Moderator's Report
A popular circuit and a great venue for our Porsches, despite a couple of incidents at T1 where people jostled for the inside unsure of what would have been in their mirrors if they had any.
Despite this being a team event, the Clark-Hill boys had so much faith in Geoff that they used him as their sole entrant. Bloody idiots!
The unofficial oversteer championship is still being won by Evil Clive who is now able to use this technique in almost every corner. Well done Clive!
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T1 saw a couple of drivers moving over to the inside when they could not be sure that no other car was there.
In this mod with it's poor rearward visibility it is particularly important to be prepared to stick to your own side of the grid from the start until the field have spread a little, usually after T1.
Ronnie was guilty of it as he squeezed Pedro and Cookie was also guilty of it as he chopped across the front of Arf Arf Arf.
To avoid being involved in the argy bargy, Bob started from the pit lane.
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Cookie follows Goran through Druids and the two make contact as Cookie aims for a small gap on the inside. Goran goes off track and loses a couple of places as he recovers.
Goran had to lift slightly to avoid rear ending Pedro and Cookie looked to seize on the opportunity to pass him but had no overlap going into the corner and no gap wide enough for his car. Considering this was Lap 1 in a Pro level race it was a very risky move with little chance of success.
The initial contact between the cars is a warp contact but as Goran's car gets sideways there is real contact between the two of them and Goran is lucky that the reaction of his car was not more severe.
Though we don't punish warp incidents in all cases, there are certain instances where a warp incident could be expected and drivers should drive in a way that does not invite a warp incident. Lap 1 T2 with no real gap would count as one of those instances and Cookie should have lifted and followed Goran through Druids.
The m oderator has waived the extra Lap 1 Incident penalty place as the initial contact was warp, though it may have become real at some point.