Lamborghini Esports: The Real Race 4, Kyalami Results

The fourth race event of the 2021 edition of The Real Race presented by Lamborghini Esports took place over the 8th August weekend. After the NALA and APAC regions got their own live streams for Laguna Seca and Suzuka respectively, the EMEA region was on display for the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit. All three regions did compete. The full results are available on The Real Race website. The series utilizes the Assetto Corsa Competizione platform.

Kyalami is a 4.529-kilometer, 2.814-mile circuit in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa. Built in 1961, the layout has seen many changes over its 60 year existence. The current configuration with 16 corners has been in play since 2015. Formula 1 hosted races at older editions of the track from 1967 to 1993. The venue currently hosts GT3 Racing.

As it’s been all season, qualifiers were open beforehand to get the 20 best in each region entered into the event. After closed qualifying the day before, the dual races per region took place on Sunday. APAC ran first, the EMEA group second, and NALA would run later on in the day.

EMEA KYALAMI: Sherratt dominates at home track

For the majority of the 2021 Lamborghini Esports The Real Race, Jordan Sherratt has been unbeatable in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region. Coming into Kyalami, the South African sim racer had a tremendous lead in the regional standings over rival Kevin Siclari after three rounds. The only driver to out run Sherratt was Martin Kadlečík at Laguna Seca. Thankfully for Sherratt, Kadlečík was not in attendance for this round.

Sherratt started on the pole position and led just about every moment that he could sans pit stops. Charlie Crossland played the long pit strategy in the first race in the region, but once he came in for pit service, Sherratt was back in control. Tinko van der Velde started up front in the first event but wound up outside of the Top 10 after contact with Taariq Adam. Adam received a five second penalty for avoidable contact and wound up in ninth.

EMEA Kyalami Race 1 Results 

Pos	Driver	Laps	Best Time
1	Jordan Sherratt	27	46:00.496
2	Kevin Siclari	27	46:15.201
3	Geon-Claude Grobler	27	46:17.936
4	Michal Kopera	27	46:19.662
5	Tommy Razeyre	27	46:20.304
6	Charlie Crossland	27	46:23.106
7	Luca Tavernari	27	46:23.408
8	Beniamin Baumann	27	46:33.241
9	Taariq Adam	27	46:33.348
10	Minguet Brice	27	46:39.096
11	Tinko van der Velde	27	46:39.577
12	Jeanblanc Fabien	27	46:46.337
13	Daniele Giacomelli	27	46:48.630
14	Andrea Martelli	27	46:50.767
15	Luke Addison	27	46:51.513
16	Van Akelijen Loïc	27	46:54.477
17	Simone Bisoglio	27	46:58.630
18	Ayrton Contreiras	27	47:02.271
19	Dimcescu Cristian	27	47:22.977
20	Dario Barzaghi	4	6:57.021

The finishing positions from the first race set the grid for the feature. Sherratt and Siclari would start side by side once again, but Geon-Claude Grobler made moves early to get into second. The start was considerably cleaner than the first, but after a few laps, disaster struck for Siclari and Grobler.

Racing for the second spot, the two collided and spun off of one another. Grobler was able to get it back going again after losing a few spots, but Siclari dropped through the field like a rock. Grobler held on for a third place finish while Siclari wound up 13th at the end of it.

A victim of circumstances in the first race, Tinko van der Velde went on the war path to get back to the front in the second race of the event. After a mishap earned van der Velde a five second penalty, he was able to work his way up to the third position before pit stops. van der Velde held on a little longer and was the last to pit. The penalty didn’t affect his finishing position.

Michal Kopera was gifted a second place finish in the second race as he moved through into the spot after Siclari and Grobler’s issues early on. The clean air allowed him to put faster laps on the board, preventing van der Velde from getting by in the closing stages.

It was all Sherratt though, as he opens up his points lead to 73 points over Siclari.

EMEA Kyalami Race 2 Results 

Pos	Driver	Laps	Best Time
1	Jordan Sherratt	36	61:11.440
2	Michal Kopera	36	61:27.936
3	Tinko van der Velde	36	61:33.393
4	Geon-Claude Grobler	36	61:46.056
5	Minguet Brice	36	61:47.694
6	Tommy Razeyre	36	61:48.752
7	Luca Tavernari	36	61:50.812
8	Taariq Adam	36	61:51.006
9	Beniamin Baumann	36	61:51.358
10	Luke Addison	36	61:53.403
11	Charlie Crossland	36	61:53.968
12	Jeanblanc Fabien	36	61:55.852
13	Kevin Siclari	36	61:57.882
14	Van Akelijen Loïc	36	62:04.247
15	Simone Bisoglio	36	62:17.467
16	Ayrton Contreiras	36	62:31.131
17	Andrea Martelli	36	62:42.617
18	Daniele Giacomelli	34	61:18.494
19	Dimcescu Cristian	32	58:12.735
20	Dario Barzaghi	3	6:48.668

NALA KYALAMI: Hendrickson pockets pair of victories

William Hendrickson had a nightmare start to the season at Monza when he was forced to pull over before the green in the first race. Only collecting a few points in the feature that day, it’s been domination ever since. The dual winner at Laguna Seca and endurance winner at Suzuka, Hendrickson kept the momentum up as he swept the weekend at Kyalami.

Hendrickson took the pole for the event and won by multiple seconds in both races over Fidel Moreira. With the win, Hendrickson moves up into the top spot in the region. Moreira also jumps up to second around Gabriel Felipe who had an off race in South Africa, coming home fourth and eleventh in each race, respectively.

NALA Kyalami Race 1 Results

Pos	Driver	Laps	Best Time
1	William Hendrickson	27	46:09.176
2	Fidel Moreira	27	46:23.103
3	Vinny Oliveira Leão	27	46:26.729
4	Gabriel Felipe	27	46:27.057
5	Igor de Oliveira Rodrigues	27	46:34.319
6	Brian Kannappan	27	46:37.935
7	Ryan Woodrow	27	46:38.360
8	Diego Cargnin	27	46:39.542
9	Alexis Moisan	27	46:52.703
10	Lincoln Miguel	27	46:53.535
11	Timothy Flammger	27	47:00.827
12	Daniel de Oliveira	27	47:01.184
13	Daniel VanderLinde	27	47:05.532
14	Fernando Deutsch	27	47:16.471
15	Olivier Racette	27	47:23.791
16	Murilo Laba	27	47:24.392
17	Sebastian Gonzalez	27	47:38.318
18	Jonthan Clifford	25	45:54.573
19	David Whaz	24	43:53.274
20	Eric DeBon	0	DNS

NALA Kyalami Race 2 Results 

Pos	Driver	Laps	Best Time
1	William Hendrickson	36	61:16.009
2	Fidel Moreira	36	61:42.754
3	Brian Kannappan	36	61:47.590
4	Diego Cargnin	36	61:52.108
5	Vinny Oliveira Leão	36	61:58.173
6	Igor de Oliveira Rodrigues	36	61:59.553
7	Timothy Flammger	36	62:05.425
8	Murilo Laba	36	62:07.776
9	Ryan Woodrow	36	62:09.114
10	Lincoln Miguel	36	62:09.259
11	Gabriel Felipe	36	62:27.612
12	Daniel VanderLinde	36	62:30.865
13	Fernando Deutsch	36	62:32.883
14	Sebastian Gonzalez	36	62:52.742
15	Jonthan Clifford	35	61:32.647
16	David Whaz	35	61:56.490
17	Olivier Racette	35	62:27.139
18	Daniel de Oliveira	9	16:48.285
19	Alexis Moisan	7	12:57.129
20	Eric DeBon	0	DNS

APAC Kyalami: O’Hara gains ground with double win

The featured race at Suzuka was the Asia Pacific region where fans were treated to a last lap brawl between Andrew O’Hara and Egor Ogorodnikov. Ogorodnikov crossed the line first, but race officials handed a 15 second penalty for avoidable contact on the last lap, handing the endurance win back to O’Hara.

In Kyalami, O’Hara was able to make massive gains on a struggling Ogorodnikov when it was all said and done. O’Hara went on to win both races from the pole position with Gary Huang finishing in second in both races. Ogorodnikov qualified fourth but wound up finishing 15th and 17th in each race, respectively.

Ogorodnikov still leads the standings over Huang, but only by five points through four events. With the double win, O’Hara moves up into third place, 32 points behind the leader.

APAC Kyalami Race 1 Results 

Pos	Driver	Laps	Best Time
1	Andrew O’Hara	27	46:07.469
2	Gary Huang	27	46:15.052
3	Daniel Tan	27	46:25.754
4	Terry Rayton	27	46:26.105
5	Lukas Birss	27	46:36.560
6	Davlish Singh	27	46:39.564
7	Udit Sen	27	46:40.732
8	Andika Rama Maulana	27	46:41.219
9	Scott Blair	27	46:44.259
10	Sergey Mironenko	27	46:47.085
11	Ali Khairudin	27	46:52.095
12	Javier Lai	27	46:53.050
13	Daniel Hunter	27	47:00.389
14	Brian Izadfar	27	47:00.940
15	Egor Ogorodnikov	27	47:04.563
16	JJ Wong	27	47:06.155
17	Denis Sakharov	24	42:58.359
18	Ivan Shermetinskii	20	35:25.393
19	Nigel Chuah	7	13:10.303
20	Alberto Pagat	0	1231:23.647

APAC Kyalami Race 2 Results 

Pos	Driver	Laps	Best Time
1	Andrew O’Hara	36	61:15.751
2	Gary Huang	36	61:23.581
3	Terry Rayton	36	61:29.121
4	Andika Rama Maulana	36	61:31.477
5	Udit Sen	36	61:33.513
6	Denis Sakharov	36	62:04.678
7	Davlish Singh	36	62:05.528
8	Brian Izadfar	36	62:05.814
9	Sergey Mironenko	36	62:09.231
10	JJ Wong	36	62:26.759
11	Daniel Hunter	36	62:37.006
12	Lukas Birss	36	62:47.992
13	Ali Khairudin	36	62:55.549
14	Daniel Tan	36	62:55.861
15	Javier Lai	35	61:51.039
16	Scott Blair	2	4:49.794
17	Egor Ogorodnikov	2	4:51.399
18	Ivan Shermetinskii	0	DNS
19	Nigel Chuah	0	DNS
20	Alberto Pagat	0	DNS

The next race event will take place at Zandvoort on 29th August. Open qualifiers will start on 23rd August and will end 27th August. Only six events remain in the season now. Each region’s front runners are pretty well determined, but anything can happen with two endurance events with higher points still on the calendar. Check out the full EMEA region broadcast down below.

Images thanks to The Real Race.