Moderator's Report

Summary
A win for Cookie after Ricardo was demoted a place following an incident. The final podium spot was claimed by Mikos.

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Lap 1 Baixa – Ricardo Valim da Silva and Axel Cookie
Ricardo makes a great start and is ahead of Cookie as they enter Baixa. The cold tyres do not give Ricardo the grip he needs and he runs wide which gives Cookie the opportunity to overtake on the inside. Ricardo manages to avoid the grass but he cannot accelerate until he has managed to turn the car and point it in the right direction. When Ricardo does get on the gas, Cookie is ahead but his car is not visible from Ricardo’s cockpit view. As the cars accelerate way contact is made and both cars spin out. Fortunately, both drivers can continue.

Cookie did nothing wrong, he kept to his side of the track throughout.

Ricardo ran wide and in was off-line. Consequently as he accelerated away the car rotated and he drifted onto Cookie’s side of the track. Despite applying some opposite lock, contact was made with Cookie’s left rear wheel. Having made the mistake and opened the door, Ricardo should have expected a challenge and should have stayed wide. Ricardo is responsible for the contact but the slight loss of control is a mitigating factor hence the extra place penalty for a lap 1 incident is waived.

• Ricardo Valim da Silva (Ricardo Silva) — penalty — Simple Side by Side contact — 1 place lost