F1RWRS 2013 - ROUND 6 - FRENCH GP - Pau
PRE-QUALIFYING
1. Saeed Al Faisal (FAT) -- 1.13.882
2. Jesus Plaza (ARC) -- 1.14.148 (+0.266)
3. Resi Respati (Flying Fish) -- 1.14.187 (+0.305)
4. David Koczo (Calinetic) -- 1.14.540 (+0.658)
5. Dave McFaste (FAT) -- 1.14.543 (+0.661)
6. Kay Lon (Jones Racing) -- 1.14.627 (+0.745)
7. Tristan Jung (Trueba) -- 1.14.934 (+1.052)
8. Giovanni Roda (Trueba) -- 1.14.987 (+1.105)
9. Sammy Jones (Jones Racing) -- 1.14.987 (+1.105)
10. Colin Pratchett (ARC) -- 1.15.022 (+1.140)
11. Damon Cannon (SOTL) -- 1.15.029 (+1.147)
12. Richie White (SOTL) -- 1.15.037 (+1.155)
13. Yu Hiang Hao (Flying Fish) -- 1.15.257 (+1.375)
14. John Zimmer (Calinetic) -- 1.15.258 (+1.376)
15. Todd Cockburn (Virgin Intercorse) -- 1.16.299 (+2.417)
16. Phil McCraken (Virgin Intercorse) -- 1.16.349 (+2.467)
17. Frank Zimmer (Horizon) -- 1.16.564 (+2.682)
18. Dean O´Lauchlan (Horizon) -- 1.17.399 (+3.517)
Combined times (teams in
bold go into main qualifying)
1. FAT -- 2.28.425
2. ARC -- 2.29.170
3. Flying Fish -- 2.29.4444. Jones Racing -- 2.29.614
5. Calinetic -- 2.29.798
6. Trueba -- 2.29.921
7. SOTL -- 2.30.066
8. Virgin Intercorse -- 2.32.648
9. Horizon -- 2.33.963
QUALIFYING
1. Ben Fleet (Foxdale) -- 1.12.077
2. Douglas Mann (Foxdale) -- 1.12.744 (+0.667)
3. Shinobu Katayama (Sunshine) -- 1.13.219 (+1.142)
4. Mark Dagnall (Dagnall) -- 1.13.262 (+1.185)
5. Saeed Al Faisal (FAT) -- 1.13.659 (+1.582)
6. Colin Pratchett (ARC) -- 1.13.932 (+1.855)
7. Hagane Shizuka (Sunshine) -- 1.13.974 (+1.897)
8. Rhys Davies (HRT) -- 1.14.061 (+1.984)
9. Chris Dagnall (Dagnall) -- 1.14.232 (+2.155)
10. Jesus Plaza (ARC) -- 1.14.272 (+2.195)
11. Resi Respati (Flying Fish) -- 1.14.276 (+2.199)
12. Thomas de Bock (Gillet) -- 1.14.322 (+2.245)
13. Daniel Martins (Arrowtech) -- 1.14.422 (+2.345)
14. Aurelian Moll (Gillet) -- 1.14.546 (+2.469)
15. Dave McFaste (FAT) -- 1.14.676 (+2.599)
16. Daniel Melrose (Arrowtech) -- 1.14.805 (+2.728)
17. Gary Cameron (Prospec) -- 1.14.891 (+2.814)
18. Jari Kekkonen (Phoenix) -- 1.14.937 (+2.860)
19. Ashley Watkinson (HRT) -- 1.14.977 (+2.900)
20. Phoenix McAllister (Phoenix) -- 1.15.072 (+2.995)
21. Yu Hiang Hao (Flying Fish) -- 1.15.114 (+3.037)
22. Nicolas Steele (Kamaha) -- 1.15.209 (+3.132)
23. Dave Simpson (Prospec) -- 1.15.296 (+3.219)
24. Phillippe Nicolas (MRT) -- 1.15.426 (+3.349)
25. Barii Mori (Kamaha) -- 1.15.736 (+3.659)
26. Nathaniel Spencer (MRT) -- 1.16.437 (+4.360)
DNQ. Fredo Mestolio (CR) -- 1.21.195 (+9.118)
DNQ. Darren Older Jr (CR) -- 1.22.787 (+10.710)
RACE
The start wasn´t very eventful. Al Faisal passed Mark Dagnall, while Chris Dagnall passed Jesus Plaza. Rhys Davies made a poor start and felt two places and Daniel Melrose needed to stop for a new nosecone after touching another car. In 2nd lap, an impressive Al Faisal passed Katayama as well, but then felt to 6th after Katayama tried to regain his position and they touched. Douglas Mann got the lead by passing Fleet.
Lap 1:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Aerond/Gp2/F1RWRS2013/06_Pau/06_L1.jpg)
On lap 3, De Bock was the 1st man out. Davies felt again to 12th this time. The next big thing was Katayama going after Ben Fleet.
Lap 10:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Aerond/Gp2/F1RWRS2013/06_Pau/06_L10.jpg)
On lap 13, Al Faisal´s car fails and Chris Dagnall in an attempt to avoid a crash spins and fall to 11th. That same lap Katayama gets to pass Ben Fleet. Two laps later, Watkinson retires while Dagnall starts a comeback climbing to 9th, but touching with McFaste in the process.
Lap 21:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Aerond/Gp2/F1RWRS2013/06_Pau/06_L21.jpg)
Action on track is hard to come by thanks to the narrowness of the track, but drivers going for 2 stops unveil their strategies as Pratchett, Katayama and Chris Dagnall all go for 2 stops, while the rest go for one.
Lap 31:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Aerond/Gp2/F1RWRS2013/06_Pau/06_L31.jpg)
Then, McFaste suffers an accident and Pratchett needs another extra stop. On lap 34 Douglas Mann pits and falls to 2nd. Mark Dagnall tries to pass him, they both hit and Mann falls to 3rd, staying three laps behind the young Dagnall before his pitstop. At the same time, Chris Dagnall tries to block Ben Fleet so Mark Dagnall can pass him at the stop, but Ben Fleet keeps the 3rd place by just one second.
Lap 40:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Aerond/Gp2/F1RWRS2013/06_Pau/06_L40.jpg)
On lap 43 Katayama pits and loses the 2nd place and falls to 4th, confirming that one stop was the option to go. A few laps later Pratchett retires leaving the top 10 like this. To add to Dagnall comedy, Chris blocks Mark when the son is going to lap his father and Chris spins and makes Mark lose several seconds to Ben Fleet:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Aerond/Gp2/F1RWRS2013/06_Pau/06_L50.jpg)
The race seems quiet, but then is when the retirement festival begins! First engine to expire is Chris Dagnall on lap 50, then is Shizuka and Douglas Mann two laps later. And on lap 53 the Hart engine of Ben Fleet says goodbye as well!! Foxdale boss won´t be too happy with Brian Hart this weekend.
Lap 60:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Aerond/Gp2/F1RWRS2013/06_Pau/06_L60.jpg)
To add insult to injury, Katayama´s car expires too and the result is another win for Mark Dagnall; with Davies and Martins making some company in the podium.
Results:
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Aerond/Gp2/F1RWRS2013/06_Pau/06_Results01.jpg)
![Image](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/Aerond/Gp2/F1RWRS2013/06_Pau/06_Results02.jpg)
FASTEST LAP: Shinobu Katayama (Sunshine) -- 1.13.268
ROTR: Chris Dagnall; Spun, had a couple of collissions in the heat of the battle... but trying to block his son and causing an incident by ignoring blue flags was as rejectful as it gets.
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS -- After 6 events --
Drivers
1. Mark Dagnall -- 30 pts
2. Rhys Davies -- 23 pts
3. Aurelian Moll -- 17 pts
4. Kay Lon -- 16 pts
5. Daniel Melrose -- 12 pts
6. Thomas de Bock -- 10 pts
=. Ashley Watkinson -- 10 pts
8. Dave Simpson -- 9 pts
9. Daniel Martins -- 8 pts
10. Chris Dagnall -- 6 pts
11. Sammy Jones -- 4 pts
12. Nathaniel Spencer -- 2 pts
=. Shinobu Katayama -- 2 pts
=. Phoenix McAllister -- 2 pts
=. Phillippe Nicolas -- 2 pts
=. Gary Cameron -- 2 pts
17. John Zimmer -- 1 pt
Teams
1. Dagnall Engineering -- 36 pts
2. HRT -- 33 pts
3. Gillet -- 27 pts
4. Jones Racing -- 20 pts
=. Arrowtech -- 20 pts
6. Prospec -- 11 pts
7. MRT -- 4 pts
8. Sunshine -- 2 pts
=. Phoenix -- 2 pts
10. Calinetic -- 1 pt
Tread lightly in ARWS. Every decision might be your last.