Moderator's Report
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Gerald (silver53) comes from impossibly far back into the first tyre chicane, taking out Dave Gymer (who fortunately doesn't sustain serious damage).
Gerald was suffering controller problems at the time (pedals acting in reverse), and spun off at the start of the first flying lap. He should really have done the discrete thing at the time and retired, but instead tried to carry on, nearly ruining Dave's race in the process, and coming close to repeating the error with Jamera on the next lap before retiring.
Whilst we're loathe to issue penalties against drivers who are unfortunate enough to suffer these sorts of problems, it is essential that a driver who is experiencing technical difficulties so severe that they are both likely to lead to an accident involving another car , and very unlikely to finish the race, retires.
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Zacari is coming up to lap [ZiP]Tyf; on the approach to the final corner complex, there is still a fairly large gap between them, but Tyf is very slow through the first chicane, missing the right apex completely, and Zacari, despite braking a little earlier than normal, suddenly finds himself closing on Tyf too fast to avoid him, running into the back of him and spinning him off the road.
Normally, a read ender would be a two place penalty, but there are two mitigating factors here. The first is that Zacari takes a voluntary drive through, albeit very much later in the race when his place was secure, and second, that Tyf was very much slower than other cars in that chicane. I am therefore reducing it to a zero place penalty.
- Zacari — penalty — rear ending [ZiP]Tyf — 0 places lost
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Greg has been chasing Ginsters for most of the race, and the pair catch Paul968 in his Z3M in the complex of corners after the start line. Paul is able to let Ginsters through, and Greg tries to follow him through, but despite keeping a tight line through the corner, doesn't leave Paul enough room on the exit and there is some side contact.
Greg should have waited until he could see in his mirrors that Paul was clearly behind before he moved over - it would have cost him no extra time and would have avoided the contact.
No matter how keen you are to keep up with the car ahead, your first duty is to avoid crashing into the car alongside! Normally side contact is a two place penalty, but in this case it was light, and Greg does appear to have been trying to leave Paul room, so I've reduced it to just one place.
- greg130 (Greg130) — penalty — contact with Paul968 — 1 place lost (plus 1 for penalty points)