RampSides (by Naufr4g0 winner of the ToM april 2006) is a tricky track, so it was a really hard race and no-one could make a totally clean race. It was a challenge itself and overtaking the AIs (or avoiding) was really difficult. So, it was a good track/car mix and it should be perfect for Buka (great start but you should be more aggressiv and avoid some mistakes..) unfortunately it wasn't. This second race of the season was closer than the first one but finally it's the GWR 2009 winner who crossed the line first. He is our 13th different winner in 50 races ! And he gave the best answer to the discussions, on the road ! :drive: So, congrats to
Alexsara79 for your first ToM victory ! :champa: :clap: He had to keep concentred until the end (even with his good strategy's choice) as the new leader of the standing was not very away... The spanish driver reached his second podium in row and so, the first position.. congrats
maclape ! :clap: We could see beautiful fights at every level :fight: and that's always stunning to see how close we are after 17-19 minutes of race.
The race was also somewhere marked by the come back (announced) of the past ToM champions (but I guess jo.sk didn't liked my final return.. nor TuomoH, sorry guys I was finally warm) :hiya: the season will be really interesting. And if you all continue to race will could make a new record of medium attendance or even beat the max attendance record. Thank you folks ! :ghug:
So, it was an historical event as it was the 8th race with the general (the most used car) but mainly as we had the 13th different winner and the 21th different fastlaper... a wonderful comeback for the winner of the last event of the season 6 without the little crash (and the NWP that followed) you (Momo) would have fighted for the podium.
Finally with two new rookies on the road, the ToMers list reach the 112 members ! :ghug:
Race analysis
Leaders :
maclape : 12 laps (first, 3-11, 27-28)
Raska : 1 lap (second)
alexsara79 : 29 laps (12-16, 20-26, 29-45)
TuomoH : 3 laps (17-19)
Pit-stops strategies :
Unknown : 2 drivers (Takaya, Mad Mack)
2 stops : 4 drivers (Hangman, haq, akouk & Vilkku)
3 stops : 14 drivers
4 stops : 8 drivers (alexsara79, Rich.K, Luketes, JTarJ, dalbom, Albomino, Pierlerally & GRaucho)
5 stops : 2 drivers (Monkkari, Cico_89)
6 stops : 2 drivers (Dadouf1 & JoBar)
8 stops : 1 driver (Piritouf)
Great Achieved Strategy (GAS) awards :
Well quiet everyone who achieved his strategy as wanted (alexsara79, Rich.K and Luketes choosed well the 4 stops strategy and achieved it) but particularly those who finished with few fuel, congrats to them : maclape, Raska, TuomoH, jo.sk, Momo, Tony, AleksiNir, Hangman, haq, akouk, Vilkku, Gnappo & Ivo :up:
Not Wanted Pit-stop (NWP) :
Crashes happens quiet easily on RampSides... bad luck guys : Momo, JTarJ, SpL, dalbom, Albomino, Monkkari, GRaucho, Ms..., Cico_89, Dadouf1, Piritouf & JoBar
So, we can see that the best strategy was surely the 4 pit-stops, which allowed to be more aggresiv as you have more grip. But of course it wasn't enough and you had to drive very well (quickly and regularly) as
alexsara79 :bg: congrats again also to
maclape (now you'll have the pressure) :clap: For completing the podium, I just passed TuomoH in the last lap, confirming that the general is my car (6th podium on 8 race). As I said before and as you can see in the pictures the fights were held until the finish line. In the PFcard you can see the fight for the 6th place between
Rich.K & Momo (twice a zoomed version and the original sized), then you have the finish between
TuomoH & me for the last podium place, the fight for the 9th place between
Luketes & AleksiNir, the fight for the 24th place between
Monkkari & Pierlerally and finally the fratricid fight between our french twins (
Dadouf1 & Piritouf)
:force: :clap: Excellent shows ! :bg:
Ok the special congrats goes to
alexsara79 of course and to
maclape. :clap: Then 8 drivers reached their best results, so congrats to
haq, Gnappo, dalbom, Albomino, Takaya, Pierlerally, GRaucho and Mad Mack. :clap: Finally, congrats to
Momo for the fastest lap. :clap:
Now, it's time to upload the files... The position picture shows the situation after 2 minutes and 21 seconds, just before the first pit-stop (made by Pierlerally) on the 6th lap. Notice that there are 31 drivers on the picture and that AleksiNir, Hangman, haq and Buka made an excellent start.
If someone wants to see his race merged with others drivers (the winner,..), just ask... I keep the files at least during a week. :flip:
Remember we're back to the weekly rythym... so don't forget to race for the round 3 !