DIVISION 1 Incident report
17.8 All decisions made by the Stewards are final.
Qualifying
M Hoyer is queing up to start a hotlap, however this is done on the racing line while others are on their hotlap, this causes major contact with B Millan
Penalty - M Hoyer - AC; DT
Orange Zone
Race start seems to give some people issues
Live Penalty - N Pinto - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - M Hoyer - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - M Korkiakoski - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - S Campbell - Jumping the start; DT
Warning - M Molle - Unpredictable
Penalty - K Cox - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - J Araneda - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - G Djordjevic - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - F Fortin - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - E Schmieder - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - A Braeutigam - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - S Heine - Jumping the start; DT
R Corazzari does go up and down in speed during formation lap, apparently to leave 5 second gap, but continues to do that for almost a whole sector
Penalty - R Corazzari - Unpredicable; DT
Other Incidents
3544 - R Temmink closes in on M Nicolae and make a lake attempt to go up the inside and bumps Nicolae
Infraction - R Temmink - AC
3645 - A Schoonvliet cuts over white line heading into the pits
Warning - A Schoonvliet - Pitlane
This is simply a warning, since Schoonvliet should have planned this before, however with upcoming traffic stewards think Schoonvliet did what had to be done, but it could have been planned better.
4394 - Entering T1, as F Fortin understeers at the apex, M Nicolae changes his line and cuts across the nose of G Djordjevic, making light contact.
Racing Incident
4883 - Under braking M Nicolae jinks left and bumps off R Temmink
Penalty - M Nicolae - AC; DT
5012 - In T3, H Kolvenbach moves to the middle lane to allow M Biancolilla pass on the inside of the corner. Near the exit, Biancolilla tracks out into Kolvenbach, whom he has not yet cleared, sending him into M Mlynek, who is attempting to pass on the outside. Contact sends both Kolvenbach and Mlynek around and into the wall.
Penalty - M Biancolilla - AC; DT
Warning - H Kolvenbach - FTLB
6481 - Heading towards T1 N Idiens moves under braking. H Wollert makes contact
Infraction - N Idiens - AC
6633 - M Biancolilla slides into the esses and looses momentum, R Temmink catches up and small contact is made
Racing incident
7389 - T Ukic fails to leave room for H Wollert going into T2 which spins Wollert
Penalty - T Ukic - AC; DT
8718 - A Kiraly fails to obey to blue flags which he receives for about a lap
Penalty - A Kiraly - IBF; DT
9807 - A Terzic is about to lap H Wollert and makes a late pass, which catches Wollert by surprice and contact is made
Warning - H Wollert - AC
10445 - A Terzic is about to lap JT Tami, Terzic misjudges the LMP3 braking point and contact is made
Racing incident
12097 - Out of T2 JT Tami´s car is slighty upset and A Terzic see a passing opportunity that is not there bumping into Tami twice slowing the P2 of Terzic down
Racing incident
12127 - A Taylor overtakes A Terzic who is a lap ahead and fails to pull a gap and for over a lap he ignores blue flags
Penalty - A Taylor - IBF; DT
15349 - M Caruso overtakes S Sardina on the outside heading out of T11, Sardina uses the entire track causing contact
Penalty - S Sardina - AC; DT
16760 - T Lachevre is heading into T1 trying to pass D Potor, Potor slams the door leaving no room for Lachevre and contact is made
Penalty - D Potor - AC; DT
17169 - H Wollert is behind D Potor who takes the normal line for a LMP3, causing cars to make contact
Racing incident
17170 - D Potor is off racing line from the last contact and when accelerates he misjudge the power and goes straight into racing line and hits T Lachevre
Penalty - D Potor - AC; DT
18216 - Approaching T6, A Schoonvliet gets a run on M Offermans, who get the blue flag in T3, and attempts to pass on the outside, thinking the lapped car will yield the position. Side to side contact results in Offermans going off track in T7, with a poor rejoin in T8.
Warning - M Offermans - IBF
Warning - M Offermans - UTR
18363 - D Braune overtakes M Vindis on the outside of T11 and Braune turns into Vindis who then spins
Penalty - D Braune - AC; DT
Warning - M Vindis - FTLB
18703 - J Charkot reverse into N Barclay during his pitstop
Penalty - J Charkot - AC; DT
18728 - C Michel is late on an outside overtake on R Corazzari. Unfortuantly Corazzari goes wide and contact is made
Penalty - R Corazzari - AC; DT
Track cutting
None
Penalty Summary
Penalty - M Hoyer - AC; DT
Live Penalty - N Pinto - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - M Hoyer - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - M Korkiakoski - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - S Campbell - Jumping the start; DT
Warning - M Molle - Unpredictable
Penalty - K Cox - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - J Araneda - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - G Djordjevic - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - F Fortin - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - E Schmieder - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - A Braeutigam - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - S Heine - Jumping the start; DT
Penalty - R Corazzari - Unpredicable; DT
Infraction - R Temmink - AC
Warning - A Schoonvliet - Pitlane
Penalty - M Nicolae - AC; DT
Penalty - M Biancolilla - AC; DT
Warning - H Kolvenbach - FTLB
Infraction - N Idiens - AC
Penalty - T Ukic - AC; DT
Penalty - A Kiraly - IBF; DT
Warning - H Wollert - AC
Penalty - A Taylor - IBF; DT
Penalty - S Sardina - AC; DT
Penalty - D Potor - AC; DT
Penalty - D Potor - AC; DT
Warning - M Offermans - IBF
Warning - M Offermans - UTR
Penalty - D Braune - AC; DT
Warning - M Vindis - FTLB
Penalty - J Charkot - AC; DT
Penalty - R Corazzari - AC; DT
Team Penalty Summary
Penalty - #102 - DT
Penalty - #102 - DT
Penalty - #8 - DT
Penalty - #38 - DT
Penalty - #145 - DT
Penalty - #64 - DT
Penalty - #99 - DT
Penalty - #172 - DT
Penalty - #74 - DT
Penalty - #81 - DT
Penalty - #77 - DT
Penalty - #63 - DT
Penalty - #67 - DT
Penalty -#69 - DT
Penalty - #8 - DT
Penalty - #52 - DT
Penalty - #1 - DT
Penalty - #61 - DT
Penalty - #42 - DT
Penalty - #42 - DT
Penalty - #102 - DT
Penalty - #4 - DT
Penalty - #63 - DT
Stewards Comments and Feedback
We´ve had a "few" IRR´s that is simply just racing incidents, lets try and keep the stewards busy with matters that is actually relevant
Abbreviations
DQ = Disqualified
GR = Gentlemen Rule
AC = Avoidable Contact
IF = Infraction
RI = Racing Incident
W = Warning
SnH = Stop and Hold
DT = Drive Through
IYF = Ignoring yellow flag
IBF = Ignoring blue flag
FTLB = Failure to lock brakes
UTR=Unsafe track rejoin