Shanghai 2019 Race 3

23:10	F5KShanghai	Anyway, we are now live for the third and final race here at Shanghai this weekend
23:11	F5KShanghai	Mitch Evans is aiming for a clean sweep to put his championship challenge back on track
23:11	F5KShanghai	But with showers around the track and two Prodrive cars behind him, can he go three from three today?
23:11	F5KShanghai	And we are go in Shanghai!
23:11	F5KShanghai	It's an even start up front but Evans hangs on
23:11	F5KShanghai	Simpson rounds up his teammate to go second
23:12	F5KShanghai	O'Lauchlan remains in fourth as the two leaders already build a gap heading onto the back straight
23:13	F5KShanghai	Evans leads at the end of lap one, as the teams nervously look on to the skys
23:13	F5KShanghai	The early afternoon sunshine has given way to overcast conditions, and there's light drops around
23:13	Miguel98	MUIRHEADWINSLOL?
23:13	F5KShanghai	Muirhead's not here
23:14	F5KShanghai	Simpson has a run onto the back straight this time around
23:14	F5KShanghai	But isn't close enough to have a dive at the hairpin
23:14	F5KShanghai	There's some intense battling in the midfield, as Weiron Tan has made an incredible jump from 13th to 9th in the first two laps
23:15	Normal32	the Chinese dud(e)s?
23:15	F5KShanghai	This track is now getting progressively wetter however, and a lot of teams are starting to get intermediates ready
23:15	Miguel98
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23:15	Normal32	o shit
23:15	F5KShanghai	Of the local heros, Leong is 15th, Yifei 17th and Xiuping 19th
23:16	F5KShanghai	Belcher gets bullied to submission, slipping from 10th to 14th in two corners
23:16	Normal32	no sympy
23:16	F5KShanghai	There's now visible spray at turn 1 on lap 4 of 22
23:16	F5KShanghai	FYI, this is the shorter configuration of Shanghai which cuts turns 5-7 out
23:17	F5KShanghai	The back half of the circuit is still dry in comparison
23:17	Miguel98	the WTCC one?
23:17	F5KShanghai	The same config Supercars used when they ran here
23:17	F5KShanghai	Which I think would be the same as the WTCC one
23:17	F5KShanghai	Scott Pye is slowly making progress through the field
23:18	F5KShanghai	From his 20th starting position, he's up to 16th, having just taken a spot from Peak's Dean Fiore
23:18	F5KShanghai	The pit window is now open on the start of lap five, but nobody looks like blinking yet
23:19	F5KShanghai	The order remains Evans, Simpson, Stanaway, O'Lauchlan, McLaughlin and Robertson as the top six
23:19	F5KShanghai	Rogers, Premat, Tan and Stuvik round out the top ten
23:20	F5KShanghai	Premat is all over the back of Rogers for seventh at the moment
23:20	F5KShanghai	As Stuvik fancies a spot from Tan
23:21	F5KShanghai	The Toyota Team Thailand driver is successful in his endeavours, and moves up to 9th
23:21	F5KShanghai	Andre Heimgartner is the first to stop from 13th
23:21	F5KShanghai	The other teams wait to see what tyres goes on the Nesia car
23:21	F5KShanghai	Stuvik runs out of road at turn 1, and falls to 12th
23:22	F5KShanghai	Nesia have put intermediates on the Heimgartner car!
23:22	F5KShanghai	This could be an inspired call by the squad
23:22	F5KShanghai	And Triple Eight are reacting immediately to this
23:22	F5KShanghai	Prodrive have followed suit!
23:23	F5KShanghai	It's going to be a straight pitstop war between Evans and Simpson for the lead
23:23	F5KShanghai	And everyone's coming in!
23:23	F5KShanghai	Evans gets held up by traffic!
23:23	F5KShanghai	Simpson gets ahead!
23:23	F5KShanghai	CRASHU!
23:23	F5KShanghai	Simpson hits Pye on the rejoin!
23:23	F5KShanghai	Pye goes around but Simpson keeps going!
23:24	F5KShanghai	Stanaway was forced to stay out an extra lap, but he brings his car in now
23:24	F5KShanghai	As does Robertson, Premat and Lloyd
23:24	F5KShanghai	And Scott Pye is off again
23:25	F5KShanghai	This has been a terrible weekend for the Byran Taylor driver
23:26	F5KShanghai	And now the other Bryan Taylor car has come together with Premat!
23:26	Normal32	that's not a nice Pye
23:26	F5KShanghai	The order on lap 10 of 22 is Simpson from Evans, O'Lauchlan, Stanaway and McLaughlin
23:27	F5KShanghai	And Scott Pye's off AGAIN
23:27	Miguel98	Is Pye going to take 3 consecutive ROTR's? :L
23:27	F5KShanghai	He might take ROTY based on this performance alone
23:27	F5KShanghai	We now cut to a battle for ninth between Premat and Holdsworth
23:28	Miguel98	where did Rogers drop too?
23:28	F5KShanghai	With Sandy Stuvik keeping watching brief behind them
23:28	F5KShanghai	Rogers is currently P7, with his teammate P8
23:28	Miguel98	noice
23:28	Miguel98	we're the most average fuckin' team in the grid :L
23:28	F5KShanghai	Simpson is slowly but surely pulling away from Evans
23:29	F5KShanghai	But word is Prodrive might be looking at making another stop before the end
23:29	F5KShanghai	Fresh tyres are a huge advantage in the F5K series, but track position is vital in the short 100km sprints
23:31	F5KShanghai	Stuvik has taken 10th from Holdsworth in the meantime
23:31	F5KShanghai	But ends up having a high-speed off at turn 1
23:31	F5KShanghai	And has now buried the car in the gravel trap
23:31	F5KShanghai	Bringing and end to what had up to that point been a fine debut weekend
23:32	F5KShanghai	The only real battle on track at the moment is for position 18 between Voeckler and Xiuping
23:32	F5KShanghai	Which the director is all too eager to cut to
23:32	F5KShanghai	O'Lauchlan!
23:33	F5KShanghai	He's spun around the back of the circuit!
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23:33	F5KShanghai	He rejoins in 10th, but that was the end of a near-certain podium run
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23:34	Normal32	the names don't show up on the side and shit like that?
23:34	F5KShanghai	We now cut to a battle for 15th between Yifei, Clifton and Tan
23:34	Dom	yesh, blue member list bug
23:34	Normal32	have that too
23:34	Dom	oh, which pleb is leading the race Wazzle?
23:35	Normal32	but luckily the times it has happened it's been one time and kaboom paha
23:35	F5KShanghai	Tan gets in the tow of Clifton, but isn't close enough to make a move
23:35	Normal32	Evans
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23:35	Normal32	in the run for a 3/#
23:35	Normal32	3/3*
23:35	F5KShanghai	A dry line is starting to form again here in Shanghai
23:35	F5KShanghai	Simpson currently leads from Evans
23:35	Dom	oh, btw, legendary Wilmington is interested in doing the NC race
23:35	Normal32	i think, at least
23:35	Normal32	oh
23:35	Normal32
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23:35	Dom	cause I have no clue if I want to keep him in 2.0 or get him back to 3.5
23:36	F5KShanghai	Yi Yifei finds himself a long way in a gravel trap somewhere
23:36	F5KShanghai	Presumably with assistance from Tan
23:37	F5KShanghai	Lloyd has also managed to catch his teammate...
23:37	F5KShanghai	CRASHU!
23:37	F5KShanghai	Lloyd has run into the back of Rogers and goes around!
23:37	Dom	kek
23:37	Miguel98	.....
23:37	Miguel98	You fuckin' fucktards :L
23:37	F5KShanghai	He loses a spot to Premat in the process, but is still in eighth
23:37	Miguel98	jesus fuck Jordan.
23:38	Dom	oh, apparently 7th weekend is at Fuji
23:38	Dom	gib Japanese plebs?
23:38	F5KShanghai	And Prodrive are getting their pit crew ready!
23:39	F5KShanghai	As Weiron Tan claims yet another victim in Kayra Clifton
23:39	F5KShanghai	And some of the backmarkers are in for slicks
23:39	F5KShanghai	Prodrive have brought both cars in!
23:39	F5KShanghai	Simpson goes onto slicks!
23:39	F5KShanghai	But they have to stack Stanaway!
23:40	F5KShanghai	This is a disaster for the Kiwi driver!
23:40	Miguel98
23:40	F5KShanghai	Robertson also pits for slicks
23:40	F5KShanghai	And O'Lauchlan goes for a trip...
23:40	F5KShanghai	OFF OFF OFF GOES SIMPSON!
23:40	F5KShanghai	HE'S BEEN CAUGHT OUT ON COLD SLICKS!
23:40	Miguel98
23:40	Miguel98	IDON'TBELIEVEIT
23:41	F5KShanghai	There's a dry line forming
23:41	F5KShanghai	But it'd be a brave man to venture out there on cold slicks
23:41	F5KShanghai	Robertson makes it work for him though, taking 8th from Heimgartner
23:41	F5KShanghai	But sails off into the hairpin runoff, falling behind Stanaway
23:42	F5KShanghai	A lot of cars are starting to run out of grip on the used intermediates as well
23:42	Miguel98	did BRM pit?
23:42	F5KShanghai	With Xiuping becoming a victim of Giti's high degredation
23:42	F5KShanghai	Both BRMs stayed out
23:42	F5KShanghai	And currently find themselves 3rd and 5th
23:42	Miguel98	believe in the dream :L
23:43	F5KShanghai	Premat is all over Rogers though
23:43	F5KShanghai	As Simpson continues to struggle on the slicks
23:43	F5KShanghai	Premat attempts a move on Rogets
23:43	F5KShanghai	But the Australian stays ahead
23:44	F5KShanghai	Mitch Evans meanwhile is twenty seconds ahead of McLaughlin in the lead
23:44	F5KShanghai	And looks like he's cruising
23:44	F5KShanghai	Simpson has caught Holdsworth for sixth
23:44	Dom	is Simpson faster than Evans?
23:44	F5KShanghai	Holdsworth makes his task easier by spinning off the road
23:45	F5KShanghai	Premat attempts the same move at the hairpin
23:45	F5KShanghai	But fails to pull the car up and loses a spot to Lloyd for his troubles
23:45	Miguel98	https://twitter.com/PatrickDempsey/status/944324106484203520
23:46	F5KShanghai	The dry line that was appearing around the track is now disappearing fast again
23:46	Miguel98	rip Prodrive
23:46	F5KShanghai	These will be a treacherous three laps to the end
23:46	F5KShanghai	The main battle is for third between Rogers, Lloyd and Premat
23:46	F5KShanghai	But even though they're on slicks, the fact they're ten laps newer means Simpson and Stanaway are still catching these guys at several seconds a lap
23:46	F5KShanghai	Rogers!
23:47	F5KShanghai	He runs out of road at the hairpin, and falls from third to fifth
23:47	Miguel98
23:47	Miguel98	Lee y
23:47	F5KShanghai	Simpson has now caught the back of this train
23:48	F5KShanghai	SIMPSON!
23:48	F5KShanghai	He struggles to pull the car up and spins attempting to make a move!
23:48	F5KShanghai	He's back down to 8th behind Robertson
23:48	F5KShanghai	Evans meanwhile starts the final lap
23:48	EvansFTW	lol
23:49	F5KShanghai	Holdsworth and Heimgartner meanwhile are squabbling over 10th place
23:49	F5KShanghai	The Kiwi holds on for now
23:49	EvansFTW	does anyone have a NFMT guy? needs to have an sponsor
23:49	EvansFTW	... and it can't be a Voeckler
23:49	Dom	Wilmington?
23:49	F5KShanghai	What started out as a straightforward day has become anything but that for the Formula 500 contingent
23:49	Dom	he has Cargill and his dad's company
23:49	Dom
23:50	EvansFTW	nah, needs to be scrubby
23:50	F5KShanghai	But rain, hail or shine, Mitch Evans has conquered them all...
23:50	Dom	I need him to get a drive
23:50	EvansFTW	and more money
23:50	F5KShanghai	AND COMPLETES THE CLEAN SWEEP IN SHANGHAI!
23:50	F5KShanghai	Gunter Masakan?
23:50	F5KShanghai	With dat KFC Indonesia dough
23:50	EvansFTW	yeah, will take that
23:50	F5KShanghai	Scott McLaughin comes home in second place
23:51	F5KShanghai	Ahead of Jordan Lloyd, Alex Premat and Lee Rogers
23:51	EvansFTW	https://gprejects.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7966&p=385797#p385797
23:51	EvansFTW	there you go
23:51	F5KShanghai	Michael Robertson ended up in sixth place as he managed to make the slicks work for him to an extent
23:51	F5KShanghai	Which is more than can be said for the PRA duo of Richie Stanaway and Dave Simpson in 7th and 8th
23:52	F5KShanghai	Dean O'Lauchlan salvaged a ninth place finish with Andre Heimgartner rounding out the top 10