- NATIONS CUP
- Starting in 2nd place, a victory achieved by will and determination. JUN-_-JEEEEN of Japan achieves his fourth series champion title!
- Test Season 6 Overview
- 21/12/2017
Test Season 6 was held across 6 rounds from December 10th to the 16th. Round 1 opened the series with a one make race with the Golf VII GTI on Brands Hatch, where there was a fierce battle between Japan and Australia. In the first race of the day, JUN-_-JEEEEN (Japan) and SpeedyChicken_04 (Australia), and in the 4th race L-Shooter_RB26 (Japan) and GTP_AussieAlex (Australia) went head to head, with the Japanese raising their first victory in both races.
Round 2 was a Gr. 4 race on the Suzuka Circuit where blackbeauty-79, Brond, Noway34, legacy0193, and tatsurou55 each scored high, rising high in the point standings. After the first 3 rounds, it was JUN-_-JEEEEN of Japan in the lead with 4192 points, but there are still other top contenders who have skipped a round, and anything can still happen.
Round 4 on Driving Park Yamagiwa with Group 4 cars: Here, JUN-_-JEEEEN of Japan starting in the first race from 2nd place ends the race with an unexpected 0 points, and Nik_Makozi of Australia who had been inactive in the first 3 races comes in, battling it out with kawanaka222 of Japan in the 3rd race of the day and rising victorious. L-shooter_RB26 of Japan who had skipped races since the first opening race also returns to the track, with a high score of 1686 points .
Round 5 was a Gr. 3 race on Interlagos. Here, JUN-_-JEEEEN of Japan defeats kazunokota also from Japan for 1604 points, raising JUN-_-JEEEEN’s point total to 4558 points. Nik_Makozi (Australia) legacy0193 (Japan), and Dauble-Weapon also scores high, inching closer to JUN-_-JEEEEN.
The final round was a Gr. 3 race on the Suzuka Circuit. Here the focus was on whether legacy0193 and Dauble-Weapon of Japan could overtake JUN-_-JEEEEN(Japan) in points, and whether L-shooter_RB26(Japan), blackbeauty-79 (Japan), and Nik_Makozi (Australia) who have only participated in 2 races so far can turn the tables in one race.
JUN-_-JEEEEN (Japan) entered race 1, starting from 2nd place on the grid. But with tenacity and determination JUN-_-JEEEEN overtooks-shohei_ starting from pole position, winning the race. Gaining 1956 points as a result, JUN-_-JEEEEN succeeded in becoming series champion again, for the 4th time since the start of the Test Seasons. L-shooter_RB26 (Japan) won the race in the 3rd slot, and Nik_Makozi (Australia) won the 2nd slot, and ended 2nd and 3rd place respectively. blackbeauty-79 who had gained 3004 points in 2 races missed this race, and ended the season without rising in position.
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JUN-_-JEEEEN puts pressure on s-shohei_ immediately from the start, and overtakes s-shohei_ at a corner in Lap 9 with 2 laps remaining.
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s-shohei_ dropping to 2nd place with 2 laps remaining aims to take the position back, but the tail of the car slid out slightly at the exit of the final chicane making it impossible to catch JUN-_-JEEEEN before the finish line.
Point Ranking (Top10)
| RANK | DRIVER | DR | SR | RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JAPAN
JUN-_-JEEEEN
|
S | S | 1537 | 1238 | 1417 | 0 | 1604 | 1956 | 5097 |
| 2 |
JAPAN
L-shooter_RB26
|
S | S | 1305 | - | - | 1686 | - | 1592 | 4583 |
| 3 |
AUSTRALIA
Nik_Makozi
|
S | S | - | - | - | 1523 | 1533 | 1424 | 4480 |
| 4 |
JAPAN
legacy0193
|
S | S | - | 1578 | - | 1405 | 1425 | - | 4408 |
| 5 |
JAPAN
Dauble-Weapon
|
S | S | 1323 | 1296 | 1157 | 1353 | 1456 | 1544 | 4353 |
| 6 |
JAPAN
Brond
|
S | S | 1375 | 1642 | - | - | 1254 | 926 | 4271 |
| 7 |
AUSTRALIA
thestig-13
|
A | S | 889 | 1415 | - | 749 | 1371 | 1338 | 4124 |
| 8 |
JAPAN
Kawakana222
|
S | S | 1209 | 87 | 1270 | 1442 | 1323 | 1340 | 4105 |
| 9 |
JAPAN
tatsurou55
|
S | S | 940 | 1555 | - | 1211 | 1302 | 1340 | 4068 |
| 10 |
JAPAN
sirvia
|
S | S | 1168 | 1490 | 629 | 1282 | 0 | 404 | 3940 |