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MANUFACTURER SERIES
Nissan Wins the Manufacturer Series Back-to-Back! TRL_LIGHTNING Finishes Season 2 with a Double Title Victory!
2018 Season 2: Manufacturer Series
31/07/2018

The final stage of Manufacturer Series Season 2 was set at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The winner of the Nations Cup, Germany's TRL_LIGHTNING on the Nissan car #6, was on pole, raising expectations for a double title victory.

However, there were turmoils at the start: TRL_LIGHTNING smoked his tyres on pole position, losing traction and immediately dropping position to 7th place. Car #8, mthomas_95's Ferrari, took advantage of the situation and raised to the top. With the unexpected drop of the king, the race outcome became unclear.

The top group with mthomas_95 (Ferrari) in the lead entered the pit on Lap 3. TRL_LIGHTNING (Nissan), who was stuck in the middle group, did not enter the pit, opting for a 1 stop strategy.

Then it became an overtaking competition between 3 cars: TRL_LIGHTNING's car #6 (Nissan), kallum_jones's car #21 (Ford), and mclaren6's car #10 (Chevrolet), who also took the 1 pit strategy on Lap 4.

There was no definite answer yet on whether the 1 stop drivers or the 2 stop drivers had the advantage.

The overall order became clear on Lap 6 when Zoky88's car #2 (Dodge) made his second stop on and came out of the pits. Following Nissan, Chevrolet and Ford in 4th place, Zoky88 started his assault on fresh tyres.

On the final lap, Zoky88 finally caught up with the top group: a tail to nose, side by side sprint battle ensued, with Chevrolet, Nissan, Dodge and Mitsubishi in the mix.

With Zoky88 in the lead, the cars enter the final Ford chicane; but the positions changed greatly at the finish line when both the leading driver Zoky88 (Dodge) and the follower mclaren6 (Chevrolet) dropped their pace. The one who grasped victory by overcoming the chaos was Nissan’s TRL_LIGHTNING in car #6, who had a bad start but succeeded in raising his position thanks to his pit strategy and careful tyre management.


Nissan obtained a 2nd consecutive win following Season 1, and TRL_LIGHTNING successfully achieved a double title victory in both the Nations Cup and Manufacturer Series championships.

Rank Driver DR SR Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Rd. 4 Rd. 5 Rd. 6 Rd. 7 Rd. 8 Total
1 Nissan TRL_LIGHTNING S S 2404 2665 1797 - 2616 2621 2567 12736 20638
2 Mitsubishi JAdams2010 S S 2558 2251 2788 1915 982 2166 2530 12269 20145
3 Dodge RC_Zoky88 S S 2704 2852 893 - 2526 1895 - 10868 18950
4 Chevrolet mclaren6 S S 569 2239 733 - - 2030 2260 11802 18331
5 Mitsubishi Matty278 S S 1803 2519 2829 - 421 2853 452 9935 18136
6 Ferrari mthomas_95 S S 2408 1445 2233 - 1841 1051 2139 11335 18115
7 Jaguar Jomas_74 S S 2107 2701 2528 - - - 1996 9001 16337
8 Ford kallum-jones S S 1806 1539 1935 1326 1275 2102 1507 10402 16245
9 Hyundai Oscaro_Stefounzy S S 2104 1819 2396 1031 1684 1201 2110 8534 15144
10 Chevrolet BFR_Devil S S 903 1590 1614 2357 - 1579 1055 9468 15029

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