All Rounder Championship Round 7 recap
Official race results:
Penalties
The race results suggests that
Joshie was disqualified due to unserved drive-through penalty. In normal circumstances, this would convert to a time penalty instead and even with this time penalty he completed the required amount of laps to classify. However, he will receive
disqualification and a
warning, due to multiple avoidable contacts with lapping cars under blue flags. Multiple warnings may lead to race bans.
This also works as a general reminder to everyone that while the lapped car is not obligated to move away, but is forbidden to block an overtaking move, they should always be careful and aware of the surroundings to not interfere with the lapping car.
It's July and we have moved to our next track environment,
Kyoto. The first race was once again a bit of a challenge, an oldschool sports prototype car fitted with road tyres around the oval. Needless to say this provided a fair amount of understeer, which made it tricky to get around the lap by yourself, let alone trying to slipstream. This also meant the right front tyre was under a lot of pressure and thus easy to overheat, but our contestants did a good job avoiding this issue.
Total of 23 drivers dared to take this challenge and qualified to the race, of which the pole position went to the one and only
Rony himself. Following him was
uNite by just 6 hundredths of a second, which made him a close contender despite being an oval where we are used to closer lap times. The next three drivers to complete our top 5 on the grid were
Motimoukari,
Maciek and
Harri K, who are all familiar names from previous races of this season. In the rest of the grid, we had quite a few new drivers as well which is always a pleasure to see!
After the great qualifying attendance, 16 cars lined up to the starting grid. The top two of Rony and uNite immediately started running away from the rest of the field, having a solid fight between themselves for ten laps, until Rony pulled away and clenched the win, uNite following on his own clear space to clinch P2. The final podium spot saw a good fight between Motimoukari and Maciek, going on side by side for almost 20 laps at the end of the race. Motimoukari ended up on the podium, Maciek yielding to P4 after losing a bit during a lapping situation on the very last lap. Top 5 was completed by
Thehemuli, who made a good climb up from 9th in the grid, leaving behind
MadJester who got unlucky early in the race running in the back of Thehemuli who tapped the wall just in front of him.
We're just over the halfway point of the season, but there is still 5 races to go. This means you have still a good chance to compete for the top spots in the championship and even for some money prizes if you give a shot at the rest of the races.
Next race will take part on the first Monday of August and will feature a car with slick tyres. The combo will be announced at least a week before the race but if you want a head start, check out our
discord server or the past
race broadcast.
Full race statistics here
Championship standings and statistics
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