Round 11 - Turkish GP - Istanbul ParkRace day at Istanbul, and it started to rain slightly a couple of minutes ago.

But as we can see on pole setter Steer's car, it's by far not enough to put on intermediates.

The red lights are out, and off they go

Kederer tries around the outside

And makes the move stick

Onboard with Vilela in last, showing us that everyone made it through the first corner

Going into turn 9 Kederer takes the race lead

Soutsen passes O'Neill for 10th

The 2 Mistrals going at it, brilliant opening lap by McClure so far, up to 12th from 19th

Both AMR have lost some places

Jalving looks set to take 4th from Warrington

O'Neill too late on the brakes, and has nowhere to go but the back of Soutsen

They both run wide and lose out to McClure

Jalving made the move stick

Warrington under pressure from Rodríguez

Scala has a go at Pedersen, who himself goes for a move on Greidanus

Scala makes his one stick

Vilela hands the wooden spoon to Keranen

Jalving's on the move again, takes 3rd from McCarthy

Pedersen retakes the position from Scala

Hinz passes his teammate

Vilela tries to slip through as well, but can't quite get it done


Silva ran a bit wide, and has to go defensive on O'Neill

McClure clearly the man of the hour, 9 places gained in 3 laps only

Jalving up to 2nd now

Worseling passes Scala for 17th

Russell now in last, having been passed by Keranen

Warrington just a tad late on the brakes, which is enough for Rodríguez to go past

Scala about to lose another place, as he has to defend against Hinz

Meanwhile Steer dropped to 4th

Gilson round the outside of Mills for 8th

He manages to repass Gilson going in turn 12, but at the same time loses out to McClure, who takes 2 places at once

Greidanus past O'Neill now, in 13th place

McCarthy managed to close the gap to Jalving

Rodríguez closely followed by the Tyrants, he can't seem to shake them off

Just as I said that Warrington goes past the MTP

Kederer still in the lead, but Jalving's closing in

Gilson with another go on Mills, gets the move done

Scala still successfully defending against Hinz

Mills under attack from all sides now

Only O'Neill gets past though, moving up 3 places at once

Soutsen now through as well

Or so he thought, Mills fights back

Tries again in turn 12, and gets it done

Mills going very wide in the process

Losing another place to Greidanus


O'Neill right at the back of Silva

Another position lost for Mills as Pedersen goes past

O'Neill goes for the inside

and takes 10th from Silva

Scala managed to get back past Worseling

Hinz defending hard against teammate Elleker

Kederer's lead is getting smaller each lap, the gap down to a second now

That's Mills off the track in turn 8

Rejoins right in the path of Scala, who has no chance to avoid him

Mills race is over, while Scala has to pit for a new frontwing

Losing plenty of positions in the process

Keranen past Vilela

Or not

Yellow flags out as the Marshalls recover Mills' car

Close duell between Keranen and Russell

There's contact, and Russell spins around


Scala finally reaches the pits

Onboard with Jalving, and that's fake rain on the camera here. I can't see any single drop falling right now (some graphical bug, the drops didn't move and were like this on every onboard)

Warrington set his sight on Steer, having managed to pull away from Rodríguez

Only half a second now between Kederer and Jalving

Greidanus the first one to come in for his regular stop

I was wrong, Warrington's already in

That's the move for the lead, Jalving goes for the inside in turn 9

But Kederer manages to defend the position

Quick decision by the DMR pitwall, they bring Jalving in for the undercut

Pedersen takes 11th from Soutsen

Disaster for Jalving, he has to wait as McClure just goes past him

Kederer and McCarthy on the way in for their stops

More tough luck for Jalving as he got stuck behind Keranen on his outlap

He only just stays ahead of McCarthy

While Kederer managed to stay ahead

Can you believe it, contact between Vilela and Jalving, allowing McCarthy to go past


Gilson currently in the lead, but he is yet to stop

Jalving back past McCarthy

He has Kederer right ahead of him now, who himself seems to be stuck behind another car

That's de Bruyker off the track!

Here's a replay, he was too late on the brakes and hit Rodríguez

Sending the MTP right into Steer.

The Brit goes off and spins, while Rodríguez manages to keep the car on the track

It was Elleker who held up Kederer. The Brit pitting, while Kederer has Jalving right as his back

De Bruyker meanwhile continues in 19th, while Steer is last. A promising race completely ruined.


Warrington in 5th, chased by McClure

Jalving goes for the lead in turn 9

But there's contact!

Jalving's spun

Kederer has gone off, too

He manages to continue in 2nd

While Jalving has dropped all the way back to 12th

McCarthy now leading the race, as we have a look at the standings



Warrington maintaining the gap to McClure

Worseling looks to pass Jalving, but can't make it

Slight lock-up for Jalving in turn 1, no consequences

McCarthy extends his lead ever so slightly

De Bruyker goes past Keranen

Rodríguez right behind Kederer, he too with some fancy fake rain on the camera

He goes for the inside

Gets the move done

O'Neill up to 5th

Worseling has another go at Jalving

Again it doesn't work out

Soutsen has to defend against Pedersen

McClure can no longer go the same pace as before the stop, he let teammate Silva through

Hinz goes around the outside of Worseling, nicely done

McClure back ahead of Silva

McCarthy seems to have it in the bag, Rodríguez can't close in either

Scala defends 17th against de Bruyker

Contact between Pedersen and Soutsen under braking for turn 12

Pedersen spins around, while Soutsen can continue

Pedersen resumes the race in 15th

With all the drama, Hinz has moved up to the points, probably rather unexpected

Rodríguez lost a whole .4s to Kederer the last sector, just a slighty mistakes or are his tyres done?

O'Neill closed the gap to Warrington

Gilson goes past Silva for 7th

Greidanus currently in 10th place

de Bruyker goes past Scala for 17th

5 laps to go for McCarthy

O'Neill right behind Warrington, while the timing shows that Keranen moved past Scala as well

Here we have the confirmation

Steer has spun

It seems there was contact between him and Russell

O'Neill overtakes Warrington for 4th place

Soutsen holding on to 9th

Despite the slight lack of pace after the stops, McClure still the man with most places gained

3 to go for McCarthy

Seems it was just a slight mistake earlier, as Rodríguez is over 3s ahead of Kederer now

Jalving still one of the fastest cars on track, now looking to at least salvage some points

Gilson with the move for 6th

McClure stays alongside

Has the inside for turn 12

And keeps his position

Jalving got past Greidanus to 10th

Gilson tries again, this time he gets it done

Hinz versus Greidanus for 11th

McCarthy starts the final lap of the race

de Bruyker goes past Pedersen

Vilela sticks to the back of the Tyrant and slips through as well

Contact between Greidanus and Hinz under braking for turn 1

Greidanus off the track

And Hinz has spun

Incredibly upsetting for Greidanus, shoved out of the points in the final lap

Hinz too loses out

McCarthy crosses the line, taking his maiden win!

2nd place for Rodríguez

Kederer completes the podium in 3rd

Silva took 7th from his teammate on the final meters

Elleker too with a position gained, past Worseling to 11th

Congratulations to Gareth McCarthy on his first career win! The third one for MAC Racing this season, a new record for them, and the most of any team so far this year.
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