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: S1DUS*R.Kardol
Last LX4 race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol (65th RTFR XL - BL Rallycross)
Most LX4 race wins: 5 races,5 different winners
Last Fern Bay race won by: [WCL] J.Katila (52nd RTFR XL - FOX @ FE Gold)
Most Fern Bay race wins: 8 races,8 different winners (Finland - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: [FM]ˆﾁαtαι (+20 points)
2022 standings after 9 of 12 races (best 10 scores count):
[FM]ˆﾁαtαι - 171
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 151
YES V. Laguckas - 106 Event rating and other statistics
2nd win in 2 days for Fatal!!
The man is on a mission, yesterday it was V8's, today it's the LX4!
Dominating win in Fern Bay ahead of S1DUS Unite & a good defence by B2R Antonio for the last podium spot!
Review from the unclearly defined report about 2 very similar incidents between B2ﾏ naluyluka and RGˆLORENZO approaching hairpin after alternate start/finish straight on laps 8 and 19:
Judging from controls both drivers moved towards each other which led to contact - therefor both drivers deemed to be at fault in both incidents. No further action as both drivers suffered loss,however future incidents might attract attention of administration in terms of post race actions - general ruling to avoid contacts should be respected.
* PENALTIES :
B2ﾏ Antonio - receives 60 seconds penalty added to his finish time for intentional contact (PIT manouvre) on final lap against cq.goszki. Future misconducts of such art will lead to disqualification or even race ban.
Adittionally several drivers seems to forgot about track limits - not just cutting a corner is a violation,also running wide outside track limits is a violation! 2 drivers fell in the view (several others did that occasionally) when randomly cheching a specific location - exit of the chicane leading to the alternate (FE2/5) start/finish straight. Even if the gain is minimal,the sheer lack of effort to stay within track limits has been deemed as intentional action and therefor is a violation.
B2ﾏ Antonio - receives 30 seconds penalty added to his finish time for track limits violation on 13 occasions.
[MRc] Michal - receives 30 seconds penalty added to his finish time for track limits violation on 18 occasions (including other track sections besides mentioned above).
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RTFR XL has kinda stabilized in terms of attendance - the last 3 races has 22-23 participants,which is few above all time average value. Combination of tricky lightweight road legal racing machine LX4 and Fern Bay's longest configuration was challenging already by default,racing in small packs increased the intensity of the race as seen on broadcast,while drivers alone had distant time-trial like competition with either cars ahead or behind.
Since his fellow front row starter got himself in a 1st turn incident,polesitter Fatal was able to run away from competition right from 1st turns (kinda repeat of monday's VERL race situation),so the finn led every single meter and joined the RTFR XL winners club as it's 28th member. The pole position was Fatal's 2nd such achievement,but also 30th for Finland,the top5 finish was his 9th. With over half a minute gap,2nd in finish was Unite,who set the fastest lap of the race,his 4th,adding 18th top5 finish in his stats. Goszki set a new best result in qualifying - 5th position is an improvement of one position compared to his only previous attempt,but the race brought a repeat of his only previous result - 3rd. Doni joined late and missed qualifying,but seems like he was well prepared as climbed up to 4th position in race results,repeating best finishing result from 3 top5 finishes. Top5 was closed by Arska,who scored his 8th top5 finish.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
By being selected for the 6th time,LX4 tied XFG and FZR for being most used car in RTFR XL. Even better - with the attendance from this week's race LX4 has the exactly same attendace average as FZR has - 20.5 drivers per race,which is 14th position in most attended cars chart.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
This is one of the rare occasions where race organizer has to mention himself - he was the one with shortest work free pitstop of 10.12 seconds,just 1/20 of a second faster than 2nd best effort.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
By starting as a wildcard from back of the grid Doni had the best theoretical chances to be best climber and he realized the chances in praxis by finishing 17 positions higher than he was on grid.
VOD at Youtube:
The 71st RTFR XL will be 2nd F1 car race of this year,but unlike the 1st F1 appearance,this will be the well known classic F1 car for the LFS users - BF1 (3rd overall appearance of this car). The selected track is also well known - the armcos and concrete walls maze of South City in it's longest standard configuration named City Long. The race will be 62 laps long and knowing car's hungriness for resources,most drivers might need 2 pitstops without thinking about 10 seconds requirement. Also next week there will be no need to think about pitstop requirements as normal RTFR does not require any - the combo was already mentioned in broadcast,but full details and full view on the new Rockingham configuration will be available this weekend.
