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*GáboR - 3 wins in row
Last UFR race won by: S1DUS*Litti (35th RTFR XL - Blackwood GP Track)
Most UFR race wins: 2 races,2 different winners (Finland - 2 wins)
Last Rockingham race won by: A.Valta (73rd RTFR XL - FXO @ RO ISSC)
Most Rockingham race wins: S1DUS*R.Kardol - 2 wins (Netherlands - 2 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*R.Kardol (+10 points)
2023 standings after 4 of 12 races (best 10 scores count):
S1DUS*GáboR - 81
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 80
[WCL] Arska - 48 Event rating and other statistics
This race was a test for the drivers: the kerbs & the chicane took a lot of souls in what was a race of attritions.
At the end, it's V.Lakunas who wins ahead of Rik Kardol of S1dus. IronDoni finishes P3, ahead of WCL's Arksa & FM's Ohnifus, completing the top 5.
* PENALTIES :
Iron|Doni - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation. The penalty results in loss of last completed lap.
PP - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation.
S1DUS*uNite - receives 60 seconds penalty added to his finish time for failure to serve the mandatory pitstop. The penalty results in loss of last completed lap.
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UFR hasn't been very popular in RTFR XL - it has been selected twice and attendance put it as 3rd least popular car in the chart,weirdly in the shorter RTFR version it's the 5th most attended LFS default car. This week it had it's first race in Rockingham and it turned out to set new attendance record for the car,however with 12 drivers classified as finished,it's pretty much close to average of previous 2 races. The combination of this car and this track was known to have some rolling problems and several drivers were caught out without even touching the badly famous sausage curbs,causing the race being quite actionless in the late 1/3 of the distance,however last few laps raised the intensity as few drivers misjudged the lifetime of their tyres.
Since winner of previous 3 races reached his limits of combo selection,so it was given to 2nd place finisher of previous race - he used that to take a full set of achievements,as the lithuanian with changing name celebrated his 4th RTFR XL race win,scoring also his 7th pole position,5th fastest lap of the race and 10th top5 finish. During the pitstops shuffle R.Kardol took over race lead for 1/3 of the race,but never had the chance to outpace actual leader and finished 2nd to score his 38th RTFR XL top5 finish,extending his lead in this chart and also taking lead in yearly standings. Doni got cought with minor violation,earning a penalty that took away the honor of finishing in lead lap,still kept the 3rd position in results - that's his best ever finishing position in RTFR XL,improving the previous best by one position,4th top5 finish in total for him. Ohnifus went for an early pitstop strategy and gained a lot positions since that to finish 4th - that was his 3rd RTFR XL race finish,first better than 8th place. Arska was also one of the tyre durability victims - he lost a position before last turn to finish 5th - 9th top5 finish for him in total,1st this year.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
R.Kardol keeps extending his lead in laps led chart as he added another 24 from this race - however this fact is not so much fun for him as from 22 races he led,the dutchman has won only 10 and with this race he sees the winning percentage sinking even lower. This year is even worse as from over 100 lead laps in 3 races he's still winless.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
Only a single driver finished the race without any work in the pitstop - the organizer completed the mandatory pitstop requirement with a 10.51 seconds workfree break in pitstop. There were few faster pitstops,but these were either timed by pitwork or ruined by additional pitstop.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
Again a paragraph where the organizer has to mention himself - from 17th to 7th was a 10 positions gain,that's 3 more than 2 best rivals.
VOD at Youtube:
In 4 weeks the next RTFR XL will be returning to Fern Bay's Black configuration in reversed direction again - already the previous Fern Bay visit was in this exact course. But instead LX car,we'll be running the TBO classes RWD car XRT. That will be 4th appearance of this car in RTFR XL,first one since 49th event. Surely that will be somewhat easier race despite higher distance than upcoming normal RTFR race on the closest tuesday. More details will be posted on the weekend.
Regarding weekend - Race Green Events offers some enduring action this sunday! The yearly long distance challenge 300km of Westhill is set for it's 4th edition,make sure you don't miss a chance to gain a place in history,more info about the event in THIS THREAD.
