FALCON CROWNED CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPS
Falcon Motorsport became the fourth constructors champion in four seasons with a double podium in Suzuka. The Hungarian team could wrap the title up with two rounds to go if they beat both Apex and 2KF1, a feat they managed by 2 points from Apex. Their lead is an unassailable 88 points, the opposite to the drivers championship where 4 drivers are still in with a shot.
Joel Rautavaara made a big claim for the title with a third victory in four races, reducing the championship deficit to just 6 points. Tapio Rinneaho still leads, but he's made it a tad more difficult on himself after finishing third behind his teammate, Pablo Diehl. The Brazilian kept his slim championship hopes alive, but will need to score 6 points more than his teammate in Adelaide to reach the decider at his home race. Manolis Sigoulakis had a similar day, losing out to his teammate James McNamara in a result that raised a few eyebrows. Sigoulakis still controls his fate, but is right on the edge of survival at this point.
Ben Utzer continued the fine form of Razor with 6th place, while Vimal Ana tried desperately to keep the constructors championship alive, but fell well short in 7th place. Daniel Harvey made some late moves to reach 8th with Oorjit Mishra and Josh Noack completing the points.
Mane Goddard was the only retirement, meaning a long list of drivers missed points: Reed, Martins, Jednak, Laskey, Sharp, Bohner, Cornes, Kederer, Keranen, Heymans and lastly Brugman who was a lap down after a mistaken pitstop procedure. The majority of the drivers just mentioned were caught up in various incidents through the race, albeit none were race ending.
Next round is from the Adelaide street circuit,
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RDFIA Press Conference
@Joel The momentum is well and truly with you, do you feel you can master the Adelaide circuit next round and take the lead?
@Diehl Second place, possibly hurting your teammate a bit, but it keeps you in the hunt. Can you be in a final round decider at your home round?
@TTupsi You've got the lead still, but it's looking increasingly worrying, going to be able to hold on?
Press Paddock
@Márk Lintner Congratulations for winning the constructors, can you add the drivers to that?
@Milos You've had to give away your constructors title, but maybe you'll replace it with the drivers instead?
@Manolis Sigoulakis @James McNamara @Jamie Cocks Miscommunication by chance? Or can you explain why James held position at least?