The Grand Finals of the BMW M Festival Asphalt Series Season one took place last night where a total of 31 players were revving their engines in anticipation of starting the final rounds. After two group stages and an adrenaline-packed knock out round, we were left to crown one player who rides away from the competition R10 000 richer.  

The Group Stages - Phase 1 

Entering into the group stages, the players were placed into their respective pools which were comprised of 6/7 players. The goal in the first group stage would be to end in a top-three placement in their respective pools based on point accumulation.  

How it works: 

  • Points were assigned based on pool size and final placement in their respective three races. 
  • For example: If a pool consists of 7 players, the first player at the end of a race would earn 7 points, second 6 points, third 5 points, etc. 
  • The points were only used in the individual pools and not compared to other groups. 

If players were tied on points, the player with the fastest lap time between the two players would progress to the next round. 

Out of the Group stages, the following players progressed: 

Pool 1: 

  1. SNYPER 
  2. EGSA_ACQUIRED 
  3. LushCylinder 

Pool 2: 

  1. Jaydi
  2. TianoCDR
  3. NIGHTSURFR

Pool 3:

  1. Ighti 
  2. Ignitez
  3. FanMan

Pool 4: 

  1. Bernard 
  2. MrG86
  3. DRIP_ICCE

Pool 5: 

  1. Whuzzup 
  2. WonderBGK
  3. Irfaan

The Group Stages - Phase 2 

The second group stages saw the players seeded into three smaller groups of five players. The point format was used to determine the top two players (six total) from each group after three races were completed, who would progress to the Grand Final. The seventh player would be awareded the wildcard slot and would be granted to a non-qualifying player with the fastest lap time. 

Results of the pools were as follows: 

Pool 1: 

  1. SNYPER
  2. TianoCDR
    ---------
  3. Ignitez*
  4. DRIP_ICCE
  5. WonderBGK

Pool 2:

  1. Irfaan
  2. Jaydi
    ---------
  3. Bernard
  4. EGSA_Aquired
  5. Ighti

Pool 3:  

  1. Whuzzup
  2. FanMan
    --------
  3. NIGHTSURFR
  4. LushCylinder
  5. MrG86

*Ignitez qualifies as wildcard fastest lap. 

The Finals - Elimination

We had reached the Finals with our final seven competitors, which each guaranteed themselves a share of the R25 000 prize pool. 

The finalists would now compete against one another, where the last finishing player of each race would be eliminated from the competition. After the sixth race was completed we had our winner and the results are as follows: 

  • 1st: SNYPER - R10,000
  • 2nd: Whuzzup - R7,000
  • 3rd: TianoCDR - R3,000
  • 4th: Jaydi - R2,000
  • 5th: Ignitez R1,500
  • 6th: Irfaan R1,000
  • 7th: FanMan R500

If you missed out in the first season, you can prepare yourself for season two which is scheduled to open registrations on 30th of September.

If you would like to compete, you can find out more about the series and how it works here.

The BMW M Festival Asphalt Series is brought to you by the sponsors BMW South Africa and their partners Shell South Africa.

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