A reminder - server will be password protected 1 hour before qualifying start to keep not knowing crowded server jumpers out of way,pass will be always the same: green
Pitting rules:
Race requires a minimum time spent in pitstall of 10 seconds. That can be done either with single pitstop or sum of multiple pitstops. Driver who has spent less time will receive penalty time added to his finish time,which will be calculated by tripling the missing time to complete neccesary minimum time and adding additional 5 seconds. Drivers failing to pit at all will receive 1 minute penalty added to finish time (10s*3 + additional 30s).
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: [MRc] Zesty
Last PROTECH 92 GT3 race won by: 1st race using this car
Last Westhill race won by: S1DUS*GáboR (83rd RTFR XL - POCHETE 118 GT3 @ WE North RGE)
Most Westhill race wins: S1DUS*Botsi - 2 wins (Finland & Lithuania - 2 wins)
Current rating leader: S1DUS*R.Kardol (+47 points)
* PENALTIES :
RGˆNOSLE - receives 60 seconds penalty added to his finish time for failure to serve the mandatory pitstop. The penalty results in loss of last completed lap.
[GD] WOw! - receives 14.48 seconds penalty added to his finish time for minimum pit time violation.
TAV-Rubi - the unserved drive-through penalty is converted in 30 seconds penalty added to his finish time as per standard LFS rules.
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The 2nd GT3 class car this year between both RTFR versions was much cleaner than the first one tried in 1st scored standings race of normal RTFR - no mass crashes,just few incidents here and there,where drivers left without actual complains. Of course a race more than twice as long alone was a motivation to take care about early phase. With 37 actual qualifyers,this was the most attended RTFR XL race in almost 2 years,however the atrition rate was quite high as only 24 drivers reached the finish line with 1 additional driver classified in results.
What did not change between these 2 mentioned GT3 races was the winner - also yesterday driver with single letter name M dominated the race by starting from pole position,leading all laps,setting fastest lap of the race and completing the race distance first. It was M's 3rd RTFR XL race win (10th driver with 3 or more wins),5th pole position,2nd fastest lap of the race and 7th top5 finish from 10 race starts,while during the race he became the 12th driver to lead more than 100 laps in RTFR XL races. Despite taking all the achievements,his advantage in finish was everything else but dominating - just over 3 seconds behind was the 6-time RTFR XL race winner True Alpha,who started from 10th position,who knows how the race would progress for him with better effort in qualifying (in race he beat his qualifying laptime by more than 1 second,which would secure him 3rd position on grid),the 2nd place finish is finn's 16th top5 finish. Rest of the field was left behind significantly more - 3rd place finisher Leo was already 25 seconds apart leader,the argentinian improved his previous best qualifying result by a single position to 3rd,while the 3rd place finish is his 2nd top5 finish - that's half of all argentinian top5 finishes. The 2023 standings winner and RTFR XL most successful racer R.Kardol was rather left out in this race - he finished 4th with 41 seconds gap to score his 46th top5 finish,top5 was closed by Ayoub Maroc,who scored his 7th top5 finish.
* FUN FACT OF THE MONTH :
Last 6 races were won by drivers from 5 different countries - only the finn True Alpha is the repeated winner. Interestingly only the same 5 countries have been represented in victory lane for past 20 races,a croatian driver being the last from other country.
* CLOCK PITTER OF THE RACE :
Once again T.Soini being mentioned here - he had the shortest legal pitstop of 13.37 seconds,where he changed tyres and refuelled the car.
* FIELD RUSHER OF THE RACE :
B.Botev did not qualify for this race,however being known experienced with this car,he was allowed to start - from back of the grid driver has best chances to gain most positions and the bulgarian gained 27 in this race to finish 8th. 2nd best field rusher gained less than a half of that number.
VOD at Youtube:
There are not many cars with engine placed behind rear axle - the recently driven Protech is one of those,coincidentally next week we will race another one in the next normal RTFR. Which and where exactly will be announced this sunday. Which car and where will be run in next RTFR XL in 4 weeks is still known - the winner of this race has not casted his decision,he has still time until next tuesday for that.
