PROSPEC
A better day out for Prospec. Despite a poor start from Cameron, he came back through the field and nearly grabbed second at the death. Einhrin wasn't as impressive, but at least he went forwards, and nothing broke this time.
OCTAN
De Boer had a good race, making a bit of progress and scoring a few points, despite some contact with Junior Bannock. Da Cunha was useless, as usual.
JONES
Dinella didn't have the same pace today, only managin fifth. Nurmester could have been right behind him if not for a throttle problem that dropped him back down the field.
WEST CLIFF
Port was very good once again, holding off Dinella to take fourth place after a strong charge through the field. Wener was once again a victim of poor qualifying, unable to make up enough ground to score points.
KINGFISHER
Both cars looked good in the first few laps, but then spent the race dropping backwards. Butler did get some contact with Hamalainen after the Finn was very poor in defending his spot, then got spun by him on the last lap with even worse driving.
PLUS ONE
A mixed race for the team. Harmsky's luck finally held out, leading almost every lap by less than a second from Walsh to take his first win. On the other hand, Hamalainen will get some big penalty points for careless driving on the last lap, after making three moves to prevent Butler from passing into Rettifilo. Since this came after he caused contact with Butler on lap 3, the stewards are looking closely at Hamalainen's driving.
LINTON-SOLINDAHL
Both drivers had quiet races, simply getting the job done. In MacDrage's case, it was done well, taking 11th. Not so much for LeClerc, who was only 26th.
ZOMBIEKART
Walsh couldn't make a move on Harmsky for the lead, but neither did he lose the slipstream, which became very important on the final lap in holding off Cameron. Bannock could also have scored a few points, but he sqeezed de Boer into Rettifilo, ran straight on, and got stuck waiting for traffic.
NEBULA
Torrente was on course for a top 20 when his suspension gave out, while Mazzacane did take a top 20 in a quite (for once) race.
AERORACING
Pacer was up the front the entire race, but couldn't stay in the slipstream of the front runners early. Fagioli was average, but didn't cause any accidents this time.
MAZZACANE
Yorke did his usual thing of running well, finishing 8th. Scalabroni was his usual crap self, agan picking up a penalty. This one was for refusing to stop his car after getting a brake problem. Instead, he completed an entire lap before pitting to fix it, holding up several cars and punting off Blanchett.
IBR
And Hannesson's bad luck returns, with a suspension failure on the third lap ending his race. Pykalisto nearly had two points, but got a poor run out of the Parabolica on the final lap and got mugged by Serevi and Hamilton, and was lucky not to let Gonzalez past.
ZIMSPORT
Bulku managed to score points for once, while Melville was the only car to retire for something other than a suspension failure, in this case an oil leak.
RESTOV
Serevi was very good, marching through the field and picking up a couple of points after passing Pykalisto before the line. Obolensky made more ground than Serevi, but started too far back to even make the top 20. Still, a good race for him.
AURICO
Blanchett got a bit unlucky. After forcing her way through the field, she got punted off the road at the second chicane by Scalabroni and his brake problem. What does it say about Dominguez that she still beat him? While the Andorran was good yesterday, he was a bit crap, running wide at the exit of the Parabolica on both of the last two laps.
PORTO WINE
Mondlane had an early spin after putting a wheel on the grass while braking for Rettifilo. Apart from that, they were both anonymous.
RED BULL
Hamilton managed to sneak a point away from Pykalisto at the death with a good run out of the Parabolica, but Taki's race came to an end with a suspension failure on the main straight, just short of the finish line.
DSR
Suomanen took a top 10 in another strong race, while Gonzalez stormed through the field to 17th, which could easily have 16th if the race had been a lap longer. Or if the finish line was closer to Rettifilo.
JLD
Once again Piscine found new ways to throw decent results away. OK, to be fair, it wasn't his fault that someone in the JLD garage couldn't put his wheel on properly. Although the collision with Mondlane and resulting spin was his fault. As for Douglas, he was a bit hopeless. Again.
KAMAHA
Jayleen Mori was probably the driver of the race. From last to 19th at a track where making ground has been difficult is an astounding performance. Desai didn't make any ground, but didn't lose any either, taking a solid 7th.
DOFASCO
Maylander didn't finish, being the first driver to have a suspension failure. Samelko was average as usual.
NURMINEN
Cinotti ruined a brilliant qualifying effort at Ascari on the first lap. He left way too much room for Serevi to make a pass, and went wide into the process, getting beached. Larsen was a bit average, as usual, but managed to take a top 20.
Results
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Pos Driver Team Time/Retired Gap
1 Joe Harmsky Plus One 14:37.509 9 LAPS
2 Shane Walsh ZombieKart 14:38.247 + 0.738
3 Nathanael Cameron Prospec 14:38.317 + 0.808
4 Peter Port West Cliff 14:46.675 + 9.166
5 Roberto Dinella Jones 14:46.870 + 9.361
6 Gary Pacer Aeroracing 14:50.405 + 12.896
7 Victoria Desai Kamaha 14:50.766 + 13.257
8 Thomas Yorke Mazzacane 14:53.308 + 15.799
9 Renato Bulku ZimSport 15:01.497 + 23.988
10 Tuomas Suomanen DSR 15:02.978 + 25.469
11 George MacDrage LSM 15:03.435 + 25.926Code: Select all
12 Hans Einhrin Prospec 15:04.436 + 26.927
13 Jerry de Boer Octan 15:05.587 + 28.078
14 Waisale Serevi Restov 15:06.194 + 28.685
15 Dale Hamilton Red Bull 15:06.225 + 28.716
16 Tonu Pykalisto IBR 15:06.314 + 28.805
17 Rafael Gonzalez DSR 15:06.705 + 29.196
18 Thiago Mazzacane Nebula 15:08.187 + 30.678
19 Jayleen Mori Kamaha 15:08.706 + 31.197
20 Ragnar Larsen Nurminen 15:08.984 + 31.475
21 Nick Nurmester Jones 15:12.704 + 34.195
22 James Douglas JLD 15:16.059 + 38.550
23 Alexander Obolensky Restov 15:17.478 + 39.969
24 Francesco Fagioli Aeroracing 15:18.215 + 40.706Code: Select all
25 Laura Wener West Cliff 15:19.728 + 42.219
26 Rene LeClerc LSM 15:23.067 + 45.558
27 Mohammed al Abin Kingfisher 15:23.081 + 45.572
28 Jalmerson da Cunha Octan 15:26.199 + 48.690
29 Carlinho Porto Wine 15:27.686 + 50.177
30 Oliviero Cinotti Nurminen 15:28.336 + 50.827
31 Cezary Samelko Dofasco 15:28.975 + 51.466
32 Samora Mondlane Porto Wine 15:29.433 + 51.924
33 Tommi Hamalainen Plus One 15:30.251 + 52.742
34 Thomas Butler Kingfisher 15:32.290 + 54.781
35 Junior Bannock ZombieKart 15:37.187 + 59.678
36 Manon Blanchett Aurico 15:39.282 + 1:01.773
37 Herberto Dominguez Aurico 15:39.432 + 1:01.923Code: Select all
38 Franc Piscine JLD 15:41.440 + 1:03.931
39 Juan Manuel Scalabroni Mazzacane 15:54.370 + 1:16.861
DNF Takuma Taki Red Bull Suspension (L5)
DNF Jorge Alvarez Torrente Nebula Suspension (L5)
DNF Dean Melville ZimSport Oil Leak (L5)
DNF Olafur Ragnar Hannesson IBR Suspension (L3)
DNF Jan Maylander Dofasco Suspension (L2)
Fastest lap: Nathanael Cameron (1:35.293)STEWARDS' REPORT: RACE 2
Matters arising from qualifying:
There were no issues.
Matters arising from the race:
Car #12 (T. Hamalainen) given 3 penalty points for causing an avoidable collision with Car #9 (T. Butler).
Car #24 (J. Scalabroni) given 5 penalty points for driving with a damaged car (brake problem).
Car #24 (J. Scalabroni) given 3 penalty points for causing an avoidable collision with Car #42 (M. Blanchett).
Car #18 (J. Bannock) given 3 penalty points for causing an avoidable collision with Car #4 (J. de Boer).
Car #74 (F. Piscine) given 3 penalty points for causing an aboidable collision with Car #45 (S. Mondlane)
Car #12 (T. Hamalainen) given 5 penalty points for dangerous driving resulting in a collision with Car #9 (T. Butler).
PENALTY POINT STANDINGS:
J. Scalabroni (14)
T. Mazzacane (12)
T. Hamalainen (11)
V. Waltari (10)
J. Komarek (6)
G. Pacer (6)
T. Yorke (6)
O. Hannesson (6)
F. Fagioli (6)
J. Bannock (6)
F. Piscine (6)
S. Mondlane (5)
J. Harmsky (5)
R. Bulku (5)
W. Serevi (3)
L. Wener (3)
R. Gonzalez (3)
R. Larsen (3)
J. da Cunha (3)
V. Desai (3)
D. Melville (3)
S. Walsh (3)
INJURY REPORT
Hwok Kwol-Cho has been cleared to return to driving.
Please ignore the quoted rage-quit threats below.