Brazilian GP: Race Ticker
motorsport-live.com November 20th, 2016
It is wet, it is foggy, it is raining, it is absolutely horrible weather... great day for racing here in Rio de Janeiro as we have the World Champion on pole position, leading a pack of 20 runner that start on the intermediate compound of tyre. Many expect the sun to come out, but the same forecasters expected a sunny qualifying before the race weekend so...
Lap 1:
All eyes and hopes are on
Ana Oliveira to deliver something special, but she has two hungry
Rossini cars behind her and her teammate
Lipponen also in her mirror, and the
Panther's want to improve on their bad qualifying!
The red lights are on... one.. two... three... four... five...
AND IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO!
ALL THREE FRONT RUNNERS WITH GREAT STARTS!
CHAPMAN COMES AWAY CLEAN, BUT
HOLTZ AND
OLIVEIRA EXIT THE CHICANE SIDE BY SIDE ONTO THE BACK STRAIGHT... AND
OLIVEIRA GOT THE SPEED... FOR NOW!
And it only was for now as sector two belonged to
Holtz and she got
Oliveira on the outside!
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +0.7 3.
Oliveira +4.7
Woodford P16 +10.8
Vidal P18 +11.3
Lap 2:
Oliveira loses out to
Wexler and the two
Steinmann are driving away with rapid pace from the pack.
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +1.0 3.
Wexler +7.9
Woodford P18 +17.7
Vidal P20 +18.8
Lap 3:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +1.4 3.
Wexler +8.7
Woodford P19 +24.1
Vidal P20 +25.9
Lap 4:
"If you can not defend our position properly, just stay at the end of the queue and save fuel and tyre life...," hard words by
Lotus boss Dan Martinson.
Vidal was up to P14 and then lost 6 places over the span of one and a half laps...
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +1.8 3.
Wexler +9.4
Woodford P19 +26.3
Vidal P20 +27.2
Lap 5:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +1.9 3.
Wexler +11.0
Woodford P19 +31.4
Vidal P20 +32.1
Lap 6:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +1.8 3.
Wexler +11.3
Vidal P19 +33.7
Woodford P20 +35.5
Lap 7:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +1.9 3.
Wexler +11.9
Vidal P19 +36.7
Woodford P20 +39.5
Lap 8:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +2.1 3.
Wexler +13.5
Vidal P19 +39.2
Woodford P20 +42.5
Lap 9:
Still damp track, still everyone on the inters, no intersting strategy, procession race... boooring.
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +2.1 3.
Wexler +13.6
Vidal P19 +40.9
Woodford P20 +44.5
Lap 10:
I say that and
Siri Lundquist gets it wrong in the first chicane, yellow flags in sector one and her race is over.
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +2.2 3.
Wexler +13.3
Vidal P18 +41.6
Woodford P20 +45.8
Lap 11:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +3.0 3.
Wexler +14.4
Vidal P18 +43.4
Vidal P20 +48.5
Lap 12:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +3.4 3.
Wexler +15.7
Vidal P17 +45.1
Woodford P18 +50.7
Lap 13:
Loads of cars pit for slicks... still raining like hell... brave decision, and maybe the wrong decision.
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +3.3 3.
Wexler +16.5
Vidal P13 +48.1
Woodford P14 +53.6
Lap 14:
And so do most of the leaders... and the
Steinmann guys queue their cars again... oh well.
1.
Chapman 2.
Surikov +7.0 3.
Holtz +7.2
Vidal P6 +26.8
Woodford P12 +57.8 PIT
Lap 15:
And it IS drying up now... too late for alot of runners...
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +7.8 3.
Oliveira +17.5
Vidal P11 +43.7 PIT
Woodford P15 +59.5
Lap 16:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +8.3 3.
Oliveira +17.4
Vidal P11 +44.8
Woodford P15 +59.3
Lap 17:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +9.2 3.
Oliveira +14.5
Vidal P11 +47.3
Woodford P15 +61.1
Lap 18:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +9.4 3.
Oliveira +13.0
Vidal P11 +47.8
Woodford P15 +62.4
Lap 19:
Oliveira trying something on the ultra soft, but can she do this without a pit stop?
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +9.3 3.
Oliveira +12.4
Vidal P12 +51.9
Woodford P15 +65.9
Lap 20:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +8.9 3.
Oliveira +10.0
Vidal P12 +53.7
Woodford P15 +68.4
Lap 21:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +10.0 3.
Oliveira +10.7
Vidal P12 +54.0
Woodford P15 +69.8
Lap 22:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +10.1 3.
Oliveira +11.9
Vidal P12 +56.3
Woodford P15 +74.6
Lap 23:
But the fireworks stop behind the back of
Holtz...
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +11.1 3.
Oliveira +12.7
Vidal P11 +57.0
Woodford P15 +78.2
Lap 24:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +11.3 3.
Oliveira +14.7
Vidal P11 +57.9
Woodford P15 +82.1
Lap 25:
And she falls back with her tyres dying...
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +11.7 3.
Oliveira +18.8
Vidal P11 +60
Woodford P15 +84
Lap 26:
And now pits and falls off the podium, bad strategy.
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +12.4 3.
Surikov +30.1
Vidal P11 +60.4
Woodford P15 +84.2
Lap 26:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +12.5 3.
Surikov +29.7
Vidal P11 +60.4
Woodford P15 +83.6
Lap 27:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +12.8 3.
Surikov +32.0
Vidal P11 +62.4
Woodford P15 +85.6
Final Lap:
And
Chapman does it again in a race that promised more thrilling action than it delivered. A 1-2 for
Steinmann,
Surikov inherited a third place from
Oliveira who gambled and lost on the ultra soft tyre and finished ninth.