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We still have a place in Pro

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with 70m in bank...would be a killing in penality cash for hoping leagues...but thx

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We still have a place in Pro

We have a place in Pro

Our new season starts on Thursday & we have a place in Elite

Season 27 winners:

Rookie: Tim Prestoe won both titles & David Han is also promoted

Pro: Pete Chamberlain won both titles & Tom Pagram is also promoted

Elite: Jeffrey Wolff won both titles & Adam Gosling won the other 100 ranking points.

Congratulations to you all

We have a place in Rookie & it's a great time to join as today will be just the 2nd race of our season

British Racing League – Elite Tier – Season 27 Review

'Domination: To have or exert mastery', my dictionary says & this describes what is happening in our league. Two teams are proving themselves to be significantly better than the rest & it is therefore fitting that they should be ranked one & two in the world. Last season Clifton Cairo challenged them for supremacy & in season 25 I managed to challenge them too. But the results reflect their dominance, with just these other two teams ranked in the top ten; Clifton 5th & me 1000 points behind in 10th.. This did not prevent the season from throwing up some surprises though & as usual some exciting racing. This was a season very much of two parts, the opening seven races saw 4 teams battling without any of them dominating, but from there on, things were much clearer. The importance of qualifying was evident again as the winner came from pole eight times & only once did the winner come from outside the top 5 on the grid. & so to the season.....

The freshly promoted Peeters Scania F1 team (PSF1) of Yuri Kasdorp saw Van Helvoort take pole & the win in Australia & Yuri joins a select few who have won their first race in our Elite tier. Qualifying in Malaysia saw a track that was partly wet which mixed up the order. Indeed, the track was never fully wet in the race & it stopped raining completely on lap 49. Aaltonen for Sami Tuukkanen's Koskenkorva racing (KR), came though from 13th on the grid to take a well judged victory.

China saw the only other rain of the season, being wet throughout & Thompson for Edwin Smith's EJ Technical Motorsport (EJTM) took the win, some 10 seconds ahead of the field. Van Helvoort (PSF1), took his second win in Bahrain, just holding off Saarinen from Allar Foht's Team Red (TR) by 0.6 of a second. Garcia from Jose Nunes' JN SpeednRace (JNS) took his first pole here & turned it into an excellent 3rd place, the only points for the team in the season. Van Helvoort was at it again in Spain, taking pole & 2nd behind Wood for Jeffrey Wolff's Young Chrome (YC). Wood made it two in-a-row at Monaco from 2nd on the grid & Thompson took her 2nd win of the season from pole at Turkey.

The classification after the opening seven races:

Drivers: Van Helvoort (PSF1) 89, Wood (YC) 86, Thompson (EJTM) 81.
Teams: PSF1 123, EJTM 123, KR 109, YC 108, That Slow Much Luck team (TSMLT) 61.

Great Britain saw a step change. There were a mixture of strategies employed, but it was Young Chrome who managed them best taking a superb one-two; Wood stood on the top step of the podium again. And suddenly they led both titles.

Cooper for Clifton Cairo's Sonic Boom GTI (SBGTI), grabbed pole & led every lap in Germany; YC managed 3rd & 5th. In Hungary, Fleming for Nathan Jefferies' Worsel Racing (WR) took their first pole in this Elite tier, but it was Wood on top again at the end. In just 3 races, YC had put a firm grip on both titles & left the rest flailing (& failing) in their wake; it was already clear that the rest were racing for 2nd place. TSMLT had an uneventful start to their season, but they were scoring steadily & were now right in the hunt.

Wood did it again in Europe (Spain), his 5th win so far this season. At Belgium, Ryan (PSF1) led from lights to flag & took 2nd place from KR. EJTM were 2nd & 5th here & were solidly in that battle, but they had a frankly terrible end to their (my) season managing just 14 points from the last 5 races. Italy saw, yes you guessed it, another pole & win for Wood. De Souza (YC) was the reigning drivers champion, but he had a disappointing season really. He made up for it a little, by taking pole & the win in Singapore. Wood was 7th, which was enough for him to take his 2nd drivers title; the 8th for the team.

KR were unfortunately the next team to fade from the 2nd place battle. Butler was 5th here, but that would be their last points of the season, which meant that just 2 teams were left to fight for the 2nd 100 ranking points, PSF1 led TSMLT by 20 points.

In Japan, Weber (TSMLT) won, but the other three drivers involved did not score, so TSMLT were now 5 points ahead. They were peaking at just the right time though, as Brazil saw them take a brilliant one-two to snatch 2nd place from PSF1; who we should not forget were having their 1st season in Elite. Abu Dhabi counted for nothing but pride, but Evans (SBGTI) rounded off the season with pole & the win by 10 seconds. The result fitted in nicely with the season as TSMLT took 2nd & 4th, & PSF1 were 3rd & 5th.

The final classification:

Drivers: Wood (YC) 253, Weber (TSMLT) 148, Van Helvoort (PSF1) 140, Evans (SBGTI) 121, Meyer (TSMLT) 120, Thompson (EJTM) 115, De Souza (YC) 104.

Teams: YC 357, TSMLT 268, PSF1 236, SBGTI 189, EJTM, 178, KR 176.

Once again, we congratulate Jeffrey Wolff on another double victory; his 8th drivers & 7th teams titles.

Another fantastic season for you Jeff; congratulations. This makes it 3 drivers titles in-a-row & 4 teams titles from the last 5 seasons, you must be delighted?
“Yes thank you. For sure, I try my best to keep up with the rest. But I never expected to win this season. I would be surprised if I can pull it off again next season.”
I tried to prise a little something to help those of us who go slower, but he was suitably tight lipped,
“For sure, you should try to find the right balance for your drivers that suits your type of playing.”
Thank you Jeff.

Adam Gosling with his That Slow Much Luck team (clearly not slow), was the runner-up. Congratulations Adam. You have a stunning record, you won it in season 24 & have been 2nd to Jeff for the last 2 seasons & you are ranked #2 in the world. How badly do you want to be #1?
“For sure, it would obviously be pretty nice to reach #1, but I'm already #2, and that's far higher than I ever thought I’d get when I first started playing. For sure, I've been close, points-wise, to Jeff, for several seasons now, but it would be nice to eventually be #1. It could take just one bad race from Jeff, with a good one from me, to see me jump me ahead of him, that's how close it is!”
Thank you Adam.

My most improved award, (sic. which isn't an award at all) goes to Yuri Kasdorp with his Peeters Scania F1 team. He had 3 victory's including his first race in Elite, 4 pole positions & challenged for 2nd place; an astonishing achievement in his first season in Elite. He leaves us to concentrate on exams amongst other things. We wish him the best with those & look forward to seeing him again later this year.

In our Rookie tier Tim Prestoe won both titles, with 6 victories & David Han was also promoted with 8 wins. In the Pro tier, Pete Chamberlain won both titles with 7 wins & Tom Pagram was also promoted with 3 victories. Congratulations to you all.

My review is a little late this season & so it allows me to make some better predictions.....If I tell you that Jeff is already leading both championships........it looks as though the rest of us are going to have a tricky season. As usual, all I can be sure of, is that there will be some great racing.

Edwin Smith

ps: My award for most improved or indeed any particular event in the season has been named 'Le Prix de Lyon'.

This reflects the French nature of Motor Racing, some say that it was invented in France & of course the FIA which was formed in 1904 to represent car users & motoring organisations. Lyon is alos the 2nd largest city in France, so since the FIA is in Paris, we shall be governed from Lyon.

This also reflects the nationailty of Reidj, who is the second longest standing member of this league joining for season 2. The longest serving member of our league is Fernando DAlmeida who was here for race 1 season 1.

I like this review :D

We have a place in Rookie

We have explosive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc9l7pygQRo

The 15 minute rule

Unfortunately we had another interruption to the service this evening. This meant that the 15 minute rule applied & when the race started at approx: 19:40 GMT we carried on with the race. There are some of you that were unhappy about this & so I am going to clarify the rule, explain why it was introduced & explain how you can help with it's implementation.

I don't actually recall when this rule was introduced, perhaps Reidj or Ben might remember. We were having some interruptions to the service & in some cases people were waiting for hours in the hope that the race would continue. This only benefited those who could stay awake the longest & so discussion centred on doing something which meant people didn't have to hang around forever. I don't remember whose idea it was; it may even have been Jack or Andrew, but anyhow the rule goes like this:

In the event that there is an interruption to the service either during or before a race, the league host would post on the league page that the 15 minute rule has started, together with the time it started & if the race could be started or restarted within 15 minutes, we would carry on with the race. If the race did not start or restart within 15 minutes, the league host would request a complete reset & a postponement of the race until the next allotted race time, (in our case the next day).

We learnt through trial & error that we needed a complete reset, with a fresh opportunity to set-up & qualify, otherwise all sorts of things went a bit haywire. Also the weather may have changed & so this allowed managers time to re-consider their strategy.

I digress here for just a moment to apologise for not making this clear regularly as this would have prevented the issues we had with Japan last season.

This rule worked very well as it meant people were not hanging around indefinitely & everyone knew exactly what to expect in the event of an interruption to the service. It also had another benefit which we did not envisage. This rule worked very well for the development team too. They knew exactly where they stood with our races & it saved them both time & effort.

Marvellous.

This situation is not perfect however. When the race started or restarted, there were sometimes people who were still not able to connect & this problem continues, as we witnessed this evening. Even a few laps delay in connecting could be enough to destroy someone’s race. It was suggested that some of you may have left shortly after realising your race was ruined & possibly without expressing your displeasure at there being no reset.

This is your league. I am merely the person who runs it. This means that your views & considerations are not only welcomed, they are vital for us to ensure that the league continues to attract the best players. So......

I propose that if you want to reset the race, either during the 15 minutes or indeed directly after it, (& I would suggest no more than 5 minutes after) then you must post on the league page with your request within 5 minutes of me posting on the league page that the race has started or restarted. If the majority wants to reset then the league host shall request a reset. If not, we will continue the race either to it's conclusion or until the next interruption to the service.

A word of caution. It seems to me that some are unwilling to wait around for 15 minutes & by accepting this proposal that will be extended to 20 minutes.

Please give your view, this is your league.

Some of the other top leagues have taken this idea on-board too, so it would be good to clarify what we are doing, so that it might help them as well.

Edwin Smith

I think the 15min rule was already clear : ]

That is a very clear and precise post Edwin - It should be something (or something similar) that all League managers post on their league page.  It might stop a lot of panic and make the host a bit more responsible for what is happening.

Maybe posting this as a sticky might be helpful as then everyone will read it and get an idea of 'good practice'.

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As you may have already noticed, during the week I only can be present after 5 PM (9 P.M. there), 30 minutes after the races has begun.

To me, it is irrelevant that rule.