After making a good debuth in round 2,lithuanian driver Excellent kept the fast pace going also in round 3 - he was the fastest in qualifying and was also able to take victory home,even if M.Linde was the leader for most of laps,Excellent still found the way to pass him late in race. M.Linde had to concede and finish 2nd,M.Velikov took the remaining step on podium,while series leader A.Laipnieks finished 4th. Both Race Green Autosports drivers happened to set the same fastest lap of the race,scoring another extra point for the team.
Half of the series has now passed and situation is getting intriguing,as A.Laipnieks' lead is now cut to half and is just 4 points over his closest rival M.Linde. The winner of this round,Excellent,climbs up to 3rd position,11 points behind. With 45 points available,still everyone is theoretically eligible for the main drivers title,but realistically top 3 are the ones to look for,while next 2 drivers in standings - N.Vārna and M.Velikov - still have the chance to mix up cards for the leaders. After 2 of 3 rounds done for RB4 Master title,M.Linde leads over A.Laipnieks by just 1 point,if no extra points involved (or both drivers get one),both drivers will secure the title in any scenario where he finishes ahead of his rival and do not finish lower then 2nd if M.Velikov wins by taking both bonus points. Rookie of the year leader is still A.Laipnieks,but the closest rival now is Excellent and he is now 1 point closer then N.Vārna was previously.
With quite poor performance from closest rivals and by scoring season's biggest amount of points,Race Green Autosports now breaks away from competition in Teams Championship standings - the hosting team increased it's lead from 3 to 19 points over Sex Tourism Organizers,while another point further in standings is single driver team Core Racing. Not much changes in Nations Cup,where Latvia keeps pulling away from any competition,despite having the weakest round of season - the lead is now 43 points over Lithuania,with Bulgaria being 3rd,trailing by 50 points.
The 2nd half of the season will start with the "unpropriate" car/track combo - the powerful FXO GTR,equipped only with slick tyres,will be run on the Blackwood Rallycross Reversed configuration. Despite the wrong tyres,this car is still the fastest around this track by running these 1.8 kilometers under 1 minute. This will also be the 2nd and final round towards Cross Challenge award,where A.Laipnieks leads over M.Linde by 3 points. Also worth to mention,that this and next round will be the last chance to qualify for the AWS festival of speed in season finale (round 6 - Winter 200),where only drivers who have scored at least one point in series standings will be allowed to participate.