Fuji 2019 Race 3

11:05	F5KFuji	Welcome to a wet Fuji Speedway for the third and final race of the weekend
11:05	Miguel98	Here we fuckin' come
11:05	Dom	will it follow the footsteps of Formula Nippon 1996
11:05	Dom
11:05	F5KFuji	We've had a lightening of the rain this morning, but a heavier patch is well on its way to the track
11:05	F5KFuji	The teams are taking no chances by starting on wets
11:06	F5KFuji	Mitch Evans and Michael Robertson share the front row, with Dave Simpson and Scott McLaughlin behind them
11:06	F5KFuji	Will Evans continue his dominant form?
11:06	F5KFuji	Or will someone take the crown from him?
11:06	F5KFuji	We're about to find out
11:06	F5KFuji	We're go at Fuji!
11:07	F5KFuji	Simpson has an absolute blinder form the second row to go into the lead!
11:07	F5KFuji	McLaughlin and Stanaway go side by side through turn 4
11:07	F5KFuji	With the Leketus driver going ahead
11:08	F5KFuji	And we have cars off everywhere at turn 8
11:08	F5KFuji	Miraculously, the rain has died down to a light drizzle
11:08	F5KFuji	But everyone is watching the skies, well aware that more is on the way
11:08	F5KFuji	Evans makes a dive on Simpson into turn 1
11:08	F5KFuji	And takes the lead back on lap 2 of 22
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11:09	F5KFuji	And here we go
11:09	F5KFuji	The rain is picking up
11:10	Miguel98	I also noticed that a QOTSA concert is makred as  "6 years old and older" in the ticket
11:10	Miguel98	...yeah, Poortugal please. :L
11:10	F5KFuji	Dean O'Lauchlan is reveling in the conditions
11:11	F5KFuji	From starting on the final row, he's already up to position 14
11:11	Miguel98	.....wazzle, welp
11:11	F5KFuji	The two leaders have absolutely disappeared into the distance
11:11	F5KFuji	As we see Robertson dropping into the clutches of Stanaway and co behind him
11:12	F5KFuji	And we have chaos at turn 8!
11:12	F5KFuji	Stuvik is off
11:12	F5KFuji	O'Lauchlan is off
11:12	F5KFuji	Rogers is off
11:12	F5KFuji	Russell's pointing the wrong way
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11:12	Miguel98	hue^" :L
11:12	Miguel98	merry Christmas Taakgi
11:12	Miguel98	Takagi
11:12	Takagi	Hola
11:13	F5KFuji	We now have a drafting battle between Holdsworth and Pye
11:13	Takagi	mERRY Christmas, one and a;ll
11:13	F5KFuji	The Erebus pilot wins out
11:13	Takagi	all*
11:13	F5KFuji	And we're going three wide in the midfield!
11:13	Miguel98	are you drunk ?
11:13	F5KFuji	Premat's gone!
11:14	Takagi	Nah, nursing a two day hangover tghat's affecting my ability to human
11:14	Takagi	that's*
11:14	Takagi	ffs
11:14	F5KFuji	Rogers is gone!
11:14	F5KFuji	Tan's gone!
11:14	F5KFuji	These guys are fighting for sheepstations in the midfield
11:14	Dom	KURASHEEEEEEEEEEE
11:14	F5KFuji	And the only winner is the audience
11:14	Dom	pls
11:14	F5KFuji	And Andre Heimgartner
11:14	Dom	Fuji broascasters as well
11:14	Dom
11:14	F5KFuji	Who's gained five positions in that clusterfuck
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11:15	F5KFuji	Stanaway has a run on Robertson down the front straight
11:16	F5KFuji	And the Prodrive pilot moves up to a podium position
11:16	F5KFuji	Pye behind them returns serve on Holdsworth
11:16	Dom	lap?
11:16	F5KFuji	5 of 22
11:16	F5KFuji	And Pye's gone around at turn 5!
11:17	F5KFuji	He rejoins in 9th behild Belcher
11:18	F5KFuji	Some of the backmarker guys come in at the start of the pit cycle
11:19	F5KFuji	As we have Clifton pointing the wrong way in the turn 1 runoff
11:19	F5KFuji	Triple Eight have their crew out in the lane
11:19	F5KFuji	And in comes Evans from the lead
11:20	F5KFuji	He rejoins in 5th ahead of Lloyd
11:20	F5KFuji	Lee Holdsworth's day meanwhile comes to an early end with a Mercedes engine failure
11:21	F5KFuji	Evans has so much more grip than anyone else on fresh wets its scary
11:21	F5KFuji	As he puts a move on Robertson with ease
11:22	F5KFuji	We now cut to the freight train starting to form behind Lee Rogers
11:22	F5KFuji	Andre Heimgartner is having none of it, as he puts a move on the BRM
11:22	F5KFuji	Rogers responds by sticking his car down the inside at turn 1 and claiming the spot back
11:23	F5KFuji	Heimgartner retorts by simply driving around the outside of him at turn 4
11:23	F5KFuji	Evans is flying in the conditions in the meantime
11:23	F5KFuji	As he takes third from McLaughlin
11:24	F5KFuji	Robertson pits from fifth
11:24	F5KFuji	HEIMGARTNER!
11:24	F5KFuji	He takes both Tan and Pye into turn one!
11:24	F5KFuji	But Pye gets better drive out of the exit and takes the spot back
11:25	F5KFuji	Simpson pits from the lead
11:25	F5KFuji	And we now have a midfield pack of destiny behind Tan
11:26	F5KFuji	Leong and Tan go side by side down the front straight
11:26	F5KFuji	Leong gets the job done to move into 9tj
11:26	F5KFuji	As Tan gets bullied by Belcher at turn 3
11:27	F5KFuji	And O'Lauchlan at turn 4
11:27	F5KFuji	And Takaboshi at turn 5
11:27	Dom	kek
11:27	F5KFuji	Rogers loses out badly in this exchange as well
11:27	F5KFuji	Getting shuffled from 13th to 17th
11:28	F5KFuji	Tan loses two more positions down the front straight
11:28	F5KFuji	This time to Quinn and Premat
11:29	F5KFuji	And then jobs out to Rogers and Stuvik at turn 3
11:29	F5KFuji	Premat goes for a spin at turn 4
11:29	F5KFuji	As Aaren Russell retires with mechanical dramas
11:30	F5KFuji	We now cut to the battle for 11th between Takaboshi and Belcher
11:30	F5KFuji	The order on alp 12 of 22 is Evans, Simpson, Stanaway, Lloyd and Robertson
11:31	Dom	gap between top 2?
11:31	F5KFuji	And the Prodrive crew bring Stanaway in
11:31	F5KFuji	The lead is currently 9.5 seconds
11:32	F5KFuji	He rejoins in 6th behind the Robertson/Lloyd/McLaughlin scrap
11:32	F5KFuji	And Lloyd jobs out to all three in short order
11:32	F5KFuji	This is going to be a lively scrap for third position
11:32	F5KFuji	Robertson currently holds it down under lock and key
11:33	F5KFuji	But both McLaughlin and Stanaway behind him have fresher tyres
11:34	F5KFuji	McLaughlin makes an attempt to get the position into to turn 1
11:34	F5KFuji	And makes it stick
11:34	F5KFuji	Stanaway attempts to follow him through, but gets the door slammed in his face
11:36	F5KFuji	Robertson loses another position
11:36	F5KFuji	This time to Stanaway
11:36	F5KFuji	The closest battle on track at the moment is for 11th
11:37	F5KFuji	Between Belcher, Quinn, Stuvik and Lloyd
11:37	F5KFuji	Stuvik takes advantage of a Quinn error to move up to 11th
11:38	F5KFuji	Lloyd moves up a spot on fresh tyres
11:38	F5KFuji	Nabbing 13th from Quinn
11:39	F5KFuji	Stuvik goes around the outside of Belcher to go 11th
11:39	F5KFuji	O'Lauchlan's comeback drive meanwhile continues to gather momentum
11:39	F5KFuji	As he gains 8th position at Charles Leong's expense
11:40	F5KFuji	Takaboshi gives the Macanese driver similar treatment to move up to 9th
11:41	F5KFuji	Robertson is clearly struggling on this set of tyres
11:41	F5KFuji	He currently finds himself fending off advances from Scotty Pye for 5th
11:42	Miguel98	C'mon Joshua ffs
11:42	Miguel98	Get at least a top 10 to fix your mistake in race 2 :L
11:42	F5KFuji	And through goes the Bryan Tayloer car into 5th place
11:42	F5KFuji	Jordan Lloyd is currently in 12th position
11:42	F5KFuji	He's withing striking distance of Stuvik and Leong up ahead
11:43	F5KFuji	Takaboshi is flying in the conditions
11:43	F5KFuji	He's now up to 8th position
11:43	F5KFuji	Premat's miserable weekend is complete
11:43	F5KFuji	He's just been lapped by teammate Evans while down in 15th position
11:44	F5KFuji	Stuvik is back in the top 10 with a textbook inside move on Leong
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11:46	F5KFuji	Takaboshi has taken the best out of his wets
11:46	F5KFuji	As Stuvik and O'Lauchlan squabble for 9th behind him
11:46	F5KFuji	Takaboshi locks the brakes into turn 1, and Stuvik takes advantage to gain two spots in one move
11:46	F5KFuji	O'Lauchlan runs wide at turn 3, opening the door for Lloyd
11:47	F5KFuji	Stanaway has caught McLaughlin for 3rd
11:47	F5KFuji	And goes for the move into turn 1
11:47	F5KFuji	And onto the podium he goes!
11:48	Miguel98
11:48	F5KFuji	Lloyd has his ambitions set on P9 meanwhile
11:48	F5KFuji	And gets a monster run on Takaboshi onto the front straight
11:48	F5KFuji	He has a look down the inside of turn 1
11:48	F5KFuji	But can't get the move done
11:48	Miguel98	c'mon Jordan
11:48	Miguel98	do it
11:48	F5KFuji	As Mitch Evans starts the final lap of 22
11:48	Miguel98	6 wins in a row? :L
11:48	F5KFuji	Simpson has closed the gap to 5.4 seconds, but it'll be too little, too late
11:49	Dom	Evans 6 wins in a row
11:49	Dom	zzzzz
11:49	Miguel98	EVANSWINSLOL
11:49	Dom	where's Simpson
11:49	F5KFuji	And Lloyd goes into P9 with a move down the inside of turn 5
11:49	F5KFuji	Simpson's 2nd
11:49	Dom	oh
11:49	Dom	6 wins in a row and still 2nd in the standings
11:49	Dom	rip Evans
11:50	F5KFuji	Quinn smells blood in the water
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11:50	Dom	that is what 5 DNFs to 2 makes
11:50	F5KFuji	He wants to steal 11th from O'Lauchlan
11:50	F5KFuji	Mitch Evans doesn't care however
11:50	F5KFuji	As he crosses the line to take the clean sweep at Fuji!
11:51	F5KFuji	Quinn takes 11th from O'Lauchlan with ease
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11:51	Miguel98	that's the second clean sweep in a row
11:51	Miguel98	damn
11:51	Normal32	a sweep streak
11:51	Normal32	nice
11:51	F5KFuji	Simpson comes home in second position, with Richie Stanaway in the second Prodrive car in third
11:52	F5KFuji	Lloyd wants to grab one final position before the end
11:52	F5KFuji	But he's not close enough to get the two from Stuvik
11:52	F5KFuji	Scott McLaughlin finished 4th from Scott Pye, Michael Robertson and Andre Heimgartner
11:53	F5KFuji	Sandy Stuvik, Jordan Lloyd and Mitsunori Takaboshi round out the top 10