Round 5 -- Le Mans
Results and Race Report
Qualifying
Qualifying was extremely close in the PRO room, with
@Mini Stiggy clinching pole by just 0.023 from PASM, who was a further 0.064 behind. AM was a little further spread out, which saw an excellent performance by
@redbullrider20 to take pole. Congratulations to both, and congratulations on the bonus points. Qualy was certainly good for ICR!
The full list of qualifying results can be found
HERE.
Driver: GTP_Caine
Incident: Improper Pit Entry
Lap: 8
Result: First warning for improper pit entry.
Driver: GTP_PASM
Incident: Contact with Nik_Makozi
Lap: 7
Result: Warning for contact.
Notes: Looking at the replay, it was a fairly heavy bump, but somehow both cars avoided taking damage. Had damage occurred, you would have received a penalty for this, but as Nik was unharmed and the incident cost you time, we have decided to give you a warning only. The bump at Silverstone from Nik into the Vale chicane was nowhere near as heavy, but did result in damage, hence the penalty in that instance.
Driver: RCB929
Incident: Contact with MerlinRichards
Lap: 1
Result: Avoidable Contact. +25s added to race time (stop + 10).
Notes: This was a very tough call to make, and we got several opinions on this. However, at turn one, your car veers to the right into the path of Merlin causing both cars damage. Merlin had left a considerable margin on the inside of the corner to allow you space, but contact was still made. From the replay your cars makes a very weird change of direction when passing over the curb, which did baffle us a little, it didn't look like a typical oversteer correction, but it didn't look deliberate either. Regardless, Merlin held a solid line and left space yet was still collected.
Driver: xNikodemusx
Incident: Improper Pit Entry
Lap: 6
Result: First warning for improper pit entry.
Driver: Nail-27
Incident: Improper Pit Entry
Lap: 19
Result: Second warning for improper pit entry. +15s added to race time (drive through).
Driver: Nail-27
Incident: Improper Pit Exit.
Lap: 20
Result: First warning for improper pit exit.
Driver: GTOS_Polarbear_
Incident: Contact with STOCKY8A1 and Rono_Thomas
Lap: 1
Result: Avoidable contact. +25s added to race time (stop +10). Reprimand for third AC awarded.
Notes: This was quite clumsy into turn 1. There was a large gap infront of you, Stocky was being careful to avoid incident when you crash into his rear, which ultimately led to contact with Rono after you oversteer coming out of the gravel. Certainly seen worse incidents at the starts, but your actions compromised the race of another driver.
Driver: GTP_HAMILTONR
Incident: Contact with Redbullrider
Lap: 2 (Arnage)
Result: NFA
Notes: We were going to give an AC for this, but I double checked with redbull about the incident. According to the replay you bump redbull quite hard, and it shows double front damage received by yourself and double rear damage to redbull. However, redbull has no knowledge of the incident and stated it didn't effect him, so 'no harm no foul' applies.
Drivers: GTP_HAMILTONR + Redbullrider20
Incident: Contact
Lap: 2 (Ford Chicane)
Result: NFA
Notes: This was a little clumsy from both of you to be honest. Redbull was focused on the car ahead and didn't spot Hamilton up the inside. But it was a high risk move from Hamilton at a narrow part of the circuit with the car ahead already in a battle for position. At the point redbull turns in, we didn't think Hamilton had a sufficient amount of his car alongside redbull, but by that point it was too late to back out. Please be aware, when battling with another car you will probably be losing time to the car behind and they may try an opportunistic move. Likewise, when attacking a car which is in a battle, be aware they may be too busy looking ahead to spot you.
HERE are the race results with times adjusted for the above penalties.
Congratulations to
@Nik_Makozi,
@PASM and
@merlinrichards for taking podium positions in PRO.
In AM we have
@adam46,
@redbullrider20 and
@roberte taking the podium places. Congratulations to you three.
Fastest laps were taken by
@Mini Stiggy (on the final lap) and
@redbullrider20, so congratulations on those bonus points. All 4 bonus points this round taken by ICR!
This means we now have the following PP penalties for Round 6 at Spa:
PRO
@Nik_Makozi -- -5pp (619pp)
@rclark83 -- -3pp (584pp)
@merlinrichards -- -3pp (602pp)
@PASM -- -3pp (597pp)
@RS__96__oO -- -1pp (591pp)
AM
@adam46 -- -5pp (619pp)
@redbullrider20 -- -3pp (611pp)
@HAMILTONR -- -3pp (602pp)
@rono_thomas -- -2pp (585pp)
@roberte -- -2pp (590pp)
@Phouchg -- -1pp (604pp)
The full rundown on standings can be found
HERE. In the bottom left corner you will see different tabs to view the respective tables.
Once again, I want to thank everyone who attended and to the stewards. Links to the qualifying and race results, as well as championship standings can be found in the OP. I look forward to seeing you all at Spa. The driver's brief for Round 6 will follow later this weekend.