North Shore Race 2

09:56	F5KNorthShore	Welcome to Day 2 of Round 10 of the Formula 5000 series at North Shore Aerodrome
09:56	Pasta	Smart move
09:57	F5KNorthShore	Our championship challengers Dave Simpson and Mitch Evans start on the front row
09:57	Pasta	F5KNorthShore - is there any way I could keep muh boy Belcher on for the rest of the season?
09:57	Pasta	He's missing a few rounds of sponsorship
09:57	F5KNorthShore	But behind them, there are 20 other men and women looking to take the spoils from them
09:57	F5KNorthShore	Offer a few sponsors, make a creative enough storyline
09:57	Normal32	https://gprejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=8271&p=389809#p389809
09:57	F5KNorthShore	And I might consider it
09:57	Pasta
09:58	F5KNorthShore	"8 years"
09:58	F5KNorthShore	What the fuck Narmol :L
09:58	Mr_Klon	long term investment
09:58	Pasta	8 years
09:58	Mr_Klon	it certainly helps him
09:58	Pasta	By then, tommykl will be on 1960 :L
09:58	Mr_Klon	given as he has the worst WCC standing to calculate the RNG values
09:59	Salamander	its a contract for life
09:59	Salamander
09:59	F5KNorthShore	Van der Linde into second
09:59	F5KNorthShore	And the Aston follows him!
09:59	Salamander
09:59	Mr_Klon	Rootsy, you can be happy
10:00	F5KNorthShore	Anyway, time to start F5K
10:00	F5KNorthShore	The lights come on
10:00	Mr_Klon	by being beaten by Red Bull, you fall in the lower sponsorship tier, i.e. despite losing WCC money, you have a +3 profit on account of getting more from your paydriver
10:00	F5KNorthShore	And we're go!
10:00	F5KNorthShore	Evans makes a total has of the start
10:00	RealRacingRoots	smexy
10:00	F5KNorthShore	And Cassidy goes through into second place!
10:00	RealRacingRoots	But which one is my paydriver???? ayyy lmao
10:01	Mr_Klon	Sirotkin
10:01	RealRacingRoots	well technicly yeah
10:01	Mr_Klon	oh wait, I geddit
10:01	Mr_Klon	you are joking
10:01	F5KNorthShore	Simpson leads from Cassidy, Evans, Belcher and Rogers halfway around lap one
10:01	Mr_Klon	because both of your drivers are Russian
10:01	F5KNorthShore	As Renee Gracie finds herself pointing the wrong way at turn 5
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10:02	F5KNorthShore	Robertson takes 5th from Rogers into the hairpin
10:02	Mr_Klon	incidentally, Mansell is gonna develop a new chassis in-character this year, right?
10:02	RealRacingRoots	yeah
10:02	Mr_Klon	good
10:02	F5KNorthShore	And O'Lauchlan follows him through unto turn 3
10:02	RealRacingRoots	Transition is complete
10:02	RealRacingRoots	until Nige fully sells out
10:02	F5KNorthShore	McLaughlin!
10:03	F5KNorthShore	His miserable weekend continues
10:03	F5KNorthShore	He gets spun around by Tan and collected by Gracie, putting him out of the race
10:03	Mr_Klon	also, RRR
10:03	F5KNorthShore	Rogers!
10:03	F5KNorthShore	He's looped it around at the hairpin
10:04	F5KNorthShore	And drops from 7th all the way down to 18th
10:04	Mr_Klon	as his DEC owner, you may wanna start thinking about Cassidy's number - he is gonna be rather high in the selection, so you will probably have a lot to choose from
10:04	RealRacingRoots	that is true
10:04	F5KNorthShore	Belcher meanwhile has passed Evans for third
10:04	F5KNorthShore	This is terrible news for Evans, as Simpson continues to skip away up front
10:05	Normal32	ffs Evans
10:05	F5KNorthShore	And around goes Stanaway at the final corner!
10:05	F5KNorthShore	BELCHER!
10:05	F5KNorthShore	EVANS!
10:05	F5KNorthShore	They've come together at the hairpin!
10:05	Normal32	GODDAMMIT EVANS
10:05	Salamander	64 was always the cassidy's number back when i controlled them
10:05	F5KNorthShore	Our championship leader is all the way down in 17th!
10:06	Mr_Klon	13, 17, 18, 77, 96 will be gone for sure; 44 and 57 will be most likely - outside of that only kevinbotz will be your limitation, as Ármannsson can pick ahead
10:06	RealRacingRoots	yeah we'll stick with 64 probably
10:06	RealRacingRoots	since that's the Cassidy numbers in the indecar
10:06	F5KNorthShore	Malros will obviously get 73, right?
10:06	F5KNorthShore	Since he's ahead of Cassidy on the list
10:07	Mr_Klon	unless Einar takes it
10:07	Pasta	DAMMIT EVANS
10:07	Mr_Klon	but if that doesn't happen, Daniel shall run 73
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10:07	F5KNorthShore	And around goes Premat at the final corner in the sister car!
10:07	Salamander	who's runnin 96 and 57 btw?
10:08	Mr_Klon	96 is Torrente
10:08	Mr_Klon	57 is Stoneman
10:08	Pasta	Oh Mr_Klon , one thing
10:08	Pasta	If we're doing personal numbers, can we mandate that the champion has to use \1?
10:08	F5KNorthShore	The early jostling has been a big benefit for Scott Pye
10:08	Mr_Klon	pasta, I am inclined to do so
10:08	F5KNorthShore	As he's currently running 4th after starting in the midfield
10:08	Salamander	pls dp
10:08	Pasta	Good
10:08	Salamander	hammy's insistence on 44 irritates me
10:08	Mr_Klon	but the 13 for Maldonado works out so fine that I may not do it
10:08	Mr_Klon	because he won 13 races in the year he won the title
10:08	Pasta	It's incredibly weird not having the number 1 on the RL F1 grid
10:08	F5KNorthShore	SIMPSON!
10:09	F5KNorthShore	HE'S OFF AT TURN 3!
10:09	Mr_Klon	but I fully agree with you on that
10:09	Mr_Klon	so odds are it will be forced #1
10:09	Salamander	also
10:09	F5KNorthShore	Nick Cassidy leads the motor race!
10:09	Salamander	maldonado running the
10:09	Salamander	1
10:09	RealRacingRoots	13
10:09	Salamander	is great
10:09	Pasta	Surely the world champion's number is reserved when the champion runs 1?
10:09	Mr_Klon	yeah, obviously
10:09	Mr_Klon	so yeah, forced #1 it ids
10:09	Mr_Klon	*is
10:09	F5KNorthShore	This is going to be a huge free-kick for Evans, as Simpson will rejoin all the way in 21st
10:10	Mr_Klon	researching numbers for drivers who have not driven in a series with personalised numbers is gonna be a pain the ass
10:10	Mr_Klon	admittedly, on Stoneman I had a freebie
10:10	Mr_Klon	but the rest .... yeah
10:10	F5KNorthShore	Speaking of Evans, he's currently in 14th
10:10	F5KNorthShore	With Lee Rogers in his gunsights
10:10	Normal32	nice
10:11	F5KNorthShore	Raghunathan meanwhile is up to the dizzying heights of 7th
10:11	F5KNorthShore	With Fourne and Simonsen behind him
10:11	F5KNorthShore	And as I say that, Bourne gets tipped into a race-ending spin by Sumonsen
10:11	Mr_Klon	please ask me about Stoneman's number so I can show off how smart ... and ridiculously obsessive with pointless details ... I am
10:12	Salamander	just tell us already
10:12	F5KNorthShore	Premat opens the pit stop window, pitting at the end of lap 7
10:12	Mr_Klon	I got inspired by RHR
10:12	F5KNorthShore	And rejoins just in front of our race leader
10:12	F5KNorthShore	This is going to be a tough segment for the rookie
10:12	F5KNorthShore	As he has Simpson behind him desperately trying to get his lap back
10:12	Mr_Klon	according to Cancer Research UK, there are 57 deaths caused by testicular cancer each year
10:12	Mr_Klon	so yeah, it is 57
10:12	F5KNorthShore	And Robertson gaining rapidly in the squabble
10:13	Salamander	huh
10:13	F5KNorthShore	Simpson shoves Cassidy out of the way!
10:13	Salamander	not a bad choice
10:13	F5KNorthShore	The tp 3 are now nose to tail!
10:13	F5KNorthShore	PYE!
10:13	F5KNorthShore	CASSIDY!
10:13	F5KNorthShore	ROBERTSON!
10:13	F5KNorthShore	THEY ALL COLLIDE AT THE HAIRPIN!
10:13	F5KNorthShore	AROUND GOES PYE!
10:13	Mr_Klon	Thank you, I put some work in it
10:13	F5KNorthShore	THROUGH GOES ROBERTSON INTO THE LEAD!
10:14	F5KNorthShore	Raghunathan's miracle run comes to an end
10:14	F5KNorthShore	With a spectacular Holden BBQ
10:14	F5KNorthShore	Rogers!
10:14	Pasta
10:14	F5KNorthShore	He spins on the oil and hits the stricken car!
10:14	F5KNorthShore	And Belcher goes around as well!
10:15	Mr_Klon	Albon and Markelov will be the next guys to decide numbers on
10:15	F5KNorthShore	And we have a pitstop fight between Nissan and Triple Eight
10:15	F5KNorthShore	Adelaide Voeckler pits from 10th, with Evans right behind her
10:16	F5KNorthShore	And the order remains the same on the way out
10:16	F5KNorthShore	Gracie and Simonsen come together while running in 9th and 10th
10:17	F5KNorthShore	The order on lap 12 of 30 is Robertson, Cassidy, Heimgartner, O'Lauchlan and Pye
10:18	F5KNorthShore	Of the championship contenders, Evans is 14th, having already made his stop
10:18	F5KNorthShore	While Dave Simpson is 18th and last
10:18	F5KNorthShore	That was cheeky from Premat
10:18	F5KNorthShore	He makes a dive into the final chicane
10:18	F5KNorthShore	Holds both himself and Belcher up
10:18	F5KNorthShore	And allows Evans to clear the pair of them
10:19	F5KNorthShore	Pye is absolutely flying out there
10:19	F5KNorthShore	He takes advantage of the lapped car of Muirhead to take 4th from O'Lauchlan
10:19	F5KNorthShore	BIG CRASH!
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10:20	F5KNorthShore	Simonsen and Tan come together at the final chicane, and Evans gets collected in the mess!
10:20	F5KNorthShore	All three are out!
10:20	F5KNorthShore	It's on for young and old between Cassidy and Heimgartner for second
10:20	F5KNorthShore	And the Nesia crew are coming out!
10:21	F5KNorthShore	They're looking to do the undercut on the M2 Competition car
10:21	F5KNorthShore	And in comes Heimgartner from third
10:21	F5KNorthShore	As we cut to Simpson looking to take 13th from Muirhead
10:22	F5KNorthShore	He knows with Evans out, he needs every point he can get to regain the championship lead
10:23	F5KNorthShore	Pye comes in from third
10:23	F5KNorthShore	As we get Fiore and Stanaway in a bumper car duel for 7th and 8th
10:23	F5KNorthShore	With no clear winner emerging
10:26	Normal32	...
10:26	Normal32	fucking Evans :L
10:26	F5KNorthShore	Simpson finally clears Muirhead for 13th
10:28	F5KNorthShore	Lee Holdsworth was another driver that ran into issues yesterday
10:28	F5KNorthShore	But he's showing none of them as he takes third from O'Lauchlan
10:29	F5KNorthShore	Only for Heimgartner to overtake both of them as Dean loops it at the final chicane!
10:29	F5KNorthShore	O'Lauchlan is clearly struggling with tyres now
10:29	F5KNorthShore	As he loses another spot to Pye
10:30	F5KNorthShore	And in comes Robertson from the lead
10:30	F5KNorthShore	CASSIDY!
10:31	F5KNorthShore	He fires off the road at the final chicane and nearly cleans up the lapped Stanaway!
10:31	F5KNorthShore	And we now have Simpson trying to take 12th position from Richie
10:31	Salamander	and here comes the rain
10:31	F5KNorthShore	And Robertson rejoins in second
10:31	F5KNorthShore	The top four are only separated by 4 seconds with 8 to go
10:32	F5KNorthShore	And around goes Holdsworth!
10:32	F5KNorthShore	Pye into third!
10:32	F5KNorthShore	Heimgartner leads from Robertson by just over a second
10:32	F5KNorthShore	Robertson has fresher tyres
10:32	F5KNorthShore	But it's been incredibly slippery off-line here this weekend
10:33	F5KNorthShore	And they're both ranging up onto the irate Dave Simpson
10:33	F5KNorthShore	The gap is just four tenths at the line on lap 24 of 30
10:33	F5KNorthShore	Simpson yields to the leaders
10:34	F5KNorthShore	Next up is Voeckler in 12th
10:34	F5KNorthShore	She also gets out of the way
10:34	F5KNorthShore	Robertson has a run into turn 1
10:34	F5KNorthShore	But Andre parks the car in the middle of the road
10:34		--- ElBerto is away (Auto away)
10:34	F5KNorthShore	Next up is Stanaway
10:34	F5KNorthShore	Michael has the tow into turn 3 and 4
10:34	F5KNorthShore	But can't do anything with it
10:35	F5KNorthShore	Robertson has a big run on the back straight
10:35	F5KNorthShore	But Heimgartner is braver on the brakes into the final chicane
10:35	F5KNorthShore	5 to go
10:35	F5KNorthShore	HEIMGARTNER!
10:35	F5KNorthShore	HE RUNS WIDE AT THE EXIT OF TURN 1!
10:36	F5KNorthShore	ROBERTSON TAKES THE LEAD!
10:36	F5KNorthShore	As we have Premat getting bullied to submission by the fresh-tyred Cassidy and O'Lauchlan for 6th, 7th and 8th
10:36	F5KNorthShore	Lloyd!
10:37	F5KNorthShore	He'd made it all the way up into P5
10:37	F5KNorthShore	But his engine has other arrangements, and promptly detonates
10:37	F5KNorthShore	O'Lauchlan uses the distraction to take 5th from Cassidy
10:38	F5KNorthShore	Dean Fiore meanwhile divebombs Belcher into the hairpin
10:38	F5KNorthShore	And takes 8th from the STKR driver
10:38	F5KNorthShore	The rookie now has Richie Stanaway to contend with
10:39	F5KNorthShore	And Richie gets the move done into the final chicane
10:39	F5KNorthShore	Our race leader Robertson meanwhile has less than two laps to go
10:39	F5KNorthShore	And Stanaway smells blood in the water
10:39	F5KNorthShore	He wants 8th from Fiore
10:40	F5KNorthShore	HEIMGARTNER!
10:40	F5KNorthShore	THE TOYOTA MOTOR HAS EXPIRED ON THE FINAL LAP!
10:40	F5KNorthShore	This moves Pye into 2nd position!
10:41	F5KNorthShore	The Nesia crew are absolutely devastated
10:41	F5KNorthShore	There's no such heartbreak for Michael Robertson meanwhile
10:41	F5KNorthShore	As he crosses the line to win race 2 in Auckland!
10:42	F5KNorthShore	Scott Pye will come home in second position, while Lee Holdsworth scores another podium for Erebus in third
10:43	F5KNorthShore	The top 10 will be filled by O'Lauchlan, Cassidy, Premat, Stanaway, Fiore, Heimgartner and Belcher, who finished a lap down
10:43	F5KNorthShore	Dave Simpson came home in 11th, which will go a long way to eating into Evans' championship lead
10:43	F5KNorthShore	As the Triple Eight driver will be classified 16th
10:44	F5KNorthShore	Simpson will also take home the point for fastest lap