{"id":2432,"date":"2019-02-21T20:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T04:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhinopeel.com\/sbmrl\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2019-02-20T16:33:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T00:33:55","slug":"south-africa-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rhinopeel.com\/sbmrl\/2019\/02\/21\/south-africa-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a first visit to the South American nation of Argentina, the SBMRL makes its first stop on the African continent, racing at South Africa’s Kyalami Racing Circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kyalami<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The circuit hosted Formula 1 Grand Prix from the 1960’s till the 1980’s, at which point there was a break in the racing due to escalated concerns around apartheid. The track saw two Grand Prix in the early 1990’s, but financial challenges prevented its use for the highest level of motorsport from continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The track runs anti-clockwise, with a very short run up to the first corner, Total Curve. Cars at the front of the grid should have some advantage here as a result. A short straight then leads into Nashua, a big, slow left hander, and on to the Old Pit Straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second sector starts with the high speed Goodyear Sweep. This corner shouldn’t really slow anyone down too much, and with a short straight before the similarly named Goodyear Corner, there will be plenty of chances for close racing through here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another short straight leads to the Rothmans Esses, and it’s here that Kyalami starts to get a bit tricky. The Rothmans Esses can very well catch a driver out, and with a longer straight following that leads into the sharp Wesbank corner, expect to see some passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wesbank marks the start of the third sector, and is essentially the mirror image of Nashua in the first sector. It leads into the track’s longest straight, followed by the sharpest bend, Continental. If Wesbank didn’t trip the field up, Continental almost certainly will. The track closes with another moderately long straight and relatively sharp left back on to the pit straight. It’s worth pointing out that the pit straight is so short that a full grid of 10 cars would see the back of the field lining up in the final corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting Grid<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As always, the starting grid is in reverse order of the current team standings. With Argentina’s results in the books, any ties that we previously had have now vanished as the standings have spread out a bit. Jaap’s elimination at the hands of Whiplash result in the latter getting a 1 place grid penalty, dropping him to the back of the grid. The resulting field lines up as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Launch Bornado (FR)<\/li>
  2. Jaap Snellrijder (RM)<\/li>
  3. Delilah Whipplefilter (FR)<\/li>
  4. Bubba McQueen (SR)<\/li>
  5. Sheila Dinkum (RM)<\/li>
  6. Rask Sjofar (SB)<\/li>
  7. The Stig (SB)<\/li>
  8. Whiplash (SR)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    With Launch and Jaap at the bottom of the standings, and the Stig in front, we’ve come a long way since 2015. The team standings determine the order of pit selection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Scandinavian Blitz<\/li>
    2. Sprite Racing<\/li>
    3. Regency Motors<\/li>
    4. Force Ravenswood<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      South Africa is not the home race for any driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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