Walls, Walls, and more Walls - F2 Round 11

Welcome back to Round 11 of the SLR F2 season and this week we returned to Saudi Arabia and the Jeddah Corniche Circuit for the first time since Season 10. Will the drivers remember how to drive this circuit after over a year without racing? Or will they succumb to the harsh boundaries and tough challenges of this rising classic?

Qualifying

Pole Time: 1:38.080

1. Reece Dainty

2. Josh433

3. I Pluto74 I

4. SLR Dodgy

5. TTN Savage

6. Nightowl0208735

7. Goggy

8. WillyBum7

9. IchiPoorez25

10. Ezgame06

11. HSR GECKO

12. SLR Corey

13. matty1929

14. AMS DEVIN

Sprint Race

Fastest Lap: 1:40.482 - Reece Dainty

1. Ezgame06

2. TTN Savage

3. Reece Dainty

4. Nightowl0208735

5. WillyBum7

6. Josh433

7. matty1929

8. SLR Dodgy (+5s)

9. SLR Corey

10. I Pluto74 I (+5s)

11. HSR GECKO

12. AMS DEVIN

13. IchiPoorez25 (DNF)

14. Goggy (DNF)

Ticket # 0037 - Lap 5 incident involving IchiPoorez25, SLR Dodgy & I Pluto74 I

Verdict: 5s + 2LP to I Pluto74 I, Warning to SLR Dodgy

Detail: Pluto doesn't have enough space to go down the inside of Dodgy, even before the sharp movement that Dodgy makes. Pluto then makes a reactionary movement across to avoid hitting Dodgy but seemed to be unaware that Ichi was alongside him, and Pluto then took him into the barrier.

A warning has been issued to SLR Dodgy also for unnecessary sharp movements on the straight. In this incident Dodgy's car was already close enough to the wall, and he did not need to cover Pluto off here as he was not going to be able to overtake on the inside.

Ticket # 0038 - Lap 10 incident involving Nightowl0208735 - penalty removal request

Verdict: Request Denied, penalty stands.

Detail: Despite providing the necessary evidence to remove this warning, the stewards felt that Nightowl still had enough racing room to be able to stay on the track, and rather than attempting to stay on the track Nightowl turns out of the corner completely after the contact with Josh and showed no sign of giving the position back.

Ticket # 0039 - Lap 1 incidents involving I Pluto74 I & SLR Dodgy

Verdict: 5s + 2LP to SLR Dodgy

Detail: The stewards felt that the incident at the first chicane was to be deemed a racing incident, as the cars are three wide with another car at this point, and they felt that the contact with Pluto was not enough to penalise. Dodgy tries to get back alongside Pluto at Turn 3 and in doing so has gone too deep, causing him to hit the rear of a car ahead and pushing them off the circuit. Then at the end of the first sector, Dodgy leaves his nose in as Pluto is taking the line for the corner which causes the big collision at the end of this sequence. The stewards have decided to issue this penalty to Dodgy as a combination of the incidents throughout the first sector as described.

Feature Race

Fastest Lap: 1:40.147 - TTN Savage

1. I Pluto74 I

2. Josh433

3. Ezgame06

4. SLR Corey

5. SLR Dodgy

6. Reece Dainty

7. TTN Savage

8. Nightowl0208735

9. HSR GECKO

10. IchiPoorez25

11. AMS DEVIN

12. WillyBum7

13. matty1929 (DNF)

14. Goggy (DNF)

No incidents submitted.

Thank you for reading and also thank you to those that took part in this week's race at Saudi Arabia. On Thursday 23rd April we have the Season Finale at Brazil, so make sure to get yourselfves signed up as we get racing at Interlagos! See you there!