[Gareth]

B Final 

   

Andy (blue) had fallen shy of the A Final by just 0.65 of a lap so he was gunning for that white lane step up in the final of finals.  Matthew (red) had shown Andy equalling pace in red and blue so he was brimming with his confidence beneath his elven flowing locks!  Jerome (yellow) was the other automatic qualifier and would be keen to beat his dad in white.  

   

Andy streaked into the lead from Matthew while Jerome and Pete both had a more cautious opening lap.  Lap 2 and both Andy and Pete crashed, elevating Matthew into the lead which he held even with a crash on lap 7.  Behind him, Jerome had a pair of crashes which allowed Andy to close the gap and retake 2nd place.  It was all drama for Pete though as he struggled to hook up with the tight and treacherous white lane.  Crashing on laps 2, 3 and 4, he finally hooked it up for lap 5 only to be off the track for nearly a quarter of the race with a huge accident on lap 6.  A fast but crashy final run doomed him to p4.

   

Back up front and Matthew as the next to blink as we got to the half way stage of the race as he got into the crash/fast lap/crash/fast lap pattern for a whole 6 laps and that just isn’t consistent enough to give you a win.  Sure enough, Andy was back into the lead leaving Matthew to duke it out with Jerome.  Both of them were blisteringly quick but with multiple mistakes on this deceptively challenging track.  Ultimately Jerome came out on top by just 0.1 of a lap with Andy scooping the win and the step up.