Road Pro Series: Rounds 6-7-8 Review

By 3id News | Aug 18, 2010 11:36 UTC | 312 Views

Round 6: Infenion Raceway
Masier Breaks Free in the iRacing Pro Series
With six rounds of the iRacing Pro Road Racing Series complete, Luca Masier has now established a firm grip on the Championship lead following a flawless outing at Infineon. Competing on the long configuration of the virtual race track, the Italian claimed a flag-to-flag victory to share the top points scoring honours for the week. Following his sixth win from six starts this season, Masier now leads the iRacing Pro Road Racing Championship standing by 87 points, a run of form that should draw the attention of the current crop of iDWC entries. Read the full article at inRacingnews.com.


Round 7: Road America
Masier the Road Master
Following the visit to Road America, Luca Masier continues to dominate the iRacing Pro Series Road Racing and by an even bigger margin. The Italian sim racer who has sat atop of the standings for the past eight weeks, increased his lead to 274 points with a victory in the seventh round of the online racing championship, and continued his 100% record of seven wins from seven starts. Read the full article at inRacingnews.com.


Round 8: Silverstone GP:
Marcus Saari, who finished 8th said: "Well disconnected before the race so had to start from the pits. So race was kind of ruined before it had even started.

I managed to get past people relatively easy because they gave a lot room and didn't want to fight too much. I finally got stuck behind Maximilian and Wolfgang. I didn't manage to get past Max there even tough I was close. We went side by side for few turns. We both pitted on the same lap and he kept his position. I tried to pressurise him but with no results with fresh tyres. Then Scot U'Ren came from pits right between us (I had just got T1 way wrong) so I knew I had to attack immediately when he had coldish tyres and had to get used to the new lines. Well I did manage to get outside on T8, outbraked him but maybe turned slighty too early and we clipped. Luckily we still managed to get going.

I was back hunting Max. I was fast on the first part of the circuit so I was always quite close coming to Stowe. I got very close once but was too eager to press the throttle and barely held my car on the track. Few laps later I was close again and decided to try my luck with a bit divebombish move because I knew I could brake later for the corner. Well it didn't work out exactly as I had hoped for and we touched. I'm sry about that.

Rest of the race was driving alone with a bit damaged car and worn tires for all the fighting. Scott and Wolfgang were gaining on me at the end but the laps ran out too early for them to get on attacking distance.

Better luck tomorrow I guess. This race ruined my top 5 streak Grats for Matthias for the maiden win and Klaus and Hugo for podium slots."

David Williams, who finished 12th said: "Terrible race for me. Was going well until I sped in the pits and it all went hopelessly downhill from there. Sorry to the drivers I tangled with while struggling with tyres, Vincent and Vail."