A reminder - server will be password protected 1 hour before qualifying start to keep not knowing crowded server jumpers out of way,pass will be always the same: green
Pitting rules:
Race requires a minimum time spent in pitstall of 10 seconds. That can be done either with single pitstop or sum of multiple pitstops. Driver who has spent less time will receive penalty time added to his finish time,which will be calculated by tripling the missing time to complete neccesary minimum time and adding additional 5 seconds. Drivers failing to pit at all will receive 1 minute penalty added to finish time (10s*3 + additional 30s).
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: [WCL] s1dus Monkey
Last XFG race won by: S1DUS*uNite (55th RTFR XL - KY GP Long) - 2 wins in row for Finland
Most XFG race wins: 5 races,5 different winners (Finland - 3 wins)
Last Westhill race won by: B2ﾏ Upsas (61st RTFR XL - XRG @ WE East Course)
Most Westhill race wins: S1DUS*Botsi - 2 wins (Finland - 2 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*R.Kardol (+4 points)
2022 standings after 7 of 12 races (best 10 scores count):
[FM]ˆﾁαtαι - 128
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 111
YES V. Laguckas - 106 Event rating and other statistics
The repeat of celebratory 100th RTFR happening 7 years ago did not attract as much drivers as it did back then - the summer still seems to distract drivers from racing as even the LFS's own crowd favourite folks car could gather up barely over 20 drivers. But as always it's not the numbers that create racing,it's the drivers - as you could see on stream,there was a lot of action on track with many disputes for positions and the few contacts seemed to be just racing incidents as noone really complained.
For the 2nd race in row Mantas was the fastest in qualifying,but unlike last race,this week he regained his early lost lead and led 28 of 37 laps,including the last 6 laps to cross finish line 1st and celebrate his 1st ever RTFR race win,scoring also his 2nd top5 finish (previous best was 2nd place 4 weeks ago). Just 1.31s behind winner a guy named Monkey finished 2nd and set the 6th closest finish in RTFR XL history - that's his 13th top5 finish,while during the chase he set the fastest lap of the race,which is his 5th. Current 2022 standings leader Fatal once again gathered valuable points by finishing 3rd - that's his 7th top5 finish,6th this year. Current 10 race rating leader R.Kardol finished 4th to score his 31st top5 finish and extending his lead in the most top5 chart. Top5 was closed by the other front row starter Unite,who scored his 16th top5 finish.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
Not just 100th RTFR had a similar combo - the very 1st RTFR XL was run with this car on same configuration,just in different direction. When comparing race total times,this race was 10.34 seconds faster than the on in reversed direction,with average speed being 0.29km/h faster. The 100th RTFR on same direction featured average speed 0.14km/h faster,but that race did not had a mandatory 10 seconds pitstop.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
In a race with car that can easily make the distance without additional resources,drivers were split between workless pitstops and fuel fill timed pitstops. The first ones are in the challenge for this mention - Maciek had the shortest legal pitstop of them all with a 10.04 seconds pitstop.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
Starting from 17th position Jereloco made the best progress through the race and finished 8th with a 9 positions gain - one more than best of competition.
VOD at Youtube:
Again the combo for the next RTFR XL has been relativelly quickly decided,coincidentally the 69th RTFR XL will feature a car having the number 69 in it's name - Wessex R69SP,a 60ies type sports prototype featuring just road tyres,but having assistance of slight downforce to help handle the lightweight chassis. The race will be run on the longest original configuration of Kyoto - the GP Long,but in reversed direction. As always the server will be set up with this combo for laptime testing after the next normal RTFR - regarding that,some might already catched up info about combo of it in the stream,if not,info will be posted on sunday!
