UF1 Series Round 3 - Lmaoring
December 4, 2016 at 12:00 am,
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Qualifying yet again showed the prowess Monster has on his 1 lap pace, grabbing pole by 2 hundredths ahead of championship contender ltras. Mid-season entrant Prasanth qualified a respectable 3rd, just half a second off, whilst S2KTS yet again showed he can mingle with the top, qualifying 4th. Hunter qualified 5th ahead of Evo, who just pipped 8Roku for 6th. Zonda rounded off the grid.
MateCZ, Iodine, Gaz and Marcus.K missed out on the event.
Sprint Race Results : 5 LAPS
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The Sprint race produced a brand new winner, in the form of S2KTS, who took an early lead and defended from Monster.
On the race start, the drivers all got away cleanly and evenly, with drafting throughout the pack. This meant, into turn 1, there were contacts made, with Zonda emerging out behind the field. Heading down into the braking zone for turn 8, chaos took place, with Hunter being taken out, dropping to 7th, where he couldn't advance from to the end of the race. Pras also suffered, dropping off the pace and barely catching up to 8Roku before the finish. However, it was a brilliant race win from S2KTS, who benefitted from a mistake from ltras on lap 2, misjudging his braking and running both himself and Monster wide, giving the lead to S2KTS where he held to the end, denying Monster a win. Evo eventually got past ltras after a mistake from the Indonesian dropped him to forth.
Feature Race Results : 7 LAPS
Zonda : 7th DNF (damage lap 6)
Sean (8Roku) : 8th DNF (accident lap 2)
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Reverse grid Pole was inherited by Zonda, who looked set to claim his first win. The race kicked off with a even start from the grid, and a clean turn 1, which pulled the pack together, meaning drafting down the back straight would itself cost Zonda 3 places, with Hunter, ltras and Pras sandwiching him and dropping Zonda down to forth.
Down into turn 8, Evo misjudged his braking, sending ltras into Hunter, taking both of them sliding across the track. Zonda too lost control, crashing into the tire wall.
At turn 10, Pras tapped leader Evo, sending both into half spins, collecting KTS in the process, and letting 8Roku slip past into the lead, however, Evo then tapped him around at the last corner, pushing the Malaysian down to 2nd. Behind, Pras and S2KTS made contact, creating a accordion effect, which caused ltras to crash KTS into Monster, and Zonda to then suffer more damage.
At the end of (just) a chaotic lap 1, Evo led from 8Roku, with Pras and ltras giving chase. Hunter closed in in 5th, with Zonda, KTS and Monster in last.
Zonda was passed into turn 1 by ltras, before crashing out heavily at the turn 2 esses, causing damage that would end his race later on.
Down the back straight, Pras made contact with 8Roku, sending him crashing into the wall, ending his race then and there.
ltras passed Pras for 2nd after a aggressive pass into turn 1 on lap 3, and the long chase for the leading Evo began.
It all came crashing down for KTS on lap 5, when he misjudged his braking into the Gaz Complex, rear ending Hunter and putting himself into the wall. He would recover to come home in 6th.
On the penultimate lap, things started to heat up, with ltras and Evo swapping paint and positions as they challenged for the lead. It all came to tears into the complex, after a early turn-in by Evo caught ltras by surprise, causing a collision, spinning both around, and causing a slight pile-up with Pras emerging out in the lead from 3rd place. This kefuffle brought the pack close together again. ltras got a poor exit off the last corner, droping him to 5th behind Monster as the leaders started the final lap.
Down into turn 8 for the last time, Evo broke too late, running wide. As he rejoined from the outside, he clipped ltras, sending him into Monster, who spun right in front of the pair, causing ltras to send the Singaporean airborne, and causing himself to stall. He got his engine restarted, and finished in 5th, just ahead of a recovering KTS, with Evo keeping his composure in the last corners.
It was a eventful race, with many incidents, but it was Prasanth the newcomer who emerged to win the Feature race, with Evo coming home in 3rd, Hunter and Monster just finishing in 3rd and 4th.
Post race, it has been decided that Evo would receive a reprimand for his behaviour during the Feature race, and any further incidents would warrant a penalty.
Championship Standings
1 ltras 24
1 Monster 24 (+0)
2 Evo 17 (+7)
3 Hunter 15 (+9)
4 Marcus.K 9 (+15)
4 8Roku 9 (+15)
5 Gaz 7 (+17)
5 S2KTS 7 (+17)
5 Prasanth 7 (+17)
6 MateCZ 5 (+19)
7 Zonda 1 (+23)
8 Iodine2 0 (+24)
A short break in the season before we move to the next round.
See you on 17th December for Mini-Monaco, Round 4, where the drivers will tackle the tight and twisty street circuit!