Moderator's Report
A solid drive from Andy Livingston to claim his first win of the season, in the BRM no less. After a collision on the first lap, Fulvio put in an excellent recovery to 2nd place. Billy Nobrakes rounds the podium, despite managing some sight-seeing across the dunes.
There was one reported incident on the first lap. As it was the first lap incident it managed to involve the majority of the field! So here goes.....
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John Hammonds and Fulvio Policardi have a coming-together on the straight after Hugenholtz, causing Fulvio\'s car to spin across the track. Bastian Grupp, unsighted over the crest of the hill, takes avoiding action over the grass. As a consequence, his trajectory with limited control takes him straight into the path of John a couple of corners later, flipping him over and causing Bastian to come to a standstill on the racing line. This causes a roadblock and the surrounding collisions were an unfortunate chain reaction.
All of this started with John and Fulvio\'s collision. John gets a better exit out of Hugenholtz and gets alongside Fulvio but squeezes him over the crest. GPL\'s collision box is extremely overzealous in comparison to GT Legends for example, so please be prepared to give very generous amounts of space when battling over cars.
Bastian\'s trip across the grass was unfortunate, given the trajectory he took. A light application of the brakes on the grass would have helped Bastian avoid John further down the circuit, but apply them too much and there\\\'s always the risk of swapping ends (ask me how I know?!).
The majority of drivers did a commendable job of slowing down given the chaos in-front of them. There were a few unfortunate collisions, such as Ronnie Nilson hitting Dave Ranier, but that was due to taking evasive action of a stationary Bastian up-ahead, who was unsighted until the last moment.
However, Fabio Locarno should have been far more careful as he had clear sight of the chaos in front of him, but didn\'t slow down nearly as much as he should have done resulting in an un-necessary collision.
Given the circumstances and how it came about, I would simply put this down to marginal side-by-side contact on John\'s part. As John is relatively new to GPL (and its generous collision boxes), I\'ve put this down as a caution. Always try to leave copious amounts of room when overtaking.
Fabio, please be prepared to stop if you see a complete mess up ahead.