Welcome back everyone to another race report for Elite! With only 3 rounds remaining in Season 5, we arrive in America for a weekend around the Circuit of the Americas! In Elite, which was basically a DRS train containing half the grid for the entirety of the race, HamJam2002 took yet another win on penalties and is looking very good for his first driver’s championship! Home driver Hoopolicious took P2 after winning on track and electing to fit the hards during his pit stop, which allowed for a great battle between himself and Ham for most of the race. Xx JamHam xX came home in third after holding off the Haas of FRA Freeman9 in the later stages of the race. Freeman, electing to stay out on his degraded softs, lost time to the rest of the field, however some impressive pace in clean air allowed him to catch the top 4 and having a chance at the podium, which didn’t work out for the American driver. ZyDRAD took a solid P5 after penalties, adding some points for the Haas team, who are more and more likely going to win the Elite and Joint constructors. Crispy2001 came home in 6th after missing the last 3 weekends with his teammate Ryan Jones123 right behind him in 7th. Although it was points for the Red Bull driver, it wasn’t the race I’m sure the fast starting MeRkz47 was hoping for. After getting past Freeman lap one, Merkz held a comfortable position until he picked up damage when he missed his braking point for turn 12 and hit Freeman, dropping down to 8th in the process. Rounding out our points finishers was driver of the day (and week nominee) Snypz SB who recovered from a poor qualifying of 16th to bring the Mclaren home in 9th and Jito DV in the Mercedes finishing 10th.
Our non-points finishers included bezzas1 in the Red Bull finishing 11th, UKBeastAssassin, who made a rare Q3 appearance, finished 12th, SLR Darnell (who unknowingly ran medium traction for the majority of the race) came home in 13th. Check his tik tok out if you wanna see his oopsies moment of the weekend, I can’t wait for him to yell at me once this report is published 🙂. SLR Dylan came home after a tough race and a disconnect in 14th. After a points finish last time out in Japan, raceroller22 came home in 15th and seemingly lacked a bit of pace. In his home race, BDunk came home in 16th, with PaRa Quickz and SLR Niki rounding out our finishers in 17th and 18th. Finally, our non-finishers were SLR Smoke68 and V2 x Combat.
I hope you all enjoyed the race on Sunday, as well as all of the other running we had this weekend! Enjoy the remainder of the report and we look forward to seeing you all next week in Mexico!
Qualifying
Pole Lap: 01.29.291
1. HamJam2002
2. ZyDRAD
3. Hoopolicios
4. FRA Freeman9
5. Xx JamHam xX
6. SLR Smoke68
7. MeRkz47
8. RyanJones123
9. Crispy2001
10. UKBeastAssassin
11. SLR Darnell
12. SLR Dylan
13. Jito DV
14. bezzas1
15. BDunk
16. Snypz SB
17. SLR Niki
18. raceroller22
19. PaRa Quickz
20. v2 Combat
Race
Fastest Lap: 01.31.685 SLR Niki
1. HamJam2002
2. Hoopolicious
3. Xx JamHam xX
4. FRA Freeman9
5. ZyDRAD
6. Crispy2001
7. Ryan Jones123
8. MeRkz47
9. Snypz SB
10. Jito DV
11. bezzas1
12. UKBeastAssassin
13. SLR Darnell
14. SLR Dylan
15. raceroller22
16. BDunk
17. PaRa Quickz
18. SLR Niki
19. SLR Smoke68 (DNF)
20. v2 x Combat (DNF)
The debutant to the division l VR46 l started in pole position with a 1.30.045 by a very small margin of 0.033 to Cechthisout and it was the 2nd place man that went onto win the race after pens had been applied with l VR46 l claiming second over Brindyboi67. The battle was tense all the way with some drivers opted for different strategies that didn’t pay off.
Qualifying
Pole Lap: 01.30.045
1. IVR46I
2. CechThisOut
3. BrindyBoi67
4. SLR Gooner
5. SLR Liamm
6. II Monkeyy II
7. SLR Kolka
8. SillyBunny47711
9. SotierClock110
10. zZSouthernerZz
11. BlandSiamang908
12. JibJab325
13. Riggsey x
14. SLR Connor
15. Lil Wiggy
16. ARL PReDaToRZz
17. tooman3sweets
Race
Fastest Lap: 1:32.448 - zZSouthernerZz
1. CechThisOut
2. l VR46 l
3. BrindyBoi67
4. SLR Gooner
5. SillyBunny47711 (+10s)
6. ARL PReDaToRZz
7. JibJab325
8. Riggsey x
9. Lil Wiggyy
10. SLR Liamm
11. SotierClock110
12. SLR Connor
13. zZSouthernerZz (FL)
14. Il Monkeyy lI
15. BlandSiamang908 (+20s)
16. SLR Kolka
17. tooman3sweets
JibJab325 vs Lil Wiggyy
Outcome: no action taken
Reason: collision was caused by lag
SLR Kolka vs BlandSiamang908
Outcome: +5s + 1LP BlandSiamang908
Reason: BlandSiamang908 forces SLR Kolka off the track
SLR Kolka vs BlandSiamang908 II
Outcome: no penalty given
Reason: BlandSiamang908 had no room on his side of the track
Lil Wiggyy
Outcome: no penalty given
Reason: we believe that he was not in AI for long enough to be deemed excessive. However a note to all drivers that anything needed to be done before the race is to be done in the 5 minute break, not the formation lap.
ARL PReDaToRZz vs SillyBunny47711
Outcome: +10s + 2LP SillyBunny47711
Reason: minor divebomb, resulting in ARL PReDaToRZz going off the track and losing 3 positions
Riggsey x vs BlandSiamang908
Outcome: no action taken
Reason: although dangerous, BlandSiamang908 did give the position back to Riggsey x.
Riggsey x vs BlandSiamang908 II
Outcome: +10s + 2LP BlandSiamang908
Reason: dangerous driving; BlandSiamang908 needs to be more aware of his surroundings
Riggsey x vs BlandSiamang908 III
Outcome: +5s + 1LP BlandSiamang908
Reason: squeezing after going off the track
After failing to win the Division Two championship last week, bennett628 had a relatively comfortable target to beat this week to become champion, including that he had to ensure that MRC R Leah did not take the win.
Unfortunately due to connection issues the latter was asked to retire from the race.
That means that we have a new champion in bennett628! Massive congratulations and enjoy your final 3 races in div 2.
SLR Semm took maximum points this week with a win and fastest lap, whilst DnK Rando18 came home second in front of our new champion in P3. Coupe a Benz crossed the line in P4 just ahead of OwenHowell36, but their positions were swapped after a penalty was applied to the end of the Hungarians race time from last week.
Although we had lots of retirements it was better than last week so I must commend the drivers for it, although we would still like to see some better race craft and so less incidents for the final 3 races of the season.
Qualifying
Pole Lap: 01.30.255
1. DnK Rando18
2. PalainTeddy24
3. SLR Semm
4. bennett628
5. rockamad73
6. ChickeN FikR
7. OwenHowell36
8. MRC R Leah
9. SSR Halo
10. AG II Panther
11. Coupe a Benz
12. SLR Barlow
13. dRaSt1k bLazE
14. ZachIsBeast25
15. Original96
16. SLR Hicklin
17. SLR Nealix
18. SLR Scopeez
19. jacksondog123
20. Cosmic Cameron9
Race
Fastest Lap: 1:32.364 - SLR Semm
1. SLR Semm (FL)
2. DnK Rando18
3. bennett628
4. OwenHowell36
5. Coupe a Benz (+5s from last race)
6. dRaSt1k bLazE
7. SLR Barlow
8. Original96
9. AG ll Panther (+5s)
10. SLR Nealix
11. SLR Scopezz
12. SLR Hicklin (+10s)
13. rockamad73 (DNF)
14. PlainTeddy24 (DNF)
15. ChickeN FikR (DNF)
16. MRC R Leah (DNF)
17. Cosmic Cameron9 (DNF)
18. ZachIsBeast25 (DNF)
19. SSR Halo (DNF)
20. jacksondog123 (DSQ) (+10s added on to next race due to DNF)
Halo vs Lap 1
Outcome - 5sec + 1 LP for Panther
Reason - Comes across halo causing him to spin into the barrier. Penalty reduced due to it being lap 1 and Panthers side of view was not sent in due to the below statement.
Halo - Please include who is involved in the clip when submitting it to the stewards.
Owen vs Dawzie
Outcome - no further action
Reason - Minor contact resulting in Owen going deep. It’s not Dawzie’s fault Owen subsequently drives off the track and receives an illegal overtake.
Scopez vs Jacksondog
Outcome - 10sec pen + 2LP for Jacksondog
Reason - squeezing with damage
Scopez vs Blaze
Outcome - Racing incident
Reason - Unlucky for Scopez but not really any single driver to blame
Teddy vs Hicklin
Outcome - 10sec pen and 2LP for Hicklin
Reason - Squeezing with damage, Not a terminal damage pen because the collision with the wall could have been avoided
Zach vs Halo
Outcome - no further action
Reason - Zach goes for a move that isn’t there and gets major wing damage as a result, he doesn’t affect the outcome of the Halo vs Panther incident
Blaze vs Ai
Outcome - no further action
Reason - The stewards strongly advise against using AI during the race especially for prolonged amounts of time, however in this instance the reason given by blaze was not ‘unnecessary enough’ to warrant a penalty for unnecessary use of AI.
Round 19 at COTA in the United States and division 3 produced a very clean race with not one safety car in sight. It was Craigfk who started pole and led the field up to T1 at the top of the hill. There were some tussles at T1 with cars jostling for position as Scott85laney ran wide on the exit and went toe to toe with SLR Dodgy picking up some wing damage and a penalty for track limits pushing him back to 20th from 7th. The sector 1 S bends then also saw Jon5y spin out from 11th with possible wing damage as he dropped to the back of the field. As the field dropped into positional formation on lap 1 it was Sphh who was the big winner gaining 3 places up into 5th as SLR Stevoo, SLR Hyperz and SLR Dodgy all dropped a place. At the back it was l21l Maxwell who was up 5 places from 20th into 15th. By lap 3 SLR Stevoo was having technical issues as the cars ERS was stuck on as SLR Hyperz made his way past into 6th followed by SLR Dodgy on the same lap into 7th as SLR Stevoo dropped back to 8th. DaredPaul1986 then took a spin at sector 3 as he dropped from 11th to 19th. Lap 4 then saw the first retirement of the race as SLR Russell came into the pits to retire the car. After an incident free few laps, it was lap 9 when SLR Gareth overtook SLR Dodgy on the main straight to take 7th. However, at T1 SLR Gareth then ran wide with SLR Dodgy coming back and making an overtake as both cars entered the S bends of sector 1 almost side by side with some hair-raising racing.
SLR Gareth then took the place back on the DRS back straight but the battle continued into sector 3 as SLR Dodgy tried a switchback only for SLR Gareth to read this and catch SLR Dodgy out as he made contact with the rear of SLR Gareth picking up wing damage. SLR Dodgy then pitting lap 9 for a wing change and to go to the hard tyres. Lap 9 also saw second place SLR B33n make his pitstop onto the medium tyres as he looked to try the undercut on race leader Craigfk. One lap later race leader Craigfk then came into the pits for mediums to cover off the early pitstop from SLR B33n as Cal M Smith became the new leader with SLR Hyperz in 2nd place. Lap 11 then saw Sphh contact the rear of SLR Stevoo after already pitting causing wing damage and putting an end to his challenge. By lap 12 it was Craigfk back in the lead with SLR B33n back in 2nd after all drivers had made their pit stops with Cal M Smith in 3rd. Lap 13 then saw SLR Colden chasing Aflyinglemon318 into T1. As they rounded the corner Aflyinglemon318 then got too much gas on early and ended spinning into the barrier as SLR Colden made his way up into 11th place with Aflyinglemon318 dropping back to 16th. Lap 15 then saw the next retirement as x J Geddes x pitted to retire his car after experiencing some major connectivity issues in the race. Towards the end of lap 15 there was battle developing for 6th as l21l Maxwell, SLR Gareth and Spr1ghtly were all in a 3-car train as l21l Maxwell was running a long stint on the mediums from the start. Lap 17 then saw SLR Gareth make a move on l21l Maxwell for 6th round T1 as the 2 were locked side by side coming out of T1 with similarities to SLR Gareth and SLR dodgy on lap 9.
SLR Gareth eventually taking 6th ahead of the S bends in sector 1. Spr1ghtly then also overtook l21l Maxwell into T11 ahead of the back DRS straight as l21l Maxwell looked to be suffering with his 16 lap old mediums. L21l Maxwell then pitted for soft tyres at the end of lap 17 as he dropped down into 12th but then had soft tyres to make a 10lap charge. Dingledoplhin86 was then the 3rd car to retire in the pits at the end of lap 18. Lap 24 then saw Sphh disqualified from the race in P11 after picking up too many penalties during the race ending his race and possible points finish. It was then lap 26 before any further action as Spr1ghtly spun out in sector 3 dropping down to 9th place as SLR Dodgy also lost control one corner further down the road handing 7th place to SLR Stevoo. Lap 27 then saw another spin for Spr1ghtly coming into the back straight as he dropped 2 places to 11th with SLR Colden moving into the top 10 with SLR Dodgy taking 7th back from SLR Stevoo at the end of sector 2. As the race concluded it was Craigfk who took the win, SLR B33n was 2nd with Crati3stJ3st3r in 3rd. Cal M Smith was 4th, SLR Hyperz 5th, SLR Gareth took 6th, l21l Maxwell jumped into 7th, SLR Dodgy was 8th, SLR Colden 9th and SLR Stevoo 10th.
Qualifying
Pole Lap: 01.30.655
1. craigfk
2. SLR b33n
3. Crafti3stJ3st3r
4. Cal M Smith
5. SLR Stevooo
6. SLR Hyperz
7. SLR Dodgy
8. Sphh
9. Scott85Laney
10. SPR1GHTLY
11. DaredPaul1986
12. SLR Gareth
13. JON5Y
14. SLR COLDEN
15. Aflyinglemon318
16. x J GEDDES x
17. SLR St2oH
18. SLR Russell
19. dingledolphin86
20. I 21 I Maxwell
Race
Fastest Lap: 01.34.623 DaredPaul1986
1. craigfk
2. SLR b33n
3. Crafti3stJ3st3r
4. Cal M Smith
5. SLR Hyperz
6. SLR Gareth
7. I 21 I Maxwell
8. SLR Dodgy
9. SLR COLDEN
10. SLR Stevooo
11. Scott85Laney
12. SPR1GTHLY
13. SLR St2oH
14. DaredPaul1986
15. Aflyinglemon318
16. JON5Y +15 sec
17. Dingledolphin (DNF)
18. x J GEDDES x (DNF)
19. SLR Russell (DNF)
20.Sphh (DNF)
JON5Y
OUTCOME: +15s 3LP
REASON: Rage quit
Note - If you have had enough and don't want to continue please retire the car in the pits. Please don't just leave the game.
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