Moderator's Report
Congratulations to Ronnie on winning the Championship.
We had a clean lap one but one issue regarding the Stop and Go rules (see below) along with a few reports.
Server replay time: 0h09m30s
Ronnie and Mike T are racing with Mike ahead. They approach the corner and yellow flags are clearly visible. As they round the corner Hannah can be seen spinning. A green flag is being shown AFTER the Hannah spin. The rules clearly say this;
"Drivers may not overtake any car they are racing with, until they are sure they have passed a green flag or they are sure they have passed the incident and the green flag has been taken in."
Accordingly the green flag was being waved but had NOT been passed, neither could drivers be sure the incident was cleared, therefore no overtake attempt against Mike should have been made.
Ronnie did attempt a pass up the inside (by this time Hannah was off the track) but he had no overlap at turn in and Mike could not have been expected to see the manouvre as there was so little time and he was probably concentrating on where Hannah was going.
Under the circumstances this was an illegal manouvre which also resulted in a collision, and this ruling must apply;
"Very Ambitious Overtake: Penalty 2 Places
The overtaking driver had not achieved any degree of overlap at turn-in. The overtaking driver WOULD have made the corner. Penalty for overtaking driver."
Server replay time: 0h09m54s
Dave R's engine is having a cigarrette so he pulls into the pits, stops then resets. He does not take a subsequent Stop and Go.
The rules state a Stop and Go must be taken AFTER a reset not before. What he should of done was pull up before the pits, reset then driven on and done his SnG.
Under the circumstances an advantage was gained and it must be treated as ignoring the SnG.
However I do not believe this is severe enough to warrant an Exclusion as perhaps he thought this was acceptable. Please note, for future, SnG's must be taken AFTER a reset and must be taken separately.
Under the circumstances a 30 second time penalty will be applied.
Server replay time: 0h19m46s
Dave, Martin and Ronnie are playing duelling banjo's and Ronnie has just squeezed into the lead. Ahead it can clearly be seen they are closing on a much slower car. Ronnie is obviously keen not to loose his lead but attempts to lap through a corner whereas he should have held back. The car being lapped, Hannah, was not doing anything wrong and not deliberately holding anyone up bearing in mind where they were on the circuit.
Ronnie goes to pass on the inside of the corner and there is contact. There are some addtional circumstances;
- Hannah appears to have been struggling through the corner although he cannot be said to have been completely out of control
- the server shows no direct contact but, at the trajectories they were on, contact was extremely likely to happen.
Technically this is what should apply;
"Very Ambitious Overtake: Penalty 2 Places
The overtaking driver had not achieved any degree of overlap at turn-in. The overtaking driver WOULD have made the corner. Penalty for overtaking driver."
However, I am going to mitigate the penalty down to a Warning due to the following;
- the driver ahead did not appear to be fully in control and hence took a slightly unpredicatable line through the corner (this is not to place any blame on Hannah)
- there is a slight element of warp in here
Server replay time: 0h30m22s
Dave R is approaching Hannah to lap him. It is clear DR is much faster and whilst attempting the pass he clips Hannah's rear right tyre. Similar to the above this was not the place to overtake and Hannah did nothing wrong and did not attempt to hold anyone up.
Again this is the rule that applies;
"Very Ambitious Overtake: Penalty 2 Places
The overtaking driver had not achieved any degree of overlap at turn-in. The overtaking driver WOULD have made the corner. Penalty for overtaking driver."
Apart from the fact it was a lapping situation, which in itself does not mean any greater risk should be taken merely the car being lapped should not hinder, I cannot find any mitigating circumstances.