Qualifying Results

The qualifying session was graced by the Born2Race (B2r) team, with Ayoub setting the track alight with provisional pole, before his team mates Twincam and Spiky attempted to up the pace, with Twincam getting to pole beaten by the smallest of margins. Championship contender MRc's Michal slowly crept up the order, but could not threaten the B2r squadron in the top 3. Boy made a return to the series and put his XRG in 5th, ahead of the Race Green duo of Maciek and Redbot. LCS-R Mate sat in 8th, ahead of Air Attack's Rane. Two rookies, Vanessa and Talha sandwiched HR Cooper at the back as they learned the ropes.




Race Results




The start saw Rane get the jump on the XFG of Mate, as an excellent getaway from Spiky up in 3rd got him into the draft of his team mates up front in the run down to Turn 1. Twincam locked his rears as he dived down the inside of Ayoub, spinning himself out of 2nd place as the field navigated around his spun XRG.

Michal found himself in 2nd as Spiky lost momentum out of the first esses sequence, with boy elbowing himself into the wall, lucky to avoid getting collected by the charging pack behind. Maciek slipped past Spiky into 3rd, as further behind, Rane found himself in 6th ahead of Redbot. RD2 also made a fantastic start, leaping up to 8th from his 11th place on the grid.



The start of Lap 2 saw Vanessa miss her braking point, sending PitlaneRacer into a spin as she retired from the race. Boy, who at this point was down in 17th and last, retired from the race after what could have been.

Up front, Ayoub began setting the pace as he worked to pull away from Michal and Maciek, with Spiky getting past into 3rd after a bold outside pass on the latter.




Twincam was slowly making a recovery after his shambles on lap 1, passing Cooper and Talha as he made his way into the midfield. By Lap 6, he was into the top 10 after pressuring WCL's Soini into an error down into the final chicane, and on Lap 13, he was up into 6th and back on the charge for the podium.

As the race passed the mid point, it was still Ayoub up front as Michal was slowly being reeled in by Spiky. Maciek led the Race Green pairing in 4th, as Twincam was set to pass Redbot with his pace advantage.




A daring pass saw contact between Redbot and Twincam, which sent the B2r driver into the outside wall and then violently into the next row of barriers ahead, catapulting him into the air and flipping him over, ending his heroic charge up the field. MRc's Talha had also turned turtle at the last corner, which saw the track blocked by two vehicles - bringing out the Safety Car, which saw Redbot, Jereloco, Rane and RD2 bolt into the pit lane for their compulsory pit stop.

Mate, Rookie, Soini and PitlaneRacer followed suit and made it into the lane just before a Red Flag was issued - meaning they had cheated death and completed their stops, where unfortunately, race leader Ayoub, who was past the pit lane when the flag was issued, could not. Talk about a stroke of bad luck and bad timing!





The grid reformed for the race restart, with the top 5 yet to make their pit stop. Ayoub led Michal and Spiky, then came Cooper a lap down, who was wedged between the faster cars.

As the Safety Car led the field to the green flag, Michal and Maciek took their pit stops, opting to drop positions at the start for a better, closer opportunity to pass cars.




The race restarted with Ayoub and Spiky on a mission to gap the field, setting fast laps right from the get-go. Cooper jumped out of the way to make his pit stop, which released Redbot and Jereloco to set their own pace in the quest for their podium. Michal, who was making a recovery after his pit stop, cleared Rookie and Soini and set after PitlaneRacer and Rookie.




Lap 32 saw both the B2r lead cars of Ayoub and Spiky traverse the pit lane for their stops, with Ayoub's 10-second gap to Redbot and Jereloco insufficient to maintain his lead! Ayoub emerged in 6th behind LCS-R Mate, who himself was having an excellent, calm race. Spiky emerged in 9th behind the Michal and Maciek.




A jubilant Redbot crossed the line to claim his and his team's first ever race win in LRL, with Jereloco coming home a close 2nd in what was an equally well-executed, smart race! Air Attack's Rane finished on the podium in 3rd, just ahead of RD2 and Mate. The unexpected top 5 was followed by Ayoub in 6th, who had set the pace the entire race event. Michal finished in 7th, which meant that Trespasser, who had not attended this race, would now be our champion-elect of Season 2/2020! PitlaneRacer finished in 10th, with Soini close behind in 11th.




Official Driver Standings


Full race results and Driver's Championship Standings can be found at https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1955979#post1955979
Join us next time on the 10th of October for Round 11 at Aston Cadet Banana Chicane with the FBM!