Moderator's Report
An excellent race from John in the Cooper- he was obviously inspired by the controversial addition of debutant Natan in the Lotus. There was some good clean close racing down the order- though somehow it all escaped me.
Peter did well enough to deserve a mention, though he shouldn't have been in the pits at all. I'll try to sort out whatever's causing him to drop from 3ukgpl for the next race.
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Lap 1 Hairpin
Paul approaches the hairpin about 10-15mph faster than the cars ahead and consequently rams Bernie. Bernie later makes slight contact with Geoff.
Paul then slows and drops to last as he allows Bernie to retake the place so I've waived the one place extra penalty for a Lap 1 incident.
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L1 Peralta
Peter is slightly wide and then slows unexpectedly when turning out of the Peralta. Paul, who wouldn't normally be behind him at his stage, runs into his side.
Both drivers then seem to have heated arguments with their mechanics- Peter spends a long time in the pits with his, while Paul simply rams the pits at 90 degrees in an 'unorthodox' sng....
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L20 Various corners
Bernie spots Ian passing Geoff on one side, and there appears to be room on the other, which is just too tempting. The corner arrives too early for him though, and he cuts it rather drastically, arriving unexpectedly in front of Geoff, who collides with him. Normally GPL would have black-flagged Bernie due to checkpoints. Since this was an opportunity to overtake, just poorly executed, it is only a 1 place penalty and I've waived the associated yellow card points.
For an encore Bernie slows a couple of corners later apparently to allow Geoff to have the place back, Geoff has to take to the grass to avoid him and then collides with Bernie.
Bernie performs his sng for the reset before the finish.
