2024 series - round 2

Tuesday, 5th march
18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET

Information:
Track: Rockingham International Long w/o Chicane (RO10X)
Race distance: 16 laps (64.8km)

* IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING CARS:
Due recently added mod checks,several mods have been unpublished,that includes also 3 cars from RandomCar cars list:
CAMMERA 730 TURBO
PIRAN FIREFLY 200
VPI-3 BASIC TURBO
If these cars have not been fixed and re-published until monday 17:40 UTC,they will be suspended for round 2! For draw results,please refer to car number from spreadsheets (link below) and not main info thread!

Signups: https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/106827
RandomCar spreadsheets: LINK

Cars list and their restrictions is available also in server - type command !opt and select "RandomCar Info"
Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race
Server will be passworded at least 1 hour before qualifying,server pass: random
Race Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD

Cars will be drawn in 2 waves:
1st wave - 24 hours before start of qualifying
2nd wave - 20 minutes before start of qualifying - for late signups
Draw link and results will be posted in this thread!

The 1st car draw wave scheduled for today 18:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET
Draw link: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=3628174MZEG2V8EMF

Drivers list (order of the drawn numbers):
1 RG^Rony - XF COUPE TURBO
2 RG^M@CI3K - MZG SEDAN
3 ZFRL•Thehemuli - XF COUPE TURBO
4 B2R M - XF COUPE TURBO
5 [PM] Jam 616 - XM-5 94 TURBO
6 RG^RedBoT - MZG SEDAN
7 [WCL] T.Soini - STELLAR K61
8 B2R Ayoub_Maroc - MZG SEDAN
9 RG^RD2 - COQUETTE Z5
10 [MRc] jsk - FEND TORUS
11 Vincent Adultman - ACOSTA STARLIN
12 B2R Loco - IMPREZZIVE B2
13 RG^NOSLE - FXO Turbo
14 LLM. Sobis - XF COUPE TURBO
15 caps911 - XM-5 94 TURBO
16 ZFRL•LG-mies - ACOSTA STARLIN
17 kyr1l? - XR GT Turbo
18 YES Lagooga - N.400S
19 B2R 136 - IMPREZZIVE B2
20 Egorka? - XR GT Turbo
21 B2R Stiefla - FZ50
22 (FR) Pablo - FRAUD 040
23 sidus unite - FEND TORUS
24 J.Holmes - BZ30 ROADSTER
25 Three Jump - URC1
26 [WCL]J.A.Katila - XF COUPE TURBO
27 B2R TwinCam - DORITO FD7
28 [WCL] Arska - DORITO FD7
29 ㉿Tazкa - COQUETTE Z5
30 HKS$TeddySnow - XF COUPE TURBO
31 AA™| Firestarter - ACOSTA STARLIN
32 Maciukas - FXO Turbo
33 ZFRL•Motimoukari - ACOSTA STARLIN
34 MotoDomas - TALOT SUNS LOMIS
35 edzis - ACOSTA STARLIN
36 GT4tube - FZ50
37 Adam - SALIVA15
38 RG^LORENZO - NORTZ XRT2 V6 BITURBO 2023

This post will be edited after draw to add cars names to drivers!
New signups will receive their cars drawn in 2nd wave (20 minutes before qualifying)!

The 2nd car draw wave scheduled for today 17:40 UTC / 18:40 CET / 19:40 EET
Draw link: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=3629113Q4AM4VHLQ6

1 [MRT]-Nacho - BZ30 ROADSTER
2 SGR MadJester - CZR LUXURY SEDAN
3 Neuroticat - FXO Turbo
4 Redasa - URC1
5 S1DUS*R.Kardol - XM-5 94 TURBO
6 J.Martins - RB4 GT
7 BAZSIBR4 - IMPREZZIVE B2
8 [RP]Pedro - N.400S
9 petrix2383 - N.400S

This post will be edited after draw to add car names to drivers!
Signups are closed for this round,will be opened after the race!

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Deadline for protests - wednesday,20:00 UTC

The 2nd round of the season practically went under sign of one car model - the coupe version of LFS's own grown XF model. It was drawn for 6 drivers,5 attended and 4 even made in top8 of the results,proving this car has quite advantage in this track. However there was something what this car did not - dominate the race in lead as 15 of 16 laps was led by other car. 16 different cars were represented in this race,5 others were drawn,but the drivers did not attend - after 2 round still 6 cars have not been used,however 3 of those are still locked due new mods regulations.

The driver who recently has won and run in high positions in many different leagues celebrated a race win also here in this league - it was the 2nd race win for M,previous was scored last season in round 3. Despite taking pole position (his 5th in RC) and setting also fastest lap of the race (his 2nd of the season and 3rd overall),he led only a single lap in this race - the last one,as the XF Turbo Coupe is well known for it's race start weakness compared to non-FWD cars,the lithuanian could only see his fellow front row starter flashing by and pulling away on the first lap. After long chase eventually even from 4th position he finally found a way pass competition to cross the finish line first. Winner of season opener J.Holmes got a compact roadster BZ30 for this race and with it could add 15 lead laps to 14 from previous round,however he could not add the 2nd race win to his totals and had to settle for runner up position. Current leading candidate for AWS drivers champion title Sobis finished 3rd in this race,which is same position as he qualified in,however that can be considered as step backwards as he spent plenty of time in 2nd position.


After 2 rounds there are 2 significant leaders in series table - both round winners,who finished 2 in the other round are running away from competition early. M is ahead with just a single point gap over J.Holmes (thanks to fastest lap in both races),Thehemuli is 3rd already 13 points off leader. The defending champion did sign up for this season,however did not attend this round again.

In teams standings B2R keeps building out the lead as they scored most points between teams again,2nd with 18 points gap are defending champions RGA,who scored consistant 30 points in both rounds. Rest are already slightly off - 3rd best team Yes is already 41 points behind leaders. Also in Nations championship the leading nation after round 1 scored most points in round 2,thus increasing their lead - Lithuania is 20 points ahead of defending champions Finland,UK is strong 3rd with another 9 points off leader. Without a driver drawn for round 2,Fraud Wheeler keeps the provisional lead in manufacturers championship,where average score counts - XF Coupe Turbo is 2nd with 1 point gap,Talot is 3rd with 2 points gap to leader. These are quite provisional standings now as manufacturer needs at least 6 scores to be eligible for the title.

With 6 cars drawn the XF Coupe Turbo increased their draws to 24 in total - that's 8 less than both current draw leaders Talot and Imprezzive. M did score best results in both race and qualifying by being 1st in both sessions,beating Twincam's last race's result - 2nd in qualifying and 3rd in race. J.Holmes set new best results for his BZ30 - 2nd in both sessions,beating R.Kardol's previous best by 3 positions in both sessions. Pedro repeated N.400S' best qualifying result of 6th position. Arska set new best qualifying result for Dorito - 10th position is an improvement by 10 positions,however his 16th place in finish was just a repeat of Nosle's result. Jsk was the 1st ever driver to compete with the new Fend Torus,setting initial best result for the car - 20th in qualifying,19th in race,car is expected to perform better in tracks with higher average speed. The only draw fun fact is RD2's 2nd draw of Coquette of this season,3rd overall,he already has other car drawn 3 times - URC1,with which he won the 1st official RC race.

The track for round 3 has been already selected - Blackwood GP Track in reversed direction. Just like the season opener of last year,it will feature a 22 laps race - the long back straight will surely benefit the heavier and more powerful cars,however the opening section will mix things up in favour for lighter cars. FWD cars might suffer start even more for this round - the track has an uphill grid!