Moderator's Report

Summary
An exciting race for most drivers marred by a mass disco for 5 drivers. In lieu of this event it has been decided that a maximum latency of 300mS should be used for all future UKGPL league races. The race was won by JonnyO who qualified 4th position and he was followed home by Greg and Fulvio who qualified 5th and 6th respectively. So the podium reflected the qualifying order as did the lap times.

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Lap 4 – Dingle Dell – David Rainier and Francesco Molteni
David is on the outside at Westfield fending off an attack from Dave Curtis who has the inside line. Francesco is close behind. As they drop down the slope on the approach to Dingle Dell corner, Dave Curtis takes the position just as David Rainier hits the infamous bump at the bottom of Dingle Dell. This causes the Cooper to “Bottom Out” and consequently David momentarily loses control. His car his bounced to the right into the path of Francesco who is trying to follow Dave Curtis through. Contact is unavoidable, both cars spin out but miraculously they can both continue without needing to reset.

On this lap David’s line was slightly to the left of the groove (David’s normal racing line). Which took him over the bump in the track that is notorious for causing the cars to bottom out with the resulting loss of control. There was nothing either driver could have done to avoid the incident. However, it is worth adjusting a set-up to avoid this situation. A little more ride height should produce the ground clearance which would have allowed David to maintain control when driving off his normal racing line.

• Racing incident