Portugese GP: Race Ticker
motorsport-live.com May 8th, 2016
The sun is out here in the south west of Europe for the Portugese GP. Of the top 10, the two
Windsor cars and the
Van Dort of
Gonzalez are on the medium compound, and for some reason,
Wolfgang Schmidt starts on a used soft tyre...
Lap 1:
Here are the last runners, lots of hard tyres at the back end of the grid...
Chapman and
Wexler are waiting... and the red lights are on... one.. two... three... four... five...
AND IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO!
WEXLER AND
CHAPMAN ARE SIDE BY SIDE RIGHT AWAY AND GO
WEXLER LEADS INTO THE FIRST CORNER... AND WENT IN TOO DEEP! HE GOT WIDE AND LOST ALOT OF PLACES AND
CHAPMAN LEADS IT AGAIN,
LIPPONEN AND
SHARP LINE ASTERN BEHIND HIM.
And
Chapman gets it all wrong in turn eight as
Lipponen just drives around him on the outside and streaks WAY clear on the harder tyre!
Wexler now fith behind
Holtz. But wait, this is not over...
Chapman with GREAT TRACTION out of turn 16 and he nips
Lipponen on the start-finish line to lead the race after one hell of a lap!
1.
Chapman 2.
Lipponen +0.2 3.
Sharp +0.7
Woodford P16 +11.5
Vidal P17 +12.0
Lap 2:
And
Lipponen loses out to
Sharp in the first corner of lap two, horrible sequence of events for the finn as
Holtz takes him on the long back straight.
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +2.6 3.
Holtz +3.7
Woodford P19 +20.7
Vidal P20 +21
Lap 3:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +2.9 3.
Holtz +4.1
Vidal P19 +27.8
Woodford P20 +28.4
Lap 4:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +2.9 3.
Holtz +4.8
Vidal P19 +32
Woodford P20 +32.9
Lap 5:
And
Schmidt has to pit for new tyres as his already used super softs are dead. What kind of strategy is this. He ends up P20, five second behind the two
Lotus.
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +3.4 3.
Holtz +5.3
Vidal P18 +36.4
Woodford P19 +37.4
Lap 6:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +3.5 3.
Holtz +5.0
Vidal P18 +40.2
Woodford P19 +41.5
Lap 7:
The leaders now should be close to a pit stop...
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +3.5 3.
Holtz +5.4
Vidal P18 +42.9
Woodford P19 +45
Lap 8:
Both
Steinmann in the pits as
Sharp and
Wexler try to get another lap out of their soft tyres.
1.
Sharp 2.
Wexler +3.7 3.
Chapman +8.4
Vidal P18 +43.8
Woodford P19 +47.8
Lap 9:
And they both dive into the pits now...
Lipponen leads on old medium tyres,
Chapman, then
Sharp.
1.
Lipponen 2.
Chapman +3.7 3.
Sharp +6.6
Vidal P18 +43.6
Woodford P19 +47.4
Lap 10:
Chapman already all over the gearbox of
Lipponen with a pit stop in hand.
1.
Lipponen 2.
Chapman +0.7 3.
Sharp +10.5
Vidal P16 +40.9
Woodford P18 +42.6
Lap 11:
1.
Lipponen 2.
Chapman +0.9 3.
Sharp +8.4
Vidal P15 +43
Woodford P20 +61.8
Lap 12:
And there comes
Lipponen for service. He will fall back into P5.
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +6.4 3.
Holtz +13.2
Vidal P19 +61.4
Woodford P20 +63.9
Lap 13:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +6.5 3.
Holtz +13.3
Vidal P19 +63.4
Woodford P20 +66.1
Lap 14:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +7.2 3.
Holtz +13.2
Vidal P19 +66.7
Woodford P20 +69.8
Lap 15:
Ohh
Gonzalez got it all wrong in the final chicane and has smashed her
Van Dort into the wall. She looks ok, but is out of the race.
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +7.5 3.
Holtz +13.0
Vidal P18 +70.4
Woodford P19 +73.7
Lap 16:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +7.3 3.
Holtz +12.8
Vidal P17 +73.3
Woodford P18 +76.4
Lap 17:
We are closing in on the next round of pit stops as
Chapman's tyres are starting to blister.
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +6.6 3.
Holtz +12.9
Vidal P17 +75.6
Woodford P18 +77.5
Lap 18:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +5.2 3.
Holtz +11.5
Vidal P17 +77.4
Woodford P18 +77.4
Lap 19:
The
Steinmann loses time, but goes around for another lap...
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +4.1 3.
Holtz +11.0
Vidal P17 +79.1
Woodford P18 +80.5
Lap 20:
And finally comes in for a pair of fresh boots and
Holtz comes in as well with a technical problem... ohh bad luck, she was in for a podium and will spent some extra time in the pits for repairs.
1.
Sharp 2.
Wexler +7.9 3.
Lipponen +8.5
Vidal P17 +78.7
Woodford P18 +82.1
Lap 21:
Wexler in,
Sharp stays our for another lap on those old tyres... wow.
1.
Sharp 2.
Lipponen +8.9 3.
Chapman +9.2
Vidal P15 +75.3
Woodford P17 +78.9
Lap 22:
And in she comes... and
Chapman takes the lead by breezing past
Lipponen on the start-finish line again. It is his race to lose.
1.
Chapman 2.
Lipponen +0.1 3.
Sharp +1.9
Vidal P15 +76.1
Woodford P19 1 LAP
Lap 23:
Lipponen falling back fast with a pit stop still to go for him, maybe
Holtz will make the podium after all.
1.
Chapman 2.
Lipponen +5.7 3.
Sharp +9.6
Vidal P18 1 LAP
Woodford P19 1 LAP
Lap 24:
And there he comes, with eight laps to go, it looks like a double podium for
Steinmann.
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +9.4 3.
Holtz +12.4
Vidal P18 1 LAP
Woodford P19 1 LAP
Lap 25:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +9.1 3.
Holtz +12.8
Vidal P18 1 LAP
Woodford P19 1 LAP
Lap 26:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +8 3.
Holtz +12.5
Vidal P18 1 LAP
Woodford P19 1 LAP
Lap 27:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +8 3.
Holtz +11.9
Vidal P18 1 LAP
Woodford P19 1 LAP
Lap 28:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +8 7.
Holtz +11.9
Vidal P17 1 LAP
Woodford P19 1 LAP
Lap 29:
Uhh
Ana Oliveira's
Windsor kissed the barrier's in the penultimate corner and destroyed the suspension and the car. Her race is over.
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +9
Holtz +12.5
Vidal P16 1 LAP
Woodford P18 1 LAP
Lap 30:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +8.8
Holtz +13
Vidal P16 1 LAP
Woodford P18 1 LAP
Lap 31:
1.
Chapman 2.
Sharp +7.7
Holtz +13.5
Vidal P16 1 LAP
Woodford P18 1 LAP
Final Lap:
No more drama here,
Chapman takes the second one in a row in a strong showing by the Silver Arrows, the
Rossini failed to make any impression on the field. See you next race!