2015 RoLFS Blackwood Round

The 2015 RoLFS Blackwood Round was the first race weekend of the 2015 Rejects of LFS season. The heats races were held on April 18, and the feature race was held on April 19.

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Martyn Rietacher won Heat 1 from pole position, beating Matthias Valsattis and Danny von Rijkens. A fairly boring race, most of the action and position changes took place in the first corner where Bizzarri, Kustova, Paasonen, Hamilton and Voeckler had a scrap. Hamilton was stranded on the gravel for a long time, while Voeckler suffered enough damage that he pitted for repairs. Eventually he was caught up by the leaders, but didn't give way despite multiple blue flags. After a near miss with Rietacher, he was slapped a drive-through penalty so that he could finally be passed. After that the race was eventless, until on the final lap Bizzarri overtook Kustova and grabbed the fastest lap along the way. However, this was not enough to save him from missing the final. Voeckler's actions earned him the Reject of the Race award.

Heat 2, which saw Diego Álvarez Torrente start first, began with Martin McGovern spinning off the track after a scrap with Sebastian Prost. Shortly afterwards, Viktor Pasitchnjuk's Ural car was rolled upside down after he lost control and made contact with Helio Hernandez. There was more drama on lap 10 as Alexandre Dorval's Hydook scrapped with Brucie Kibbutz causing an accident that saw him and Hernandez reverse into the barriers. Torrente then encountered the MRT of McGovern who blocked him, giving Marcel Agyemang-Badu an opportunity to take the lead. Torrente fell to third, with Akira Yamamura also overtaking him. McGovern had another tussle with Prost on lap 11 and spun out. He went into the pits to repair his car. Agyemang-Badu won the race beating Yamamura by less than a second. The Scuderia Vittore of Andrea Bianchi was third. For costing Torrente the win and scrapping with Prost twice McGovern was the Reject of the Race.