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F1Time - S19 - Race15 - Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Title Fite is closer than ever. With jus one point between them,
its a do-or-die battle for Sow and RCdaMan. Will the GoldStar go to
a new manager or will RC double up his stars? We donno yet. But one
thing we know is the battle is not over yet!

Though RC topped the WU times, he could only manage a 5th place in
the grid when it mattered. Eld was the pole Stealer this time as he
went in with a 3 Stop Strategy. Sow on 2 stops was second in the grid.
Jerusevicius and Osterloh, both again on 3 stops, shared the second
row. Now the only way RC could get ahead of Sow is his shrewd tactics,
which we have seen in many races this season. But the race fate was
seen in the initial laps itself when RC lost a position to Felipe and
then another spin in Lap8 putting him down another four positions.
Arus in the meantime made smart gains as he put his car into sixth
position behind Felipe. RC in the meantime got frustrated and on
trying a move on Joe, lost another position to Petri. Jerusevicius was
the first to pit on Lap18. Eld and Osterloh pitted on Lap20 which
put them into seventh and tenth positions. Sow pitted on Lap24
followed by Felipe in the next lap. RC and Nuno pitted on Lap26 while
Arus was at the top of the field for a couple of laps before he pitted
on Lap28. With that late stop, Arus moved to fifth spot and RC was
running a better seventh. Eld was still leading but his lead came down
to 13 secs before he went to the pits for the second time on Lap38.
Sow completed his pit routine on Lap48 while others did it in the
49-53 window. Eld had his last pit on Lap 56 and he ran second to Sow
and ahead of Arus. Jerusevicius, who was also on a 3 stop messed up
as he had tyre wear which put him out of points. RC too moved into
fourth position, thanks to his pitcrew. But the fourth position meant
that he lost another 5 points to Sow and with just 2 more races to go,
these 6 points mite be vital. Who knows.. If Tabu's game engine decides
to play havoc.. we mite have a twist to this title fite.

L Mandler now wants to race. He dropped when he could have got
Podiums and now when things tightened.. he s racing. Amazing
manager.. Is he creating pressure for himself so that he can deliver
quality stuff? I donno..But his tactics still amaze me. He was on
Pole for this Round 15 of F1Time Season19. Tej, Edi and Stephen
completed the first two rows. Edi and Tej were on a 3 stop strategy
while L Mandler and others were on 2 stops. Mandler, edi and Tej kept
on putting fastest laps but the lead was still with L Mandler. Tej
was the first one to pit on Lap17, while edi had his first stop on
Lap20. But that resulted in a tyre wear for 2 laps and that put him
down to 9th posn. The two stoppers had the first stop between Lap24
and lap28. Bakas was the last one to pit and with that pit, he put
his car into third posn behind Mandler and edi. Both Tej and edi had
tyre wears running 3 stops but still they managed to run for points.
After the second and last round of pits triggered by Mandler in Lap48,
Mandler was still leading and Stefan, Bakas and edi were behind him.
On Lap65, Stefan lost that second place of his to Bakas and then came
the mistake from Tej. He obviously put a lil less amount of fuel and
that made him do an extra pitstop on Lap71. His points are gone now!!..
Mik was obviously delighted as he moved into 8th to score again.
'Waiting for Next Season' again had a bad race.. While i had my second
engine explosion in that many races, Thomas could manage only 12th
with his Frod. But he sure is saving which is good news. He s got a
balance of 24M now.. And that mite be enough for him to push him to
c1 next season.

posted by [ - Aswin - ] @ 6:45 am