Session host always starts in front of other players

[cobragamer2]

In online races, the session host always has the best starting position out of all the players, usually starting in the first half of the grid while the rest of the players start from the last few positions (see attached screenshots).

I've been racing online regularly since release and I'm only now noticing this after patch v1.09, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a thing before.

It may be caused by the starting position being set to "Random" in the race creator.