Sepang 2019 Race 3

20:50	F5KSepang	Hello and welcome to Sepang for the third and final race of the weekend
20:51	F5KSepang	We've had the threat of rain all afternoon, but it has stayed dry as we look to race under lights to finish off the weekend
20:51	F5KSepang	Mitch Evans and Jordan Lloyd shared the spoils from the two races so far
20:52	F5KSepang	But it'll be Michael Robertson who starts on pole after finishing on the podium in both races
20:52	F5KSepang	Evans joins him on the front row, with Alex Premat and Lloyd behind them
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20:52	F5KSepang	With just 18 points separating the top four, who will take out the round win here in Sepang
20:53	F5KSepang	We're about to find out as the lights come on
20:53	F5KSepang	And we're go in Sepang!
20:53	F5KSepang	It's an even start up front
20:53	F5KSepang	As Evans has a look into turn 1
20:53	F5KSepang	And goes straight to the front!
20:54	F5KSepang	Simpson has an absolute blinder of a start and steals second from Robertson at turn 4
20:54	F5KSepang	Belcher meanwhile's point the wrong way and is relegated to last
20:54	F5KSepang	Stuvik and Bourne come together in the midfield, and both are stranded in the middle of the road between turns 7 and 8
20:55	F5KSepang	They both resume at the rear of the field
20:55	F5KSepang	The order at the end of lap one of nineteen is Evans, Simpson, Robertson, Premat and McLaughlin
20:56	F5KSepang	Charles Leong was up to 10th early on, but is now getting swallowed up by the midfield
20:56	F5KSepang	Having lost positions to Pye, Heimgartner, Holdsworth and O'Lauchlan in quick succession
20:56	F5KSepang	Premat meanwhile is not hanging around
20:56	F5KSepang	Taking 3rd place from Robertson in the Horan car
20:57	F5KSepang	Robertson is struggling for car balance at the moment, as he now has McLaughlin all over him
20:58	F5KSepang	Who steals 4th from him into turn 1
20:58	F5KSepang	Scotty Mac's next target is Premat in 3rd
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20:59	F5KSepang	As we now have a train of cars forming behind Raghunathan in 16th
20:59	F5KSepang	Involving the likes of Tan, Belcher and Adelaide Voeckler
20:59	F5KSepang	Evans is pulling away from Simpson at around 8 tenths per lap at the minute
20:59	F5KSepang	And here we go
21:00	F5KSepang	McLaughlin has a look at Premat
21:00	F5KSepang	CONTACT!
21:00	F5KSepang	McLaughlin goes around!
21:00	F5KSepang	Premat's got suspension damage!
21:00	F5KSepang	The Frenchman's weened is over
21:00	F5KSepang	And Robertson is all the way at the rear of the field now
21:01	F5KSepang	The two BRM drivers find themselves in close proximity yet again
21:01	F5KSepang	With Rogers looking to get past teammate Lloyd for 4th
21:02	F5KSepang	The pit window is now open
21:02	F5KSepang	And Simpson immediately comes in at the end of lap 4
21:02	F5KSepang	Rogers, Pye and Heimgartner also make early stops
21:03	F5KSepang	Crucially for Simpson, he rejoins in 7th just ahead of Leong
21:03	F5KSepang	And plenty of clear air ahead of him
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21:04	F5KSepang	The top 5 is now Evans from Robertson, Lloyd, Stanaway and Dumbrell
21:04	F5KSepang	McLaughlin finds himself in 15th position locked in a duel with Simon Bourne
21:04	F5KSepang	Which he wins easily
21:05	F5KSepang	Simpson puts his fresh tyres to good use by nabbing 7th from O'Lauchlan
21:06	F5KSepang	Dumbrell meanwhile is harassing Stanaway
21:06	F5KSepang	And the Kiwi chokes under the pressure by spinning at the last corner
21:07	F5KSepang	Dumbrell does a good job to avoid the out of control Prodrive car to come into the pits
21:07	F5KSepang	Simpson took advantage of the melee to overtake Holdsworth for what is now 4th
21:07	F5KSepang	Dumbrell rejoins right in the thick of the Heimgartner/Pye battle for 14th
21:08	F5KSepang	Simpson meanwhile has caught Lloyd for 3rd
21:08	F5KSepang	But the BRM crew are getting ready for a stop
21:08	F5KSepang	And Lloyd gets out of the way of Simpson
21:08	F5KSepang	Next up is Robertson for 2nd
21:09	F5KSepang	Four wide down the back straight!
21:09	F5KSepang	And Pye is the winner out of all of that, taking both Dumbrell and Tan at the same time
21:09	F5KSepang	Tan is fighting back against his teammate though
21:09	F5KSepang	And gets the position back from Pye!
21:09	F5KSepang	Pye's not giving this up without a fight
21:09	F5KSepang	And goes around the outside of Tan at turn 2
21:10	F5KSepang	Rogers!
21:10	F5KSepang	He's come together with Clifton at turn 4!
21:10	F5KSepang	Simpson is getting impatient behind Robertson
21:11	F5KSepang	But the Horan driver pits from 2nd, releasing the Australian to chase down Evans
21:11	F5KSepang	Stanaway and Leong also pit
21:12	F5KSepang	Holdsworth is now 3rd ahead of O'Lauchlan and Stuvik
21:12	F5KSepang	The latter loses the spot to Jordan Lloyd at turn 4
21:12	F5KSepang	The battle of the Scotts rages on for 9th and 10th
21:12	F5KSepang	With Pye passing McLaughlin with extreme prejudice at turn 7
21:13	F5KSepang	Stuvik is struggling massively on old tyres
21:13	F5KSepang	As he desperately tries to hang on from Robertson and Heimgartner
21:14	F5KSepang	Adelaide Voeckler's night meanwhile comes to a fiery end with a Nissan engine failure
21:14	GertrandBachot	Kek
21:14	F5KSepang	Evans in the lead has caught traffic in the form of Kayra Clifton
21:15	F5KSepang	He's got a 20 second lead over Simpson, but is yet to make his stop
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21:15	F5KSepang	Holdsworth is 3rd ahead of Lloyd, Robertson, Heimgartner and Stuvik
21:15	F5KSepang	But the Toyota Team Thailand crew are expecting their man in this lap
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21:16	F5KSepang	We have an almighty scrap further back for 12th between Belcher, Stanaway and Rogers
21:16	F5KSepang	All three are on tyres of roughly similar age
21:16	F5KSepang	And should move into the top 10 as others pit
21:16	F5KSepang	Stanaway has a dive at Belcher
21:16	F5KSepang	And clears him at the final hairpin
21:16	F5KSepang	Rogers tries to take advantage but can't make it stick
21:17	F5KSepang	And we now have the Triple Eight crew getting ready for their man Mitch Evans
21:17	F5KSepang	The gap has come down slightly to 19.3 seconds as he comes in
21:18	F5KSepang	This leaves Holdsworth as the only driver yet to stop
21:18	F5KSepang	And Simpson has made the undercut work!
21:18	F5KSepang	He has a margin over Evans
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21:18	F5KSepang	But the Kiwi has fresher tyres
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21:19	F5KSepang	Oh shit
21:19	F5KSepang	The heavens have opened!
21:19	F5KSepang	It's only a light sprinkle at the moment, but will it get any heavier?
21:20	F5KSepang	The gap Simpson to Evans is 3.4 seconds on lap 12 of 19
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21:20	F5KSepang	Erebus are expecting Holdsworth in at any tick of the clock, which will leave Lloyd and Robertson to duke it out for 3rd and 4th
21:20	Biscione	how are muh boys doing?
21:20	F5KSepang	Heimgartner's currently 6th ahead of O'Lauchlan, Pye...
21:20	F5KSepang	SIMPSON!
21:21	F5KSepang	He runs wide at the final corner!
21:21	F5KSepang	Evans retakes the lead of the motor race without a fight!
21:21	F5KSepang	Holdsworth pits from 3rd
21:21	F5KSepang	And should rejoin in 10th as we see Charles Leong and Sandy Stuvik mug Rogers for 11th and 12th
21:22	F5KSepang	Robertson's catching Lloyd at a vast rate of knots on fresher tyres
21:22	F5KSepang	Heimgartner!
21:22	F5KSepang	O'Lauchlan!
21:22	F5KSepang	They escort each other off the road at turn 6!
21:22	F5KSepang	Heimgartner rejoins in 5th
21:23	F5KSepang	But O'Lauchlan's going to drop a bunch of spots down into 15th
21:23	F5KSepang	Simpson's fast running out of rubber
21:23	F5KSepang	As Holdsworth rounds up Dumbrell for P7
21:23	F5KSepang	Next up for the Erebus driver will be Scotty Pye
21:24	F5KSepang	Holdsworth has a look into turn 4
21:24	F5KSepang	And job done, another position for Lee
21:24	F5KSepang	But he's far from done, as he sets chase for Andre Heimgartner
21:25	F5KSepang	Robertson's right with Lloyd now
21:25	F5KSepang	He gets a good tow on the back straight
21:25	F5KSepang	And has a look down the inside into the final hairpin
21:25	F5KSepang	And onto the podium goes Michael Robertson!
21:26	F5KSepang	He's got 18 seconds to Robertson with 5 laps to go
21:26	F5KSepang	But it's important to note that Simpson is struggling for grip
21:26	F5KSepang	18 seconds to Simpson, rather
21:26	F5KSepang	As Rogers loops it around the back of the circuit
21:26	F5KSepang	Holdsworth claims another victim
21:26	F5KSepang	This time Heimgartner for 5th
21:27	F5KSepang	As Dumbrell drops another spot to Stanaway
21:27	F5KSepang	The Kiwi now has the Byran Taylor car of Scott Pye on his radar
21:27	F5KSepang	Evans now has a 17 second lead up front with 4 to go, and looks safe
21:28	F5KSepang	Robertson is closing in on Simpson at a rate of knots however
21:28	F5KSepang	But loses a lot of time in the last sector of that lap
21:28	F5KSepang	He was on track on clawing 3+ seconds up until that point
21:29	F5KSepang	The next real battle brewing is going to be Dumbrell vs Stuvik for ninth place
21:29	F5KSepang	The Thai driver has much fresher tyres and plenty of pace to burn
21:29	F5KSepang	And is zoning in on PD for the position
21:29	F5KSepang	He gets a run out of the exit of turn 8
21:29	F5KSepang	But can't get the move done into turn 9
21:30	F5KSepang	Scotty Mac is keeping a watching brief behind these two
21:30	Londoner	so apparently the ESPN coverage of F1 sucked major ass this weekend :L
21:30	Londoner	ggwp Liberty Media
21:30	F5KSepang	Stuvik has a go into the final corner
21:30	F5KSepang	And Scotty Mac follows him through
21:31	F5KSepang	Belcher meanwhile has spun around the back of the circuit
21:31	F5KSepang	And rejoins just infront of teammate Raghunathan
21:31	F5KSepang	Scotty Mac is not content with 10th position
21:31	F5KSepang	And has desires to take 9th from Stuvik
21:32	F5KSepang	There's just 2 laps remaining for Mitch Evans
21:32	F5KSepang	Having taken the lead in the championship earlier this afternoon with a 6th place finish, this is a statement of intent that he plans on going all the way in the title hunt
21:32	F5KSepang	Holdsworth grabs another position
21:33	F5KSepang	This time at the expense of race 2 winner Jordan Lloyd
21:33	F5KSepang	The BRM pilot refuses to go quietly into the night however
21:33	F5KSepang	But doesn't quite have enough of a run to make a move
21:33	F5KSepang	Stuvik!
21:33	F5KSepang	McLaughliN!
21:33	F5KSepang	They come together at turn 1!
21:33	F5KSepang	Stuvik rejoins in 11th behind Dumbrell
21:34	F5KSepang	And Scotty Mac in 9th just ahead
21:34	F5KSepang	Robertson's podium is under threat
21:34	F5KSepang	As he now has the hungry Holdsworth to contend with
21:35	F5KSepang	Holdsworth has a run down the back straight
21:35	F5KSepang	But thinks better of the move
21:35	F5KSepang	But Robertson runs wide on exit!
21:35	F5KSepang	And through goes Holdsworth!
21:35	F5KSepang	Mitch Evans meanwhile is halfway through his final tour of the circuit
21:35	F5KSepang	Navigating the two STKR cars
21:36	F5KSepang	Problems for Robertson!
21:36	F5KSepang	He pulls off the road with a suspension failure on the last lap!
21:36	F5KSepang	He had been in contention for the round win until the last dozen or so kilometers of this race!
21:37	F5KSepang	But Mitch Evans has no such dramas up front
21:37	F5KSepang	As he crosses the line to take the win and the round in Sepang!
21:37	F5KSepang	Dave Simpson will limit the damage by coming home in second place
21:38	F5KSepang	And Lee Holdsworth completes the podium in third place
21:38	F5KSepang	Jordan Lloyd comes home 4th ahead of Andre Heimgartner, Scott Pye, Richie Stanaway and Scott McLaughlin
21:39	F5KSepang	And Paul Dumbrell just hangs on to 9th place ahead of Sandy Stuvik, who makes it 3 top ten finishes from 3 starts this weekend
21:39	F5KSepang	Robertson will be classified in 16th position
21:39	F5KSepang	Mitch Evans will also claim the crucial bonus point for fastest lap of the race