Adelaide Race 2

08:43	Wazzle	The sun's currently shining here at Adelaide, but there's the threat of showers near the end of this race
08:43	Wazzle	Rhys Davies starts on pole by virtue of his race 1 victory, with Christian Klien starting alongside him
08:43		*** Wazzle is now known as AltF5K
08:43	Salamander
08:43	Salamander	thats your avatar if you lose
08:44	AltF5K	And we're go!
08:44	kevinbotz	Fair enough.
08:44	Londoner	no mercy or sympy
08:44	Triple8FTW	where are the 888s?
08:44	AltF5K	Klien gets an awful start, and immediately drops behind Evans!
08:44	Triple8FTW
08:44	AltF5K	The other Prodrive car of Simpson's had an even worse one however
08:44	AltF5K	As he's down to 8th behind Robertson and Premat
08:45	AltF5K	Lloyd wastes little time getting 4th back from McLaughlin however
08:45	AltF5K	Who's struggled to get a good setup on the Leketus car this weekend
08:45	Salamander	also kevin
08:45	Salamander	you gotta change your location to '#blessed'
08:46	AltF5K	Davies has already got a gap of over a second to Evans after the first lap
08:46	kevinbotz	...
08:46	kevinbotz	...fine.
08:46	Salamander
08:46	AltF5K	Although it looks like Evans does have the pace to match the former F1 and ARWS champ
08:47	AltF5K	McLaughlin continues to struggle on new tyres, and drops another spot to Robertson
08:47	AltF5K	And we have a car in the tyres around the parklands
08:47	AltF5K	A disappointed Lee Rogers climbs out of his stricken BRM machine
08:49	AltF5K	Robertson continues his march forward with a move on Lloyd for 4th
08:49	SAF4_Interlagos_1	Tokio Hotel live on Pro7
08:49	SAF4_Interlagos_1	and it's 2007 all over again
08:49	AltF5K	As we look further back to Andre Heimgartner mowing his way through the midfield
08:49	AltF5K	A terrible start dropped him all the way down to 17th
08:49	Triple8FTW	what?
08:49	AltF5K	But he's now back up to P13 just behind Shae Davies
08:50	AltF5K	Make that 12th with a textbook move on Davies into the hairpin
08:51	AltF5K	Up front meanwhile, Rhys Davies has a lead of over 3 seconds on Evans on lap 5 of 27
08:52	AltF5K	After a disappointing qualifying, AGI have gotten this car dialed into the Adelaide circuit, and he is taking full advantage of it
08:52	Salamander	max attack is starting p7???
08:53	RealRacingRoots	i guess so
08:53	AltF5K	The leaders are now on lap 6, where the pit window will open momentarily
08:54	AltF5K	Erebus are the first to take advantage, pitting Holdsworth from 10th place
08:54	AltF5K	Weiron Tan also pits from the midfield
08:54	SAF4_Interlagos_1	Belcher?
08:55	Salamander	https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/840679257470881792 have some conor daly
08:55	AltF5K	We now turn to a manic battle for 15th place
08:55	AltF5K	As Belcher frightens Renee Gracie clean off the road
08:55	AltF5K	Clifton also takes advantage to move up a spot
08:55	RealRacingRoots	CANAR
08:55	AltF5K	As Robertson pits from P4
08:56		*** SAF4_Interlagos_1 is now known as SeamusBelcher
08:56	SeamusBelcher	"Oh rack off, mate"
08:56	AltF5K	And the Triple 8 have given the call to Evans to pit this lap
08:56	AltF5K	Who duly obliges, releasing Klien into clean air
08:57	AltF5K	McLaughlin also pits in the sole Leketus car, followed by Scott Pye
08:57	RealRacingRoots	McLaug'in
08:57	AltF5K	Heimgartner is also in as Evans rejoins in clean air
08:58	AltF5K	And the Prodrive crew are reacting immediately as Klien pits
08:59	AltF5K	The Austrian comes out well behind Evans
08:59	AltF5K	Who is fast zoning in on the back of teammate Premat for 4th
08:59	AltF5K	And we have reports of rain at the back of the circuit!
09:00	Triple8FTW	o shit son
09:00	Triple8FTW	:L
09:00	AltF5K	Premat lets his teammate go
09:00	AltF5K	Who realises the urgency of the situation with the weather potentially closing in
09:01	AltF5K	Watson and Gracie show how not to race for position, as they punt each other off the road
09:01	AltF5K	Evans is now closing rapidly on Dave Simpson for 3rd
09:02	AltF5K	The runaway winner at Surfers Paradise last month has had a terrible weekend by his standards, and has not been a factor at all
09:02	AltF5K	It looks like the rain has stopped for the time being
09:03	AltF5K	But the threat continues to linger
09:03	AltF5K	And Davies pits from the lead
09:04	AltF5K	He rejoins comfortably in P1, as we get more spots of rain down Wakefield street
09:04	Miguel98	we are having rain?
09:04	Miguel98	oh boy. :L
09:05	AltF5K	Clifton takes too much kerb at the Senna chicane
09:05	Miguel98	MUIRHEADWINSLOL coming
09:05	AltF5K	And has a quick spin for her troubles
09:05	AltF5K	Evans and Klien meanwhile have both passed Simpson
09:05	AltF5K	And are now battling with Jordan Lloyd for 2nd, who is yet to stop
09:06	Miguel98	...my team is on the backward strategy? :L
09:06		--- Biscione is back
09:06	Biscione	oh, AltF5K
09:06	Biscione	F4 World Final was finally done
09:06	AltF5K	It's possible that BRM are waiting to see what this weather does before pitting
09:06	Biscione	want a spoiler before the report comes out how Mann did?
09:06	Londoner	WTF https://twitter.com/Mattzel89/status/840680364729327616
09:06	Miguel98	clue: It proves my theory.
09:07	Londoner	yeah, that's Darwinism in full display :L
09:07	AltF5K	Simpson pits from P5
09:07	RealRacingRoots	like that monaco spectator
09:08	AltF5K	The rain is having minimal effect at the moment, as there's plenty of temperature in the track
09:08	AltF5K	Klien passes Lloyd
09:08	AltF5K	But he did it at an unconventional spot, which opens the door for Robertson to take 3rd!
09:08	Miguel98	Jordan y
09:09	AltF5K	As Premat pits from 6th
09:09	AltF5K	Of the top 10 runners, Lloyd is the only one yet to make his mandatory stop
09:10	AltF5K	Klien was less than impressed with losing 3rd to Robertson
09:10	AltF5K	And takes it back the following lap with a move at the hairpin
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09:10	AltF5K	Davies meanwhile has a 16 second lead from Evans on lap 17 of 27
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09:11	AltF5K	As we cut to a fight to the death for P18 with Voeckler, Clifton and Watson
09:11	AltF5K	And a replay of Weiron Tan pointing the wrong way at the final corner
09:11		--- Triple8FTW is away (Time to rise up and ascend, the end has come...)
09:12	RealRacingRoots	hey wazzle https://i.reddituploads.com/7eb1f8bca8c54288abc189c7917174f9?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=4fead47d5d5926be4f6a0735fc034a91
09:12	AltF5K	The fight to the death continues
09:13	AltF5K	With Clifton release, it's Watson's turn to have a crack at Voeckler
09:13	AltF5K	Which he does successfully
09:13	AltF5K	Gracie also manages to sneak past, putting Voeckler down to 21st and last car running
09:13	Miguel98	Fuckin' Texans. :
09:13	Miguel98
09:13	AltF5K	The spots of rain have stopped again
09:13	AltF5K	As Lloyd drops another position to McLaughlin
09:14	Miguel98	.....
09:14	AltF5K	And now has Pye to contend with
09:14	Miguel98	gg wp :L
09:14	AltF5K	Simpson's closing in on this battle pack at a vast rate of knots as well
09:14	AltF5K	And the rain is back again
09:14	kevinbotz	...is that a supercharger on a Mercury Sable?
09:14	RealRacingRoots	not just any sable
09:15	RealRacingRoots	a sable wagon
09:15	AltF5K	This time with more substance however
09:15	Miguel98	Fuckin' Texans.
09:15	AltF5K	Pye and Simpson both fly by Lloyd, who gives up on this set of tyres and finally pits
09:16	AltF5K	He rejoins in 12th behind Holdsworth
09:16	AltF5K	Kayra Clifton meanwhile is clearly in all sorts of trouble
09:16	AltF5K	As she relinquishes 19th place to Renee Gracie
09:16	Miguel98	gg wp Jordan. :L
09:16	Miguel98	there goes a chance of a top 5 in the championship
09:17	AltF5K	Simpson is on a charge, as he takes 6th from Pye
09:17	AltF5K	Next up for him will be Scott McLaughin, his nearest title rival
09:17	kevinbotz	I mean, it's a Mercury Sable; tacking on a supercharger's probably doubled its value anyways.
09:18	RealRacingRoots	so thats what you should do to your corolla
09:18	AltF5K	And we now have spray coming from the back of the cars
09:18	RealRacingRoots	since you won't be gettign that HHR with a stick
09:18	AltF5K	With 6 laps to go, these are tricky conditions for this drivers
09:18	Pilot8	hey guys
09:18	kevinbotz	Hack a hole in the hood and stick a supercharger on my 1.8?
09:18	Pilot8	My SFO flight is delayed even more
09:18	AltF5K	Seamus Belcher is the last of the runners to stop
09:18	RealRacingRoots	yeah
09:18	RealRacingRoots	go to a junk yard
09:18	AltF5K	And rejoins in 17th just ahead of Watson
09:18	RealRacingRoots	find a series II supercharger from some pontiac
09:19	RealRacingRoots	????
09:19	RealRacingRoots	profit
09:19	Pilot8	Scheduled 3:50, now 4:24
09:19	AltF5K	Simpson meanwhile is right with McLaughlin
09:19	AltF5K	As both are closing on the lapped car of Clifton
09:19	kevinbotz	I'm actually not sure the 1ZZ lump in that thing has enough power left to run a supercharger.
09:20	RealRacingRoots	it should
09:20	AltF5K	Clifton lets the pair of them go
09:20	kevinbotz	I was considering stripping out the interior a while back, though.
09:20	AltF5K	In the meantime, we cut to Premat making up a spot to 8th at the expense of Heimgartner
09:21	RealRacingRoots	make it into a ute
09:21	kevinbotz	And replacing the hundreds of old NatGeo magazines that I'm currently using as rear ballast with something more solid.
09:21	AltF5K	We now have puddles forming on the front straight
09:21	RealRacingRoots	like the Jettamino
09:21	AltF5K	And, interestingly, we have Klien slowly but surely catching Evans for 2nd
09:21	RealRacingRoots	completely undoing any attempt at rear ballast
09:21	Miguel98	...
09:21	Miguel98	DAMN IT
09:21	kevinbotz
09:21	Miguel98	so, retarted strategy.
09:21	Miguel98	*retarded
09:21	Miguel98	does not work
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09:21	AltF5K	OH!
09:21		+++ ChanServ has given op to Ataxia
09:22	AltF5K	Evans and Klien pit!
09:22	Miguel98	...............
09:22	AltF5K	As does Robertson!
09:22	Miguel98	Can I precede to die? :L
09:22	kevinbotz	A retarded strategy doesn't work.
09:22	AltF5K	They've all decided enough is enough and go for wets
09:22	Miguel98	nah, it works.
09:22	RealRacingRoots	yes
09:22	AltF5K	And Klien jumps Evans in the pits!
09:22	Miguel98	See, Alexander Rossi.
09:22	Miguel98	did Lloyd pit? :L
09:22	kevinbotz	Goddamn, Miguel, that's one hell of a shocker.
09:23	AltF5K	Davies reacts and pits as well
09:24	Ataxia	fucking Indy qualifying
09:24	AltF5K	McLaughlin's reporting a missing wheelnut!
09:24	Ataxia	it places Aleshin in 17th
09:24	AltF5K	He manages to bring the car back in
09:25	AltF5K	But this will put him way down the order
09:25	Ataxia	also, Trident are set to have the shittest GP...er, F2 lineup ever this year
09:25	AltF5K	Weiron Tan's eventful afternoon continues
09:25	Miguel98	Trident?
09:25	Miguel98	Wasn't it Rapax?
09:25	AltF5K	Having a coming together with Andrea Bianchi while battling ro 16th
09:27	AltF5K	Interestingly, we've got a battle at the back end of the top 10 forming with 2 laps to go
09:27	AltF5K	Benji Foster-Thompson is closing on Premat very rapidly for 7th
09:27	kevinbotz	de Vries has been a damp squib for the past three or four years, though.
09:27		--- Triple8FTW is back
09:27	Triple8FTW	gib IBR return in F2?
09:27	AltF5K	With Lloyd and Heimgartner within striking distance
09:28	kevinbotz	I was fully expecting that Woking would bump him over to GTs this year.
09:28	AltF5K	Foster-Thompson has a look at Premat into the hairpin
09:28	Ataxia	it's not World Series Formula V8 3.5 (jesus christ try saying that drunk)
09:28	AltF5K	And gets the move done!
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09:29	AltF5K	Heimgartner is now right with Lloyd for 9th place but he'll have just one more lap to have a go
09:29	AltF5K	There's no such challenge for Rhys Davies in the meantime
09:29	AltF5K	As he crosses the line to win race 2 at Adelaide!
09:30	AltF5K	Christian Klien will finish in second, nearly half a minute behind the Australian, with Mitch Evans taking 3rd place
09:30	AltF5K	Michael Robertson comes home in fourth ahead of Scott Pye and Dave Simpson in 5th and 6th
09:31	AltF5K	Benjamin Foster-Thompson finishes 7th for Peak, with Alex Premat, Jordan Lloyd and Andre Heimgartner rounding out the top 10
09:31	Triple8FTW	3rd and 8th
09:31	Triple8FTW	i take it
09:31	Miguel98	9th
09:31	Miguel98	i'll take it
09:31	Miguel98	considering we were on the backwards strategy.
09:31	Miguel98	and the top 10 continues.
09:31	Pilot8	so
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09:32	AltF5K	Davies also walks away with the point for fastest lap, and the pole for race 3