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F1Time - S19 - Race17 - Suzuka, Japan

The Last Race of the Season. C1 Battle still on. Sow had
the misfortune of dropping in last race. RC now leads by
just 2 points. In case of a tie between RC and Sow, Sow
still would have the upper hand on the basis of more wins.
A win would definitely secure the DC for Sow and RC needs
to keep Sow out of his way in this last race. A flurry
of action was seen in other groups as well as managers
try to avoid the relegation and some trying for that
glamourous promotion to the higher classes.

Sow slightly confused everyone but not for sure RC with
his sandbagged time in WU. But he was almost half a second
down on RC. But the Qualify showed the real pace. But Sow
was in a shock when he realised that Lex, his former teammie,
is running on a favourite track. Lex took the POLE and Sow
was closely behind. RC was lying fourth in the grid. Three
stop strategy was the order of the day and Lex came into pits
first on Lap12, followed by Sow on Lap13 and RC on Lap14.
But the order stayed the same. It was interesting to note that
both RC and Sow kept up with Lex all through the race though
Lex was on favourite track. The Second Pit stop window was
from Lap 26 to 28 and because of the tyre wear for RC and Sow,
Jerusevicius got himself sandwiched between Sow and RC. RC was
quick on the Pits but the tyrewear didnt help his cause.
His third pitstop on Lap41 was faster than everyone else by more
than a second and he used that to regain the third spot. He
wasnt close enough to Sow to catch him though. The positions
stayed the same till the end. That means that we have two
managers tied on same points for the coveted C1 DC and Sow
has won it by virtue of his more wins. It was a brave battle
by RC and a great comeback by Sow inspite of his bad lucks.
This Season will be in the F1Time History books for long.

The last race in c2g1 can also decide my group for next
season. I am lying in 21st position currently and that can
easily come down to 23 if some of the managers decide to race
hard. I didnt take the risk and went all out this race and
secured another 3 points which proved to be of no use at the
end. edi had it easy this race as he won the race followed
by teammie Thomas. Promotee Irman came third. Lanca followed
the win in Adelaide with a fourth place here and that
effectively mean a Top15 finish in c2 with 15 races saving
and racing 2. Some might find it quite hard to digest, but
thats how this game is set. Like the real world, money matters!

posted by [ - Aswin - ] @ 7:06 am