2024 series - round 3

Tuesday, 2nd april
17:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET

Information:
Track: Blackwood GP Track reversed (BL1R)
Race distance: 22 laps (72.5km)

* IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING CARS:
Due recently added mod checks,several mods have been unpublished,that includes also 3 cars from RandomCar cars list:
CAMMERA 730 TURBO
PIRAN FIREFLY 200
VPI-3 BASIC TURBO
If these cars have not been fixed and re-published until monday 17:40 UTC,they will be suspended for round 2! For draw results,please refer to car number from spreadsheets (link below) and not main info thread!

Signups: https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/106827
RandomCar spreadsheets: LINK

Cars list and their restrictions is available also in server - type command !opt and select "RandomCar Info"
Server link: Ronys Tuesdays Fun Race
Server will be passworded at least 1 hour before qualifying,server pass: random
Race Green Discord: https://discord.gg/E37R5vD

Cars will be drawn in 2 waves:
1st wave - 24 hours before start of qualifying
2nd wave - 20 minutes before start of qualifying - for late signups
Draw link and results will be posted in this thread!

The 1st car draw wave scheduled for today 17:00 UTC / 19:00 CET / 20:00 EET
Draw link: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=3650662AVSSYL6ZYK

Drivers list (order of the drawn numbers):
1 RG^Rony - XF GARIS
2 RG^M@CI3K - NORTZ XRT2 V6 BITURBO 2023
3 ZFRL•Thehemuli - IMPREZZIVE B2
4 B2R M - BZ30 ROADSTER
5 [PM] Jam 616 - CZR LUXURY SEDAN
6 RG^RedBoT - FEND TORUS
7 [WCL] T.Soini - URC1
8 B2R Ayoub_Maroc - ACOSTA STARLIN
9 RG^RD2 - BZ30 ROADSTER
10 [MRc] jsk - FEND TORUS
11 Vincent Adultman - FRAUD WHEELER E2
12 B2R Loco - VSI-V2000
13 RG^NOSLE - TALOT SUNS LOMIS
14 LLM. Sobis - COQUETTE Z5
15 ZFRL•LG-mies - 8JFZ SUPERCELESTRAL
16 kyr1l? - CZR LUXURY SEDAN
17 YES Lagooga - NORTZ XRT2 V6 BITURBO 2023
18 B2R 136 - COQUETTE Z5
19 B2R Stiefla - XM-5 94 TURBO
20 sidus unite - VSI-V2000
21 J.Holmes - TALOT SUNS LOMIS
22 Three Jump - FZ50
23 [WCL]J.A.Katila - BZ30 ROADSTER
24 B2R TwinCam - BZ30 ROADSTER
25 [WCL] Arska - IMPREZZIVE C8
26 ㉿Tazкa - XM-5 94 TURBO
27 AA™| Firestarter - 8JFZ SUPERCELESTRAL
28 Maciukas - NORTZ XRT2 V6 BITURBO 2023
29 GT4tube - FZ50
30 Adam - XF COUPE TURBO
31 RG^LORENZO - VSI-V2000
32 [MRT]-Nacho - MZG SEDAN
33 SGR MadJester - COQUETTE Z5
34 Neuroticat - IMPREZZIVE C8
35 Redasa - SALIVA15
36 S1DUS*R.Kardol - CZR LUXURY SEDAN
37 J.Martins - FRAUD 040
38 BAZSIBR4 - FXO Turbo
39 [RP]Pedro - VSI-V2000
40 petrix2383 - MZG SEDAN
41 [WCL] Bozz - N.400S
42 /SRP/ Master - IMPREZZIVE B2

This post will be edited after draw to add cars names to drivers!
New signups will receive their cars drawn in 2nd wave (20 minutes before qualifying)!

The 2nd car draw wave scheduled for today 16:40 UTC / 18:40 CET / 19:40 EET
Draw link: https://www.randomresult.com/ticket.php?t=3651603WNKR4LV738

1 ALi Ask ( GT ) - SALIVA15
2 AmirœcGT - SALIVA15
3 ZFRL•Motimoukari - COQUETTE Z5
4 J.Lavrikov - FEND TORUS
5 TRCan.. - IMPREZZIVE C8
6 Spiderman - ACOSTA STARLIN

This post will be edited after draw to add car names to drivers!
Signups are closed for this round,will be opened after the race!

Qualifying:


Race:


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Deadline for protests - wednesday,19:00 UTC

* PENALTIES :
Spiderman™ - receives 10 seconds penalty added to his finish time for pit exit line violation.

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Previous round was rather dominated by a single model,this wasn't that much different - half of top8 qualifyers including polesitter were running with the BZ30 Roadster,however the race took a slightly different course. The attendance this season is quite consistent - every round was attended by 26 or 27 drivers,in this round all 26 started and completed the 50% distance to be classified in results. Before this round 5 new cars were added to lineup,however just 2 of those were drawn - a total of 7 drivers had a chance to score first result for those,just one arrived.

The duel that started on season opener kept going also in this round - M versus J (.Holmes) were also the main candidates for race win in Blackwood. The briton got drawn the car he was able to beat in round 1 - Talot with which he set the 2nd fastest lap in qualifying and that's the best ever qualifying result for the car (improvement by 1 position). 2nd was his position also during most of the race,but after some struggles in last 1/3 of the race J.Holmes finally found a way pass his rival to seize race lead and kept it over last 2 laps to cross the finish line 1st,scoring his 2nd race win in RandomCar. M also got a car his rival had before - the BZ30 brought him to pole position,but the narrower tyres and higher weight eventually was the obstacle to keep the lead and the lithuanian had to settle for 2nd place finish. Best of the rest this time was the defending champion R.Kardol,who navigated the heaviest car in the field from the 7th position on grid to the podium scoring position,that included close battle for 3rd position in late stage of the race.


Top of the table after 3 rounds of 10 is tied - 70 points a piece for both J.Holmes and M,however the briton currently holds the top position through tiebreaker as he has 2 wins against M's single win. 3rd position is now taken by RD2 who is already 23 points behind both leaders. The defending champion after 1st attendance in the season resides in 14th position.

In top11 positions of drivers championship only a single privateer and single Zafiralis driver are not part of current top2 teams of teams championship,so it's no wonder that both lead standings by rather large gap. B2R has been most productive with points scoring in all 3 rounds,therefor they are leading the standings by 27 points over defending champions RGA. The new 3rd position in standings is Zafiralis,already 73 poins apart from leaders. Lithuania scored the highest points count in the season in round 3 and increased their lead in nations championship to 40 over defending champions Finland. Top3 of standings remains in status quo as UK is still 3rd,just 4 points apart from 2nd position. Provisional lead in manufacturers championship is now taken by winner of the latest round Talot,half a point ahead of previous leaders XF Coupe Turbo. 3rd is BZ30 which is the best car with 3 scores - minimum 6 are required to be eligible for championship.

Both most drawn cars Talot and Imprezzive B2 got same amount of draws also for this round,so they stay in lead with 34 draws a piece. With 4 draws BZ30 tied URC1 for 2nd most draws - 32. Additionally there were plenty of best position improvements for cars - the most impressive one was the 1st ever pole position for BZ30 (previous best was 2nd position),while his 2nd place finish was just a repeat. R.Kardol scored the 1st podium finish for CZR,which was also improvement by a single position. 136 improved both qualifying and finishing best results for Coquette - 3rd position in qualifying is 2 positions better than previous best achievement,while his 4th place finish is just one position better. Only 2 drivers have ever driven the XF Garis - Rony improved his own set best results in both sessions,12th position in qualifying is improvement by 2 while 11th position in race is 8 positions better. The league debutant J.Lavrikov received Fend Torus base model for his 1st appearance,his 14th position in qualifying is an improvement by 6 positions. Lorenzo is the only driver who raced a new car and set first achievements for it - 16th in qualifying and 12th in race.

Round 4 will also take place in april as with 4 weeks gap between rounds it can happen once a year. The venue will be South City's Chicane Route in reversed direction,where a 25 laps long race will take place. Current information says the duel between both leaders might not be continued there as J.Holmes will be travelling at that date,let's hope someone else can step in and make a proper competition at least in next round. Also between the latest and next round a voting for additional car will take place in our discord channel - it will be started on saturday.