Macau 2019 Race 2

23:28	F5KMacau	Welcome to Macau for the second and final race of Formula 5000
23:29	F5KMacau	Yesterday brought us a chaotic day in the wet, with rookie sensation Sabrina Mann keeping her head to win out
23:29	F5KMacau	Alongside her on the front row will be championship leader Dave Simpson, who extended his lead yesterday
23:29	F5KMacau	It's a sunny day here in Macau, but the racing will be as red hot as ever
23:29	F5KMacau	Who will win out on the second 25 lapper here?
23:29	F5KMacau	The lights come on
23:30	F5KMacau	And we're go go go!
23:30	F5KMacau	Mann gets a good start to retain the lead!
23:30	F5KMacau	But Simpson gives her a 'don't argue' and takes the lead into Mandarin!
23:30	F5KMacau	We're three wide into Lisboa with Mann, Stuvik and Heimgartner!
23:31	F5KMacau	MY GOODNESS!
23:31	F5KMacau	HEIMGARTNER'S IN THE WALL!
23:31	F5KMacau	WE HAVE CARS BACKED UP EVERYWHERE!
23:31	F5KMacau	And we have a red flag!
23:31	Miguel98
23:31	Miguel98	....hue :L
23:32	F5KMacau	Macau has struck again!
23:32	F5KMacau	This will only be a relatively short red flag period to clean this mess up
23:32	F5KMacau	And we'll have a full restart with the original order
23:33	Miguel98	so, basically
23:33	Miguel98	you've hit the restart button
23:33	F5KMacau	You can say that, yes
23:33	F5KMacau
23:34	F5KMacau	*Fast forward 15 minutes*
23:34	F5KMacau	We're now ready for the restart
23:34	F5KMacau	The drivers are angsty to get going after this delay
23:34	Biscione	Heimgartner is allowed to restart...? :L
23:34	F5KMacau	And we're away again!
23:35	F5KMacau	Stuvik gets a great jump to go second through Resevoir
23:35	F5KMacau	But Simpson again gives him a receipt into Mandarin
23:35	F5KMacau	And we're wrecking again!
23:35	F5KMacau	Ricciardo's done!
23:36	F5KMacau	Heimgartner's wrecked the spare car!
23:36	F5KMacau	But this time the track stays relatively clear
23:37	F5KMacau	And we see Ricciardo already scrambling for the motor scooter as he gets ready for his flight back to Shanghai for the F1 race later this evening
23:37	Miguel98	Heimgartner pls :L
23:37	F5KMacau	Mann has retained the lead from Simpson, Stuvik and Evans
23:37	Biscione	damn, canon really hates Ricky
23:38	Biscione	...actually, no, this isn't canon's fault, this is all Miguel98's fault
23:38	F5KMacau	Holdsworth has managed to benefit from the chaos, as he finds himself in 5th at the end of lap 1
23:38	F5KMacau	Scott McLaughlin meanwhile is having a torrid afternoon
23:38	Salamander	i gave him a title in his rookie year
23:38	Salamander	and then miguel completely fucking ruined his career
23:38	Salamander	thanks
23:38	F5KMacau	As he's just been jobbed out by Xi Xiuping in the Edgell car
23:39	F5KMacau	He gives precisely zero kers by the time he gets to Lisboa however, and grabs the position back
23:39	F5KMacau	The leaders are already starting to string out on this 6.2km circuit
23:40	F5KMacau	As Mann and Simpson have built a small gap to Stuvik and Evans behind
23:40	F5KMacau	Who in turn have a small gap to Holdsworth
23:40	F5KMacau	Michael Robertson in the sole remaining Horan car is having a much better run so far today
23:41	F5KMacau	As he's up to 10th behind Belcher
23:41	F5KMacau	Up front and Evans is starting to look racy
23:41	F5KMacau	Stuvik is clearly holding him up in the Toyota, and he's desperate to get past
23:42	F5KMacau	Richie Stanaway in the second Prodrive car has made it up into 7th position after his heartbreak yesterday
23:42	F5KMacau	And is currently threatening to take 6th from local hero Charles Leong
23:43	F5KMacau	The Macau native is clearly enjoying racing in front of his home crowd
23:43	F5KMacau	And has built something of a cult following overseas after his surprise callup to the Nissan seat
23:44	F5KMacau	Xi Xiuping repeats his trick from race 1 by eating the wall at Lisboa
23:44	F5KMacau	With wholly predictable results
23:44	F5KMacau	At the end of lap 4, the order is Mann, Simpson, Stuvik, Evans, Holdsworth, Leong, Stanaway, Tan, Belcher and Robertson
23:45	F5KMacau	The two Peak cars run line astern in 11th and 12th, with Scotty Mac and Scotty Pye rapidly closing in on them
23:46	F5KMacau	In fact, Scotty completely no-sells Yifei's defense by going straight around the outside of him on the run to Mandarin
23:46	F5KMacau	Adelaide Voeckler becomes another victim of the unforgiving Macau barriers
23:46	F5KMacau	As we cut to a battle between the two BRM cars in 15th and 16th
23:47	F5KMacau	Rogers is clearly holding Lloyd up at the minute
23:47	F5KMacau	But the former Shannons Nationals racer is having none of the young upstart
23:48	F5KMacau	McLaughlin continues his charge, sticking one down the inside of Fiore into the final corner
23:48	F5KMacau	Dean tries a move in retaliation, but thinks better of it
23:49	F5KMacau	And ends up taking both him and his teammate off into the Lisboa runoff at the end of that exchange
23:49	F5KMacau	Fiore rejoins in 13th and Yifei 18th
23:49	F5KMacau	We're starting to see signs of life in the Prodrive garage
23:50	F5KMacau	They're planning a stop for one of their drivers
23:50	F5KMacau	Stanaway has a run on Leong into Lisboa
23:50	F5KMacau	And gets the job done with minimal fuss
23:51	F5KMacau	BRM's boss is having an absolute fit on pit wall meanwhile
23:51	F5KMacau	As he sees his two drivers run each other off the road at Lisboa
23:52	F5KMacau	And in comes Simpson from 2nd place!
23:52	F5KMacau	Given how quickly this field has spread out, he rejoins in 8th behind Tan
23:53	F5KMacau	And immediately overtakes him at Lisboa
23:53	F5KMacau	It sounds like they're planning on going to the end on this set of tyres
23:53	F5KMacau	Prodrive have been better than most at making the tyres last this year
23:54	F5KMacau	But 18 laps on one set is an awfully long way to go
23:54	F5KMacau	The new tyre advantage is showing however
23:54	F5KMacau	And Simpson has alreadu closed the gap to Leong
23:54	F5KMacau	The Nissan driver conveniently peels into pit lane, following Stanaway in
23:55	F5KMacau	As does Scotty Pye from 12th
23:55	F5KMacau	The Team Thailand crew are getting ready for a stop
23:55	Miguel98	oh god damn it
23:55	Miguel98	you fucktards
23:55	Miguel98	don't kill yourselves again
23:56	F5KMacau	They're attempting to cover Simpson and potentially steal a march on the Triple 8 duo
23:56	F5KMacau	Both of whom look like running long
23:56	F5KMacau	Stuvik promptly comes in from 2nd
23:57	F5KMacau	And we're about to have a pitstop fight between STKR and Horan
23:57	F5KMacau	As Belcher and Robertson both come in
23:57	F5KMacau	The Horan driver was unable to get a move made on track
23:57	F5KMacau	Can he do it in pit lane?
23:57	F5KMacau	Yes he does!
23:58	F5KMacau	The Horan crew are high-fiving each other as Belcher is forced to hold for the departing Robertson
23:58	Miguel98	so
23:58	Miguel98	where are the BRM's?
23:58	F5KMacau	And to compound matters, there's now a BRM between the two cars
23:58	F5KMacau	That being Rogers in 11th
23:58	F5KMacau	As Lloyd's too busy trying and failing to pass Watson for 17th
23:58	Miguel98	god damn it Jordan
23:59		*** Dom_ joined #F1Rejects
23:59	F5KMacau	The new tyres are rocketing Simpson towards the front
23:59	Dom_	yo
23:59	F5KMacau	On that last lap, Mann does a 2:15.3
23:59	F5KMacau	Evans a 14.3
23:59	F5KMacau	Holdsworth a 15.8
23:59	F5KMacau	And Simpson a 9 flat :L
23:59	Dom_	kek
00:00	F5KMacau	Stuvik is also setting Hollywood sectors behind him
00:00	F5KMacau	As we have Stanaway basically shoving McLaughlin out of the way for 6th on the road
00:01	F5KMacau	Simpson has now caught Holdsworth for 3rd
00:01	F5KMacau	But Triple Eight are still not reacting
00:02	F5KMacau	Simpson clears the Erebus car into Mandarin, and sets off after the two T8 cars up front
00:03	F5KMacau	It's also worthwhile noting that for the most part, Evans has been slowly catching Mann
00:03	F5KMacau	Not that it matters much when Simpson's taking massive chunks of time out of the pair of them
00:04	F5KMacau	Simpson's basically with Evans now
00:04	F5KMacau	What will the Kiwi do?
00:06	F5KMacau	Simpson has a run out of the final corner
00:06	F5KMacau	He looks for his favourite party trick into Mandarin
00:06	F5KMacau	But Evans hangs on
00:06	F5KMacau	SIDE BY SIDE THROUGH MANDARIN!
00:07	F5KMacau	But in the end Evans thinks this is getting far too silly, and yields the spot at Lisboa to fight another day
00:07	F5KMacau	And finally Triple Eight are starting to react to this onslaught
00:07	F5KMacau	But the damage might already be done
00:08	F5KMacau	Mann runs well wide of the apex at Fishermans
00:08	F5KMacau	And is now heavily defending from Simpson
00:08	F5KMacau	He gets a monster run out of the final corner, but can't doing anything about it at Resevoir
00:09	F5KMacau	He has a think about it at Mandarin but relents
00:09	F5KMacau	Mann!
00:09	F5KMacau	She runs wide at Lisboa and lets both Simpson and Evans through!
00:09	Dom_	youngling pls
00:09	F5KMacau	She's now under huge pressure from Stuvik, who's also stopped for fresh tyres
00:09	F5KMacau	Triple Eight have seen enough, and they're in pit lane for one of their cars
00:10	F5KMacau	But who will they bring in first?
00:10	F5KMacau	Erebus are also out in the lane for Holdsworth
00:10	MinardiFan	double stack?
00:10	F5KMacau	Evans stays out for another lap
00:11	F5KMacau	And in comes Mann from 3rd position
00:11	F5KMacau	What's this?
00:11	F5KMacau	The Prodrive crew are getting ready for a stop as well!
00:11	Dom_	Stanaway
00:11	F5KMacau	They have a sign on pit wall saying "STA BOX +2"
00:12	F5KMacau	As Mann rejoins just behind Robertson in 7th positioon
00:12	F5KMacau	And proceeds to put a clean move on him at Lisboa
00:13	F5KMacau	Evans is due in any tick of the clock now
00:13	F5KMacau	And duly obliges at the end of lap 16 of 25
00:13	F5KMacau	Nissan are also expecting Leong in for a second stop
00:13	F5KMacau	Him and Pye have both opted for this strategy, hoping that staying on fresh tyres will help them throughout the race
00:14	F5KMacau	Evans comes out a long way ahead of Mann
00:14	F5KMacau	But is down to 4th, behind Simpson, Stuvik and Stanaway
00:15	F5KMacau	They have over 30 seconds to make up to the leader
00:15	F5KMacau	The order at the moment is Simpson, Stuvik, Stanaway, Evans, Mann, Robertson, Holdsworth, Tan, Belcher and Leong
00:16	F5KMacau	Don't expect it to stay that way for long as the people on fresh tyres start to find their feet
00:16	F5KMacau	SIMPSON!
00:16	F5KMacau	THE CAR IS ON FIRE!
00:16	F5KMacau	AND HE IS OUT OF THE RACE FROM THE LEAD!
00:16	Dom_	Humr pls
00:16	F5KMacau	And it's a double disaster for Prodrive as Evans rounds up Stanaway!
00:17	Dom_	STUVIKWINSWAT?
00:17	MinardiFan	...and now the camera cuts to a furious Tim Edwards
00:17	F5KMacau	Holdsworth is all over Robertson for what is now 5th!
00:18	F5KMacau	Stuvik is not too far away from encountering traffic in the form of Kayra Clifton
00:18	F5KMacau	He currently has a lead of 14.4 seconds over Evans
00:18	F5KMacau	But the Triple 8 driver is closing in fast
00:19	F5KMacau	Stanaway pits from 3rd
00:19	Dom_	hasn't Stuvik already been in the pits
00:19	F5KMacau	Stuvik has pitted already
00:19	F5KMacau	But he has to make these tyres go for another six and a half laps
00:19	F5KMacau	As Holdsworth clears Robertson for 4th
00:20	F5KMacau	Stanaway rejoins in 10th behind Leong and Pye
00:20		*** Normal32 joined #F1Rejects
00:21	F5KMacau	The gap's down to 8.9 seconds just one lap later!
00:21		--- Londoner is away (Somewhere on the tube, probably at Stepney Green. Or Whitechapel for that matter)
00:21	F5KMacau	Stuvik is in serious trouble here
00:21	F5KMacau	And with Simpson out, Evans knows this his is best shot to take a huge chunk out of Simpson's lead
00:22	F5KMacau	Seamus Belcher is in all sorts of strife as well
00:22	F5KMacau	As he gets monstered out of the way by Leong
00:22	F5KMacau	Stanaway takes advantage of the mess to overhaul Pye at Resevoir
00:22	F5KMacau	With Pye returning serve at Lisboa
00:23	F5KMacau	The two BRM cars tag-team Fiore
00:23	F5KMacau	Knocking the Peak driver from 12th down to 14th
00:23	F5KMacau	And then proceed to lose both spots back to Fiore after trying to go side by side through Mandarin
00:24	F5KMacau	The gap is 2.1 seconds with 5 to go
00:24	F5KMacau	And Stuvik has now caught Clifton
00:24	F5KMacau	As Watson goes for an excursion in a runoff area somewhere
00:25	F5KMacau	Evans is right with Stuvik!
00:26	F5KMacau	But Stuvik gets a good run out of Melco
00:26	F5KMacau	Which means he's safe through Fishermans
00:26	F5KMacau	But he's not safe heading into the final corner
00:26	F5KMacau	Evans has a half-look into Resevoir
00:26	F5KMacau	But he has the inside into Mandarin!
00:26	F5KMacau	Stuvik hangs on for dear life!
00:27	F5KMacau	And he stays ahead through Lisboa!
00:27	F5KMacau	He knows what's at stake here
00:27	F5KMacau	As we cut to the battle for sixth between Tan, Leong, Pye and Stanaway
00:28	F5KMacau	Which is mostly Tan getting harrassed by people on much fresher tyres
00:28	F5KMacau	Again Stuvik gets good traction out of Melco
00:28	Dom_	Tan will somehow become good in Sepang
00:28	Dom_	just watch
00:28	F5KMacau	And this time he does a better job through Fishermans
00:28	Dom_
00:29	Dom_	he's the only Malaysian bloke in the field
00:29	F5KMacau	But Evans gets another run out of the final corner
00:29	Normal32	where's Man's Mann?
00:29	F5KMacau	Mann is closing in rapdily on this pair
00:29	F5KMacau	Evans tries again at Mandarin
00:29	F5KMacau	And again Stuvik holds on!
00:30	F5KMacau	STUVIK!
00:30	F5KMacau	HE'S OFF AT LISBOA!
00:30	Dom_	rip in kill?
00:30	Dom_	pls
00:30	F5KMacau	And he gets collected by Holdsworth on the rejoin!
00:30	Normal32	lmao rip
00:30	Dom_	noooooooooooo
00:30	Normal32	Thai nva 5get
00:30	F5KMacau	Neither car have major damage
00:30	Dom_	rip podium
00:30	F5KMacau	But Stuvik's made a real mess of trying to recover it
00:31	F5KMacau	THE TRACK IS JAMMED!
00:31	F5KMacau	STANAWAY AND TAN COLLECT THE STRICKEN TOYOTA!
00:31	Normal32	lol
00:31	Normal32	rip
00:31	F5KMacau	They finally sort themselves out
00:31	Dom_	red flag?
00:31	F5KMacau	But not before a Leketus and STKR car join the fun
00:31	Dom_	yeah
00:32	Dom_	stop the race
00:32	Dom_	we have the Macau mess
00:32	Dom_
00:32	F5KMacau	With 2 laps to go, the order is Evans, Mann, Holdsworth, Robertson and Leong
00:33	F5KMacau	Pye is 6th from Tan, Belcher, McLaughlin and Stuvik
00:33	F5KMacau	Evans is about to hit traffick in an awkward spot through the Esses
00:33	Normal32	like they once said
00:33	F5KMacau	And Stanaway's spun at the final corner!
00:33	Normal32	WON, LEI, BAD, POO
00:34	F5KMacau	Evans catches Clifton just before the Melco hairpin
00:34	F5KMacau	But doesn't dump a bucketload of time to Mann
00:34	Normal32	this race 2 or 3?
00:34	F5KMacau	Race 2 of 2
00:34	Normal32	ah yes
00:35	F5KMacau	Evans starts the final lap
00:35	F5KMacau	Clifton gets out of the way of the Triple Eight driver
00:35	F5KMacau	Next up is Yi Yifei
00:36	F5KMacau	As the TV director cuts to the two BRM cars
00:36	Dom_	next time at Sepang
00:36	F5KMacau	Still together on track
00:36	F5KMacau	Still fighting each other for PNowhere
00:36	Dom_	Weiron Tan kills everyone in the monsoon
00:36	Dom_
00:36	F5KMacau	Evans catches Yifei in the esses
00:36	F5KMacau	And gets let through on the run to Police
00:37	F5KMacau	Lloyd really wants 12th from Rogers bad
00:37	F5KMacau	But he's not close enough for a move into Lisboa
00:37	F5KMacau	Mitch Evans has no such concerns
00:37	F5KMacau	He's been in red hot form in the last month
00:38	F5KMacau	And he continues as he WINS RACE 2 IN MACAU!
00:38		--- Biscione is away (Make America Sane Again)
00:38	F5KMacau	Sabrina Mann completes the 1-2 for Triple Eight
00:38	F5KMacau	And Lee Holdsworth finishes on the podium in 3rd
00:38	F5KMacau	Michael Robertson takes home 4th position
00:38		--- Salamander is away (¯\_()_/¯)
00:38	F5KMacau	And from 22nd place on the grid, Scott Pye rounds out the top 5
00:39	F5KMacau	Charles Leong, Weiron Tan, Seamus Belcher, Scott McLaughlin and Sandy Stuvik complete the top 10
00:40	F5KMacau	With Simpson being classified down in 18th position, this is the break many of his rivals needed in the championship chase
00:40	F5KMacau	Join us again for the next round of the championship for the first day-night event in Kuala Lumper at the Sepang Circuit