Rd.1 Bahrain - FSR 2024 ACA Championship

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] hello I'm Jack Nichols and welcome toak World [Music] title [Music] my go oh he's done it these two is going to do it his first Victory the world championship is [Music] done after 5 months of waiting it's back this is the opening round of the 2024 FSR Academy Season the Bahrain gr perie brought to you in partnership with vco Esports 13 teams and 32 drivers will battle it out to determine who succeeds Thomas SMI and super ventury as Academy champions my name is Edward Hunter and alongside me for qualifying and 40 laps of racing action is the fabulous Ross McIntyre Ross as ever in Academy we got a lot new and returning faces from the world of sim racing looking to prove themselves on track but the bin International circuit in Manama remains as the first stop on our 10 Race calendar and it's a track where we quite regularly see overtaking what challenges will it serve up to the academy field today well hello Edward thank you very much for that wonderful intro and again it is great to be alongside you it's great to be back for the FSR Academy series and as you said we are here in Bahrain what a brilliant circuit we have to host the opening round and the opening of the season with acad well the first race that we've got of the academy Championship the first race we've got of formula Sim racing and the barain international circuit as you can see up first alongside all of the other calendar uh well it is a tricky tricky circum see very very fast but a few tin and twisty sections as well it will serve up a challenge for the drivers and it's all about Tire degradation what can you do on the rubber to make it last we'll wait and see what the pace is looking like in qualifying shortly but let's just run over the championship schedule quickly of course today we've got bar before we head over to Australia in the second round and the third round open for a public vote which I think will be very very interesting indeed it's going to be between Baku Montreal or hackenheim and that is open and obviously that will be decided in due course then we're going to the Marina Bay Street circuit in Singapore Under The Lights we head off to Silverstone for round five IMA in San Marino for round six then we're going to Turkey for round seven the Istanbul Park circuit a great track lots of high speed Corners that we want to look forward to and then we're rounding out the season with Spar the Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas and then last but of course certainly not least on fourth of August we have the Japanese Gro Prix at Suzuka but it's Bain today and of course the academy the first of our three races that we've got due coming today of course followed up by the pro series and then the world championship and we can see the drivers under the lights out for qualifying this is a very very tricky circuit and uh although it's not too hot at the moment see track temperature 22 degrees ambient temperature just under 29 obviously being under the lights means that it's not completely scorching as's a sarchino purple first sector there as we are following around holl Stella who's currently gone a green sector one um sarino was setting the pace in the practice sessions Baron it is a brilliant circuit as oh someone's uh disappearing off of the circuit there again it is a private qualifying session so it's just you out on track proving your worth as we are on board with the man who was top at the end of practice sarino he is looking strong coming into the season one more turn to go we're just following him for this uh to complete this lap was purple in sector one oh seor two but he's dropped it on the exit of the final corner he will jump back into the pit Lane for a new front wing and make his way back out with 6 minutes and 45 seconds left to run but let's talk about Bahrain as I was saying very tricky circuit all about TI deeg around here and although the temperatures are low um it's still a very very tricky circuit lots of highspeed straights into heavy breaking zones then that tight and twisty opening half to the middle sector and the Fearsome turn nine and turn 10 where every driver will not be wanting to do what camot did in the 2020 Formula 2 championship um and then of course that ridiculously fast Left Right sweeper before the penultimate and the final straight As we see coming through now that is thyen making his way through there now DRS of course will be opened shortly and oh no he's decided to oh no he has crossed the line Sorry the line is a little bit earlier you expect the timing line it's not the start finish straight it's a little bit earlier is the timing line so a few drivers setting laps then jumping their way back into the pits uh we'd assume that everyone would be qualifying on the soft compound of rubber but on board with Mata at the moment he's going out on the hard compound looks like Crawford out on the hards as well so that could be interesting it a little bit of strategy maybe coming into play here of course we are expecting a pit stop uh you know 40 laps of racing as you said so it's going to be potentially a one- stopper race maybe a few drivers will be going onto the two- stopper to see what they can make of it we'll have to wait and see when the racing gets going um but again as I said this race head it is all about tire degreg and a few drivers may be feeling that starting on a harder compound of Tire will give them a bit more of an advantage later on into the day absolutely Ross and it looks to me like Carlos Mata Terry Crawford don't have a lot of academy starts to their name they're focusing more on the race and getting some experience on those harder tires uh usually in Academy it's uh here where we see the gambles happen is here is second the man second on the grid at the moment nandor Mara uh for Grand effect Sim racing he's going to be competing with no teammates all on his own at the start of this season poor Nando but lots of support in the chat for Nando Mar of course who had some really really solid drives really came of age last season it feels like Grand effect has always had somebody that they're always looking to move up the ladder we of course saw George salanus 2022 Academy Champion moving up to World Championship fulltime this season as Micah uh in the Hyperion sets a purple final sector then so uh Dan Bram all responds immediately by saying his personal best first sector as well so there's a great battle between the top three going on at the moment with uh uh cost us G on a Mattis not too far behind either as we look here at bral just absolutely oh getting really srly on the power out of turn 10 turn 10 is so tricky because it's such a constant radius left-hander leading into a hairpin essentially and you have to make sure you don't lock up because it can really destroy the front left tie if you're not careful absolutely I mean bin it's it's kind of considered a modern classic in the world of racing it is a brilliant brilliant circuit celebrating its 20th anniversary uh this year as well and uh it's really a firm favorite of racing drivers and Sim Racers alike and well that turn N Turn 10 complex is really kind of a the trickiest part of the circuit the one that everyone often thinks about that breaking downhill while you're turning and then as you said into that very tight Leander at turn 10 as uh that's sarchino now goes to provinal pole by half the tenth of a second he's completed the lap that time Mara was uh yellow in sector one but two green sectors puts him in fifth in the moment top three only covered by two10 of a second and then a bit of a gap back to viscot in P4 we've still got three minutes left of qualifying so we should be seeing everyone completing this lap then diving into the pit Lane for one final run again if you're new to FSR if this is your first time watching a qualifying session it is a private qualifying session so while all the drivers are out there completing laps uh within the r factor 2 the simulator of choice for FSR it is just the drivers themselves on the circuit they can't see anyone else they can't interact with anybody else it's almost like a private practice session but while everyone setting glps it's all going into the qualifying system and uh well so it basically means it's just about you you know you don't get any assistance uh from slipstream you can't be affected by slower drivers or by incidents in front uh so it just makes it a bit more fair shall we say we've got 2 minutes and 15 seconds left to go as raboli in the valley Esports car he moves up into p113 there he will have time for another go at it as now Micah that is a green first sector 27.9 to3 as he is flying through the s's section now this is where it's interesting on board Through The Hairpin on the run over the crest and into 9 and 10 this is make break for your lap it's looking very very good though a little bit of a correction on the entry over the bumps looks like mic is running a very very stiff setup through there as the track temperature continues to drop that'll be better for the soft shed Runners uh through the final or the back straight should I say and now flying back up the hill lots of elevation change lots of undulation here at Vrain and of course as well this is a track that actually hasn't been resurfaced as we run slightly wide there through the penultimate Corner the Baran International circuit has actually never been resurfaced although it's uh you know it's only only 20 years old uh so it's never had new Tac put down and obviously the scan that we have here in our factor to mirrors that so the bumps are accurate it's a very very bumpy very very dusty circuit not a lot of mechanical grip as Micah goes a bit closer he's in P3 at the moment with a minute left to go two green sectors in yellow final sector that puts him almost within the tent of sarchino but sarino a purple first sector he is really laying the gaunlet down and flying now as he comes into turn n and 10 over the bumps we go lovely and smooth through there for the man currently on provisional pole and looking to improve his time he'll be coming up to the sector two split after just a few left and right Corners we'll be seeing what the lap is going to be Ranon he is down in the first sector so he's going to need a monster sector 2 and sector three sarino up to the sector two split line now it is another purple sector sarchino is absolutely flying the go team at the moment he was really really quick in practice and with one corner to go he will be receiving the checkered flag if not he won't have time for another run of it looks good out of the final Corner doesn't drop it this time sarino to the line what it going to be wow what a lap it's a 128. n22 three T up on everybody else the first time into the 28 all of the action we've seen here at bar so far brone does not improve Pro he maintains three1 down Master to the line now he does improve slightly but not enough to make it up into four place he will qualify in P5 can anybody else disrupt the uh top five as we go around but Ed what a lap that is by sarino into the 28 he has really put the hammer down there yeah absolutely picked himself up after that early off sarino the winner in Academy here last year for Sims spark of course switching to go team and they'll be delighted with that lap Browski gallon Mattis and luac all setting personal bests in the first sector luac going a bit quicker Nando Mar by the way missed out to his former teammate Lucas viscot by 6,000 of a second as well in that battle for fourth as Gallo Mattis crosses the line now this is remat sorry his teammate who sadly does not improve from 22nd position but here's look Zack then teammate of sarino poers towards the line it's looking good in the first two sectors it's Fourth on the grid he displaces Lucas VIs great late effort there from lck yeah great lap there from Greg lak to slide into P4 awesome stuff from him as a gallon Mattis he comes to the line he'll stay in p8 it was Green in sector one but yellow's in sector two and three no improvements there it looks like that is going to be it for qualifying all of the drivers have set their time and the checkered flag is out it will be sarino on the pole position with the valley Esports driver lining up alongside him what a lap that was from sarino Gall the Mars as well great to get up into p8 for netrex late in the session but it will be jeppi sarchino he takes pole by 310 of a second the only driver into the 128 with danov brantham in P2 Micah will be P3 with Greg luchak in P4 Lucas viscot is in P5 with Mara in P6 for ground effect row four of the grid is made up of De brovi and Gall Martis with Lucas thaen and okhow in P9 and P10 borovski is in 11th with Chris gsof in p12 Ruben Vander hooding is 13th with K zeri in p14 mimo raboli a veteran of the academy series he'll line up in p15 with Cedric bill in 16th Andrew mahara is in p7 with persus Miram just alongside him with Alex hallow and Hayden cman rounding out your top 20 mjo vienti aich he's p21 with with remat in 22nd holl Stella will be 23rd with Terry Crawford in p24 Lou Smith is 25th and rounding out your grid it is matter for B Auto Service again one of the hard shed Runners that we saw in that session though be looking to move forward later in the race on an alternate strategy well then that is the end of the opening qualifying session of the season and a very very exciting qualifying session with that as well we are just a few moments away from 40 laps of racing and Ed well we've got to be looking at that sarino he's got to be the one to put your money on that lap was absolutely ridiculous but again it's one thing to be fast and qualifying it's another thing to be fast over 40 laps in a race yeah certainly uh sanino qualified I think fourth or fifth on the grid last year and uh came out of nowhere to beat Scott Flack in the end so it could be that someone else might surprise us today I think Micah wasn't too far off brand f as well and that Banner for second so I have a feeling our top three are definitely going to be the ones to watch if they can stay out of trouble but there might be some great battles lower down uh I just being reminded by the way uh it's going DRS it's not going to be within one second it's going to be within 0.7 second Gap and it's only on the Main Street so there'll be a single DRS zone of course there wasn't any DRS and qualifying as everyone would have noticed so this is something that people noticed last year at barin it was way too to overtake down the main straight so they've done this to sort of counteract that and let's not also forget that these are still the hybrid FSR cars that we're using last year so they will have a a certain amount of energy that they'll be able to deploy throughout the race uh tactically at their disposal and that's probably almost certainly actually going to be key to Victory managing that and using it at the right moment to either gain position or defend position absolutely uh track temperature is still continuing to drop uh we are currently just waiting for the end of the warm-up session where the track T has shut back up again but again as time goes on the track will get cooler and cooler as the night wears on in Bahrain uh so that's another thing to consider as well how the tires are going to react to the change in ambient temperature the change in track temperature the change in atmospheric pressure all of these things come in and can affect the car and can you know make someone FAS or slower just from the setup and how you like to run the tires so it's going to be interesting to see how that all unfolds over the 40 laps of racing that we have to look forward to here at the bin International circuit in sack here moments away now from the lights going out for 40 laps as I said sarino with a phenomenal Pole Position time uh the only driver into the 128 uh he's not headed out for the warm-up session I can see on our live timing but that will be ending shortly the drivers will be making their way onto the grid then there'll be formation lap and time to go racing well it's great to be back here in FSR of course the opening race of the Season not just for the Academy Championship but for all of FSR for our main three tiers of course if you're not if this is the first time watching formula Sim racing hello and welcome you join myself Ross MC with the brilliant Edward Hunter alongside me and uh we are oh you're too kind Ross I I try my best I try my best I did say you were fabulous earlier so yeah I had to I had to repay the favor Ed but as I said you join us here for the opening race of the season of The Academy tiies the third tier of the FSR ladder and of course this is where the very best in Sim racing come and prove their Wares in the hopes of getting a notice from the world championship teams and moving their way up into the FSL world championship of course that race will be on later today uh but as well we do have the Pro Race the second tier to look forward to shortly after uh the academy race has wrapped up the uh drivers now will shortly be making their way onto the grid the warm-up session has finished and uh then well actually just as I said I believe we are going to cut to the grid now which is perfect timing from me and there we can see the drivers all on the grid your pit sarchino looking very very fast indeed alongside him danov Bron 310 off a good effort from the valley Esports driver Mah is in P3 with Greg luchak for go team in P4 the 88 again with a similarly great time Vis Scot is P5 with Nando Mara in P6 well the fourth row is made up by mat de Browski and Costas gallon Martis as we head further down the order your top 10 rounded out by Lucas dyin and Oken how with borovski in P1 and Chris gitsov in p12 again Valley Esports continuing to throw as many cars as they can into the academy championships he's followed by his teammate Vander hooding with kener in P4 mimia roli it's p15 with Cedric bill in p16 for gothenberg GP p17 is Andre murisa and p8 is pures Miram top 20 rounded out by Alex hallow and Hayden Kalin for Sim spark and they are followed by venti aich and remat they make up p21 and P22 with holl Stell in 23rd and Terry Crawford for Sims spark in p24 then P 25th is Louis Smith and rounding out your grid is Carlos Mata going to be interesting to see what the strategy is coming through uh you can see uh on the live timing and their track side as well a lot of the top Runners choosing to go on the medium compound attire but Lucas viscot he's chosen to go out on the hard compound Alex Hallow's in p19 the only soft shed Runner according to our live timing so that could be very very interesting but de brovsky it would appear has also got on visot starting from the pit Lane so unless he's got a penalty that we or aware of maybe a problem there for the man who was due to s in fifth place dski also starting on the hard compound of rubber he's the only one uh currently out on circuit in the top 10 who's due to start on the hards that'll be interesting to see what they can do in comparison to the medium Runners as we reach the end of formation lap there we see Mata the final place on the grid they'll be looking to Long r borovski as well starting outside the top 10 he's on the hards as the drivers make their way in to the grid boxes it is crunch time now Ed it's all eyes to the lights to get going for FSR in 2023 s or 2024 now should I say sarchino sitting pretty on pole position can anybody challenge him he was looking ridiculously fast and qualifying well it it is March Ross we have plenty of time to get used to this but anyway uh absent slot on the grid of course for viscot so rfi.com clearly hitting issues there so team owner BOS would be hoping to get into the top up in sharpish year but yeah sarino needs to make a clean start here cuz bran we've seen how quick he was last year him and Micah are going to take advantage of any slip up here we are now just waiting for the five red lights to come on and we will go racing it is all eyes up to those red dots that we all love we all know what they mean Vis got missing from P5 sarchino sat on the pole position it is light out we are underway a great start there from brol on the inside he might get the run into turn one sarino didn't get a great launch away and he gets the inside line into P1 the valley Esports driver takes the lead but what can sarchino do as they come back up the hill looks to be all clean through the opening section the front two the front three should I say bolting away as mic looks to the inside up and turn four more moves being made in the background Gall marus had a look to the inside of borovski there around the outside I believe that is Canon daer having a look and uh it's all chaos in the background although they're all still on the black stuff just cars everywhere you look but bro what a start that was on the whole compound of Tire according to our live timing I don't believe he is actually on the hards it looked like the mediums on the formation down the inside from Oken there bit of contact but what a start there as the T corrects back to the medium someone there without a front wing it looks like Oken yeah it's ow he's not going a front Wing so big shame for him he'll have to crawl his way back around to the pit but what a start there from Brown got the perfect launch Val Esports driver is looking to bolt away immediately yes absolutely so Brom just nailed the start got the run into turn one got to the inside first and there was nothing sarino could do and now ji sarino is he's got matz mic for company so this is a dream start for valet and valet as you said they entered a lot of cars into this race but only the top two from each team are eligible to score points in the team's Championship so valet haven't stacked the deck in their favor necessarily like they did a couple years ago when they won the team championship by a grand effect over a point I think it was in 2022 but yeah sarino he's going to find himself defending more in this stint I fear from Micah who's also looking very very aggressive here as filin is over under attack from kener who gets through into e position absolutely great stuff there on the second lap of the opening race of the season a few drivers coming into the pits there uh so a few drivers clearly encountering ISS isues on the opening tour though there was no big collisions and another thing to note as well actually is the damage model for FSR in the off season so damage is much much easier you're much more susceptible to get damage that that looks like somebody retiring I believe is that L Smith oh no he's that coming in no it's just a replay at the start sorry got a bit too excited there as we are on board with now your race leader as he makes his way into his grid box we'll get a look at the launch it was an absolutely ridiculous getaway from the lights though we'll just have a look at the steering wheel as well keep an eye on that dashboard and listen to the engine revs as well you'll be able to hear what the getaway was like and uh the Lights Went Out the first La the initial launch was brilliant but the second phase just absolutely superb put the uh hybrid button to the floor just later on the brakes as well huge dive bomb from branom to get up into the lead down at turn one brilliant stuff from P2 on the grid and uh well he will hold on to that lead for the time being we go back on Bard them now 510 of the second ahead of sarchino DRS is now available on lap three again got to be within S10 of the driver in front uh to activate your DRS that is just a specific regulation for this track and the only DRS Zone down that front stretch So currently sarino obviously in real oh getting very very sideways there that was di Gall Martis having to go the long way around through turn three but th all sorts of out of shape there Gall Martis lovely move there from him he's been moving up in this race and is looking very very strong in this opening stint but wow thy that is a a little bit out of shape to say the least great job not to lose the car yeah welcome to uh FSR Academy Luca fing there we go but yeah that was a very very scary moment for him as uh unfortunately we seem to have run into a minor technical issue so we'll hopefully be back to the race shortly but yes it looked to me like that getaway from the start like Saro tried to close the door from the outside it was see Terry Crawford facing the wrong way uh But continuing again so that must have happened earlier and oh there we go round at turn 12 as well and hit by one of the net rexes that must be remat that hit him yeah big shame there for Terry Crawford he'll be able to continue uh so not the end of the world but a big shame nonetheless uh still ear in this race though long way to go track temperature continuing to drop 21.3 de now is the track temp on board with Micah he will have DRS does not as M as well gets the fast lap looks to the inside decides against it as sarchino goes just a little bit defensive there just showing a wheel to the inside just covering it off if he needs no DRS up this straight here but Micah looking very very close Greg luchak now having a look on De brov in front and now back to Micah as we continue to go around Micah really putting the pressure on sarino at the moment who' have expected this from jeppi sarino a stoning pole LA and in the race goes Micah Micah spins a perfect pirouette he'll be able to keep going but just drop the back end of the car will he lose any places I don't think he will manages to hold on to P3 shows how far ahead those opening three were but M just dropping the rear of the car coming through the s's section lucky didn't hit anything but man oh man what there for micha's going to make that all back up let's have a look at what happened I wonder if he just dropped a wheel onto the curb yes he did he just dropped a wheel coming over the curb did a great job to save it and not spit out to Bar yeah just touching the sand there on the outside and round he went as simple as that that shows the margins that these guys are operating at even though this is the academy series the third tier of FSR racing you are 100% on the limit all the time the racing is neck and neck there you are leaving nothing on the table and one simple mistake can make or break your day Mara now putting on the defensive from borovski been huding in trouble in the background being overtaken I think by filing there oh and yeah indeed huding it's very difficult to tell if the valley Esports car have a front Wing or not with that black front Wing as St now looks to the inside that would be very brave manages to hold it around the outside decides against it as he bangs into the rev limiter in six gear now down into third for the penultimate Corner going to watch the bump on the exit there a small Crest that can unsettle the car if you get on the power wrong um so you do have to be careful and then down the dip again a very tricky last Corner as well lots of undulation a little bit off camber that looked like Gall and Martis was getting a little bit out of shape there in front and as they uh come now across the line on board with thilen as we go oh oh getting slightly sideways Through The Hairpin you can see just how hard these guys are pushing it's only lap five of 4 to that race but it is 100% commitment 100% attack 100% of the time indeed uh there's an interesting fight going on here with debrowski who's made some great progress on the hard tires caneri gets a little bit sideways fighting with borovski for seventh through turn 11 there but but yeah de brow's Pace on on the hard tires has looked really really good so far uh especially compared he's been able to get past luac who's slowly been dropped by Mara who's got past him as well now so there's this great little fight going on uh inside the sort of for the top four position here so even though uh M push a little bit hard spun but we expect him to sort of catch up quite quickly to this top two fight as we see some pitters coming into the pits then uh and that's lak of course who looked like he was wearing those mediums out a little bit uh too quickly then so that's going to come back to B him now yeah interesting look at coming into the Pit's early doors sarchino now putting the pressure on branth so maybe the car just starting to come to the go team driver again those early few laps he just didn't look like he was quite comfortable didn't look like he quite out the pace again lost that first place out to branon down at turn one and then micer as well was putting the pressure on him until he dropped it uh so it'll be interesed to see how it all unfolds but Sarina now starting to attack he is with within the 7/10 margin for uh the DRS down the main straight again only one DRS Zone here at Bahrain that was a modification after the 2023 races where the DRS was deemed to be too strong overtaking was simply too easy and that's why as well it's the Gap has been moved from 1 second to close to the car in front to activate your DRS it is 0.7 seconds uh in this evening's racing across all of the championships as oh my goodness me who was that at the inside visot yeah it was viscot to the inside there tried to get out of the way of course those Corners you can't really see anybody coming through there and oh goodness B branam had to take evasive action oh my goodness me both of them getting out of shape sarino loses out big time he should get DRS he does get DRS CU he was within 710 of a second at the DRS activation zone so the uh the timing mark for where it is determined if you're within 710 of the car in front that's just before the final corner and of course he was close but then he dropped it a little bit great job to save the car lap seven it's really tricky conditions out there team maybe the track is just green maybe it's the the temps are a bit too cold who can tell both of the leaders are struggling we've had several incidents throughout the pack withough no major incidents uh a few drivers finding themselves worst for where going to be interesting to see what happens over the remaining 33 lap here in the opening round of the FSR Academy Championship here in sakure the barain international circuit hello and welcome if you are just joining us you have missed a fantastic seven laps of racing so far keep an eye on Micah he's still pushing although he dropped the car earlier uh you know spun around he is facing uh towards the back of sarino now once again looks to have a lot of pace on board that car those medium tires clearly doing a lot of a lot of work for the hper Esports driver middle and see yeah and they've had to even more work because they had to do a big 360 degree spin so a little bit of inexperience showed earlier for Micah but he's making up for it now he's laed a second a lot faster than branam last time round mainly because branam has been lapping the back Markus here I think it was Carlos Mata they actually getting by who got in their way at turn 12 and not Lucas viscot who started from the pit Lane and has actually made some decent progress as cut back to Gin Mattis in the net Rex who's all over the back of Canen who's dropped a little bit from the back of borovski he's going to get close in the breaking Zone breaks late he's got the inside this should be as long as he doesn't open the steing too much leaves enough space turns across caner backs out G the Mattis up to p7 yeah great stuff there from the netrex driver continues his charge through the field he has been one of the stars of the day so far definitely want to keep an eye on as the racing gets uh later into the day G Martis he is on a mission right now and I'm sure he'll be looking at a top five maybe a Podium come the checkered flag and as we go around The Hairpin now into turn nine and turn 10 which uh doesn't have a corner I feel it should be named the iock corner because I am very very pessimistic like that and uh well it's one thing that you don't want to do is what I refer to as doing the if anyone didn't watch the 2022 F2 feature race in bahin uh long St short slightly throw away the championship in that corner hopefully no one will be doing that uh today but again there's no Championship to throw away at the moment it's only round one uh no Championship points decided again if you didn't know just a reminder only the top two drivers for each are eligible for Championship points come to checker flag again you can enter as many cars as you want uh into the academy series uh take a look at Val Esports for example they turned up with seven cars at some of the races last year sanino does have the Dr s but it's only the top two drivers for each team that are eligible for points come the end of the race sarino wasn't close enough for a look that time but he is very very close now and maybe maybe coming at turn one on the next lap he could be potentially having a look at yes exactly and you're starting to see the experience of Dan o' Brown from show we saw so many great recovery drives from uh difficulties he'd run into early in the race and he'd be able to pick uh his way through the field and we also saw him just miss out on Victory at Suzuka last season in fact the race had actually run the full distance it's likely bran Von might have got snuck the win away from Peter nap on that occasion but yeah sarino has a he's definitely got a bit of a hurry up here because he's seen Micah reappear in the mirrors and he's starting to panic I think a little bit so it'll be interest to see who decides to pit first and get the undercut but with tiwe being such a big factor here uh we could see a couple of them try a one stop but I think a lot of them are going to probably favor the two stop because the mediums are just the better tires to be on it seems at the moment compared to the hards although de Browski has has made them work as has borovski I mean this this as I said earlier this will be a race that all comes down to how well you can manage the ties uh if it is a two- stopper it won't be as much of an issue uh you know especially as we're looking at the longer races in the Pro Series in the world championship a little bit later on today that'll be all about TI EG this one not too much only 40 laps of racing as sarino will definitely be having a look with the DRS this time but the two stopper will EAS that but you've still going to be able to manage your tie sarchino to the inside looks to take the lead but can't quite do it branon is looking mighty on the breaks down into turn one Michael schumacker Corner great stuff there from the valley Esports driver to hold off the attacks from sarchino behind who was looking hungry now he's found his rhythm now the car has woken up and he is looking mighty mighty fast in that go go team machine but for now branon doing a great job putting the car where he needs to put it continuing to hit his marks and keeping sarchino behind him again 30 laps still left to run it's not over yet but it's better to be in the lead than in P2 isn't it mic still closing in behind them as well if these two start to properly fight as well Micah will be straight back into the battle for the lead after that spin early on here we see kazer or we do see him we go to a replay very briefly what's this this uh that is to the inside there look isn't it pit stop trying to make a move yes there is luchak going round that's a big shame for him just a bit of contact heading through turn three easily done I mean obviously these guys the mirrors are not particularly big on a Formula racing car and when you're squeezing another drive like that unfortunately two does not go sometimes and that's what we saw there back to gallon Martis though he's putting the pressure borovski he'll have the DRS down into turn one he's very close actually just backing off a little bit heading into the final Corner bit of lift lift and Coast very smart there wants to get himself a better run onto the main strike will get the DRS borovski in front will not so this is prime opportunity for the netx driver down to someone dumping all the battery does he have a look to the inside no he doesn't I thought he would have at least had a little bit of a look as borovski goes very very defensive there but yeah decided not to but maybe it's because he's under attack from Canon Zer who is right up the rear of the network driver and maybe having a look into turn four decides against it this time again turn for a very very tricky corner to overtake slightly off cam but lots of undulation it goes over a Crest as well and uh it's deceptively narrow you think the corner is very very wide because of the radius uh but actually the the white line the track limits come up very very quickly and uh well it is very easy to overstep your mark and get it wrong and as well get the car a little bit out of shape if you get the power down wrong coming over the crest as they make their way onto the back straight these three looking very very close indeed borovski Gan Martis and ceneri neck and neck oh that was really late on the braks really committed from gon Martis almost looked like he was trying to have a go up the inside into the left hander there that's not a corner where you can really make an overtake but now he's under attack from kener once again so attack defend what are you got to do you're changing your stance every single Corner as they make their way down the back stretch and here the finger us they're losing so much time aren't they CU they're fighting each other as Here Comes sarino much closer this time gets alongside Brom into the breaking Zone at turn one and sarino retakes the lead at Bahrain yeah great move there by sarino textbook page one stuff simple as you like but it's effective on the breaks down turn that going that's mik out into the wall M may be out of the race yeah he is M DS got off the racetrack coming out of turn three did he hit the wall or did he Beach himself let's have a look and see what happened on the onboard oh he must hit Clips the Cur ohes yeah he just dropped a wheel again into the wall loses the front wing and suspension damage as well that's it for mat M the Hyperion Drive is day it's over two mistakes from him the second one fat big shame he looked like he had a lot of pace on board that is real shame he becomes yet another fatality in this race as down the inside goes ciri what a move through turn nine that was fully committed that was Brave and then some great stuff to p take P6 on the harder compound of tires G Martis on the mediums note maybe the medium rubber starting to run out just a little bit for the net Rex driver on lap 12 but man oh man Canan overtaker this season so far no doubt that's all once again at the inside of the penultimate corner it was very very difficult there for lab traffic to get out of the way of course they will get the blue flags waving but you can't see the drivers coming up behind you because it's that you're coming over Hill there's the fast right hander before it until the very last second and then you've really got to dive out of the way so that could be something to watch out for traffic potentially playing a very very big role in this race here at the barain international circuit no changes for position down into turn one this time keni though looking absolutely Mighty now it's Stylin who wants to have a go on Gall Martis who suddenly looked like he may have hit the cliff his Pace that we were seeing early on just dropping off a little bit Ed yes exactly it's been a couple of years since uh G the mar competing in academy and so that the formula has changed as we see up the inside goes Lucas viscot who started from the pit Lane Powers past Hayden canon in The Sims spark then so Luca viscot using the hard tires to good effect here he did make that late switch to them before the race started and the roll fit.com driver uh making good use of them so far and what I was going to say about that boroski kener g Martis fight is with them all fighting each other oh and they have to go around the outside of oh that looks like one of the um B cars I think that's just being laed there and uh that's really impeded gsub here yeah really really close racing everywhere you look oh GS off had to put a little correction in there and uh again getting it a little bit wrong on the exit of the corner as well but viscot losing time it would appear down the back straight away so uh we'll have to wait and see who's going to come out on top of this battle we shouldn't be too far off of the medium Runners stopping oh BR in the pits is he say that yeah as I say that branth comes into the pits let's see what ties goes on to we're on lap 14 of 40 at the moment the virtual pit crew will be doing their absolute best it's another set of the medium tires so grandor on a two stopper okay that makes things interesting he'll be going on the softs for the final stint with a late late stop uh so he'll be stopping with about 10 laps left to go for a quick blast on the soft tires can sarchino though run this stint longer can he make it a one stopper if he goes medium to hard again it is possible in a 40 laap r but then you've really got to look after your ties it's going to be interesting to see branon comes back out in P1 just ahead of teammate Maxim roli so the valet driver he won't be facing any attacks from behind I'm sure as he puts his sight on persus Miram in front great stuff there from the valley Esports squad branon though he decides to stop early will'll keep eye on sarino when he comes through and pures that looks like Miram actually that's not Miram that's remat being lapped in the net that is Rems being lapped I apologize was I was going to say it looked a bit like he was letting him through there and that's why it was a blue flag to get him out of the way so brol now he's got clear track in front of him so he can now just get his head down hit his marks and do what he has to do to close the gap and hit the undercut on sarchino kener up in P6 on the comp attire putting the pressure on G Martis who has got back through in the last two lap oh sarino responding into the pits goes the race leader and he was pulling away so this is interesting I thought he might extend a bit longer but uh that's go team deciding they need to go now and that puts debrowski on the hard ties into the lead de brow's Pace looking pretty solid at the moment yeah it is indeed sarino then he comes out from the pits and nice stop there oh G Martis oh contact front Wing gone for gal Martis a real shame there for him sanino will hold on to the net lead but the NX driver who's been having a great day so far A little bit of wheel banging it looked like it was with bosski and the front Wing is gone he will have to dive into the pit Lane sanino back out on the medium compound rather he will also be on a two- stopper oh what a shame for gal the Martis he was running so well and now he's going to have to slowly bring it into the pits and that just shows how brutal the revised damage model is for 2024 the lightest of touches and the front Wing completely gone there is sarino he's got Mir around between himself and BR come so a bit of a buffer bit of breathing room there for the net race leader for go team racing and I'm sure that is a gap that he would love to see as Miram he will just be watching his mirrors with Sarina hoping Persia Miram can hold up branom in the valet Esports car for as long as Phil physically possible but great stuff there from sarchino a great in laap to maintain that lead and even build on the Gap from branon so now it's all about just kind of holding your marks watching your ties bringing it home for the final pit stop with the third SP uh third stim there is G the Martis he'll be bringing it into the pits after losing his front wing on that uh on the previous lap and a real shame for him he makes his way through there is sarino uses the DRS on the huding and through he goes nice and easy move done before the breaking Zone and another place made for your net race leader again everybody in front is yet to box s Chino and in front of apart from Vander Hing brol is in the net P2 lab 16 of 40 here at the Barron International circuit in Formula Sim Racing Academy Championship it's been a great race so far Ed currently sarchino he looks to be in control yep uh going back to gallon the Martis who's just come out the pits with a new front Wing put on uh I think it looked like he was sort of on the outside stranded B toski had to sort of go back to the racing line and unfortunately gam Martis it was a bit of a 50/50 sort of racing incident from what I saw there G Mar just couldn't get out of the way in time and unfortunately his front Wing got torn off as collateral there as branom uh sets a purple first sector there so it will be interesting to see how it works out for the hard Tire Runners because uh I think Bron for me is doing enough to hold the net lead but debrowski I think could potentially if uh if there's a lot of traffic for br for here then debrowski could really be in that fight for second then so all hope is not lost the Hyperion despite the retirement of Micah in dramatic circumstances because Mara on the mediums he's one of the few that hasn't stopped yet on the mediums and he's not making any inroads no he is not at the moment de brosi currently leading he is yet to box so could be a one stop for debrowski as we see bosski come in and he started on the hards remember he did indeed so we want to see what ties he goes on to looks like it's a set of the medium rubber won't be able to take that to the end I don't think dooski yeah looks like he's going to be lining up for a one stoer so he's going very very long in this opening stint and then have a very grueling stint on the mediums uh for the last half of those races oh there we see neck and neck all of the drivers coming out that's gets off borovski in there as well thin also having a look they are really really close four drivers Five drivers all neck and neck who's going to come out on top was this one is they almost three wide heading up the second straight up into four somehow they've all stayed clean and avoided contact brilliant racing action now here comes Andra maharas Sara up to outside wow look at this good soft now to the outside of kener unable to quite make it work this is brilliant action in the FSR Academy series unbelievable stuff from those five drivers a whole gagger of cars racing at its absolute finest here in the academy Championship Kanan he'll managed to hold on to p12 at the moment he'll be looking to try and get through Andre maharasa to try and get up into p 11 and then just in front of them as well thain to squeeze his way into the top 10 still a few drivers in the top 10 that are yet to box Mara as I say that does box from P2 so we're waiting see what Kani getting badly held up here by andream marzoa but a great move by the Madagascar to interrupt you us but just wanted to get that in cuz otherwise I wouldn't get the chance absolutely no problem whatsoever Mar comes in for a set of the hard compound of Tire uh he started on the mediums so he'll be looking to go long and make this a One Stop uh 22 laps and the HS should be doable I believe if he's good on his ties Vander Harding also into the pits as we speak handen unable to find a or has found a way through Andre marara as I say that's a Canan up into P10 now he'll be setting his eyes on thin in front but yeah the go team driver was not doing kener any favors there is De Broski starting to face pressure from sarchino I don't expect he'll be doing much defensive work again sarchino is not his race right now and he needs to be watching his tires late into the stint doesn't want to be tasing any pressure SAR is only 10 seconds that might be a lap C that I saw behind there briefly so ignore everything that it was indeed a lap because ignore everything I've just said but uh if zarino somehow does make up 11 seconds before D brosi comes into the pits I wouldn't expect see much defensive work as there we see another driver coming into the pits further down the order de brosi doing a great job at the moment holding his own that was Crawford coming into the pits currently p21 and a lap down he goes there is sarino your net race leader branon just behind him in P2 a pretty comfortable Gap there at the moment around 5 seconds it's not out of sight but he's not really facing any pressure from the valley Esports driver at the moment borovski though is facing pressure from Thailand and Thailand will have the DRS I believe L and see the Gap look very very close as they come to line no he's not going to get the DRS he wasn't quite close enough at the activation zone so batovi can just hold onto that p8 for another lap or so but th that he's been looking mighty at this race has been looking mighty on that Medium Tire as well borovski he's doing a good job th has been carving his way through the pack as has Keri behind who's also starting to catch di as we speak they've got Mar in front who's just boxed for a fresh set of the hard compound at Tire uh few seconds in front of borovski again not a Mar's race I don't think we'll be seeing much defensive action uh from Mar if borovski is to catch up to him but he is also on a much fresher set of Tet so we'll have to wa to see it's all going to unfold Mar a pit in response to borovski pittings that was to prevent being undercut there but also Mara ran very very long on the mediums in that first in so a lot of people speculating that ground effect may be trying to One Stop with Mara sort of the opposite strategy to what debrowski Bill Miriam and rioli are doing essentially where they've started I think on the hard and they're going to switch to mediums when they pit though this could actually work out fairly well for Mara at least in track position it could indeed we'll have to wait and see how it's all going to unfold over this latter half of the race we are halfway through now lap 20 of 40 dski cross the line there to bring us to the halfway point track temperature is still dropping it's now 19.5 de C the brosi could be on to something here because obviously as the track temperature goes down it's a little bit nicer on your tires byin is not a particularly kind circuit to tires it's very abrasive um lots of high speed Corners as well it does like to [ __ ] your rubber but as the track temperature goes down that is going to make it easier so if d brovi goes onto the medium ties for his uh second stint which is what we're assuming he will do um yeah that's going to be a lot easier for him and again with a lighter fuel load as well uh obviously you know we've been Racing for 20 laps so the car's going to be less heavy the track temp is going to be colder so that stint on the mediums is going to be a lot easier for him that it was for the guys running the mediums in the opening stint and even the guys running the mediums now so D brovi I think we should keep an eye on him that strategy is looking very very good sarchino is carving into him at the moment it must be said when he boxes if he boxes this lap he'll be coming out with a round about P6 p7 but he goes around for another tour I think be another few laps before he comes in he's taking nearly 2 seconds per lap out of him so that really shows you how slow he's having to drive to keep those hards alive to do the One Stop strategy but doing that one Pit Stop less it'll save time in the pit Lane which will be significant so Hyperion could end up as we say like a lot of the one Stoppers would track positions in the closing stages but they will have to do some defensive driving as Mara now being held up a bit actually by raboli who comes into the pits and that has allowed borovski his former teammate from last year to close on him and he's going to try and move up the inside into turn one can Master do anything on those hard ties he's going to be stranded on the outside needs to make sure he doesn't lose his front wing and it wisely backs out of that on so borosi now looking for a net P4 here essentially yeah great stuff from borovski and uh yeah lovely move as well up into turn one textbook stuff and uh yeah he's he's running very very well at the moment is the r fit driver doing a great job and just as I've been saying it over and over but one the drivers he's just going out there hitting his marks and doing what he needs to do just putting the car in the right place again at this stage of the race for those on a two stop it's just about getting it to the end of the stint you know not worrying about too much about where you are necessarily and those around it's just about getting yourself in a position so for the final stin on the softs it is all out maximum attack and that is where your race will be made but borovski has having a great race so far track's actually just snuck back up a little bit there interesting to see that again you can just see uh on the top right of your screen the ambient and track temperature is just heading up just a little bit de brovi now onto lap 22 sarchino is really really reeling him in now again I'm not expecting dski to be putting up much of a defensive effort at this time it's not his race he just wants to bring these tires home and make that one stop work and you can see he's really having to crawl around you know just to make these tires off they will be screaming as he heads through the corners know not a lot of rubber left not a lot of tread left should I say but yeah he's doing a great job at the moment to make those tires last but there is the man in the net race lead at the moment sarchino uh of course when de brosi does pit or he'll get into lead or he may even get through before such as the pace of that go team car at the moment we'll have to when and see what he's able to do it's lap 22 we don't know when dsk is going to pit we're assuming it's going to be in the next couple of laps I think it might be this one because he's just set a 1351 he's been caught by nearly 3 seconds lap Now by sarino so his pace is hemorrhaging and uh not only is borovski reaching his pit window but Mara as well and Dr keneni filing with him as well so it could be just more cars he has to pass unless they're really worried about life on the medium tires at Hyperion especially after mic spun out on them we'll have to wait and see Dei rounds the final Corner does he d to the right hand side to go into the pits no he's going for another tour know maybe they are worried a little bit about the mediums maybe he's happy to sacrifice Pace now for the benefit late in the race and especially when everyone else is coming out on the soft as well you know what he's gaining in one less Pit Stop he is losing out in track time that's the nature of the one stopper again I don't think we'll be seeing much of a defensive effort when saino is close enough to have a go he's not close in the at the moment again you can see he's just got so much more confidence on the brakes so much more confidence in the front tire and uh he's being held up there you can see D Broski not making any defensive efforts I'm sure he will just drive his normal line there actually sarchino didn't get a great run through there bit of dirty air kicking up and actually running a little bit wide there is De brovi Sarina will be going to the inside and indeed dski does not defend oh they bang Wheels I don't think dski saw him coming they touch Wheels looks like no damage for either of them sarino back to the race lead that looked like it was going to be a pretty easy move but I I don't know if sarino just ran a bit wide or D brosi didn't see him as he turned in they do B Wheels though don't think zarino is going to be too happy with that but no damage for either of them on lap 23 sarchino back to the lead D brosi look at oh he's really struggling now surely this lap is the one he's I think he stayed out a lap too long Ross because that really cost him I think he did he's really struggling now after that half spin as well saracino's put three seconds in and Bran's coming in so we should be seeing D brosi ducking to the right hand side this time no okay I mean I'm no strategist but uh 13 I I don't think this is the one but okay again Hyperion clearly knows something we don't they think that the the hard tires magically regenerate at some point well he's got to do two different compounds so he's got to pit for probably the mediums you would assume at some point although riboli and gitsov in valet have both gone onto the softs and a setting fastest laps of the race but they're going to run out of tires very very quickly unless they pick for another set of softs before too long but yeah branom now he's going to hope that he can get past debrowski quickly CU he would have hoped he would have dived into the pits and he' have a nice clear drag head in which to catch sarino and now he's not going to get that luur and once again he catches him at sort of turn nine turn 10 here and is going to be going around the outside are they going to make contact this time just enough space left for the two of them side by side they go through turn 10 and br's going to have much better grip just goes clean around the outside of the Hyperion and the post driver de Browski down to Third and just hemorrhaging time continuously indeed he is surely this time then you lap 24 40 is's put in An Almighty stint on the soft compound of rubber we actually for the BR here soft hard even sorry been a long week uh you know well it will be on the mediums in a moment I'd be very surprised if goes on to the softs but surely this time surely we'll be seeing him duck to the right and uh yes we do it's lap 25 of 40 where D brovi finally makes the decision to come in those tires must be down to the threads he'll come in it should be a set of medium rubber going on as he comes into the virtual pit box and indeed it is the yellow side walls the medium compound of rubber that should easily take him to the end of the race now uh 15 laps yeah he will have to do a little bit of T comp oh G is out dnf for gallon Martis one of the stars of today he had an issue earlier after a collision where he lost his front Wing has he had another incident okay that looks oh my goodness me that one of the b car he just hit tagged the rear tire while trying to lap it and while trying to overtake look saac at the same time so just three into one did not go and the boa just deed to push to the inside to try and let them through but unfortunately that's where the racing line is Oh that's a real shame I think uh Luke track might be having a word with the stewards after this one what a shame for gallon of Mars that's no way you want your race to end but as I like to say traffic Causes Chaos and this time it's caused a whole lot of chaos for the netrex driver G Martis down and out after a fantastic showing over 25 laps of the opening round of the Season he will be gutted with that one and Carlos Mata from B racing team has just been disqualified so I would assume that might have something to do with what we just saw there yeah potentially as well uh we'll have to we'll have to see if we can get the the stewards in uh to let us know what's happened but man that's uh a real shame there to hear from that for the disqualification but borovski then holding on to P3 at the moment he is 21 seconds back from your race leader about 15 seconds back from branon Marcel though on the hard comp by the tires only a few seconds back he's not within Dr range uh DRS range yet but he's certainly starting to feel the mirrors of the driver in front certainly starting to maybe just occupy the back of boros's mind and this could be a battle that gets very very interesting as the race goes on uh we should be seeing some of the Front Runners coming in for their final stops in not too long now only a handful of laps we are seeing a few drivers out there on the soft compound of RA already roli and gitsov both of them valy Esports drivers they've come in for a soft stint that should take them to the end but yeah they got you're looking at your saas your bran Thoms your borovski uh well maybe not borovski but Sarina and branon certainly uh they should be starting to think about when am I going to come in for my soft combat robber of course they'll be on the radio to race Engineers to teammates they'll be looking at the data looking at the tire wear and also just feeling the car as well and making the call it's highly unlikely at this stage that they've got a perfect road map set out when exact lap you're coming in of course given the change in track temperatures they'll have a rough idea of when they could run the ties to but it won't be okay I'm coming in on this exact lap it'll be will be coming in between let's say lap 27 and lap 29 cooler as you feel look at the data look at the pace then you can decide to bring it in so we'll have to wait and see when those Runners who are ready for a pit stop are ready to come in caneri he's going around for another tour chasing down Thailand and not close enough for the DRS but very very close indeed is the team GG driver caneri another driver who has been on fine form today unfortunately looks like we've lost Alex Hallows as well another dnf from this race 21 remaining out running it's going to replay that let's see what happened to Alex Hallows uh hopefully oh just pulled into the pits and uh yeah looks like so came in for the pit stop oh and just uh no so he came in quite slowly looks like that just automatically boxed him but maybe had damage or a problem of some description but Hallow's out of the race for him but we go back to the kener battling with th and now Canan is all over the back of the man in front he is almost sniffing the gearbox of the driver ahead of him in P5 cananero is flying at the moment and we'll surely Ed surely have DRS coming down the front straight yeah the man who was actually fast set the first time the race just on the previous tour or well the one before the previous tour now is Magnus hhag he's at a 1 32.3 on uh the hard tires which are six laps old as well so that shows you that the hard tire caner is capable of producing some pretty good lap times which is good news for Mara of course he doesn't need to overtake borosi if he's one stopping he could uh what well end up with a big gap that bosski filing kener and debrowski will have to close but debrowski meanwhile closing on kenian filing while they fight each other and here comes caner the team GG driver pulls out to the right opens DRS going to be comfortably done before they get to the corner and fing the optimal will have to sit behind and now defend from debrowski he will indeed so zosi then p7 and he's been another driver very very quick again on that one stop pulling out the AL mightiest of stints he'll be looking to move forward but again he's also oh a little bit of a wobble there coming into turn four he's got to think you know he can't push these tires too hard because he is running a long medium stint um even though it's you know the track temperature it's cooler than it was in the earlier part of the race he's got less fuel on board uh you know we can see that he can manage the tires after that Mammoth opening stint on the hards but he really doesn't want to take it out of these tires too much now because he knows that everybody in front of him has got to come into the pits at some point um and that's where he's going to make up the time and then he can start to really push the tires a little bit later inant he just wants to look after them for now of course not saying that he can't make the move on thin which is looks like what he's going to do but he doesn't want to race too hard he doesn't want to use and abuse this robber too hard too early or even overheat them because if he overheats these tires now he's going to be in a world of pain come the last couple of laps so he's just going to try and make it textbook DRS uh moves down into turn one just L her on the brakes nice and simple and he's going to try and avoid fighting where he can to make this medium rubber last as long as it can Ken's dropped it coming out of the final corner and he's managed to get going again he's going to come straight into the pits he's decided that Now's the Time for the soft robber for his final stin I wonder know what happened did he just maybe clipped the curb or run out of talent a bit as D brosi up into P5 now after caner spins Andes again we we're expecting pit stops at some point now anyway was it the tires gave up or was it you know they were reaching the end of the life he's dropped it may as well come in now let's have a look Clips to cover oh that's a very strange spin very lazy spin just clipped the curb and the rear just rotated it wasn't even on the curb it was sort of mid Corner time so he's going to come into the pits now let's look at Dei nice and easy so Canan then he comes in he's lost a bit of time but not a complete disaster for him Ed no not at all at least he is still on the race could still get some very very important points out of this one as he emerges in 12th position then but like you were saying for debrowski the DRS and a bit of that energy deployment from the hybrid batter is really going to help him here in ter of making moves down the straight 6 seconds now to make up to Mara as sarchino comes in from the lead for his final stop of the race with 10 laps to go he does indeed race leader in let's hope this is a good stop he does oh Bron in as well same lap okay they did have a few seconds between them but Battle of the virtual pit crws sarchino we see what tire he's going on to uh bran Thor's onto the soft compound of Robert as we expected sarina's on the mediums uh it's saying both on soft on Race view so that's what I'm assuming just our Factor two just not quite booting into gear on the server so we should be seeing that uh compound color change in a moment then uh yeah it' be very very unusual for him to go into the mediums but it is saying soft on the live timing so we are are going to assume the Saina is on the soft compound rather than that the servers just having a little bit of a moment it's been working hard today you know with all the high stakes racing we've had going on and indeed the uh the ties are outdated sarchino is on the soft compound of rubber they will bring those ties to the end sarchino looking very very comfortable branom has some traffic has to work through in De brovi and master de brovi wow he's looking at an absolute Master Class of a strategy here um you know he's currently looking like he could be sniffing a Podium come the end of the race if it all goes his way that is brilliant from him again don't expect him to be fighting r on too hard that's not his race right now his race is with Mara what should be the final Podium Place uh Mara on the harder compound of tires uh he's got uh well he'll be um yeah a little bit slower than D brosi at this stage uh branth should be getting drest very committed through there from the valley driver through the penultimate Corder you can see the rear of the car complaining this is flat out action now on the soft tires qualifying laps to the end dski again doesn't go defensive into the final corner so he should just be letting branon through with the DRS which is what we'd expect and indeed he does and uh there goes the DRS move up the inside easy as you like and he won't be challenging him on the braks either so de brovi again happy to run his own race racing smart another driver into the pits there that looked like it was viscot that's coming in indeed it was so Hill play coming in for his final stop that it will be from the hards onto the soft compound of Rober shley given there is only nine laps left to run in this race interestingly borovski pick the previous L when he put on another set of medium so perhaps rfit might be a little bit worried about the life of the soft tire filing though in the optimal he went for softs he did indeed so borovski uh he's going to run these mediums to the end uh yeah maybe a bit of concern I mean again this is a race where the One Stop Vis got going on mediums as well his teammate of course yeah of course um the one sto is is possible we think we're seeing de brovsky do it now um the two stopper obviously is the one that most drives are on the alternate strategy TW stopper maybe a few teams just worried a little bit about Lipan come the end of the race maybe maybe it's just the fact that borovski wasn't close enough to the guys in front maybe he had a fre Pit Stop behind and just thought you know let's just pit him for mediums and just secure this place who can tell we'll have to ask him come the end of the race if he fancies an VI but we'll wa to see there is Mara currently in P2 I'm sure that he's being pounded down by brol on that soft compound to rob that fresh soft Mara on an old set of hard so uh yeah he's uh not going to be the fastest out on circuit at the moment you can see the car not looking entirely happy as well just a little bit skittish coming down into turn one having to adjust the steering wheel a few times to get the rear rotated as that's into the pits Vander hooding he comes back out on the soft compound of Robert that's his final stop of the day with eight laps left to run in this race and well the valley guys though we very happy with how they've done at the moment branon is H looking set for what will be a P2 presuming everything goes his way Vander hooding as well looking for a top 10 gsof and rabol as well both great drives from them as uh yeah so valy Esports once again they'll be very very happy it will be as it stands bran Thor and Vander hooding bringing home the points for the ever popular Italian Squad of course here in the academy series you can enter as many cars as you want but it's only the top two finishes for your team in the race that score points uh for the team so the lik of roli and Chris gitsov they will not be bringing in any points for uh valet Esports uh they will of course score Championship points for themselves but they will not be counted into the team's Championship it'll only be branth and Vander hooding as it stands that will be getting those teams points borovski now on the rear of Bill in the fight for fifth place again he did box for a fresh set of mediums a few laps ago and you can clearly see he's turned the pace up now pushing those mediums very very hard is borovski and he's very very close as well definitely has DRS down the front straight dumping all of the battery I'm sure is Bill to try and keep the rfit driver behind him but there's only so much you can do and you've got the slipstream and the DRS and look at the warp speed it's done 200 M before the breaking Zone you can see Ed while people complaining about the DRS here last year but a lovely move by borovski up into P5 yeah a good strategy from the Slovakian bill is also on the same strategy as the Browski are eight laap hold medium tires in this stint then bosi on three laap hold medium tires so it' be interesting 15 seconds for the Browski who's only uh 1.8 behind bran F so it's a fre second gap between Mara and de Browski and if de Browski and cap pass Mara quickly then borovski could potentially be in contention for fourth place which would be his best finish in Academy to date so big big incentive here for the man who he's rebranded that team over the winter it's interesting because B borovski told me oh I really want my team to be taken more seriously on the rear wing of that role it's got the words la la la la la as if he's saying I can't hear you whenever he passes someone which I think's amazing on these CS got to have a bit of humor D you got to have a bit of humor again obviously as seriously as we take SIM racing there's got to be a fun aspect for it as well why would we do it there is Brandon on Mara easy as you like DRS done deal moving onward swiftly lap 34 of 40 there is seven almost s seconds should I say between sarchino your race leader and branon who we are looking at now yeah it would have to be a monster monster effort for bran to catch sarchino with the pace that sarchino is having at the moment there is D brovi who is slowly catching Mara de brovi could very well be in for a Podium here yeah six TS faster than Mara last lap borovski though setting 132 F which uh 1.2 second is faster than marer at the moment so if he keeps doing it's not going to catch him quickly enough but he could get quite close if uh Mar's Pace starts to slow down as he's defending from debrowski absolutely but I think we could safely say that the one stopper from leowski what a master class of strategy it has already been you know we were sat there wondering when is he going to pit when is he going to pit why isn't he pitting and this is why he wasn't pitting because now he is fighting for a Podium place in the Hyperion Esports car brilliant brilliant action from him Mara ahead those hard ties will not be the happiest they've ever been right now out and again just not up to the pace of De brovi behind at the moment and it'll be five laps left to run shortly you've got to think that it will be D brovi making his way through Mar there is Vander hooding currently fighting with ceneri uh ceneri on the mediums while Vander hooding on the hard compound of hard soft tires should I say and uh well you'd think soft tire at this point that's the tire to be on that is the tire that you want to have they are of course the fastest compound of rber but of course Canen Ed we've seen he's been absolutely mesmerizing today and maybe it's time for some more defensive Brilliance exactly uh so yeah kener uh definitely needs to be a bit careful on the on the fle pedal but he's he's training a lot of aggression a lot of SP some great moves and some great battles he's been involved in but uh at the moment uh rather than catching Luca filin oh he's catching by about half a second of course but even quicker than him is ven Hing behind on those softs then so you'll see what uh Ruben ven Hing does here whether he picks an unconventional corner to attack in or whether he just waits for that good run out of that final Corner that he needs yeah absolutely absolutely could have said it better myself in fact had five laps left to run then in the opening race not just of the FSR Academy Championship but of FSR full stop it's great to be back in 2024 and it's great to be here at Barron it's been a brilliant brilliant afternoon of racing so far and of course make sure you don't go anywhere one the checken flag has fallen uh because we've got the Pro Series race and then the world championship races uh they are later on today and they of course I'm sure will be serving up more Fantastic action right now we're looking at Thailand who is currently putting the pressure on PES Muran Tha on the soft robber again a driver who been very very quick today he's very close he'll hang back here and get the DRS and uh get another DRS overtake I'm sure yep as I thought so he hangs back he will get the DRS it wasn't a great final corner for Miram but here we go and oh Miram squeezing thil in a bit I think that's a little bit rude when you know you're not going to be able to defend the position but you know hey ho that's that's how it goes I suppose as Vander hooding in Canen here almost touching wheel to side pod but Vander hood and gets through late on the brakes down into turn one great stuff from the valley Esports driver he is up to P9 with a brilliant brilliant move there just superb stuff from Randa hooding yeah and it was a 13 laap old mediums on Cedric Bill whereas filin's only been on those softs for five or six laps but up front by the way Battle of third intensifying is debrowski now within 8/10 of nandor Mara so Mara four laps to go how much is he going to fight here it's canan's round again I can't believe it Ross oh what a shame for Canan two spins at crucial times he's been spectacular today as well just unfortunately the bar International circuit getting the better of him yeah another very weird lazy spin just clipping the C oh he touched the wall as well bringing it back around is that giving him suspension damage maybe we hope not this l in the race damage is oh and Dei pass master debrowski has passed Master there we go de Browski the strategy master class is complete up into the podium places wonderful wonderful scenes there from the Hyperion driver just brilliant brilliant stuff from him and well what a race he's had again we were sat watching him through yeah just great stuff from him and there we see Vander hooding now on pures Miram through he goes easy big lock up for Miram into turn one somehow keeps it on track ground yeah running very very pers Miram is really not having a good time at the latter end of this race is he just whatever reason Miram just can't make it work out there at the moment no uh he's certainly on the similar strategy to his teammate although I think he has actually run he pit a bit earlier so he's done 15 Laps on the medium Cedric bill has only done 12 so that's why bill his pace is in a little bit more stable up front in sixth position though although he has been caught by fing 5 seconds behind filin lapping almost two seconds a lap faster than him so finin may catch before the end but whether he can pass will be another matter it's going to be tight in that battle for six but Mar now has just got to hope that the mediums on De Browski fall off a cliff here like we saw with the hards at the end of that s but Mar's been on those hards 19 laps he undercut to get track position but now he's really feeling the pain of that yeah he is indeed at the moment Mara will have to settle for P4 it looks like that would still be his best finish best finish best finish to be fair to him you know can't fault that but when you are tantalizingly close to a Podium it has got to hurts doesn't it um but yeah still a great race from him nonetheless and uh you know P4 as well borovski is some way behind that's 12 seconds behind and unless Mara has an absolute nightmare over the next two lapse I don't think that's going to be happening as there is viscot on pous Miram mirams wo continue as down into turn one viscot gets the move done great stuff there PES Miram is just he's really hoping the checkered flag can come as soon as possible isn't he really really not having a good time out there on that Medium rubber at the moment a real shame for him but he's only got two more tours and soon the pain will be over for bures Miran what a shame for him he's just he's had a good race but in the latter stages for whatever reason it has just Fallen apart for him and uh sometimes you know that's racing sometimes it all comes on rvel but it's got to hurt it has got to really hurt when you consider the effort that these guys put in the hours and hours of practice of a setup work of teamwork they're putting in you know these guys have so much commitment to FSR they really it's literally you come home from work or school and you're jumping on your sim ring and you're just doing laps for hours and hours and hours you have to make so many sacrifices even to be at the Academy level of formula Sim racing such is you know the enormity of formula Sim racing of FSR such as you know the difficulty of these championships and uh you know when you're putting that much in it really has got to sting but Pur absolutely R hold off can to be he might still be in for a top 10 finisher yeah and I do have to apologize to Ral it because it doesn't say la la la la la on the rear wing it actually says LR which is loser racing which is what the team used to be called last year so I apologize back but viscot a shout out to him because as much as we feel a bit sorry for Miram losing those places late on visot started from the pit Lane and is now in P9 so an impressive drive from from him uh sort of continuing that form that we saw upward Trend in uh when he drove a grand effect last year so viscot if he can start from the starting GD he might be a bigger Factor next time out but sarino though about to start his final out was 6C G to Dan O Brom then so he's recovered really really well and looks like it's going to be two baring wins on the truck then yeah looks like it is going to be one more tour of the circuit and well it's been a great performance from sarino just I mean of course it wasn't perfect it wasn't likes to flag he had a great qualifying as he crosses the line to make it the final lap of the race um you know a great qualifying but lost out uh down wanted to turn one to the far starting bran th and spent a few laps behind him but once he got back into the lead there was no going back for the go team driver just been absolutely unassailable out front here in FSR round one of the academy Series in Bahrain and what a way to open the year as you said had backto back victories assuming that nothing goes wrong uh on this final half lap that is left to run here at the barin international circuit what I meant was he won barin last year which was the opening round so it's two seasons in a row where he's won the opening round at barin is filin defending from ven huding ven huding going around the outside of Luca filin for seventh position that's tight there's only just enough space there and the optimal gets a slightly better exit then they're still going to be side by side as they approach turn four Luca Fallin tries to push him as much to the outside as he can takes the inside for turn four and vanen huding denied but a brilliant brilliant late effort nth yeah great effort there from Vander hooding didn't quite get through this is a battle that's going to go all the way to the checker flag with only half a lap left to go for these two yeah they're neck and neck but it is one turn to go for the man to make it to barin victories in a row sanino has been Unstoppable today he will win here in bar in the opening round of the FSR Academy series two bar victories in a r and it is a fantastic performance from him branon will bring it home in second a great performance from him but to brovsky strategy Master Class to round out the podium from the Hyperion driver man oh man he has had a long day in the office but that Podium will taste sweet back to Van huning versus D it's going to be close to the line but I believe th is just going to hold on unless V huning can bring some miracles in the run to the line no he cannot F and will hold on for seventh as Mara borovski and Bill with fourth fifth and six and Vander Hood will have to settle for p8 but we've still got battles going on Ed this is kalon fighting with luk ja I believe for p14 yeah you got to feel a bit for looks sack because with that early pit stop it really set his race back but now getting defensive on the hard tires as Hayden count the Sim spark going all over the place looking for an opening uh but it's not happened so far looks looks like he's going to hold on just behind his teammate andream harzo so just a place off scoring points for go team in the team's Championship as kin Twitches as he goes through the final corner but it's not enough looks like 14th Ken 15th yeah the final few drivers to cross the line Chris gets off the last of the uh lead lap Runners and now it is all over in barin for the Academy series of course we've still got two races to come later here in FSL we've got the pro series and the World Champ Championship as well but that is it for the Academy Series sarino has a phenomenal race to start the season makes it two season open wins in a row branon finishes a very very well- earned second and de brovi with a phenomenal performance on that one stopper rounds out the podium Mara was P4 with borovski in P5 Cedric bill was in P6 with Lucas Thon seventh Ruben Vander hooding was p8 with a late charge Lucas viscot was ninth and jepe kener was P10 a great drive from him marred by a few very unfortunate mistakes puras Miram he was in P1 after well just a very disappointing final stint I'm sure he was glad that the race ended when it did Masano roboli was 12th with Andre mahoa in p13 luchak in 14th and cin in 15th Chris gsof was the final of our lead lap runners in p16 everybody from here on out was either lat or a dnf Oken was p70 venti which a disappointing p8 for him Terry Crawford was 19th with indirect remat in P20 for netrex holl Stell was the final of our finishers in p21 and unfortunately we lost Alex hallow galath Martis M Smith and Carlos Mata was disqualified from the race we will uh have to find out post race why that was he was going 10 seconds laps slower than everyone else that's why he was disqualified for being too slow to the point that he was a safety issue there you go then that's why he was disqualified well hopefully uh hopefully he can sort that but that is it for round one in bar R of course we've got Australia next up on the 17th of March to look forward to in the academy series but of course we've still got two more races left to come here today yep the pro Championship coming up in a few short moments time and then of course the world championship as well we got a great season preview video uh to watch if you want to know all 10 teams and 20 drivers taking part in that but but yeah a fantastic victory v sarino a first ever Podium for Hyperion and mattius debrowski and Dan of brown form as you say putting in a sterling showing to snatch a lead at the start and holding on to P2 then so all of our top three in the podium I think had very very good races but plenty of great stories from our opening Academy Round And still nine rounds to go to decide the title hello I'm Jack Nichols and welcome to World title [Music] my go oh he's done it these is going to do it his first Victory the world championship is [Music] done

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Length: 91min 49sec (5509 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 04 2024