Moderator's Report
Server replay time: 65s
Pedro looks to the inside of Chunky going into turn 3 and is virtually level when Chunky turns in on him and there is contact. Both drop to the tail of the field before they can rejoin. It was lap 1, and Chunky really should've been aware that Pedro was, or at least could be, alongside, and left room.
Chunky then squeezes Pedro as they go into turn 4; the latter then brakes a bit too late and spins off.
- Chunky — penalty — contact with Pedro — 3 places lost
For advice only - unreported by victim, so penalty disregarded
Server replay time: 2400s
It's the last lap and Mark Jonzo is about a second behind BigG in 4th place. BigG catches Dan Minton, who is down in 12th and not in a fight with anyone, as they approach turn 1.
Dan should probably have allowed BigG past between T2 and T3 but Gerald is busy spinning off in T3 and BigG very sensibly makes no attempt to pass. This allows Mark Jonzo to catch right up with BigG, who has to be patient as there isn't really much track between T3 and Piscene to allow another driver past.
Dan actually pulls away a little out of Piscene and Mark gets a strong run behind BigG, drafting up and alongside. He flashes his lights at Dan but Dan is still half a dozen car lengths ahead, and has nowhere to go except to block BigG on the right. BigG backs out and yields the line to Mark, but the latter gets his line wrong into Proserpini and hits the tyres on the right, launching himself into the air and collecting BigG in the process.
Dan in the meantime has hit the left hand tyres and also spun off.
Mark retires on the spot.
Whilst Dan did not deliberately block BigG early in this sequence of events, there was no good reason for him not to move over out of turn 2 and make it easy for BigG at the least to pass him. We advise drivers being lapped not to change lines on a straight, but this does not give you carte blanche to stick rigidly to the racing line, particularly when being lapped by a car of the same class which does not have the horsepower to simply blast by on the straight. Dan probably should have stayed or moved right coming out of T2 and allowed BigG past.
Now, given the size of the gap behind Dan as they exiting Piscene, it was not reasonable to expect him to then back off and allow BigG (and Mark) past. By the time Mark got alongside BigG there was no longer any simple, safe course of action open to Dan which would have allowed both BigG and Mark past. The fact that Mark crashed was entirely down to his own mistake.
- Dan Minton — warning — unduly holding up BigG whilst being lapped
For advice only - unreported by victim, so penalty disregarded
