- MANUFACTURER SERIES
- In a chaotic battle of the top 24, Brond with Citroën achieves a second double title victory!
- Test Season 11 Overview
- 31/01/2018
Test Season 11 of the Manufacturer series was held across 6 rounds starting from January 21st to the 27th. The opening round on Sunday was a Gr. 3 match on the Lake Maggiore. 3 drivers for Citroën including L-Shooter_RB26, Created_by_Doll, and Brond scored high in this race, raising their names to the top of the rankings.
Round 2 was a Gr. 4 race on the Alsace Village. Citroën drivers also came strong here, with the top 3 drivers gaining more points. Meanwhile Audi’s TOMMYKAIRA_R32and BMW’s fd3sr20b0654 also showed great skill on the track, eyeing their chance to rise above and beyond the rest. At the end of the first 3 Rounds of racing, Brond of Citroën was in the lead in the season rankings, followed by Citroën’s Created_by_Doll, and Audi’s TOMMYKAIRA_R32 in third.
Round 4 on Thursday continued after the Wednesday break. This was a Gr.3 race on the technical Kyoto Driving Park Yamagiwa + Miyabi, and in the second race of the day, Ferrari / s-shohei_ came in 2nd after Citroën / Brond, rising to 3rd in point rankings. Nik_Makozi of Mercedes-Benz who skipped rounds 1 to 3 finished 3rd in the race and gained 2140 points.
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Round 4 was fought on The Kyoto Driving Park, a difficult track connecting the Yamagiwa and Miyabi layouts. The level of practice and mastery really showed in the results.
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s-shohei_ of Ferrari held Citroën / Brond at bay immediately after the start, but started to lose ground halfway through the race.
Round 5 on Friday was a Gr.3 oval race on the Blue Moon Bay. While many of the top rankers missed this race, sirvia of Dodge, N0BLE_1989 with Lexas, and teraemon2000 of Toyota finished the race in the top ranks and secured points.
The rankings still saw Citroën/Brond in the lead with Citroën/Created_by_Doll in 2nd place, but 3rd place was now sirvia of Dodge, raising expectations for the final round of the next day.
The final round on Saturday was a Gr.4 match on Brazil’s famed Interlagos Circuit.
The Top 24 Superstars held on the 3rd race of the day saw many entries from top rankers aiming to win the series. However there was turmoil in the race starting from the qualifying session. saika159- with Mazda secured pole position, with 2nd place being taken by Nik_Makozi and Mercedes-Benz. Citroën/Brond who had been unstoppable until now lagged behind in 4th.
In the final race, while saika159- leads the race with some solid driving, s-shohei_ of Ferrari starting in 8th place makes some bold overtakes. Citroën/Brond starting from 4th also showed his skill, gradually raising positions. In the end the winner was saika159- with Mazda. Citroën / Brond came in 2nd, with s-shohei_/Ferrari in 3rd. In the series point rankings, saika159- ended in 3rd with 10131 points. In 2nd was Ferrari / s-shohei_, and the championship went to Citroën and Brond who refused to give up until the very end. Brond also won the Nations Cup this season, marking his 2nd double title victory.
Point Ranking (Top10)
| RANK | DRIVER | DR | SR | RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CITROEN
Brond
|
S | S | 1843 | 2057 | 2276 | 2392 | - | 9743 | 14411 |
| 2 |
FERRARI
s-shohei_
|
S | S | - | 1028 | 2156 | 2266 | - | 9356 | 13778 |
| 3 |
MAZDA
saika159-
|
S | S | 1759 | 1699 | 1698 | 1734 | - | 10131 | 13624 |
| 4 |
NISSAN
Akagi_1942mi
|
S | S | 1597 | 1371 | 1557 | 1888 | 1687 | 8582 | 12157 |
| 5 |
DODGE
Kawakana222
|
S | S | 1720 | 1600 | 958 | 2014 | 0 | 8195 | 11929 |
| 6 |
BMW
fd3sr20b0654
|
S | S | 1552 | 1799 | 684 | 1836 | 984 | 7807 | 11442 |
| 7 |
DODGE
sirvia
|
S | S | 1586 | 1499 | 1916 | 1133 | 2004 | 7420 | 11340 |
| 8 |
MERCEDES BENZ
Nik_Makozi
|
S | S | - | - | - | 2140 | 210 | 8969 | 11319 |
| 9 |
AUDI
TOMMYKAIRA_R32
|
S | S | 1656 | 1943 | 1796 | 1510 | - | 6646 | 10385 |
| 10 |
MAZDA
MARITARO8
|
A | S | 1242 | 1497 | 1663 | - | 1230 | 7033 | 10193 |