Moderator's Report
A fine win for the returning Itchi Waza, who may have incurred Ms Fujikawa's wrath by spraying champagne all over her during the podium celebrations. If Hristo misses Montjuich we will all know why!
Attilio Artiglietti was close in qualifying but could not match the Waza consistency in the race, however the Italian enjoyed a race long feud with Sam Blood, beating him by around nine seconds in the end.
Server replay time: 0
Robert John has not been penalised for setting a practice time in two different chassis, although the rules suggest he should have been.
Under the circumstances Robert gained very little from doing so, and as a newcomer will have the mistake overlooked this time.
As a reminder to all drivers, the rules state this-
Changing Cars after Joining Server
The primary goal of this rule is to prevent drivers continually swapping chassis depending on what the other competitors are choosing. The drivers can do this to some extent anyway by waiting in VROC until everyone else has joined and then making a decision on what chassis to take. The effect that setting a time and then changing chassis has is less predictable. The server may reserve a place on the grid for someone who set a time in a chassis which they subsequently abandoned in preference to another. Given that the effect on the server and consequently on other competitors is unpredictable, the award of penalties must be at the discretion of the moderator.
Typical Scenarios:
Frivolous Car Changing: Exclusion
Setting several times in various chassis.
Continually swapping between different chassis.
Excessive Car Changing: Penalty 3 Places
Setting times in 3 different chassis.
Simple Car Changing: Penalty 2 Places.
Setting times in 2 different chassis.
Leaving the pits in 3 or more chassis but only setting a time in one.
Avoidable Car Changing: Caution.
Setting times in 2 chassis but one was so slow to be well off the back of the grid.
Leaving the pits in 2 chassis but only setting a time in one.
- robert john — caution — Practice time set in multiple chassis
Server replay time: 0h00m57s
On the approach to Copse John is in the middle of the track and Evil is to his right, on a tight inside line. In the braking zone John draws ahead and moves right to take the corner. As he does so, his right-rear corner touches Clive's left-front and John spins to the outside of the track, avoiding contact with anyone. Clive continues unhindered.
Server replay time: 0h01m06s
Bartosz and Arf exit Copse alongside each other, Arf on the left and Bartosz keeping right along the edge of the track. As the racing line moves right, Arf follows it and makes contact with Bartosz, spinning them both off track. Arf was unaware Bartosz was in his blind spot, and in fact may have believed the spinning Brabham he saw in his mirror at Copse was Bartosz, when in fact it was John.
