GPGSL Rd 13 Portuguese GP – Race - Part 1Hello everyone and welcome back to Estoril once again, we are all ready to, the drivers are already lined up in the grid, just waiting for the lights out. Pedersen, Kederer and Russell are the championship contenders, and all three of them are inside the top 10 today, lets see how it goes.
Scala is the pole today, and righ behind him we have Gilson and Vilela

Lights out and away we go, Scala and Gilson are able to maintain their positions, but Vilela seems to be in trouble as both MACs are close to him, which also means that Pedersen overtook O'Neill, while Greidanus overtook both cars of Alpha.

Pedersen sits in 4th as Vilela manages to keep his position

As we see Kederer now in 7th, we can also see some smoke in the midfield

And it is the two MMM, Gustavo goes airborne after touching Cronin's wheel, but they seem to be okay

The top 4, Scala, Gilson, Vilela and Pedersen

Kederer didn't had a good first lap, O'Neill is in front of him, and if needed we could soon see some team orders coming from Greenhalgh

Talking about O'Neill, he goes for the overtake against Greidanus, those two teams are fighting for the WCC, we must remember that as well

Kederer on the other hand is being attacked by Hinz

Both Alphas succeed in their battles

This is how the top 10 is looking after the first lap

Kederer had a fine lap, and is now ready to overtake Greidanus

He did it, McGregor must be shaking his head in the pit wall at the moment

Worseling also overtakes Keranen for the 10th place

Jalving, who is in last place after the first laps, not a good weekend for him

Former champion John Warrington also seems to be having a bad day

Beetwen them we have the rookie Buitenhuis, who may need a new home next season

Pedersen is attacking Vilela

But the Brazilian closes the door

Worseling is now trying to overtake Russell

Job well done by him, who sits now in 9th

De Bruyker can't defend against McClure, and is in 17th now


Cronin's first race for MMM is not a great one so far, but the rookie seems to be a quick learner

Race leader Matteo Scala

It seems that one of the MACs lost its front wing, it's Greidanus

Looking at the replay, O'Neill went out on his on


He can't avoid the wall, and lost a wheel with the impact

Greidanus can't see the wheel in the middle of the track, and hits it

Hinz is going for an overtake against Greidanus

But Greidanus closes the door, this allow Worseling to overtake both of them

Greidanus is trying to go to the pits

But at the same time Hinz is trying an overtake maneuver

They touch, and Greidanus loses control

He hits Russell, who was just passing by

Russell loses a wheel, and it is end of the race for him, any chance he had of winning the WDC is now over

Warrington collects Russell's wheel, and will have to pit in the next lap


While Greidanus managed to pit after all

After 5 laps, let's see the standings



Without the help of Greidanus, who sits in last place now, Pedersen will have to earn some points for MAC Racing, and he seems to be getting close to Vilela

Hinz lost some positions after the touch with Greidanus, and he is now trying to overtake Sakata at the turn 1

But the Japanese closes the door

Warrington finnaly in the pits to replace his front wing

Pedersen tries the overtake on Vilela

But no luck once again

McClure is trying a move in his former team

Meanwhile Rodriguez is being attacked by the other MMM

And both MMM's are successful in their battles


Warrington sits now in last place

With this 5th place Kederer can keep his title chances alive

After a busy laps, Worseling sits now in a good 6th place

Keranen in 7th

Sakata in 8th

Hinz in 9th

After overtaking Rodriguez, Cronin seems to be hunting McClure now

Pedersen once again goes for the overtake

And he manages this time, 3rd place for him


De Bruyker has lost a wheel, let's see what happened

Elleker tried an overtake in turn 1

They touched and went wide

This sent De Bruyker right into the barriers, ending his race

Elleker managed to return to the race though

Pedersen is now getting close to Gilson

McClure trying an overtake on Gustavo

The Brazilian closes the door, which allowed both Cronin and Rodriguez to get closer

Race Control with the news that Worseling is retiring due to suspension failure

A shame, Worseling was doing a great race today


Keranen sits now in 6th place after Worseling's retirement

McClure trying once again the overtake

And again Gustavo closes the door, after 10 laps let's see how the standings are shaping up



Replay shows that Hinz tried a move on Sakata

They are side by side


And the German is in front of the Japanese

Time for our first break....
Race Director: Ernie B. Ecclescake
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