Moderator's Report
SUMMARY
Another win for Al Heller which extends his lead in the championship. Van Tussman pushed Al very hard and was only 4 seconds adrift at the end of the race. An impressive debut from D Rock saw him secure the final podium place and the fastest lap of the race into the bargain.
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Lap 1 – Le Belvedere – Vlad Vosblod and Graham Poole
Nhance and Norbert are a little tentative on the approach to Le Belvedere. Their lack of pace catches out Vosblod but he manages to slow in time. Unfortunately Graham doesn’t and he rear-ends Vos.
There is always a possibility that drivers will slow for particular sections on lap one and this was no exception. Graham should have anticipated that cars might be backed up before a slow section or that drivers could be extra careful, as was the case here. Vos is entitled to a no-fault shift-R.
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Lap 1 – Virage de la Ferme - Al Heller and Van Tussman
Van Tussman gets into a slide on one of the right handers in the Virage de la Ferme section. He recovers control in time to get back on the racing line ready for the next left hander. This slip up has cost him some time and allows Al to catch up. Al goes for the inside line but the door has been closed and he makes minor contact with Van Tussman’s gearbox. Warp exacerbates the impact and Van Tussman is sent into a spin.
Al tried to go for the pass but the opportunity wasn’t there. There was clear contact on the server so the incident cannot be put down to warp alone. Warp undoubtedly made the impact worse but Al had no overlap in the baking zone whatsoever so the responsibility for the incident must lie with him.
Advice: Having made a mistake Van Tussman should have anticipated an attack up the inside and he could have stayed wide to minimize the risk of contact. Although he is not to blame for the contact in the interests of self-preservation he could have stayed wide. He would still have had the inside line for the next right-hander and so more than likely he would have retained the lead.
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Lap 11 – Charade - Flaming Rogster
Rogster makes a mistake and crashes into the trees loosing a wheel. He needs a shift-R but it is his last lap and he crosses the line without making a S&G.
There is plenty of pit lane before the finish line so Rogster could have stopped before the line, completed his stop and go and then finished the race. The appropriate time penalty has been awarded but it makes no difference to the result in this case.
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Lap 2 – Carrefour de Champaux Section - Alastair Baldwin
Alastair has one of his many crashes and this time needs to do a shift-R. No other car was involved, he just got stuck on the hillside. He fails to do a Stop & Go within two laps.
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Lap 3 – Start and Finish Straight – Graham Poole
Graham fails to do a stop and go within two laps after the incident with Vos on lap 1.
