And we are back from the commericals, ready for the middle stages of the African GP from BoromoOur cameras pick up race leader De Bruyker beginning Lap 9... the top 8 shown in the graphic...
John Warrington is shadowing his team mate....
And behind Warrington, Carlos Rodriguez loiters....
Deeper in the midfield pack, Gilson is battling the Snake of Griedanus, and Soutsen looking to capitalise if either should falter....
Rodriguez appears to be following right behind Warrington, waiting for the right moment....
Keranen has his hands full with traffic ahead of him....
And as cameras return to Gilson, it has changed! Soutsen now ahead of both Gilson and Griedanus....
Gilson wont die wondering, attacking the Christel driver....
Battles raging everywhere, the poor old RD doesnt know what to focus on! Silvestre in 10th has an angry pack of cars just ahead of him: Vilela, Elleker, and Pedersen
Elleker licks the stamp and posts it....
And sails up the inside of Jalving...
But, Boromo being Boromo, this battle is far from over, as Jalving tucks in behind the AMR to benefit from a slipstream....
But, the DMR driver has run wide....
Run very wide that is....
No touching of the fences, no damage, and runs directly across the track trying to regain control. Team mate Vilela approaching in the background. UH-OH!!!!.....
After a wild slide, a spin to recover and a safe re-entry to the track, the Dutchman in down in 18th....
De Bruyker still commands the race, with his lead narrowly being shrunken...
Warrington sits in 2nd, with his team mate just ahead, but mirrors full of MTP's Rodriguez...
Rodriguez will be quite comfortable sitting in 3rd, ahead of the pit stops soon....
Dan Mills will be loving this run, sitting in 4th...
And Connor Steer in the other MMM Ferrari, sitting in 5th - a great showing from the debutant team....
Silva holds the 6th spot....
Pedersen in 7th....
Elleker in 8th....
Silvestre in 9th, a good day so far for MAC Racing, with both cars inside the top 10....
McClure in 10th, giving Mistral both cars also in the top 10....
Vilela in 11th for DMR....
Griedanus in 12th, the last points paying position....
Soutsen in 13th....
Gilson in 14th....
Keranen in 15th....
Russell in 16th, caught bizarrely in this shot with both left side wheels airborne...
Hinz in a disappointing 17th for the AMR driver....
Jalving in 18th, happy to be in 1 piece after his wild ride not so long ago....
And rounding out the tail of the field, the troublesome duo of Scala and O'Neill, with Worseling catching the 2 of them....
Almost in perfection seperation formation, Pedersen leads a line of contenders....
And we have more trouble! Elleker goes too deep on the brakes, tagging the MAC ahead of him...
Pedersen runs off track....
Elleker spins,
Pedersen manages to keep rolling the right way, but the following Mistral of McClure didnt allow room, and they collide....
Massive contact between the two....
McClure off on the grass, with someones wheel right in the middle of the track....
McClure's day is done....
As is Pedersen's day at Boromo....
Worseling on a charge from the tail of the field, attempting to get by O'Neill....
Mills in 4th, but on a strange line through a turn - is he in trouble?...
Yes, the MMM is slowing, as his team mate sweeps past....
A puff of smoke from Mill's machine signals the end of his stellar run today. Perhaps the team's gamble on big boost, has failed...
The leaders are beginning to pit, with Warrington in pit lane....
Rodriguez in the pit bay behind Warrington, a battle of the pit crews....
And the MTP crew easily win that battle, with Rodriguez out clearly ahead of the Tyrant driver....
Warrington trails Rodriguez after their stop....
Halfway through this already action packed race, pit stops underway. Positions 1-8....
Positions 9-16....
Positions 17-22....
Silvestre pits in the sole remaing MAC
Elleker pits....
Russell pits as Silvestre heads back out on track....
O'Neill in the pits for the 2nd time today....
De Bruyker continues to lead, yet to pit as he heads past the pit entry....
Connor Steer is in the pits....
Silva has also pitted, with Steer ahead of him in the pit exit lane....
Turn 1 is proving a real trouble spot, as we yet again see cars off track. This time it is Keranen and one of the SCR's....
It's Gilson!
Let's go to the video replays... Final turn, and it is Gilson leading Keranen, with Jalving in the background by the looks of it...
Jalving's onboard shot, shows Keranen having a look at the SCR as they head deep into T1....
Keranen and Gilson both run off, as they both braked too late....
Gilson recovers as Jalving slides past...
Vilela approached the scene, as Keranen re-enters.... both drivers successfully continue on....
Gilson back on track with a Snake and AMR right on his tail....
It is Gilson, Griedanus and Elleker in close confines...
Keranen is up alongside the SCR of Gilson....
And he is through, Keranen overtakes Gilson....
Race leader Marcus De Bruyker finally pits....
The late stop appears to have cost the Belgian, with Rodriguez and Warrington now ahead....
Carlos Rodriguez leads for Maverick Track Performance at Boromo....
With other peoples misfortune, and his own cool head, Rodrigo Vilela finds himself up in 6th place with 10 laps remaining...
Ruben Griedanus has gained 8 places so far....
Jack Elleker, despite finding trouble early, runs in the spot he started the race in, 9th....
Another driver to have had earlier trouble, Nick Worseling finds himself inside the points....
Similar story to Christopher Hinz, now in 11th....
Soutsen currently clings onto the final point in the race....
Charrel Jalving is charging, determined to make up for his earlier "off".....
Jalving up the inside of Russell at Turn 1....
They both run wide, with Russell spinning....
Jalving continues on, with rookie Luke Russell left to gather himself up....
A flick spin, and the Brit is back underway....
Jalving now back in 13th....
Russell now coming under fire from O'Neill....
And O'Neill takes that spot without too much resistance....
After leading the entire first 16 laps until pitting, De Bruyker now finds himself 3.2 seconds off the lead....
Rodriguez leads by just over 2 seconds from Warrington, as we get an overview of positions 1-8....
The positions 9-16....
And the final positions....
So, with plenty of excitement still rolling on, we go to our final ad break.....
Stay tuned : Will Rodriguez hold off the two Tyrants, will the two Tyrants engage in a battle that may hinder both of them? Will there be more carnage at Turn 1? Find out, when we return.....
Race Director: Ernie B. Ecclescake
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