Am I still in the vantage?
Yes, you are BB. I know it's a bit late, but they do say better late than never. But that saying probably doesn't apply here, to be honest
Argh, won't make it today.
Have fun slipping and sliding!
Tarn, we missed you, and it wasn't too slippery, but there were a couple of great scraps.
Congratulations to Harsk, on grabbing his maiden win, and moving himself into second place, just 7 points short of Jammy, who muscled the massive Boss into second in the race, well done fella.
I had a rather uneventful race, but there were a couple of belting scraps last night, with Zeus harassing Harsk brilliantly for lap after lap, until he just strayed onto the grass, and his race got away from him. Also, Tom battled and battled with Jammy until the pit stops, when that fight went a bit cold too.
And Jocke suffered a DC, as did John, and these have lead me to the following conclusion:
MAJOR REVISION OF THE REGS, TO AVOID DCs.
It seems to me that a large number of the DCs are related to pit stops, so we need to cut them out. In order to do that I intend changing the race format to one whereby we have:
5 minutes qualifying, followed by a race of approximately 20 minutes, no pit stop required.
Then, a race of 40 minutes, with a reverse grid start, no pit stop required.
These races will carry 50% of the points currently offered; a win will be 7.5 points, second 6 points, etc.
Damage will be reduced to light, again to avoid pit visits.
I'm sorry there have to be such sweeping changes fellas, but I really do think that it is for the best. Additionally, I have decided to take account of the positions drivers were in when they suffered DCs up to this point, both for points awarded, and for computation of the handicapping.
These calculations have been included with the results for Brands Hatch, and the championship standings/car allocations will be updated shortly. (Now done.)
Cheers, Zo.