B2O S3R11 Blancpain League Race: Friday night August 26, 2016

Daunt

MLG Pro
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In the second-to-last race this season, the B2O Blancpain Series heads to the historic Suzuka Circuit. Opened in 1962, the track has played host to many events, from Grand Prix to touring cars alike. The 5.8km, 17 turn track has a few different layouts but notably, the GP circuit is by far the most oft used. The picturesque track is well-known for the spoon, 130R and the esses, all signature corners.

A car that is well balanced will probably excel the most here, as Suzuka GP features a little of everything: straight line speed, fast sweeping corners, slow tight corners, and medium speed sweeping esses. A perfect balance of downforce will be critical; too little means danger at 130R, while too much means you'll be easy pickings for faster cars on the straights.

Open Qualify Session starts at 7:30 PM EST spanning 1 hour. Participants are required to put down a reasonable time (within 3 seconds of the leader) to qualify for the Q-race. If any less than 3 laps are put down, or the driver is not within 3 seconds of the leader, he/she will be put at the back of the grid.

Qualify Race
starts at 8:30 PM EST spanning 40 minutes of practice and finishing off with a 20 minute, inverse grid, Qualify Race, gridded per the open qualify session prior.

Main Race starts at approx 9:45 PM EST with 10 minutes warmup and a 50 minute Race.

Grid positions carry over from Qualify Race Results.

A mandatory Pit Stop is required within a narrow 5 minute Pit Window at the 25 - 30 minute mark to take on tires only.


2016 S3 Standings:
http://danlisa.com/scoring/season_standings.php?season_id=5563

2016 S3 Rules, regulations, etc:
http://bandofothersgaming.com/b2opractice-pals-blancpain-sprint-series-gt3-league

Open Setups:
If you have some setups, please post them here and/or in the setups thread!

Outstanding Penalties:
-Main race: Daunt - drive through

Hope to see you all there!
 

Kenadian

Staff member
Site Admin
Not one of my favorite tracks so I'll probably have to practice it a lot to get around somewhat decently.
 

Daunt

MLG Pro
Pretty excited for this race! Pablo let me know he's bringing in someone interested in running the race as well from Wardogs, so we'll have an extra as well! :)
 

Daunt

MLG Pro
I think we need to discuss the incident that occured during the main race between Duke and Tokyo and decide on whether it deserves a penalty.

In my own opinion, it looked to me like avoidable contact... very avoidable. You weren't malicious but still Tokyo had no room and was traveling in a straight line while you edged up to him. You gained an advantage from it (he crashed and you got the position) so I think it should be penalized.

I'd like to hear others opinions as well, as we can make a group ruling from other marshals.
 

PVU

Casual
Well , "even law is not hard if applys to everyone" , didnt watch the situation, but if there are rules we should obey them , for the community. Cheers!
 

Daunt

MLG Pro
Qualify race - featuring new overlay and animated league graphics. Spent quite some time doing my best to emulate actual Blancpain broadcast animations.

 

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