Round 6 - GPGSL Season 16 - RaceWelcome back to race day here at Barcelona, we have a sunny morning, Hinz and Bruyker will be start in the front row after an intense battle yesterday
Off they go
Silva tries a surprise attack coming from 3rd
But both De Bruyker and Hinz are able to hold him off
Hinz looses his lead for a brief period, but is able to regain in the second turn
But De Bruyker goes for the inside in turn 3, and takes the lead for himself
Hinz is preparing an attack
But De Bruyker closes the door
Caranti in the midfield, trying to keep up the pace
The same goes for De Lo Rios and Keranen, who are fighting for 10th place
Buitenhuis trying a move on Silva, both are above the championship leaders so far in the season
Hinz is also attacking De Bruyker for the lead
Both moves are successful
Pedersen also able to overtake Brickles for the 6th place
Rookie Alfadil current in 17th
Cronin is off the track
Replay shows that he went off on his own
He return is last place
Elleker trying an overtake on Silva
The Portuguese is able to hold his position
But not for long as he is able to overtake Silva at the start of the next lap
Caranti overtakes Keranen and sits now inside the top 10
De Los Rios went off the track
Transmission problem means end of race for him
Here it is how the top 10 changed so far
Beggani overtakes Alfadil for the 16th place
Ancevski is overtaken by Stoddart
Sheppard with a modest 18th place, not how the former team owner expected to return this season
Pedersen overtakes Silva
While Caranti overtakes Majumdar for the 9th place
Brickles and Gustavo are closing in on Silva
Croning already caught up with the rest of the field
Gustavo tries an overtake on Brickles
And he goes through
Keranen overtakes Majumdar for the 10th
Szucs doesn't have a really fast car this weekend, but he takes a chance to overtake rookie Alfadil
His teammate Parachki overtakes Sheppard
Alfadil drops another position
And another one, this time for Sheppard
Now is Cronin's time to overtake him, the rookie is being bullied in these last laps
And he sits now in last place
Sheppard goes out
And returns in last
The top 10 after 10 laps
O'Neill overtakes Stoddart for the 13th
Buitenhuis is trying to get close to De Bruyker
Big crash spotted
Silva with a sudden transmission problem
Which catapulted him into the wall
End of race for him
Hinz is the first one to pit stop
De Bruyker and Buitenhuis are trying take the lead for themselves
Buitenhuis is called to the pit, which allows Bruyker to have free track
Elleker overtakes Pedersen, not a sight a teamowner likes to see it
After the round of pit stops, here is the standings, Hinz able to mantain the lead
But De Bruyker is closer than ever
Both Mists inside the top 10
First attempt by De Bruyker
Not good
Second attempt, this time in the main straight
And he takes the lead
Keranen overtakes Gustavo for the 7th place
Elleker trying to get the last podium spot from Buitenhuis
And he goes through
Stoddart overtakes Caranti, as Karda is coming with good pace behind them
Karda is right at Caranti's tail, can the Argentine hold him off until the end?
The answer is no, Karda takes the 10th place
Majumdar is also close to Caranti
De Bruyker starts the alst lap of the race
Elleker will try a final push for the 2nd place
Majumdar overtakes Caranti and takes the 11th position
Elleker is really close to Hinz
He goes for the inside
Hinz is not able to close the door, they are side by side in the turn
But Elleker takes his feet off the pedal, maybe an team order to bring the car in once piece?
He tries once again in the last part, but Hinz finishes in second
Congratulations to De Bruyker and Wrexham GP by their win here at Barcelona
Hinz finished in 2nd and Elleker in 3rd
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