F3 2019 - Motegi II Commentary

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18:27:17: <Normal32> also, that template looks... odd
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18:28:55: <Normal32> anyways, let's finish this
18:29:34: <F3_Motegi_II> Here we are, for the second race at Motegi of the F3 Eurasian Championship
18:30:33: <F3_Motegi_II> A very close qualifying saw Sabrina Mann take pole position with a gap of only 0.004
18:31:28: <F3_Motegi_II> Mawson, the winner of the last race, had a bit of a bleh qualifying and only managed 6th
18:32:06: <F3_Motegi_II> Sklep is again poor on qualifying, only 16th for the Polish
18:33:05: <F3_Motegi_II> lights are off, and it's go, go, go!
18:33:41: <F3_Motegi_II> Takahashi!
18:33:54: <F3_Motegi_II> amazing start for the local driver, he is now up to 5th!
18:33:59: <F3_Motegi_II> Torrente!
18:34:05: <F3_Motegi_II> she takes 2nd from Donnelly!
18:34:35: <F3_Motegi_II> Casciaro!!
18:35:09: <F3_Motegi_II> after climbing to 4th on the start, he is now trying to steal 3rd from Donnelly...
18:35:15: <F3_Motegi_II> it works!
18:35:22: <F3_Motegi_II> and now she is all over Torrente!
18:35:24: <F3_Motegi_II> he*
18:36:27: <F3_Motegi_II> and that's the overtake down in 2nd
18:37:18: <F3_Motegi_II> Mann is increasing the gap with Casciaro
18:39:21: <F3_Motegi_II> Donnelly gets overtaken in turn 3 and 4, and he is demoted to 6th
18:40:02: <F3_Motegi_II> and now 7th, Takahashi tosses him with no problems
18:41:23: <F3_Motegi_II> ... not nice Gachot
18:41:38: <F3_Motegi_II> he blocks Casciaro for a bit, which allows Torrente to take 2nd!
18:42:11: <F3_Motegi_II> and now he is down to 5th
18:42:12: <F3_Motegi_II> rip
18:42:51: <F3_Motegi_II> however, we see a car, perhaps a Panthera, that is going into the pits with a puncture...
18:42:55: <F3_Motegi_II> ... it's de la Vega!
18:44:36: <F3_Motegi_II> Casciaro has problems with lapped cars again
18:44:57: <F3_Motegi_II> which his teammate Takahashi capitalises on to take 5th
18:47:54: <F3_Motegi_II> Torrente starts to drop, she is barely holding onto 4th after losing 2nd and 3rd
18:48:56: <F3_Motegi_II> Donnelly gets overtaken again and again, he drops to 9th
18:49:41: <F3_Motegi_II> Torrente takes back 3rd from Mawson
18:50:48: <F3_Motegi_II> CRASH!
18:50:51: <F3_Motegi_II> Zidan!
18:51:02: <F3_Motegi_II> he slams into the barries in turn 4!
18:51:07: <F3_Motegi_II> he is out of the race
18:51:30: <F3_Motegi_II> luckily, it was mostly minor
18:54:49: <F3_Motegi_II> as we see a Linton-Solidahl is parking it into the barriers...
18:54:54: <F3_Motegi_II> ... it's Shvetsov!
18:55:06: <F3_Motegi_II> transmission failure for the Russian
18:55:42: <F3_Motegi_II> 2 laps left, and unless something major happens, Mann is the likely winner
18:56:20: <F3_Motegi_II> ... and as i say that, something major happens
18:56:41: <F3_Motegi_II> Mann gets hold up by lapped cars!
18:57:15: <F3_Motegi_II> she loses the lead to Griffith!
18:59:07: <F3_Motegi_II> Mann reovertakes her in turn 2!
18:59:15: <F3_Motegi_II> Griffith closing down on the backstraight!
18:59:33: <F3_Motegi_II> tries an overtake down turn 3...
18:59:39: <F3_Motegi_II> ... it doesn't work!
19:00:16: <F3_Motegi_II> after a tense finish, Mann takes the...
19:00:22: <F3_Motegi_II> wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!
19:00:38: <F3_Motegi_II> Torrente comes home 2nd, capitalising on the mistake of Griffith
19:01:07: <F3_Motegi_II> Mawson comes home 4th
19:01:16: <F3_Motegi_II> and Takahashi completes the top 5
19:01:53: <F3_Motegi_II> Casciaro must be a bit dissapointed, given he had the chance of a win today and got bad luck, only getting 6th place
19:02:03: <F3_Motegi_II> Vips is 7th
19:02:22: <F3_Motegi_II> Donnelly was 8th after dropping like a stone
19:02:28: <F3_Motegi_II> Burrell 9th
19:02:41: <F3_Motegi_II> and Reith in a meh perfomance closes down the top 10
19:03:21: <F3_Motegi_II> Griffith sets the FLAP, a 31.762
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