Free Practice - Open Qualifying - 1500 UTC - 25 Minutes
Break - 5 Minutes
Drivers Briefing (In Chat) - 5 Minutes Race - 1535 UTC - 37 Laps (Maximum of 1 hour)
1 compulsory pitstop (no service required)
NOTICE : From Round 4 onward, Race Report will be a more concise, 1 minute read format for easier information digestion.
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The grid face the unforgiving streets of the principality, Monaco! Just like the real thing, walls are close, passing opportunities are sparse and the racing is guaranteed to be tight and exciting.
Qualifying Result
Monaco is no easy track even for the most-experienced drivers out there, and qualifying proved exactly so, with everyone struggling to get into rhythm. Free practice session prior to the event simulated a potential fastest lap of a high 1:17 - actual pole was taken by B2r's Suforr, with a traffic-compromised low 1:18. Airattack's Sean lined up in 2nd behind, followed by Suforr's teammate, Twincam, who himself had zero preparation; making his lap time a standout. Two Winner's cars lined up 4th and 5th with SG's Madjester 6th, and S1DUS's GaBoR doing the single push lap to take 7th. Total of 23 drivers attempted qualifying, with 20 taking the start.
The race was actioned packed from the start to finish. The drivers were surprisingly clean and alert through the first turn on the opening lap, however contact at the top of the hill between Winner's Kyr1l and S1DUS's GaBoR saw both tangled together and having to let the field by - both drivers would fight back up through the field, with kyr1l finishing P6.
On the other hand, GaBoR, the S1DUS front man later suffered an unfortunate tangle (or two) with Race Green's NOSLE - the latter suffering from a desync from the server and amazingly was unable to see any other car. GaBoR who received car damage and pitting for repairs, later put on a specular overtaking spree, the fastest lap in his charge and finishing a respectable P5.
JavierAR also tangled into the Hotel hairpin, dropping into the mid-pack where he remained to the end. Meanwhile, up front, Suforr's initial two second lead slowly erased to nothing, as Airattack's Sean left Twincam behind in pursuit of the win. Further behind, Winner's Eroup, BlazeHun and Haiyaa all succumbed to the walls of Monaco, followed by dod1slaw whom, after several spins and contact, chose to also park his car and call it a day, ironically retiring in P15, with 1 point to his name.
A new entrant, Robert Bozso, was running a superb 5th after all the chaos, however his consistent pace was no match for the front runners, with hard chargers such as GaBoR, kyr1l and Andrulis relegating the Hungarian to an eventual P9, a fair result given the tough circuit condition. B2r's Rayman was unable to put up a challenge at the front,eventually taking P10, ahead of Javier, and the buggy NOSLE. Race Green's RedBoT took P13 behind his team mate after getting overtaken in the latter stages, with Team Red's Flyaway57 the last of the rolling finishers in P14.
Other standout battles included Andrulis with Race Green's M@ci3K, both tussling it out late in the race for 7th, with the former sending it down into the Nouvelle chicane and making it stick.
The lead was a tightly-contested tug of war between polesitter Suforr and 2nd placed man Sean, with the latter taking an early undercut to attempt to use his pace to take the lead through the pit stop, however 3rd-placed Twincam proved an excellent aide to his team mate, holding the Singaporean behind just enough for his team mate to remerge back in the front after his own pit stop.
Unlike Andrulis, after many failed passing attempts and ultra-clever defensive moves later from the pair saw Suforr take a well-deserved and well-fought race victory, with Sean settling for P2, and Twincam taking an unexpected podium in P3. Madjester held off the charging GaBoR to take P4, with Kyr1l finishing in the top 5, almost an entire lap behind the leader, and last of on the lead lap.
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Layout Racing League returns on 05 April 2025 for Round 6 – Aston Banana, with the ultra fast, slipstream-critical circuit sure to throw up a surprise! With Monaco the exemption, the drivers jump back to the Skip Barber race car for the remainder of the season.
