GPG Nations Cup S5 R17 - Off-season
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GPG Nations Cup Rd 4 Japanese GP – Race Day
Part 1
Hello and welcome back once again to Twin Ring Motegi. We are preparing for the start of the race that should hopefully deliver fantastic racing here today. On pole is Paulo Tafuro for Team Italy, who set his pole lap in his first run of qualifying. Knowing that, Tafuro will most definitely be feeling confident here today, but he will also need to watch out for Ihara, who will be starting alongside him on the front row. Ihara has the fans cheering her on, and she will be hoping to score a home win here. Can she do it? We’ll find out by the end of the race. Anyways, the cars are returning from their warmup lap, so let’s head trackside as we get set for the start.
Weather Report
Here we go. All the cars have returned from their warmup lap, and we are set for a start. Tafuro starts from pole, and has Ihara alongside. Behind them sit Briere and Ana, who will be looking to make the better start. And with the rain coming down, who knows what will end up happening. Once the lights go out, it’s go time.
They’re off!
Oh no, there’s contact made between Ihara and Tafuro.
There’s major damage sustained to the front of the Italy car, and Ihara is facing the wrong way in the sand.
Replay time. Ihara had the run up the inside, however, it looks like Briere made a good start as well as he tries to go up the middle of the two.
Briere pulled out of his move, which was a good decision on his part as he could’ve been dragged into the contact made between Ihara and Tafuro. As for Tafuro, the impact coming down from being slightly airborne was enough to inflict the damage.
The onboard view from Ana shows how Briere tried making his move. It also shows the moment just before contact is made between Ihara and Tafuro
Tafuro’s race is over in under 60s, and he will not be pleased.
Briere takes the race lead.
Behind him, it looks like Ana is defending his position from Nikolov.
Cremasco has run wide at Turn 9 and hit the wall.
The replay shows how he went into the wall, but there’s no way he could’ve done that on his own.
This may explain it. Pryce looks to have run into the back of Kederer, causing the German to bump into Cremasco, leading to the Brazilian running wide and into the wall.
That’s race over for Cremasco.
Now Silva is in the wall.
The replay shows that Hatfield ran into the back of Silva.
That caused Silva to run wide and into the wall.
It also left Hatfield facing the wrong way.
As Hatfield recovers, the timing shows that Briere has taken the fastest lap.
Silva’s race is over through no fault of his own.
Nikolov is putting the pressure on as he chases down Ana.
The Bulgarian goes for a move on the Singaporean.
And makes the move work.
McGregor once again finds himself inside the top 5. This time around, he’ll be hoping to actually hold it down till the end of the race, but for now he has Grimaldi chasing him down.
Championship leader Tung is currently up to 8th.
Vukcevic is doing ok so far, despite having a penalty applied for inactivity.
Kuei has managed to get ahead of Grimaldi.
Replay shows that Kuei had a better run down the straight, and made the move up the inside.
Another fastest lap to Briere.
But he loses it to Ihara.
The timing shows the top 10 movers and shakers.
Let’s check out the current standings.
At the rear, Ihara has closed in on the battles ahead of her.
Kederer has a look up the inside of Silvestre.
And the German manages to get ahead.
Further up the road, Coulthard is being attacked by Keranen.
Keranen succeeded in getting by, and now Pryce wants his chance to make a move.
Ancevski is getting pretty close for comfort in his battle with De Boer.
It seems Coulthard lost his position to Pryce, and now has Kederer chasing him down.
This is a good view of all positions from P9 to the rear of the field.
Kederer is doing his best to get closer to Coulthard.
Pryce is making a move on Keranen, but is unable to get ahead.
Vukcevic is really feeling the pressure from Girard as the Frenchman goes for a move.
Girard couldn’t get by, and now has Keranen and Pryce right on the back of him.
Hatfield currently finds himself chasing down Silvestre, while also being chased down by Ihara.
Oh no, De Boer has spun at the final corner.
Replay time. De Boer had lost his position to Ancevski off camera.
Then while attempting to catch back up, De Boer ended up running wide at the final corners, causing him to spin while attempting to correct himself.
He gets going again, but now sits in last place.
Back to the front, and it looks like Nikolov is slowly closing in on Briere.
Rodriguez finds himself in 3rd, but does have Kuei chasing him down.
That’s all for now as we head into our break. We’ll be back again soon.
Part 1
Hello and welcome back once again to Twin Ring Motegi. We are preparing for the start of the race that should hopefully deliver fantastic racing here today. On pole is Paulo Tafuro for Team Italy, who set his pole lap in his first run of qualifying. Knowing that, Tafuro will most definitely be feeling confident here today, but he will also need to watch out for Ihara, who will be starting alongside him on the front row. Ihara has the fans cheering her on, and she will be hoping to score a home win here. Can she do it? We’ll find out by the end of the race. Anyways, the cars are returning from their warmup lap, so let’s head trackside as we get set for the start.
Weather Report
Here we go. All the cars have returned from their warmup lap, and we are set for a start. Tafuro starts from pole, and has Ihara alongside. Behind them sit Briere and Ana, who will be looking to make the better start. And with the rain coming down, who knows what will end up happening. Once the lights go out, it’s go time.
They’re off!
Oh no, there’s contact made between Ihara and Tafuro.
There’s major damage sustained to the front of the Italy car, and Ihara is facing the wrong way in the sand.
Replay time. Ihara had the run up the inside, however, it looks like Briere made a good start as well as he tries to go up the middle of the two.
Briere pulled out of his move, which was a good decision on his part as he could’ve been dragged into the contact made between Ihara and Tafuro. As for Tafuro, the impact coming down from being slightly airborne was enough to inflict the damage.
The onboard view from Ana shows how Briere tried making his move. It also shows the moment just before contact is made between Ihara and Tafuro
Tafuro’s race is over in under 60s, and he will not be pleased.
Briere takes the race lead.
Behind him, it looks like Ana is defending his position from Nikolov.
Cremasco has run wide at Turn 9 and hit the wall.
The replay shows how he went into the wall, but there’s no way he could’ve done that on his own.
This may explain it. Pryce looks to have run into the back of Kederer, causing the German to bump into Cremasco, leading to the Brazilian running wide and into the wall.
That’s race over for Cremasco.
Now Silva is in the wall.
The replay shows that Hatfield ran into the back of Silva.
That caused Silva to run wide and into the wall.
It also left Hatfield facing the wrong way.
As Hatfield recovers, the timing shows that Briere has taken the fastest lap.
Silva’s race is over through no fault of his own.
Nikolov is putting the pressure on as he chases down Ana.
The Bulgarian goes for a move on the Singaporean.
And makes the move work.
McGregor once again finds himself inside the top 5. This time around, he’ll be hoping to actually hold it down till the end of the race, but for now he has Grimaldi chasing him down.
Championship leader Tung is currently up to 8th.
Vukcevic is doing ok so far, despite having a penalty applied for inactivity.
Kuei has managed to get ahead of Grimaldi.
Replay shows that Kuei had a better run down the straight, and made the move up the inside.
Another fastest lap to Briere.
But he loses it to Ihara.
The timing shows the top 10 movers and shakers.
Let’s check out the current standings.
At the rear, Ihara has closed in on the battles ahead of her.
Kederer has a look up the inside of Silvestre.
And the German manages to get ahead.
Further up the road, Coulthard is being attacked by Keranen.
Keranen succeeded in getting by, and now Pryce wants his chance to make a move.
Ancevski is getting pretty close for comfort in his battle with De Boer.
It seems Coulthard lost his position to Pryce, and now has Kederer chasing him down.
This is a good view of all positions from P9 to the rear of the field.
Kederer is doing his best to get closer to Coulthard.
Pryce is making a move on Keranen, but is unable to get ahead.
Vukcevic is really feeling the pressure from Girard as the Frenchman goes for a move.
Girard couldn’t get by, and now has Keranen and Pryce right on the back of him.
Hatfield currently finds himself chasing down Silvestre, while also being chased down by Ihara.
Oh no, De Boer has spun at the final corner.
Replay time. De Boer had lost his position to Ancevski off camera.
Then while attempting to catch back up, De Boer ended up running wide at the final corners, causing him to spin while attempting to correct himself.
He gets going again, but now sits in last place.
Back to the front, and it looks like Nikolov is slowly closing in on Briere.
Rodriguez finds himself in 3rd, but does have Kuei chasing him down.
That’s all for now as we head into our break. We’ll be back again soon.
Talk about crazy races! One part and it's been insane. The aim right now is to stay out of trouble. And if we can get back 2 back podiums, better.
Stats: 139 Starts / 7 Wins / 9 Poles / 5 Fastest laps
Stats: 139 Starts / 7 Wins / 9 Poles / 5 Fastest laps
GPG Nations Cup Rd 4 Japanese GP - Race Day
Part 2
Welcome back.
Ana finds himself defending from Ancevski.
Further back, Keranen is doing his best to close in more on Vukcevic.
Ancevski goes for a move on Ana.
However, he is unable to get by.
While Keranen is trying to close in on Vukcevic, it’s also allowing Pryce to close in on the battle.
Ihara is now up to 15th. She was down in 18th not too long ago, so how did she make up that many positions?
This could explain it. Ihara managed to get by Silvestre, then found herself watching Kederer try for a move on Coulthard.
The German’s move failed, which allowed both Hatfield and Ihara a chance to get by.
Ihara was the big winner out of that move, and now she can go after Coulthard.
As for Kederer, he was able to hold Hatfield back, but in doing so it allowed Silvestre to get by.
Ihara goes for a move on Coulthard, but is unable to get by.
A train is now starting to form behind Coulthard.
As we go onboard with Nikolov as he chases down Briere, let’s take a look at the current standings.
We can see exactly how close Nikolov is to Briere.
Unseen by the cameras, Kuei has managed to get by Rodriguez.
We have a train forming behind Ana.
Ana finds himself out wide, which allows Ancevski to get by him. That now leaves Ana having to defend from Vukcevic. The timing also shows that Hatfield has gotten by Kederer.
We have a lead change.
Replay shows that Nikolov made the move up the inside.
Now that Nikolov has the lead, the timing shows that he has already started to pull away from Briere.
We have a move being made by Keranen on Ana.
And the Finn succeeds in getting by.
Further back, Pryce is right on the back of Vukcevic. At least he won’t need to worry about what’s behind him, for the time being at least.
Ihara now finds herself behind Tung, the current championship leader.
Ancevski has spun off onto the grass.
He was in a battle with Grimaldi, but found himself out wide into the final corners.
That resulted in him spinning out across the track and stopping off the track.
He manages to get going again, but has now lost his chance at points.
Nikolov is flying. He has managed to increase his lead out to 3s.
As for Briere, he is slowly being reeled in by Kuei.
We have another yellow flag out.
And this is why it’s out. Ana has found the wall.
Onboard view from Pryce shows that Ana ran wide into the corner, and once he found himself out on the grass, there was nothing he could do to stop himself hitting the wall.
Another retirement for Ana. This will surely be frustrating for the Singapore team as it’s their 4th retirement in a row.
McGregor still sits in 5th.
Girard has pulled off to the sand, with smoke billowing from the rear of the car.
That’s race over for the French team.
The battle between Briere and Kuei keeps on going.
Oh no, McGregor is out on the grass. This isn’t looking good for the Australian.
It would seem that there was nothing McGregor could do to stop himself hitting the wall, as the wheel has been torn from the car.
Replay time. McGregor has Keranen behind him.
Keranen went for a move on McGregor, but must’ve forced McGregor to run wide in a similar way to how Ancevski ran wide earlier.
The end result of that is McGregor hitting the wall.
Now Rodriguez is out of the race due to Suspension Failure. He’ll be disappointed with this.
The timing confirms McGregor’s retirement.
Kederer now finds himself behind Tung.
However, being held up by Tung is not helping Kederer, as it’s causing him to slow down slightly and allowing Silvestre to close in.
Kederer gets a better run onto the straight than Tung did, and manages to get ahead. And so too does Silvestre. Could Tung have a problem with his car?
It looks like he does, as the gap to Silvestre has increased massively.
Coulthard finds himself out of shape in the final corners.
Replay shows that he ran wide on the grass.
At least he can continue on.
Unseen by the camera, Kuei has managed to get ahead of Briere.
Tung has pulled off to the side of the track, and it looks like smoke is billowing out from the rear of the car.
A Water Leak brings Team China’s race to an end.
As we ride onboard with Nikolov, let’s take a look at the standings once again.
After an intense amount of action, it’s time once again for us to take a break.
Part 2
Welcome back.
Ana finds himself defending from Ancevski.
Further back, Keranen is doing his best to close in more on Vukcevic.
Ancevski goes for a move on Ana.
However, he is unable to get by.
While Keranen is trying to close in on Vukcevic, it’s also allowing Pryce to close in on the battle.
Ihara is now up to 15th. She was down in 18th not too long ago, so how did she make up that many positions?
This could explain it. Ihara managed to get by Silvestre, then found herself watching Kederer try for a move on Coulthard.
The German’s move failed, which allowed both Hatfield and Ihara a chance to get by.
Ihara was the big winner out of that move, and now she can go after Coulthard.
As for Kederer, he was able to hold Hatfield back, but in doing so it allowed Silvestre to get by.
Ihara goes for a move on Coulthard, but is unable to get by.
A train is now starting to form behind Coulthard.
As we go onboard with Nikolov as he chases down Briere, let’s take a look at the current standings.
We can see exactly how close Nikolov is to Briere.
Unseen by the cameras, Kuei has managed to get by Rodriguez.
We have a train forming behind Ana.
Ana finds himself out wide, which allows Ancevski to get by him. That now leaves Ana having to defend from Vukcevic. The timing also shows that Hatfield has gotten by Kederer.
We have a lead change.
Replay shows that Nikolov made the move up the inside.
Now that Nikolov has the lead, the timing shows that he has already started to pull away from Briere.
We have a move being made by Keranen on Ana.
And the Finn succeeds in getting by.
Further back, Pryce is right on the back of Vukcevic. At least he won’t need to worry about what’s behind him, for the time being at least.
Ihara now finds herself behind Tung, the current championship leader.
Ancevski has spun off onto the grass.
He was in a battle with Grimaldi, but found himself out wide into the final corners.
That resulted in him spinning out across the track and stopping off the track.
He manages to get going again, but has now lost his chance at points.
Nikolov is flying. He has managed to increase his lead out to 3s.
As for Briere, he is slowly being reeled in by Kuei.
We have another yellow flag out.
And this is why it’s out. Ana has found the wall.
Onboard view from Pryce shows that Ana ran wide into the corner, and once he found himself out on the grass, there was nothing he could do to stop himself hitting the wall.
Another retirement for Ana. This will surely be frustrating for the Singapore team as it’s their 4th retirement in a row.
McGregor still sits in 5th.
Girard has pulled off to the sand, with smoke billowing from the rear of the car.
That’s race over for the French team.
The battle between Briere and Kuei keeps on going.
Oh no, McGregor is out on the grass. This isn’t looking good for the Australian.
It would seem that there was nothing McGregor could do to stop himself hitting the wall, as the wheel has been torn from the car.
Replay time. McGregor has Keranen behind him.
Keranen went for a move on McGregor, but must’ve forced McGregor to run wide in a similar way to how Ancevski ran wide earlier.
The end result of that is McGregor hitting the wall.
Now Rodriguez is out of the race due to Suspension Failure. He’ll be disappointed with this.
The timing confirms McGregor’s retirement.
Kederer now finds himself behind Tung.
However, being held up by Tung is not helping Kederer, as it’s causing him to slow down slightly and allowing Silvestre to close in.
Kederer gets a better run onto the straight than Tung did, and manages to get ahead. And so too does Silvestre. Could Tung have a problem with his car?
It looks like he does, as the gap to Silvestre has increased massively.
Coulthard finds himself out of shape in the final corners.
Replay shows that he ran wide on the grass.
At least he can continue on.
Unseen by the camera, Kuei has managed to get ahead of Briere.
Tung has pulled off to the side of the track, and it looks like smoke is billowing out from the rear of the car.
A Water Leak brings Team China’s race to an end.
As we ride onboard with Nikolov, let’s take a look at the standings once again.
After an intense amount of action, it’s time once again for us to take a break.
Team China
Seeing Cheng pull off to the grass due to suffering from a Water Leak is not what he were hoping to see. At least our championship standing will be safe, but if we suffer another retirement or two in the next few races, then we'll need to start worrying about it. It'll also come down to whether our closest challengers can score a big haul of points as without them, they can't close in on us. We'll stick around to see the ending of the race, then we'll start preparing for our home race.
Seeing Cheng pull off to the grass due to suffering from a Water Leak is not what he were hoping to see. At least our championship standing will be safe, but if we suffer another retirement or two in the next few races, then we'll need to start worrying about it. It'll also come down to whether our closest challengers can score a big haul of points as without them, they can't close in on us. We'll stick around to see the ending of the race, then we'll start preparing for our home race.
Oh crap, what a bad luck
And now we can say that Motegi is out of future plans for the GPGNC
And now we can say that Motegi is out of future plans for the GPGNC
I am all for a bit of racing incident carnage here and there - that can happen in the real world, and should do in our little fantasy world. But the amount of failures in this race so far, is out of control!!
GPGSL Team Owner Debut - Melbourne, Season 8 - present
GPGSL Test Debut - Hungary, Season 4. GPGSL Race Debut - Adelaide, Season 5.
GPGSL Team Owner Debut - Melbourne, Season 8 - present
GPGSL Test Debut - Hungary, Season 4. GPGSL Race Debut - Adelaide, Season 5.
dammit!
was running in a solid points position, but considering how crazy this race we can still get some points..
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was running in a solid points position, but considering how crazy this race we can still get some points..
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Not happy in the slightest with that 1st corner of the race. But plenty time & incidents to get back up there
A Scotsman in Indonesia. A fan of the Far East & all their drivers & an advocate of women in motorsport / GPGNC - S3: Team Philippines, S4/S5: Team Japan, S6: Team Indonesia (S6 runner-up)
A Scotsman in Indonesia. A fan of the Far East & all their drivers & an advocate of women in motorsport / GPGNC - S3: Team Philippines, S4/S5: Team Japan, S6: Team Indonesia (S6 runner-up)
Aw, should've supposed the race was too insane to stay out of trouble. Very satisfied nonetheless, our pace was really good until the failure happened.
Stats: 139 Starts / 7 Wins / 9 Poles / 5 Fastest laps
Stats: 139 Starts / 7 Wins / 9 Poles / 5 Fastest laps
Victim of someone else's mistake... Well, at least we don't spent any boost.
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GPG Nations Cup Rd 4 Japanese GP - Race Day
Part 3
Welcome back once again.
Keranen has Pryce on his back, and as the timing shows the Wales driver is slowly closing in on him.
Unseen by the cameras, Vukcevic seems to have lost a couple of positions.
Coulthard is off the track once again.
He managed to keep off the walls, and gets to continue on.
It looks like Pryce finally managed to get ahead of Keranen.
The pitstops get underway as Kuei is the first driver in.
The pitlane is about to get busy as near half of the field are in for their stop.
Kuei managed to rejoin in 3rd.
Briere is in for his stop.
Nikolov has gotten by Ancevski, which means Team Serbia is now a lap down.
Briere rejoins in 2nd.
However, he won’t be able to relax yet as Kuei is closing in on him once again.
Ihara is right on the back on Vukcevic.
Grimaldi is in for his stop.
He rejoins in 11th, but will need to be cautious as Kederer is on much warmer tyres and will have more speed.
The race leader is in for his stop.
Based on how fast Nikolov has been all race, he easily rejoins in the lead.
With Pryce holding onto 4th, this will be a good haul of points for Team Wales should he manage to hold onto it.
De Boer is in for his stop.
Coulthard is the last driver in for his stop.
With all drivers now having taken their stop, let’s check out the standings.
During the standings, the timing shows that Nikolov once again takes the fastest lap.
However, both Hatfield and Ihara manage to set a faster laptime.
But it’s to no avail as Nikolov quickly retakes the fastest lap back.
Keranen sits in 5th, but isn’t out of the woods yet as Hatfield could close in on him based on the speed the UAE car has.
Vukcevic currently sits in 8th. This shows that despite having a penalty applied, the speed of the Montenegro car is going strong.
Kederer sits in 10th, and if he manages to hold onto it till race end he’ll score a point.
Nikolov again takes the fastest lap.
Let’s take a look at the standings once again.
Hatfield is still slowly closing in on Keranen.
Meanwhile, Ihara is also slowly closing in on Hatfield.
Nikolov is now stamping his authority on this race.
This is the battle that is of main interest at the current moment.
From Ihara’s view, it looks like Keranen has gone wide, allowing Hatfield to go by.
Replay shows the moment Keranen lost his position to Hatfield.
Now that Hatfield has finally gotten ahead of Keranen, the timing shows that he is already starting to pull away. Now the reigning champ can go after Pryce.
As for Keranen, the timing shows that Ihara is closing in on him.
Another battle of interest is this one between Grimaldi and Kederer.
It seems no one is going to be able to stop Nikolov here today.
Hatfield is all but guaranteed to finish inside the top 5 here today despite the earlier contact with Silva on the first lap.
The gap between Keranen and Ihara keeps shrinking.
This could be Ihara’s chance to get by as Keranen runs wide.
However, she wasn’t able to take advantage of Keranen’s mistake.
Maybe now Ihara can finally get ahead.
And she does. That puts her into 6th.
Already Ihara is starting to pull away from Keranen.
However, despite Ihara slowly pulling away, Keranen is still keeping up with her.
Kederer can’t seem to close in more on Grimaldi, and as a result it’s allowed De Boer to start closing in.
Oh no, Kuei has pulled off to the side of the track. She was in a podium position, but now it’s been taken away. Seems there is a terminal problem with the car.
As a result of Kuei’s retirement, that moves everyone up by one position. Which means Ihara is now back inside the top 5 after having the incident on Lap 1.
We have 5 laps left to go till the end of the race.
Time for our final break. When we return, we’ll go to the finish.
Part 3
Welcome back once again.
Keranen has Pryce on his back, and as the timing shows the Wales driver is slowly closing in on him.
Unseen by the cameras, Vukcevic seems to have lost a couple of positions.
Coulthard is off the track once again.
He managed to keep off the walls, and gets to continue on.
It looks like Pryce finally managed to get ahead of Keranen.
The pitstops get underway as Kuei is the first driver in.
The pitlane is about to get busy as near half of the field are in for their stop.
Kuei managed to rejoin in 3rd.
Briere is in for his stop.
Nikolov has gotten by Ancevski, which means Team Serbia is now a lap down.
Briere rejoins in 2nd.
However, he won’t be able to relax yet as Kuei is closing in on him once again.
Ihara is right on the back on Vukcevic.
Grimaldi is in for his stop.
He rejoins in 11th, but will need to be cautious as Kederer is on much warmer tyres and will have more speed.
The race leader is in for his stop.
Based on how fast Nikolov has been all race, he easily rejoins in the lead.
With Pryce holding onto 4th, this will be a good haul of points for Team Wales should he manage to hold onto it.
De Boer is in for his stop.
Coulthard is the last driver in for his stop.
With all drivers now having taken their stop, let’s check out the standings.
During the standings, the timing shows that Nikolov once again takes the fastest lap.
However, both Hatfield and Ihara manage to set a faster laptime.
But it’s to no avail as Nikolov quickly retakes the fastest lap back.
Keranen sits in 5th, but isn’t out of the woods yet as Hatfield could close in on him based on the speed the UAE car has.
Vukcevic currently sits in 8th. This shows that despite having a penalty applied, the speed of the Montenegro car is going strong.
Kederer sits in 10th, and if he manages to hold onto it till race end he’ll score a point.
Nikolov again takes the fastest lap.
Let’s take a look at the standings once again.
Hatfield is still slowly closing in on Keranen.
Meanwhile, Ihara is also slowly closing in on Hatfield.
Nikolov is now stamping his authority on this race.
This is the battle that is of main interest at the current moment.
From Ihara’s view, it looks like Keranen has gone wide, allowing Hatfield to go by.
Replay shows the moment Keranen lost his position to Hatfield.
Now that Hatfield has finally gotten ahead of Keranen, the timing shows that he is already starting to pull away. Now the reigning champ can go after Pryce.
As for Keranen, the timing shows that Ihara is closing in on him.
Another battle of interest is this one between Grimaldi and Kederer.
It seems no one is going to be able to stop Nikolov here today.
Hatfield is all but guaranteed to finish inside the top 5 here today despite the earlier contact with Silva on the first lap.
The gap between Keranen and Ihara keeps shrinking.
This could be Ihara’s chance to get by as Keranen runs wide.
However, she wasn’t able to take advantage of Keranen’s mistake.
Maybe now Ihara can finally get ahead.
And she does. That puts her into 6th.
Already Ihara is starting to pull away from Keranen.
However, despite Ihara slowly pulling away, Keranen is still keeping up with her.
Kederer can’t seem to close in more on Grimaldi, and as a result it’s allowed De Boer to start closing in.
Oh no, Kuei has pulled off to the side of the track. She was in a podium position, but now it’s been taken away. Seems there is a terminal problem with the car.
As a result of Kuei’s retirement, that moves everyone up by one position. Which means Ihara is now back inside the top 5 after having the incident on Lap 1.
We have 5 laps left to go till the end of the race.
Time for our final break. When we return, we’ll go to the finish.
GPG Nations Cup Rd 4 Japanese GP - Race Day
Part 4
Welcome back for the final time.
It seems Suspension Failure is what brought Kuei’s race to an end.
Pryce is now up onto the podium. He clearly has the drive of the day.
Ihara has pulled away from Keranen once again.
De Boer will probably feel relieved knowing that despite the earlier off, he’ll be scoring a point if he can hold onto 10th.
The timing shows how the top 10 have moved since race start.
Let’s check out the current standings.
For the second time, Nikolov laps Ancevski.
Kederer just doesn’t the speed needed to close in on Grimaldi. Instead, it’s De Boer who seems to have more speed as he closes in on the German.
The race hasn’t gone the way Silvestre was hoping for here today.
We have Grimaldi closing in on Vukcevic, and De Boer closing in on Kederer.
De Boer is really pushing Kederer in the battle for the final points positions.
No one has been able to touch Nikolov since he took over the lead of the race.
He comes through the final corners for the last time.
And he takes the chequered flag to win the Japanese GP.
Briere takes 2nd.
And Pryce rounds off the podium in 3rd.
Ihara did her best here today after being involved in the Lap 1 incident and her effort sees her take a top 5 finish.
While the race may be over for the top 6, it’s not over yet for this battle.
Vukcevic has beaten Grimaldi in this battle.
It would seem De Boer managed to get ahead of Kederer in the battle for 9th and 10th.
There we have it. The race is finally over, and what a race it was. Congratulations goes to Nikola Nikolov and Team Bulgaria, the winner of Rd 4. The sheer pace they showed was tremendous, and it leave the thought of what could’ve been had the Lap 1 incident between Tafuro and Ihara never occurred (based on the pace Ihara showed near the end of the race). So, that brings our coverage of the Japanese GP to a close. We hope you enjoyed our coverage, and we hope to see everyone back here again when we bring you the coverage of Rd 5 – The Chinese GP. So until then, it’s goodbye from Motegi.
Part 4
Welcome back for the final time.
It seems Suspension Failure is what brought Kuei’s race to an end.
Pryce is now up onto the podium. He clearly has the drive of the day.
Ihara has pulled away from Keranen once again.
De Boer will probably feel relieved knowing that despite the earlier off, he’ll be scoring a point if he can hold onto 10th.
The timing shows how the top 10 have moved since race start.
Let’s check out the current standings.
For the second time, Nikolov laps Ancevski.
Kederer just doesn’t the speed needed to close in on Grimaldi. Instead, it’s De Boer who seems to have more speed as he closes in on the German.
The race hasn’t gone the way Silvestre was hoping for here today.
We have Grimaldi closing in on Vukcevic, and De Boer closing in on Kederer.
De Boer is really pushing Kederer in the battle for the final points positions.
No one has been able to touch Nikolov since he took over the lead of the race.
He comes through the final corners for the last time.
And he takes the chequered flag to win the Japanese GP.
Briere takes 2nd.
And Pryce rounds off the podium in 3rd.
Ihara did her best here today after being involved in the Lap 1 incident and her effort sees her take a top 5 finish.
While the race may be over for the top 6, it’s not over yet for this battle.
Vukcevic has beaten Grimaldi in this battle.
It would seem De Boer managed to get ahead of Kederer in the battle for 9th and 10th.
There we have it. The race is finally over, and what a race it was. Congratulations goes to Nikola Nikolov and Team Bulgaria, the winner of Rd 4. The sheer pace they showed was tremendous, and it leave the thought of what could’ve been had the Lap 1 incident between Tafuro and Ihara never occurred (based on the pace Ihara showed near the end of the race). So, that brings our coverage of the Japanese GP to a close. We hope you enjoyed our coverage, and we hope to see everyone back here again when we bring you the coverage of Rd 5 – The Chinese GP. So until then, it’s goodbye from Motegi.
GPG Nations Cup Rd 4 Japanese GP Official Results
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that was a fantastically crap race..
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