The race was much more spread out as previous ones and saw marbles take leads of up to 1 second, but was never boring. I like this track and wouldn't mind seeing it again.
The result wad not what I expected. The Crazy Cat's Eyes seem to have run out of gas as the Green Ducks have only grown stronger during the season. With Billy's 2nd place and Yellow Eye's 8 the Ducks now have a 4 point lead. It's not much but it 's good to be the team to beat.
It's race day at the P-Mine Tunnel as we get ready for race 8 of the 5th season of Marbula One. Long straights, several 180s and a nasty chicane make for high speeds and tricky corners. It's the first time the marbles go around this track for more than three laps in a row, so it's going to be interesting to see how they navigate it. The tl;dr: Let's get ready to roll!
Lesson of the day: coming out of banked corner 7 with high speed after a long straight with an accelerator makes navigating corners 8 and 9 difficult. A lot of time can be won or lost here.
Billy's Q1: P1 10/10 no notes. The shootout: slightly less perfect, P2. Note: with points being awarded for qualifying in the top spots and Yellow Eye taking third the Ducks are another point closer to the the Cat's Eyes. Hopefully more tomorrow!
New track, who this? Race 8 of season 5 of Marbula One takes us to P-Mine Tunnel, the home of team Plasma. The Green Ducks have been closing in on The Crazy Cat's Eye for the last couple of races, but still have a lot to do if they want to claim the championship. Will they keep their upward momentum? Only one way to find out. It all starts with qualification, so... Let's Get Ready to Roll!
Well, it was tight, hard fought race and turns 7 and 8 were, as expected, the scene of a lot of overtaking. Mallard did what Mallard does and ended up in p5. Which seems pretty much the pace the Ducks are on this season. I would have thought that would put an end to any championship hopes but with Red Eye dropping down to 13th the difference is now down to 9 points. With 3 to go that seems manageable. Keeping my fingers crossed.
It's race day at the Aquamaring and it's 18 laps of high octane marbles going round a fast track with some tricky corners. Should be a good one so... Let's get ready to Roll!
Lesson of the day: as Greg Wood mentioned in the video it's the two consecutive right hand corners, 6 and 7, that will make or brake your lap. If you take too much speed into the first, the second will eat you alive and you're done.
Mallard had a decent qualifying session, ending up 5th, two places behind Red Eye. Which is not ideal for the championship race, but not disasterous either. We will see if it's good enough to make something happen tomorrow.
It's friday and that means it's time for Marbula One. Today's qualification and tomorrow's race see us at the Aquamaring, home to the Oceanics. It's a fast track with sweeping s-curves and newly added spike moguls. Should make for interesting race weekend. My thoughts on qualifying will be in the first reply. Without further ado: Lets Get Ready To Roll!
The race itself was close-fought and very enjoyable, but just like qualification, it could have ended so much better for the Ducks.
After leading the race for a while in the final stage of the race Billy couldn't hold on and ended 4th. Which still is a 2 place gain from qualification. But with Yellow Eye making up 5 into p6, the gap for the championship has only come down to 17 points. With only 4 to go, that's a lot.
(Obvious) Lesson of the day: you need be smooth through long fast corners.
Q1: 9/10, no notes, p2. Q2 was a bit disappointing. Not just because Mallard dropped to p6. Yellow Eye ended Q1 in 11th and didn't make Q2. It would have been nice to see some more air between the two to make closing the 12 point gap in the campoinship easier. In the end it's still a good place to be in, so lets hope it pays out come race time.
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