Season 1 O'raceway Grand Prix

Season 1 O'raceway Grand Prix
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Lap 1 of the race
Date	22 - 23 February 2020
Location	O'raceway
Course Length	14.05 m
Distance	9 laps, 126.05 m
Hidden Marble	Roldo
Link	Qualifiers: Marbula One: 2020 O'raceway GP Qualifying (S1Q2) - Marble Race by Jelle's Marble Runs Race: Marbula One: 2020 O'raceway GP (S1R2) - Marble Race by Jelle's Marble Runs
Pole position
Racer	Wospy - Midnight Wisps
Time	30.05
Fastest lap
Racer	Billy - Green Ducks
Time	34.31 (lap 4)
Podium
First	Billy - Green Ducks
Second	Rapidly - Savage Speeders
Third	Smoggy - Hazers
Race Statistics
Yellow Flags	1
Red Flags	0
Top 5 Overtakes	37
Lead Changes	1

The Season 1 O'raceway Grand Prix was the second race of Marbula One Season 1, held on 22 - 23 February 2020.

Qualifying

Summary

Starting from this Grand Prix, the turn order for qualifying sessions were determined by reversing the outgoing Team's Championship standings. Because of this, Limelime of the Limers was the first to set a time: 31.40s.

Limelime's time was eventually beaten by Wospy of the Midnight Wisps, who set an even better qualifying lap of 30.05s, enough to put them in the pole position. Rezzy of the Raspberry Racers also managed to beat Limelime's time with a qualifying lap of 31.02s.

The same could not be said of Orangin of the O'rangers, who did very poorly in this qualifying session. They set a disappointing qualifying lap of 33.86s seconds. Mary of Team Primary had it even worse. With a dreadful qualifying lap of 35.51s, which was a whopping five seconds behind Wospy, Mary had to start from the back of the grid. In fact, both Orangin and Mary would start from the back row.

Smoggy of the Hazers, on the other hand, performed much better, and set a qualifying lap of 30.37 seconds. They joined Wospy in the front row. Pulsar of Team Galactic, who went last in this session, just couldn't match their teammate (and the winner of the previous race), Starry, in regards to performance, and their qualifying lap of 33.31 seconds made them start in twelfth.

Results

Pos.	Marble	Team	Time	Delta
1	Wospy	Midnight Wisps	30.05	-
2	Smoggy	Hazers	30.37	+00.32
3	Rezzy	Raspberry Racers	31.02	+00.97
4	Limelime	Limers	31.40	+01.35
5	Billy	Green Ducks	31.61	+01.56
6	Rapidly	Savage Speeders	31.89	+01.84
7	Hive	Hornets	32.04	+01.99
8	Yellup	Mellow Yellow	32.07	+02.02
9	Anarchy	Balls of Chaos	32.40	+02.35
10	Bolt	Thunderbolts	32.52	+02.47
11	Mimo	Team Momo	32.67	+02.62
12	Pulsar	Team Galactic	33.31	+03.26
13	Snowflake	Snowballs	33.70	+03.65
14	Rojo Dos	Rojo Rollers	33.79	+03.74
15	Orangin	O'rangers	33.86	+03.81
16	Mary	Team Primary	35.51	+05.46

Race

Summary

Smoggy swiftly took the lead from polesitter Wospy off the line. After the field funneled through the first two turns and the initial split, the top five order was Smoggy, Wospy, Billy, Limelime and Bolt. Coming through the second split with a large field spread, Billy fell to eighth, Limelime to twelfth and Bolt to fourteenth. This allowed Rezzy, Rapidly and Anarchy to move up into the top five. Orangin, representing the host team, was already up to seventh after starting next-to-last, trailing Yellup. Coming through the sand section, Rezzy and Anarchy were nudged into the wall hard, slowing them down severely. Billy picked a great line and shot up to second, demoting Wospy to third; with Rapidly still fourth and Mimo up to fifth position. Just seconds later, Rezzy grabbed fifth. On the frontstretch, Rapidly blasted past Wospy to move into third, forcing the latter to have lost a total of three spots from their pole position.

Snowflake and Rojo Dos had major problems in climbing up the conveyor belt, bouncing off the bottom of it several times and falling several seconds behind everybody else. Early on lap 2, the top four raced off from Rezzy who in turn had Anarchy, Orangin and Mimo stacked up directly behind them. Rezzy pulled away from these pursuers in the sand section, while Bolt was able to recover to seventh by this point. Billy was very fast on the straight and chased down Smoggy, with the two pulling away from Rapidly and Wospy in the process. No lead changes came during the second lap, however.. Bolt moved ahead of Anarchy to grab sixth, while Limelime rose to eighth, and Orangin dropped to tenth.

Rapidly had a great launch off the conveyor belt to immediately catch the draft from Smoggy and Billy, leaving Wospy alone, but safe in fourth, well ahead of a large group of marbles headed by Rezzy. At the end of the sand section, Billy was finally able to make their long-anticipated move to take the lead away from Smoggy as the leading duo managed to drop off Rapidly once again. Rapidly once again had superior speed levels on the frontstretch and grabbed second from Smoggy and to end lap 3.

Coming up the conveyor belt, fourth-placed Wospy fell off it and rolled down, bumping into Anarchy (who already had fallen from 7th to 10th, but managed to stay on the belt) and further crashing into Rojo Dos at the bottom. Wospy then rolled a short distance backwards on the track and ground to a halt. A yellow flag was waved in response, and the safety marble was deployed in order to help Wospy. Unfortunately, the safety marble missed them, and they remained stuck. Meanwhile, amidst the confusion, Billy was able to extend their lead, while Rezzy and Bolt moved up into fourth and fifth, respectively. At the same time, Hive had quietly found their way up to sixth. On the frontstretch, Rapidly spotted Wospy's trouble and slowed down severely to help them out. Smoggy, Rezzy and Bolt all took advantage of this to overtake them. Rapidly bumped Wospy and got them going again, at the cost of sending themselves into the wall, allowing Limelime and Hive to pass them as well. Rapidly fell from second to seventh within a lap, while the polesitter ended up a lap behind the field, albeit still running.

By the end of the fourth lap, Billy held a commanding lead of +03.54s over Smoggy, and looked to continue their dominant trend by pulling away. Rapidly re-passed Hive and Limelime in the first two turns to move back into the top five. Coming through the sand section, Rezzy opportunistically grabbed second from Smoggy, and Rapidly advanced past Bolt into fourth place. Smoggy, however, was able to retake second nearly instantly. Rapidly looked to make a pass on Rezzy, ending up just 00.03s behind them as they crossed the timing line. Snowflake was making a remarkable recovery after falling to last with the early accident, breaking into the top 10. Fourteenth-placed Mary had troubles on the belt this time, falling even further behind and leaving them vulnerable to Rojo Dos.

In the second split, Rapidly was finally able to usurp Rezzy as the field bunched up behind them, while Billy continued to run off into the sunset with no threats. At the end of the sand section, Rapidly was able to grab second from Smoggy, finally nullifying their loss of five positions from lap 4. Bolt was also able to grab fourth from Rezzy. Limelime managed to lap Wospy, using them as a buffer to defend their sixth position from Hive. Quite incredibly, Snowflake was up to eighth, but dropped back behind Yellup later on the lap. Orangin was running down in twelfth.

Rapidly was able to cut Billy's lead down to +02.22s at the beginning of the lap, and looked set to give chase to the leader. Smoggy was in close attendance in third. Bolt was well behind in fourth, and Limelime managed to pass their rival, Rezzy, for fifth. Hive had troubles somewhere on the lap, dropping from seventh to tenth. Snowflake was able to move into seventh ahead of Yellup at the exit of the sand section, and Anarchy seized the opportunity to pass Yellup as well. Billy's lead had grown by a small margin, up to +02.47.

With just 2 laps to go, Limelime managed to move into fourth at the expense of Bolt, and Rezzy's descent continued when the Snowflake remarkably wrestled sixth away from them. After passing Bolt, Limelime found themselves in a land of their own, separated from the fights behind them by the lapped Wospy. Coming through the sand section, Snowflake continued their surge by overtaking Bolt for fifth. Rezzy continued to fade dramatically, dropping into ninth behind Hive and Yellup, entering the final lap in said position.

Rapidly cut down Billy's lead to just +01.52s at the beginning of the final lap as both marbles looked to claim their teams' first Marbula One victory. Rapidly just about managed to cover off a lunge from Smoggy at the end of the sand section, costing both of them momentum and ending their chances of challenging Billy. With no close rivals in contention, Billy took the victory ahead of Rapidly, Smoggy and Limelime. Bolt was able to reclaim fifth from Snowflake on the final lap. Yellup and Rezzy both managed to move past Hive, with the three marbles finishing seventh through ninth. The final point scorer was Anarchy, having moved up from twelfth to tenth on the final lap to take away a single point. Wospy finished their eight lap of the race in last, around two seconds after Smoggy finished the race, and remained one lap behind the field, despite their pole position.

Results

Pos.	Marble	Team	Laps	Time	Delta	Grid	Points
1	Billy	Green Ducks	9	5:17.73	-	5	26*
2	Rapidly	Savage Speeders	9	5:20.56	+02.83	6	18
3	Smoggy	Hazers	9	5:20.95	+03.22	2	15
4	Limelime	Limers	9	5:24.11	+06.38	4	12
5	Bolt	Thunderbolts	9	5:24.44	+06.71	10	10
6	Snowflake	Snowballs	9	5:25.36	+07.63	13	8
7	Yellup	Mellow Yellow	9	5:25.46	+07.73	8	6
8	Rezzy	Raspberry Racers	9	5:25.52	+07.79	3	4
9	Hive	Hornets	9	5:25.71	+07.98	7	2
10	Anarchy	Balls of Chaos	9	5:27.24	+09.51	9	1
11	Mimo	Team Momo	9	5:28.32	+10.59	11	0
12	Pulsar	Team Galactic	9	5:29.06	+11.33	12
13	Rojo Dos	Rojo Rollers	9	5:30.57	+12.84	14
14	Orangin	O'rangers	9	5:30.92	+13.19	15
15	Mary	Team Primary	9	5:35.71	+17.98	16
16	Wospy	Midnight Wisps	8	+1 lap (Accident)		1

*Earned 1 bonus point for the fastest lap

Lap Leaders

Lap 1 Smoggy - Hazers Lap 2 Smoggy - Hazers Lap 3 Billy - Green Ducks Lap 4 Billy - Green Ducks Lap 5 Billy - Green Ducks

Lap 6 Billy - Green Ducks Lap 7 Billy - Green Ducks Lap 8 Billy - Green Ducks Winner Billy - Green Ducks

Standings After Event

Team Standings

	Rank	Team	G	S	B	Total	FLs	Points
01	1st	Hazers	0	1	1	2	0	33
06	2nd	Green Ducks	1	0	0	1	1	30
02	3rd	Savage Speeders	0	1	0	1	1	29
03	4th	Team Galactic	1	0	0	1	0	25
02	5th	Snowballs	0	0	1	1	0	23
02	6th	Team Primary	0	0	0	0	0	12
09	7th	Limers	0	0	0	0	0	12
01	8th	Raspberry Racers	0	0	0	0	0	10
06	9th	Thunderbolts	0	0	0	0	0	10
04	10th	O'rangers	0	0	0	0	0	8
02	11th	Mellow Yellow	0	0	0	0	0	8
01	12th	Hornets	0	0	0	0	0	2
02	13th	Balls of Chaos	0	0	0	0	0	1
04	14th	Midnight Wisps	0	0	0	0	0	1
03	15th	Team Momo	0	0	0	0	0	0
02	16th	Rojo Rollers	0	0	0	0	0	0

Individual Standings

	Rank	Marble (Team)	G	S	B	Total	FLs	GPs	Points
16	1st	Billy (GDK)	1	0	0	1	1	1 of 4	26
01	2nd	Starry (GAL)	1	0	0	1	0	1 of 4	25
01	3rd	Hazy (HAZ)	0	1	0	1	0	1 of 4	18
14		Rapidly (SAV)	0	1	0	1	0	1 of 4	18
12	5th	Smoggy (HAZ)	0	0	1	1	0	1 of 4	15
02		Snowy (SNO)	0	0	1	1	0	1 of 4	15
10	7th	Limelime (LMR)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	12
03		Prim (PRM)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	12
04	9th	Speedy (SAV)	0	0	0	0	1	1 of 4	11
07	10th	Bolt (TBL)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	10
05	11th	Clementin (ORA)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	8
06		Snowflake (SNO)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	8
06	13th	Razzy (RSP)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	6
04		Yellup (MYL)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	6
07	15th	Mallard (GDK)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	4
02		Rezzy (RSP)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	4
00	17th	Hive (HOR)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	2
08		Yellow (MYL)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	2
02	19th	Anarchy (BOC)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	1
09		Wispy (MNW)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	1
10	21st	Clutter (BOC)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0
04		Mimo (MOM)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0
11	23rd	Momo (MOM)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0
06		Pulsar (GAL)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0
08	25th	Rojo Dos (ROJ)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0
12		Vespa (HOR)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0
10	27th	Orangin (ORA)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0
13		Rojo Uno (ROJ)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0
12	29th	Mary (PRM)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0
14		Shock (TBO)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0
15	31st	Sublime (LMR)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0
14		Wospy (MNW)	0	0	0	0	0	1 of 4	0

Trivia

• This was the first Grand Prix where a yellow flag was issued, particularly following the incident in which Wospy fell off the conveyor belt.
• This race holds the current Marbula One record for least fewest changes with 1.
• This was the first Grand Prix where the race winner also set the fastest lap (and the only Grand Prix in Season 1).
• After this race, Wospy received a thorough overnight medical evaluation and was cleared and discharged from the hospital early the next morning. They were ordered to take a rest for at least one week to recover from their injury.