Was that the punt on Simmo at 4:38? Can't tell the car as vid is a bit grainy

Yes that was the punt that put Simmo from 3rd to out of the race. The annoying thing to watch was a few racers who did punt (whether by accident or not) not addressing the situation as opposed to Reinhard when he accidentally clipped Hara and then stopped and bumped Haras car back onto its wheels and then waited for him to go

It looks like Simon got out of shape on a few corners in the previous lap, bunched them up, got out of shape again through the chicane. But Meen didnt bother to back off at all.

I wonder if simon had peeled a tire or something in that previous lap?

There is a better video on the electric section TITC site this seems to be taken higher off the ground and above the drivers heads does look like he got out of shape
But still a good effort

You can up the resolution of the vid to 480p

too bad the dicing ended quickly - that part was very exciting to watch as the midfield action died quickly after that accident.

Locally, we're starting to get into 12th scale so if there's a class for that next year, I'll surely join! Also, it should make for less overweight charges at the airport!

Cannon, what main did you run the finals in? I was in main D of FF, finished 2nd. Unfortunately, didn't get the chance to meet you. We (Team Philippines) were seated right behind the TRF drivers.

Also regarding suggestions for next year, my biggest complaint was due to many no shows, there were many heats run with only 1 or 2 racers. I think it was like this until they reseeded on Saturday. Reseeding should have happened after day 1. A lot of time could have been saved by initially making the seeding based on controlled practice and paid entries, and latecomers who arrive for Q1 in new heats.

Other than that the event was very well run with the schedule being strictly followed to the minute. Was very impressed with the logistics, except for one incident when I crashed and a marshal (he was wearing organizers shirt sitting in scrutineer area) walked towards my car in the middle of the track and just stood there and looked at it. Another marshal (the head scrutineer) had to run into the track to flip my car over. To tell you honestly, I was pretty pissed at that incident since my run should have hit almost 18 laps in FF if not for that incident. I think I lost around 15 seconds because of that. I can imagine a briefing of all track officials and volunteers would have helped.

Looking forward to 11.5 again and 1/12th next year!!!

I was scheduled to run in your FF final but couldn't be bothered by that stage. After two weeks of driving I had had enough. Also my ESC and motor combo seemed slow so it was not worth the effort. The first 4 qualifiers let me down ... couldn't achieve rear grip. The last two qualifiers Jilles gave me a new traction compound and my car worked very well. If I had a few more of those runs I could possibly been high C or low B final. Oh well that is racing.

Yes marshalling was not good. In one qualifier my TC was punted into the pit lane upside down only to see the marshall pick it up and walk under the drivers stand with me screaming at him to bring it back

Racing in Thailand can pose a lot of new scenarios that you have to deal with ..... but JV pitting nude was not one I had figured on

too bad, was hoping for a higher main as well. on my end had too much grip and was rolling almost every other corner, hence our table calling my car a TRF edition (traction roll forever)! only had 1 or 2 good runs until the car settled, but still wasn't good enough because had to be conscious of the car going on 2 wheels especially in the sweepers!

must have been the same marshal as mine. Small local guy wearing the crocodile slippers with gelled up hair? I went up to him after my heat and asked him why he didn't flip my car after standing in front of it for 10 seconds and he said "WHY SHOULD I HELP?"... I almost flipped...

thats a classic

dont look...dont look...dont look There are still worse photo's of Jv than that one!

But why were you there taking the pics

Be careful Caretti ... or we will spill our guts on your adventures

No . . .

Ok ill shut up now

Justin Vergunst
A mild mannered creature in his natural habitat of an air conditioned pit area. I for one can find no problem with Justin's attire. He was comfortable and in his happy place............Simon and Ant, mmmmmm not so much.
You go you good thing JV you are my hero you should have driven your heats/finals in your "Race Suit"

Badman

That is one massive publicity stunt for me to trump next year.