UF1 Series Round 2 - Hong Kong
November 27, 2016 at 2:26 am,
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Qualifying Results : 
Qualifying was headed by Monster, who dominated the session, claiming pole by over 1 second, over a surprisingly on pace Evo. ltras, at the chequered flag, set an identical laptime to Evo, however, as Evo had set it first, he retained his position ahead of the Indonesian.
New comer S2KTS proved his speed, claiming 4th ahead of Marcus and Sean, with Gaz succumbing to a bout of flu, only qualifying 7th, 5 thousands ahead of another newcomer, Mate.
HunterHei missed his home race due to techncial difficulties, along with Zonda.
Sprint Race Results : 7 LAPS
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The sprint race proved to be a walkover for Monster, in a level of his own, cruising to a lights-to-flag victory, 6 seconds ahead of 2nd placed ltras, who passed Evo on the opening lap, making good use of the draft down the back straight . There was a race-long battle for 2nd with both ltras, Evo and S2KTS, before KTS slowly lost touch with the duo, and slowly fell into the clutches of Marcus. However, he managed to take 4th, with Marcus having his hands full with 8Roku (Sean) after the mid-way of the race. Gaz and Mate were involved in a collision, with Mate coming off worse, finishing 8th, 29 seconds off the lead.
Feature Race Results : 9 LAPS
Gaz : 8th DNF (accident lap 1)
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The feature race was one to forget for Monster, Gaz and ltras, however, certainly one to remember for Sean and Mate.
The start was surprisingly clean, with Sean passing Gaz for 2nd down into the 1st corner. Mate led the field down the back straight, with the rest drafting behind him.
At turn 2 however, chaos, as ltras misjudged his braking point, diving inside Marcus and Gaz, resulting in Gaz being shunted into the wall. ltras gave his position back to Marcus.
However, things got messy as ltras tapped the rear of Marcus and the pair half spun. In a seperate incident behind, Evo and KTS tangled, with Evo sliding into a stricken Marcus. Evo managed to regain control, retaining 5th, with KTS in 6th, and Gaz passing the recovered Marcus for 7th.
Gaz tangled with Marcus at the last corner, retiring, whilst Marcus continued on in 7th.
At the mid-way point of the race, Sean passed Mate down the straight to the lead, with Monster and ltras in 3rd and 4th behind.
On lap 4, Monster drafted alongside Mate, however, misjudged his braking and spun, with ltras collecting him. Both continued, however, Monster tripped up at the chicane due to damage, causing another incident with ltras and KTS. Monster willingly gave his place to ltras and KTS, falling back to 7th.
ltras found himself stuck behind KTS, unable to pass until lap 7, passing into turn 1, and in the process, opening a gap for Monster. ltras defended his 5th place, however Monster found a way past on lap 8 and held his position to the finish. A damaged Evo limped home to claim 3rd. It was a well deserved victory for 8Roku, leading after lap 1 to the finish.
Championship Standings
1 ltras 18
2 Monster 16 (+2)
3 Hunter 10 (+8)
4 Evo 9 (+9)
4 Marcus.K 9 (+9)
5 Gaz 7 (+11)
5 8Roku 7 (+11)
6 MateCZ 5 (+13)
7 S2KTS 3 (+15)
8 Zonda 1 (+17)
Join us again next time when we tackle the Lmaoring.