Moderator's Report
Well the lap one review was quite something. One incident that had a knock-on effect for 11 out of 17 drivers. Lucky Jason got through completely unscathed and with his fast pace went on to win. And who was the naughty lad who started all this mayhem? Ronnie, but in his defence it wasn't actually a spin or hit. No he had the misfortune to have an engine blow-out.
Surprisingly there will actually be NO penalties dished out for lap one, everything that happened after Ronnie stopped for a smoke being a series of unfortunate knock-on effects. I thought about how best to lay out what happened and a domino description seems best;
A bit after the start Ronnie blows and pulls over to the right by the pit exits to wait and reset. Victim no 1 is Ross who can't avoid the suddenly slowing Ronnie. Jason meanwhile sneaks through. Victim no 2 is Vos, slowing as he see's the unfolding mayhem ahead he is clipped by Geoff (no 3) who then picks up Fabio (no 4). The inertia created by the second hit sends Geoff into a new spin picking up Billy (no 5). Meanwhile Ronnie is parked up waiting to reset admiring the view in his rear mirrors. He is a fraction onto the track but, under normal circumstances, not enough to cause a problem. Of course this is not normal circumstances. With the ongoing Geoff 360 spin demonstration drivers are moving off the normal line to avoid joining in thereby setting a collision course towards Ronnie. Nigel clips him (no 6) picking up Sky (7) and Mike T (8) in the process.
I can't really place blame here as Ronnie had done the right thing and pulled away from the line to reset, unfortunately what was left of the pack pulled across too.
Anyway I have left out two victims. The best is left till last; meet the Marvelous Contortionist Extraordinaire aka Bernie. Squeezed between two slowing vehicles (see mayhem above) he decides the best option is to drive backwards whilst miraculously passing unscathed through following cars. If that was not enough of a show for his audience he then dissappears completely only to reappear across the track right in front of Paul W. Paul must have much appreciated that trick. Anyway there lieth no's 9 and 10 and that concludes a most interesting first lap.
BTW Paul W is excluded for being very naughty by stealing sweets from the fat controllers token jar.
Server replay time: 0h23m27s
This is really a case of two into one won't fit. Geoff went for a valid overtake and Diki equally validly defended. There may also be a small element of warp in that Geoff doesn't appear to feel the hit. It should be borne in mind that, without 100% overlap, the defending driver is under no obligation to concede the corner although both should of course leave each other enough room.
The rules have this;
"Contested Overtake: Racing Incident
The overtaking car had achieved a 50% or greater overlap but not 100% or greater at the point of turn-in and both drivers were in full control."
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Mike (miner) makes a valid pass then a bit further on loses control into the corner and spins. This in turn causes Diki to spin although, again, warp may have played a factor as Mike doesn't appear to take a hit. This could count as part of an overtake manouvre however Mike had cleared Diki with some space so it is being treated separately as a simple loss of control.
