Moderator's Report
Summary
Andreas starts on pole, but is overtaken quickly by Clive and then Dean. Together with Greg, the group went four abreast down the front stretch into turn one. Dean performed a whole shot by moving from the fifth spot on the grid to the lead in turn one! Clive conceded the position, and held on to second place for now. Martin pulls along the inside of Andreas in turn one. Andreas holds the outside line beautifully, and is now on the inside for turn two. Martin puts two wheels on the grass at the exit of turn two. This causes his car to wiggle, and make contact with Andreas. The contact looked to be outside of the redzone. Greg also lost some positions while trying to hold the outside line through turn one. Dean is able to hold off a very fast Clive for six laps until he runs out of fuel! Thus giving Clive a comfortable lead. Andreas is able to recover most of the positions that he lost en route to a second place finish. Martin rounded out the podium. Martin was the first and only Heavy driver to finish on the podium.
Server replay time: 0h49m15s
Lap 28 – Eses – Ambitious overtake - The last lap of the race. Ronnie Nilsson saw and heard a faster car behind him at the hairpin. He watched for blue flags, but did not see any. Andreas caught him quickly. Andreas saw a gap mid corner in the Eses, and he thought that Ronnie was letting him past. However, Ronnie did not see or hear Andreas while in the Eses until the moment of impact. Andreas' right front touches the left rear on Ronnie. Ronnie's car flips. He uses a shift-R, but is not able to perform a stop & go before the finish line.
Advice for the lapped driver: Lapped drivers should avoid holding up the leaders. As soon as they notice they should give room, not necessarily wait for a blue flag that is not always given in the game. If you watch the replay, you will see that the mirrors give limited visibility of the lapping car. So pribluda is the best way to determine the closing rate of the leaders. When approached by a faster car, initially just hold your line to prevent any confusion. As you brake for a corner stay well to the outside during the braking stage, then deliberately run right around the outside of the corner allowing the faster driver to pass on the inside line. Of course, this is easier said than done. Regarding the Stop & Go, you would have saved a little time if you performed the stop & go in the pitlane before crossing the finish line. Last lap SHIFT-R gains a 15 second penalty if a Stop is not possible.
Advice for the lapping driver: The key to determining whether an incident is an ambitious overtake or not is simply down to how far back the overtaking driver was when he began the move and whether he achieved some overlap at turn-in. If you cannot see any guaranteed clean route to pass the driver then be patient and follow them. Warping will also mean that you may need to leave extra room. In this scenario, Andreas is correct to expect Ronnie to allow him to pass as soon as possible. However, the lapped driver does not always see the lapping car right away especially while driving through a series of corners. Make your car visible in the lapped car's mirrors. Being the last lap, with no other cars for position around, Andreas should have been thinking about self preservation.