3rd year of RTFR standings based tournament is complete and it's time to look back and honor the best. With additional promotion of simbroadcasts this year reached new highs in terms of attendance - before this year only in the 100th RTFR race we reached 40 attendees (only 37 started though),this year 251st RTFR reached all time official high of 45 attendees,while a total of 7 of races had a full 40 car grid,while average attendace this year reched 35.6 drivers per event (twice as much as all time average). A total of 145 drivers scored at least one point in standings (42 more than last year),36 of them finished at least one race in top5 (10 less than last year). Also the amount of racewinners has decreased - only 8 drivers crossed the finish line ahead of competition,last year there were 10 of them.
RTFR 2021 standings winner: S1DUS*R.Kardol
This year went under flag of Netherlands - R.Kardol attended 23 of 25 races,won 5 of them and finished 2nd more times than anyone else - 9. R.Kardol finished outside top4 just once of the 23 attended races,he also scored most pole positions - 7. It's a significant increase in performance for him - last year he finished 13th in standings,where he won the last race of the year and finished 3rd in 2 other races.
Unite was close 2nd whole year long - he was the only driver,who was able to keep up with R.Kardol in points standings,losing to his teammate just 10 points through the year. Unite attended in every single of 25 rounds,won 4 of them and did not finish in top5 just in 3 races. In 10 races the finn set the fastest lap of the race (twice as much as anyone else). Last year Unite was 6th in standings,scoring 1 racewin. WCL's True Alpha was the only other driver,who scored more than half of winner's points through the year. He scored points in 17 rounds,won 4 of them and finished in top5 in another 4. Mr Alpha finished 14th last year,scoring a win.
2019 standings winner Botsi finished 5th in this year's standings,scoring 6 wins (most between all drivers this year) and 3 other podium finishes. Last year's standings winner Gábor finished 6th in standings and with 3 wins this year is the last of multiple racewinners. The 3 other drivers scoring a racewin this year are Excellent15,Litti and Upsas.
RTFR 2021 team standings winner: Team S1DUS
This year there is a new addition in standings tables - one made specially for teams. Already early in the year it was clear there is not much competition for 1st position in this table - Team S1dus were running away from competition without a challenge. Drivers of this team won a total of 17 races,left just 4 second place finishes for other teams free and scored a total of 57 top5 finishes,adding also 19 pole positions and 21 fastest laps to achievements.
The hosting team RGA finished 2nd,scoring 3 third place finishes (all by Mandula) and 6 fourth place finishes (most between all teams,gathering together 11 top5 finishes. The sponsoring team WCL was closelly following and occasionally even overtaking 2nd place,but at the end they had to settle for 3rd place - 4 wins (all by True Alpha) and 12 top5 finishes,including most 5th place finishes between all teams - 5. B2R finished 4th in teams standings,being the 3rd team to score a racewin,MRc is 5th with 4th place finish as best result.
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2021 RTFR XL standings and stats spreadsheets
2021 RTFR XL standings and stats spreadsheets
The RTFR XL season as always featured 12 races,one in each month,also in the longer races the attendance was greatly affected by simbroadcasts promotion - before this year previous highest attendace was 32 in 2nd RTFR XL,this year's average attendance reached 31,featuring 2 races with full 40 car grid. 84 drivers put themselves into RTFR XL 2021 standings table as points scorers,which is an increase of 20 compared to last year. Also here top5 finishers count decreased - 24 are 5 less than last year. 6 drivers crossed the finish line as winners,one less than last year.
RTFR XL 2021 standings winner: S1DUS*R.Kardol
Also the extended version of RTFR was led by R.Kardol,who did not attend just the last race,as his 1st position in standings was already secured before it. The dutchman scored 5 wins and finished in top5 in all other 6 appearances,topping also pole position and fastest lap charts with 4 in each. Last year R.Kardol finished 7th in standings with a win in last round and 3 other podium finishes.
Also here the 2nd place is taken by Unite,who won 1 race and scored most 3rd place finishes - 3,while his total top5 finishes count is 7. It's a great improvement from last year,where Unite finished 30th in stanings,with 4th place finish being his only big points score. To complete equal podium for both RTFR events standings True Alpha finished 3rd also here,he won a single race and was the only one to finish 2nd more than once - he was runner up 3 times and scored a total of 8 top4 finishes.
Gábor also grabbed a racewin (actually he finished once in each top5 position) and finshed 6th in standings,while Maciek's racewin in final race promoted him to 12th position. Litti attended just 2 races,but won both of them,being the 3rd multiple race winner. Last year's standings winner Botsi also attended just twice,finishing 19th in standings with 3rd place finish as best result.
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Year 2021 is now complete with standartized RTFR events as only the experimental RTFR-CCCC is left ahead. Next season will start already with 1st tuesday of the year in 4th january and 1st XL race will be run in 25th january - there are planned few changes in season planning though,while also points system will be raised as there are way too many single point scorers. More details about next year's plans will be posted between x-mas and new year,but generally not much will change - we'll offer racing on tuesdays again just like all these years until today.
