Another Dywa GP race leaves us with a situation where only one of the top five is on the grid for the next race.
QUALIFYING REPORT
Hoji Imin took his first career pole position, lining up alongside Amalure Arrigorriagakoa. Automotive SuperSport made the grid again, as Ben Dover successfully qualified. His teammate, Moe Lester, and Alphonse Fabron, failed to qualify.
RACE REPORT
The race was initially dominated by Giacomo Campatelli, who made an excellent start, only for him to throw away a minute after a careless spin, handing Shota Kakhaberidze the lead. The young Soviet driver was never challenged thereafter, and he brought the car home for his, and Blockton Impact's, first victory. Adan Gabaldon was a distant second, a lap down on Kakhaberidze. Rounding out the podium was Barry McKockiner, who went one further than his maiden points-scoring effort the previous race with a first career podium (and indeed seeing the chequered flag for the first time in his career). Further back, there were serious crashes involving Johannes Gruber, Nina Noyer, Paul Pott and Sentenza, whose consequences will be outlined later.
FINAL CLASSIFICATION
FASTEST LAPS
Drive of the Day:
Shota Kakhaberidze - absolutely dominant victory, lapped the entire field and set the fastest lap.
Reject of the Race:
Paul Pott - causing a career-ending injury to a championship contender and copping a three-race ban for it is not exactly covering one's self in glory, is it?
INJURY REPORT
There was a plethora of serious accidents during the race.
Firstly,
Johannes Gruber.
This isn't ideal, but also could be worse
1-25 no injury
26-50 very minor injury, misses one race
51-90 out for season (season is nearly over)
91-100 more severe, second RNG needed
36! Gruber is out for just one race. His replacement by
Yuri Komarov has been noted.
Next,
Nina Noyer.
She crashed and her car disintegrated upon impact with the catch fencing.
1-25 no injury
26-50 very minor injury, misses one race
51-90 out for season (season is nearly over)
91-100 more severe, second RNG needed
94! This does not bode well.
Second RNG permutations:
1-33 Out for season and first half of next season
34-66 Career-ending injury
67-99 Death
100 She was actually fine all along
69! Requiescat in Pace.
Noyer had already been slated to be replaced by
Sofia De Haro for the next race. This is certainly one way of facilitating said replacement.
Next, the important one: the collision between
Paul Pott and
Sentenza.
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Both drivers receive the same RNG odds.
1-25 No Injury
26-75 out for season (it's near the end of the season so a 'season-ending injury' is now a broad enough category)
76-100 more severe, second RNG
Paul Pott first.
16! He emerges from the crash unscathed.
Sentenza next:
90! Sentenza is not so fortunate.
Second RNG permutations:
1-33 Out for season and first half of next season
34-66 Career-ending injury
67-99 Death
100 He was actually fine all along
54! He will never race again.
Sentenza's replacement by
Lamberto Alfaghetti has already been noted.
[quote="Dywa GP communiqué]Paul Pott has been given a three-race ban for his reckless driving which resulted in severe injuries for his fellow championship contender, Sentenza.[/quote]
ADDITIONAL NOTES
Aislabie wrote:
AutoReject wrote:
*snip*
Diane Ettick's car was torn apart in the incident.
However, the remarks of one deeply devout Order of Racing employee, who asked to remain anonymous, will spark some reaction in the paddock. He alleged that Diane Ettick could not possibly have been in the Blockton Impact car at Keimola, and that he had concrete proof. When pressed by the author on the nature of this proof, he explained that God had spoken to him, telling him that Diane Ettick had appeared before him for Judgement. On that basis, the employee concluded that Ettick could not also be in a Dywa 002 racing car in southern Finland.
Quite how the paddock will react to this bombshell, if at all, remains to be seen. He also lavished praise on his team's driver Kruger Dunning. "Kruger has made such a confident debut. He should take this as a sign that God is willing him to succeed at this level."
There will be an RNG to determine if series officials will take interest in this matter.
1-50 The Dywa GP officials don't care
51-100 Wait! Maybe there
is something to this.
6! They very clearly could not care less about the matter.