Round of the United States - Race 2ProspecGreenlaw drove his usual race, jumping Jantscher at the start and leading until the end of the race. However, he didn't drop Melville by much, and Jantscher and Davies hung on fairly well, so at least it couldn't be said to be complete domination. Cameron, on the other hand, had to pit for fuel on lap 6. Whether Prospec deliberately underfuelled him or there was a horrible mistake (probably the latter), it didn't do him much good. He did manage to get from last to 21st afterwards, with fastest lap by a big margin, so he still walked away with a point, despite having a big accident with Sokolov.
AeroracingNot even remotely as good today as they were yesterday, Souto Maior could only finish 13th while Batistuta didn't finish at all, after an early transmission failure put him out near the final corner.
JonesMore points! It looked to be a repeat of yesterday, with Swerts unable to pass Melrose after being jumped by Zimmer at the start. But at about half distance he pulled it off with a good move at the Corkscrew, but by then he'd lost too much time to catch Zimmer, coming within 1.5 seconds at the end of the race.
West CliffDavies had a good day out, recording his fourth straight fourth place. However, his lack of pace relative to Greenlaw means he will lose his championship lead after this race. As an added bonus, a certain Mr K. Lon will not be too pleased with him, after he punted off McAllister who was in with a legitimate chance at a podium. Port had a brilliant race after a very poor qualifying, fighting up to well within the top 20 before an oil leak set his engine on fire.
TakagiNaufal got involved in a single incident up at the Corkscrew, with contact with Franc Piscine. Piscine went down the inside, almost onto the kerb, but Naufal left no room for him. It was judged as a racing incident, as Piscine wasn't alongside Naufal at the time, and the Takagi had every right to use the proper racing line. Naufal was still slow though, and wound up 25th, while Takagi was just plain useless, at least not hitting anyone.
OctanMuch better today, with both cars staying clean and finishing in the top 20. Lamberigts was one of many who couldn't pass Lucarelli, but was the first car behind him after brilliantly taking advantage of a failed attempt from Souto Maior at the Corkscrew, following Lucarelli and driving clean around the outside of the Aeroracing car. Bainomugisha wasn't quite as fast but was still having a good day, just coming out on top of an early battle with Jancker.
Porto WineMondlane found some pace during the second half of the race, powering ahead of his teammate and not letting some of the unlucky cars that had incidents pass. Cabral didn't have the pace, and was the last car on the lead lap.
KingfisherNormally when van der Maeyede qualifies well, he either has a reliability problem or drops like a rock. Today was the latter, only finishing 18th after yet another brillint effort. Brooks at least managed to gain a few places.
ZombieKartHershall was somewhat disappointing, as he had no pace in race trim at all and dropped down the order fairly rapdily, at least he managed to stay in the top 25. Walsh made it to 20th, a bit better but still not the team's best finish. They are the second last placed team on countback, only ahead of Dofasco, and results need to come fast.
Parma CorseLucarelli wasn't quite on the pace, but only lost two places because some simply brilliant defending. It took the Good Calls about 6 laps to find a way past, and Lamberigts and Souto Maior couldn't at all. Crescenzi, meanwhile, at least made it into the top 20 without racking up any repair bills.
ZimSportMelville took another podium not far behind Greenlaw, while Zimmer was lucky in that he jumped Melrose at the start and didn't get stuck behind him. He was still relatively off the pace.
FusionJantscher didn't get the best of starts, but probably wouldn't have kept Greenlaw behind for long if he had. Still, he took yet another podium almost exactly between Melville and Davies, and Moreira wasn't half bad either, after getting a bit difficult run in quali and making it up to 15th place.
Gulf JCWDavidson was the final retirement of the race, a water leak putting him out, but that was after an altercation with Pitea on lap 1. Davidson dropped the spot off the start, and went to go down the inside at turn 5. Pitea left precisely no room, and was weaving under brakes. Contact was always going to happen, which launched Davidson into the air. However, he landed safely, and now slightly ahead of Pitea. Until he refused to yield at the exit and caused another collision, which caused both cars to spin out into the gravel. Davidson spent the remainder of the day at the back. Buckley had a less eventful race, but was also slow, not far inside the top 30.
Best In The WorldKay Lon will be
pissed that McAllister was denied a potential podium by Davies, in a similar incident to the Pitea/Davidson one. The difference was though that McAllister left way more room and Davies just couldn't quite get it stopped. What was worse was this happened at almost the exact instant that Horford's engine caught fire. McAllister spun as a result of the incident, and dropped to the back of the field.
Good CallToo much time spent behind Lucarelli cost the pair of them any chance at points, but 9th and 10th is still a spectacular result. The interesting moment was when Piscine had a go at Lucarelli at the Corkscrew, couldn't get it done, and then got ambushed by Yorke, who did a superb job at not only getting the move done, but leaving a lot of room to ensure no contact. Yorke would stay ahead for the rest of the race, and put a brilliant move on Lucarelli as well.
Linton-SolindahlTravesen got punted off at the start by Victoria Desai. She had the inside line but turned right instead of left and into Travesen. He spun way off the track, while Desai went back across and nearly wiped out Davies, fortunately missing. It got worse for LSM though, when Reatherson stopped with a broken gearbox.
DofascoNothing special. Again. Apart from Pitea's brain fade, both were, once again, the last two finishers, and the only cars to finish a lap down on merit.
Red BullTaki made a bit of progress after a poor qualifying, while Hamilton was one of the few behind Lucarelli who wasn't any faster.
HydookJancker actually had a half decent race, taking a solid top 20 finish, while Ristic was slightly less impressive but stayed clean.
JLDBrown is a much faster driver than both Nurmester and Melrose in race trim. Unfortunately, qualifying seems to be lacking, and she can't make progress through the field. JLD at least took a point away from this race with Melrose in 8th.
KamahaApart from Desai's brain fade on lap 1, she was still fairly clean, but not quite as fast as others and couldn't keep Swerts behind as well as Melrose did. Sampson was crap, making no ground despite all the other incidents.
ShonanOnce again, Harmsky cannot catch a break. Poor guy was in with a brilliant chance at points when his engine sprung a leak and he had to retire. It wasn't immediate though, and as it was early he was absolutely swamped by the field and couldn't move from the middle of the track otherwise he's someone. All in all it was a good job to avoid hitting someone. Sokolov was also having a decent race until, on the last lap, he and Nathanel Cameron repeated the Pitea/Davidson crash, with the Shonan on the outside. Sokolov's car reacted so violently he ended upside down, until righting itself when he hit the fence. He was taken to the medical centre for checks, but there was no word on his condition from either the med centre or Shonan.
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Pos Driver Team Time/Retired Gap
1 Dan Greenlaw Prospec 18:56.730 14 LAPS
2 Daniel Melville ZimSport 18:58.065 + 1.335
3 Marko Jantscher Fusion 19:01.502 + 4.772
4 Jordan Davies West Cliff 19:04.379 + 7.649
5 Ryan Zimmer ZimSport 19:07.262 + 10.532
6 Eric Swerts Jones 19:08.694 + 11.964
7 Victoria Desai Kamaha 19:17.331 + 20.601
8 Joel Melrose JLD 19:19.016 + 22.286
9 Thomas Yorke Good Call 19:21.553 + 24.823
10 Franc Piscine Good Call 19:23.818 + 27.088
11 Alessandro Lucarelli Parma Corse 19:28.395 + 31.665
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12 Dorien Lamberigts Octan 19:28.854 + 32.124
13 Raul Souto Maior Aeroracing 19:29.316 + 32.586
14 Dale Hamilton Red Bull 19:32.656 + 35.923
15 Leandro Moreira Fusion 19:34.874 + 38.144
16 Kevin Bainomugisha Octan 19:38.195 + 41.465
17 Carsten Jancker Hydook 19:42.385 + 45.655
18 Martin van der Maeyede Kingfisher 19:45.946 + 49.216
19 Lorenzo Crescenzi Parma Corse 19:46.171 + 49.441
20 Shane Walsh ZombieKart 19:46.480 + 49.893
21 Nathanael Cameron Prospec 19:46.623 + 49.893
22 Roberto Dinella Jones 19:50.246 + 53.516
23 Stephanie Brown JLD 19:50.639 + 53.909
24 Richard Hershall ZombieKart 19:54.774 + 58.044
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25 Hendra Naufal Takagi 19:55.106 + 58.376
26 Calvin Brooks Kingfisher 19:55.354 + 58.624
27 Takuma Taki Red Bull 19:55.632 + 58.902
28 Branko Ristic Hydook 19:56.940 + 1:00.210
29 Tyler Buckley Gulf JCW 19:57.242 + 1:00 512
30 Samora Mondlane Porto Wine 19:57.605 + 1:00.875
31 Paul Travesen Linton-Solindahl 19:57.894 + 1:01.164
32 Tetsuya Takagi Takagi 19:59.540 + 1:02.810
33 Bob Sampson Kamaha 20:05.887 + 1:09.157
34 Judd McAllister BITWM 20:15.524 + 1:18.794
35 Jose Maria Cabral Porto Wine 20:23.646 + 1:26.916
36* Yuri Sokolov Shonan Accident (L14) +1 LAP
37 Jan Maylander Dofasco +1 LAP
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38 Iulian Pitea Dofasco +1 LAP
39* Roland Davidson Gulf JCW Water Leak (L12) +3 LAPS
DNF Peter Port West Cliff Oil Leak (L7)
DNF Diego Mauricio Batistuta Aeroracing Transmission (L4)
DNF Joe Harmsky Shonan Oil Leak (L4)
DNF Anita Horford BITWM Oil Leak (L4)
DNF Quentin Reatherson Linton-Solindahl Transmission (L2)
Fastest lap: Nathanael Cameron (1:19.480)
Standings and stewards report coming soon.
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