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: RGˆMandula - 3 wins in row for Hungary
Last FBM race won by: Botsi (25th RTFR XL - FE Green Rev.)
Most FBM race wins: 3 races,3 different winners (Finland - 2 wins)
Last South City race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (91st RTFR XL - FZR @ SO Town Course Rev.)
Most South City race wins: S1DUS*Botsi - 5 wins (Finland - 8 wins)
Current rating leader: B2ﾏ M (+3.5 points)
* PENALTIES :
[FM]ˆStrutter - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation.
[MRc] jsk - receives a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct (crashing driver on victory lane).
hermanni - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation.
ｨﾑm® E.Lima - receives 5.18 seconds penalty added to his finish time for minimum pit time violation.
[MRc] Michal - receives 7.01 seconds penalty added to his finish time for minimum pit time violation.
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Formula BMW has always been rather a people's car - relativelly simple and yet fast due it's low weight,slick tyres and downforce. However in RTFR XL it has been very unpopular - in both terms of selection and attendance. Last time it was selected for 25th RTFR XL (more than 5 and a half years ago) and it has lowest all time average attendance. With 20 drivers attendace it will climb up to penultimate position now,but it still recorded repeated lowest attendance of this year.
Having in field just a single driver with a win recorded in latest 3 seasons,this was again a race for a potential new first time race winner. This honor was taken over Fragmasters' representant Rex,who had his best ever RTFR XL race as in his previous 4 attempts,where he finished 6th as best result. This week the pole led 21 laps having several lead changes with the polesitter,leading also the last 7 laps on his tyre survival run to victory lane. His 2nd position in qualifying was also an improvement - 2 positions better than previous best,while Rex set also fastest lap of the race. After scoring his 1st pole position,the defending race winner Mandula set sights on a 2-in-row possibility,however late in race encountered hardware issues and had to settle for 2nd place finish,scoring his 9th top5 finish,but by leading most of the laps he exceeded 100 laps led mark. Best personal race was also for 3rd place finisher Suforr,who's previous best finish was 8th position,also his qualifying result was an improvement - from 7th to 3rd. 30th finish for Thehemuli resulted in 2nd top5 finish in row - he crossed the finish line 4th,increasing his total of top5 finishes to 4. The most successful racer in the field was Unite,who finished 5th,scoring his 29th top5 finish (still 3rd most).
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
Despite running a full spec racecar,this race was the slowest in past year - this race clocked just 146km/h average speed,which is 35km/h slower than average of previous 12 races and almost 3km/h slower than latest LX6 race in South City.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
...is once again T.Soini - this time his workfree pitstop was 10.10 seconds long - just a tenth shorter than 2nd best.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
Despite blown tyre and penalty which cost him a position,Strutter still managed to have the highest progress during the race with 7 positions gain - from 15th in grid he is classified 8th.
VOD at Youtube:
Currently the race winner has not answered message about next combo,so information about that will be posted later. But information about next RTFR will be posted already this sunday - some already got hints from broadcast what to expect,and that will be probably one of the most difficult tuesday evening drives for many participants. In 2 weeks server will be relayed to RandomCar,where penultimate round of the 2024 series will be held in Rockingham.
Created an average pace graph for the whole field, with finishers' laptimes only (since LFSW had laptimes for finishers in the results page). May someone find this interesting The sudden drop in pace for the front of the field is clearly visible from around laps 39/40 - effect of sudden tyre saving.
The sudden drop in pace for the front of the field is clearly visible from around laps 39/40 - effect of sudden tyre saving. 