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
Some historic stats:
Last race won by: W/ naluyluka
Last PORCHETE 781 BAXTER S race won by: 1st race with this car
Last Rockingham race won by: S1DUS*GáboR - 2 wins in row (364th RTFR - FOX @ RO National)
Most Rockingham ISSC configs race wins: S1DUS*GáboR - 3 wins (Finland & Hungary - 4 wins)
Current rating leader: ZFRL•Thehemuli (+13 points)
After racing mostly rather basic road cars,RTFR finally dared to run one of the very modern sports cars - one with performance improving stuff like TC,paddle shift gearbox and live adjustable settings,some probably frowned upon from racing purists. With similar performance and handling as the well known FZ5,people with experience with the heaviest default car of LFS deffinitelly had some advantage. For 2nd race in row there were 26 drivers qualifying and 25 on grid,however finishing rate was greatly improved this time as just half as many drivers retired.
Suforr qualified on outside of front row as 2nd fastest in qualifying session and it did not take long for him to jump into race lead - the spaniard pulled away from competition practically in each lap and with 22 lead laps he doubled his total of lead laps and also race wins,as he crossed the finish line as a winner for the 2nd time,becoming 47th driver to score multiple wins in RTFR. Additionally he scored his 3rd fastest lap of the race and 11th top5 finish. For 2nd race in row Gábor was the fastest in qualifying and scored 47th pole position,but also for 2nd race in row he was not able to convert the best starting position in a race win,but at least this time he finished - 2nd place finish is his 88th top5 finish,putting him in sole 3rd position in most top5 finishes chart,but just for 14 seconds. Quite early in race the top2 parted off the rest,leaving all other drivers pretty much in tier 2 - best of them turned out to be Thehemuli,who found way to improve his starting position by 3 positions to finish 3rd,scoring 4th top5 finish in row and 25th in total. Also Michal did the same improvement and finished 4th to repeat once again the best result of the current season,scoring his 19th top5 finish. Also 5th place finisher pretty much followed the trend of previous 2 drivers and improved by 3 positions during the race,last one gaining on his teammate in very last lap - the organizer re-tied the Gábor for 3rd most top5 finishes by finishing 5th.
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No RTFR racing is planned for next week,but there will still be activity in the server - a special event will take place in similar format as specific other event series,however with a twist. That's all what will be known at this time - full event details will be posted in the weekend. Normal RTFR action will return in 2 weeks with one of the slick tyre cars - some details can be heard during broadcast. In 3 weeks RTFR XL will hold it's season finale - even if 1st position in championship can be changed only in pure theory,the remaining positions and as always the race for winning pride will still give plenty of intrigue. Combo has been decided - the Radix P6 will make it's return to RTFR XL,running in the longer Westhill configuration this time.