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: B2ﾏ M
Last XRT race won by: B2ﾏ Mantas (78th RTFR XL - FE Black Rev.)
Most XRT race wins: 4 races,4 different winners (4 different countries)
Last Aston race won by: [MRc] Zesty (85th RTFR XL - BF1 @ AS Classic Rev.)
Most Aston race wins: [WCL] True Alpha - 3 wins (Finland - 7 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*R.Kardol (+57.5 points)
Motimoukari exits pitlane and enters track right ahead of car on full speed - the following retirement however is just an unlucky coincidental consequence.
* PENALTIES :
ZFRL•Motimoukari - receives 30 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation and not yiedling to car on track racing on full speed.
[MRc] Michal - receives 5.06 seconds penalty added to his finish time for minimum pit time violation.
W33D - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation.
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XRT is pretty much a base car of LFS - road legal coupe with classic front engine/rear wheel drive layout,while fitted with turbocharger it is upgraded version of one of 2 LFS original cars from earliest ages of the sim. The Historic layout of Aston is very fast regarding average speed - this was the fastest race with XRT in RTFR XL history,beating the previous fastest race by full 10km/h. This introduced some challenge to the combo,being one of the reasons why attendance barely reached the all time average number.
Selecting combo has a potential of having advantage in it - this was one of the cases as the combo selector was one to beat in the race. Driver who uses just a single letter in his name has been winning races latelly in many leagues in LFS,celebrated victory for the 4th time in RTFR XL,starting his 1st winning streak here. The lithuanian was fastest in qualifying already for the 6th time (5th most),led 17 laps in race until his pitstop and retook the lead after his main rival served his mandatory pitstop to cross finish line first with safe 15 seconds gap. His fastest lap of the race was faster than any other driver's best lap in any session of the day - that's the 3rd fastest lap of the race for M,while the top 5 finish count went up to 8 for him. J.Lavrikov has been absent from RTFR XL for 29 events (qualified but did not start in 57th RTFR XL),however also he has a race win in his short record in this event - he did add the 3rd top5 finish with his 2nd place finish,leading a total of 8 laps in this one. The most successful racer in RTFR XL history R.Kardol was no contender for race win,finishing 3rd with 20 seconds gap to winner,still adding record increasing 47th top5 finish to his stats,4th was best of the RTFR XL winless drivers Arska,who finished 4th and last within 1 minute of winner's race time,scoring his 12th top5 finish. Top5 was closed by Unite,bringing home his 24th RTFR XL top5 finish.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
Allthough there is no gathered statistic of past races about this,it's still remarkable that from all 18 in results classified drivers only one did not had the pitstop length between 10 and 20 seconds - and that one driver was the one with 0.02s shorter pitstop.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
Unite did bring home not only a top5 finish,but yet another clock pitter mention - just like many he pitted just to serve the 10 seconds without any pitwork,spending 10.05 seconds in pitbox.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
The driver with only 4 letters in his 6-character name did best progress during the race - starting 16th the pole progressed a total of 9 positions to finish 7th,that's 4 positions better progress than any other driver.
VOD at Youtube:
The choice for next combo was relayed to 2nd place finisher as from this year on no driver may select 2 in row - J.Lavrikov has submitted his choice and it will be return of LX6 after 34 races absence in RTFR XL. The selected track is South City's Chicane Route,which will be run in standard direction for the very first time in the series history - the race length calculation results in 66 laps to exceed the 75 minutes requirement. Next week normal RTFR will return with a quite challenging combo,which will use parts of the same track as the most recent RTFR XL race,just in other direction - more info will be posted on the weekend as always. In 2 weeks however server will be handed over to RandomCar,where the field of cars is growing as more and more eligible cars get approved status - the race will be held in Blackwood GP Track reversed.
