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Originally Posted by Dudders
FTD today then, no round by round?
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Yep
There was a few questions raised this morning when we went FTD and we put it to the vote which saw a few opposed to it, but RBR was always designed for tracks that would perish (or indeed get faster) as the day went on - which this didnt and almost never does, and also outdoor venues where good old mother nature can intervene and play her part, which indoors it cannot, so that is what we opted for.
The end result, some VERY (and I mean VERY) close racing, nail biting right up to the end of the very last qualifier (with Scott Faulkner just edging out Steve Ibbotson by 0.01 of a sec!!! to snatch the 10th A final spot).
Being the only track on the curcuit this year that is "not" astro it is the most alien surface to the racers, so the fact they only had to find "one" good fast 5 minute run rather than two good fast consistent ones "should" (in theory) of been easier, plus we also got see what was the "fastest" 10 drivers in the A today and not the 10 most consistent (which RBR gives you).
Plus the A final had 4 people on their round 2 time, one on their round 3 time and 5 on their round 4 time, showing that A final pace was their all day long on the track. In fact across the whole field in 2wd, 10 people were quickest in round 1, 21 in round 2, 20 in round 3 and 32 in round 4, showing again that the track could run quick all day........