A surprise winner in the fifth round of the OWRL F1 series. As the series went to Japan to drive on the Kyoto Ring GP Long rev config, all eyes were on the SK and Cyber-drivers, who had shared the victories in the first four races. But in the race, it was [OMC] JET and vs.Chris who were fighting for the victory. Chris led the most laps but a late pit stop gave the race lead and the victory to JET, his debut win in OWRL.

SK-driver Husky’ was the fastest in qualifying. He set a time of 1:42.23 in the first 10 minutes of the 30 minute qualifying session, leaving the others to fight for second. JET was best of the rest ahead of both SCP-drivers.



The race start was clean apart from a spin in midfield, leaving a few drivers waiting. Husky kept first place, but had to give away the lead a few laps into the race whilst making a few small mistakes and an early pit stop. The one who was then ready to take over the lead of the race was a surprise for everyone. A few teams were only able to race with one driver. Virtual Sports looked to be one of them, but on race day team manager Trekker managed to sign ‘nBio’ Chris as their 2nd driver. Starting from fifth, Chris showed great pace and consistency and only 6 laps into his debut race in OWRL F1, Chris was leading the field.

The only lapse in his consistent run was in lap 21. Three laps after his first pit stop, Chris had to come in again for suspension repairs. This mistake would eventually cost him the win. Chris regained the lead but now faced an extra pit stop only a few laps from the end.

JET had run a almost invisible race up to then, even though he lead a few laps before his second pit stop. Keeping station in the top five for the whole race, JET got to the front when it mattered. As Chris made his final pit stop, JET blew past the start/finish line to get the lead and keep it until the end, scoring the debut win for both himself and the team. Chris and Husky’ rounded out the top three, both within 15 seconds of the winner.

In the driver championship Husky’ extends his lead over Prophet. The team championship is very close though, with Cyber Racing and SK Racing locked in points. Both teams are 12 points ahead of the fight for third. Factory Phantom Racing, Online Motorsports Club and SciroccoPlayers are all within 1 point of a second.

The OWRL F1 now continues in one week, taking the fastest car in LFS to the streets of South City Long. The OWRL hopes to make use of the possibilities of the new patch, allowing for more entrants from the next race onwards.

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