Moderator's Report

All in all a very nice race, lots of good driving that I would expect from Div2. Alan Wallace contolled the race well, pausing in the pits for 7 seconds longer than required and was cruising the last two laps. Alan had the pace to win Div1. In fact the pace of Div2 was very close to Div1.

I will not actually issue any penalties in these pre-season races.

Lap1 Turn1 = Curva Grande. Paul Bird squeezes Joe Bardsley.

Paul Bird and Joe Bardsley enters T1 side by side with Joe on the inside. Paul cuts across near the racing line squeezing Joe slightly, Joe gets a slight wobble but stays relatively close to the inside of the track, there is a slight warp and Paul gets hit into the arnco. Steve Peake slows due to accident and unsighted Eddie Urbanski runs into Steve and then Pete Allnutt runs into Eddie. All are racing incidents except for Paul Bird. You must leave more room racing on the internet.

As a general rule if you go side by side into corners each driver only has 1/2 of the track as his, if there is a collision and any part of your car is over the centre of the track into his - you will be deemed at fault.

• paulwbird — penalty — Contact with JoeB — 1 place lost

Lap1 Parabolica. Rick Foster and Derek Jones.

Rick gets a run on Derek into the Parabollica going in side by side with Rick on the inside. Rick drifts slightly out but Derek cuts in squeezing much too tight and should have known Rick was nearby. Similar to above incident, leave more room Derek, if a car is on the inside you are not entitled to his half of the track.

• Derek Jones — penalty — Contact with R. Foster — 1 place lost (plus 2 for penalty points)

Lap2 Curva Grande. Mike Wrightson and Neil Wood.

Neil Wood gets a run on Mike Wrightson, Neil takes the inside line into Curva Grande. Mike takes the racing line and cuts into Neil, Mike slides out to the arnco scrubbing off lots of speed, recovers and drives straight accross the track for the racing line. Mike, you was at fault in the first instance turning into Neil and then made matters worse, You must keep to the side of track you recover control, get up to racing speed and then and only then take racing lines. See below Andrew Hodgson does it right.

• Mike Wrightson — penalty — Contact with N. Wood — 2 places lost (plus 2 for penalty points)

Lap2 Curva Grande to 1st Lezmo. Andrew Hodgson and Paul Bird.

Andrew sees above Neil and Mike getting together, takes evasive action hitting the arnco, loses lots of speed, recovers and builds up speed along the edge of the track towards the 1st Lesmo. Paul draws alongside and moves across to take racing line crashing into Andrew. To be fair in the cockpit with Paul it does look like he would have cleared Andrew. Never the less Paul, you are at fault, be more careful for other drivers. You would not have lost much time by staying right, as it is you may well have had another penalty. Andrew has to do a ShiftR and takes a Stop and Go that he did not need to, as no blame can be attached to Andrew.

• paulwbird — warning — Contact with A. Hodgson

Lap4 Parabollica. Derek Jones and Mike Wrightson.

Derek leaves his braking to late loses control and crashes into Mike. Derek would get a penalty for this minor mistake, please try not to hit anyone when making this mistake, saves a penalty and keeps friends. I remember doing this in a league race and realising I couldn't stop and around four cars in front going into the Parabollica on lap one, so I stepped on the gas to beat everyone into the turn. It really caused a stir like who was that idiot and looked very funny from the leaders view. As he turned into Parabollica I shot past into the hedge at around 160 mph. A bit of bent pride but no penalty!

• Derek Jones — penalty — Contact with M. Wrightson — 2 places lost (plus 2 for penalty points)

Lap5 2nd Lesmo Derek Jones and Andrew Hodgson.

It was not Andrew's race, Derek Jones gets sucked into the hedge at the end of the arnco (we have all been there), as Derek tries to unstick himself his Brabham pops out and spins collecting Andrew. Racing accident.

Lap7 2nd Lesmo Eddie Urbanski and Paul Villiers.

Eddie spins going round 2nd Lezmo allowing his car to back onto the grass at around 90 degrees to the track on the right against the fence. Awkward to get back onto the track safely. Eddie moves forward a few yards as Paul rounds the 2nd Lesmo seeing Eddie moving anticipates he will drive accross the track. Paul decides to slow and drive behind Eddie's car, Eddie hears Paul and stops. Now there is no room behind between the rear of Eddie and the fence, Paul tries to recorrect but slams into Eddie. Eddie did not have a safe options open to him, he took care and did not complete any dangerous move. The only thing I could suggest is when Eddie backed onto the grass he could have had more lock so he was not at 90 degrees to the track, but easy to say when not in the heat of the moment. Racing accident.

Lap 19 Rittifilo Centrale. Rikki Foster and Joe Bardsley.

Joe is slipstreaming Rikki along the Rittifilo Centrale, Rikki is in the centre of the track as Joe goes for a pass on the left Rikki also moves left Joe has to ease off as he gets squeezed onto the grass, Rikki moves to the centre again Joe makes the pass on the left outbraking and driving round the outside of the Parabollica. I think they were having some good fun, enjoying the dice but, do not drive down the centre of the track and you are only allowed to make one move along the straight when someone is challenging your position, else you are weaving (blocking). Taking the centre of the track, moving left then moving to the centre will be assumed you was blocking and a penalty will be given. I think and hope Rikki moved to the centre of the track to allow Joe to complete the pass once he had realised the problem?

• Richard Foster — warning — Borderline blocking

Pitting. I noticed one driver stopped for one second short, careful, most other drivers was taking over their time by 2 to 3 seconds. Repeated short stops by the same driver will be penalised.

Moderator's Report

Nice race, enjoyable to watch. I noticed Mike Wrightson on several occasions driving with great care for other drivers, nice to see. Lots of good driving by all. Pace of the front guys in Div1 and Div2 remain similar with Nevarn Richards being able to win Division 1 in his Cooper. Alan Edward Wallace again put in a strong showing in his Honda. Rikki Foster ran out of fuel on last lap, dropping two places and nearly had to get out and push, barely rolling over the finishing line.

Again, no penalties will be given out, but next race is the Monza league race, this Sunday. Penalties will then be given out according to UKGPL rules.

Lap1 T2B Mike Wrightson, Andrew Hodgson and Steve Peake.

Andrew puts his right wheels on the grass and spins across the track, Mike has to brake to avoid him. Steve keeps his foot planted and has a run on the outside. Steve does not leave enough room has he moves across to take the racing line clipping Mike's front wheel. On Steve's replay he does not touch Mike, but agrees he was at fault. Steve leave more room on internet racing, you was much to close and no need to move across so early for the next bend. In fact there was no need to move across at all. You naturally had the inside line to the next bend.

• fester — warning — Contact with Mike Wrightson

Lap3 Moss hairpin. Ralph Maiph, Paul Bird, Neil Wood.

Ralph spins out leaving himself at around 90 degrees to the track with his front on the track. He waits and then moves forwad into the path of the braking Paul and then Neil stops behind but Paul gets a nudge from the internet. I would like to see Ralph's replay as I believe he would not have seen Paul coming when he started to move forward. As it is I can only blame Ralph, tricky position but you should have reversed slightly with full lock so you could gradually feed back onto the track. Only lap 3 and being in Div2 the guys behind are bound to be close. Still, I must admit I have been suckered into this mistake by GPL, when it does not show a car coming and you can see the whole track.

• Ralph Maiph — penalty — Bad rejoin — 2 places lost (plus 1 for penalty points)

Lap12 T2B. Steve Peake and Jimmy Vark.

Jimmi touches grass and spins across the track collecting Steve who had no chance. Racing accident. Steve does a ShiftR and makes an unnessary stop and go as he was in no way to blame.

Lap18 T5A. David Allan and Paul Adams.

David slows more than usual? and Paul Adams has a different line to most drivers through this bend carrying more speed and runs into the back of David. I would ask for more info from both drivers before making final judgment. I was thinking it was David's fault but noticed he was not a great deal slower than usual (around 12% slower than usual) and does seem to have trouble with this bend. The slowness of David through this bend caught Paul out. I am not deciding on who is to blame unless a driver wants me to.

Racing Accident.

Lap27 T9. Paul Bird and Steve Peake.

Steve runs wide at T8, gathers it after hitting fence and comes down bank trying to feed into T9 narrowly missing Paul. I have noted this and will contact both drivers. Lessons can be learned by both drivers before we get an incident in a league race. Racing incident.

Moderator's Report

Lap1, start, Joe Bardsley, Neil Wood, Graham Byford, Mike Wrightson, Barry West.

Joe Bardsley gets a good start and tries to go between Derek Jones and Neil. Joe gets too close to Neil and Neil gets a hit from a warp and then Graham, Mike and Barry get collected.

Verdict. Joe was too aggressive, going for a gap that was not big enough and not taking the limitations of internet racing, driving much to close to Neil.

• Joe Bardsley — penalty — Side by side contact — 2 places lost

Lap2, T1, Joe Bardsley, Pete Allnutt.

Joe gets a run on Pete into Curve Grande making a late braking move on the inside. Joe is clearly alongside when Pete turns in and does not leave enough room for Joe. Both cars wrecked, Pete retires and Joe shift R's without taking a stop and go.

Verdict. I have to call this 50/50 fault. Joe for making such a late attempt that I doubt he could have kept inside his half of track and Pete should have realized Joe was there and not turned in.

• Joe Bardsley — warning — Over ambitious passing attempt
• picnic — warning — Contact with Joe

Lap5, Ascari, Jimmy Vark, Barry West, Paul Villiers, Mike Wrightson.

Jimmy gets a run on Barry coming out of 2nd Lesmo. Barry takes a tight line into Ascari and scrubs off a little speed. Jimmy has to ease off and it de-stabilizes his Brabham and hits the arnco and spins. Paul and Mike in their own battle round Ascari with no yellow flags showing to see a spinning Jimmy. Mike swerves one way re-corrects and swerves the other loses the back end and collects the unfortunate Paul. Jimmy does a stop and go.

Verdict. Racing accident

Lap9, Parabolica, Paul Villiers, Joe Bardsley.

Joe gets a run on into Parabolica on Dave Allen who is real close to Paul. Joe has the inside line when Paul turns in and side contact with Joe is made. Paul gets hit off the track and takes a stop and go.

Verdict. Paul was at fault but would have not known Joe was there due to Dave Allen filling his mirrors. This is plain to see from Paul's reactions when the front wheel of Joe's BRM pops into his view. Paul was the only one affected by this. Racing accident.

Lap11, 1st Lesmo, Dave Allen, Joe Bardsley

Joe Bardsley outbrakes Dave into the 1st Lesmo. Dave should realized Joe was there but turns in on him. Joe was clearly in front and had the right to the inside line.

• Dave Allan — penalty — Side by side contact — 2 places lost

Lap 12, Parabolica, Clive Griffin, Neil Wood.

Clive and Neil try and outbrake each other going into Parabolica, both lose control and get tangled. Both serve a stop and go.

Verdict. Racing accident.

Moderator's Report

Lap1, T1, Barry West and Eddie Urbanski.

Eddie has inside line into T1, a car up front gets on the grass and spins, in reaction Barry moves over towards Eddie and Barry receives a warp hit. They then tap each other, both was able to continue without any real problem.

Verdict. Racing Incident.

Lap1, T1, Neil Wood and Clive Griffin.

The incident with Barry and Eddie causes some slowing down and catches Neil out. He struggles to hold control of his tail wagging Brabham and Clive running faster on the inside line gives Neil a tap from a warp. Clive could have given a little more room that may have stopped the warp contact, but I cannot say he was in any way at fault. Shame, Neil had done well to bring the Brabham under control only to receive this warp hit that puts him into the sand trap.

Verdict. Online warp incident.

Lap3, T5c to T6, Graham Byford and Paul Bird.

Graham is lost by the server for a few seconds and then gets planted back on the track on top of Paul.

Verdict. Online internet fault.

Lap5, T5a, Barry West and Joe Bardsley.

This incident really starts around T3 but ends by a late braking Joe compared to Barry's braking point. Joe tries desperately to save the problem but loses control and T bones Barry in the hairpin. Joe is at fault, basically this is a rear end shunt that turned into a T bone by Joe's actions trying to avoid contact.

• Joe Bardsley — penalty — Rear End Shunt — 2 places lost (plus 1 for penalty points)

Lap5, T5b, Clive Griffin and Derek Jones.

Clive slows for T5b and Derek rearends Clive. Derek did not get a clear indication of where Clive was from the server. Clive appeared to virtually come to a halt in front of Derek. Having now looked at Derek's replay, the situation was even worse for Derek, Clive seems to reverse into Derek. This brings the need to send your replay of the incident. I was considering giving Derek a penalty for this and in no way did he deserve one from his view.

Verdict. Internet problem.

Lap5, T5a, Rik Foster passes Martin Portman under yellow flag?.

I have looked at Rik's replay. The yellow was taken away before Rik came to T5, Rik said he was unaware he was under yellow flag and I agree. This is a marshal problem and I will have him fired. Rik approached the mess at T5 at about the best time and made a clinical and careful clean pass through the section.

Verdict. Marshall's fault no driver held to blame.

Lap5, T5b. Clive Griffin and Ronnie Whittle.

Clive takes care stopping several times before trying to rejoin and runs into the unfortunate Ronnie Whittle. In this position, Clive would have had real problems, even with seeing two cars behind of when it would be safe to move. I would say, he should have reversed as a safer option, but with other cars behind him?. Clive was put in this position from an internet problem/other driver and was trying to make a good recovery from a bad position.

Verdict. Did the best under the circumstances.

Lap12. Hump, Paul Bird and Joe Bardsley.

Paul Bird slows slightly earlier for the hump and in the centre of the track, Joe (king of the late brakers) hits Paul. Joe was at fault for not considering the different braking point of Paul. Joe must be more careful bearing in mind his very late braking capability. This has caught both himself out and many competitors. I feel a bit of sympathy here for Joe as this one could catch many drivers out and again he desperately tries to avoid contact.

• Joe Bardsley — penalty — Rear End Shunt — 1 place lost (plus 1 for penalty points)

Lap14. Paul Adams pitstop violation.

Paul stops outside pit stalls and could have caused problems for other drivers entering the pits. Fortunately no other driver tried to enter the pits and so had no problems and so no penalty will be given. Advice is to Paul and all drivers to stop well inside the pitstalls next time else I will give a penalty.

Verdict. No penalty.

Lap24, T2, Graham Byford and Derek Jones.

Graham spins off at T2 and rejoins, before getting up to speed he moves across the track (bad). Graham is barely up to racing speed before T3 and a fast approaching Derek picks the inside line to pass Graham, but Graham moves across the track. Derek has to take evasive action and spins. I have to give a full penalty.

• Graham Byford — penalty — Blocking — 3 places lost

Moderator's Report

With no server replay and no knowledge of any bad driving incidents, the results will stand. Two self reported missed pitstops from Martin Portman and Barry West. Thanks for their honesty.

The time penalties do not change any of the finishing positions, so no adjustment is needed or has been done.

Moderator's Report

Lap1, Turn 1, Jimmy Vark, Tim Whiting

Tim Whiting gets a good start and goes for a gap that was risky between Jimmy and Raiph Maiph. The gap reduces slightly and contact is made between Jimmy and Tim. Jimmy loses out big time and Tim is left struggling to get back up to speed against the armco. Tim is at fault here, going for a gap that would make three abreast round T1.

• Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting — penalty — Ambitious Overtake on lap 1 — 3 places lost

Lap1, Turn 2, TimWhiting, Eddie Urbanski, Mike Wrightson.

Tim struggles to get up to speed into Turn 2 (see incident above in Turn1), Eddie is on the outside passing and Tim drifts out, knocking Eddie off the track and Mike gets collected. Mike loses a lot here having to Shift R. Tim is at fault under the rule of Rejoining the race after an incident. I think Eddie should have left a bit more room for Tim and maybe the incident would have been avoided. I asked all the Mod's to look at this and have taken the mean of all the decisions.

• Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting — penalty — Bad rejoin (reduced) — 1 place lost

Lap8, The 90, Graham Byford and Eddie Urbanski.

Eddie loses the back end and Graham cannot avoid running into him.

Verdict. Racing Incident

Lap11, Pits, Clive Griffin

Clive does at the most 9 second stop instead of the 10 seconds.

• Clive Griffin — Short stop — 3.000 seconds added

Lap 19, T1, Neil Wood, Raiph Maiph and Joe Bardsley.

Joe exits the pits and moves outwards into turn 1 by more than half the width of the track, leaving little room for Raiph to squeeze through. Raiph receives a hit from a warp sending him into the bails/armco, bounces back out onto the track. Neil coming up fast tries to tighten his line into turn one but Raiph receives another hit. Joe is at fault for not keeping low into turn one after exiting pits. Joe takes two S&G's after this. One has been taken as penance. Joe also shows remorse by slowing to let cars go that he thinks have suffered. Not advised as it can and did catch someone out. Joe's next two rejoins from the pits are good. Anyway, that has all been taken into account.

• Joe Bardsley — penalty — Bad rejoin (reduced) — 0 places lost (plus 3 for penalty points)

Lap19, exiting Esses, Joe Bardsley and Neil Wood.

Joe exits the Esses and keeps right and slows to let Neil go. Neil goes to get into Joe's slipstream and gets caught out by Joe slowing down to let him go. I give this as confusion between drivers.

Verdict. Racing Incident.

Lap 27, The Loop, Neil Wood and Rik Foster.

Neil rearends Rik going into The Loop. Rik was negotiating The Loop around his normal speed. Neil loses control slightly and he takes a S&G as penance, so I have reduced his penalty.

• Neil Wood — penalty — Rear end shunt — 0 places lost (plus 1 for penalty points)

Lap27, Pits, Barry West.

Barry does a late pitstop outside the pitstop window, this is a mistake by Barry. I do not believe Barry made any gain by this. Jimmy Vark has a fight on his hands trying to pass Barry who would have not been there, but Jimmy was having more problems with the Glen race from his own side of the server.

• Baz — warning — Late pitstop — also, 2 places lost for penalty points

Moderator's Report

Lap1, Start, Barry West and Tim Whiting

Tim gets a scorcher of a start and quickly pulls off to the left on the concrete, passing several cars. Meanwhile Barry is gaining on the car in front and pulls to the left and gets clipped by the express Tim. Tim could have left a bit more room and Barry should have checked his mirrors before pulling out, but it is easy to say when I can slow the replay down and check. As it was they got away with Barry getting the slightest of taps and both carried on without problems.

Verdict. Racing Accident.

Lap1, T2, Jimmy Vark and Raiph Maiph.

Jimmy runs wide with all wheels off the track and scrubs off speed. Jimmy re-enters the track, but by now Raiph is on the inside trying to give Jimmy room. Jimmy receives a warp hit sending him into the catch fencing. Jimmy was at fault for coming back onto the track too quickly, but I think the banking tended to shove him back onto the track more than he wanted. Jimmy was the only one affected, so.

Verdict. Racing Accident.

Lap1, T5, Paul Adams and Eddie Urbanski.

Paul Adams runs wide in T5 and Eddie gets a run on him, Eddie's car seems a bit pointy and has trouble keeping a straight line, Paul gets a warp hit that sends him back into Eddie and Paul gets sent off the track. Eddie is at fault but the problem was caused by loss of control than a bad decision to try an overtake. Paul Adams has to ShiftR and rightly does not take a S&G.

Verdict. Racing Accident.

Lap5, Esses, Graham Byford and Barry West.

Graham Byford loses control in the first part of the esses, hits the outside fencing and slides back onto the track collecting the unfortunate Barry. Barry does a ShiftR and then a S&G, the S&G was not required. Barry was in no way at fault for this, so was entitled to a free ShiftR.

Verdict. Racing Accident.

Moderator's Report

Lap1, T5 (hairpin), Jimmy Vark, Tim Whiting.

Tim takes an inside line into the hairpin followed by Jimmy taking a wide slow in fast out approach. Jimmy gets much to close on the exit and Tim gets a warp tap. This causes lots of taps with numerous other drivers that I will ignore. Although this was a warp incident Jimmy is at fault for being to close.

[Reduced from 3 place penalty on appeal.]

• Jimmy Vark — warning — Rear End Shunt on lap one — also, 3 places lost for penalty points

Lap1, T9, Jimmy Vark, Paul Bird, Tim Whiting.

Paul runs wide hits armco collecting Jimmy and Tim runs into a stationary Paul Bird.

Racing Incident.

Lap1, T11, Tim Whiting and Eddie Urbanski.

Tim has to move over to miss another car and hits the first tyre, leap frogging nine consecutive tyres after, bounces out onto the track missing last but one tyre, only to collect the unfortunate Eddie, who is recovering from numerous earlier taps. This knock's Tim back to hit the last tyre, just missing out on a perfect, I hit every one damn tyre record. I view Tim was not in control of his car when he bounced into Eddie so...

Racing Incident.

Lap1, T12, Tim Whiting and Paul Bird.

Tim is recovering from the T11 incident and moves across for the racing line and has side impact with a passing Paul Bird. Tim is at fault for not taking enough care whilst rejoining.

• Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting — penalty — Bad Rejoin — 3 places lost (plus 2 for penalty points)

Lap2, T1, Martin Portman, Baz West, Joe Bardsley and Paul Adams.

Joe gets a run on Baz and takes the inside line into T1, Joe slides outwards slightly and Baz is cutting across towards Joe, they have side impact and both slide out into the armco collecting Martin and Paul. Joe should have kept a tighter line and Baz should have given Joe more room. I view this as a 50/50 driving fault by both drivers. Both drivers had a duty to hold their lines and niether did.

• Baz — warning — Side contact — also, 2 places lost for penalty points
• Joe Bardsley — warning — Side contact — also, 4 places lost for penalty points

Lap3, Esses, Martin Portman

Martin takes a Shift R and does not take the S&G for it.

• Martin Portman — Failing to Stop and Go — 15.000 seconds added

Lap9, T3, Neil Wood and Joe Bardsley.

Joe gets a run on Neil into T3, Joe has the inside line and gets his two wheels onto the grass, losing grip he slides out into Neil. Neil could have and should have left a little more room for Joe and this may have saved the incident. Joe is more at fault for trying to keep too tight and in fact ended sliding wide. The attempt was good but poorly executed.

Racing Incident.

Lap13, T14 (last corner), Raiph Maiph.

Raiph attempts a pass on Rik Foster going into last corner. Raiph slides out to the armco and runs the rail. Raiph slows slightly and allows Rik back the position, but I would have liked to see Raiph coming off the rail slower than Rik. Even so, Raiph did just enough for me to let this one go.

Racing Incident.

Lap 14, T9, Joe Bardsley and Paul Bird.

Paul Bird loses it and collects Joe Bardsley.

Racing Incident.

Moderator's Report

Note. Rik Foster was lost by the server on lap 28. He actually finished third. Adjustment made to the finishing order to reflect this.

Lap1, Massenet, Karan Saxena.

Karan goes wide and runs the armco making no attempt to slow. I would have liked to see Karan at least back off the gas. This was unintentional railriding but still saved losing at least one place by flooring the throttle whilst running the rail.

• Karan Saxena — penalty — Railriding (reduced) — 1 place lost (plus 5 for penalty points)

Lap1, Casino, Tim Whiting and Eddie Urbanski

Tim runs wide, Eddie sees an opening and goes for a pass. Tim taps the armco and bounces out into the middle of the track and contact is made with Eddie. Eddie's decision to go for the pass was realistic and Tim was fighting with the car to hold his outside line.

Verdict - Racing Incident

Lap1, Mirabeau, Rik Foster and Ronnie Whittle.

Rik gets rear ended and is left traveling backwards. In control he lets his car swing across the track and hits Ronnie. Rik should have stopped the car and waited for a clear track to turn and should have known Ronnie was there even with the restriction of only two cars being shown. I reduce the penalty due to it being frantic, awkward to turn at Monaco and the restricted rear view. Also Rik was put into this position whilst showing caution for the mess ahead of him.

• Richard Foster — penalty — Bad rejoin (reduced) — 1 place lost

Lap1, Station Hairpin, Karan Saxena and Tim Whiting

Karan brakes too late and hits Tim. Tim manages to get going without too much trouble and Karan loses one position.

• Karan Saxena — warning — Contact — also, 5 places lost for penalty points

Lap7, Massenet, Eddie Urbanski and Baz West.

Eddie rear ends Baz. Eddie is at fault, seems to carry a little extra speed maybe from the tow from Baz. I reduce the penalty due to Eddie touching the kerbing and having partial loss of control prior to the incident.

• Eddie Urbanski — penalty — Rear End Shunt (reduced) — 1 place lost

Lap9, Chicane, Jimmy Vark, Baz West and Eddie Urbanski

Jimmy loses it and collects Baz and Eddie. Baz gets a yellow waved flag but only a glimpse and most likely missed it, so no fault. Eddie is clearly shown the waved yellow flag and does not slow enough. Jimmy's car was not clear and with hindsight and time to reflect, more care should have been taken after the flag, but is left as an observation only.

Verdict - Racing Incident.

Lap20, Gas Works Hairpin, Martin Portman and Eddie Urbanski.

Martin runs wide and hits the armco losing a wheel and collects Eddie.

Verdict - Racing Incident.

Moderator's Report

Lap1, Hairpin, Martin Portman and Eddie Urbanski

Eddie has to slow early for a car ahead and Martin gives Eddie a nudge.

Eddie carries on ok and Martin loses a place. Martin clearly tries to slow in time and really the tap Eddie gets is a warp contact.

Verdict - Racing Incident.

Lap6, T3, Tim Whiting and Paul Bird

Tim Whiting loses the Ferrari going into T3 half spinning and brakes to a halt in the middle of the track, whilst half spinning to point the right way he collects Paul Bird. With hindsight Tim should have let his Ferrari back up off the track and then rejoin or try and get off the track before trying to recover. Anyway, this rejoin was always going to be difficult from this position.

• Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting — penalty — Bad Rejoin (reduced) — 1 place lost (plus 3 for penalty points)

Lap8, Hairpin, Tim Whiting, Eddie Urbanski and Ronnie Whittle.

Tim Whiting leaves his braking late and rear ends Eddie and Ronnie runs into the wreckage. Ronnie takes a S&G that was not required, Ronnie is a victim. Tim also takes a S&G. Tim is totally at fault and knows it, hence the S&G. I think Tim has done much hotlapping prior to this race and has fell into the trap, when you get other cars around you and you cannot take the lines you are used to, the car feels crap. I reduce the penalty of this one incident due to Tim taking the S&G.

Verdict - Racing Incident.

Lap9, Tarzan, Dave Allen and Paul Bird.

Paul Bird comes out of the pits and keeps to the right, Dave is overtaking on the left towards Tarzan. Dave eases off to follow Paul through Tarzan and Paul keeping too tight clips the curbing and is sent into the middle of the track making contact with Dave.

Verdict - Racing Incident

Lap10, Hairpin, Tim Whiting and Paul Bird

Tim Carries too much speed and hits Paul Bird going into the hairpin.

• Tim 'Osimandias' Whiting — penalty — Rear end Shunt — 2 places lost (plus 3 for penalty points)

Moderator's Report

Lap1, T1, Ralph Maiph, Graham Byford, Neil Wood, Mike Wrightson, Karan Saxena and Martin Portman.

Ralph gets a poor-ish start and the pack close up to him for T1. Graham is closing and it does look very tight from his view, but in fact there is room for him to ease off a bit. Graham brakes fairly late but looks under control, this puts him on the inside of Ralph and much too close, Ralph gets a warp hit and a mess collects all others.

• Graham Byford — penalty — Side by Side Contact + 1st lap — 3 places lost

Lap7, Hairpin, Paul Bird and Mike Wrightson.

Paul leaves his braking late and allows his entry speed into the hairpin to go for an overtake. Mike sees Paul coming and tries to leave room running wide, but Paul is too fast as he tries to turn in for the apex and still runs into Mike.

• paulwbird — penalty — Ambitious Overtake — 2 places lost (plus 2 for penalty points)

Lap11, Pit entrance, Eddie Urbanski and Mike Wrightson.

Eddie slows to take his pitstop and Mike gets caught out slamming into the back of Eddie. Eddie has to Shift R to continue. I feel reluctant to give a penalty here seeing how easy it is to get caught out. I for one will watch out for this in the Div1 race coming up. Even so, we all should be well prepared for these races and being ready for pitstops is part of our races this season.

• Mike Wrightson — penalty — Rear End Shunt — 2 places lost (plus 1 for penalty points)

Lap12, Hairpin, Paul Bird and Ralph Maiph

Ralph comes from way back outbraking Paul into the Hairpin and manages to get inside. Ralph keeps very tight, but Paul turns into him. Ralph was a little ambitious from so way back, but the move was clean. From Paul's view I think he did not know Ralph was there when up front Eddie scrubbed off speed negotiating the Hairpin, Ralph moved over to attempt a pass on Eddie and ran into Ralph. I am going for an easy option.

Racing Incident.