Moderator's Report
SUMMARY
Philippe Girard inherits the win when Gareth Hall -who started from Pole and led for the first 30 laps, also setting the fastest lap- suffered from electrical problems. Mike James finishes an excellent second, and Jani Posta rounds out the podium. Congratulations to the podium, and commiserations to Gareth, and the other retirements.
I have seen a few incidents, that were not reported. These will not be moderated.
Dave Curtis reports he was not scored anymore by the server after 9 laps. He was not kicked by the server, but hardly appeared until he reappeared after about 2/3 of the race distance. It is impossible to say how many laps he completed, but it is fair to say he completed more laps than Gareth. Therefore I have decided to reinstate Dave since he finished the race.
Server replay time: 0h10m32s
Dave Rainier reports he lost a lot of trackposition and time after Bernie Darwin -who had spun- reversed a bit and then went forward. Dave had to make avoiding action and was stuck in between the wall and Bernie.
Bernie argues Dave could have slowed more and take the utmost inside of Pont Oscar, where the incident occurred. Bernie was not aware what happened during the race.
Dave got waved yellow flags, and he certainly slowed. But when Bernie reversed, Dave steered to the right trying to avoid Bernie, just when Bernie went forward again. This meant Dave lost a lot of trackposition and a better result. Dave did nothing wrong, he simply was unlucky. Bernie was not aware of Dave, and the topography of the track did not help, plus the nature of the spin and position of Bernie. Using pribluda for trackposition of cars could have helped to avoid this situation, being aware of where Dave was.
Inconsiderate Bad Rejoin: Penalty 1 Places - The rejoining driver was in full control but nevertheless drove straight back onto the track without leaving enough room for other cars. Contact was NOT made but other drivers had to take avoiding action.
Server replay time: 0h41m21s
Rick fails to take a Stop & Go within 2 laps after he does a reset. The division rules say this means a DQ. See the championship page for specific division rules. Also the racepost states you have to do a S&G within 2 laps after the reset.
- Rick65 — Failing to take Stop & Go after Shift-R — excluded
Server replay time: 0h49m31s
Bernie resets in the last lap, and chooses not to do his Stop & Go. The UKGPL rules page says:
If a driver makes a shift-R on the last lap then, depending on the layout of the pit lane and position of the finish line, it may be possible for a driver to take the Stop and Go at the end of the last lap and cross the finish line in the pit lane. If this is not possible or the driver elects not to do it then the moderator may apply a reduced time penalty (normally 15 seconds) on the basis that the driver did not have sufficient opportunity to perform the Stop and Go.