Round 8 of the AAL F1GP was held on Sunday with a field of 12 racers heading to the Kyoto Ring Grand Prix track. With the number of laps set at 40, there was the chance for racers to choose a one stopper strategy. Viperosi was able to qualify in a very respectable 4th place behind Reppo and the SCR duo of Bugle and Scottie.

Viperosi was able to steal 3rd coming into the 1st corner. With Viperosi unable to adjust comfortably to the setup, he soon spun around lap 4 where his tyres became extremely hot. This dropped him down 4 places down to 7th. Over the next few laps, Viperosi was able to crawl back up to 4th on lap 6, and then back up to 3rd on lap 11.

After pitting on lap 20, Viperosi was on a mission to catch StanDaam in 3rd. Within the last 5 laps, Viperosi was able to catch up to StanDaam and shadow him for the next few laps. "I was full throttle through the esses just before the last corner and passed Stan on the outside and we both came flying down the inside of Russel, I went a touch too deep, Stan got the inside and we went side by side before slipstream hit my car and I lost a heap of time on the exit as I almost was thrown off the track by it."

On the last lap Viperosi pulled off one final attempt to grab 3rd place from StanDaam and it pulled off as Viperosi crossed the finish line one hundredth of a second before StanDaam. Well done Viper =]

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