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	Sofia Deitsch qualified in Q1 for the second time in S14, having previously qualified P6 in Fortrionale. She failed to set a Q1 time, crashing on her push lap before setting an official time. Avayah Osborne also crashed without an official time, having qualified into Q2. Fire Teammate Josep Vikalkin qualified on Pole, ahead of the Dragons of Zarya Ilic and Sarah Martins. Camilla Cyne qualified P4, followed by the final Dragon of Evabria Capio.		Sofia Deitsch qualified in Q1 for the second time in S14, having previously qualified P6 in Fortrionale. She failed to set a Q1 time, crashing on her push lap before setting an official time. Avayah Osborne also crashed without an official time, having qualified into Q2. Fire Teammate Josep Vikalkin qualified on Pole, ahead of the Dragons of Zarya Ilic and Sarah Martins. Camilla Cyne qualified P4, followed by the final Dragon of Evabria Capio.

			Angel, which had always been faster at Verskaell compared to other races on the calendar due to the high altitude (every non-electric team suffered a power drop, while they suffered no performance drop) saw an uncharacteristic performance gap, with De Leon and Kryze qualifying in Q2 (P8 & 9, respectively), while Ella Fader qualified P17 in Q3. This continued the trend of them underperforming against expectations compared to their previous pace.

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			Despite a strong Pole from Vikalkin, the concentrated and coordinated efforts of the two Dragons behind quickly put him on the back foot, and he was overtaken by both before the first pit window. Vikalkin was running a 2-4-2, and pitted from P2 on Lap 20, as Ilic pitted before him. Cyne, who started P4, did not make progress on the first stint, and struggled against Evabria Capio, who forced her to be defensive. Behind her, Avayah Osborne was making serious progress, having risen from P12 to P8 by Lap 18, when she pitted to replace her aged #1s with #5s. Cyne pitted on Lap 21, on the same 2-4-2 as Vikalkin. Zarya Ilic, who had started on #1s, on the same strategy as Osborne, pushed them slightly farther than her, and pitted on Lap 19. Her #5s worked well under the Dragon, and she made progress back towards the front. Ilic, Cyne, and Osborne converged on each other, reaching the front in that order on lap 48, Cyne, on #4s, made a move around Ilic at Corner 13 on Lap 49, and took the lead from Ilic. Cyne attempted to open the gap as much as possible in the next two laps, before pitting on Lap 51, followed the next lap by Ilic and Osborne. Cyne requested to switch to #1s, rather than #2s, but the team didn't have the time to switch the prepped tires, and she received #2s, while the other two, who pitted just a single lap later than her, received #1s. Although Cyne put in a hero's effort, Ilic caught her quickly, and passed her with little difficulty given the tire difference. Osborne faced more difficulty passing Cyne, as Cyne began to make increasingly daring moves to defend against her. Ilic began to build a safe gap to the feuding Fire pair, even as they in turn pulled away from Sarah Martins - running in P4. Osborne repeatedly instructed the team to tell Cyne to let her pass, as she felt she had better pace. Cyne, in turn, told the team to tell Osborne not to attempt to pass her. The team instructed both to "keep things clean, and focus on Ilic." However, both refused to listen to this instruction. On Lap 64/70, while Osborne was attempting to pass Cyne on the inside of the 7-8 Chicane, Cyne turned sharply in, and the two collided. Although both continued in the race, both lost pace, with Cyne's Left sidepod suffering damage, and Osborne losing the right end plate to her front wing. The team instructed Osborne to stop attempting to pass Cyne, and the two finished the race in the same order.

			With a commanding performance, as well as a well-executed race from the team, Zarya Ilic took home Dragon's first ever win, ahead of Camilla Cyne and Avayah Osborne, who all but refused to acknowledge each other on the podium. Sofia Deitsch also produced an excellent performance in the Fire, finishing P6. The Angels, which had been expected to perform exceptionally well at Verskaell, finished P7, P9, and P20.

			Finishing ahead of Osborne, Cyne extended her Driver's Title lead to 15 points, sitting pretty on 625 points. Ilic passed Vikalkin for P3 in the standings, with 525 to Vikalkin's 510.

			Fire's 2-3-5 finish gave them a weekend total of 13 points, bringing them to 123 points. Angel's disappointing Weekend saw them take home only 4 net points, coming to 63 total. Dragon closed the gap to second-placed Angel massively, scoring 13 points across the weekend, the same as Fire, to bring their total to 58, now just 5 points behind Angel. Octan scored 0 net points across the weekend, remaining P4 overall, with 32 points. Deitsch's excellent finish, only slightly lessened by Arid Mahles' failure to qualify, saw Flame net 3 net points, bringing them to 22 total. Spalding had a solid weekend, filling the gaps where once only Octan and Angel could've finished, and taking home 3 points over the Verskaell Weekend, coming to 13 total. A P12-P13 combo from Aster and Bosko brought ASG to 11 points overall. Although Ani Novak finished P11, Veliki Osoba's P27 finish left ACAE with no points across the weekend, leaving them with 8 overall. Mostafa dropped 2 points across the weekend, totalling -10 across the season. Quantos lost just a single net point, coming to -11. Halbeck lost 2, coming to -17, and Clarke lost all three possible points, coming to -22.

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	Following Young's departure from Mostafa, Windsor announced their hiring of S6 Champion Eva Sayll, Mostafa's other star driver.		Following Young's departure from Mostafa, Windsor announced their hiring of S6 Champion Eva Sayll, Mostafa's other star driver.

			Following the very public battle between Osborne and Cyne on the racetrack, team insiders leaked to the press that the reason neither driver had been resigned was that both refused to sign unless the other would not be at the team the next season, and the Team management was torn between which driver would produce a better result. Camilla Cyne had been the lead driver since the team's inception, but she had been beaten over a season by Josep Vikalkin several times, and there had been virtually no difference between the two the previous season. In addition, Osborne's relationship with Vikalkin, who had already been re-signed earlier in the season, was to be considered in the discussions.

			Angel Manager Mara Powers reiterated the criticisms she had for her team at the previous race, saying that they weren't acting as though they wanted to be the second best team in Formula Lego. She reminded everyone that Verskaell was somewhere that they had been able to win absurd victories in previous seasons, and there was no pace reason they shouldn't have been able to do the same in Season 14.

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	[[Anna Aster]], [[Julia Young]], & [[Eva Sayll]] discussed in the media their experiences being former Title Champions now driving for backfield teams, as many in the media had speculated that they were struggling due to skill deficit. Anna Aster discussed how she felt that she was doing better than she had the previous year, citing her beliefs that the ASG was significantly less competitive than the [[National Chasses\|S13 National]], and compared to her teammates she was performing extraordinarily, and said that she felt like her Season 9 Title & Season 10 Title fight proved at least to herself that she was competitive and capable as a driver. She noted that she felt being teammates with Aleks Rosya had overshadowed that as he was in a different category entirely once he joined National. Aster also jokingly said that she was sure the Season 10 Title battle had been much more interesting because Rosya hadn't been racing a top car during that Season. She also discussed her thoughts on the effects of [[Kira Sanchez]]' death in [[Formula Lego: Season 09\|Season 9]] on her own title, echoing what she had said about Rosya. Aster said that<blockquote>"I don't think I unjustly won my Title at all. The S9 National was undeniably the best vehicle on the grid that year, and Kira [Sanchez] had pushed the Osborne beyond what it was capable of to keep me, [[Vance Lewison\|Vance [Lewison]]], and [[Lily Gasly\|Lily [Gasly]]] on our toes. But even before the crash, I was leading after Race 3 and 4, and Vance had her tied at Race 2. If that crash hadn't happened I don't know that I would've still been on the podium, but I do know she wouldn't have been able to pull the heroics she did in Race 1 and 5. [[Josep Vikalkin\|Joe [Vikalkin]]] won that last race, which she probably would've if she had been there, but I was completely off that day; my emotions were a mess after everything that happened during the race that put me in the lead to win the championship. Who's to say that If I hadn't been emotionally distraught I wouldn't have done better? Kira was the best that ever was, but we know she wasn't unbeatable. In the same way, Aleks [Rosya] is the only other racer to win a second title, but He's, what 11th this year? So far? Just because he's probably the best driver on the grid right now doesn't guarantee anything if he's not driving the dominant car. In the same way that Aleks was 200 points over his Quantos teammates in Season 10, Kira was only ever beat within her team by Joe, who's another one of the best."</blockquote>Sayll agreed with the assessment that her S13 performance had been sub-par, a point she felt was important to look at in the context of racing against a generational talent like Aleks Rosya. She also highlighted that although she still considered herself a high calibre driver, she would be remiss to believe she was still the same driver she was in Season 6 when she won her title. She highlighted the fact that she considered herself to be just as hungry for victory as she once was, but felt that the younger competition put her at a disadvantage in that field. She commented that she was aiming to score more with ~~ASG~~ during Season 14 than the 35 points she had during Season 13 with National, and felt she was doing decently well compared to that goal.		[[Anna Aster]], [[Julia Young]], & [[Eva Sayll]] discussed in the media their experiences being former Title Champions now driving for backfield teams, as many in the media had speculated that they were struggling due to skill deficit. Anna Aster discussed how she felt that she was doing better than she had the previous year, citing her beliefs that the ASG was significantly less competitive than the [[National Chasses\|S13 National]], and compared to her teammates she was performing extraordinarily, and said that she felt like her Season 9 Title & Season 10 Title fight proved at least to herself that she was competitive and capable as a driver. She noted that she felt being teammates with Aleks Rosya had overshadowed that as he was in a different category entirely once he joined National. Aster also jokingly said that she was sure the Season 10 Title battle had been much more interesting because Rosya hadn't been racing a top car during that Season. She also discussed her thoughts on the effects of [[Kira Sanchez]]' death in [[Formula Lego: Season 09\|Season 9]] on her own title, echoing what she had said about Rosya. Aster said that<blockquote>"I don't think I unjustly won my Title at all. The S9 National was undeniably the best vehicle on the grid that year, and Kira [Sanchez] had pushed the Osborne beyond what it was capable of to keep me, [[Vance Lewison\|Vance [Lewison]]], and [[Lily Gasly\|Lily [Gasly]]] on our toes. But even before the crash, I was leading after Race 3 and 4, and Vance had her tied at Race 2. If that crash hadn't happened I don't know that I would've still been on the podium, but I do know she wouldn't have been able to pull the heroics she did in Race 1 and 5. [[Josep Vikalkin\|Joe [Vikalkin]]] won that last race, which she probably would've if she had been there, but I was completely off that day; my emotions were a mess after everything that happened during the race that put me in the lead to win the championship. Who's to say that If I hadn't been emotionally distraught I wouldn't have done better? Kira was the best that ever was, but we know she wasn't unbeatable. In the same way, Aleks [Rosya] is the only other racer to win a second title, but He's, what 11th this year? So far? Just because he's probably the best driver on the grid right now doesn't guarantee anything if he's not driving the dominant car. In the same way that Aleks was 200 points over his Quantos teammates in Season 10, Kira was only ever beat within her team by Joe, who's another one of the best."</blockquote>Sayll agreed with the assessment that her S13 performance had been sub-par, a point she felt was important to look at in the context of racing against a generational talent like Aleks Rosya. She also highlighted that although she still considered herself a high calibre driver, she would be remiss to believe she was still the same driver she was in Season 6 when she won her title. She highlighted the fact that she considered herself to be just as hungry for victory as she once was, but felt that the younger competition put her at a disadvantage in that field. She commented that she was aiming to score more with Mostafa during Season 14 than the 35 points she had during Season 13 with National, and felt she was doing decently well compared to that goal.

	Julia Young echoed a lot of what had been said by the two others, commenting that she felt [[Adrienne De Leon]] was a driver of the same calibre as Aleks Rosya and Kira Sanchez, but in her four seasons of FL had so far failed to be in a team properly placed to take advantage of that. She also echoed what Sayll had said about Season 13 being particularly challenging, a fact that she blamed in part on the newer design of car, which she felt she had learned a lot slower than the S9-12 cars. She questioned if she could beat the 45 points she had scored at Octan the previous year, but jokingly mentioned she was willing to accept Sayll's challenge to do so. On the topic of her Mostafa Teammate [Sayll], she said she felt that Sayll had an advantage in the current gen of cars, which [Young] believed to be harder to overtake in, considering Sayll's incredible qualifying record (at this point 13 pole positions, the most of any driver).		Julia Young echoed a lot of what had been said by the two others, commenting that she felt [[Adrienne De Leon]] was a driver of the same calibre as Aleks Rosya and Kira Sanchez, but in her four seasons of FL had so far failed to be in a team properly placed to take advantage of that. She also echoed what Sayll had said about Season 13 being particularly challenging, a fact that she blamed in part on the newer design of car, which she felt she had learned a lot slower than the S9-12 cars. She questioned if she could beat the 45 points she had scored at Octan the previous year, but jokingly mentioned she was willing to accept Sayll's challenge to do so. On the topic of her Mostafa Teammate [Sayll], she said she felt that Sayll had an advantage in the current gen of cars, which [Young] believed to be harder to overtake in, considering Sayll's incredible qualifying record (at this point 13 pole positions, the most of any driver).

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	Flame's Arid Mahles, Halbeck's Daniil West, Quantos' Muqyabzal Svetak, Clarke's Pas Mali and Visna Ederg, and Mostafa's Dino Pisto all failed to qualify for Race 9.		Flame's Arid Mahles, Halbeck's Daniil West, Quantos' Muqyabzal Svetak, Clarke's Pas Mali and Visna Ederg, and Mostafa's Dino Pisto all failed to qualify for Race 9.

			Sofia Deitsch qualified in Q1 for the second time in S14, having previously qualified P6 in Fortrionale. She failed to set a Q1 time, crashing on her push lap before setting an official time. Avayah Osborne also crashed without an official time, having qualified into Q2. Fire Teammate Josep Vikalkin qualified on Pole, ahead

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	[[Oscar Windsor]], owner of [[Windsor FL]], who had been unable to enter into Season 14 due to financial constraints, was in attendance at the Dryzakyl Race, and held a joint press conference with [[WFL Commission\|WFL Commissioner]] [[Milla Sovoce]] & Aventador Bank CEO Parro Restead, announcing Windsor's return to Formula Lego for Season 15, thanks largely to a huge sponsorship deal with Aventador. In addition, he announced that Windsor would be exercising its option on Zarya Ilic (who was still technically signed to them on a 3+2, and was just "on loan" to Dragon), and bringing her back to the team she had seen such success with during [[Formula Lego: Season 13\|Season 13]].		[[Oscar Windsor]], owner of [[Windsor FL]], who had been unable to enter into Season 14 due to financial constraints, was in attendance at the Dryzakyl Race, and held a joint press conference with [[WFL Commission\|WFL Commissioner]] [[Milla Sovoce]] & Aventador Bank CEO Parro Restead, announcing Windsor's return to Formula Lego for Season 15, thanks largely to a huge sponsorship deal with Aventador. In addition, he announced that Windsor would be exercising its option on Zarya Ilic (who was still technically signed to them on a 3+2, and was just "on loan" to Dragon), and bringing her back to the team she had seen such success with during [[Formula Lego: Season 13\|Season 13]].

			The announcement of Windsor's return raised many eyebrows in the paddock, as credible sources had begun to report that the WFLC had intended to prohibit new teams from joining the sport, and slowly move the total number of teams back to 10, to prevent them from having to do pre-qualifying, as drivers missing out on racing hurt broadcast ratings, and devalued team entries, considering the fact that many newer teams frequently failed to even qualify for races. By extension, the announcement of Windsor raised new options. Either this proposed ban would be starting later than expected, Windsor was exempted, current teams were planning on leaving the sport for Season 15 onwards, or some combination. Rumours began that any combination of Halbeck, Clarke, and Mostafa were considering leaving the sport entirely, and the driver market began to sit on edge: Several notable drivers remained out of contract for the upcoming season, including Anna Aster, Eva Sayll, Julia Young, Diana Perko, Ani Novak, as well as the impressive rookie Evacio Torra. Several other stars contract situations remained very murky, including both Camilla Cyne and Avayah Osborne, as well as their Flame sort-of-teammate Sofia Deitsch. Expectations amongst paddock insiders as well as journalists solidly agreed that following Race 9, the first dominos would fall, and the majority of the driver market would immediately follow, in what was expected to be a once-in-a-lifetime driver switch-a-roo and journalistic bonanza.

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			Flame's Arid Mahles, Halbeck's Daniil West, Quantos' Muqyabzal Svetak, Clarke's Pas Mali and Visna Ederg, and Mostafa's Dino Pisto all failed to qualify for Race 9.

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	After an abysmal run of failing to exit Pre-Qualifying, [[Avans Drone]] was replaced at [[Mostafa FL\|Mostafa]] by [[Dino Pisto]] following Race 5, in Krajinograd. Both were as-of-yet unproven young drivers. To conclude Drone's contract, he was moved to Mostafa's [[Formula National]] entry, where Pisto had been racing, at the [[Kezmedza FN\|Kezmedza]] team. This meant that Pisto would not complete the second 2/3 of his season in Formula National, as Drone would take his place on the grid from FN Race 3 onwards. Pisto was signed onto a contract that lasted only until the end of the season, and his appearance on the grid the following season was assumed to be very much a question of performance.		After an abysmal run of failing to exit Pre-Qualifying, [[Avans Drone]] was replaced at [[Mostafa FL\|Mostafa]] by [[Dino Pisto]] following Race 5, in Krajinograd. Both were as-of-yet unproven young drivers. To conclude Drone's contract, he was moved to Mostafa's [[Formula National]] entry, where Pisto had been racing, at the [[Kezmedza FN\|Kezmedza]] team. This meant that Pisto would not complete the second 2/3 of his season in Formula National, as Drone would take his place on the grid from FN Race 3 onwards. Pisto was signed onto a contract that lasted only until the end of the season, and his appearance on the grid the following season was assumed to be very much a question of performance.

	After [[Adrjana Gutnik]] crashed in Q5 at Race 7, having scored only 10 points the entire season so far, [[Dragon FL]] [[Team Manager (Formula Lego)\|Team Manager]] [[Valerie Keplerus]], well known as being one of the masterminds behind [[Osborne GC FL\|Osborne]]'s generational run of [[Constructors' Title\|Constructors' Titles]] from [[Formula Lego: Season 04\|Season 04]] to [[Formula Lego: Season 08\|Season 08]] decided that Gutnik was not living up to her expectations. While Gutnik had scored only 10 points in the first 6 races of the season, [[Sarah Martins]], not generally considered to be a superstar, but a reliably decent driver, had already scored 185, and [[Zarya Ilic]] (who was ~~defenitely~~ considered a star) had scored 320. While a large gap to Ilic was expected, and not a concern (although there were suggestions that Martins was not as competitive as the car was, and was under-scoring, even compared to Ilic), the gap of 175 points to Sarah Martins in 6 Races was considered ~~unnaceptable~~. With Gutnik also having failed to Qualify for Race 1, with no reasonable explanation (the highest visibility team to miss a race to date), her performance was considered ~~unnaceptable~~, and she was dropped before Race 7 started. [[Evabria Capio]], the Formula National points-leader at the half-way point in the FN Season, was promoted to fill Gutnik's position. The [[WFLC]], unsure how to handle switching drivers in a season with Pre-Qualifying, as there were no regulations for that (and very few regulations regarding promotion of drivers, considering that the practice had been banned until [[Formula Lego: Season 13\|the previous season]]), made a ruling that they would let her promotion after qualifying stand, and she would start from the back of the Grid, provided that she could beat the time required to not be cut in Pre-Qualifying. To ~~accomodate~~ that, a special session (15 minutes long) was held, where Capio was given the opportunity to qualify for the race. She did so, making the ~~cutoff~~ with seeming ease, and her best time would have allowed her to go on to Q4, had she been in the regular qualifying ~~sesison~~. She started the Race from the back of the grid, but in a legendary debut drive, recovered 17 positions to finish P13 at the flag, giving her 15 [[Driver's Title]] points, more than Gutnik had scored yet the entire season, immediately justifying Keplerus & Dragon's Decision. Similar to Pisto at Mostafa, Capio held a contract with Dragon only to the end of the season, although they did hold an option to extend her contract by 1 year or 2.		After [[Adrjana Gutnik]] crashed in Q5 at Race 7, having scored only 10 points the entire season so far, [[Dragon FL]] [[Team Manager (Formula Lego)\|Team Manager]] [[Valerie Keplerus]], well known as being one of the masterminds behind [[Osborne GC FL\|Osborne]]'s generational run of [[Constructors' Title\|Constructors' Titles]] from [[Formula Lego: Season 04\|Season 04]] to [[Formula Lego: Season 08\|Season 08]] decided that Gutnik was not living up to her expectations. While Gutnik had scored only 10 points in the first 6 races of the season, [[Sarah Martins]], not generally considered to be a superstar, but a reliably decent driver, had already scored 185, and [[Zarya Ilic]] (who was definitely considered a star) had scored 320. While a large gap to Ilic was expected, and not a concern (although there were suggestions that Martins was not as competitive as the car was, and was under-scoring, even compared to Ilic), the gap of 175 points to Sarah Martins in 6 Races was considered unacceptable. With Gutnik also having failed to Qualify for Race 1, with no reasonable explanation (the highest visibility team to miss a race to date), her performance was considered unacceptable, and she was dropped before Race 7 started. [[Evabria Capio]], the Formula National points-leader at the half-way point in the FN Season, was promoted to fill Gutnik's position. The [[WFLC]], unsure how to handle switching drivers in a season with Pre-Qualifying, as there were no regulations for that (and very few regulations regarding promotion of drivers, considering that the practice had been banned until [[Formula Lego: Season 13\|the previous season]]), made a ruling that they would let her promotion after qualifying stand, and she would start from the back of the Grid, provided that she could beat the time required to not be cut in Pre-Qualifying. To accommodate that, a special session (15 minutes long) was held, where Capio was given the opportunity to qualify for the race. She did so, making the cut-off with seeming ease, and her best time would have allowed her to go on to Q4, had she been in the regular qualifying session. She started the Race from the back of the grid, but in a legendary debut drive, recovered 17 positions to finish P13 at the flag, giving her 15 [[Driver's Title]] points, more than Gutnik had scored yet the entire season, immediately justifying Keplerus & Dragon's Decision. Similar to Pisto at Mostafa, Capio held a contract with Dragon only to the end of the season, although they did hold an option to extend her contract by 1 year or 2.

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	~~Following Octan~~'s ~~second race in~~ a ~~row~~ with ~~drastically sub-expectation results~~,		[[Oscar Windsor]], owner of [[Windsor FL]], who had been unable to enter into Season 14 due to financial constraints, was in attendance at the Dryzakyl Race, and held a joint press conference with [[WFL Commission\|WFL Commissioner]] [[Milla Sovoce]] & Aventador Bank CEO Parro Restead, announcing Windsor's return to Formula Lego for Season 15, thanks largely to a huge sponsorship deal with Aventador. In addition, he announced that Windsor would be exercising its option on Zarya Ilic (who was still technically signed to them on a 3+2, and was just "on loan" to Dragon), and bringing her back to the team she had seen such success with during [[Formula Lego: Season 13\|Season 13]].

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	Dryzakyl Qualifying saw some of the most electric action in years, with massive upsets, and variability within teams like had never been seen before. All three Mostafas failed to Qualify, joined by the usual suspects in Halbeck's Aither and Clarke's Ederg, as well as one shock ~~dissapointment~~, with Angel driver Ella Fader failing to qualify.		Dryzakyl Qualifying saw some of the most electric action in years, with massive upsets, and variability within teams like had never been seen before. All three Mostafas failed to Qualify, joined by the usual suspects in Halbeck's Aither and Clarke's Ederg, as well as one shock disappointment, with Angel driver Ella Fader failing to qualify.

	Title Protagonists Avayah Osborne and Camilla Cyne both made it only to Q2, with Osborne Qualifying to line up P8, and Cyne just behind her in P10. Both were out-qualified by Fire Jr. Driver Sofia Deitsch (Flame), who barely missed out on Q1, qualifying P7.		Title Protagonists Avayah Osborne and Camilla Cyne both made it only to Q2, with Osborne Qualifying to line up P8, and Cyne just behind her in P10. Both were out-qualified by Fire Jr. Driver Sofia Deitsch (Flame), who barely missed out on Q1, qualifying P7.
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			From the start of the race, Avayah Osborne and Camilla Cyne were the main attraction, as both moved up the field quickly, both starting on #1s, planning a relatively standard 1-3-1. With the obvious pace difference between them and the surrounding cars, both were instructed by the team not to race each other until the standings had stabilised, which Osborne (leading at the time) agreed to and which Cyne begrudgingly acquiesced. By the time of the first pit (both on Lap 22), they were running 3rd & 4th, and continued to make progress against Ilic and Vikalkin ahead. Vikalkin, who had been struggling to close within three seconds of leader Ilic, was instructed by the team not to defend against either, an instruction he questioned, before being granted 5 laps to defend. Both passed him on Lap 27, before beginning to close down the gap to Ilic. Ilic, for her own part, was racing on aging #3s, planning a slightly risky 3-4 (which the team believed she could pull off thanks to remarkably good tyre wear they'd observed throughout the weekend), and pitted on Lap 33, avoiding facing down the raging fires, and re-emerging in P5, behind both Vikalkin and teammate Sarah Martins, who was going long on #5s, planning to do a 5-2. Martins let her through, but meanwhile Cyne and Osborne finally began to spar, now more than halfway through the race. Cyne passed Osborne with a risky pass that Osborne defended equally risky, causing both to leave the track near an artificial chicane. They were both chastised by the team, who reminded them that their battle had no other competitors, and there was no reason to take unnecessary risks. Cyne held the lead, but both wore down their tires pushing hard, and Cyne was given the option to pit before or after Osborne (standard practice for the team when two drivers needed to pit in a similar window was to offer the lead driver the option for the order). She opted to pit after, intending to put a push lap or two in that would get her out at the right time. Osborne pitted on Lap 54, and Cyne pushed, prepping to pit Lap 56. However, before she could manage it, Quantos' Kaz Gacesa lost control on the main straight, and crashed into the Turn 1 exit wall, spraying debris everywhere. A Safety Car was immediately called, and several drivers, including Cyne and De Leon, were able to pit immediately, gaining massively on their pitstop time. Cyne re-emerged in P3, behind only Ilic, Vikalkin, Martins (all on Aging tires but without the gap to pit, even with a safety car), and ASG's Anna Aster. At the restart on Lap 60/72, Cyne began to shoot back up the field, followed by De Leon. As the flag fell, Cyne took her third win of the season, and second in a row, followed by Angel's Adrienne De Leon, and Dragon's Zarya Ilic. Osborne finished P4, simply not being able to make the extra positions back in time.

			With the 15 points more than Osborne that Cyne scored, she passed her teammate for first in the [[Driver's Title\|Driver's Title Standings]], leaving Dryzakyl with 555 points to Osborne's 545. Ilic and Vikalkin were now tied for 3rd overall, 450 points each. Sofia Deitsch had yet another admirable performance (P9), and now tied Octan's Diana Perko for 7th overall.

			Fire pulled away even further into the lead, scoring 12 points across the weekend, coming to 110 total points. Second placed Angel scored only 3 net points across the weekend (with Ella Fader DNQ and Aurora Kryze DNF weighing down De Leon's Podium), while Dragon, which had passed Octan for third overall at Race 7, scored 10 points across the weekend, coming to 45 overall. Octan had a third disappointing race in a row, scoring only 2 net points, coming to 32 overall. Flame scored well again, sitting in a lonely 5th overall, with 2 points bringing them to 19 overall. Spalding was the third team to score 2 net points at Race 7, coming to 10 total and barely maintaining their position in 6th overall. ASG scored 3 net points, totalling 9 across the season, and holding onto 7th, ACAE scored the same, totalling 8, and holding onto 8th. Mostafa, with 3 DNQs (-3 total), came to -8 overall, and 9th. Quantos lost just a single point, summing to -10, and holding 10th. Halbeck also lost just 1 point, coming to -15, (11th), and Clarke lost 2 points, totalling -19.

			Angel Team Manager [[Mara Powers]] was critical of the teams performance across the weekend (De Leon P2, Kryze Mechanical DNF, Fader DNQ), saying that the team as a whole needed to "get [their] heads down and focus," referring to Dragon's sudden increase in form, and the diminishment of the gap between the two teams from 21 points following Race 6 to just 14. She continued that "We scored a podium this week and yet we still didn't look anything like a team that wants to win, that wants to challenge." Although many considered her somewhat alarmist, considering the next two races were on Electric-friendly ground (the high altitude Verskaell and Jutvyrda tracks), their long-time team leader Aurora Kryze and points-leader Adrienne De Leon both echoed her sentiments in a later interview, Kryze commenting after her DNF that "We can't sit back and wait for someone to bring the fight to us for second place. The best team on the grid still makes mistakes, still slips up. We had two on the podium in Makendonkovo in a race where all three Fires were healthy and fast. We have to look at every race they win as if we lost it, not they won it." De Leon concurred, saying "I got lucky today. The pits came at the right time for my tires, and at the wrong time for some others'. I'm happy for the team that we got another podium, but that wasn't a second-placed team today. Our operations weren't tight, other teams found ways to dial their car in better than us."

			Dragon manager [[Valerie Keplerus]] commended her team's results, saying "After Race 6 we were the fourth best team, and now we're putting pressure on second. We can't let up, we can't slow down. The team did well today, a bit unlucky with the pitstops, but you can't control luck. We maximised everything we controlled, and we're going to do it again next race."

	==== Team and Driver Announcements ====		==== Team and Driver Announcements ====
			Following Octan's second race in a row with drastically sub-expectation results,

	=== Race 9 - Verskaell ===		=== Race 9 - Verskaell ===

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	Starting from P3, Josep Vikalkin suffered from cold tires, causing him to drop back through the field over the opening laps, finally settling around P6, trading the position back and forth with Dragon's Sarah Martins throughout the first stint. As both moved to pit on Lap 23, they collided, blocking the pitlane, and forcing a Red Flag. This handed an obvious advantage to Cyne & Osborne, neitherr of whom had pitted yet by that point. Polesitter Adrienne De Leon, on the other hand, had just pitted moments before the accident, and lost several positions due to it. Cyne would go on to win the race over Osborne, followed closely by Dragon's Zarya Ilic, while Flame's Sofia Deitsch would surpsise the grid by improving on her P6 starting position to finish just off the podium in P4.		Starting from P3, Josep Vikalkin suffered from cold tires, causing him to drop back through the field over the opening laps, finally settling around P6, trading the position back and forth with Dragon's Sarah Martins throughout the first stint. As both moved to pit on Lap 23, they collided, blocking the pitlane, and forcing a Red Flag. This handed an obvious advantage to Cyne & Osborne, neitherr of whom had pitted yet by that point. Polesitter Adrienne De Leon, on the other hand, had just pitted moments before the accident, and lost several positions due to it. Cyne would go on to win the race over Osborne, followed closely by Dragon's Zarya Ilic, while Flame's Sofia Deitsch would surpsise the grid by improving on her P6 starting position to finish just off the podium in P4.

	The trio of Cyne-Osborne-Ilic had finished in the same order at Fortrionale the previous year, making S1407 the first [[Duplicate Podiums\|Duplicate Podium]] at a track besides Cagne. Cyne's victory ahead of Osborne brought her within 5 points of the Title Leader. Although Vikalkin went Pointless across the weekend, he maintained P3 in the Title Standings over Dragon's Zarya Ilic. Perko's DNF in PQ (-1 points), and Ilic's P4 Qualifying (+1) points, saw ~~them~~ switch positions in the standings, with Octan dropping to P4 in the Constructor's Title.		The trio of Cyne-Osborne-Ilic had finished in the same order at Fortrionale the previous year, making S1407 the first [[Duplicate Podiums\|Duplicate Podium]] at a track besides Cagne. Cyne's victory ahead of Osborne brought her within 5 points of the Title Leader. Although Vikalkin went Pointless across the weekend, he maintained P3 in the Title Standings over Dragon's Zarya Ilic. Perko's DNF in PQ (-1 points), and Ilic's P4 Qualifying (+1) points, saw their teams switch positions in the standings, with Octan dropping to P4 in the Constructor's Title.

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			Dryzakyl Qualifying saw some of the most electric action in years, with massive upsets, and variability within teams like had never been seen before. All three Mostafas failed to Qualify, joined by the usual suspects in Halbeck's Aither and Clarke's Ederg, as well as one shock dissapointment, with Angel driver Ella Fader failing to qualify.

			Title Protagonists Avayah Osborne and Camilla Cyne both made it only to Q2, with Osborne Qualifying to line up P8, and Cyne just behind her in P10. Both were out-qualified by Fire Jr. Driver Sofia Deitsch (Flame), who barely missed out on Q1, qualifying P7.

			For the first time since the introduction of the Q6-Q1 qualifying format, all six Q1 drivers came from different teams, as Dragon's Zarya Ilic qualified on pole for her first time in the season, and for her team's first time. Josep Vikalkin was the only Fire driver to make it to Q1, lining up next to Ilic in P2, followed by Ani Novak (ACAE), Adrienne de Leon (Angel), Alex Rosya (Spalding), and Anna Aster (ASG).

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	~~First~~ [[Duplicate Podiums\|Duplicate Podium]] at a ~~Track~~ besides Cagne.		Starting from P3, Josep Vikalkin suffered from cold tires, causing him to drop back through the field over the opening laps, finally settling around P6, trading the position back and forth with Dragon's Sarah Martins throughout the first stint. As both moved to pit on Lap 23, they collided, blocking the pitlane, and forcing a Red Flag. This handed an obvious advantage to Cyne & Osborne, neitherr of whom had pitted yet by that point. Polesitter Adrienne De Leon, on the other hand, had just pitted moments before the accident, and lost several positions due to it. Cyne would go on to win the race over Osborne, followed closely by Dragon's Zarya Ilic, while Flame's Sofia Deitsch would surpsise the grid by improving on her P6 starting position to finish just off the podium in P4.

			The trio of Cyne-Osborne-Ilic had finished in the same order at Fortrionale the previous year, making S1407 the first [[Duplicate Podiums\|Duplicate Podium]] at a track besides Cagne. Cyne's victory ahead of Osborne brought her within 5 points of the Title Leader. Although Vikalkin went Pointless across the weekend, he maintained P3 in the Title Standings over Dragon's Zarya Ilic. Perko's DNF in PQ (-1 points), and Ilic's P4 Qualifying (+1) points, saw them switch positions in the standings, with Octan dropping to P4 in the Constructor's Title.

			==== Team and Driver Announcements ====
			Following his DNF, Fire Manager [[Lila Abeke]] held a press release with Josep Vikalkin, where the two announced that they had come to agreement for Contract Terms for a one-year extension, guaranteeing his presence at the in-form team through Season 15.

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	=== Race 9 - Verskaell ===		=== Race 9 - Verskaell ===
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	=== Race 10 - Jutvyrda ===		=== Race 10 - Jutvyrda ===
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	=== Race 11 - Karebyr ===		=== Race 11 - Karebyr ===
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			Following the Conclusion of the Race

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	=== Race 13 - Cagne Island ===		=== Race 13 - Cagne Island ===

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	~~Potentially first complete~~ Podium ~~Duplicate~~ at a ~~venue? (Cyne-Osborne-Ilic) Barring pre-S10~~ Cagne~~, probably, ofc~~.		First [[Duplicate Podiums\|Duplicate Podium]] at a Track besides Cagne.

	=== Race 8 - Dryzakyl ===		=== Race 8 - Dryzakyl ===