Moderator's Report
Special mention must go to as-here who got the 1 FPS bug and managed to remove the first marker board at Adelaide. Perhaps at the end of the season we should have a booby prize for the most inopportune accidental removal of a brake marker.
Server replay time: 689s
Earlier in the lap, Mo had run off at Adelaide as a result of the missing brake marker. He dropped from second to fifth as a consequence.
Having slotted back in just behind Zacari, he tries a infeasibly late lunge up the inside at Chateau d'Eau, and contact is only prevented because Zacari took avoiding action by allowing himself to run wide after his initial turn in.
- mo — penalty — over-ambitious overtake — 2 places lost
Server replay time: 735s
Maurice Claessen is coming round to lap Fozz. On the way out of Estoril, Fozz runs very slightly wide, touches the green stuff outside of the curb, loses the back end and collects Maurice.
Server replay time: 1582s
[ZiP]Tyf is being lapped by Mo as he goes into Imola, and clips a bollard on the left, sending him spinning into the gravel. Mo then promptly loses control ont the way out of Imola. Nick Philips is right behind Tyf and cannot avoid him.
Although Tyf didn't report this incident, I believe he wasn't expecting Mo to lap him quite so late into Imola. Indeed, this seems like a very unwise place to attempt to lap a car when the run out of Chateau d'Eau, and a much safer pass under power, is only a few seconds away. On the other hand, one might have expected Tyf to blend off the thottle or hold a tight line out of 180° to help Mo past.
Zacari in the mean time is racing up towards Imola, and as he arrives, Tyf is spin turning to rejoin (he has nowhere else to turn). Zacari ducks right to avoid him, then left to avoid Mo, gets the car stable again, accelerates briefly as passes the marker board, and finally brakes slightly too late to actually make Chateau d'Eau, running off.
If the replay is accurate, Zacari could and should have seen the dust and smoke from the incidents ahead and slowed. I would imagine the yellow flag warning was also showing.
Nick was the only truly innocent victim in this whole incident.
- mo — advice — be patient when lapping cars, and try to pass under power not on the brakes
- Zacari — advice — slow down when you see an incident ahead
- [ZiP]Tyf ([ZIP]TYF) — advice — the earlier you let a lapping car by the safer a pass they will make
Server replay time: 2170s
Iain lets Bombdogs lap him in Chateau d'Eau, and the latter runs slightly wide on the exit, allowing Zacari to get alongside. Zacari is ahead as they brake for Lycee, but he moves left into the middle of the track whilst braking, giving Bombdogs very little room.
Bombdogs then tries to cut back to the inside as they enter the corner, but he tags Zacari who spins. Bombdogs then allows Zacari to rejoin ahead of him.
Under most circumstances Bombdogs would get a penalty for the contact, but in this case there are two mitigating factors; firstly, that Bombdogs allowed Zacari to retake the place (not always recommended but in this case done safely), and secondly, Zacari did not take a clear inside or outside line into Lycee, leaving Bombdogs with very little margin for error and nowhere safe to aim for.
- Bombdogs — warning — contact with Zacari
- Zacari — advice — when passing under braking, stick to one side of the track
Server replay time: 2786s
Maurice tries to lap Popabawa under braking into Chateau d'Eau, but comes from too far back, realises too late that the move isn't quite going to work, snatches a brake, and there is contact. Popabawa was going quite slowly but Maurice should have planned to pass safely under power on the run out and down to Lycee.
I'm reducing this penalty to one place instead of the usual two because Pop's slow speed entering the corner created a little ambiguity in the situation.
