Even if the track is wider in this round compared to previous one,it is still a concrete canyon with unforgiving walls which will just wait for uncareful racers. The 2.9 kilometers long South City Chicane Route has been used three times in this league,but none of those were run in clockwise direction,which counts as standard for this configuration. If racers were used to relativelly flat course in previous round,the bumpy South City will force them to set up the car significantly softer as one unexpected bounce can send the car in wall and destroy chances for better position.

With 2 rounds out of 5 completed any newcomers are unlikelly to challenge for championship title,however the winner's glory should still be attractive enough to join VERL in the middle of the season. RD2 currently lead the standings after 2 wins in the first 2 rounds,but his advantage over closest rival is not big,so nothing is close to decision yet,but after this round the number of potential championship candidates will be limited.

Round info:
Track: SO Chicane Route (SO6)
Laps: 69
Previous winners: Terga (2022), S1DUS*GáboR (2021), S1DUS*S.Litmanen (2020; 2015), Teho | Altsu (2019), Botsi (2018), v\A.Wiśniewski (2017), CoRe S.Souders (2016)

VERL 2023 results and standings

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SGﾏ MadJester - receives a WARNING for contact entering 1st turn,further incidents will lead to actual penalty. Drivers should be more careful in group,especially when entering race without proper practice!

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Race at the South City gathered up only 7 drivers in qualifying - that triggered the shortened race for half points rule,which happened for the 1st time when running the new car. 8th driver arrived and used the chance to join as he was in standings top 10,so there were at least 8 cars on grid. Despite low attendance,there was plenty of action - a total of 3 drivers led the race,2 of them experienced some drama of their own,one even losing several positions,while most others also had their ups and downs.

Zesty scored the 1st point of the season by taking pole position in 1st round,now in 3rd round he had the 2nd success - starting from 4th position the malaysian climbed up the field to make a pass for lead already in lap 8,that was the last time when he saw direct rival in front of him as he led the remaining 28 laps on the way to his 1st ever VERL race win,which is also his 1st podium finish in this league,but already 4th top5 finish. The winner of first two season rounds saw his streak ended in this race - RD2 finished 2nd,allthough just 5 seconds apart from winner,still scoring valuable points gain over competition. The 2-time VERL vice champion (including last season) Unite joined this season only in 3rd round,but did it by scoring his 2nd pole position in the series,his race however did not went as good as he imagined as due several mistakes he barely saved the 3rd place finish,which is already his 15th top5 finish in VERL.


By finishing ahead of all the closest rivals,RD2 extended his standings lead to 13 points over Thehemuli,who had a bad race this sunday. 3rd is still Rony,who got 2 points closer to 2nd place. Only 12 drivers are now eligible for drivers champion title,just 1/3 of them have in any way realistic chances,while in theory RD2 could secure the title already after 4th round by outscoring Thehemuli by 10 points. RD2's lead in rookie of the year standings is even bigger - 26 points over Madjester.

As Zafiralis had only 1 driver in last race who even had a bad race,the team lost the lead in standings - the defending champions RGA overtook them and now has 8 points advantage with 2 rounds to go,which means nothing is decided yet. MRc is still 3rd,but already with a 27 points gap to lead - their chances are rather low now. With 78 points still available any team has still at least theoretical chances unless it has only a single driver. Finland extended their lead in nations cup by just 2 points and has now 11 points lead over Bulgaria,still with just a single driver to represent 2nd placed nation it's rather unlikelly the defending champions will be challenged here. No brazilians attended 3rd round,so their gap to top of the table is now 29 points. Also in nations cup all the nations still have theoretical chances assumed it has at least 2 drivers.


The penultimate round will be carried out in a track which could be described as the "narrowest of all the wide tracks" - the Blackwood Container Sprint configuration in several parts is extremelly wide,still some sections has just car's width of raceline,which means going off line will cause plenty of time lost and/or even position[s]. The container lot has a very simple pavement,which is everything else than smooth - that will be an additional challenge to the racers - let's hope to see more than just 3 rows filled with cars on the series only 3-wide grid!