RN typically tries to follow what NASCAR does. One of the rules in NASCAR is that on a restart all cars one or more laps down will start behind the cars on the lead lap, with the exception of the free pass car. Haven't checked through the rulebook yet, so I don't know if it is written in there.
Only incident I had was early when following the bumpdrafters. I got loose off turn 3 and had to fling it at the wall to avoid hitting someone. I was just far enough behind on the lap 58 wreck to make it through safely.
I decided to pit on every caution. It payed off at the halfway point when I didn't have to wait long for my fuel, so I took the lead.
Me and Rony just couldn't make up any ground on the front two, so we started to bumpdraft. But as Rony said "canadian connecton + mobile connection = bumpdraft too dangerous...", so it didn't last too long. On the last lap, I managed to get a huge run through turn three and came third.
And congratulations to Kapal for winning the race. From my view he was the fastest all through "speedweeks" and deserved the win.
I thought I had a strong chance coming into qualifying to get the pole and that is what I did. It wasn't my fastest lap but it was a solid lap.
During the duel race I got in a nice draft with the #58. We even caught the front 2 bumpdrafters once when they made some mistakes. After both caution periods I lost contact with the leaders so I had to settle with 5th. Good racing from all the drivers I raced with, I had fun.
I seem to have no luck. Two cars wreck right in front of me and I have no where to go. Puts me back to 15th but two cars later fall back off the pace so I finished 13th.
Hopefully I can get a decent points finish at kyoto soon.
Forgot to note something. On the SC that started at lap 49 the pit lane never opened. I was planning to pit but my car was good enough to continue, I guess.
Session: Kyoto 400, PS3 - Race
Time Code of Incident (start - finish): 39:30, lap 47 (Restart)
Drivers Involved: 67
Description: Car 67 overtakes before the start finish line.
Full Driver Name: Patrick Hall
LFSWorld Name: FalconBridge
Nationality: Canada
Car used in: RAC
Driver's in-game name in MPR: 32 P.Hall
Driver's skin appearance in MPR: #32 Plain White RAC
I'll be missing the first race of the season as I am in the process of moving. I don't mind too much though because I was struggling on learning this track. Hope to see you guys at round two.
Congrats for Jarda for winning the championship. He was the most consistent racer though the entire championship and he deserves this win.
It seems I have fallen asleep before the race started and didn't wake up until after it was over. I wasn't going to do much today anyway with no practice.
This has been a good Event and I would like to thank Cornys for organizing it.