Round 6 Nurburgring, Germany.
Jaco cleans the floor, Mav returns & Nick goes from Pitlane to Podum.

Once again the laptimes were dropping in the lead up to this race, however the weather gods threw a curve ball in the form of a little bit o' stinkin' rain. The track was damp or greasy, but never Wet, throwing a  lot of people offas it became a Lottery of which tyre to run. Those on the Wets seemed to fair best for both stints. Notable drives were Jaco who led from Start t Finish, Maverck came from somewhere in the back to end up in 2nd & also Nick Firth who pulled a no-stop after starting in pitlane to end up 3rd. Fastest lap went to Crossy who had a brief sot of grip o nSlicks  at the halfway mark.

Round 8 Suzuka, Japan.
Antoon still in control.

During the lead-up to this race, we saw Lap times tumbling & it was the new cars that were all up front with a lone Belgian Meat Waffle (BMW) in the mix too... Ferraris, Lamborghinis & single Porsche.  Qualifying saw the usual suspects up front & it was  Antoon on pole, followed closely by The Venter twins from yonder Essay. Brandon, Gunthar & Harrison rounded off the top 6 for Qualifying.  It looked to be a clean start as I didn't see any contact from my 7th place vanatage spot. I (Crossy) followed Harrison across a Ripple in T3 but didn't make it off & ended up kissing the wall & losing a heap of spots to rejoin in 13th.  Haven't seen other's battles, but I had some good early fighting with Kalo, Adriaan & a couple of others.  Will review it tonight add to this report.
In the end, it was Antoon in front, Jaco second & I somehow found myself in 3rd place.  Championship standings are still fairly "as they were" but with two rounds & a Drop round in the mix there is still room for change. Next, we go to Monza in another Super Sprint round (25 min & then a 45 min race).

Round 6 Zandvoort, Nederlands.
P. Antoon Takes what in the end is an easy win.

This was shaping up to be a bit of a train ride on a track that is hard to pass. However, Crossy got the jump from Antoon into T1 only to snap oversteer off in T3 & drop back to p10. Antoon took off & was never hampered from that point on. The Venters & Brandon Webley were challenging up front but in the end, it was a Hard charging Gunthar out to make up for recent bad luck that took 2nd in this event.
Crossy meanwhile made his way up to as high as 4th (albeit briefly) before his tires ran out of juice dropping back behind both Thinus 3rd & Webley 4th to hit the line in 5th place. Tires seemed to be a big deal in this event with Crossy Webley, DiMarzo & Botha all experiencing low grip moments that ended in Bovine-like Grass eating sessions in the outfield. 

Harrison was looking strong early on & brought the merc home in 7th behind Jaco. From time to time a Lamborghini was seen spinning wildly off into the dust as Rishi struggled with a very pointy setup.

 
Our next event takes us to the hills by Salinas, California. It's a Super Sprint round at the Classic Laguna Seca.

Race -1 Crossy takes the win & an early lead in the championship 27/4/23
Phil Antoon took pole in the Qualifying session, followed by Thinus Venter to complete a Ferrari front row lockout. Steve Crossland was in 3rd in the Porsche next to Josh Strahl in 4th in his Ferrari.  Crossy got the jump on the start & was able to get past Thinus to take2nd into T1. After latching onto the back of Phil A for the opening 3 laps he was able to get a run on the main straight forcing a Late-braking duel in T1. Phil went a little deep on the Marbles & wasn't able to pull up for the turn & ran into the Grass whie Crossy slipped through & into the lead. This set the scene for what was to come the following lap. Phil rejoined in 3rd & caught up to Thinus. After a good run from the Dipping right hander section Phil was able to pressure Thinus into a small error whichsaw him eating too much Sausage Kerb & run wide. He came back on & moved across into Phil with contact. This should have been a small tap but the Game physics sent Phil flying off track & into the wall, causing mega damage.  Crossy Meanwhille had taken advantage of this & built up a decent lead.
At the end of the 1-hour long race the preliminary results were as follows. There will be incidents to review whichmay cange the standings.