The 3D3 Racing marshals have reviewed all reported incidents and the following are our rulings
which are final.
Semi-Final A:
Clean racing. No reported incidents and no penalties.
Semi-Final B:
One reported incident of over aggressive and/or rough driving was investigated and was determined to be a racing incident plus had no material impact on the final results (at least not on which teams were going to advance). Thus no warnings or penalties will be applied.
Final:
Incident on lap 1 involving IMMORTALPILOT of team ICGTC and two members of team PURE (timeattack and tony1311) was determined to be as a result of over aggressive and reckless driving by IMMORTALPILOT. IMMORTALPILOT and team ICGTC will be penalized 15 points for the incidents which equals one grid position (2nd to 3rd). Team PURE was most adversely impacted by these incidents (resulting in crashes by two of it's drivers), however since team PURE ended up winning the event we believe this 15 point penalty is sufficient. If IMMORTALPILOT had gone on to win the event after this incident he would have been stripped of the victory and the win would have been awarded to the next driver. IMMORTALPILOT will be put on warning that similar incidents in future 3D3 hosted events will result in more severe penalties including disqualification.
There were several incidents/reports involving Arkano6 of team ICGTC cutting corners to avoid being passed or to recover from a mistake (instead of following the proper driving line in the chicane). After reviewing the totality of the race, one or two of these incidents could be justified as a racing incident or an on the spot decision to avoid contact, but given it was a recurring pattern a penalty of 4 points (2 grid positions from 10th to 12th) will be applied. Arkano6 will be put on warning that similar incidents in future 3D3 hosted events will result in more severe penalties including disqualification.
There were several incidents/reports involving BIffyClyro of team WSGTC bumping other drivers and/or driving erratically or aggressively. After review these incidents were deemed to be driver error and not intentional and had no material impact on the results. Had BiffyClyro finished higher on the grid penalties would be applied but they will have no impact on the team or driver standings so no penalties will be applied. We understand that Biffy was put in a bad position having to fill in at the last minute, but it's team WSGTC's responsibility to have a driver prepared for the race. WSGTC will be put on warning that if they participate in future 3D3 hosted team-based events the team should make a better effort to make sure their primary driver line up shows up to the event or that prepared alternate(s) are capable of filling in on the spot without delay. We understand there were some mitigating circumstances beyond your control, but factors in your drivers' control also played a part.
All incidents not specifically noted above have been reviewed and determined to be racing incidents and/or immaterial to the outcome and will not incur a penalty or warning.
The overall team results/ranking remain the same after these penalties are applied. Looking at the totality of the race 3D3 Racing believes the now official results properly reflect the pace and performance of each team on that given day.
The final points standings in the OP have been updated to reflect any penalties.
Congratulations to Team PURE
for the "official" win in the inaugural running of
3D3 Racing's
GTP Inter-League SuperGT GT500 Challenge
And a big thank you to all the drivers, marshals and streamers who took part in the event. We look forward to hosting follow up events in the future and welcome all the teams and drivers back again for our future events.
Thank You,
PS> A very special thank you to
Speedy6543 who had no vested interest in any participating team and did not participate in the event himself (even though he's a darn good driver) but generously donated his time to host, marshal, stream and review incidents for the benefit of us all. Without him we couldn't have pulled this off. 👍 👍
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