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Griever20 · 10-14-2017, 04:01 AM

Belgium GP: Race Notebook
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August 20th, 2017

The pendulum is stuck on the side of the Silver Arrows as Chapman got the best of Dieter Wexler and the Rossini team by driving 10 laps on the soft tyre, and 17 on the medium compound to just make the chequered flag on his second hand tyres.

Both Wexler and Vidal were flying late in the race with Wexler putting in a 1:36.990 as the fastest lap by a country mile, but it was not enough to gain more places.

#2's Struggling
Winston Margate and Iker Vidal scored valuable points for their teams, and that was mostly because the number two drivers of Steinmann and Rossini failed to deliever today.

For Nina Holtz, she led the race a long time after starting the race on the soft compound, but after what was clocked a 15 second repair on her rear wing, she went on to cause an accident with Lucía Flores, collecting her in the Bruxelles Hairpin and collecting another pit stop to repair the front wing, and a drive through penalty to put her P16 in the end.

Rafael Rodrigues wildly blamed Aki Lipponen for his bad race. "He forced me onto the dirt and ultimately wide in Eau Rouge, so I had to put in a recovery drive from the back end of the field..." He finished sixth.

Off the Mark:
Appearing in his 26th race, Jeremy Woodford finally got the monkey of his back. A ninth place finish with a conservative 1-stop strategy from medium to soft saw the Brit collect his first career World Motorsport Championship points, and they were well earned.

"He is such a nice and positive lad, and kinda was forced into the paydriver and #2 driver role by that, and so he never had equal material to Vidal. Nice to see him score points, and the partnership with his new race engineer also seems to work," said Flavio Briatore, former Renault team boss.

After Ten Races:
The perception is that Rossini has the fastest car on the grid, but they just can not make it work in the race, getting outplayed by Steinmann on a number of occations, or they hurt themselves by getting penalized for illegal parts or by completely blowing the strategy.

Speaking of blowing something, the Van Dort Racing team saw its team principal hit the timing stand in anger when Iker Vidal passed Saarinen on track which now puts Lotus five points ahead in the Constructors.

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10-14-2017, 04:01 AM	#151
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,727	2017 Belgium GP(10/16): Race Notebook Belgium GP: Race Notebook motorsport-live.com August 20th, 2017 The pendulum is stuck on the side of the Silver Arrows as Chapman got the best of Dieter Wexler and the Rossini team by driving 10 laps on the soft tyre, and 17 on the medium compound to just make the chequered flag on his second hand tyres. Both Wexler and Vidal were flying late in the race with Wexler putting in a 1:36.990 as the fastest lap by a country mile, but it was not enough to gain more places. #2's Struggling Winston Margate and Iker Vidal scored valuable points for their teams, and that was mostly because the number two drivers of Steinmann and Rossini failed to deliever today. For Nina Holtz, she led the race a long time after starting the race on the soft compound, but after what was clocked a 15 second repair on her rear wing, she went on to cause an accident with Lucía Flores, collecting her in the Bruxelles Hairpin and collecting another pit stop to repair the front wing, and a drive through penalty to put her P16 in the end. Rafael Rodrigues wildly blamed Aki Lipponen for his bad race. "He forced me onto the dirt and ultimately wide in Eau Rouge, so I had to put in a recovery drive from the back end of the field..." He finished sixth. Off the Mark: Appearing in his 26th race, Jeremy Woodford finally got the monkey of his back. A ninth place finish with a conservative 1-stop strategy from medium to soft saw the Brit collect his first career World Motorsport Championship points, and they were well earned. "He is such a nice and positive lad, and kinda was forced into the paydriver and #2 driver role by that, and so he never had equal material to Vidal. Nice to see him score points, and the partnership with his new race engineer also seems to work," said Flavio Briatore, former Renault team boss. After Ten Races: The perception is that Rossini has the fastest car on the grid, but they just can not make it work in the race, getting outplayed by Steinmann on a number of occations, or they hurt themselves by getting penalized for illegal parts or by completely blowing the strategy. Speaking of blowing something, the Van Dort Racing team saw its team principal hit the timing stand in anger when Iker Vidal passed Saarinen on track which now puts Lotus five points ahead in the Constructors. Race Result: Standings: __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)