Season 1 Savage Speedway Grand Prix

Season 1 Savage Speedway Grand Prix
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Lap 1 of the race
Date	15 - 16 February 2020
Location	Savage Speedway
Course Length	12.81 m
Distance	10 laps, 127.25 m
Hidden Marble	Roldo
Link	Qualifiers: Marbula One: 2020 Savage Speedway GP Qualifying (S1Q1) - Marble Race by Jelle's Marble Runs Race: Marbula One: 2020 Savage Speedway GP (S1R1) - Marble Race by Jelle's Marble Runs
Pole position
Racer	Clementin - O'rangers
Time	28.11
Fastest lap
Racer	Speedy - Savage Speeders
Time	30.75 (lap 3)
Podium
First	Starry - Team Galactic
Second	Hazy - Hazers
Third	Snowy - Snowballs
Race Statistics
Yellow Flags	0
Red Flags	0
Top 5 Overtakes	47
Lead Changes	9

The Season 1 Savage Speedway Grand Prix was the first race of Marbula One Season 1, held on 15-16 February 2020.

Qualifying

Summary

Speedy of the Savage Speeders had a terrible performance, setting a poor qualifying lap of 31.20s, which eventually led to them being positioned at the back of the grid. Clementin of the O'rangers, on the other hand, performed strongly, setting a qualifying lap that remained unbeaten, 28.11s. They were thus awarded the pole position.

Starry of Team Galactic also had a stellar performance. Unfortunately, they were still unable to beat Clementin's qualifying lap. Their qualifying lap was 28.37s, which was enough to put their beside Clementin in the front row.

Clutter of the Balls of Chaos performed poorly and set a qualifying lap of 31.12s, just +00.08s ahead of Speedy. They joined Speedy in the back row.

Results

Pos.	Marble	Team	Time	Delta
1	Clementin	O'rangers	28.11	-
2	Starry	Team Galactic	28.37	+00.26
3	Momo	Team Momo	28.40	+00.29
4	Yellow	Mellow Yellow	28.70	+00.59
5	Snowy	Snowballs	28.71	+00.60
6	Razzy	Raspberry Racers	28.72	+00.61
7	Prim	Team Primary	28.96	+00.85
8	Vespa	Hornets	29.11	+01.00
9	Hazy	Hazers	29.34	+01.23
10	Mallard	Green Ducks	29.54	+01.43
11	Wispy	Midnight Wisps	29.98	+01.87
12	Rojo Uno	Rojo Rollers	30.08	+01.97
13	Shock	Thunderbolts	30.29	+02.18
14	Sublime	Limers	30.41	+02.30
15	Clutter	Balls of Chaos	31.12	+03.01
16	Speedy	Savage Speeders	31.20	+03.09

Race

Summary

After the first turn, the top five marbles stayed the same as the starting grid. At the chaotic split, Starry of Team Galactic exhibited their agility and emerged from the split first, followed shortly after by Hazy of the Hazers. Going up the conveyor belt for the first time, not much had changed.

Going into the second lap, Prim of Team Primary took second place. In turn 12, Snowy of the Snowballs took first place, and that's how the pack went into lap 3.

During the third lap, Speedy of the Savage Speeders, who started in dead last, made an impressive recovery and jumped to third. Snowy was in first while going up the Conveyor Belt for the third time.

Prim took the lead going into lap 4. Speedy was still doing very well in third, but they unfortunately hit the attenuator at the pit lane. They also lost their third place to Starry after briefly bouncing away from the conveyor belt.

During lap 6, Starry performed a great overtake on Snowy, taking the better route at the split. While Snowy tried to take first place from Prim, they both had a little collapse, and with a great maneuver, Starry took the lead once again.

In lap 8, Hazy, who was having a good advance, took first place at the split, but Starry quickly retook the lead before the next turn.

Coming off the Conveyor Belt, Hazy took the lead again, but not for long. At the split, Starry overtook them once more. Hazy ended up rolling through the pit lane at the straight, allowing Prim to enter the final lap in second.

But Hazy refused to give up and started attacking their fellow podium candidates at the split, successfully overtaking Prim, who was later forced into a fight for third place against Snowy. Prim eventually missed out on the podium finish at the straight section. Hazy tried to take first place in the last turn, but Starry resisted the attack, and as a result, Starry took the first-ever Marbula One victory.

Despite their awful performance at the qualifying, Speedy managed to make up for it by finishing in 5th. But that wasn't all, they also took a bonus point for the fastest lap. Sublime of the Limers, who started in fourteenth, had an unsurprisingly poor performance, mirroring the Limers' overall performance in Marble League Showdown 2019, and was the last to finish the race.

Results

Pos.	Marble	Team	Laps	Time	Delta	Grid	Points
1	Starry	Team Galactic	10	5:24.42	-	2	25
2	Hazy	Hazers	10	5:24.47	+00.05	9	18
3	Snowy	Snowballs	10	5:24.94	+00.52	5	15
4	Prim	Team Primary	10	5:25.83	+01.41	7	12
5	Speedy	Savage Speeders	10	5:27.92	+03.50	16	11*
6	Clementin	O'rangers	10	5:28.32	+03.90	1	8
7	Razzy	Raspberry Racers	10	5:30.61	+06.19	6	6
8	Mallard	Green Ducks	10	5:31.42	+07.00	10	4
9	Yellow	Mellow Yellow	10	5:34.43	+10.01	4	2
10	Wispy	Midnight Wisps	10	5:34.46	+10.04	11	1
11	Clutter	Balls of Chaos	10	5:35.28	+10.86	15	0
12	Momo	Team Momo	10	5:36.50	+12.08	3
13	Vespa	Hornets	10	5:36.77	+12.35	8
14	Rojo Uno	Rojo Rollers	10	5:36.81	+12.39	12
15	Shock	Thunderbolts	10	5:38.46	+14.04	13
16	Sublime	Limers	10	5:39.98	+15.56	14

*Earned 1 bonus point for the fastest lap.

Lap Leaders

Lap 1	Starry - Team Galactic
Lap 2	Snowy - Snowballs
Lap 3	Snowy - Snowballs
Lap 4	Prim - Team Primary
Lap 5	Prim - Team Primary
Lap 6	Starry - Team Galactic
Lap 7	Starry - Team Galactic
Lap 8	Starry - Team Galactic
Lap 9	Starry - Team Galactic
Winner	Starry - Team Galactic

Milestones

• First Marbula One Race Pole Position: Clementin (O'rangers)
• First Marbula One Race Fastest Lap: Speedy (Savage Speeders)
• First Marbula One Race Podium: Starry (Team Galactic), Hazy (Hazers), & Snowy (Snowballs)
• First Grand Prix ever held.

Trivia

• This race holds the Marbula One record for most lead changes, with 9 (the current record is from the Season 2 Misty Mountain Grand Prix, with 13).
• This race also holds the joint record for smallest margin of victory, with Starry defeating Hazy by a margin of +00.05s. The record is shared with the Season 1 Momotorway Grand Prix.