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
Important - in order to score points towards teams championship and receive prizes you must enter your team via RTFR 2021 team nominations thread.
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: S1DUS*R.Kardol
Last UFR race won by: S1DUS*Botsi (2 wins in row) (246th RTFR - SO City Long)
Most UFR race wins: S1DUS*Botsi - 3 wins (Finland - 4 wins)
Last Aston race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (254th RTFR - FO8 @ AS Grand Touring Reversed)
Most Aston long config wins: [STO]Kars - 2 wins (Latvia @ Hungary - 2 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*uNite (+19 points)
2021 standings after 17 of 25 races:
S1DUS*R.Kardol - 359
S1DUS*uNite - 344
RGˆMandula - 195
* PENALTIES :
S1DUS*uNite - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for repeated (2 previous warnings) unsportsmanlike conduct after race finish. Future misconducts will lead to higher penalty.
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The 262nd RTFR was held on one of the longest standard configurations of LFS - Aston's GT track,where the UFR was lapping just handful of seconds under 3 minutes,meaning the lapcount will be low - that helped to reduce victim count of the famous final chicane,a known threat to most cars of LFS. Despite somewhat critisized combo,attendance was high reaching 36 drivers in qualifying,one less on grid - highest attendance in last 5 races.
The only driver missing on grid was the fastest driver of qualifying - mr.Randomname scored his 4th pole position and left the server before race start. So the chances for glory were left to others and the one using them best was True Alpha,who started from 4th position,climbed to lead of the race during 7 laps and led the last 5 to finish 1st,becoming 20th driver in RTFR history to score 5th racewin in this event series. Besides win,mr.Alpha scored also his 11th top5 finish. Despite leading first 6 laps,R.Kardol had to give up lead to charging finn and settle for chasing position - 2nd place finish and 45th top5 finish. 3rd is the driver who got promoted to 1st starting position on the grid - Fatass lost lead very early and could not challenge for racewin,still 3rd place finish is his best result in RTFR,2 positions higher than his only previous top5 finish. Falcon is the highest climber between top5 finishers with his 4th place,that's 38th top5 finish for the canadian. Despite his misbehaviour penalty,it's still a top5 finish for Unite as he's classified 5th - his 44th achievement.
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Next week it's time for the longer RTFR version and that will make 2 FO8 races in following days - monday will be the start of 7th season of V8 Racing League,followed by FO8 race on tusday at RTFR XL. Full information of the latter will be posted tomorrow. But in 2 weeks the next normal RTFR will feature street legal car racing - clue about combo you can see on stream recording,allthough due to some mistake the wrong XR car has been announced there.