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F1Time - S19 - Race7 - Estoril, Portugal

These days more managers quit the game due to personal constraints.
Certainly in a dilemma of career(studies) and game, the former
should take preceedence. But i hope that these guys return back
when it is possible for them. We saw Kostya and Vlad returning
back to c5 when they had tight schedules and couldnt concentrate
much on the game. Also see Kevin, Poley, Acar ..etc returning.
So the game still looks decent proposition for many.

Well as far as the race, the 7th round of this season was held at
Estoril. C1 Championship is closer than ever and we havent seen a
more neck-to-neck competition for some seasons as we have now.
Vitor obviously due to his Home GP was speculated to try win this
round. And as expected he topped the WU. RC with his recent return
to form, was behind Vitor with Eld third. The Championship Leader
Sow was just fourth. But the Qual saw a slightly different grid
positions as Sow and Eld changed positions. Sow didnt waste much
time overtaking RC as he did it with ease on the very first lap.
RC, certainly faster than Sow, tried overtaking many a time but
with no success. The Temperatures were around 32 Degree mark and
everyone went for 2 Stop Strategy. Jonny was the first victim of
Engine Explosion as his engine went out on Lap14 when he was running
a strong 6th. Vitor pitted on Lap 24 which enabled Sow to take the
lead. Sow and RC pitted the very next Lap, but the Brazilian pitcrew
outclassed the Malaysians. So it was now Sow's turn to overtake
but he too couldnt. The Order stayed the same when they pitted
for the second and final time. Again sow had a slow Pit. In the end
VItor won it from RC with a 20 sec advantage and what a victory
for Vitor in his Home GP. Sow came in 5 seconds behind RC and the
thing that mattered today for Sow was his Pitcrew. If not for his
Pitcrew, he could have secured the 2nd position. Sow's ex-teammie
Lex came in 4th followed by Eld at 5th.

C2G1 is witnessing a dominance from Stephen Mawson this season.
He once again topped the WU with L Mandler and Irman coming behind.
Christian Reindl came in a strong fourth showing signs of a
renaissance. But Stephen faulted again in the Qualification
as he slipped to third. L Mandler took the POLE followed by
Christian Reindl. Irman slipped to 5th as edi took the second row
of the grid. My Teammie Thomas is on a Cup Battle with Mikhail
and he was also up there on 8th place. He went in for 2 Stop
Strategy while Mik went in for a single stop. The Double Overtake
Bug and a Spin made Thomas slip to 13th position but still he
was ahead of Mikhail. But things changed after the First Pit.
Mikhail, who was slow at the start, changed his pace and he
was running a Strong second behind L Mandler. Stephen was third.
After his Scheduled Pit, he dropped to 11th place. Thomas didnt
had luck this race as his engine exploded on Lap 42. After the
second round of pits, L Mandler was still leading from Stephen.
But Irman made use of his Perfect PitCrew to storm to third place
ahead of Christian and edi. Christian made a blunder when he raced
with the wrong amount of fuel. He ran out of Fuel in Lap65 with
six more laps to finish. In the end, the Top 3 didnt change. I
was running unrepaired and was able to finish the race in 14th
place.

posted by [ - Aswin - ] @ 11:05 pm