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Griever20 · 10-03-2017, 01:22 PM

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July 2nd, 2017

Fans, team principals and writers still are trying to find out where the pace of the pole setter comes from, but it is as it is, Aki Lipponen is on pole position in front of Chapman, Wexler and Holtz.

It was a bit of a strange qualifying as only a few runners improved in their second attempt, including Iker Vidal, who showed good pace and was only half a second slower than the pole man.

Lap 1:
The blankets are off... and up to P10, all drivers are on the ultra soft with only Niilo Saarinen starting on the red striped soft tyre. Looking at the track, turn one should be flat out with no problem, but the chicane after that will be the point where all will be kicking off after the start, keep an eye on that folks...

The red lights are on... one.. two... three... four... five...

AND IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO!

LIPPONEN AND MOST FRONT RUNNERS CLEAR AWAY FROM THE START AND THROUGH TURN ONE... into turn two... NINA HOLTZ AND IKER VIDAL GO THROUGH THE INSIDE OF THE CHICANE AND GAIN MASSIVE PLACES... and are up into second and third!

Both pass Lipponen in the roundabout traffic, Holtz leads the race in front of Vidal at the second intermediate! But Vidal gets it wrong in turn 14... and Chapman and Lipponen slip through...

AND THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER GOES WIDE... AND FALLS WAY BACK... P17 FOR WEXLER! THE TWO SILVER ARROWS LEAD THE RACE AND THE ROSSINI ARE P8 AND P17!

1. Holtz 2. Chapman +2.5 3. Lipponen +3.3
Vidal P4 +4.2
Woodford P12 +8.0

Lap 2:
1. Holtz 2. Chapman +2.1 3. Lipponen +4.4
Vidal P4 +6.6
Woodford P14 +15.9

Lap 3:
Rodrigues(P5) and Wexler(P10) fight back...

1. Holtz 2. Chapman +2.3 3. Lipponen +4.1
Vidal P4 +7.8
Woodford P14 +20.9

Lap 4:
Vidal with a personal best, 1:14.922, but still four tenth of a second slower than Lipponen.

1. Holtz 2. Chapman +1.6 3. Lipponen +3.4
Vidal P4 +7.3
Woodford P14 +23.7

Lap 5:
"OK, Harry, Vidal is holding up the pack, get the other car and pass her, and then you can streak away easily," via Chapman's team radio.

1. Holtz 2. Chapman +0.8 3. Lipponen +3.5
Vidal P4 +7.7
Woodford P14 +26.5

Lap 6:
1. Holtz 2. Chapman +1.0 3. Lipponen +3.3
Vidal P4 +8.3
Woodford P14 +30.2

Lap 7:
1. Holtz 2. Chapman +1.6 3. Lipponen +3.2
Vidal P4 +8.8
Woodford P14 +32.4

Lap 8:
Oh, Vidal's tyres have gone away spectaculary and he falls way back in to P11... and pits... that will cost them a potential podium.

1. Holtz 2. Chapman +1.3 3. Lipponen +3.2
Vidal P11 +23.3
Woodford P14 +33.1

Lap 9:
The leaders pit... and they queue Holtz and Chapman... unbelievable.

1. Rodrigues 2. Gonzalez +1.3 3. Saarinen +2.2
Woodford P12 +32.0
Vidal P20 +43.5 PIT

Lap 10:
And they still will be 1-2 when Saarinen pits...

1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +2.2 3. Chapman +7.7
Woodford P9 +16.3
Vidal P17 +27.0

Lap 11:
1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +0.4 3. Chapman +4.1
Woodford P5 +17.5
Vidal P13 +27.4

Lap 12:
1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +0.7 3. Chapman +1.2
Woodford P8 +24.8
Vidal P13 +28.3

Lap 13:
Chapman is on the ultrasoft... alternative strategy?

1. Holtz 2. Chapman +0.8 3. De Graaf +15.1
Vidal P11 +30.5
Woodford P20 +40.7

Lap 14:
Chapman takes Holtz easily on the back strait... traction with the ultra soft...

And that is the race for Aki Lipponen as he missed the braking point in the first chicane and broke his suspension on the barriers... Yellow in sector one...

1. Chapman 2. Holtz +0.4 3. De Graaf +16.5
Vidal P12 +32.7
Woodford P19 +41.0

Lap 15:
1. Chapman 2. Holtz +2.4 3. De Graaf +18.9
Vidal P10 +35.7
Woodford P18 +42.4

Lap 16:
1. Chapman 2. Holtz +3.2 3. Saarinen +21.2
Vidal P8 +37.9
Woodford P17 +44.6

Lap 17:
Dominating performance by the two Steinmann cars...

1. Chapman 2. Holtz +2.8 3. Saarinen +20.5
Vidal P8 +39.4
Woodford P17 +45.6

Lap 18:
Chapman pits... and they have to repair his front wing... and his suspension... he will fall back... that was a 39.74 second pitstop including pitlane time...

1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +17.6 3. Margate +32.7
Vidal P6 +38.2
Woodford P12 +48.1

Lap 19:
1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +17.1 3. Margate +31.7
Vidal P5 +39.8
Woodford P12 +47.3

Lap 20:
1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +16.9 3. Margate +30.7
Vidal P5 +38.9
Woodford P11 +47.9

Lap 21:
1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +16.8 3. Margate +29.9
Vidal P5 +38.4
Woodford P11 +48.8

Lap 22:
1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +16.1 3. Margate +31.1
Woodford P10 +50.4
Vidal P14 +59.1 PIT

Lap 23:
1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +14.4 3. Margate +30.8
Woodford P10 +51.4
Vidal P14 +59.6

Lap 24:
Pretty boring race right now...

1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +12.9 3. Chapman +30.5
Woodford P10 +51.9
Vidal P14 +58.8

Lap 25:
1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +11.5 3. Chapman +27.8
Woodford P9 +52.2
Vidal P14 +58.6

Lap 26:
And then it kicks off! Holtz has to stay in the pits for a while with a suspension repair! Saarinen is past her by a mile!

1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +3.6 3. Gonzalez +11.0
Vidal P12 +31.9
Woodford P19 +80.8

Lap 27:
1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +2.7 3. Wexler +12.2
Vidal P10 +32.1
Woodford P19 +53.1

Lap 28:
1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +1.9 3. Holtz +12.5
Vidal P8 +35.0
Woodford P19 +53.9

Lap 29:
"Chapman has to pit soon, if you can put in some hot laps, we can win this race," via Van Dort.. they fancy Saarinen for a win here!

1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +0.8 3. Holtz +11.4
Vidal P10 +39.7
Woodford P18 +54.5

Lap 30:
1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +0.5 3. Holtz +9.3
Vidal P11 +44.1
Woodford P17 +56.7

Lap 31:
1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +0.7 3. Holtz +8.4
Vidal P10 +44.9
Woodford P17 +58.0

Lap 32:
Chapman's tyres look second hand for two laps now, but he stays out and loses time to P3 and the rest...

1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +1.5 3. Holtz +8.0
Vidal P10 +44.4
Woodford P16 +59.7

Lap 33:
And there he pits... and exits third on the ultra soft tyre... if that works, he can win it...

1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +3.4 3. Chapman +18.1
Vidal P10 +40.8
Woodford P16 +61.1

Lap 34:
That is 2.4 seconds faster tha the leader last lap...

1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +3.4 3. Chapman +15.7
Vidal P10 +41.3
Woodford P14 +58.2

Lap 35:
1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +3.0 3. Chapman +11.6
Vidal P13 +63.2 PIT
Woodford P19 +88. PIT

Lap 36:
1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +3.7 3. Chapman +8.5
Vidal P11 +64.0
Woodford P19 +90.7

Lap 37:
Chapman is going to win this race as the tyres go away for Saarinen and Holtz

1. Saarinen 2. Chapman +7.3 3. Holtz +9.0
Vidal P11 +64.1
Woodford P19 +89.6

Lap 38:
1. Saarinen 2. Chapman +2.1 3. Holtz +8.4
Vidal P10 +64.3
Woodford P19 +88.4

Lap 39:
A matter of time now...

1. Saarinen 2. Chapman +0.2 3. Holtz +7.2
Vidal P10 +58.6
Woodford P18 +85.8

Lap 40:
OR NOT AS CHAPMAN PITS FOR ANOTHER SET OF ULTRA SOFTS! He burned through the first set too fast...

1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +5.9 3. Chapman +21.0
Vidal P10 +55.7
Woodford P17 +83.5

Lap 41:
1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +5.9 3. Chapman +17.5
Vidal P10 +53.7
Woodford P17 +80.3

Final Lap:
AND THAT IS THE FIRST WIN FOR THE VAN DORT TEAM AND THE THIRD CAREER WIN FOR NIILO SAARINEN. He was the only runner that started on the soft tyre, drove a sensible stategy, and then made it stick when the Steinmann cars had technical problems or drove a strange strategy.

Wexler finishes fourth in a salvage operation after his mistake in the first lap!

1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +5.8 3. Chapman +12.9
Vidal P10 +53.3
Woodford P17 +81.5

10-03-2017, 01:22 PM	#135
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,723	2017 South African GP(7/16): Live Race Tracker South African GP: Race Ticker motorsport-live.com July 2nd, 2017 Fans, team principals and writers still are trying to find out where the pace of the pole setter comes from, but it is as it is, Aki Lipponen is on pole position in front of Chapman, Wexler and Holtz. It was a bit of a strange qualifying as only a few runners improved in their second attempt, including Iker Vidal, who showed good pace and was only half a second slower than the pole man. Lap 1: The blankets are off... and up to P10, all drivers are on the ultra soft with only Niilo Saarinen starting on the red striped soft tyre. Looking at the track, turn one should be flat out with no problem, but the chicane after that will be the point where all will be kicking off after the start, keep an eye on that folks... The red lights are on... one.. two... three... four... five... AND IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO! LIPPONEN AND MOST FRONT RUNNERS CLEAR AWAY FROM THE START AND THROUGH TURN ONE... into turn two... NINA HOLTZ AND IKER VIDAL GO THROUGH THE INSIDE OF THE CHICANE AND GAIN MASSIVE PLACES... and are up into second and third! Both pass Lipponen in the roundabout traffic, Holtz leads the race in front of Vidal at the second intermediate! But Vidal gets it wrong in turn 14... and Chapman and Lipponen slip through... AND THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER GOES WIDE... AND FALLS WAY BACK... P17 FOR WEXLER! THE TWO SILVER ARROWS LEAD THE RACE AND THE ROSSINI ARE P8 AND P17! 1. Holtz 2. Chapman +2.5 3. Lipponen +3.3 Vidal P4 +4.2 Woodford P12 +8.0 Lap 2: 1. Holtz 2. Chapman +2.1 3. Lipponen +4.4 Vidal P4 +6.6 Woodford P14 +15.9 Lap 3: Rodrigues(P5) and Wexler(P10) fight back... 1. Holtz 2. Chapman +2.3 3. Lipponen +4.1 Vidal P4 +7.8 Woodford P14 +20.9 Lap 4: Vidal with a personal best, 1:14.922, but still four tenth of a second slower than Lipponen. 1. Holtz 2. Chapman +1.6 3. Lipponen +3.4 Vidal P4 +7.3 Woodford P14 +23.7 Lap 5: "OK, Harry, Vidal is holding up the pack, get the other car and pass her, and then you can streak away easily," via Chapman's team radio. 1. Holtz 2. Chapman +0.8 3. Lipponen +3.5 Vidal P4 +7.7 Woodford P14 +26.5 Lap 6: 1. Holtz 2. Chapman +1.0 3. Lipponen +3.3 Vidal P4 +8.3 Woodford P14 +30.2 Lap 7: 1. Holtz 2. Chapman +1.6 3. Lipponen +3.2 Vidal P4 +8.8 Woodford P14 +32.4 Lap 8: Oh, Vidal's tyres have gone away spectaculary and he falls way back in to P11... and pits... that will cost them a potential podium. 1. Holtz 2. Chapman +1.3 3. Lipponen +3.2 Vidal P11 +23.3 Woodford P14 +33.1 Lap 9: The leaders pit... and they queue Holtz and Chapman... unbelievable. 1. Rodrigues 2. Gonzalez +1.3 3. Saarinen +2.2 Woodford P12 +32.0 Vidal P20 +43.5 PIT Lap 10: And they still will be 1-2 when Saarinen pits... 1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +2.2 3. Chapman +7.7 Woodford P9 +16.3 Vidal P17 +27.0 Lap 11: 1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +0.4 3. Chapman +4.1 Woodford P5 +17.5 Vidal P13 +27.4 Lap 12: 1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +0.7 3. Chapman +1.2 Woodford P8 +24.8 Vidal P13 +28.3 Lap 13: Chapman is on the ultrasoft... alternative strategy? 1. Holtz 2. Chapman +0.8 3. De Graaf +15.1 Vidal P11 +30.5 Woodford P20 +40.7 Lap 14: Chapman takes Holtz easily on the back strait... traction with the ultra soft... And that is the race for Aki Lipponen as he missed the braking point in the first chicane and broke his suspension on the barriers... Yellow in sector one... 1. Chapman 2. Holtz +0.4 3. De Graaf +16.5 Vidal P12 +32.7 Woodford P19 +41.0 Lap 15: 1. Chapman 2. Holtz +2.4 3. De Graaf +18.9 Vidal P10 +35.7 Woodford P18 +42.4 Lap 16: 1. Chapman 2. Holtz +3.2 3. Saarinen +21.2 Vidal P8 +37.9 Woodford P17 +44.6 Lap 17: Dominating performance by the two Steinmann cars... 1. Chapman 2. Holtz +2.8 3. Saarinen +20.5 Vidal P8 +39.4 Woodford P17 +45.6 Lap 18: Chapman pits... and they have to repair his front wing... and his suspension... he will fall back... that was a 39.74 second pitstop including pitlane time... 1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +17.6 3. Margate +32.7 Vidal P6 +38.2 Woodford P12 +48.1 Lap 19: 1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +17.1 3. Margate +31.7 Vidal P5 +39.8 Woodford P12 +47.3 Lap 20: 1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +16.9 3. Margate +30.7 Vidal P5 +38.9 Woodford P11 +47.9 Lap 21: 1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +16.8 3. Margate +29.9 Vidal P5 +38.4 Woodford P11 +48.8 Lap 22: 1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +16.1 3. Margate +31.1 Woodford P10 +50.4 Vidal P14 +59.1 PIT Lap 23: 1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +14.4 3. Margate +30.8 Woodford P10 +51.4 Vidal P14 +59.6 Lap 24: Pretty boring race right now... 1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +12.9 3. Chapman +30.5 Woodford P10 +51.9 Vidal P14 +58.8 Lap 25: 1. Holtz 2. Saarinen +11.5 3. Chapman +27.8 Woodford P9 +52.2 Vidal P14 +58.6 Lap 26: And then it kicks off! Holtz has to stay in the pits for a while with a suspension repair! Saarinen is past her by a mile! 1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +3.6 3. Gonzalez +11.0 Vidal P12 +31.9 Woodford P19 +80.8 Lap 27: 1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +2.7 3. Wexler +12.2 Vidal P10 +32.1 Woodford P19 +53.1 Lap 28: 1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +1.9 3. Holtz +12.5 Vidal P8 +35.0 Woodford P19 +53.9 Lap 29: "Chapman has to pit soon, if you can put in some hot laps, we can win this race," via Van Dort.. they fancy Saarinen for a win here! 1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +0.8 3. Holtz +11.4 Vidal P10 +39.7 Woodford P18 +54.5 Lap 30: 1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +0.5 3. Holtz +9.3 Vidal P11 +44.1 Woodford P17 +56.7 Lap 31: 1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +0.7 3. Holtz +8.4 Vidal P10 +44.9 Woodford P17 +58.0 Lap 32: Chapman's tyres look second hand for two laps now, but he stays out and loses time to P3 and the rest... 1. Chapman 2. Saarinen +1.5 3. Holtz +8.0 Vidal P10 +44.4 Woodford P16 +59.7 Lap 33: And there he pits... and exits third on the ultra soft tyre... if that works, he can win it... 1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +3.4 3. Chapman +18.1 Vidal P10 +40.8 Woodford P16 +61.1 Lap 34: That is 2.4 seconds faster tha the leader last lap... 1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +3.4 3. Chapman +15.7 Vidal P10 +41.3 Woodford P14 +58.2 Lap 35: 1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +3.0 3. Chapman +11.6 Vidal P13 +63.2 PIT Woodford P19 +88. PIT Lap 36: 1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +3.7 3. Chapman +8.5 Vidal P11 +64.0 Woodford P19 +90.7 Lap 37: Chapman is going to win this race as the tyres go away for Saarinen and Holtz 1. Saarinen 2. Chapman +7.3 3. Holtz +9.0 Vidal P11 +64.1 Woodford P19 +89.6 Lap 38: 1. Saarinen 2. Chapman +2.1 3. Holtz +8.4 Vidal P10 +64.3 Woodford P19 +88.4 Lap 39: A matter of time now... 1. Saarinen 2. Chapman +0.2 3. Holtz +7.2 Vidal P10 +58.6 Woodford P18 +85.8 Lap 40: OR NOT AS CHAPMAN PITS FOR ANOTHER SET OF ULTRA SOFTS! He burned through the first set too fast... 1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +5.9 3. Chapman +21.0 Vidal P10 +55.7 Woodford P17 +83.5 Lap 41: 1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +5.9 3. Chapman +17.5 Vidal P10 +53.7 Woodford P17 +80.3 Final Lap: AND THAT IS THE FIRST WIN FOR THE VAN DORT TEAM AND THE THIRD CAREER WIN FOR NIILO SAARINEN. He was the only runner that started on the soft tyre, drove a sensible stategy, and then made it stick when the Steinmann cars had technical problems or drove a strange strategy. Wexler finishes fourth in a salvage operation after his mistake in the first lap! 1. Saarinen 2. Holtz +5.8 3. Chapman +12.9 Vidal P10 +53.3 Woodford P17 +81.5 __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)