Round 13
Malaysian GP at Sepang Circuit
RaceLadies and Gentlemen,
welcome back in Sepang where the race is about to start in a few seconds. After that exciting Qualifying yesterday, there is everything possible today. Three teams are fighting for the crown, TSS, MPR and Velox all have good chances to win this race.
Weather is totally dry again, so the chance that rain will mix this up is really small.
Unfortunately our intern again forgot to implant the boost tables. We'll fire him immediately after the race.
However, only both DXR drivers are using driver's boost.
Let's now concentrate on the race!
Drivers have lined up after the introducing-round and are waiting for the race to start. All lights are red and...
...there we go. Oakley has a very good start, as has Houston. Both MPRs get a bit slowed down by van der Voort!
Oakley catches van der Voort...
...and Houston - braking a little early - falls behind Santilal
Lot of traffic in this first corner. But it seems that the inner starting line was the better one
Van der Voort wants his place back from Oakley and attacks him
But this fails and suddenly he has to defend himself against Santilal
Santilal passes him, but van der Voort doesn't give up...
...and that's the result. This will van der Voort throw back at the end of the field!
Shortly after that, Grant attacks Horvath for 10. place...they get close to each other...
...and OH MY GOSH! Horvath runs onto Grant's tire, flies up in the air, does a 360 degree spin
he first lands at his top but then lands back on his tires...but has heavy damage
Grant lost her rear tire and is unable to continue the race...very sad for her
And what's that...Horvath continues the race. Without any frontwing and heavy damage he's on his way to the pits. WOW!
Oakley shows good speed at the top of the field, in the meantime. And here are the results at the moment
And Ingers attacks Greenhalgh for 4th place
Greenhalgh having problems at the moment, Groeneboer is the next one who attacks him
...and passes him easily in this dangerous last corner
Next one on the list ist - incredibly good doing - Tafuro. But he fails to overtake Greenhalgh...
...and looses a lot of time by that, so that it's Alexander's chance to attack him...
...with success. That could be incredibly important points for Alexander. But it's still a loong looooong way to go
And Alexander gets faster now and tries to overtake Greenhalgh as well...
but they collide slightly and Greenhalgh spins while Alexander can continue the race.
And look at that...Stoddart is already in 11th place. It seems that he really stopped his donut diet. Go for it, Ex-Donut-King
And van der Voort fighting back from 17th place on after his early spin
And VSM? Unable to fight with anybody else, they do it against each other!
So, here's the top eight visible. You see, they're still pretty close to each other. But wait, why's Santilal in front?
Here's the review, very good maneuver from Santilal against Oakley!
And van der Voort fighting back against a Lucky 7 guy, with success.
Stoddart pushing a bit too hard and is aside the track. That costs him some time and positions
And Houston tries to pressure on Oakley...
while his team mate van der Voort fights against Koemmerer in the midfield...
and....ohoh...they touch each other and van der Voort spins again. It seems this is not his race
Again rejoins far away at the end of the field
Groeneboer on his way to place 4 against Ingers...
but the latter wins this fight and stays in front of Groeneboer
So, here's the next results
And there, it looks like Houston wants to start an attack against Oakley...
...but because of better traction, Oakley stays in front
And Koemmerer finally overtakes Winston. He was up to that for the last 5 or 6 rounds already
And van der Voort? He now plays with the VSM guys...
...with a not so good result for Warrington, as he runs out of the track without any collision
But here's the action. Houston gives it another try against Oakley
...and passes him. Beeing second now makes him improve his leadership in the WDC at the moment
But Oakley doesn't want to give this 2nd place up and counters...
they enter the curve in pair formation...
And it happens what had to happen. Oakley and Houston slightly collide and Oakley spins!
And not enough of that....Groeneboer, who is unable to break, drivers over Oakley's front wing and damages both cars!
And here's Houston who opens the first pit stop round
And Groeneboer has luck, he's fully in the pit stop window and can combine his repair stop with getting new fuel and tires..
...as does Oakley
And here's the leader, Monil Santilal. He's having a comfortable lead already
These early stops bring Maikel de Boer on 6th place for now, but he has to stop either sooner or later
Stuart Ingers takes the lead for the moment, but same for him....he has to stop as well soon
Here's Alexander leaving the pit in 9th place...
...and Stoddart entering the pit in 5th place. Remember, he started from 19th place. That's very solid what he shows us until now
Van Renselaar in 9th position, tries to keep himself out of any chaos
The same is for van Dijck in 11th position
And here's the top eight after the first pit stop round. The only one who hasn't stopped yet is Greenhalgh, who is in the lead for now.
But will his tires work this out?
The answer comes immediately, Santilal overtakes him without any big effort.
And what is with Alexander? He's back in 6th place, trying to keep the damage as minimal as possible
Half of the race is over and Greenhalgh hasn't been to pit yet. Is he really trying to drive on a one stop strategy and risk penalty seconds for that? In addition to that he isn't very fast anymore with his old tires.
And van Renselaar catches de Boer in "The Fight of the Dutches!"
There, Greenhalgh finally enters the pit. Now I'm looking forward to if he really just makes this one stop!
So, here's the cleared result after all drivers stopped once
And van der Voort attacks Stoddart in this often used last corner...
but Stoddart fights back and they continue side by side, in this round with the better end for Stoddart.
But exactly one round later, van der Voort gives it another try...
...and Stoddart counters on the straight again and stays in front. WOW, THAT'S RACING!
Van der Voorts teammate Matt Houston is again the first for 2nd pit stop
And van der Voort wants Stoddart's position. Therefore he starts another attack....and unseen from the camera, he finally gets him
Oh, bad luck for van Dijck. He breaks too late and runs out of the track
And here, Tafuro and Cartwright in the "Heads Up"...
...with the better end for Cartwright. But van der Voort uses his chance and overtakes first Tafuro...
...and at the end of the straight then Cartwright as well.
A bit more ahead in the field, van het Bolscher tries to catch Winston...but spins himself...
...and pushes Winston from the track. Bad luck for both, but that's racing
And what's there in the replay? Greenhalgh, still with one stop, is standing half in the track...
...the passing cars are getting very close....oh oh....
...and what's Oakley doing? He starts! But there is Stoddart....AAAAAAHHHHHHH....Stoddart hit Oakley directly into the side. But that's definitely not Stoddart's fault. Oakley musn't have had started here, there was no chance for Stoddart to get out of the way.
Hopefully they're both ok after this heavy crash, at least both could leave their cars autonomously.
However, this way Greenhalgh solves his problem on being on a one stop strategy in his own way
After we cooled down a bit again, we can recognize van der Voorts Fastest Lap, unrecognized by the cameras I'm afraid.
But Ingers, who is visible here, is doing a great job as well
However, here are the results, only ten rounds to go anymore
And van Dijck battles with van Smirren in the rearer part of the field
Ingers is pushing now and shortens the gap the Houston on P2
Oh, a bad break from van der Voort. No direct consequences here, but let's hope he didn't damage his tires with that
It seems that he definitely wants some more points, therefore he attacks van het Bolscher heavily...
...but doesn't manage to catch him this time
But there are two more rounds to go, and he gives it another try
They're side by side on the straight...
...and van het Bolscher has the inside in the first corner...
...but as this is an s-corner, van der Voort uses his advantage in the second part of it and pulls ahead. Great driving from both!
And here are the results shortly before the drivers will see the finish line. Will anything of this get changed at the last meters of the race?
At least not for Santilal. He's on the last meters to victory...
...and passes the line. Monil Santilal is the name of the winner of the Malaysian GP. Congratulations. That was an amazing driving!
Houston is able to defend against Ingers and keeps P2, a big step for the WDC
Ingers finishes third. That was definitely a good usage of driver's boost.
And look at that. Paolo Tafuro is really able to finish 4th. That's a very big success for the youngster. Good driving, mate
Here comes Alexander in 5th position. That means he'll loose further points on Houston, so it's not a real enjoyable situation for him.
Groeneboer in 6th. After all these troubles that IED had in this race, it's a solid result, I'd say
Van Renselaar in the first Alpha takes at least some points for his teamowner Ed Greenhalgh.
And Maikel de Boer with a very good race, without any problems, completes the Top 8
As we still have some technical problems, we'll show you the official results immediately and not - as you're normally used to - after an advertising-break.
So here are the official results:
And here are driver's best rounds. Congratulations to Nick van der Voort, who - at least - was able to make this out of his pole position
Race Director: Ernie B. Ecclescake
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