Awesome Racing Challenge

HSavez 2005

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Fastest Lap Results
Driver	Car	Grid Pos.	Points	F.Lap	kph	Gap
akouk	MercedesC-kl	2	1	17,89	150,32	—
Raska	OpelVectra	1	0	17,91	150,15	0,02
robylu	OpelCalibra	3	0	18,02	149,23	0,13
it	Alfa155	4	0	18,45	145,76	0,56

Raska was more confident during this one; his recent successes in moto gp seem to have given him wings. The race was close but the Swiss was never seriously challenged. A very good performance by robylu though has set on fire the oncoming sprint session.

Raska, driving a well tuned up Opel Vectra, started from pole and led the race almost entirely. He was second only briefly during the pit stop changes. He drove steadily and constantly and had always a minimum 5-10 m gap from second man akouk, who couldn’t avoid a couple of mistakes.
Robylu started a bit numbly but after lap three he speeded up and seemed capable of catching up with the first two. Unfortunatly he couldn’t keep the pace and slowly dropped back. The important thing is, that robylu earned three points by lapping three AIs during his heat. Raska & akouk only managed to lap one each, although akouk’s AIs lap times were significantly slower than Raska’s, and he could possibly have done better. Raska got fastest lapand now leads the classification by a point over akouk & robylu who both have 6 pts.
New entry it. from Italy made a great effort to win his heat, as he was challeged very much by the AIs. But not only did he managed to win his heat, he made imressive overtakings as well (6 of them!), leaving the best impressions.
Hrvatski saw the return of a great sportsman xxflip, who raced despite lack of time in this very difficult circuit.
RACE ANALYSIS
As seen in the info bellow, Raska’s race was almost as fast as possible. To have been able to lap another AI would have required a perfect run, because the Vectra AIs are really fast. Akouk on the other hand should have earned two more pts, as the two AIs ahead of him were within reach and close together. Robylu could also have earned more pts. The Calibra AIs are proven to be relatively slower, something that we noticed also in Coimbra, were Jo (excessively) lapped them all! The Opel Vectra was probably a better choise for Hrvatski and although the C class and the Calibra were faster on the straight, it was more difficult for akouk & robylu to exploit that speed.
Now there are multiple scenarios for the Sprint. Akouk & robylu can claim SE victory if they win with fastest lap. Robylu  will be driving on handicap +2 and akouk on +3. Raska wins even with second place plus fastest lap, but starts last on handicap +4 (so fastest lap is probably out of question). In case of a tie, overall time (Q+R+S) will be counted.

Wow! What a finish for the Hrvatski_SE!
Robylu made a great performance and with a clean Sprint victory plus fastest lap point he is the third VHCS Winner in four Events!
Italian it also made a promising race, as he led at the first two laps and then gave a strong fight with akouk for second place. Akouk on +3 made an equally good race as the winner, but yesterday the handicaps were decisive.  Raska on +4 failed to keep up with akouk & it and finished 4th, also lost second place overall for one point to akouk. Had .it not made  two mistakes he would probably have finished second or even would have claimed victory for himself and the final SE standings would have been a lot different.
Robert didn’t manage to get rid of the AIs and so finished 5th.
Points & handicaps worked a lot in this SE, and I’m sure they will bring much more ups & downs with a bigger rooster. Thanks for competing and see you again in France!