GPGSL Season 6, Round 8Hockenheim GP, Race day!Part 2We're back at the Hockenheimring after our little commercial brake....
...and see that Kittleson is about to take advantage from Aleksander's mistake.
He gets him with a clean move.
Here we go with the current standings.
The midfield is still heavily in action and for Karjalainen that is too much pressure. He totally misses the breaking point and spins out into the sand!
He's able to rejoin the track but is way down the field now.
His teammate Worseling, on the other hand, attacks Horvath for 10th.
They touch a little...
...but can go on without any damage.
And what's that? Is that Horvath?....No....no.....IT'S SHEPPARD, the former race leader. He's standing off the track!
Let's see what happened. Sheppard became very slow and immediately Oakley came closer...
...and closer...
...and finally catched him.
The same with Greidanus....
...and Maverick.
That looks like a suspension problem! Very bad luck for him...he showed a great speed today!
But this means, Oakley takes the lead again.
And Maverick attacks Greidanus again!
Oh no! This time they touch and drift to the corner...but fortunately they both can handle the situation and go on.
But Maverick is eager to take that 2nd position now! He immediately attacks again...
...and this time takes Greidanus with a clean move.
Further back, Aleksander wants this damn 13th back from Kittleson!
And it's the same situation as often before today! Aleksander is in front in the hairpin...Kittleson doesn't give up, moves in and they touch!
Kittleson gets lifted into the air...
...and gets another bump from Pederson who sees his chance.
Having lost any momentum, it's also a MAC car that takes advantages from this momentum.
Aleksander seems to be fine, though.
Worseling having another late brake behind Horvath. He should be careful with his tyres!
Oh oh...that doesn't look good. Worseling slides into Horvath's direction....
...but PHEW....he manages not to crash into him!
But instead there's another drama at the top of the field. Johnson broke way too late into the first corner and ran wide.
He rejoins the track without any damage...
but having lost momentum either, he's an easy target for Jalving.
And what's that? The gab between Oakley and Maverick seems to decrease massively.
Maverick comes closer in very big steps! Does Oakley have a problem there?
Greidanus now sees his chance to catch up with Maverick again as Oakley is blocking the former.
Oakley enters the pit with what appears to be suspension problems as well!
Greidanus, however, is close to Maverick again. Can he use his chance now?
Johnson stays at Jalving's rear wing. With Oakley's problem he sees a chance for a podium!
Oakley rejoined the track in the middle of the midfield bunch after his forced pitstop. Bad luck for him in a double way.
Trying to take Horvath, they both touch in the hairpin. Nothing new today!
But this time it's Oakley who spins! He stands in the middle of the hairpin and has to let pass nearly all drivers before he can go on! That has definitely spoiled his race now!
Because of Oakley's mistake, Aleksander is in the points now!
And Jalving is first to pit from 3rd.
Johnson goes on and hopes to put it a brilliant round now!
Greidanus comes in the next round for his 2nd pit stop.
And Maverick, having stopped late the first time, does the same this time. He drives another round.
But wait...there's a MAC car heavily damaged...that does look badly! It's HUNSLEY!
The replay shows what happened: Both Hunsley and Greenhalgh were trying to overtake a Christel at the same time. Hunsley moved directly in front of Greenhalgh's car!
The latter didn't have any chance to avoid this crash! OUCH!
Another replay from Greenhalgh's T-CAM.
Both Hunsley and Greenhalgh are, of course, out of the race while Greidanus rejoins the track again.
Johnson comes back out of the pits with Jalving close behind. Because of Jalving's much bigger momentum he can easily pass Johnson again. No luck for the VSM driver.
And Aleksander has already catched up with Horvath, yet both will have to pit again.
Kittleson rejoins the track in 17th after his second pit stop.
And here comes the race leader for his second stop.
He rejoins the track in front of his teammate Vilela, who though hasn't visited the pits yet for a second time.
In this replay we see the reason why the gap between Maverick and Greidanus even increased....the latter was hold up by Johnson in the pits...you see Johnson at the left edge of the screen.
Vivela coming for his pit stop, Greidanus retakes 2nd position.
Also Jalving....
...and Johnson pass Vilela again.
The latter rejoins the track directly in front of Warrington in his AMR.
The latter struggles to defend from Houston and now has to let him pass.
And eight rounds before the end, Vilela brings the next drama! He spoils a superb race with a ride into the sands.
He struggled to get out of them again. He finally manages...but is 17th and last now. What a pity for ART!
And there's immediately the next drama. Pedersen ends the race with another suspension problem.
Here we go with the current standings with only 7 more laps to go.
And the tables show as well, that everybody at least visited the pits twice.
There's not much action on the track anymore, the cars are too far away of each other after the final pit stops. At least Johnson is still chasing Jalving for 3rd.
And the new teams fighting for 8th in person of Elleker and Hinz.
Championship leader Aleksander in 10th at least, though with little hope of further improvement.
Horvath is still chasing him though, but that's too much of a gap for only two more rounds to go.
Actually there's not a single incident anymore...and that makes John Maverick win the Hockenheim GP.
Greidanus comes in, 2nd...
...and Jalving takes the last podium position. Most likely not what he expected after his pole position, but better than nothing.
The followers are: Johnson in 4th
Houston 5th, after a solid and trouble-free driving...
Warrington 6th
Worseling 7th. Good points for Snake Motorsports here.
Hinz rescues 8th over the finish line in front of...
Elleker in 9th.
Aleksander grabs, at least, 3 important points for 10th.
And Horvath...
and Muller complete the top 12.
We thank you very much for your attention and hope you enjoyed the coverage despite all the technical problems. And we hope to see you all back for the next round in the GPGSL Superleague!
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