F1RWRS 2013 - ROUND 7 - BRITISH GP - Oulton Park
PRE-QUALIFYING
1. Kay Lon (Jones Racing) -- 1.23.096
2. Sammy Jones (Jones Racing) -- 1.23.302 (+0.206)
3. Jesus Plaza (American Racing) -- 1.23.633 (+0.537)
4. Resi Respati (Flying Fish) -- 1.23.962 (+0.866)
5. Dave McFaste (FAT) -- 1.24.468 (+1.372)
6. Richie White (SOTL) -- 1.24.717 (+1.621)
7. Giovanni Roda (Trueba) -- 1.24.841 (+1.756)
8. Saeed Al Faisal (FAT) -- 1.24.880 (+1.784)
9. Yu Hiang Hao (Flying Fish) -- 1.25.009 (+1.913)
10. Colin Pratchett (American Racing) -- 1.25.174 (+2.078)
11. David Koczo (Calinetic) -- 1.25.384 (+2.288)
12. James Davies (Trueba) -- 1.25.471 (+2.375)
13. John Zimmer (Calinetic) -- 1.25.894 (+2.798)
14. Phil McCraken (Virgin Intercorse) -- 1.26.146 (+3.050)
15. Damon Cannon (SOTL) -- 1.26.802 (+3.706)
16. Dean O´Lauchlan (Horizon) -- 1.27.387 (+4.291)
17. Todd Cockburn (Virgin Intercorse) -- 1.27.423 (+4.327)
18. Vidal Reyna-Sanchez (Horizon) -- 1.28.516 (+5.420)
Combined times (Teams in
bold go into main qualifying)
1. Jones Racing -- 2.46.398
2. American Racing -- 2.48.807
3. Flying Fish -- 2.48.9714. FAT -- 2.49.348
5. Trueba -- 2.50.312
6. Calinetic -- 2.51.278
7. SOTL -- 2.51.519
8. Virgin Intercorse -- 2.53.569
9. Horizon -- 2.55.903
QUALIFYING
1. Mark Dagnall (Dagnall) -- 1.22.591
2. Ben Fleet (Foxdale) -- 1.22.641 (+0.050)
3. Chris Dagnall (Dagnall) -- 1.22.809 (+0.218)
4. Douglas Mann (Foxdale) -- 1.23.470 (+0.879)
5. Resi Respati (Flying Fish) -- 1.23.594 (+1.003)
6. Rhys Davies (HRT) -- 1.23.764 (+1.173)
7. Jesus Plaza (ARC) -- 1.23.771 (+1.180)
8. Hagane Shizuka (Sunshine) -- 1.23.881 (+1.290)
9. Colin Pratchett (ARC) -- 1.23.896 (+1.305)
10. Shinobu Katayama (Sunshine) -- 1.24.013 (+1.422)
11. Thomas de Bock (Gillet) -- 1.24.388 (+1.797)
12. Kay Lon (Jones) -- 1.24.429 (+1.838)
13. Aurelian Moll (Gillet) -- 1.24.683 (+2.092)
14. Sammy Jones (Jones) -- 1.24.716 (+2.125)
15. Yu Hiang Hao (Flying Fish) -- 1.25.010 (+2.419)
16. Barii Mori (Kamaha) -- 1.25.048 (+2.457)
17. Phoenix McAllister (Phoenix) -- 1.25.179 (+2.588)
18. Ashley Watkinson (HRT) -- 1.25.212 (+2.621)
19. Nathaniel Spencer (MRT) -- 1.25.261 (+2.670)
20. Daniel Melrose (Arrowtech) -- 1.25.301 (+2.710)
21. Daniel Martins (Arrowtech) -- 1.25.343 (+2.752)
22. Dave Simpson (Prospec) -- 1.25.376 (+2.785)
23. Nicolas Steele (Kamaha) -- 1.25.461 (+2.870)
24. Gary Cameron (Prospec) -- 1.25.646 (+3.055)
25. Jari Kekkonen (Phoenix) -- 1.26.048 (+3.457)
26. Phillippe Nicolas (MRT) -- 1.26.603 (+4.012)
DNQ. Fredo Mestolio (CR) -- 1.31.515 (+8.924)
DNQ. Darren Older Jr (CR) -- 1.33.222 (+10.631)
RACE
Chris Dagnall does an incredible start and breezes by Fleet and Mark Dagnall, while it doesn´t take long to Douglas Mann to pass his team mate and go chase both Dagnalls. At the back Daniel Martins makes contact with another car and spins out, losing a good couple of seconds.
On lap 2 Shizuka suffers a puncture and is out of the race; an interesting fight for 4th starts to develop between Fleet, Respati and Katayama. Next man out is Kay Lon. It takes a few laps but now the battle for 4th extends to 6 drivers. Pratchett passes Katayama and Respati.
The battle continues until Pratchett is able to pass Fleet on lap 15, then next lap Respati manages to pass and one lap later Katayama passes as well and the group starts to break as neither Plaza or Rhys Davies can get close to the Foxdale driver. Then, Respati starts to chase Pratchett and manages to pass him on lap 20. Seconds later, Rhys Davies stops with an electrical problem and retires for the first time this season!
The "joy" at HRT is complete when Watkinson retires two laps later. On lap 25 Douglas Mann stops, trying something different against both Dagnalls (most of the drivers going for one). Inside the top 10, Respati is the other driver going for two stops as well, and he falls to 9th after his stop.
Chris Dagnall is the very first man to pit of the one stoppers and does it on lap 36, Jones is going to pit behind him (one lap) but his cars stops a few meters from the pitlane entrance! Mark Dagnall stops next lap, but fails his pit exit at the moment Barii Mori pits, and has to wait for the japanese to end his stop to continue and loses 15 extra seconds! On lap 38 everybody else pits so there´re no changes in the points positions; Respati regains 4th, but he hasn´t enough gap to cover it at the last stop.
Not that he needs to recover much as Douglas Mann retires on lap 41, once again, failures at Foxdale are measured as Ben Fleet only lasts two extra laps and retires with an oil leak! The bunch of surprises as Chris Dagnall retires on lap 50, making way for a comfortable lead for Mark Dagnall.
Respati finally pits on lap 55 and he´s down to 4th, behind Jesus Plaza and Katayama. He reaches Katayama fast but he gets stuck behind the Sunshine and a beautiful battle for 3rd starts, with Respati trying a pass practically every lap, knowing that if he gets past Katayama soon enough will have time to go for the 2nd place, but the japanese driver defends very well and it´s only at lap 69 that the Sunshine starts throwing white smoke and Respati can pass for a weird podium formed by Mark Dagnall, Jesus Plaza and Resi Respati, and leaving things very hot for the race at Norisring to avoid pre qualifying.
FASTEST LAP: Chris Dagnall -- 1.27.743
ROTR: Arrowtech; Ever since they introduced updates they´ve shown a decrease of pace and the back of the grid is becoming too familiar.
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS -- After 7 events --
Drivers
1. Mark Dagnall -- 40 pts
2. Rhys Davies -- 23 pts
3. Aurelian Moll -- 17 pts
4. Kay Lon -- 16 pts
5. Thomas de Bock -- 13 pts
6. Daniel Melrose -- 12 pts
7. Ashley Watkinson -- 10 pts
=. Dave Simpson -- 10 pts
9. Daniel Martins -- 8 pts
10. Chris Dagnall -- 6 pts
=. Jesus Plaza -- 6 pts
12. Sammy Jones -- 4 pts
=. Resi Respati -- 4 pts
14. Nathaniel Spencer -- 2 pts
=. Shinobu Katayama -- 2 pts
=. Phoenix McAllister -- 2 pts
=. Phillippe Nicolas -- 2 pts
=. Gary Cameron -- 2 pts
=. Barii Mori -- 2 pts
20. John Zimmer -- 1 pt
Teams
1. Dagnall Engineering -- 46 pts
2. HRT -- 33 pts
3. Gillet -- 30 pts
4. Jones Racing -- 20 pts
=. Arrowtech -- 20 pts
6. Prospec -- 12 pts
7. American Racing -- 6 pts
8. MRT -- 4 pts
=. Flying Fish -- 4 pts
10. Sunshine -- 2 pts
=. Phoenix -- 2 pts
=. Kamaha -- 2 pts
13. Calinetic -- 1 pt
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