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: [WCL] s1dus Monkey - 2 wins in row
Last LILLIA-X GTR race won by: 1st race using this car
Last Aston race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol (287th RTFR - LFSRM LS GTI @ AS Historic Rev.)
Most Aston national config race wins: RGˆRony & Agent - 2 wins (Finland - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+26 points)
It's a S1dus 1-2-3 in the final round of the RTFR SEASON 2022!! 🆕🔥
RIK KARDOL is the master of GTR, he wins with a 5s lead over teammate Gabor, while Altsu completed the podium for a S1dus Top 3 lockout! 🤯
TJ finished 4th ahead of Antti Valta, who completed the top 5! 5️⃣
36 drivers joined this Season Finale, it was action packed! 🤛⚡⚡
#7 JUSTIN obviously did not check perimeter before such sudden line change,which causes multiple car incident.
* PENALTIES :
JARMOLO - receives a WARNING for multiple avoidable contacts on lap 1 - driver joining a race without proper practice should be extra careful and get used to car handling and size before going for close racing. Additionally he will not be allowed to start without qualifying anymore.
#7 JUSTIN - receives a WARNING for incident approaching 1st turn of lap 1. Future incidents will lead to actual penalty or even race ban.
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GTR racing in the Aston National is quite a classic of LFS - high speeds through curved straights,precise cornering through the fast first turn and tricky last chicane and throttle control exiting all 3 hairpins. Don't need much more to test drivers for a wide skillset. Additionally the drivers got a new and for most rather unknown GTR car - the midengined Lillia-X in performance wise between stock FZR and XRR,but does not have years long developed setups,meaning drivers had to create something out of the simple base setup. Intensity raised when a total of 36 cars were approaching 1st turn with speeds well over 250km/h - even if most survived unscared,one incident still took place,which was just one of two big ones in this race.
With sights on standings win,R.Kardol started from outside of front row and took over race lead when entering 1st hairpin,despite a greeting from Fatal in 2nd hairpin,he kept the lead through rest of the race to take home his 16th RTFR race win - that is 3rd most in all time stats. He also set the fastest lap of the race (or rather repeated as he set the time 1 lap later,but achievement still counts),which is his 11th,while the 67th top5 finish allows him to tie his teammate Botsi for 3rd most top5 finishes. Gábor was the fastest in qualifying,where he was the only one to break the magical barrier of 1:40 - that's his 14th pole position in RTFR. Starting from there on track with quite long run to 1st turn was not really an advantage - he lost lead early and was just the 1st chaser through whole race,finishing 2nd 5 seconds behind his teammate,but he also scored the fastest lap of the race,which is his 14th,but the top5 finish is Gábor's 37th. To make the S1dus podium complete once again,this time Altsu took over from other teammates in his 2nd event visit this year - he started 4th to finish 3rd,which is his 15th top5 finish. TJ was the best of the rest in this race by finishing 4th,that's 5th top5 finish for the surprise winner of previous non-standard cars race winner. A.Valta finished 5th to make the top5 complete just from previous race winners - that's his 12th top5 finish.
VOD at Youtube:
With this the RTFR racing this year is finished! RTFR XL final standings have already beed posted,during this weekend also standings of RTFR 2022 S2 will be posted. This year only one event is left from RGE side - the dozen edition of annual X-mas derby "This is Crashmaaas !!!". Unfortunatelly it's very unlikelly to continue the new tradition of broadcasting this event in livestream and hear drivers screaming in glory,but that won't make the event less...ehm...crashful? RTFR and RTFR XL will return next year with same schedule,but more information of standings format will be announced before 1st race.