Moderator's Report
This was by far the easiest race to mod and consumed the least amount of time while using the same methods as before - in other words, grats to everybody for a very good race and a high number of finishers.
Phil scores a significant win, first of the season but more importantly, third podium in a row which strengthens him firmly as the championship leader. Phil recovered from an early warp accident and fought his way through the field and won the race despite the championship leader handicap. Congratulations Phil.
Art had a bit of a struggle and made a lot of mistakes allowing Phil to capitalize. On the very last lap, Phil made a costly mistake and spun at the small Karussel, allowing Art through - Art then seems to move over for Phil being aware of a hefty time penalty for two Shift Rs that were not followed by stop and go. Very gentlemanly but as it turns out, not very wise:
Art in fact finished second and is awarded 60 seconds penalty which now puts him in fourth, behind Jack - Art will be scratching his head as he would have still held on to final podium position as the time penalty puts him no more than three tenths behind Jack, had he only been a bit more efficient in letting Phil through.
Bernie had an eventful race but managed to bring his Cooper home in third which turns into second with Art`s demotion bringing him to a striking distance to the lead in the championship table.
Jack visits the podium for the first time after driving an excellent race with least mistakes of all drivers. I usually watch races at 11 times the speed, using chase view and I`d stop at any hint of an accident or Shift R being taken - Jack was driving so smooth that I did not have to use pause even once. Well done Jack.
Everybody did very well in the race and made my job a lot easier so I appreciate that. Next stop is Monza where the title battle resumes with two main contenders facing a tough handicap on one track where handicap is most felt by the receiving driver. It should be very interesting.
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Lap 1 - Chris Bull gets a bit wide at Turn 1 and is rejoining track at an acceptable angle. At that moment, Phil is passing by and is struck with a ridicilously huge warp when he was already cleared.
In the given situation, I think that both drivers did the best they could to avoid the incident and without any doubt, the warp is the only contributing factor.
Phil required a Shift R - no fault SR granted
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Lap 2 - Art makes a Shift R after making a mistake but doesn`t do a Stop and Go.
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Lap 2 - Art makes a Shift R after making a mistake but doesn`t do a Stop and Go.
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Lap 4 - Graham spins at Hatzenbach but during his spin, what was in his view made it look hard to tell which way he was facing so he drove around one corner before realising he was facing the wrong way and then he turned around and continued. At the end of lap 4, he was blackflagged so he pulled out of the race.
As Graham was in eigth position anyway and since he did not interfere with anyone, I will allow the points to be scored.
GPL usually black flags the driver for driving the wrong way or jumping the start; drivers may opt to stop at their pitboard on the following lap and wait until released back in the race, having their black flag removed. As it sometimes happens due to network problems, I would advise drivers to carry on with racing and report it after the race. If driver was unsure whether he needed to stop and chose to continue racing, moderator may issue a time penalty to compensate the missed stop.
Please bear in mind two things:
- if you choose not to do a time penalty to remove the black flag, it will be at the discretion of the moderator whether to exclude the driver or not;
- when continuing racing after being blackflagged, exercise extreme caution and avoid incidents with other drivers as they do not see you as a contestant and you are being showed blue flags which I recommend you obey if you are slowing down other drivers.
