Esports WTCR 2020 - Incidents and Penalties

Esports WTCR Hungaroring

Stewards: Robert Wiesenmüller / Michael Bell

Note from the stewards: This was not a fair round at all. The drivers have been messaged via mail already to adjust their driving for future rounds.

SERVER 1

Race 1

Juhász vs. Gomez, Lap 1, T5
Gomez and Csuti make contact out of turn 4. We believe it is Csuti changing his line into Gomez here, that causes it, although it is a difficult situation. After the contact, Csuti slides into Juhász and Juhász loses places.
Zoltan Csuti - 3 points

Kunze vs. Ottaviani, Lap 1, T9-T11
Kunze and Ottaviani go side by side for a few corners. The first corners are fine, but in turn 11, Ottaviani pushes Kunze wide. Ottaviani has to be more careful, even if this scene stays ultimately without consequences as Kunze stayed ahead.
Alessandro Ottaviani - warning

Kunze vs. Bucsi, Lap 1, T14
A lot of cars come up to turn 12.
Toth moves to the inside before the braking zone (OK).
Balazsin reacts and moves to the right.
Pinczes follows Balazsin’s movement very slightly. (just about OK)
Bucsi moves a lot to the left side (not OK, he can get his car stopped fine behind Pinczes)
Kunze brakes late and moves to pass Leitner (this is borderline. He cannot expect Bucsi to move under braking. But he still is taking a risk on lap 1).
Leitner, who doesn’t move, goes off as a result.
Moving under braking is not cool.
Attila Bucsi - 5 points, 1 strike
Julian Kunze - warning

Kunze vs. Fernandes, Opening laps (Ping)
Fernandes has a very high ping and one screenfreeze, leading to some dangerous situations.
Fernandes will be observed by the admins next race. If these problems occur again, he will be kicked from the server.

Hasse vs. Barna and Juhász, Lap 6, Chicane
Hasse gets tapped by Barna into the chicane. Very slight contact.
Then Juhász attacks into the chicane as well. It looks like a dive, but we think Juhász can get it stopped. Barna turns into the corner very tight with Juhasz already there. This creates the next touches to Hasse’s car.
Barna has to leave more room for attacking cars - in the end he loses the place anyway.
Martin Barna - warning

Barna vs. Juhász, Lap 10, T12-14
In turn 12, Juhász turns into the back of Barna, and sends him wide, also leaving no room on the exit.
In turn 13, Barna leaves very little room on the entrance, forcing Juhász into a difficult position. Juhász pushes him a bit, but this part is ok.
In turn 14, Barna does not leave enough room again, taking a bad line that drags both out, but Juhász also goes on the throttle, which sends Barna wide and they both lose a place to Pinczes.
This is not clean driving from both drivers and that is EXACTLY the kind of driving that creates more accidents down the line.
Krisztián Juhász - 5 points, 1 strike (illegal pass)
Martin Barna - 3 points (since he got a warning for not leaving enough space before)

Hasse vs. Juhász, Lap 14, T2
Juhász hits Hasse into turn 2.
Even if Hasse doesn’t lose a place, this move is not on at all.
Krisztián Juhász - warning

Hasse vs. Juhász, Lap 14, chicane
Same as previous move. This was not on at all.
Krisztián Juhász - 3 points (since he got a warning before for the same move)

Hasse vs. Juhász / Pinczes vs. Juhász, Lap 14, T12
Juhász moves under braking and blocks Pinczes, who gets a slowdown as a result, and then goes into Hasse.
Krisztián Juhász - 5 points, 1 strike

Balazsin vs. Pinczes, Lap 14, T14
For the incident mentioned above, Pinczes gets a slowdown.
Pinczes tries to solve it off the racing line, but the penalty does not clear quick enough. As a result he blocks Balazsin who loses a place to Gomez.
In hindsight, Pinczes should have driven through the corner normally and solved the rest of his slowdown on the start-finish straight.
He didn’t have the intention to solve it on the racing line though, and since it’s the last lap, very little time to make a decision.
Normally, solving a slowdown on the racing line will always result in a full penalty, but due to these circumstances, it is reduced.
Adam Pinczes - 3 points

Race 2

Jarschel vs. Antonov, Lap 1, T1
Antonov brakes slightly too late for the first corner, and taps Jarschel.
With many cars slightly moving and bunching up, there is not really much that Antonov can do to avoid it though.
Antonov even gets a slowdown, which he solves very safe.
Warning - Kirill Antonov (be careful under braking in T1)

Kunze vs. Diner, Lap 1, T1
Diner, who is the car on the inside, does not hit the apex for turn 1, blocks Kunze, and also runs out Zsupanek on the exit, leaving not enough space.
Attila Diner - 5 points, 1 strike

Werle vs. Antonov and Fiduci, Lap 1, Turn 6
Antonov and Werle go side by side in the chicane. They make contact, Antonov leaves a bit too little room, who goes on the grass.
Fiduci behind them goes in a bit too hot, touches Antonov, and then also touches Werle, which sends Werle into Antonov. Antonov crashes out of the race. Fiduci would have had to stay further on the left.
Gianmarco Fiduci - 5 points, 1 strike

Kunze vs. Juhász, Lap 1, T8
Juhász hits Kunze sideways in turn 8. There is just no way that Juhász can make this move in this corner.
Krisztián Juhász - 3 points

Kunze vs. Juhász, Lap 1, T12
Illegal overtake from Juhász on Kunze.
Krisztián Juhász - 5 points, 1 strike

Hasse vs. Bucsi, Lap 4, T1
Hasse is fighting with Fiduci and brakes slightly early.
Bucsi and Leitner are far behind and Bucsi brakes way too late.
Bucsi smashes hard into Hasse.
Leitner hits Bucsi’s car after Bucsi made contact with Hasse, which sends Bucsi into Hasse again. He was a bit too late under braking too.
Attila Bucsi - 10 points, 2 strikes
Norbert Leitner - warning

Juhász vs. Diner, Lap 4, T3
Juhász and Diner go side by side through turn 3.
The reason why they are side by side is that Juhász hit Diner in turn 3 (which was not reported).
On the apex of T3, Juhász leaves not enough room for Diner, which sends him over the grass, and pushes Juhász wide. Not big contact, but clearly not Diner’s fault anyway, who lets Juhász even back on the track.
Racing incident

Juhász vs. Bucsi, Lap 7, T13
Bucsi passes Juhász in a really dirty way, dives him and contact-boosts himself through.
Attila Bucsi - 5 points, 1 strike

Hasse vs. Juhász, Lap 9, chicane
Juhász attacks Hasse and sends him through the chicane. Hasse gets a slowdown.
Again, there was just no way that Juhász could land a clean pass here.
Krisztián Juhász - 5 points, 1 strike

Kunze vs. Diner, Lap 9, T15
Kunze tries to pass Diner around the outside.
There is slight contact in the corner
Diner is contact-boosting against Kunze on the exit, running him wide and keeping the position this way in an unfair way.
Attila Diner - 5 points, 1 strike
Diner is one strike away from a qualifying ban.

Hasse vs. Bucsi, Lap 10, T1
Bucsi brakes far too late again for the first corner, and hits Hasse hard again.
Attila Bucsi - 10 points, 2 strike
Bucsi is excluded from the championship.

Hasse vs. Gomez, Lap 11, T1
Gomez makes a great move against Hasse on Turn 1, but on the exit, he leaves no space to Hasse, pushing him off the track. Illegal overtake (and totally unnecessary, he should have just left room on the exit)
Juan Manuel Gomez - 5 points, 1 strike

Juhász, Zsupanek, Fernandes against each other, Lap 12, T13
Juhász goes for a switchback on Fernandes and crosses Zsupanek’s path, he spins himself on Zsupanek and slides into Fernandes who loses many places.
Fernandes has a high ping, which is probably contributing, but unless there is a proof that he is in a different position to the replay, we have to judge by the replay.
Also, Juhász still crosses the path of Zsupanek anyway, who does not have high ping.
Krisztián Juhász - 5 points, 1 strike

Race 3

Kunze vs. Fernandes, Lap 1, T1
Fernandes brakes too late for the corner and pushes Kunze. Kunze gets pushed into Tóth who gets a slowdown as a result.
Bruno Fernandes - 5 points, 1 strike

Balazsin vs. Toth, Lap 1, T13
Balazsin is off the line into turn 13. Tóth goes for a move. Balazsin turns in and they make contact, which sends Balazsin into a slide.
We think that this was a legit attempt from Tóth, and Balazsin is turning in without leaving space.
Racing incident

Csuti vs. Antonov, Lap 4, T9
Antonov clips Csuti out of turn 9, and then goes up the inside.
This move almost worked, but Antonov slightly mistimed it, and in the end it is “contact-to-pass”.
Kirill Antonov - 5 points, 1 strike

Juhász vs. Tóth, Lap 6, T1
Tóth hits Juhász hard off the apex. We can see that Tóth is opening the steering and also slightly stopping decelerating before the contact. This is deliberate contact against Juhász (not deliberate wrecking, but not much better.)
Dávid Tóth - 15 points, 3 strikes

Juhász vs. Tóth, Lap 7, T13
Illegal overtake by Tóth who pushes Juhász into the back and takes the position.
Dávid Tóth - 5 points, 1 strike
Tóth is banned from all 3 qualifying sessions at Slovakia Ring. The next penalty against him will result in a race ban.

Werle vs. Juhász, Lap 14, T2
Juhász is behind Werle. Kunze tries to pass Juhász into turn 2, but Juhász moves infront of Kunze, they make contact, and Juhász slides into Werle. On the exit, Juhász contact boosts himself past Werle.
Krisztián Juhász - 5 points, 1 strike
Juhász is excluded from the championship.

SERVER 2

Race 1

Bencsik vs. Gunay, Lap 7, Chicane
Bencsik and Gunay make contact before the chicane. Bencsik is leaving very little room for Gunay and comes across right ahead of him, and they make contact. Unlucky scene.
Racing incident
(The exit of the chicane by Ogorodnikov would be a clear penalty, if it was reported)

Race 2

Pointeau vs. Neg, Lap 2-3, Second to last corner to first corner
On turn 13 Neg goes up the apex of Pointeau. He slightly locks up, but Pointeau also turns in quite hard. The move is hard, but overall it is ok. Pointeau gets the place back next corner.
In turn 1, Szoboszlai brakes really early and comes across Pointeau. Pointeau then switches to the inside (under braking which is illegal, but it is understandable
Neg makes an aggressive move and brakes too late, hitting Pointeau off. To some degree Pointeau and Szoboszlai contribute to it by moving, but Neg is coming in too hot anyway.
Szilveszter Szoboszlai - warning (moving under braking)
Corentin Pointeau - warning (moving under braking)
Mihai Neg - 1 strike

Pointeau vs. Smirnow, Lap 9, Turn 1
Smirnow goes for a late braking move and hits Pointeau.
Again, Pointeau slightly moves under braking. This has happened now already once before, and in the CUPRA race too. It is always contributing to his incidents, therefore he will get a strike for it too.
Still, Smirnow is not driving fair here.
Kacper Smirnov - 1 strike
Corentin Pointeau - 1 strike

Pointeau vs. Smirnow, Lap 14, Turn 1
This time it’s clearly Smirnow’s fault.
Kacper Smirnow - 1 strike
Smirnow is one strike away from a qualifying ban.

Pointeau vs. Smirnow, Lap 14, Last sector
Smirnow is driving a bit dirty against Pointeau, but he does not gain the position in the end.
Kacper Smirnow - warning

Race 3

Bencsik vs. Markovic, L14 T1
Bencsik goes for a move that is not entirely fair on Markovic.
On the exit, Markovic pushes Bencsik in return.
Warning - Timea Bencsik
Warning - Matija Markovic

Pointeau vs. Markovic, Lap 2-3, Last corner to first corner
Markovic goes up the inside of the final corner. Hard but ok.
On the braking Pointeau moves again slightly, Markovic avoids and hits Pointeau on the apex.
Overall Markovic cannot be blamed here.
Racing incident

Pointeau vs. Markovic, Lap 3, Parabolica and chicane
Push to pass from Markovic against Pointeau, and not leaving enough space into the chicane.
Matija Markovic - 1 strike

Pointeau vs. Neg, Romanenko, Raisz, Lap 9, chicane
4 wide into the chicane, Raisz turns in when Romanenko and Pointeau are alongside.
Neg cuts the chicane and gives time back, to avoid getting hit. We think, in this case it is ok.
Romanenko doesn’t have to cut, but he still does. The game should give him a slowdown here, but it seems like he did not receive one.
Pointeau takes the chicane normally and loses out.
Kostiantyn Romanenko - warning (cutting the chicane)
Bence Raisz - warning (leaving space)
(Romanenko would get a strike for the next corner, if it was reported)

SERVER 3

Race 2

B. Toth vs. Orakci, Lap 1, Turn 1
Orakci drives across Zoppellaro, loses control and spins into Tóth and Almeida. Way too aggressive for lap 1
Anil Orakci - 2 strikes

Race 3

Toth vs. van Roon, Lap 2, Turn 1
Van Roon does not leave enough space for Toth on the exit and pushes him wide.
Frank van Roon - 1 strike

SERVER 4

Race 1

Doe vs. Dorsch, Lap 7, Turn 7
Dorsch solves a slowdown on the racing line.
William Dorsch - 1 strike

Strikes:
Attila Bucsi - 6 (Exclusion of the championship)
Krisztián Juhász - 6 (Exclusion of the championship)
Dávid Tóth - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Slovakia Ring)
Attila Diner - 2
Kacper Smirnow - 2
Anil Orakci - 2
Gianmarco Fiduci - 1
Juan Manuel Gomez - 1
Bruno Fernandes - 1
Kirill Antonov - 1
Mihai Neg - 1
Corentin Pointeau - 1
Matija Markovic - 1
Frank van Roon - 1
William Dorsch - 1

 

Esports WTCR Slovakia Ring

Stewards: Robert Wiesenmüller / Michael Bell

Note from the stewards: This was not fair again... better than last time, but still a lot of room for improvement in server 1. However we got to see a lot more from the lower servers this time, and there is still a lot of room for more respectful racing.
If you report an accident in server 2, 3 or 4, please upload the full race replay, and don't send a youtube video or highlight clip!

SERVER 1

Race 1

Pinczes vs. Antonov, Lap 3, T13-14
Antonov gets a small push from Werle. Pinczes runs slightly wide. Antonov gets into the gap and slightly pushes himself through. On the exit, Antonov takes a different line and they have contact again. Overall just about ok.
Racing incident

Diner vs. Guerrieri, Lap 6, T10
Guerrieri closes the door under braking too late and blocks Diner.
Esteban Guerrieri, 5 points, 1 strike

Barna vs. Wisniewski, Lap 9, T8
Wisniewski goes up the inside and has a reasonable braking point. Barna closes the door anyway, then they make contact. Legal pass.
Racing incident

Diner vs. Guerrieri, Lap 11, T10
This time, Diner has no overlap. A bit unnecessary from Guerrieri, but no consequences.
No action

Pinczes vs. Antonov, Lap 11, T13-14
Pinczes and Antonov have contact throughout the corner a few times, but there is no unfair driving from either of them, and both have space on the outside, so you cannot point out who really is causing it.
No action

Werle vs. Zsupanek, Lap 12, T2
Werle runs wide into T3. Zsupanek is right behind him, they have slight contact but Zsupanek cannot avoid this, since Werle didn’t hit his line.
No action

Barna vs. Wisniewski, Lap 12, T8
This time, Wisniewski goes for a more aggressive pass and he cannot hit the apex. We think Wisniewski cannot make a clean pass in this situation.
Nikodem Wisniewski, 5 points, 1 strike

Race 2

Pinczes vs. Antonov vs. Werle, Lap 1, T3
Antonov goes for an aggressive move. Werle moves under braking. Antonov gets forced onto the grass, but does a decent job of only causing minimal contact, but he still comes back on the track which causes trouble behind.
Leandro Werle, 5 points, 1 strike (moving under braking)

Kunze vs. Antonov, Lap 1, T6
Antonov goes for a pass on Kunze. It’s aggressive, but it does not seem unreasonable. Kunze turns in when Antonov is on the inside. Legal pass.
No action

Werle vs. Balazsin, Lap 1, T8
Balazsin goes for a dive, too late on the brakes, and makes contact. Illegal pass.
Mark Balazsin, 5 points, 1 strike

Diner vs. Ottaviani, Lap 1, Last corner
Ottaviani goes for a move up the inside of Diner, and Diner closes the door when he is already there. Ottaviani then goes on the throttle and forces himself through, but he is in this situation due to Diner turning in when he had to leave space.
The exit against Salo is not fair, but Ottaviani has no chance to avoid since Diner behind him is fully on the throttle.
Alessandro Ottaviani - warning
Attila Diner - warning

Diner vs. Guerrieri, Lap 2, T1
Divebomb from Guerrieri, clearly illegal pass.
Esteban Guerrieri, 5 points, 1 strike

Ottaviani vs. Guerrieri, Lap 3, T8
Another divebomb from Guerrieri where he cannot make the apex of the corner.
Esteban Guerrieri, 5 points, 1 strike

Ottaviani vs. Guerrieri, Lap 3, Before T10
Guerrieri gets a push from Ottaviani in turn 9, and then comes back across Ottaviani fully to block him. Really unfair driving.
Esteban Guerrieri, 5 points, 1 strike
Guerrieri has a quali ban for all 3 races at Motorland Aragon

Pinczes vs. Fiduci, Lap 6, T6
Pinczes goes for a dive on Fiduci, who closes the door.
We don’t think Pinczes was close enough here to make a clean move, therefore Fiduci's line was ok.
Racing incident

Werle vs. Balazsin / Wisniewski, Lap 11, T3-4
Into turn 3, Balazsin slightly moves under braking, and Wisniewski pushes him. Balazsin goes wide over the grass.
Wisniewski tries to go up the inside. Balazsin is stuck in the middle of Werle and Wisniewski. Wisniewski then pushes through, which forces Werle wide. Overall this is a difficult scene with a lot of factors.
Nikodem Wisniewski - warning (pushing through)
Mark Balazsin - warning (moving under braking)

Ottaviani vs. Girolami, Lap 11, T8
Slightly unfair pass from Girolami. Ottaviani left the door open, so the attempt is reasonable, but Girolami does not leave enough room on the exit.
Nestor Girolami - 3 points

Race 3

Antonov vs. Balazsin, Lap 1, T1
Antonov makes contact with Balazsin on the straight. Balazsin pushes back and also drives into Antonov. Both drivers are equally aggressive here.
Kirill Antonov - warning
Mark Balazsin - warning

Leitner vs. Zsupanek/Ottaviani/Witvoet, Lap 1, T1
Witvoet goes for a dive into turn 1, hits Zsupanek, who gets hit into Leitner
Ottaviani also dives into the corner but doesn’t contribute to the accident.
Luciano Witvoet, 5 points, 1 strike

Antonov vs. Gomez, Lap 1, T3
There is an accident right infront of Gomez. He does move into the path of Antonov, but he has to avoid the accident, so he has no other choice.
Racing incident

Diner / Antonov vs. Witvoet, Lap 1, T8
Witvoet brakes too late and hits Ottaviani into Antonov.
Then, Procopio and Pointeau also come into the corner hot, pushing the cars further into each other. The initial incident is caused by Witvoet though.
Luciano Witvoet, 5 points, 1 strike
Thiago Procopio, warning
Corentin Pointeau, warning

Ottaviani vs. Antonov vs. Gomez, Lap 5, T3
Antonov goes for a move on Gomez. It’s aggressive, but we think it’s possible. Gomez then turns in when Antonov has an overlap, which pushes him into Ottaviani who loses 2 places. Gomez is in a tricky spot, between Ottaviani and Antonov, so reduced to a half penalty. But he has to leave room for Antonov here.
Juan Manuel Gomez, 3 points

Antonov vs. Gomez, Lap 8, T6
Gomez pushes Antonov in turn 6. Not fair, but nothing happens as a result.
Juan Manuel Gomez, warning

Ottaviani vs. Girolami, Lap 11, T8
Girolami goes for a robust move against Ottaviani. Ottaviani turns in. Girolami could have really turned in a bit earlier, but Ottaviani also should leave more room.
Racing incident

Diner vs. Procopio, Lap 12, T1
Procopio goes for an attack, and Diner is clearly moving under braking here, preventing a pass. On the exit, Diner contact boosts against Procopio.
We do not understand why Diner reports this, as he is the one at fault here and prevents a pass from Procopio
Attila Diner, 5 points, 1 strike
Diner has a qualifying ban for the first race at Motorland Aragon.

SERVER 2

Race 1

Markovic vs. Raisz, Lap 1, T2
We have no footage of the accident

Smirnow vs. Mukimov, Lap 1, T3
Mukimov brakes slightly too late, hits Mukonin who gets pushed into Smirnow.
Sergey Mukimov, 1 strike

Race 2

Markovic vs. Raisz, Lap 2, T3
Markovic is slightly moving under braking, but Raisz is too far behind here, so it’s an unfair pass from Raisz.
Bence Raisz, 1 strike

Orakci vs. Melo, Last Lap, T3
Orakci is moving across Melo to defend in the braking. Melo has little room, brakes on the grass and slides into Orakci. Such accidents can be avoided by not moving under braking, but Melo also made a mistake here.
Anil Orakci, warning
Andre Melo, warning

Race 3

Lucas Werle vs. Nemes, Lap 5, T10
Nemes goes for a bump and run against Werle.
It would be an illegal pass, but he doesn’t take the position in the end.
Ferenc Nemes - warning

Lucas Werle vs. Raisz, Lap 7, T8
Divebomb from Raisz and illegal pass. He was not close enough to make an overtake.
Bence Raisz - 1 strike

Markovic vs. Raisz, Lap 9, T13
Raisz turns into Markovic. Markovic is a bit late on the turn in, but he has to give room to Nemes on the inside.
Bence Raisz - 1 strike
Bence Raisz has a qualifying ban for the first qualifying at Motorland Aragon.

Neg vs. Raisz, Lap 11, T1
Neg moves under braking slightly. As soon as he realizes, he straightens up again. Raisz goes for an avoidance move, loses control and hits Neg.
No one had any bad intentions here and tried to avoid each other, so even though it is a big accident, it is a...
Racing incident

SERVER 3
Race 1

Mackenberg vs. Zagyva, Lap 1, T2
Zagyva turns across Mackenberg when he has an overlap, costing him places.
Adam Zagyva, 1 strike

Krouk vs. Szabo, Lap 2, T1
Szabo goes for a big dive. Krouk is leaving every room in the world, but Szabo still hits him. Double penalty.
Peter Szabo, 2 strikes

Mackenberg vs. Denes, Lap 4, T1
Denes goes for the outside around Mackenberg and slightly clips him. Mackenberg had more room on the inside. These types of contact can happen, even if it’s unlucky for Mackenberg.
Racing incident

Mackenberg vs. Denes, Lap 7, T1
Mackenberg tries to go up the inside of Denes. He locks up the brakes and goes further straight. Denes turns in. It’s not entirely clear if Denes will leave enough room here, we think it’s unlikely, but due to the lock-up, we reduce it to a...
Warning - Ferenc Denes

Mackenberg vs. Salat, Lap 8, T8
Salat goes for a move on Mackenberg. We think he is close enough here to make an attempt, when Mackenberg turns in. Legal move
Racing incident

Race 2

Toth vs. Krouk, Lap 1, T3
Krouk bumps Toth and squeezes himself through. Illegal overtake.
Alexander Krouk - 1 strike

Mackenberg vs. McNally / Salat, Lap 1, T3
Both McNally and Salat brake too late (for being on the inside on the first lap) and hit Berera off, blocking Mackenberg in the process.
Adam McNally - 1 strike
Rudolf Salat - 1 strike

Toth vs. Krouk, Lap 1, T13
Krouk brakes too late for the last corner. Montgomery also brakes slightly late. When Montgomery touches Toth, Krouk also touches Montgomery in the exact same moment, which makes it really hard to tell for us who caused what here.
James Montgomery - warning
Alexander Krouk - warning

Montgomery + Toth vs. Krouk, Lap 2, T3
Krouk plows through the corner, passing 3 cars when he really had no room to make a pass
Alexander Krouk - 1 strike

Krouk vs. Montgomery, Lap 2, T6
Illegal pass from Montgomery against Krouk, hitting him off the apex.
James Montgomery - 1 strike

Montgomery vs. Krouk, Lap 2, T7
Krouk absolutely sends Montgomery into the gravel trap.
Alexander Krouk - 2 strikes
Krouk has a qualifying ban for all 3 races at Motorland Aragon

Sarosi vs. Denes, Lap 5, T9
Denes is using contact boosting to keep the position against Sarosi.
Ferenc Denes - 1 strike

Mackenberg vs. Olivier, Lap 5, T10-12
After a fantastic outside pass, Olivier does not leave enough room for Mackenberg and pushes him onto the grass to complete the move. Such a shame after 2 great corners.
Claude Olivier - 1 strike

Sarosi vs. Denes, Lap 9, T1
Denes does not leave enough room for Sarosi on the inside, and prevents a legal overtake.
Ferenc Denes - 1 strike

Sarosi vs. Salat, Lap 10, T11
Salat is squeezing Sarosi onto the grass when he has an overlap.
Rudolf Salat - 1 strike

Race 3

Sarosi vs. Zagyva, Lap 1, T8
Zagyva makes contact with Sarosi to take the position. Illegal pass.
Adam Zagyva - 1 strike

Sarosi vs. McNally, Lap 1, T10
McNally hits Sarosi hard. He does not gain the place but it damages Sarosi’s suspension.
Adam McNally - 1 strike

Krouk vs. Zagyva, Lap 2, T1
No footage

Sarosi vs. Reeh, Lap 4, T3
Reeh brakes too late and drives into Sarosi in the braking zone.
Sebastian Reeh - 1 strike

Montgomery vs. Kenez, Lap 6, T6
Montgomery bumps Kenez in T5, illegal pass from him. On the exit, Kenez turns into Montgomery and squeezes him off. Unfair from both drivers.
James Montgomery - 1 strike
Sandor Kenez - 1 strike

SERVER 4

Van Roon vs. Lapanik, Lap 2, T13
Lapanik brakes too late, and hits Telheiro into van Roon.
Mikhail Lapanik - 1 strike

Strikes:
Attila Bucsi - 6 (Exclusion of the championship)
Krisztián Juhász - 6 (Exclusion of the championship)
Dávid Tóth - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Slovakia Ring)
Alexander Krouk - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Motorland Aragon)
Attila Diner - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Motorland Aragon)
Bence Raisz - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Motorland Aragon)
Kacper Smirnow - 2
Anil Orakci - 2
James Montgomery - 2
Luciano Witvoet - 2
Adam Zagyva - 2
Peter Szabo - 2
Adam McNally - 2
Ferenc Denes - 2
Rudolf Salat - 2
Gianmarco Fiduci - 1
Juan Manuel Gomez - 1
Bruno Fernandes - 1
Kirill Antonov - 1
Mihai Neg - 1
Corentin Pointeau - 1
Matija Markovic - 1
Frank van Roon - 1
William Dorsch - 1
Sandor Kenez - 1
Nikodem Wisniewski - 1
Leandro Werle - 1
Mark Balazsin - 1
Sergey Mukimov - 1
Claude Olivier - 1
Sebastian Reeh - 1
Sandor Kenez - 1
Mikhail Lapanik - 1

 

Esports WTCR Aragón

Stewards: Robert Wiesenmüller / Michael Bell

Note from the stewards: Improvement, but we can do still better. Next round is Nordschleife, we need to stay fair and leave room in order to survive!

SERVER 1

Server 1
Race 1

Nagy vs. Leandro Werle, Lap 1, T1
After Frigotto gets a bad start, Werle goes to the inside. He has an awkward line but his corner speed is reasonable. Nagy turns in, not knowing that there are 2 cars on his inside instead of 1 and it pushes Werle into Nagy, and both lose positions. Both Werle’s attempt and Nagy’s turn in are understandable in this situation.
Racing incident

Barna vs. Antonov, Lap 1, T 8-9
Antonov tries to go around the outside of Barna in T2 and they make contact. Barna is slightly off line but this is also aggressive from Antonov. Then into the next corner, Antonov is going into the corner super hard. There is a gap, but with Antonov’s line, it looks like he cannot stick to the apex. He also lost the overlap before. The exit is fine.
Overall this is slightly too aggressive from Antonov, he should know better after having received many penalties this year already. But it is not a full penalty either.
Kirill Antonov, 3 points

Csuti vs. Fiduci, L4, T17
Fiduci holds it around the outside. In the penultimate corner, Csuti does not leave enough room for Fiduci. Then, on the exit, they rub until to Fiduci is through. Hard racing, but both play hard, no need for us to step in.
Racing incident

Balazsin vs. Lucas Werle, Lap 11, T5
Werle gives Balazsin a tap into T5. A bit clumsy.
Balazsin has a slowdown, but not because of the contact. He went over the kerb fully on the entry of the corner on his own.
Lucas Werle - warning

Race 2

Barna vs. Diner, L10, T16
Diner outbrakes himself into the hairpin, passes 2 Alfa and hits Barna in the side. Close to double penalty, but in the end Diner actually slows down enough that the consequences are minimal.
Attila Diner - 5 points, 1 strike

Barna vs. Diner, L11, T16
Diner hits Barna again in the hairpin.
This scene is more difficult as the previous one, as Barna is going for a switchback on Zsupanek and is on a slower line as a result. But Diner still has to make sure that he doesn’t run into him.
Attila Diner - 3 points

Barna vs. Diner, L12, T16
Diner contact boosts against Barna on the apex, and then runs him wide on the exit.
Attila Diner - 5 points, 1 strike
Attila Diner is banned for the Nordschleife round.

Csuti vs. Frigotto, L12, T16
Clean pass from Csuti, and Frigotto runs him off the track on the exit into a slowdown penalty.
Gustavo Frigotto - 5 points, 1 strike

Quali 3

Antonov vs. Frigotto, towards end of quali, T16
Frigotto hits Antonov on the hotlap in the hairpin.
Gustavo Frigotto - 5 points, 1 strike

Race 3

Bánki / Zsupanek vs. Leandro Werle, L2, Hairpin
Werle tries to go for a switchback on Zsupanek but completely misjudges it and causes a huge incident, that pushes Zsupanek into Pinczes and spins Bánki.
Leandro Werle - 10 points, 2 strikes
Leandro Werle has a qualifying ban for the first qualifying at Nordschleife. He has to stay in the pitlane for the entire qualifying session.

Barna vs. Wisniewski, L5, T1
Wisniewski passes Barna off track. He should get a slowdown for it, but the game doesn’t give it for some reason. Still we run by the ingame cut rules. So even if it is not a fair pass, we will leave it at…
Racing incident

Server 2

Race 1

Tirelli vs. Sarosi, Lap 1, T1
No replay

Race 2

Orbán vs. Montgomery, Montgomery vs. himself, L1, T1
Montgomery forgets about cold brakes, overshoots the first corner a lot and cleans up Orbán, and pushes 2 further cars wide.
Fair play to Montgomery for admitting his mistake, but this is still a double penalty.
James Montgomery, 2 strikes
Montgomery has a qualifying ban for all 3 races at Nordschleife. He has to stay in the pitlane in the 3 quali sessions.

Orbán vs. Montgomery, Lap 3, T8-9
After Montgomery rejoins the track, they go side by side in T8. Montgomery does not leave enough room on the apex for Orbán, but it remains mostly without consequences. They make contact. On the exit of T3, Montgomery does not leave enough room again, there is absolutely minimal contact and a very small overlap. Very close to a penalty, but we think ultimately Montgomery did not prevent an overtake here.
James Montgomery, warning

Orbán vs. Denes, Lap 5, T16
Both Denes and Orbán brake a bit too late into the hairpin. Then, Denes does not shift down to 2nd, hits Orbán in the braking zone and takes the place.
Ferenc Dénes - 1 strike
Ferenc Dénes has a qualifying ban for the first qualifying at Nordschleife. He has to stay in the pitlane for the entire qualifying session.

Race 3

Orbán vs. Tirelli, Lap 11, T11-12
Tirelli does not leave enough room for Orbán, who goes off the track in return.
Fabio Tirelli - 1 strike

Server 3

Race 3

Claude Olivier vs. Gabor Toth / Csaba Varga, Lap 3, Hairpin
Toth moves across Varga under braking, and then hits Olivier in the hairpin.
Gabor Toth - 1 strike

Strikes:
Attila Bucsi - 6 (Exclusion of the championship)
Krisztián Juhász - 6 (Exclusion of the championship)
Attila Diner - 5 (Race Ban: Nordschleife)
Dávid Tóth - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Slovakia Ring)
James Montgomery - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Nordschleife)
Alexander Krouk - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Motorland Aragon)
Bence Raisz - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Motorland Aragon)
Leandro Werle - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Nordschleife)
Ferenc Dénes - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Nordschleife)
Kacper Smirnow - 2
Anil Orakci - 2
Luciano Witvoet - 2
Adam Zagyva - 2
Peter Szabo - 2
Adam McNally - 2
Rudolf Salat - 2
Gustavo Frigotto - 2
Gianmarco Fiduci - 1
Juan Manuel Gomez - 1
Bruno Fernandes - 1
Kirill Antonov - 1
Mihai Neg - 1
Corentin Pointeau - 1
Matija Markovic - 1
Frank van Roon - 1
William Dorsch - 1
Sandor Kenez - 1
Nikodem Wisniewski - 1
Mark Balazsin - 1
Sergey Mukimov - 1
Claude Olivier - 1
Sebastian Reeh - 1
Sandor Kenez - 1
Mikhail Lapanik - 1
Fabio Tirelli - 1
Gabor Toth - 1

 

Esports WTCR Nordschleife

Stewards: Robert Wiesenmüller / Michael Bell

SERVER 1

Race 2

Hasse vs. Csuti, Lap 3, T4
On the exit of T3, Hasse is in front of Csuti. He moves to the left side for the next corner, and gets clipped by Csuti.
Hasse got unlucky here. He is moving to the left, which is a normal line for the corner, and Csuti is straightening up, because he doesn’t expect Hasse to go left. But we don’t think Csuti is really at fault here, because Hasse is coming across his straight line.
Racing incident

Race 3

Csuti vs. Bánki, Lap 1, T1-2
Bánki drives very aggressive into T1 which pushes Barna into Antonov.
In T2, Csuti’s car is pushed off, like if there is contact, but in fact, on the replay there is no contact (there is a big gap between the cars). Csuti had a lot of lag problems on this race, and he is probably innocent here, but Bánki also cannot be blamed for this.
Bence Bánki - warning (aggressive T1)
No action T2

Fiduci vs. Csuti, Lap 3, Steilstrecke
Csuti hits Fiduci off the track.
It’s possible that Csuti’s lag influenced this scene.
But a) we have to go by the replay and b) it is the driver’s responsibility to have his game and connection in a status where he can race safely.
Zoltan Csuti - 5 points, 1 strike

Barna vs. Antonov, Lap 3, Döttinger Höhe
Antonov changes lines on the straight, it is ok first because he is trying to brake the toe. Antonov does his defensive move against Bánki by going to the right, once Bánki has the overlap.
But then, Pinczes gets a massive run, and Antonov moves over back to the left, to block, which forces Pinczes onto the grass. Antonov then moves back right into Bánki, and Barna gets blocked as a result.
This is dangerous driving from Antonov, and just because of the good car control from all drivers, a bigger incident is prevented.
Kirill Antonov - 5 points, 1 strike
Antonov is one strike away from receiving a ban for the remainder of the year.

SERVER 2

Apologies for setting wrong daytime!

Race 1

Montgomery vs. Rares, Lap 2, T1
Rares completely misses the braking and hits Montgomery hard. Double penalty
Dranca Rares - 2 strikes

Race 2

Montgomery vs. Witvoet, Lap 3, Kallenhard
Witvoet runs off Montgomery on the exit of the corner
Luciano Witvoet - 1 strike
Witvoet has a qualifying ban for the first race in Zolder due to reaching 3 strikes.

SERVER 3

Race 1

Hohloch vs. Mezoffy, Lap 1, Dunlop corner + Schumacher S
Mezoffy slightly runs into the back of Hohloch in the hairpin, which pushes him wide and eventually costs him a place to the CUPRA.
In the fast chicane, Hohloch does a slight mistake by going on the grass, but Mezoffy still hits him, and after the contact doesn't back out which spins Hohloch out and also affects Mukimov
Máte Mezoffy - 1 strike

SERVER 4

Race 3

Doe vs. Zhevnierov, Lap 2, multiple corners
On Flugplatz, Zhevnierov goes off, but re-enters safely. That one is ok.
On Eschbach, Zhevnierov goes off again and re-enters safely again. Also ok.
On Brünnchen, Zhevnierov goes off again, this time blocking Doe a bit.
On Döttinger Höhe, Zhevnierov and Doe go side by side, their lines merge a bit, and they make contact with no consequences.
Nordschleife is a difficult track so mistakes can happen, but Zhevnierov should take it a bit more careful, because now he costs Doe time, at least in the third scene, because he pushed too hard.
Ilja Zhevnierov - warning (Rejoin Brünnchen)

Doe vs. Zhevnierov, Lap 3, GP loop + Schwedenkreuz
On Ford-Kurve, he makes another mistake. But it can happen and time loss is minimal.
After Flugplatz, he changes the line. But this is allowed, since it is not a straight.
Racing incidents

Strikes:
Attila Bucsi - 6 (Exclusion of the championship)
Krisztián Juhász - 6 (Exclusion of the championship)
Attila Diner - 5 (Race Ban: Nordschleife)
Dávid Tóth - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Slovakia Ring)
James Montgomery - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Nordschleife)
Alexander Krouk - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Motorland Aragon)
Bence Raisz - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Motorland Aragon)
Leandro Werle - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Nordschleife)
Ferenc Dénes - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Nordschleife)
Luciano Witvoet - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Zolder)
Kacper Smirnow - 2
Anil Orakci - 2
Adam Zagyva - 2
Peter Szabo - 2
Adam McNally - 2
Rudolf Salat - 2
Gustavo Frigotto - 2
Kirill Antonov - 2
Dranca Rares - 2
Gianmarco Fiduci - 1
Juan Manuel Gomez - 1
Bruno Fernandes - 1
Mihai Neg - 1
Corentin Pointeau - 1
Matija Markovic - 1
Frank van Roon - 1
William Dorsch - 1
Sandor Kenez - 1
Nikodem Wisniewski - 1
Mark Balazsin - 1
Sergey Mukimov - 1
Claude Olivier - 1
Sebastian Reeh - 1
Sandor Kenez - 1
Mikhail Lapanik - 1
Fabio Tirelli - 1
Gabor Toth - 1
Zoltan Csuti - 1
Máte Mezoffy - 1

 

Esports WTCR Zolder

Stewards: Robert Wiesenmüller / Michael Bell

SERVER 1

Race 1

Leitner vs. Antonov, Lap 4, T8
Antonov goes for an aggressive move into the hairpin, but we believe it is reasonable that he can make it stop. Leitner changes his path when he sees that Antonov coming, turning in early, and Antonov makes contact with him. On the apex, Antonov gets a hit from Ottaviani. Then, Leitner forces Antonov, who did nothing wrong, off the track.
Norbert Leitner - 5 points, 1 strike

Leitner vs. Antonov, Lap 6, T1
Antonov hits Leitner into the back and costs him a position against Ottaviani as a result. Leitner’s braking point was reasonable.
Kirill Antonov - 5 points, 1 strike

Race 2

Csuti vs. Antonov, Lap 6, T8
Antonov mistimes a switchback completely against Csuti and hits him off. Csuti made it absolutely clear that he is defending the inside.
Kirill Antonov - 5 points, 1 strike
Due to reaching 14 strikes overall, Antonov is excluded from all RaceRoom Competitions for the rest of the calendar year. Antonov will start the next year on 4 strikes.

Race 3

Venieri vs. D. Nagy, Lap 3, T7
Nagy hits Venieri, who brakes on the middle of the road, and sends him off. Venieri’s defensive line and braking point were reasonable
David Nagy - 5 points, 1 strike

Server 2

Race 1

Vermeylen vs. B. Nagy, Lap 1, T2
Nagy just slightly brakes too late and taps Vermeylen wide who loses many places. A bit unlucky but still Nagy's fault.
Balazs Nagy - 1 strike

Server 3

Race 1

Cattelan vs. Melo, Lap 14, T1
Cattelan is going up the inside, makes contact with Melo and spins.
Melo is not leaving a lot of room, but it would be enough for Cattelan, who is entering the corner on a different angle though.
Racing incident

Race 3

Cattelan vs. Molica, Lap 2, T7
Cattelan makes a dive move on Molica. Molica turns in (not super aggressively, but still not leaving fully room for Cattelan), they make contact and Molica keeps the position.
We are not sure if this move was really possible by Cattelan, it looks like he cannot stick to the inside line. Therefore we go to...
Racing incident

Cattelan vs. Molica, Lap 4, T8
Cattelan defends the inside into the hairpin, brakes a bit early, and Molica runs into the back of him, pushing him wide and allowing Melo through as a result. Molica has to be more careful here.
Mattia Molica - 1 strike

Cattelan vs. Molica, Lap 4, T10
Molica brakes too late and runs into the back of Cattelan again, pushing him through the chicane.
Mattia Molica - 1 strike

Cattelan vs. Molica, Lap 5, T5
Molica hits Cattelan in the chicane and passes him like this. The rejoin from Cattelan is not very good either.
Molica then cuts the next chicane. It is not visible from the replay footage, but we assume that he received a slowdown for it.
Mattia Molica - 1 strike
Matteo Cattelan - warning (rejoin)
Molica would receive a qualifying ban, if there was another race. He should learn from this for the next season to drive more careful.

Server 4

Race 3

Petercsak vs. Alves, Lap 3, Turn 2-3
Alves goes off in Turn 2 on his own. He re-enters safely and drives to the right, but when Petercsak approaches, he switches to the left, and the two collide.
Rafael Alves - 1 strike

Petercsak vs. Alves, Lap 7, Turn 8
Alves deliberately wrecks Petercsak while being a lap down.
Rafael Alves - 8 strikes - DQ from Esports WTCR

Petercsak vs. Alves, Lap 14, Turn 10
Alves waits for Petercsak and deliberately wrecks him again.
Rafael Alves - 16 strikes
Due to the extreme nature of these incidents, the fact that Alves waited several times just to wreck Petercsak, Rafael Alves is excluded from all RaceRoom Competitions until 01.01.2022.

Strikes:
Rafael Alves - 25
Attila Bucsi - 6 (Exclusion of the championship)
Krisztián Juhász - 6 (Exclusion of the championship)
Attila Diner - 5 (Race Ban: Nordschleife)
Dávid Tóth - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Slovakia Ring)
James Montgomery - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Nordschleife)
Alexander Krouk - 4 (3-Quali-Ban: Motorland Aragon)
Kirill Antonov - 4
Bence Raisz - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Motorland Aragon)
Leandro Werle - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Nordschleife)
Ferenc Dénes - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Nordschleife)
Luciano Witvoet - 3 (1-Quali-Ban: Zolder)
Mattia Molica - 3
Kacper Smirnow - 2
Anil Orakci - 2
Adam Zagyva - 2
Peter Szabo - 2
Adam McNally - 2
Rudolf Salat - 2
Gustavo Frigotto - 2
Dranca Rares - 2
Gianmarco Fiduci - 1
Juan Manuel Gomez - 1
Bruno Fernandes - 1
Mihai Neg - 1
Corentin Pointeau - 1
Matija Markovic - 1
Frank van Roon - 1
William Dorsch - 1
Sandor Kenez - 1
Nikodem Wisniewski - 1
Mark Balazsin - 1
Sergey Mukimov - 1
Claude Olivier - 1
Sebastian Reeh - 1
Sandor Kenez - 1
Mikhail Lapanik - 1
Fabio Tirelli - 1
Gabor Toth - 1
Zoltan Csuti - 1
Máte Mezoffy - 1
Norbert Leitner - 1
David Nagy - 1
Balazs Nagy - 1

Final standings:
http://game.raceroom.com/championships/61#standings