7th-Dec-23, 08:42 AM
F1 Race Report
Sixteen of us gathered for the final HO evening of the year. Plenty of care was taken to build the Macau-inspired circuit...
Especially getting all those switchbacks from Moorish Hill to Black Sands nicely flat and stable...
Although there were opportunities for the SG+ round the harbour section, it looked like a well-sorted Mega-G+ would be the weapon of choice - although Duncan went well with his Tyco in practice.
Heats started at 7, with each driver getting two minutes on each lane and counting the best 3 towards their qualifying score. With good heat scores around the 15-16 lap mark, it looked like it would be a very close qualifying session...
Championship leader Pete was on top form - his Mega-G+ loving the technical sections on the layout. After everyone had completed 2 of their 4 heats, he led the way with a huge 37.05 laps, nearly four laps ahead of second-placed Andy and Kev in third - Kev just a twentieth of a lap behind. Isaac was top junior in fourth, half a lap ahead of Ollie in fifth. Daniel was sixth, Ozzie seventh - Ash, Matthew and Mike rounding out the top ten. Right at the back was Terry, who was really struggling with his Super-G.
The second round of heats was super exciting. Pete was untouchable out front, but there was a right old battle for the remaining places in the A Final. Ollie was getting better and better on the challenging track. Finishing with 16 laps on white and a huge 17 on blue, Ollie slotted in second, just ahead of Andy, who was racing on blue in the next heat. Pushing hard, Andy couldn't do enough to take back that second place - Ollie was guaranteed his first ever automatic A Final qualification...
Kev was in blue lane for the final heat of the night. A mechanical in red lane had dropped him down the order, but a good score in his last race would bring him right back into the mix for the A Final places. He needed 17 laps and some loose change to book his spot...
He banged in some awesome laps - consistently 6.6s and 6.7s - and despite a late wobble got through the line for a seventeenth time, stopping at the 45 marker as the power was cut. He'd beaten Andy to third spot by a tenth of a lap - what a dramatic end to the heats!
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That was a very close session - second to fourteenth separated by just ten laps. Ash and Duncan finished with the same score, Ash a place higher because his best heat was 0.05 of a lap more than Duncan's!
Next up are the five finals...
Sixteen of us gathered for the final HO evening of the year. Plenty of care was taken to build the Macau-inspired circuit...
Especially getting all those switchbacks from Moorish Hill to Black Sands nicely flat and stable...
Although there were opportunities for the SG+ round the harbour section, it looked like a well-sorted Mega-G+ would be the weapon of choice - although Duncan went well with his Tyco in practice.
Heats started at 7, with each driver getting two minutes on each lane and counting the best 3 towards their qualifying score. With good heat scores around the 15-16 lap mark, it looked like it would be a very close qualifying session...
Championship leader Pete was on top form - his Mega-G+ loving the technical sections on the layout. After everyone had completed 2 of their 4 heats, he led the way with a huge 37.05 laps, nearly four laps ahead of second-placed Andy and Kev in third - Kev just a twentieth of a lap behind. Isaac was top junior in fourth, half a lap ahead of Ollie in fifth. Daniel was sixth, Ozzie seventh - Ash, Matthew and Mike rounding out the top ten. Right at the back was Terry, who was really struggling with his Super-G.
The second round of heats was super exciting. Pete was untouchable out front, but there was a right old battle for the remaining places in the A Final. Ollie was getting better and better on the challenging track. Finishing with 16 laps on white and a huge 17 on blue, Ollie slotted in second, just ahead of Andy, who was racing on blue in the next heat. Pushing hard, Andy couldn't do enough to take back that second place - Ollie was guaranteed his first ever automatic A Final qualification...
Kev was in blue lane for the final heat of the night. A mechanical in red lane had dropped him down the order, but a good score in his last race would bring him right back into the mix for the A Final places. He needed 17 laps and some loose change to book his spot...
He banged in some awesome laps - consistently 6.6s and 6.7s - and despite a late wobble got through the line for a seventeenth time, stopping at the 45 marker as the power was cut. He'd beaten Andy to third spot by a tenth of a lap - what a dramatic end to the heats!
click image to make it bigger
That was a very close session - second to fourteenth separated by just ten laps. Ash and Duncan finished with the same score, Ash a place higher because his best heat was 0.05 of a lap more than Duncan's!
Next up are the five finals...
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