ROUND 1 : Alsace II - 21 laps - Morning 8:30 Sunny - 29/7 As always please take 2 mins to read the following so you have an understanding of what is expected on race night......If you have any questions, or want clarification on any of the rules or regs please ask ! ROOM OPEN : Most room captains will 'try' to have rooms open by about 7:50 AEDT. Please be on time, or let the room captain or div thread if you may be late. If all agree, the room may wait for you, Within reason. Please remember we have drivers from NZ, and later starts mean a much later night for them. QUALIFYING : 8:20 AEDT RACE START TIME : 8:30 AEDT LAG ISSUES / ROOM RESTARTS : This is up to the room host. If there is a Disconnection (or cars stuck on grid) at race start, it is sporting to try to get them back in, which may mean a new room to be set up. I always look at 1 or 2 starts if required due to DSC, but as it gets later everyone needs to be aware of getting things going. Please be as reasonable as you can with this.... SIGHT ISSUES: Ensure that you can see everyone on track. After qualifying, exit to lobby and spend 30 seconds in spectate mode, scroll through the list of drivers on track and make sure that you can see their car. If you can't see somebody (and they are confirmed as being on track), exit the lobby, re-join, and check again. It can also be done pre-qualifying to save time if there is no chance of latecomers. TURN 1 LAP 1 : This has the potential to ruin someones night if we don't use our heads ! Should be everyone's goal to get through the first phase with ZERO contact. Give room and run in your 'lane' till you have space to run the normal race line. TRACK LIMITS : As we are running with 'track limit penalties" OFF, we will run with our usual Raceonoz track limit regulations. This means you MUST have at least 2 wheels on the ripple strip OR white line that defines the track limit. If you do make a mistake and have to run outside the limits, be aware that you are not allowed to gain any advantage. CONTACT : Is to be avoided at all times..... If you rear end someone and gain an advantage, YOU ARE EXPECTED to give the spot back. Side by side 'rubbing' is racing, within reason, but all drivers are expected to give racing room. TYRES : You can use any of the sports tyre compounds at any time PIT ENTRY : Drivers MUST make an attempt to use the pit entry / exit lines. PIT EXIT : Please use the pit exit lane and be aware of cars approaching down the straight into T1. Drivers approaching also be aware, as it tightens fairly quickly. NOTE: Pitting is NOT compulsory BLUE FLAGS : Please observe blue flags, and move out of the way of faster cars if you are being lapped. Failure to observe blue flags WILL result in a penalty STEWARDS GROUP AND RACE PROTESTS : This season the stewards will be will be @Hatfield @JonoStan96 @Viperzed & @emmo46. If you have reason to protest, please SAVE YOUR REPLAY, and then let us know via a PM. DO NOT BLOW UP IN THE FORUM OR IN THE ROOM CHAT. There have been multiple incidents where the replays from drivers have been different, so its true that sometimes things are not as black and white as they may seem. You have until MIDNIGHT, Monday night to register your protest via PM. We will ask for video evidence from both drivers or room captain to make any decision. SAVE YOUR REPLAY : If the room host can ask all drivers to save their replay would be good before exiting the room.....once they exit out and the option goes, it cant be retrieved !
What a race... Qualifying I struggled and posted a 2:11.### to be midpack, but off the line I jumped @Bryan_F a row in front before T1 and then kept it clean picking off guys as they battled with others. Eventually, @MINT_GTR pulled away and I sat in third holding up those behind me. @Knuckles & someone else made contact and that gave me a 5sec-ish gap until knucks caught up again. Then began lap after lap of widehat. Around lap 12 I pitted and took fuel but no tyres, and was released out of the pits right on MINT's bumper. I got a better run out of the hairpin and overtook him and commenced the 2nd phase of operation widehat until he crashed. (seemed like either dsc or hardware failure) Meanwhile knucks was using his clean air to extend the gap from 10s after my pitstop to 12s before he pit with 5 ish to go. He came out just behind me and I attempted widehat again, but this time, with a few to go, knucks learnt not to criss-cross and went around the outside out of the hairpin. After failing to stick with him, I kept it clean to come home with a podium!!
Yeah pretty sweet 5 car battle for the first 6 laps, then another 3 car battle until lap 11, and then i nabbed 4th after Bryan and Norm had a coming together and ran a PB on the last lap. H-Pattern shifting too.
