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 - 5 wins in row
Last MCLARRY_D8M race won by: First race with this car
Last Aston race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 2 wins in row (94th RTFR XL - CAMMERA JGT @ AS GP rev.)
Most Aston race wins: S1DUS*GáboR - 4 wins (Finland - 7 wins)
2025 standings after 2 of 12 races (best 10 scores count):
S1DUS*GáboR - 60
Wj/ dod1slaw - 45
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 43
Current rating leader: S1DUS*GáboR (+32 points)
This car is a true dinosaur of racecars - powerful,brutal,dangerous and extinct. In real life that is,however in simracing we can bring back extinct cars and race them without the dangers these were surrounded during it's original existance and everyone can give his own try to tame the beast. Yesterday the dinosaur featured in the 3rd RTFR race - after being in the experimental RTFR CCCC and off-season normal RTFR,it now was selected also for the 75 minutes long RTFR XL. The Aston Historic with it's variating fast turns deffinitelly tortured racers even more,many tried and quit even before completing a lap,19 drivers still were able to set a laptime in qualifying,17 of the started the race and just 10 saw the chequered flag - addition 2 drivers were classified in results by completing more than half distance.
The RTFR 2024 season 2 winner A.Valta does not have a lot of experience in the longer version of the event - this was only his 4th attendance,but turned out to be the best by far. The finn was the fastest in qualifying and scored his 1st RTFR XL pole position and after few struggles with fellow front row starter during first 2 laps,he took over the lead for the last time - A.Valta led 33 laps to cross finish line practically unchallenged,setting all time 3rd highest margin of victory which is the highest in latest 6 years time. This was already his 2nd RTFR XL race win,the fastest lap of the race was his 1st,while he also scored the 4th top5 finish for himself and 160th for Finland. The only 2 other drivers who were able to finish on lead lap are probably 2 most experienced drivers with the specific car as both are Retro Cup winners when running the McLarry - the defending Retro Cup champion Thehemuli was the better one by finishing 2nd,which is his new best RTFR XL race result,improving previous best by a single position and scoring his 7th top5 finish. The previous Retro Cup champion Rony finished 3rd to score his 32nd top5 finish. This was the 10th RTFR XL race for S.Martin and he improved his previous best results by halving them - the 6th position in qualifying was and improvement by 6 positions and the 4th place finish was an improvement by 4 positions. The top5 was closed by Ohnifus,who scored the 2nd top5 finish in row and 4th overall.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
One race before reaching the milestone of 100 races,RTFR XL reached another milestone - in the 14th lap,the all time total races distance reached 20 000 kilometers. For comparision,the 6 years longer running normal RTFR with shorter races and 2 races per month is expected to reach the 30 000 kilometer mark early next year.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
No driver tried to finish this race without pitwork - most opted for tyre change,some refuelled the car and some needed also damage repairs. So again the mention goes simply to driver with shortest pit time,in this case it's shared between 2 LFS veterans as both changed tyres in 13.25 seconds - Rony and S.Martin,very closelly followed by 2 other drivers with just 0.01s slower pitstop.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
Ohnifus qualified just 12th,however found way past several drivers on track and gained few positions on retirements - with 7 positions gain he even found way into top5.
VOD at Youtube:
The biggest drawback of winning the 99th RTFR XL - you don't get the chance to select combo for next race. As already previously announced,the centurial RTFR XL race will be 100 minutes long and the combo will be decided by community - polls are already active,make sure to cast your votes for best CAR and TRACK for the 100th RTFR XL! Both polls will close automatically on sunday the 13th April on midday UTC time. Next week in normal RTFR we will race one of the candidate tracks for 100th RTFR XL and that with a road legal car - which and where will be posted during the weekend,however in 2 weeks server will be given out for some random cars racing.
Server has custom laptimes tracker,access the table with command ;tt