The French League, also called by Frenchies the "Ligue FR", is a friendly league running since the earlier years of LFS on LFS France. It was originally founded by MT-Shark, and since 2008 it moved on the Gcomp plateform build by Gai-Luron, which is also know for his LFS Lapper. It has been managed and ran by many hoster/admins (Shark, Loconstant, Quaid, Momo92i, Worm...), but since 2013, System (Kova.) stayed in charge of it, and has never stopped it despite the lowering grids.
Basically made for french talking people, it has always allowed strangers of another nations to compete in, without any restrictions.
The concept is to take part to a certain amount of events which is an average of 10 to 12 events per season, among which you have 3 jokers, which mean you can miss or fail 3 events during the whole season, they won't be counted. Each event is made by more or less than 4 weeks of pre-qualifying, in which you compete to set your fastest lap on the designed combo at the server, in order to set your grid position. The pre-qualifying ends the night from Sunday to Monday at midnight, french time. And then the following monday at 9:15 pm french time, takes place the race for about 30 mins.
Monday 13th October, 9PM CET, it was time to get in the 9th round of the french league with Flame_CZE's Radix P6 using Blackwood Grand Prix Reverse configuration. MRc's Jsk made a comeback with style on the league by claiming the pole position. It was the unavoidable KingOfIce that was starting with him on the 1st row. Meuh was just behind, ahead of a group shot of 4 FSR leaded by Yorry, ahead of the newcomer Chazz, Kip and DLV. Title contender and 2nd place championship currently runner, Team Winners' Rydh was only in 8th, while Donald and Cyk would complete the top 10 of a 22 drivers grid. Daf and Geraxi would be missing at the start, which is starting to be the tradition for this season, unfortunately...
At the green light, Jsk took a great start and flew away from the grid, but it was also the case for the GUM pair behind him, as KingOfIce and Meuh stayed on their position, not too far from the MRc. But behind, the battle had already started, but like everywhere on the grid! And the most intense actions were at the back of the top 10, more especially with Rydh or Kip. On the back of the field outside of the top 10, Speedou and Tomfuel collided after the latter closed the door on the FSR's nose. But he punished himself all alone by paying a visit to the kitty litter. On the 3rd lap, after undecises battles, the thing started to calm down a bit.. Jsk was still leading in front of KingOfIce and Meuh. Chazz, the newcomer, was ahead of his team mate, Yorry, while DLV took benefit of the back of the top 10's battle to sit in 6th, in front of the returner Pigeon. Cyk was 8th in front of Kip, and Donald. But as the 4th lap was coming, Meuh made a costfull mistake before the long straight, and dropped into 8th, imitated a moment later by his team mate Pigeon who dropped into 9th. On the 7th lap, it was Cyk's turn to make a mistake! He indeed went for a mowing session outside the path after the last corner, and unfortunately spun, making a 360°. On that misfortune, he dropped in 11th, just between Rydh and System. At the 9th lap, DLV started to speed up his pace, and passed his team mate Yorry, while a moment later, Donald started to suffer, as Rydh, and then Cyk, and a couple of seconds later System, all passed the Lituanian driver, who dropped into 12th! On the back of the field, the things were more quiet, except Loopingz, Papator and Tomfuel having some battles, while Speedou was struggling with his car into the last position.
After the mid race, Rydh unfortunately made another mistake, less costful this time. He still hardly climbed the kerbs of the last chicane after the straight, and that offered Cyk a good opportunity into 8th, as he just passed Pigeon a couple of seconds ago. The Aussie eventually passed Rydh too, but that didnt lasted as Rydh got the 9th place back ASAP! While the midfield battle was heating up into the top 10, in the front Jsk was into a comfy gap in front of KingOfIce. But the reigning champ and actual leader started to feel some warm breathe coming from the FSR group shot with Chazz, DLV, Yorry and Kip with Meuh sandwiched between them in front of the Dutch... And the newcomer Chazz didn't disappointed as he passed King in the 15th lap, leaving DLV to target for King's last step on the podium! A couple of seconds later, another midfield action, again with a Swedish signature as Rydh went wide after the first corner, the Team Winners' driver dropped into 12th, leaving System, Pigeon and Donald gaining a position. We thought the action calmed down coming into the end of the race and that the positions settled, but Loopingz gave another shot at Tomfuel, getting his 17th place, and a couple of laps later, he got the 16th from M.Zenki, when later, Papator passed Tomfuel for the 18th. But on 24th lap, a ultimate action happened, as Meuh faulted all alone by himself, at the same corner he did earlier on the race. This time, he only lost 3 positions to Kip, Cyk and System, to end up in 9th. Later, Rydh passed Donald, for a laborious 11th place. And in the front? Jsk increased his pace, claimed the fastest lap, and took the win, which mean he took a well deserved hat trick on this race! Brillant domination from the Slovakian this evening! 10 seconds later, Chazz ended up his first race with a great result with the second place : first race, first podium! KingOfIce definitely did the best championship operation of the evening by claiming 3rd, in front of a FSR trio with DLV, Yorry and Kip. Cyk end up in a FSR sandwich by being 7th in front of System, while Meuh and Pigeon close the top 10's door.
At the championship's table, King again extend his lead, to gap Rydh on a total of 4 points gap. The Swedish infortunately smokes another joker with a laborious result this round. The 3rd place remain Kip's property, while the gap didn't changed from 3 points to the previous round, thanks to Donald's joker, as, like Rydh, he had a laborious race this round. But this joker allows him to extend his gap in front of System, to go from 2 to 4 points, as the FSR's boss only finished 8th after being stuck in the race actions as he started far away, and ended up being the best climber of this race. Yorry remain in 6th while DLV comes back into 7th. Cyk climbed up 2 positions into 8th, when Proxima did the opposite and dropped 2 from 7th to 9th, as he finished outside the top 10. And talking about the top 10, it's still Nanex who has the key of the door for the top 10, as the NFR's boss remain 10th after this round. On the team side, not a lot of changes except number wise. The FSR Team outscores the GUM Garage for the second time this season and reduces the gap to 19 points. NFR Remain in 3rd, in front of Texas Drivers and Team Winners, while MRc stands way furthermore in 7th.
Next round will be held the 3rd November, using a classic S2 combo, the drivers will be at the wheel of the FOX, using Fern Bay Green Reverse path.
