‘Race Control’ – Day 3

Today is Day 3 of the 1:8 Onroad World Championships and finally drivers have been greeted by a sunny morning at the Keitune Racing Speedway in Ichihara, Japan.  Today’s schedule kicks off with two rounds of controlled practice before we get down to the serious business of qualifying.  Each practice run will be of 10-minutes with the drivers 3-fastest consecutive laps counting towards the seeding of the qualifying heat order.  With drivers having been able to true their own tyres for the past two days of free practice, today they will have to use pre-trued tyres provided by the race organisers.   This is the first time the 1:8 Worlds has featured a controlled tyre albeit it from multiple manufacturers –  Matrix, Contact, ZAC Project, Hot Race and ULTI.   Drivers will receive their tyres as they pass through the enclosed tyre/fuel control area to line up for their respective runs.   Another key change to this year’s qualifying is that there will be no Direct Top 4 qualifiers, meaning that all drivers will have to race a Semi-Final from where they will graduate to the title deciding 1-hour Main.  While today’s weather is looking perfect, their is a high chance of tomorrow being a wet unraceable day so today’s adding extra pressure on the drivers for their Q1 & 2 runs.

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