Sharky's Want Some Chinese Takeways? Race Wrapup
Podium Rundown:
1st: Rees (BMW Sauber)
2nd: Hayha (Williams)
3rd: Trendell (McLaren)
Race Statistics:
Fastest Lap: Rees (BMW Sauber); 1min 31.896
Retirements (odd, this lot):Skywalker (Red Bull, lap 20), gearbox
Charkaoui (Super Aguri, lap 21), transmission
Beyens (BMW Sauber, lap 22), brakes
Kawasie (Spyker, lap 23), accident
Nikolakopoulos (Toyota, lap 34), brakes
Hutchison (Ferrari, lap 37), clutch
AlMomen (Toyota, lap 56), accident
Leaders:Rees (led 33 laps)
Hutchison (led 11 laps)
Trendell (McLaren, led 6 laps)
Charkaoui (led 5 laps)
Dubios (Honda, led 1 lap)
Fastest Scheduled Pitstop: Hutchison (5.68 sec)
Slowest Scheduled Pitstop: Dubois (17.80 sec)
Most Pitstops: Dunstan (Ferrari, 3)
Kamikaze Maniac: Butler (2 collisions)
Race Report:
Race Duration: 56 laps
Weather: BONE DRY!
Lap 1:
4th placed Machiels (Red Bull) loses 12 places.
In his attempt to better Machiels' -12 effort, Davidson (Super Aguri) "accidentally" sticks his car in reverse. He only loses 11.
Charkaoui makes up four places, to second. Meanwhile, Trendell manages to stay where he started - first.
Lap 7:
(or should that be
?) Trendell drops two places to third.
Lap 16:
Charkaoui (P2) makes a mistake at turn three, but loses no positions.
Hutchison pits from the lead. Rejoins fifth.
Lap 20:
Skywalker's (Red Bull) gearbox falls out of his car.
DAMAGE:
Skywalker
Lap 21:
Charkaoui's rear diff seizes. And falls out.
DAMAGE:
Charkaoui
Lap 22:
Beyens breaks his, er, brakes.
DAMAGE:
Beyens
Lap 23:
The first corner claims Kawasie.
Safety car is deployed.
DAMAGE:
Kawasie
Lap 27:
Safety car pulls off.
Lap 30:
Butler (Honda) and Horton (McLaren) tangle.
DAMAGE:
Butler
Lap 33:
Taylor (Renault), having driven a quiet race to third, damages her front wing and requires a new one.
Lap 34:
Nikolakopoulos pulls a Beyens.
Safety car. Again.
DAMAGE:
Nikolakopoulos
Lap 37:
Hutchison's clutch bites the dust. Under a safety car? You betcha.
DAMAGE:
Hutchison
Safety car pulls off.
Lap 42:
Machiels damages his car at turn fourteen, and is lapping slower.
DAMAGE:
Machiels
Lap 56:
AlMomen crashes out of ninth. At the final corner.
Rees wins.
Crunching The Numbers:
Best Performing Teams Overall: Williams (2nd and 5th), Renault (4th and 6th)
Worst Performing Teams Overall: Toyota (16th and 18th - double DNF), Toro Rosso (14th and 15th), Red Bull (11th and 22nd)
Fastest Team (is an average of both driver's fastest lap): Ferrari (1min 32.625)
Best Overtakers: Ferrari, Renault (14 passes)
Biggest Movers - Team (average of both drivers' qual change): Renault (up 13.5)
Biggest Movers - Drivers: Graham (up 16), Taylor (up 11), Hayha (up 9), Dunstan (up 9)
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Sharky's Come Get A Brazilian Wax Race Wrapup
Podium Rundown:
1st: Charkaoui (Super Aguri)
2nd: Rees (BMW Sauber)
3rd: Hutchison (Ferrari)
Race Statistics:
Fastest Lap: Rees (BMW Sauber); 1min 11.029
Retirements:Beyens (BMW Sauber, lap 3), accident
Skywalker (Red Bull, lap 39), transmission
Machiels (Red Bull, lap 47), collision
Trendell (McLaren, lap 54), accident
Nikolakopoulos (Toyota, lap 57), accident
Leaders:Charkaoui (led 70 laps)
Dubios (Honda, led 1 lap)
Fastest Scheduled Pitstop: Davidson (Super Aguri, 5.26 sec)
Slowest Scheduled Pitstop: Dunstan (Ferrari, 11.44 sec)
Most Pitstops: Davidson (5)
Kamikaze Maniac: Horton (2 collisions)
Race Report:
Race Duration: 71 laps
Weather: BONE DRY!
Lap 1:
Trendell stalls in ninth.
Charkaoui passes Machiels for the lead.
Lap 3:
Beyens crashes out from 14th. Beyens had this to say on the matter: "lmfao, this season sucked."".
Lap 6:
Horton and Rees come together for third. Horton is lapping slower, Rees loses track position.
DAMAGE:
Horton
Lap 8:
Somehow, Skywalker gets passed by two cars into turn one.
Lap 11:
Smith (Spyker) takes turn one funny, and is now lapping slower.
DAMAGE:
Smith
Lap 22:
Horton pits from second.
Lap 24:
Smith gets overtaken into turn one twice. Like Skywalker.
Lap 27:
Horton damages his car at Juncao. His laptimes suffer as a result.
DAMAGE:
Horton
Lap 32:
Horton loses fuel pressure, and is lapping EVEN slower.
DAMAGE:
Horton
Lap 36:
Graham (Renault) and Dunstan tangle. Graham is lapping slower, Dunstan has to pit to repair damage.
DAMAGE:
Graham
Lap 39:
For the second race in a row, Skywalker's transmission lets go.
DAMAGE:
Skywalker
Lap 47:
Chang (Williams) punts Machiels off in a dispute for third. Chang is lapping slower.
DAMAGE:
Machiels
Chang
Lap 54:
Trendell crashes out at de Senna.
DAMAGE:
Trendell
Lap 57:
Nikolakopoulos retires from thirteenth at Juncao.
DAMAGE:
Nikolakopoulos
Lap 71:
Charkaoui takes his third win.
Crunching The Numbers:
Best Performing Teams Overall: Honda (4th and 6th), Williams (5th and 10th), Spyker (7th and 9th)
Worst Performing Teams Overall: Red Bull (20th and 21st - double DNF), Toro Rosso (16th and 17th), McLaren (15th and 19th)
Fastest Team (is an average of both driver's fastest lap): Super Aguri(1min 11.330)
Best Overtakers: Super Aguri (16 passes)
Biggest Movers - Team (average of both drivers' qual change): Honda (up 9.5)
Biggest Movers - Drivers: Butler (Honda, up 16), Hayha (Williams, up 15)
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