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Griever20 · 11-26-2017, 06:05 AM

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November 29th, 2017

This could be the race of the year. So many Championship permutations, so many chances, so many ways for it to go wrong, and a total of 24 long laps here in Dubai to decide who will be the 2017 World Champion.

On track, Iker Vidal is in the best possible position at the start. His teammate besides him, Dieter Wexler behind him, and Chapman P7... which would mean the Championship for the Spainard.

Lap 1:
The grid is forming up and the first surprise starts in fourth place... Aki Lipponen is on the soft tyre, trying to threw another unknown into this race.

The cars are coming around for the last time in 2017, led by the two Lotus and the crowd is loving it.

Stopping on their grid slots, we are ready for the final race...

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

AND IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO!

WOODFORD AWAY VERY WELL, HE GOES PAST VIDAL AND INTO THE LEAD. LIPPONEN ON THE INSIDE TURN ONE... AND INTO SECOND! WEXLER DOWN A PLACE!

AND VIDAL FALLS FURTHER DOWN... HOLTZ AND WEXLER PASS HIM IN THE HELIPAD CHICANE!

Woodford in the Lotus and Holtz in the Steinmann lead, Wexler third, Chapman tucked behind Rodriguez!

1. Woodford 2. Holtz +0.5 3. Wexler +2.6
Vidal P5 +3.6
Chapman P7 +4.4

Live Standings:
Wexler 209P
Chapman 209P
Vidal 205P

Lap 2:
Both Lotus on defense as Holtz and Rodrigues are swarming their backs...

1. Woodford 2. Holtz +0.6 3. Wexler +2.5
Vidal P5 +4.8
Chapman P7 +5.7

Live Standings:
Wexler 209P
Chapman 209P
Vidal 205P

Lap 3:
Mad battle from fourth(Lipponen) to seventh (Chapman), Lipponen holding up the pack...

1. Woodford 2. Holtz +0.9 3. Wexler +2.5
Vidal P5 +6.1
Chapman P7 +6.9

Live Standings:
Wexler 209P
Chapman 209P
Vidal 205P

Lap 4:
"You got the overtake button available," they tell Vidal.

1. Woodford 2. Holtz +1.5 3. Wexler +2.3
Vidal P5 +7.3
Chapman P7 +8.5

Live Standings:
Wexler 209P
Chapman 209P
Vidal 205P

Lap 5:
1. Woodford 2. Holtz +1.5 3. Wexler +2.2
Vidal P5 +7.1
Chapman P7 +8.9

Live Standings:
Wexler 209P
Chapman 209P
Vidal 205P

Lap 6:
Woodford picks up the pace up front. He can not get overtaken by Wexler for the sake of his teammate...

1. Woodford 2. Holtz +2.1 3. Wexler +2.8
Vidal P5 +6.8
Chapman P7 +10.0

Live Standings:
Wexler 209P
Chapman 209P
Vidal 205P

Lap 7:
1. Woodford 2. Holtz +2.8 3. Wexler +3.7
Vidal P5 +8.8
Chapman P7 +10.9

Live Standings:
Wexler 209P
Chapman 209P
Vidal 205P

Lap 8:
The tyre guys say we are closing in on the first pit stops...

1. Woodford 2. Holtz +3.3 3. Wexler +5.0
Vidal P5 +9.8
Chapman P7 +12.3

Live Standings:
Wexler 209P
Chapman 209P
Vidal 205P

Lap 9:
AND THE LEADER PITS!

1. Holtz 2. Wexler +2.2 3. Lipponen +5.1
Vidal P4 +7.3
Chapman P6 +10.9
Woodford P10 +20.1 PIT

Live Standings:
Wexler 212P
Chapman 211P
Vidal 207P

Lap 10:
And the rest of the leaders are in... this will be interesting... Woodford is the winner here! He ends up seven places and 6 seconds ahead of Holtz!

And Vidal has taken a gamble and went for the soft tyre with everybody else going on the medium... can he make the tyres last?

"Ok, Harry, when we pit, we have to change the nose, there is something loose," via Steinmann team radio? WHAT? This will cost him!

1. Lipponen 2. Rodrigues +5.5 3. Chapman +6.5
Woodford P6 +13.3
Wexler P14 +19.8
Vidal P17 +23.3

Live Standings:
Chapman 218P
Vidal 195P
Wexler 194P

Lap 11:
In come Rodrigues and Chapman... AND IT IS A NIGHTMARE! THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE NOSECONE AND FUMBLE IT! Chapman falls into dead last!

1. Lipponen 2. Sharp +11.2 3. De Graaf +13.7
Woodford P4 +14.3
Wexler P11 +19.9
Vidal P14 +24.5
Chapman P20 +43.7

Live Standings:
Chapman 203P
Vidal 195P
Wexler 194P

Lap 12:
Lipponen pits... exits... IN FRONT OF WEXLER! OH, THAT IS A TOUGH ONE FOR THE GERMAN. He has to take him in track!

1. Sharp 2. Woodford +3.3 3. Flores +5.2
Wexler P10 +8.8
Vidal P13 +14.1
Chapman P20 +43.1

Live Standings:
Chapman 203P
Vidal 195P
Wexler 195P

Lap 13:
AND THEY DRIVE OVER THE BACK STRAIGHT SIDE BY SIDE... AND THE FINN STAYS AHEAD!

Things get worse for Vidal as he gets passed by Rodrigues in the second Rossini... is this the race where everything swings in favor of Wexler anyways?

1. Sharp 2. Woodford +2.3 3. Flores +5.6
Wexler P8 +9.6
Vidal P14 +14.8
Chapman P20 +30.6

Live Standings:
Chapman 203P
Wexler 198P
Vidal 195P

Lap 14:
Tight battle between Wexler and Lipponen... AND THE GERMAN WITH GREAT TRACTION OUT OF THE FINAL CORNER... SLIPSTREAM... DRS... PASS!

1. Sharp 2. Woodford +1.5 3. Flores +5.8
Wexler P6 +9.0
Vidal P10 +15.1
Chapman P18 +29.9

Live Standings:
Chapman 203P
Wexler 202P
Vidal 196P

Lap 15:
AND THEN IT SWINGS THE OTHER WAY! Wexler with a overconfident move on Holtz and both go wide... AND LIPPONEN TAKES TWO HAPPY PLACES!

But the German is not done... Petrobras chicane... side by side... HE TAKES HOLTZ AND STAYS SIXTH!

1. Sharp 2. Woodford +0.9 3. Flores +5.9
Wexler P6 +10.8
Vidal P11 +16.0
Chapman P18 +29.8

Live Standings:
Chapman 203P
Wexler 202P
Vidal 195P

Lap 16:
Samuel Blanc runs awkwardly over the kerbs in turn 11, MAKES A SPECTACULAR JUMP AND CRASHES INTO THE WALL... AND AS WE NEED IT, MORE DRAMA!

SAVETY CAR, SAVETY CAR! The race will be neutralized!

1. Sharp 2. Woodford +0.9 3. Flores +5.9
Wexler P6 +11.6
Vidal P10 +16.6
Chapman P16 +30.9

Live Standings:
Chapman 203P
Wexler 202P
Vidal 195P

Lap 17:
AND WHEN THE SAFETY CAR CALL CAME, Wexler and Lipponen were side by side and Wexler a nose ahead... and is now ahead in the safety car queue... Windsor Racing is furious!

THIS PUTS WEXLER INTO CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION WITH 7 LAPS TO GO!

1. Woodford 2. Schmidt 3. Wexler
Vidal P7
Chapman P15

Live Standings:
Wexler 209P
Chapman 203P
Vidal 202P

Lap 18:
Schmidt pits and that puts Wexler into second position... on merit, says race director Charlie Whiting and the GMA stewards!

1. Woodford 2. Wexler 3. Lipponen
Vidal P6
Chapman P15

Live Standings:
Wexler 212P
Chapman 203P
Vidal 203P

Lap 19:
The safety car queue is complete and we will be racing after this lap. The man nobody talks about will lead them off... Jeremy Woodford on pace for his first win in the WMC... but what could happen behind him will be the story. With the field bunched up, the Championship picture can change in the next laps...

Five to go...

1. Woodford 2. Wexler 3. Lipponen
Vidal P6
Chapman P15

Live Standings:
Wexler 212P
Chapman 203P
Vidal 203P

Lap 20:
The safety car dives into the pits and here we go... Woodford controls it nicely and is away clean... Wexler can hold Lipponen behind him... but VIDAL slept through and loses sixth place to Rodrigues!

Holtz looking for blood, takes Lipponen! Can she retake Wexler and then back him up into the pack so that her teammate Harry Chapman can somehow win the Championship?

FORGET ABOUT THAT THOUGHT AS LIPPONEN COMES BACK IN SECTOR THREE AND TAKES P3 AGAIN!

1. Woodford 2. Wexler +0.8 3. Lipponen +1.5
Vidal P7 +3.6
Chapman P14 +8.1

Live Standings:
Wexler 212P
Chapman 203P
Vidal 201P

Lap 21:
"Just keep it on the black stuff mate," via the Rossini team radio.

1. Woodford 2. Wexler +0.6 3. Lipponen +1.9
Vidal P7 +4.1
Chapman P14 +8.9

Live Standings:
Wexler 212P
Chapman 203P
Vidal 201P

Lap 22:
1. Woodford 2. Wexler +0.5 3. Lipponen +1.9
Vidal P7 +4.0
Chapman P14 +8.9

Live Standings:
Wexler 212P
Chapman 203P
Vidal 201P

Lap 23:
Vidal COMES ALIVE AND PASSES THREE CARS FOR FOURTH PLACE! Rodrigues after the long sweeping first corner, Sharp on the back straight, Holtz back in the Mickey Mouse section!

1. Woodford 2. Wexler +0.9 3. Lipponen +4.0
Vidal P4 +5.5
Chapman P14 +12.4

Live Standings:
Wexler 212P
Vidal 207P
Chapman 203P

Final Lap:
"Great race mate, great race. Now, just wait sunshine, just wait, I have to wait for some cars to finish. But it is looking good, it's looking good... Lipponen P3, Vidal P4, Sharp P5, Rafa P6... DU BIST WELTMEISTER!" - " " YES YES YES, THANK YOU BOYS. GRAZIE, GRAZIE! FORZA ROSSINI!"

1. Woodford 2. Wexler +1.8 3. Lipponen +4.9
Vidal P4 +5.5
Chapman P15 +15.1

Live Standings:
Wexler 212P
Vidal 207P
Chapman 203P

11-26-2017, 06:05 AM	#182
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,727	2017 UAE GP(16/16): Live Race Ticker UAE GP: Race Ticker motorsport-live.com November 29th, 2017 This could be the race of the year. So many Championship permutations, so many chances, so many ways for it to go wrong, and a total of 24 long laps here in Dubai to decide who will be the 2017 World Champion. On track, Iker Vidal is in the best possible position at the start. His teammate besides him, Dieter Wexler behind him, and Chapman P7... which would mean the Championship for the Spainard. Lap 1: The grid is forming up and the first surprise starts in fourth place... Aki Lipponen is on the soft tyre, trying to threw another unknown into this race. The cars are coming around for the last time in 2017, led by the two Lotus and the crowd is loving it. Stopping on their grid slots, we are ready for the final race... The red lights are on... one.. two... three... four... five... AND IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO! WOODFORD AWAY VERY WELL, HE GOES PAST VIDAL AND INTO THE LEAD. LIPPONEN ON THE INSIDE TURN ONE... AND INTO SECOND! WEXLER DOWN A PLACE! AND VIDAL FALLS FURTHER DOWN... HOLTZ AND WEXLER PASS HIM IN THE HELIPAD CHICANE! Woodford in the Lotus and Holtz in the Steinmann lead, Wexler third, Chapman tucked behind Rodriguez! 1. Woodford 2. Holtz +0.5 3. Wexler +2.6 Vidal P5 +3.6 Chapman P7 +4.4 Live Standings: Wexler 209P Chapman 209P Vidal 205P Lap 2: Both Lotus on defense as Holtz and Rodrigues are swarming their backs... 1. Woodford 2. Holtz +0.6 3. Wexler +2.5 Vidal P5 +4.8 Chapman P7 +5.7 Live Standings: Wexler 209P Chapman 209P Vidal 205P Lap 3: Mad battle from fourth(Lipponen) to seventh (Chapman), Lipponen holding up the pack... 1. Woodford 2. Holtz +0.9 3. Wexler +2.5 Vidal P5 +6.1 Chapman P7 +6.9 Live Standings: Wexler 209P Chapman 209P Vidal 205P Lap 4: "You got the overtake button available," they tell Vidal. 1. Woodford 2. Holtz +1.5 3. Wexler +2.3 Vidal P5 +7.3 Chapman P7 +8.5 Live Standings: Wexler 209P Chapman 209P Vidal 205P Lap 5: 1. Woodford 2. Holtz +1.5 3. Wexler +2.2 Vidal P5 +7.1 Chapman P7 +8.9 Live Standings: Wexler 209P Chapman 209P Vidal 205P Lap 6: Woodford picks up the pace up front. He can not get overtaken by Wexler for the sake of his teammate... 1. Woodford 2. Holtz +2.1 3. Wexler +2.8 Vidal P5 +6.8 Chapman P7 +10.0 Live Standings: Wexler 209P Chapman 209P Vidal 205P Lap 7: 1. Woodford 2. Holtz +2.8 3. Wexler +3.7 Vidal P5 +8.8 Chapman P7 +10.9 Live Standings: Wexler 209P Chapman 209P Vidal 205P Lap 8: The tyre guys say we are closing in on the first pit stops... 1. Woodford 2. Holtz +3.3 3. Wexler +5.0 Vidal P5 +9.8 Chapman P7 +12.3 Live Standings: Wexler 209P Chapman 209P Vidal 205P Lap 9: AND THE LEADER PITS! 1. Holtz 2. Wexler +2.2 3. Lipponen +5.1 Vidal P4 +7.3 Chapman P6 +10.9 Woodford P10 +20.1 PIT Live Standings: Wexler 212P Chapman 211P Vidal 207P Lap 10: And the rest of the leaders are in... this will be interesting... Woodford is the winner here! He ends up seven places and 6 seconds ahead of Holtz! And Vidal has taken a gamble and went for the soft tyre with everybody else going on the medium... can he make the tyres last? "Ok, Harry, when we pit, we have to change the nose, there is something loose," via Steinmann team radio? WHAT? This will cost him! 1. Lipponen 2. Rodrigues +5.5 3. Chapman +6.5 Woodford P6 +13.3 Wexler P14 +19.8 Vidal P17 +23.3 Live Standings: Chapman 218P Vidal 195P Wexler 194P Lap 11: In come Rodrigues and Chapman... AND IT IS A NIGHTMARE! THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE NOSECONE AND FUMBLE IT! Chapman falls into dead last! 1. Lipponen 2. Sharp +11.2 3. De Graaf +13.7 Woodford P4 +14.3 Wexler P11 +19.9 Vidal P14 +24.5 Chapman P20 +43.7 Live Standings: Chapman 203P Vidal 195P Wexler 194P Lap 12: Lipponen pits... exits... IN FRONT OF WEXLER! OH, THAT IS A TOUGH ONE FOR THE GERMAN. He has to take him in track! 1. Sharp 2. Woodford +3.3 3. Flores +5.2 Wexler P10 +8.8 Vidal P13 +14.1 Chapman P20 +43.1 Live Standings: Chapman 203P Vidal 195P Wexler 195P Lap 13: AND THEY DRIVE OVER THE BACK STRAIGHT SIDE BY SIDE... AND THE FINN STAYS AHEAD! Things get worse for Vidal as he gets passed by Rodrigues in the second Rossini... is this the race where everything swings in favor of Wexler anyways? 1. Sharp 2. Woodford +2.3 3. Flores +5.6 Wexler P8 +9.6 Vidal P14 +14.8 Chapman P20 +30.6 Live Standings: Chapman 203P Wexler 198P Vidal 195P Lap 14: Tight battle between Wexler and Lipponen... AND THE GERMAN WITH GREAT TRACTION OUT OF THE FINAL CORNER... SLIPSTREAM... DRS... PASS! 1. Sharp 2. Woodford +1.5 3. Flores +5.8 Wexler P6 +9.0 Vidal P10 +15.1 Chapman P18 +29.9 Live Standings: Chapman 203P Wexler 202P Vidal 196P Lap 15: AND THEN IT SWINGS THE OTHER WAY! Wexler with a overconfident move on Holtz and both go wide... AND LIPPONEN TAKES TWO HAPPY PLACES! But the German is not done... Petrobras chicane... side by side... HE TAKES HOLTZ AND STAYS SIXTH! 1. Sharp 2. Woodford +0.9 3. Flores +5.9 Wexler P6 +10.8 Vidal P11 +16.0 Chapman P18 +29.8 Live Standings: Chapman 203P Wexler 202P Vidal 195P Lap 16: Samuel Blanc runs awkwardly over the kerbs in turn 11, MAKES A SPECTACULAR JUMP AND CRASHES INTO THE WALL... AND AS WE NEED IT, MORE DRAMA! SAVETY CAR, SAVETY CAR! The race will be neutralized! 1. Sharp 2. Woodford +0.9 3. Flores +5.9 Wexler P6 +11.6 Vidal P10 +16.6 Chapman P16 +30.9 Live Standings: Chapman 203P Wexler 202P Vidal 195P Lap 17: AND WHEN THE SAFETY CAR CALL CAME, Wexler and Lipponen were side by side and Wexler a nose ahead... and is now ahead in the safety car queue... Windsor Racing is furious! THIS PUTS WEXLER INTO CHAMPIONSHIP POSITION WITH 7 LAPS TO GO! 1. Woodford 2. Schmidt 3. Wexler Vidal P7 Chapman P15 Live Standings: Wexler 209P Chapman 203P Vidal 202P Lap 18: Schmidt pits and that puts Wexler into second position... on merit, says race director Charlie Whiting and the GMA stewards! 1. Woodford 2. Wexler 3. Lipponen Vidal P6 Chapman P15 Live Standings: Wexler 212P Chapman 203P Vidal 203P Lap 19: The safety car queue is complete and we will be racing after this lap. The man nobody talks about will lead them off... Jeremy Woodford on pace for his first win in the WMC... but what could happen behind him will be the story. With the field bunched up, the Championship picture can change in the next laps... Five to go... 1. Woodford 2. Wexler 3. Lipponen Vidal P6 Chapman P15 Live Standings: Wexler 212P Chapman 203P Vidal 203P Lap 20: The safety car dives into the pits and here we go... Woodford controls it nicely and is away clean... Wexler can hold Lipponen behind him... but VIDAL slept through and loses sixth place to Rodrigues! Holtz looking for blood, takes Lipponen! Can she retake Wexler and then back him up into the pack so that her teammate Harry Chapman can somehow win the Championship? FORGET ABOUT THAT THOUGHT AS LIPPONEN COMES BACK IN SECTOR THREE AND TAKES P3 AGAIN! 1. Woodford 2. Wexler +0.8 3. Lipponen +1.5 Vidal P7 +3.6 Chapman P14 +8.1 Live Standings: Wexler 212P Chapman 203P Vidal 201P Lap 21: "Just keep it on the black stuff mate," via the Rossini team radio. 1. Woodford 2. Wexler +0.6 3. Lipponen +1.9 Vidal P7 +4.1 Chapman P14 +8.9 Live Standings: Wexler 212P Chapman 203P Vidal 201P Lap 22: 1. Woodford 2. Wexler +0.5 3. Lipponen +1.9 Vidal P7 +4.0 Chapman P14 +8.9 Live Standings: Wexler 212P Chapman 203P Vidal 201P Lap 23: Vidal COMES ALIVE AND PASSES THREE CARS FOR FOURTH PLACE! Rodrigues after the long sweeping first corner, Sharp on the back straight, Holtz back in the Mickey Mouse section! 1. Woodford 2. Wexler +0.9 3. Lipponen +4.0 Vidal P4 +5.5 Chapman P14 +12.4 Live Standings: Wexler 212P Vidal 207P Chapman 203P Final Lap: "Great race mate, great race. Now, just wait sunshine, just wait, I have to wait for some cars to finish. But it is looking good, it's looking good... Lipponen P3, Vidal P4, Sharp P5, Rafa P6... DU BIST WELTMEISTER!" - " " YES YES YES, THANK YOU BOYS. GRAZIE, GRAZIE! FORZA ROSSINI!" 1. Woodford 2. Wexler +1.8 3. Lipponen +4.9 Vidal P4 +5.5 Chapman P15 +15.1 Live Standings: Wexler 212P Vidal 207P Chapman 203P __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)