Suzuka Strikes Again - F1 Round 11

Welcome to the 11th race report of Season 16 in Summit League Racing F1, and this week we returned to the Suzuka Circuit for the Japanese Grand Prix as we raced alongside the FIA calendar for the first time this season. Plenty of excitement was in store as always in SLR, and here is how it turned out!

McKeon Division

Qualifying

Pole Time: 1:26.589

1. SLR Jam40

2. DustyBassoon244

3. Nightowl0208735

4. AJNOLAN754

5. RazzaGamerHD

6. GoldenEggFryer

7. EIIis 37

8. THATGUY691244

9. SLR Moley

10. Topg1159

Race

Fastest Lap: 1:29.020 - Topg1159

1. DustyBassoon244

2. SLR Jam40

3. Nightowl0208735

4. AJNOLAN754

5. Topg1159

6. THATGUY691244

7. RazzaGamerHD

8. GoldenEggFryer

9. EIIis 37

10. SLR Moley

No incidents submitted.

Division 2

Qualifying

Pole Time: 1:27.485

1. RustedBolt3021

2. wumax1

3. I CJT22 I

4. LSW L3G3ND44

5. F1ABQW3RTYYY

6. TTV-Ryanh1000

7. BGR_SXPERI-74

8. Salt N Kepa1520

9. LRS-Karl

10. EVVOR94

11. ZachIsBeast25

12. Kislesko

13. xJustHazee

14. Invade

15. CamMackenzie95

16. Goggy

17. AD4M F13

18. SLR Barlow

19. matty1929

Race

Fastest Lap: 1:29.661 - BGR_SXPERI-74

1. I CJT22 I

2. xJustHazee

3. RustedBolt3021

4. F1ABQW3RTYYY

5. Salt N Kepa1520

6. Goggy

7. EVVOR94

8. TTV-Ryanh1000

9. ZachIsBeast25

10. LRS-Karl

11. Invade

12. wumax1

13. BGR_SXPERI-74

14. matty1929

15. Kislesko (DNF)

16. CamMackenzie95 (DNF)

17. AD4M F13 (DNF)

18. LSW L3G3ND44 (DNF)

19. SLR Barlow (DNF)

Lap 11 incident involving Goggy & SLR Barlow

Verdict: No Further Action

Detail: The stewards have split this ticket into 2 parts:

1) Into spoon curve we feel that Goggy is caught out by the overspeed he has on the car ahead. Goggy's speed only drops by 6mph which shows that Barlow doesn't brake.

2) Into the final chicane Goggy felt that Barlow intentionally attempted to take him out. Whilst the stewards understand where Goggy has come from due to the nature of Barlow's car here, they felt that it was more Barlow getting his braking completely wrong. They have come to this conclusion due to where Barlow ends up, in the gravel on the right side of the track through his attempts to avoid the cars ahead.

Lap 18 incident between LRS-Karl & BGR_SXPERI-74

Verdict: No Further Action

Detail: Whilst the stewards agree that Sxperi does slow, it was to allow Qwerty back past after being told he performed an illegal overtake. The stewards felt that Sxperi did this in the best way possible given the circumstances, and such have decided not to apply a penalty.

Lap 18 incident - Safety Car Restart

Verdict: 2LP to CamMackenzie95 due to DNF

Detail: The stewards have decided to penalise Cam for this incident as from the evidence provided, he leaves a big gap to the car ahead and then floors it, anticipating the cars to begin accelerating, which they do not. He then slams on his brakes and causes the chain reaction of cars behind coming together all from him wrongly anticipating the restart.

Division 3

Qualifying Pole Time: 1:27.317

1. Oli Matthews

2. EIIis 37

3. ZZG-SpeedyB

4. LuckyLuciano93

5. SLR Dodgy

6. Gregers_Uk

7. SLR Hicklin

8. haydencole666

9. BlackSpartan133

10. WillyBum7

11. SLR Moley

12. Hubbadee

13. TIRSpiderJR7834

14. COLDEN3335

15. legendarydannyd

16. l 21 l Maxwell

17. Nealix

18. IAC Lambo

19. SchtevieBoii

Race

Fastest Lap: 1:30.372 - Oli Matthews

1. BlackSpartan133

2. SLR Dodgy

3. Oli Matthews

4. WillyBum7

5. Gregers_Uk

6. ZZG-SpeedyB

7. EIIis 37

8. haydencole666

9. SLR Moley

10. l 21 l Maxwell

11. Hubbadee

12. SLR Hicklin

13. IAC Lambo

14. TIRSpiderJR7834 (DNF)

15. legendarydannyd (DNF)

16. SchtevieBoii (DNF)

17. LuckyLuciano93 (DNF)

18. COLDEN3335 (DNF)

19. Nealix (DNS)

Lap 13 incident involving EIIis 37, ZZG-SpeedyB & legendarydannyd

Verdict: 2LP to legendarydannyd due to DNF

Detail: Danny has retired in the pits and in doing this has caused his retired car to stop on the pit exit, costing 2 drivers behind a large amount of time. An announcement was made earlier this season to prevent such an incident happening, and the stewards feel that their request was not abided by here and such have given a 2LP penalty.

Lap 23 incident - Safety Car Restart

Verdict: No Further Action

Detail: The stewards felt that there should not be a penalty as the cars were always going to slow as part of a usual Safety Car Restart, however a chain reaction has been caused here by a car ahead getting caught out slightly due to both the slowing cars and the conditions at the time.

And that concludes yet another SLR race report, and hopefully we'll have plenty more excitement to look forward to as we head into the final 4 races! We begin our final 4 with a trip to Singapore and the Marina Bay Street Circuit, so make sure you've got your focus hats on at this tricky circuit! Here's what we could see happen in Singapore:

... SLR Moley could become the 20th driver to reach 900 SLR F1 points if they score 6 points.

... THATGUY691244 (38th) could reach 700 points if they score 24 points.

... DustyBassoon244 (65th) could reach 500 points if they score 1 point.

... F1ABQW3RTYYY (66th) could reach 500 points if they score 11 points.

... WillyBum7 (87th) could reach 400 points if they score 6 points.

... EIIis 37 (159th) could reach 200 points if they score 6 points.

... Goggy (170th) could reach 200 points if they score 25 points.

... Oli Matthews (225th) could reach 100 points if they score 2 points.

... RustedBolt3021 (240th) could reach 100 points if they score 19 points.

Plenty to look forward to when we head to Singapore! Good luck this weekend!