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GPG Nations Cup Rd 9 Australian GP – Race Day

Part 1

We welcome you back to Phillip Island, where we are getting prepared for the start of Rd 9. In qualifying yesterday, we saw Briere take pole position, his 2nd of the season, ahead of McGregor who qualified 2nd. Behind them on the second row we have Grimaldi ahead of Dixon. It should be a great battle down into the first few corners for sure. It appears that the cars are now returning from their warmup lap, so let’s head trackside as we get set for the start.

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Here we go. The cars have all returned from the warmup lap, and are now lined up on the grid. Briere starts from pole, with McGregor alongside, while behind them sits Grimaldi and Dixon. Who will take the lead into the first corners? We’ll find out very shortly.


The race is go!


It’s a close battle between Briere and McGregor for the lead, as Dixon stays back and waits for a chance to make his move.


McGregor has taken the lead, as Briere is now under attack from Dixon.



Dixon can’t make it by, and ends up watching Briere go for the lead once again.


There is not much separating the top 5.


Grimaldi lost out at the start, and has dropped down to 7th. But he looks to be under attack from Kuei.


Kuei goes up the inside of Grimaldi.



And the Korean succeeds in getting by.


We have our first yellow flag of the race.


And here is why. Nikolov looks to have been involved in some sort of incident, yet we can’t see his car. Time for a replay.


As the replays shows, Nikolov was in 14th, and was defending his position from Paddock.


They went side by side.


Unfortunately, contact was made, sending both cars off the track and into the sand.




Back to the front, we can see Briere trying again to take the lead from McGregor.



As they go side by side, the timing shows that both Paddock and Nikolov are out of the race.



McGregor has managed to hold onto the lead.


Keranen has managed to get by Dixon for 3rd.


Leaving the New Zealander in the clutches of Hatfield.


The yellow flags are out again.


They don’t stay out for long though. Tung has lost his front wing, but how he lost it is what we need to find out. Replay time once again.


As the replay shows, Tung was in 17th and under attack from Kederer.



Into the hairpin, Kederer went for a move on Tung. But a lockup from Silvestre ends up seeing contact made, and results in both Tung and Kederer going off the track.




Tung’s off was a bit more spectacular though.




He makes it back on track, but will need to pit for a new nose.


McGregor takes the fastest lap.


As we see a battle emerging between Silva and Aspenstrom, as well as Cremasco and Tafuro, the timing shows how the top 10 have moved since the start.


The battle has just been intensified.






Tafuro is now back in 15th.


However, he soon loses that position to Domenech.


Not long after taking Tafuro’s position, Domenech has also managed to get by Aspenstrom.


Girard manages to demote Silvestre down a position.


Back to the front, and we can see that Kuei has been turned around and is now facing the wrong way.


As we can see from Ihara’s view, Kuei had tried to get up the inside of Hatfield, but ends up making contact with the UAE car.


Fortunately, no damage has been sustained, and Hatfield and Ihara are able to continue on.


As for Kuei, she has to wait for the rest of the field to go through before she can rejoin.



During the commotion, Grimaldi has somehow lost his wheel, resulting in his retirement from the race.


He was defending from Frutiger-Fussli, but contact was made, resulting in the Monaco car rolling over.






Tung’s car looks much better now after his earlier rollover forced him in for repairs.


The timing confirms that Grimaldi is now out of the race.


After an action packed 4 laps, let’s check out the current standings.




It’s time now for our first ad break. We hope to see you all back here soon for the next part.



GPG Nations Cup Rd 9 Australian GP - Race Day

Part 2

Welcome back.

Keranen is doing quite well at the moment.


Viljoen is giving Dixon a tough time in the battle for 4th.


Uh oh. It looks like Keranen has run slightly wide, allowing Dixon through into 3rd.



Girard will surely be hoping for a better position than where he currently is sitting.


Kederer was the winner last time out in Abu Dhabi, now he currently sits well down the order. It shows how quickly fortunes can change for each driver.


Despite having a penalty, De Boer is doing quite well to be currently sitting inside the points.


The race is going quite well for McGregor, who will be hoping to win in front of his home crowd.


As for our pole sitter, he’ll be hoping for a decent result here to help him hold onto his championship lead.


Kuei will still be feeling annoyed at what happened to her earlier when she botched her pass attempt on Hatfield while in a points scoring position.


Now she finds herself right behind Kederer.


Let’s just hope she can make a clean pass when the time comes.


Unseen by the cameras, Keranen has lost 4th to Viljoen.


He tries straight away to get the position back.



But is unable to do so this time.


It looks like Kuei has finally managed to get by Kederer.


Next on the list for Kuei to pass is Silva.


McGregor’s lead continues to increase.


This is probably getting old but, the South Africa livery is still a beauty to look at.


Frutiger-Fussli will be hoping to stay in his current position.


With 9 laps now completed, let’s check out the current standings again.




Girard looks to be in a bit of trouble, as Silva is chasing him down for 15th.


He wasn’t able to make it by the Frenchman, and as a result, it has allowed Kuei to close in on him.



Silvestre is trying for a move on Tafuro.


He wasn’t able to make it by.


From De Boer’s view, Frutiger-Fussli has managed to get by Domenech.


What has happened to Tafuro? He has lost a wheel, which means its race over for the Italian.


As the replay shows, it would appear that Silvestre had tried again to get by, but he ends up locking up and makes contact with Tafuro, causing the Italy car to go airborne.



The end result after Tafuro comes back down to the ground.


Silvestre gets going again, but that is twice now that he has been involved in an incident at the hairpin.


The timing now shows that Tafuro is finally out of the race.


Silva has finally managed to get by Girard, now Kuei wants her chance to get by.


She makes her move into the hairpin, and succeeds in demoting Girard down a position.


It looks like Briere is starting to eat into McGregor’s lead.


Say hello to the Camera, Viljoen.


Frutiger-Fussli is the first one in as the pitstops get underway.


Briere has gained ground on McGregor once again.


The top 3 are all in at the same time.




Keranen is also in.


De Boer and Kuei are in as well.



Viljoen now leads, but it will only be until he has to make his stop.


This is not a good position for McGregor to be in right now.


Fortunately, he makes it by Aspenstrom without too much damage to his fresh rubber.


Briere is in a similar position, except he has to defend rather than attack.


We have a battle brewing between Silvestre and Kederer.


We have another yellow flag out.


This appears to be the reason for it. Aspenstrom is in the sand. Did he do it on his own? Or was there contact made with another car?


The replay shows that he was under attack from Briere.


The Canadian tried to go through on the inside, but ends up making contact with Aspenstrom.


The end result sees both cars go into the sand.



Briere gets going again, but will be extremely annoyed with what just happened.


As for Aspenstrom, his race is over.


More pitlane action.




Domenech has just pitted, so he’ll need to be careful not to make contact with the Switzerland car.


Domenech does the right thing, and decides to drop in behind Frutiger-Fussli.


Talk about cutting it close.


Time now for another break. We’ll try and be back as soon as possible.



Team China

My goodness. Those first few laps were absolute chaos. When Cheng got sent into a rollover, everyone in the team looked concerned as we all thought that would be a instant retirement from the race. At least the car wasn't too badly damaged, as Cheng was able to get back to the pits for repairs, but that incident has written off any chance of us scoring points here this weekend. Just going to have to try and hope that we make the finish, and then start focusing on the next round.




I see South Africa is still popular ;)




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Bit annoying for Antero to get to third then drop positions, but he has moved forwards and crucially is still going. So it's ok for sure
pycku écrivait:
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> Damn! It can't be any worse!


Same here!



GPG Nations Cup Rd 9 Australian GP - Race Day

Part 3

We are back once again.

We return to the action as Viljoen is in for his first stop.


As he rejoins the track, Keranen takes the fastest lap.


Domenech is in the sand. What has happened to the Argentina driver?


This looks to be the reason for what happened. He was trying to get up the inside of Frutiger-Fussli, but couldn’t get by and ended up making contact with the Switzerland car, resulting in both cars heading into the sand.



Ihara has been having a quite race so far. We find her applying pressure onto Briere.


Another driver who has been having a quite race is Cremasco.


The battle between Silvestre and Kederer continues on.



Another yellow flag is out.


This is the reason why it’s out. Ihara has gone off, yet we can’t see the car.


The replay shows that Ihara was right up behind Briere, but then ran wide and out into the sand.




This tells more of why Ihara ended up running wide.


She is able to rejoin, but now sits near the rear of the field. She will not be happy with herself for that.


McGregor has found himself in the lead once again.


Viljoen currently sits in 2nd. If luck manages to go his way, he could potentially end up being in a position to go for the win.


Girard is up to 5th, but still has to make his first stop.


There is a battle brewing between Kuei and De Boer.


Both Frutiger-Fussli and Domenech are still in the race, meaning they both survived the earlier incident that saw them go into the sand.



With the exception of Girard, everyone else has taken their first stop, so let’s check out the standings.




Viljoen sets a fast time to take the fastest lap.


It seems that Kuei has managed to pull away from De Boer, which has left the Netherlands driver in the clutches of Silva.


The Portuguese driver doesn’t take long to make his move stick.


Girard is finally in for his stop.


Kederer and Silvestre continue on with their battle.




Girard now sits in 15th after taking his stop.


Briere is currently in 6th, but could still be inside the top 3 if it wasn’t for his earlier off.


It looks like Girard has closed the gap slightly between himself and Domenech.


With 14 laps remaining, let’s check out the current standings.




Girard is now finding himself defending from Ihara.


She gets close, but is unable to get by this time.



Ihara doesn’t give up though, and will most likely try again to get by.


The final round of stops is now underway as both McGregor and Viljoen are in.



Kuei is in for her stop, and just in time too as her car suffers an Oil Leak. At least they can fix her car up before she comes back onto the track.


Frutiger-Fussli is in as well.


Keranen is now in from 2nd.


Next lap, Dixon and Briere are in.



Tung is now in for his stop.


In comes Hatfield, just as we get a yellow flag out.


This is the reason for the yellow. Keranen has gone off into the sand.


As the replay shows, he was chasing down Silva.


He tried to go up the inside, but ended up making contact with Silva, resulting in both cars going off and into the sand.



Keranen makes it back onto the track, just as the timing shows that Silva is now out of the race.


At the front of the field, McGregor has cleared Tung, but the Chinese driver will need to be careful so as not to ruin Viljoen’s race.


Tung does the right thing and lets Viljoen through.


With 8 laps to go, we are set for a battle between McGregor and Viljoen that will determine our winner of the Australian GP.


Time for our final break. When we return, we’ll be going to the end to see who our winner will be.



Even after decreasing the AI errors, resulted on this, this track is a slaughterhouse





Keranen was running in a good result, what a shame for the Finland team.




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Crap! Another dnf....

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natasp schrieb:
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> Even after decreasing the AI errors, resulted on
> this, this track is a slaughterhouse


to which value?




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kedy89 Wrote:
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> natasp schrieb:
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> > Even after decreasing the AI errors, resulted
> on
> > this, this track is a slaughterhouse
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> to which value?

16 or 18 if I'm not mistaken





Damn, big shame for us and for Portugal. We couldn't see exactly who was at fault, so we won't make any accusations at all. Apologies to Portugal, but for us thankfully still in the top 10
GPG Nations Cup Rd 9 Australian GP - Race Day

Part 4

Welcome back for the final time.

Only .5s separates McGregor and Viljoen in the battle for the lead.


There is nothing Dixon can do except to hold onto his 3rd position.


Briere has made a good recovery drive after having that off earlier to currently sit in 4th.


We have a battle taking place between Cremasco and Girard.


Viljoen is trying for his move on McGregor for the race lead.


But is unable to make it by.


Everyone has now made their second stop, except for Girard who has only pitted once, so let’s check out the current standings.




Viljoen is not giving up in his quest to try and get by McGregor.


Meanwhile, Ihara and Domenech are having their own battle.


Oh my, it appears that Viljoen has managed to get in front of McGregor.


But he hasn’t sealed the move just yet, as McGregor fights back.




Unfortunately for the Australian, he isn’t able to get back in front, which leaves Viljoen in the race lead.


After her earlier spin knocked her out of the points, Kuei will be relieved knowing she is back in the points, provided she can stay where she is.


Meanwhile, a cloud rests over Girard as to whether or not he’ll take his second stop.


The movers and shakers inside the top 10.


Not long to go now till the finish, so let’s check out the standings again.




Tung gets lapped again, this time by Dixon.


The cameras may have missed it, but the timings were correct, as Keranen has managed to get by Girard.


Viljoen’s lead looks to be decreasing. Maybe McGregor has some fight left in him after all.


Girard is in danger of losing yet another position, as De Boer tries to make a move on him.


That was easier than expected for De Boer as it looks like Girard didn’t fight to keep his position.


Now Frutiger-Fussli wants his chance to get by.


He makes it by the Frenchman, and tries to take de Boer’s position as well, but is unable to do so.



Viljoen is on his way home.


He enters the final corner for the final time.



And crosses the line to win the Australian GP.


McGregor finishes in 2nd.


And Dixon rounds off the podium in 3rd.


What a race we saw here today. A lot of action within the first 4 laps, plenty of battles, and other incidents as well will make this a race to remember. And at the end of it all, it is Team South Africa who emerge the victor. So congratulations Patrick Viljoen and Team South Africa, the winners of the Australian GP. They had to fight hard all day, and their hard work has paid off. There’ll be celebrations all night for sure. That concludes the action from Phillip Island. We hoped you enjoyed our coverage, and we’ll see you all back here when we bring you Rd 10, the United States GP. This is GPG_Nations_Cup, signing out. Goodbye.

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GPG Nations Cup Rd 9 Results

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Team China

This has to be the worst weekend ever for us. I guess that means we'll just have to try and come back stronger in the next race. And before I forget, congratulations to Team South Africa on a well deserved victory. Hopefully they can score more victories by the time the season is over.

As for the time penalty that will be handed down to Team France, I'm not sure how many seconds should be added on to their time. This will need to be sorted out so I can work on the official results tables and championship standings.

And lastly, regarding the Indy circuit being used for Rd 10, which version will be used? The older layout? Or the newer one?





(TBH, I don't even know if the second layout has been made for GP4 yet)




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