Formula One - Round 5
The 5th Round of our F1 Championship this week and another good turnout- 9 members turning up with 8 actually racing and Jody once again happy to run Race Control. F1 now appears to be our most popular Class?? In actual fact, most cars were F2 Falcon/Hawk with only three drivers
brave enough to run full BSCRA spec strap power.
Some very good racing in the qualifying heats, with all the usual F1 drama - and plenty of mechanicals (all good for the Club Shop!) resulted in Ben T comfortably taking the top spot away from Phil M. The F2 sub-class was much closer and Ian K was best of the bunch, finishing 3rd overall, ahead of Dave, Chris and Graham with Simon joining the 'gear-munchers' and retiring.
The Bonus Point Finals are run over 50 laps in F1 Class and Phil H was happy to win the 'B' Final although he didn't score any Bonus Points due to changing cars! Graham came 3nd and just managed to beat Chris.
The 'A' Final featured 2 straps and 2 Falcons but the result wasn't quite as expected! Ben had no trouble in winning but it was Dave who came home in yet another excellent 2nd place ahead of Ian with Phil M changing cars, retiring and scoring no Bonus Points!
So, at the end of the evening it was a maximum points overall win for Ben T!! Phil M hung on to take 2nd place overall with Ian's F2 in 3rd
place.
Although the Championship Table now shows Phil M at the top - it is likely that Ben T could end up as Champion ??? In the F2 sub-class, Ian narrowly holds the lead ahead of Chris and looks likely to be F2 Champion ???
One more Round to go and, once again, all to race for! Great racing at Roedale!!
Formula One Championship
brave enough to run full BSCRA spec strap power.
Some very good racing in the qualifying heats, with all the usual F1 drama - and plenty of mechanicals (all good for the Club Shop!) resulted in Ben T comfortably taking the top spot away from Phil M. The F2 sub-class was much closer and Ian K was best of the bunch, finishing 3rd overall, ahead of Dave, Chris and Graham with Simon joining the 'gear-munchers' and retiring.
The Bonus Point Finals are run over 50 laps in F1 Class and Phil H was happy to win the 'B' Final although he didn't score any Bonus Points due to changing cars! Graham came 3nd and just managed to beat Chris.
The 'A' Final featured 2 straps and 2 Falcons but the result wasn't quite as expected! Ben had no trouble in winning but it was Dave who came home in yet another excellent 2nd place ahead of Ian with Phil M changing cars, retiring and scoring no Bonus Points!
So, at the end of the evening it was a maximum points overall win for Ben T!! Phil M hung on to take 2nd place overall with Ian's F2 in 3rd
place.
Although the Championship Table now shows Phil M at the top - it is likely that Ben T could end up as Champion ??? In the F2 sub-class, Ian narrowly holds the lead ahead of Chris and looks likely to be F2 Champion ???
One more Round to go and, once again, all to race for! Great racing at Roedale!!
Formula One Championship
