Moderator's Report
SUMMARY
Phil Thornton wins the race in a Brabham with a patient, measured and consistent drive, congratulations! David Rainier, who started from Pole in the Honda finishes second, after losing the lead on Lap 8 after a long two wide with Phil. David lost contact with Phil trying to avoid him. Dave Curtis completes the podium in a Brabham. Bastian Grupp finishes 4th being the last of lead lap finishers, as Billy had to retire on the penultimate lap. Billy still is awarded 5th place and the last finisher was Bernie Darwin. Well done all.
Phil has already clinched the Privateers Championship, with two races to go. Many congratulations! The fight for honorable places will be exciting, as of now Bernie and David are in the best positions.
The Red Zone was clean, good job all. One incident -between Bastian and Fran- has been reported by the moderator. No irregularities detected concerning resets.
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Bastian and Francesco make contact in Tamburello. Both drivers need to reset.
Bastian claims it was his corner and Fran didn't leave enough room. Francesco didn't expect Bastian to overtake him there and questions Bastian's choice to try to pass him there. Fran just took his usual racing line there.
Bastian has a good run out of Rivazza, and has more momentum out of the kink after S/F. As Bastian was slightly faster and behind Francesco for a few laps, he saw an opportunity to pass Fran at Tamburello. The overlap is borderline at turn in, and Fran isn't aware of Bastian; Fran just takes his normal racing line. Bastian moves slightly up and Fran steers to the left, both cars make contact and need to reset to continue. Both drivers could have prevented this incident, making it a Contested Side by Side contact: Racing Incident, with Advice for both.
Bastian - Advice: Tamburello is a late apex corner, and it would be very hard to make it two wide through it or to make a pass stick. You would have run wide probably with your line, or lost momentum. Try to plan a move carefully rather than to jump it. In hindsight it might have been better to stay behind Fran and try to out accelerate him towards Tosa.
Francesco - Advice: be aware of cars around you. Bastian appears shortly in your mirror as he is trying to get a run. If you would have been aware, and let Bastian go, you might have been able to pass Bastian back towards Tosa as Bastian probably would have run wide or lost momentum.
