CRL S4:R5 Recap – Williams Triumphs in Home GP

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By ghost_726

The fifth race of the CRL F1 season saw the grid go to the historic Silverstone track in Great Britain. While only 14 drivers made the race, with notable absences from The_562KING (now retired) and both Ferrari drivers, the race was action packed and featured plenty of wheel to wheel battles. And the action got started early, with a weather-changing qualification session that set an interesting grid.

Qualifying Recap

  • The qualifying session started with a light rain that had the grid running on intermediates, before drying just in time for most drivers to run a single lap on the slick tires.
  • Bigryeguy98 put his Williams on pole with a 1:27.999, 0.414 seconds faster than the P2 qualifier
  • McLaren had a stellar qualifying, with PCC-Godly qualifying P2, and KENNYHITMANHART earning P5
  • MUDDUCK09 positioned Alpine well, despite the loss of The_562KING, by putting his car into P3
  • Several drivers had their best qualifying performance this week, including; MUDDUCK09 (P2), xINCIDENTx (P4), KENNYHITMANHART (P5), jmtitan10 (P7), Wizbang02 (P9)
  • Ghost_726 and ChrisKYU62 started the race in P12 and P13 after failing to set a time on their slick compounds

Race Recap

  • Bigryeguy98 returns to the top step of the podium with a dominant pole to P1 performance and an almost 8 second margin of victory
  • jurdiS09 and isiboy23 would cross the line P2 and P3 after a tense battle, but were relegated to P4 and P5 due to a 3 and 6 second time penalties
  • PCC-Godly enjoyed a steady drive from P2 on the grid to finish P2 for the third time this season
  • xINCIDENTx picked up one position from the grid to finish P3 for his first podium of the season
  • KENNYHITMANHART put together a consistent drive to finish P6 after starting P5
  • Ghost_726 and ChrisKYU62 both made up for their poor performances in qualifying, gaining 5 positions to finish P7 and P8, respectively
  • Jmtitan10 finished P9 after a couple of tense battles and contact with Alexicucco27 and ghost_726
  • Wizbang02 was able to secure a P10 finish to score his first point of the season

Standings Update

  • PCC-Godly jumped jurdiS09, moving into P2, and provisional first place in the championship (due to The_562KING retiring)
  • Bigryeguy98’s 26 point performance moves him into P4, only 12 points off PCC-Godly
  • xINCIDENTx’s first podium of the season moves him into P7, only 3 points behind teammate ghost_726 in P6
  • KENNYHITMANHART overtakes both Mercedes drivers for sole possession of P9
  • ChrisKYU62’s first points of the season move him into P14 in the championship
  • Wizbang02 scored his first point of the season to move into a tie for P16 with Maple_Bro and Aleixcucco27

Team Standings Update

  • With Alpine’s #1 driver now retired, they failed to score in Britain, and saw their championship lead shrink to a mere 4 points

  • McLaren edged Haas for P2 in the championship by 3 points, in what could be a tight battle all season long

  • Williams’ race win propelled them into P6 in the standings, only 6 points off Aston Martin in P5

  • Mercedes 2 points have them a mere 3 points off Ferrari for P7

Race at a Glance

Podium – Bigryeguy98, PCC-Godly, xINCIDENTx

Team Win – Williams (26 points)

Pole Position – Bigryeguy98 (1:27.999)

Fastest Lap – Bigryeguy98 (1:28.994)

Most Positions Gained – ghost_726 (P12 > P7), ChrisKYU62 (P13 > P8)

Driver of the Day – Bigryeguy98 (7/12 votes)

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