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
Previous FO8 @ AS North Rev. race won by: B2ﾏ Upsas (41st RTFR XL)
Last FO8 race won by: S1DUS*Litti (57th RTFR XL - KY National)
Most FO8 race wins: 4 races,4 different winners (3 different countries)
Last Aston race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol (79th RTFR XL - RAC @ AS National)
Most Aston race wins: L.Paddewwa & S1DUS*R.Kardol & S1DUS*Botsi & [WCL] True Alpha - 2 wins (Finland - 6 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*R.Kardol (+75 points)
2023 standings after 8 of 12 races (best 10 scores count):
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 173
S1DUS*GáboR - 113
Iron|Doni - 104 Event rating and other statistics
* PENALTIES :
[FM]ˆOhnifus - receives 20 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation on 2 occasions.
RGˆM@CI3K - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation.
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For the 2nd time in RTFR XL history a car track combo was repeated - 51st RTFR XL combo was a repeat of 19th (XRR at AS5),this week it was a repeat of 41st RTFR XL. Of course it draws the wish to compare results - winner of previous race required more than 2 minutes longer to complete the same distance,however he required an extra pitstop back then and the competition was quite lower - all 5 finishers on lead lap this week completed the distance faster than winner of previous race. Another improvement is attendance and finishing percentage - total attendance improved by 7 and all 18 starters completed the 50% distance requirement to be scored in results.
What was missing again was intrigue for race win - just like in previous 4 RTFR races (both normal and XL),Gábor was the one running ahead without much competition and started also in RTFR XL a winning streak,which is his 2nd one in this series. With this he added the 8th in all 3 important chart columns - wins,pole positions and fastest laps of the race,while the top5 finish was his 16th. Despite his teammate winning more than a half of year's races,the leader of standings is R.Kardol - and he scored yet another big bunch of points by finishing 2nd,making another big step towards securing the win in standings. With more than 1 minute gap in finish came "best of the rest" - he had his best ever RTFR XL event this week as 3rd place finish is 1 position better than his previous only other top5 finish while 3rd place in qualifying is 5 positions better than previous best. Unite finished 4th to make 3 of his team between best 4 and to score his 22nd top5 finish,but Ayoub Maroc finished 5th to make 5 different nations in top5,scoring his 5th top5 finish.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
Despite being selected for the 5th time (2nd highest number),FO8 still struggles to gain attendance popularity - even with higher attendance than it's own average,the car still stays in 26th position in most attended cars chart,there are a total of 28 cars in this chart.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
Last time in same combo all drivers changed tyres,so it was expected most doing it again. 2 however finished the race without tyre change - Thehemuli was one of them and clocked the shortest pitstop time by just refuelling the car.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
Thehemuli topped also the highest climber chart by advancing 9 positions during the race to finish just outside top5.
VOD at Youtube:
The V8 Racing League week was opened early - on the tuesday the RTFR XL run the old VERL car,but on sunday the new one will also have it's turn,running a big part of the same track as on tuesday,VERL will start it's 9th season with it's first ever race at Aston's longest configuration. If you're interested in the challenge the 600 horsepower car offers,make sure not to miss the action - full information and signups in V8 Racing League forum section! Next week in normal RTFR there will be a relativelly simple road car on the menu,full information will be posted on the weekend,while the RTFR server will be used for other series in 2 weeks time - the colorful field of RandomCar will be run on a custom configuration in Kyoto. The honors of selecting next combo for RTFR XL went as low as for 3rd place finisher as top2 both have already reached the 3 selections per year limit,he however has not submitted his choice yet.
