Penrith Race 1

14:17	Formula5000	And here we are
14:17	Formula5000	After several entertaining Shannons Nationals races, it's time for the main event this afternoon
14:18	Formula5000	The twilight running of the first F5K race here at Penrith
14:18	Formula5000	With a 5:45pm start time, we have a time-certain finish of 6:45pm
14:18	Formula5000	We have an all-Prodrive front row for this 39 lap race
14:19	Formula5000	And we're awat!
14:19	Formula5000	Stanaway bogs the start but leads into turn 1
14:20	Formula5000	CRASHU!
14:20	Formula5000	We've got cars off everywhere!
14:20	Formula5000	Robertson in the wall!
14:20	Formula5000	Muirhead, McLaughlin and Tan are all in the sandtrap
14:20	Formula5000	Premat's facing the wrong way!
14:21	Formula5000	In all that mess, Simpson has taken the lead from Evans and Pye
14:22	Formula5000	Stanaway has fallen to fifth behind Heimgartner
14:22	Formula5000	Simpson is struggling for pace
14:23	Formula5000	Evans has a look into turn 1 but can't make it stick into 2
14:23	Formula5000	Premat meanwhile is making his way back through the field, taking 16th by Gracie
14:24	Formula5000	Evans has another look at the start of lap 4
14:24	Formula5000	But doesn't have the straightline pace to do it
14:24	T8FTW	goddammet
14:24	Formula5000	Stanaway meanwhile takes 4th from Heimgartner
14:24	Formula5000	And Premat takes 15th from the other Kelly Nissan
14:25	T8FTW	all of this while i was away making myself some tea
14:25	Formula5000	Brenton Grove is his next target for 14th
14:25	Formula5000	Scott Pye is keeping watching brief of the two leaders
14:25	Formula5000	Evans is crawling all over Simpson
14:25	Formula5000	He's desperate to get past
14:26	Formula5000	Meanwhile, there's a battle group forming for P8 between Lloyd, Macklin, O'Lauchlan and Foster-Thompson
14:27	Formula5000	Evans gets a much better run out of the final corner
14:27	Formula5000	And takes the lead into turn 1 on lap 6 of 39!
14:27	T8FTW
14:28	Formula5000	Premat is stranded behind Grove and Watson at the moment
14:28	Formula5000	As Heimgartner falls into the clutches of Holdsworth
14:30	Formula5000	And into 5th goes the Erebus driver
14:31	Formula5000	As Macklin is the first to make his compulsary pitstop
14:32	Formula5000	Evans is fast disappearing into the distance
14:33	Formula5000	His lead over Simpson is already over five seconds
14:33	Formula5000	Premat has been released by the traffic infront of him, and is up to P12
14:34	Formula5000	Scott McLaughlin is making similar progress in 13th after getting mixed up in the first corner mess
14:37	Formula5000	OH!
14:37	Formula5000	THERE'S BEEN AN ENORMOUS WRECK!
14:38	T8FTW	oh jesus
14:38	T8FTW	what's on now? :L
14:38	T8FTW	and this is when my internet is starting to get spotty :L
14:38	Formula5000	Macklin and Gracie have come together at turn 1
14:38	Formula5000	And both are in the wall hard
14:38	T8FTW	oh jesus
14:38	Formula5000	In the case of Gracie, cockpit side first
14:39	Formula5000	The reds have been thrown
14:39	RealRacingRoots	oh
14:42	Formula5000	Looking on the replay, it looks like Gracie's car rotated just enough that she avoided the brunt of the impact
14:42	Formula5000	Macklin's already out of the car and looking on as the safety crew attend to Gracie
14:42	Formula5000	It looks like she's moving in the car, albeit very gingerly
09:56	F5KPenrith	The time is now 6:27pm here in Penrith after that extensive delay
09:56	Miguel98	ah, yes :L
09:56	Miguel98	Eddie Irvine
09:56	Miguel98	3rd highest paid employed at Ford Motor Company.
09:57	F5KPenrith	We expect we'll get another 16-17 laps in before the time-certain finish of 6:45
09:57	Miguel98	that's still such a gllorious con :L
09:57	Biscione	what's going on with the Horans?
09:57	F5KPenrith	Mitch Evans will lead them away on the restart
09:57	F5KPenrith	O'Lauchlan's made his way up to 8th
09:57	F5KPenrith	Robertson ate shit on lap 1 through no fault of his own
09:57	Biscione	gahd demmet
09:57	F5KPenrith	Scotty Mac and Frenchie came together
09:58	F5KPenrith	And wiped him out in the process
09:58	Pasta	Yeah, I left Stewart in and Jaguar out for the moment as I'm unsure on Klon's plans
09:58	F5KPenrith	And we're away again!
09:58	Pasta	Where would Schumacher go once Biscione's had enough of him?
09:58	Biscione	who is gon be team principal of Jaguar now Lauda is dead
09:58	F5KPenrith	Bobby Rahal
09:59	Biscione	Pasta we're sending him on an all expenses paid skiing holiday during the off-season
09:59	Pasta	"Hey Michael, thanks for the titles now get lost"
09:59	F5KPenrith	PYE!
09:59	Biscione	(I'm sorry)
09:59	Pasta	Ouch
09:59	F5KPenrith	That has got to be a contender for move of the year!
09:59	F5KPenrith	Straight around the outside of Simpson over the bridge
09:59	F5KPenrith	Stanaway's gone backwards on the restart
09:59	F5KPenrith	He's currently 7th behind O'Lauchlan
10:00	F5KPenrith	Premat meanwhile has wasted no time getting back into the top 10
10:00	F5KPenrith	And is closing in on Heimgartner ahead of him
10:00	Pasta	Hmm, who could replace Lauda?
10:00	F5KPenrith	The order is Evans, Pye, Simpson, Holdsworth and Rogers
10:00	Pasta	JEV?
10:00	F5KPenrith	Again, Bobby Rahal
10:00	F5KPenrith	Problem solved
10:01	F5KPenrith	Evans has disappeared into the distance with a lead of over four seconds
10:02	F5KPenrith	As McLaughlin pits on the start of lap 4
10:02	F5KPenrith	The Leketus crew are hoping the clean air will give their star driver the undercut
10:03	F5KPenrith	Rogers pits from 5th
10:03	T8FTW
10:03	F5KPenrith	Belcher also pits
10:03	F5KPenrith	And comes back out in 17th behind McLaughlin
10:04	F5KPenrith	More cars come in at the start of lap 6
10:04	F5KPenrith	It's a pitstop fight between BRM and T8
10:04	T8FTW	hehe, Belcher
10:04	F5KPenrith	And BRM get their man Jordan Lloyd ahead of Premat
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10:05	F5KPenrith	The pair come out just ahead of Scotty Mac
10:05	F5KPenrith	The shortened race means pit lane has become a hive of activity
10:06	F5KPenrith	On a track that is proving rather difficult to pass on
10:06	F5KPenrith	And as I say that, McLaughlin puts a move on Premat to take 14th place
10:07	F5KPenrith	Pye pits from 2nd
10:07	F5KPenrith	Simpson goes around for another lap
10:07	F5KPenrith	Could this be the move that gets the Prodrive pilot ahead?
10:08	F5KPenrith	Evans pits from the lead
10:08	F5KPenrith	And Simpson follows
10:08	F5KPenrith	This gives control of the field to Dean O'Lauchlan
10:08	F5KPenrith	Who has put in a frankly astonishing drive on his return to the series
10:08	F5KPenrith	Crucially, Pye has come out miles ahead of Simpson
10:09	F5KPenrith	But Simpson's tyres are also one lap newer
10:09	F5KPenrith	As Aaron Watson's evening comes to an early end in a cloud of smoke
10:09	F5KPenrith	Stanaway pits from 2nd
10:10	F5KPenrith	This leaves the top two of O'Lauchlan and Benji Foster-Thompson as the only two yet to stop
10:10	F5KPenrith	As we cut to a fight to the death for P13 between Clifton, Belcher, Tan and Muirhead
10:11	F5KPenrith	O'Lauchlan and Benji complete their stops
10:11	F5KPenrith	The order on lap 12 of 17 is now Evans, Pye, Simpson, Holdsworth, Heimgartner, Stanaway, O'Lauchlan, Rogers, Lloyd and McLaughlin
10:12	F5KPenrith	8th through to Premat in 11th though are all closely bunched together in the closing stages
10:12	T8FTW	Premat?
10:12	T8FTW	ah
10:13	F5KPenrith	And Heimgartner is closing on Holdsworth at a vast rate of knots
10:13	F5KPenrith	Lloyd has a lunge at his teammate
10:13	F5KPenrith	But can't make it stick
10:14	F5KPenrith	The lead BRM car is clearly struggling for grip with the angry pack behind him
10:14	F5KPenrith	Which now also includes Benji
10:15	F5KPenrith	Oh no
10:15	F5KPenrith	Clifton is being a nuisance again
10:15	F5KPenrith	This time she takes out both herself and Belcher
10:15	F5KPenrith	The STKR driver is gesticulating wildly at her
10:16	F5KPenrith	Lloyd gets a much better run out of the final corner this time
10:16	F5KPenrith	But still can't make the move
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10:16	F5KPenrith	Mitch Evans starts the final lap with a 12 second lead over Pye and Simpson
10:17	F5KPenrith	Heimgartner and Stanaway meanwhile have closed up on Holdsworth
10:17	F5KPenrith	Andre has a look but thinks better of it
10:17	F5KPenrith	Mitch Evans has a late scare with Voeckler going off track
10:18	F5KPenrith	But it doesn't matter as he crosses the line to WIN RACE ONE IN PENRITH!
10:18	F5KPenrith	Scott Pye hangs on to 2nd ahead of Dave Simpson
10:18	F5KPenrith	With Lee Holdsworth and Andre Heimgartner rounding out the top five
10:23	F5KPenrith	Evans also walks away with the bonus point for fastest lap