Moderator's Report
A debut for Monaco in the Novices, and a debut for several new UKGPL drivers.
The peace and quiet of Monaco lasted little more than a minute when the first slow corners heralded the first of several pile ups on this tight street circuit.
During this race there were a lot of warp related incidents as the server settings were not correct. There was also a re-occurence of the red tyres on Billy's car that we saw last season at Kyalami.
Because of this, there were a lot of reported incidents for near misses, small touches and odd car behaviour.
Where I have not mentioned a reported incident it has been put down to warp and will not be penalised. Where there is an incident where cars do touch, but may not have done had the server settings been correct, it has also been put down to warp and will not be penalised.
The server settings have now been changed and future races should be a lot more stable.
Only time will tell if the moderators will allow the Novices loose on such a tight circuit again.
Server replay time: 0h01m01s
Billy is dropped by the server and re-appears taking out Economia
Warp Incident
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Billy is warping badly and makes contact with Fabio at Mirabeau but it is warp affected and he had slowed down to avoid him.
Warp Incident
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Fabio tries to pass NHance on the inside of Virage De La Gare where there is no gap and the two make contact throwing NHance into the bales.
This follows the mayhem of a few seconds earlier and it is not clear whether it is an overtake attempt or not. Either way, Fabio is at fault and hits Norm, but I have mitigated the extra place penalty for a lap 1 incident in view of the confusion, mayhem and server mishaps.
Server replay time: 0h03m36s
NHance follows Billy through Virage De La Gare and taps him.
Both continue unaffected.
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Karliss spins at tabac and is blocking the track.
He cannot see what is coming as he tries to get going again.
He should have moved forwards and to the right, away from the racing line, even taking a couple of short reverses if necessary.
Instead he moves forward and to the left which puts him on the racing line and heading towards oncoming traffic that cannot see him around a blind bend.
Jonny O slows to avoid him but cannot and is in turn hit by Blito.
Server replay time: 0h06m30s
Nigel nearly stops in time to avoid Fabio at Mirabeau, Fabio then rear ends Nigel at Virage De La Gare.
Fabio seems to lose control but makes no discernible contact.
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Nigel Smith spins at the chicane.
Economia is following him and slows then takes avoiding action which sends him out of control and into Fabios path.
Nigel recovers and drives away but Fabio is out of control and ends up in front of him giving him nowhere to go.
Fabio can see the incident developing ahead of him as he exits the chicane but there are no yellow flags and he keeps accelerating until it is too late.
If Economia had not lost control Fabio may have got through cleanly but he should have taken more care approaching the incident.
Server replay time: 0h10m46s
Blito rear ends AlBaldwin under braking for Massenet. He had followed him for several laps leading up to the incident.
Al brakes marginally earlier than on the previous laps but only by a few feet.
Blito brakes later than on the previous laps and hits him.
Server replay time: 0h10m58s
BadBlood loses control at Gazometres and is warping badly as Economia tries to pass slowly but makes warp contact.
Warp Incident
Server replay time: 0h14m35s
Martin is approaching Gazometres and sees no yellow flags to tell him that Fabio is blocking the track.
He tries to avoid him but has nowhere to go.
Server replay time: 0h17m27s
Jonny O is lapping BadBlood at Virage De La Gare and BadBlood spins.
The server shows no contact and the Honda's reaction suggests warp.
Warp Incident
Server replay time: 0h18m05s
BadBlood had a novel way of letting Blito lap him.
I don't think it will catch on.
Server replay time: 0h20m28s
Norm loses control into Gazometres and is being hotly pursued by Karliss who also slides out of control. The 2 come to rest near the barrier and Karliss is able to continue but Norm also moves away and just touches him.
Both continue unaffected.
Server replay time: 0h36m11s
Billy is being followed into Gazometres by Karliss who is much later on the brakes, but Billy has won the corner easily.
Billy seems to take a wide line and Karliss tries to take advantage but there is not enough room and he has no overlap.
Karliss should have conceded the corner but touches Billy and spins him.
Server replay time: 0h38m28s
RogUK taps Billy going into Mirabeau and waits for him.
This causes some congestion and confusion in a tight part of the track and causes RogUK to collide with BadBlood at Virage De La Gare.
RogUK should have continued rather than wait on track for some people to pass but not others.