The OWRL F1 league finished its second race at the Blackwood GP track. This famous track is well-known by all LFS racers and promised to deliver close racing. Too close in turn 1, as a start crash took out many of the contenders for the race win. Prophet used a one-stop strategy to beat his teammate Miško and score maximum points after two rounds in the championship
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Based on the pre race testing it seemed that three teams had the speed for pole position in the qualification: Cyber Racing, SK Racing and pod – virtual racing. These three teams showed they had in the exciting qualification session. During the last lap cyb|Miško took pole away from his teammate with a time of 52.82. pod.hama ISKuGa drove the 3rd fastest time. The top 9 in the qualifying was covered by only 0,5 seconds, promising for a very close race!
After several technical problems race director Germanpio decided to restart the race and shorten the distance to 80 laps. Maybe it was this, maybe the grid was too close, but fact is that in turn 1 the mayhem started.
Once the dust settled it became clear that SpeedyKev, Jeronimo (substituting for Vince) and especially HuskY lost the most, starting a long race for them. At the front, both drivers from the FPR team gained multiple position from their starting spot, putting them directly behind race leader Miško, Prophet and both ScP-cars.
In the front, the race turned out to be a fight between the two teammates from Cyber Racing. Miško drove away in the front, but it sooned turned out to be a two-stop strategy race for the Serbian driver. Prophet on the other hand was on a one-stop strategy and that gave him the advantage. Prophet gained the lead on lap 48 on would drive it home in lap 80 to score his second straight victory.
It was not the race for SK Racing and pod. Husky, who already was involved in the start crash, went on to roll his car in the chicane in lap 27. In sympathy his team mate Jeronimo crashed in the same spot in lap 40, ending the day early for the team. Both pod – virtual racing drivers did manage to stay in the race until the last lap. Speedykev however did not cross the finish line as he ran out of fuel on the last lap. No fuel worries for ISKuGa, but a drive through penalty and suspension damage made seventh place the highest possible position for the German driver, where as he finished the first race on the podium.
We may not be German, but we are second in the championship.
