craigfk
2. Crafti3stJ3st3r
3. SLR Dodgy
4. Sphh
6. Lofty4794
7. SLR Gareth
8. x J GEDDES x
9. dingledolphin86
10. Baggiefan 1995
11. NEDKLAW
12. SLR St2oH
13. JON5Y
14. SLR Hyperz
15. UK I DeMoNz
16. Aflyinglemon318
17. SPR1GTHLY (DNF)
18. DaredPaul1986 (DNF)
19. Scott85Laney (DNF)
20. I Russell I9008 (DNF)
NEDKLAW vs Multiple Drivers Lap 1
OUTCOME: Racing Incident
REASON: Multiple cars pick up wing damage from hitting the back of each other due to an incident ahead.
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