UF1 Series Round 6 - Broker Hill, UK
*Takumi : Prasanth
*404 ImDion Not Found : ImDion
It was Texas who claimed pole position for the final round of CUF1 Season 1.
Monster secured 2nd ahead of Hunter, who was finally showing his speed.
Newcomer Luigi put himself on a brilliant 4th on his first ever qualifying session, ahead of Prasanth.
Evo qualified 6th, just behind Pras, with Marcus, Mate and a off-the-pace Dion rounding up the slightly smaller grid of 9.
Sadly, main championship contender ltras suffered an hardware electrical issue before Qualifying began, which meant he was not able to partake in the championship deciding finale.
Gaz, S2KTS, SeanLau, Iodine, Renaultguy, Alex and Zonda were not able to make it for the event.
Sprint Race Results : 5 LAPS
Dion : 8th DNF (technical lap 4)
Prasanth : 9th DNF (disconnect lap 3)
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It was Texas who proved best in the race, leading a brilliant lights-to-finish race.
The race start saw Evo bobbing down, being passed down to 8th by Marcus and Mate as the field charged into the sweeping turn 1 and 2.
Amazingly, the field made it mostly intact exiting turn 2 except for Dion who found himself facing the wrong way after spinning.
Texas leads the pack out of turn 2
As the field headed down to turn 3, it was drafting fiesta as everyone tried to pull alongside each other.
Braking into the turn 3 hairpin, Luigi made a pass for the lead, pulling alongside Texas into the next corner before falling back to second.
Evo had a wild ride on the grass, and Hunter found himself running into the rear of Monster, sending himself down to the back of the field.
Into lap 2 and it was Luigi coming under pressure in 2nd from Mate and Monster behind. A small mistake into turn 1 was all it took for Mate to pass him, however, both made contact and Monster slipped past both to take 2nd. Luigi had fallen now back to 4th behind Mate, and was now under pressure from Prasanth.
Lap 3 saw Mate make a huge mistake under braking for turn 2, which saw Luigi once again caught up, and Prasanth slipped past both. Luigi passed Mate eventually maintain 4th.
Heading into the final 2 laps, Texas led the pack, with Monster slowly closing down the 2 second gap, when tragedy stuck Prasanth, disconnecting from the server from 3rd place. This elevated Luigi up into the final podium spot, with Mate right behind in 4th, and Marcus closing the pair down. Evo and Hunter scrapped for the final points position, while Dion ran off-pace in what was now last place.
Down into the chicane saw MateCZ clip the barrier, sending him round, and out of his 4th place.
As Texas started the final lap, the gap of the lead was smaller than ever, with Monster setting fastest lap after fastest lap, closing the once large gap to now just 1 second. A passing attempt from Hunter into the chicane saw him prevail, going up into 5th passing Mate.
It was victory number 3 for Texas, after fending off Monster. Luigi came home a well deserved 3rd, with Marcus trailing behind in 4th, finishing what was again a strong performance. Hunter recovered to finish 5th ahead of Mate, while Evo was buried in the back with troubles.
Feature Race Results : 7 LAPS
Marcus.K : 8th DNF (technical lap 5)
Prasanth : 9th DNS (technical)
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The feature race once again saw a dominant Texas claim his 4th ever win in the series, crushing his opponents with a 8 second lead on the finish.
A slow start from Marcus in 5th saw him fall to last in the run down to turn 1.
Coming down into turn 2, Dion inevitably swiped across Evo in a defending attempt, however only to smash into the outside wall.
Mate's race didn't get off to the best of starts, spinning out at turn 2 as Evo held the lead.
Hunter's view as Mate brushed the inside wall
This small incident from Mate saw him drop to last place from 2nd.
At the front though, A strong run from Hunter saw him pass Evo for the lead into turn 3. Monster misjudged his braking, tapping the rear of Luigi and spinning himself down to 8th behind Mate.
An aggressive pass from Dion on Evo down into turn 4 saw Evo pushed into the wall, and Dion taking over 2nd place. For this pass, Dion would receive a reprimand for causing a collision.
Texas found his way past Dion when he made a mistake down into the last corner, and Luigi capitalised, grabbing 3rd from Dion down the main straight.
Into lap 2 and a dive down the inside of Dion by Evo saw him take each other off into the wall at turn 2. For this, Evo would receive his 2nd reprimand of the season.
Mate slid off into the wall avoiding the slow moving Dion, allowing Monster past for 7th. A mistake from Evo under braking saw Monster storm past, and also past Dion as he made an unforced error into turn 4.
Into lap 3 and Texas was chasing down the leader, Hunter. Luigi maintained 3rd, with Marcus and Monster slowly catching up. Evo ran in sixth, ahead of Dion and Mate.
Lap 4 and it was sweatmode for Texas, pulling alongside down the backstraight down to turn 3 as Hunter ran wide, and completing the move under braking, taking the lead.
Monster also made a pass for 4th on Marcus, into the fast chicane, but a failure to yield by Marcus saw him take a battering after contact was made. Luckily, he was able to continue.
Two into one doesn't fit!
This incident allowed Evo past Marcus for 5th.
In the final 3 laps saw a monumental chase for the lead, with Hunter keeping to the rear of Texas. Another battle brewing was for the final podium spot, with Monster harassing Luigi left and right, but unable to find a way past.
Small mistakes by Hunter left Texas to run away with another victory, his 4th of his career in UF1 Series. Luigi fended off the attacks from Monster to come home in 3rd, and Evo finished a strong 5th ahead of MateCZ. Dion limped home to finish the season in 7th.
The champion of Season 1 is Monster! A hollow victory, with ltras unable to take the fight to the end. A good battle throughout the season and great entertainment in every battle.
Thank you for sticking around with us throughout Season 1 of the UF1 Championship. It's been a great season. What will we see next Season?
Official Championship Standings as of Round 6, Broker Hill
1 Monster 43 ▲1
2 ltras 36 (+ 7) ▼1
3 Hunter 27 (+16) ◄
4 Texas 24 (+19) ▲2
5 SeanLau 19 (+24) ▼1
-- Evo8 19 ◄
7 Marcus.K 15 (+28) ▼1
8 Alex.D 12 (+31) ▼1
9 MateCZ 11 (+32) ◄
10 Renaultguy 8 (+35) ◄
-- Luigi 8 ▲6
12 Gaz 7 (+36) ▼1
-- S2KTS 7 ▼1
-- Prasanth 7 ▼1
15 Zonda 4 (+39) ▼1
-- Iodine 4 ▼1
-- Dion 4 ▲1