Moderator's Report
SUMMARY
Dave Rainier wins the race in the Lotus, after a fierce late race and championship deciding fight with Axel "Cookie" Koch. Axel, who ran a Brabham on this occasion, had to settle for second after starting from Pole, leading most laps and setting fastest lap. A slight contact put Axel off, but to be fair Dave Rainier did nothing wrong and kept a cool head. Over the whole Season Axel has shown great speed in the Honda, but was unlucky with engine failures. Dave Rainier is always a smart, solid and consistent driver, a very well deserved Champion. Congratulations to both for a great season!
Billy Nobrakes finishes third in the race, recovering from an off after the start, being the most consistent driver of the race. Well done. Michael Turner finishes an excellent fourth, his fourth of the Season, cementing his fifth spot in the Championship. Dave Curtis finishes fifth in the race, and third in the Championship despite missing a race. Very consistent Championship by him, always in the top 5. Solid debut by Ronnie Nilsson who suffered from quite some bad luck, but soldiered on to claim sixth spot in the race. Martin "Maddog" Hunt had to settle for seventh, after an eventful race, having ran in third initially. Philippe Girard was the last points scorer, and Francesco, Bernie and Walter retired before halfway. Commisserations.
No incidents in the Red Zone. Billy went off, and there were a couple of passes, and especially Ronnie Nilsson did a great job being aware, and giving room. Well done guys. Ronnie did report three incidents, thanks. For Fran his attempted Pit Stop resulted in retirement sadly, the other Pit Stops were performed correctly.
Server replay time: 0h22m15s
Martin tries to force a pass in a difficult place, Ronnie is slower and goes slightly wide, but there is hardly a gap. On the server replay there is also quite some lag involved. Arguably the cars would have made real contact anyway. Ronnie does nothing wrong, he might be slower and gotten slightly off the line, but it was a rather ambitious attempt to overtake. Ronnie felt like being the victim and didn't ask for a penalty.
Martin followed Ronnie for exactly one lap before the incident. However, he still should have showed more patience. Especially when the driver you are racing is not a familiar foe.
Server replay time: 0h36m21s
Ronnie runs into Martin who rejoins the track after a spin. This was a bad rejoin with contact as a result. We like to believe that Martin could not find the brake pedal in time to stop his car. Martin could have easily avoided this mess if he was more careful. He would not have needed Prib to see Ronnie in this incident.
Server replay time: 0h46m04s
Ronnie is being rearended by Dave Curtis, who tries to pass him in the hairpin. Bad place to force a pass. Ronnie didn't ask for a penalty, but clearly was the victim.
Dave follows Ronnie for exactly one lap before the incident. We should drive more cautiously around our competitors at least until we have followed them for more than one lap.
