British GP: Race Ticker
motorsport-live.com July 16th, 2017
The British fans were a bit depressed after their local hero
Harry Chapman finished only second in qualifying, but after sleeping over that result, they turned out in bunches as they know... one pass into the first corner, and
Chapman could lead the race!
With
Iker Vidal, a known brawler in the midfield, in fourth place, he could mix things up big time like he did in his win earlier this season... but he has
Holtz and
Margate right behind him...
Lap 1:
The formation lap is on and the cars slowly crawl around the track... and look at that
Windsor in third place...
Lipponen on the soft tyre! That could mix up things here if he can defend his position.
A short rundown into the first corner, Maggotts as they call it here...
The red lights are on... one.. two... three... four... five...
AND IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO!
WEXLER SLOW OFF THE LINE AND HE LOSES THE LEAD TO
CHAPMAN AND
VIDAL IS ALL OVER HIS GEARBOX...
CHAPMAN LEADS THROUGH MAGGOTTS... AND
WEXLER GOT IT ALL WRONG AND IS ON THE GRASS!
Chapman leads the race,
Vidal is second and two seconds clear of the chasing and fighting pack, and the
Rossini ace is down to 17th and fighting in the pack. Has his undertray damage after his big day out in the runoff area?
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +1.9 3.
Holtz +4.0
Woodford P16 +9.0
Lap 2:
Monster lap by
Wexler! He took drivers left, right and center, including the struggling
Lipponen, and was up to 11th.
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +3.6 3.
Holtz +4.5
Woodford P17 +16.0
Lap 3:
Faszinating race. The top three streak clear as
Margate(P4),
Saarinen(P5) and
Rodrigues(P6) fight each other.
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +4.9 3.
Holtz +5.6
Woodford P16 +20.3
Lap 4:
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +6.3 3.
Holtz +6.8
Woodford P16 +26.1
Lap 5:
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +6.9 3.
Holtz +7.8
Woodford P16 +29.6
Lap 6:
"How are the tyres
Iker?" - "Two laps, two laps." Guess they are talking about pit stop strategy.
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +7.4 3.
Holtz +8.2
Woodford P16 +32.7
Lap 7:
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +8.6 3.
Holtz +9.0
Woodford P14 +35.5
Lap 8:
Vidal first to blink.
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +10.2 3.
Margate +12.2
Vidal P11 +30.1 PIT
Woodford P14 +38.4
Lap 9:
And there are the
Steinmann...
1.
Margate 2.
Surikov +7.5 3.
Chapman +7.6
Vidal P8 +18.5
Woodford P14 +41.0
Lap 10:
Chapman comfortable in the lead,
Vidal lost tons of ground behind the
Kitano of
Blanc and now lost another place to
Holtz.
1.
Chapman 2.
Oliveira +8.8 3.
Lipponen +9.4
Vidal P7 +15.5
Woodford P12 +30.8
Lap 11:
1.
Chapman 2.
Oliveira +12.5 3.
Gonzalez +13.6
Vidal P8 +18.5
Woodford P19 +48.8 PIT
Lap 12:
Most guys on the soft compound come in... and fall back a good way...
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +12.5 3.
Gonzalez +17.1
Vidal P5 +20.4
Woodford P19 +51.6
Lap 13:
OH NO!
Winston Margate lost it in Club Corner and ran into the barrier, driving in fourth place. Yellow in sector TWO!
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +16.7 3.
Vidal +21.3
Woodford P18 +54.5
Lap 14:
The two
Steinmann are on the supersoft,
Vidal on the soft, and he has seven seconds of cushion to
Rodrigues behind him... who is trying to get past
Blanc...
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +17.8 3.
Vidal +22.6
Woodford P18 +57.2
Lap 15:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +18.2 3.
Vidal +23.2
Woodford P18 +59.1
Getting past Blanc was crucial as is was holding up the drivers behind by 3 seconds per lap...
Lap 16:
Yellow in sector one... It's
Lipponen! Oh his race went soo wrong. Starting from third, he went straight on in Stove Corner and hit the wall. Game over for him.
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +18.4 3.
Vidal +23.3
Woodford P17 +60.7
Lap 17:
1.
Chapman 2.
Holtz +18.6 3.
Vidal +23.1
Woodford P16 +61.5
Lap 18:
Both
Steinmann pit...
Vidal BARELY takes the lead... AND
HOLTZ HAS A PROBLEM... they are playing around on the engine... and that takes a long time... 15 seconds, 20 seconds... 28 SECONDS BEFORE SHE IS OUT AGAIN!
1.
Vidal 2.
Chapman +0.6 3.
Wexler +21.1
Woodford P11 +41.3
Lap 19:
Vidal in for his final pit stop... he takes no risk and takes the soft compound... underway to a second place finish? He exits in third, but
Wexler has to pit again.
1.
Chapman 2.
Wexler +20.9 3.
Vidal +21.7
Woodford P11 +41.3
Lap 20:
"
Wexler in front of you is on old softs, don't attack him. We are racing
Oliveira, 5 seconds behind you on mediums, conserve your tyres." via
Lotus.
1.
Chapman 2.
Wexler +24.0 3.
Vidal +24.6
Woodford P12 +48.3
Lap 21:
1.
Chapman 2.
Wexler +26.5 3.
Vidal +27.2
Woodford P16 +73.4 PIT
Lap 22:
And there
Wexler pits.
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +27.2 3.
Oliveira +31.0
Woodford P16 +74.2
Lap 23:
"I have some fuel left, shouldn't I push?" - "Negative
Iker,
Chapman is 27 seconds in front of you and you were 2 seconds faster then the
Windsor behind you."
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +27.3 3.
Oliveira +33.3
Woodford P16 +74.1
Lap 24:
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +27.7 3.
Oliveira +35.1
Woodford P16 +75.5
Lap 25:
"OK,
Rafael, let
Dieter pass for the Championship," Team orders at
Rossini,
Wexler P4 with the fastest lap of the race.
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +25.7 3.
Oliveira +34.9
Woodford P16 +75.1
Lap 26:
Oliveira's medium tyres look second hand... and
Wexler on the super soft is just 4 seconds adrift...
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +25.3 3.
Oliveira +36.4
Woodford P16 +74.5
Lap 27:
Now 1.2 seconds...
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +24.6 3.
Oliveira +37.3
Woodford P16 +76.7
Final Lap:
AND
OLIVEIRA BRINGS P3 HOME, ANOTHER BLOW FOR
DIETER WEXLER!
Chapman wins the eleventh race of his career and his second at home, and
Iker Vidal collects his second career podium!
1.
Chapman 2.
Vidal +23.5 3.
Oliveira +36.2
Woodford P16 +78.9