- MANUFACTURER SERIES
- Citroën / L-Shooter_RB26 Take Home Another Solid Double Title Victory as in Season 6!
- Test Season 10 Overview
- 25/01/2018
Test Season 10 of the Manufacturer series was held across 6 rounds between January 14th to the 20th.
Round 1 was a Group 4 battle on Brands Hatch. Here, the top group was focused in Race 2 of the day, with Citroën’s L-Shooter_RB26, BMW’s W-4MtcA, and Nik_Makozi of Mercedes-Benz acquiring high points.
Round 2 was a Gr.3 match on Mount Panorama. In the famed circuit of Australia, Citroën / L-Shooter_RB26, Ferrari / s-shohei_ and Australia local and Mercedes-benz driver Nik_Makozi showed incredible prowess on the track to raise their scores. At the end of Round 3, In the lead was Citroën / L-Shooter_RB26 with 6394points, Nik_Makozi/ Mercedes-Benz was in 2nd with 5719 points, and 3rd was Nissan’s Akagi_1942mi with 5383 points.
Skipping Wednesday, round 4 of racing landed on a Thursday. The stage was the Blue Moon Bay, with Group 3 machines. Citroën / L-Shooter_RB26, Dodge / sirvia, and Ferrari / s-shohei_ passed up this race, while Kawakana222 with Dodge, and jipapa with Renault Sport raised their season effective scores. However even Kawakana222 with top points remained at 1878points, and L-Shooter_RB26’s lead was unwavering.
Round 5 on Friday was a Gr. 3 machine race on the Yamagiwa + Miyabi layout of the Kyoto Driving Park. The battle on the 6.8km long technical track saw Ferrari’s s-shohei_ and sirvia of Dodge producing high scores, but L-Shooter_RB26 who skipped this race still had the upper hand, dragging the final verdict to the last race.
The final race held on Saturday was a Group 3 race on the Tokyo Expressway East Route Outer Loop. The top drivers all entered the Top 24 Superstars race, and in qualifying s-shohei_ with Ferrari took pole position, followed by Akagi_1942m of Nissan, and L-Shooter_RB26 of Citroën. Expectations were high for some drama, but once the race final started, L-Shooter_RB26 steadily overtook his opponents, and finished the race in 1st place. Ferrari’s s-shohei_ came in 2nd, and Nissan’s Akagi_1942m came out with no points.
As a result, Citroën / L-Shooter_RB26 took the championship title with 14601 points, achieving a double title victory by also winning the Nations Cup. In 2nd was s-shohei_ / Ferrari with 13843pts and in third was sirvia of Dodge with 13207 points.
- The final Top 24 Superstars; while Citroën / L-Shooter_RB26 wasn’t in his usual place on pole position, he found a strategy to overtake s-shohei_ / Ferrari, and rise to the top
- s-shohei_ of Ferrari chased L-Shooter_RB26 but the distance never closed, and ended the race in 2nd place.
Point Ranking (Top10)
| RANK | DRIVER | DR | SR | RD.1 | RD.2 | RD.3 | RD.4 | RD.5 | RD.6 | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
CITROEN
L-shooter_RB26
|
S | S | 2248 | 2017 | 2129 | - | - | 10224 | 14601 |
| 2 |
FERRARI
s-shohei_
|
S | S | 1774 | 2033 | 1232 | - | 1944 | 9866 | 13843 |
| 3 |
DODGE
sirvia
|
S | S | 1536 | 1694 | 2016 | - | 2040 | 13207 | 13826 |
| 4 |
DODGE
Kawakana222
|
S | S | 1656 | 1486 | 0 | 1878 | 1534 | 9508 | 13042 |
| 5 |
MERCEDES BENZ
Nik_Makozi
|
S | S | 2011 | 1804 | 1581 | 1841 | 8793 | 12708 | |
| 6 |
CITROEN
tomii_gucchi1216
|
S | S | 1632 | - | 1646 | - | 0 | 8078 | 11356 |
| 7 |
LEXUS
Merry_chataro_lc
|
S | S | 1684 | 1592 | 0 | - | - | 7363 | 10639 |
| 8 |
LANBORGHINI
kuro96GT
|
S | S | 1344 | 112 | 1317 | 494 | 1506 | 7721 | 10571 |
| 9 |
CITROEN
Leafa_12
|
S | S | 1506 | 1159 | 1399 | - | 1622 | 6290 | 9418 |
| 10 |
PORSCHE
TOMMYKAIRA_R32
|
S | S | 1432 | 1380 | 1568 | - | 818 | 5933 | 8933 |