It was an action packed debut for the RETRO CUP 24 season: over 30 drivers took part at the qualifying and the race, making the brand new Le Mans-style start of the racing pretty exciting!
Lots of cars on track, lots of traffic, lots of drama, of course!
The magic of RETRO, and this was just the Prologue: next week, on monday, championship starts with the first official Round in Westhill!
PROTOTYPES
ZFRL Thehemuli takes the headlines in the Prologue of the RETRO CUP 24 Season!
The ZFRL ace, started 4th on the grid, managed to keep it clean through the race, opposite to his rivals who, one after another, encountered troubles on the race track!
A promising prologue of the season for him, despite not feeling 100% confident with the McLarry package yet.
Another racer who kept it clean was SG Madjester, 2nd place for him, driving the Wessex74sp.
Heartbreak for Poleman and race leader for 30 laps, RG^LORENZO: the italian driver was looking comfortable in the lead with his BETA11F12, but a Tech Issue meant losing a lap, and falling back to P3 in class.
Disappointing prologue for the championship defender, RG^Rony, driving the "green dinosaur" Mclarry!
The RG Legend was leading the race in the first lap, before getting involved in traffic jams and incidents losing precious laps.
Same fate for S1dus Unite, who damaged his car in the early parts of the race. The S1dus driver decided to box and Rejoin later on, collecting valuable data for the First Round of the championship.
It was an up & down race for another legend of the championship, Mazdarati, who qualified P2 in his Martini Wessex74SP.
Race start was dramatic for him, as he went side by side on the grass with ZFRL Tehehemuli on the get go, before clashing lines with RG^Lorenzo in the banked corner.
Mazdarati spun out, started all over again and climbed back till P2 with a very competitive pace.
It was looking good for P2, not far from Lorenzo who did a pit-stop, but Mazdarati was collected in a bad way by 2FAST4Y's Porsche, who ended his race.
SUPERCARS
It was a dramatic race in the Supercars class, the most crowded of the day with 20 cars taking the start of the race.
Poleman f.n.c B. Botev managed to get a gap on the opposition in the first half of the race, driving his red BMW EM30!
It was looking all under control for Botev, until he made pit-stop for fresh tyres and came out right after his rival, /SRP/ Master on the Porsche JGT!
Botev attacked his rival on lap 24 and passed him in the fast section, but Master was all over him in the twisty sector.
The two made slight contact, but consequences were big, as Botev went spinning in the middle of the track and got collected again by Master and Mazdarati's Prototype, sending Botev into the air!
Meanwhile, S1dus Gabor himself had jumped in the lead, having done zero pit-stops, and managed to keep it until the chequered flag!
The Prologue's Podium was completed by /SRP/ Master and [MRC] Jsk , with [SQUID] Simox and BWGPETERFILE completing the top 5!
TOURING CARS
No Entries for the race in this class
ROAD CARS
The Porsche Whisperer, RG^M@ci3k, times Porsche Cup champion is back this season of Retro 24 and is looking for rivals"
Who can stop him?
Well, nobody else showed up in Rockingham in the Road Cars class besides the porsche whisperer, who kept his nose clean all race long and manages to finish in P17 overall, ahead of much faster cars!
It's looking good for the third consecutive title, but we're sure some rivals will pop up in the First Round of the Championship!
Ah! You can re-live M@ci3k's race from onboard in this great streaming!