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
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 3 wins in row
Last 2020 HIRO CCF2 race won by: 1st race with this car
Last Fern Bay race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol (332nd RTFR - XRR @ FE Black XL Paved)
Most Fern Bay club configs race wins: 7 races,7 different winners (Finland - 2 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*R.Kardol (+2.5 points)
Season 2 of 2024 did not start with such bang as season 1 - and that's a good sign. The compact roadster which isn't that light as it's older counterpart in real world produced pretty much typical TBO class racing,which is anything else then than surprising as this car runs with minor 4% intake restriction in our PL200 class series RandomCar. However the rather narrow rear tyres did not provide as much grip as the performancewise similar XRT,therefor besides focusing on cornering,racers had to keep their throttle foot light when exiting turns.
A lot of views were towards Gábor during this race - he was on the way to reach few milestones here and since there was not the strongest possible competition around,he did not dissapointed his fans. In qualifying the hungarian was more than half a second faster than closest rivals,scoring the 30th pole position for himself. Gábor started good and was starting to build advantage on competition,which was enough to lead all 29 race laps,however his gap was shrinking and he crossed the finish line with just over a second lead. That was still enough to score his 36th RTFR race win,tying the all time best win count of Botsi,held since november 2021. Besides this,Gábor set another history books entry - his winning streak continues and with 4th win in row he has now 2 winning streaks of 4 wins,that hasn't been done by anyone before. Additionally it was his 63rd top5 finish. A.Valta qualified just 3rd,but during race found some pace and even nicked fastest lap of the race to score his 7th of those. But in the chase for win the finn run out of laps and finished 2nd in his 1st RTFR race this year,scoring his 21st top5 finish. Thehemuli used the chance to snatch 3rd position from 2 rivals fighting for it and added 12th top5 finish to his achievements,Arska lost the battle for 3rd position,but won the one for 4th position,scoring his 31st top5 finish. 136 achieved his best qualifying result yesterday by setting 2nd fastest laptime in session - that's 1 position better than his previous best,however the race brought some regress in positions as he finished just 5th and that for the 3rd race in row - 4th top5 finish in total.
VOD at Youtube:
Hints about 338th RTFR can be seen in broadcast recording,however the combo for next RTFR XL is now known too - it will be the Radix P6 in Blackwood's chicane free configuration Historic reversed. The server will be set up for combo testing soon as we need to find out best possible laptime for distance calculation. Next week the server will be taken by RandomCar,where the 7th round of the season will take place in custom configuration in Westhill.