2018 BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

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2018 BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Postby Jon#606 » Fri 11 May 2018, 11:57 pm

The first graded title of 2018 was decided this evening with the British Championship. The track was changed at short notice from Mildenhall to Wimbledon as the version of Mildenhall in the game isn't that good and drivers wanted it held somewhere else. The change was more than warranted as the British Championship of 2018 was one of the most destructive meetings ever!

We had a good turnout of 17 drivers, with Northern Irish duo 515 Joshua and 911 Cole making another rare appearance as well as both 385 Jonesy and 815 Daz confirming their returns to the league following their reappearance at the Reunion meeting. As a result of the reduced grid to 12 drivers, 8 drivers in attendance who did not qualify automatically and with only Colin being unable to attend from the 10 who qualified automatically, it was decided that three places would be given to the Last Chance Qualifier. The full list competing in the qualifier were Jonesy, Joshua, 573 Shane, 606 Jon, 786 Brett, Daz, 870 Looney and Cole, and the result was as follows:

Last Chance Qualifier: Cole, Daz, Shane, Looney, Jon, Jonesy, Brett

Although Looney and Jonesy were in contention, they lost ground early on and never got back into the fight as Cole benefited from an oppo attempt by Brett on Shane to take the win in the penultimate lap, with Daz coming through in second and Shane taking the final place. As a result, it was the first time Looney and Jon had missed out a major title race in some time.

Here is the grid of twelve drivers that contested the 2018 British Championship (reigning champion denoted by the italic C in white brackets next to their name):

961 Pepino - - - - - - - - - 997 Rik (C)
616 Jam - - - - - - - - - - - 27 Cap
136 Ade - - - - - - - - - - - 474 Miniman
217 Tilson - - - - - - - - - - 47 Michal
911 Cole - - - - - - - - - - - 669 Mr. Perfect Jr.
573 Shane - - - - - - - - - - 815 Daz


Even with 12 cars, this was a manic race that was defined by a monumental battle between Team Bandicoot that saw the title stay with them...

1st: Pepino
2nd: Miniman
3rd: Daz
Other finishers: Cap, Jam, Cole, Shane, Ade, Rik, Mr. Perfect Jr.

Foster will be relieved as he remains the only driver to have won three British titles in a row as Rik's challenge was thwarted on lap 9 after a lag hit saw him flung across the track and miss a checkpoint. But up to that point it had been a crazy battle between Rik, Pepino and Miniman with Mr. Perfect Jr. making absolutely no use of his English Championship wildcard by going on oppo from the first lap (with Tilson doing something similar with his points table wildcard)! :lol: Although Shane threatened to spoil the fun by taking the lead at one stage, he was punted out by Rik on lap 14 and it went down to 961 v 474, finishing in amazing style as Pepino was clipped by Cole and spun over the line just 0.12 SECONDS ahead of his Dutch teammate, adding the British title to his World title from 2 years ago and still leaving Miniman's trophy cabinet empty. Pep's achievement was even more remarkable considering he had only just reinstalled the game minutes before the meeting started! Daz claimed his first podium on his full-time return in what turned out to be a comfortable 3rd place. As always, commiserations to those who completed the 22 lap race but got nothing for it.

Here are the results from the other races that took place tonight, which were all non-points. Well done to all the winners:

Heat 1: Cap, Jam, Tilson, Brett, Ade, Looney, Daz, Jonesy, Rik, Miniman, Shane
Heat 2: Jonesy, Miniman, Shane, Rik, Pepino, Cap, Brett, Ade, Jon
Heat 3: Cap, Shane, Ade, Pepino, Jon, Jam, Looney, Brett
Heat 4: Ade, Daz, Brett, Looney, Miniman, Jam, Jonesy, Shane
Heat 5: Daz, Jonesy, Ade, Tilson, Cap, Rik, Pepino, Jon, Jam
Heat 6: Shane, Cap, Jon, Tilson, Looney, Pepino, Ade

Allcomers 1 (TBO Race): Miniman, Looney, Daz, Cap, Jam, Tilson, Brett, Jon, Rik, Shane
Allcomers 2 (straight into DD): Jam, Daz, Jon, Cap, Pepino, Miniman

DD: Cap

So, just to remind you:

ImageCONGRATULATIONS TO 961 PEPINO - 2018 BRITISH CHAMPION!Image

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