7th-Mar-25, 08:32 AM
Race Report
A foggy Wednesday evening brought an end to a lovely sunny few days on the south coast. By the time all 26 racers had arrived at the Barn, there was a real pea souper outside. Visibility remained perfect indoors for track set-up and practice, with us all pausing before the heats to say thank you to AFX Racing for supporting our 2025 F1 championship...
The 'Nevada Strip' layout looked good and promised plenty of exciting racing...
It was a quick lap, suiting the modern Mega-G+ cars from the start. Super-G+ runners had to take care across the twisty top of the track, especially the hairpin. On the grid, we had 17 Mega-G+ cars - including James' brand new 2024 Sauber livery...
With the Saubers not yet on sale in the UK, that's got to be the European racing debut of that car, I reckon. Andy's 2023 Alfa Romeo and Daniel's Formula-N car lined up alongside the Sauber in Heat 5 to give a very modern look to the grid. The Super-G+ now runs in the pre-2000 F1 Classic Cup competition and there were eight in the field, plus a WHO F1 debut for the classic Super Racing Turbo in the hands of Gareth...
The early heats saw Mega-G+ racers much more comfortable with the track - both Keith and Deborah passing 26 laps. It looked like the Super-Gs would be back in the pack until Heat 13, when Oliver and Pete revved each other up - Pete hitting 27.40 and Oliver 26.75, plus sharing a fastest lap of 4.001 seconds.
However, Deborah was nearly two laps ahead of Oliver after everyone had completed two heats. Pete was in third, ahead of Keith and Andy. Ethan was top junior in an excellent eighth, Stephen top rookie in sixteenth...
The track came to some of the Super-G+ runners as the heats went on, but others were struggling with the 11mm minimum tyre height. The Fullers and the Beans were running Rob's new 3D printed bodies, which looked great - even after quite a pounding at the hairpin barriers! Pete managed to get his car lapping under 4 seconds, but struggled to get through two minutes error free. Oliver found more of a middle ground - his runs on the inner red and yellow lanes delivering huge scores of 28.00 and 27.40 laps. And that was enough for pole position, Deborah having to make do with second - although her 28.20 in blue was the best score of qualifying...
Pete grabbed the final automatic spot in the A Final ahead of Keith, Matthew and Andy. That made the top six result SG+ MG+ SG+ MG+ SG+ MG+ and a pretty good outcome for the new F1 rules and the track design! Ethan dropped to 12th, but remained top junior. Stephen qualified comfortably ahead of the other two rookies in 15th. Phil completed two heats before heading home ready for a very early start, but he would pick up F1 championship and rookie points.
After an exciting qualifying, would it be a Super-G or a Mega-G+ night in the finals?
A foggy Wednesday evening brought an end to a lovely sunny few days on the south coast. By the time all 26 racers had arrived at the Barn, there was a real pea souper outside. Visibility remained perfect indoors for track set-up and practice, with us all pausing before the heats to say thank you to AFX Racing for supporting our 2025 F1 championship...
The 'Nevada Strip' layout looked good and promised plenty of exciting racing...
It was a quick lap, suiting the modern Mega-G+ cars from the start. Super-G+ runners had to take care across the twisty top of the track, especially the hairpin. On the grid, we had 17 Mega-G+ cars - including James' brand new 2024 Sauber livery...
With the Saubers not yet on sale in the UK, that's got to be the European racing debut of that car, I reckon. Andy's 2023 Alfa Romeo and Daniel's Formula-N car lined up alongside the Sauber in Heat 5 to give a very modern look to the grid. The Super-G+ now runs in the pre-2000 F1 Classic Cup competition and there were eight in the field, plus a WHO F1 debut for the classic Super Racing Turbo in the hands of Gareth...
The early heats saw Mega-G+ racers much more comfortable with the track - both Keith and Deborah passing 26 laps. It looked like the Super-Gs would be back in the pack until Heat 13, when Oliver and Pete revved each other up - Pete hitting 27.40 and Oliver 26.75, plus sharing a fastest lap of 4.001 seconds.
However, Deborah was nearly two laps ahead of Oliver after everyone had completed two heats. Pete was in third, ahead of Keith and Andy. Ethan was top junior in an excellent eighth, Stephen top rookie in sixteenth...
The track came to some of the Super-G+ runners as the heats went on, but others were struggling with the 11mm minimum tyre height. The Fullers and the Beans were running Rob's new 3D printed bodies, which looked great - even after quite a pounding at the hairpin barriers! Pete managed to get his car lapping under 4 seconds, but struggled to get through two minutes error free. Oliver found more of a middle ground - his runs on the inner red and yellow lanes delivering huge scores of 28.00 and 27.40 laps. And that was enough for pole position, Deborah having to make do with second - although her 28.20 in blue was the best score of qualifying...
Pete grabbed the final automatic spot in the A Final ahead of Keith, Matthew and Andy. That made the top six result SG+ MG+ SG+ MG+ SG+ MG+ and a pretty good outcome for the new F1 rules and the track design! Ethan dropped to 12th, but remained top junior. Stephen qualified comfortably ahead of the other two rookies in 15th. Phil completed two heats before heading home ready for a very early start, but he would pick up F1 championship and rookie points.
After an exciting qualifying, would it be a Super-G or a Mega-G+ night in the finals?
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