Awesome Racing Challenge

Bologna 2005

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R-Race Starting Positions
Start Pos	Driver	Car	Q-Time	Trk File
1	akouk	AudiA4	128,23	1-Futura_SE
2	Raska	Alfa155	129,42	2-Futura_SE
3	Robert	AudiA4	129,79	3-Futura_SE
4	robylu	AudiA4	130,07	4-Futura_SE

In a difficult circuit of Bologna Italy, were the AIs cut deep in to the curves and won’t let go until you finally have cleared them out, a great race was held for the 2nd Round with some very skillful driving, breathless fights and surprising pts summaries.

Jo had missed the qualifying so he had to start from the pits and literally sweep his way to the finish line. Although he run with wrong chassis, as he had previously used the Opel Calibra in Coimbra_SE, the RACE OFFICIALS decided, after a long and argue-full meeting, not to assign any penalties to the French champion.
Man of the day was our Swiss favorite Raska, who’s consistent driving paid him off, not only with  the second fastest time, but mostly with 2 valuable pts, as he lapped down the last two AIs.  He didn’t have a tea-party time though; he was challenged furiously by the Italian stallion Robylu, who claimed the 2nd fastest time all distance long and lost it on the line by a wheel’s difference.
Everybody was anxious to see how jo.sk would respond to the heavy handicap applied to him, by starting from the pits. He did magnificent clearing his way through the AIs, passed all of them in the first few laps and begun eliminating his difference with Robylu. He reached and passed him too, and as everyone waited on their toes to see Raska be the next, Robylu fought back, challenged really hard with his A4 and passed him back to third place. Robylu’s effort was so intense, that led him right on Raska’s tail for the 2nd place, which was lost for him by a breath.
Fastest time was made by akouk, scoring fastest lap as well. The Greek  succeed just enough in the pts field though and now will have a hard task preserving the lead, as he will run the Sprint on severe handicap (start last + heaviest car).
It was 20Km surely worth the dime, and the best of Futura_SE are still to come, as Jo will stat the sprint from first row with slightly weighted car. Not much thought for the sprint winner there… or not..?

The Futura_SE sprint got along as expected: very fast & consistent driving by all pilots, close fights and spectacular show to watch.
Jo.sk drove with confidence and although he was challenged in the first few laps, he won the race relatively easy, scoring fastest lap too. A less weighted Alfa155 was assigned to Jo and that helped him build up a safety difference between him and the furious pack that followed…
The 2nd place was not secure for anyone untill the checkered flag. Robylu started very fast, caught up with Jo almost immediately and also leaded the race in lap one. After Jo reclaimed the lead, Robylu held the 2nd for the most part, but was receiving enormous pressure by akouk & Raska, who where challenging within 0,1 of a sec. It was just two minor mistakes -one of them in the last corner- that actually cost Robylu the second place.
Raska started slower and for the most part was switching 3rd place with akouk. By the end of the race though he showed great quickening,  took advantage of a very quick last chicane pass, entered the straight ahead of the other two and crossed the line less than 0,1 ahead.
akouk drove the heaviest vehicle and started last, but drove almost flawlessly non the less and was there when Robylu missed the clean pass at the last turn, to steal 3rd place from him by 0,01 and thus securing victory in the overall standings.
In the points field, Jo’s sprint dominance led him to 9 pts, same as Raska, but with the Swiss taking 2nd place because of the faster qualifier. akouk reached 10 and thus finished 1st in the pts summury.

Note: if Raska had the pole, and thus 1 bonus point added to his SE Standing, he would have 5pts, same as akouk, and he would have been the Futura_SE winner, in case of a tie like that!