Alice Springs Race 1

19:09	F5KAliceSprings	Hello and welcome to the brand new Jangka Mardarni circuit for round 11 of the 2019-20 Formula 5000 season
19:09	F5KAliceSprings	Richie Stanaway scores pole for the first ever race weekend here, at the facility that also hosts the Alice Springs Inland Dragway
19:10	F5KAliceSprings	Alongside him will be former F1 world champion Daniel Ricciardo, with championship contenders Dave Simpson and Mitch Evans side by side on row 2
19:10	F5KAliceSprings	Australian racing legend Daniel Melrose will be making his debut in the category for AGI Sport's second hitout of 2019, but will be starting from a lowly 12th position
19:11	F5KAliceSprings	24 laps of high-speed action awaits us as the lights come on
19:11	F5KAliceSprings	And we're away!
19:11	GertrandBachot	Oh yeah
19:11	F5KAliceSprings	The top 3 all get blinder of starts as Ricciardo sweeps around the outside of Stanaway into turn 1!
19:11	GertrandBachot	This is before he got that German passport
19:12	F5KAliceSprings	Evans is on fire on cold tyres!
19:12	F5KAliceSprings	He rounds up Simpson and Stanaway around the back of the circuit
19:13	F5KAliceSprings	Simpson mugs Stanaway at the final corner
19:13	F5KAliceSprings	And we've got three wide behind them!
19:13	F5KAliceSprings	Pye has a terrible run onto the front straight, and has Premat and Bourne alongside him
19:13	F5KAliceSprings	Contact!
19:13	F5KAliceSprings	Pye gets a lovetap from Heimgartner and around goes the Bryan Taylor car!
19:15	F5KAliceSprings	Simpson has had an off-road excursion somewhere, as he's now behind Robertson and Stanaway
19:15	F5KAliceSprings	Evans meanwhile has taken the lead from Ricciardo
19:16	F5KAliceSprings	Melrose meanwhile is showing he's lost none of his racecraft, as he rounds up Raghunathan and Lloyd to elevate himself into the top 10
19:17	F5KAliceSprings	Next up for him is Muirhead and Bourne in 8th and 9th
19:18	F5KAliceSprings	And that's Muirhead off into the scenery!
19:18	F5KAliceSprings	His day is done
19:18	F5KAliceSprings	Melrose's charge continues unabated, as he takes 8th from Bourne with extreme prejudice
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19:19	F5KAliceSprings	McLaughlin!
19:19	F5KAliceSprings	He nabs 5th from Simpson
19:19	F5KAliceSprings	The order at the end of lap 4 is Evans, Ricciardo, Stanaway, Robertson, McLaughlin, Simpson and Premat
19:20	F5KAliceSprings	Scotty Pye meanwhile is in recovery mode, and has made rapid work of Holdsworth
19:20	F5KAliceSprings	He's now up to 11th
19:20	F5KAliceSprings	BIG CRASH!
19:20	F5KAliceSprings	SIMPSON!
19:20	F5KAliceSprings	MCLAUGHLIN!
19:20	F5KAliceSprings	McLaughlin has spun off through the fast esses, and Simpson has collected the strickent Leketus car
19:21	F5KAliceSprings	That's big damage on both cars!
19:21	F5KAliceSprings	Red Flag!
19:22	F5KAliceSprings	Both drivers are gingerly getting out of their cars, but this is going to be a big mess to clean up
20:22	F5KAliceSprings	And we're back at Alice Springs
20:22	F5KAliceSprings	The remains of McLaughlin's and Simpson's cars have been cleaned, and we'll be restarting with the order as of the end of lap 5, leaving us 19 laps to go until the finish
20:23	F5KAliceSprings	Given the high speed nature of this circuit, we're not at risk of a time-certain finish
20:23	F5KAliceSprings	The restart order will be Evans, Ricciardo, Stanaway, Robertson, Premat, Melrose, Bourne, Lloyd, Pye and Holdsworth
20:23	F5KAliceSprings	18 cars will take the restart, as we've lost McLaughlin, Simpson, Muirhead and Lee Rogers
20:24	F5KAliceSprings	And we're go!
20:25	F5KAliceSprings	Ricciardo gets the jump on Evans again, and goes into the lead through turns 1 and 2
20:25	F5KAliceSprings	Melrose has also gained another spot from Robertson
20:25	F5KAliceSprings	Melrose!
20:26	F5KAliceSprings	He gets escorted wide by Robertson at the final corner, and drops all the way to 10th
20:26	F5KAliceSprings	Ricciardo leads from Evans, Premat, Stanaway and Robertson
20:27	F5KAliceSprings	Scott Pye is flying at the moment, as he's already up to 6th behind Robertson
20:27	F5KAliceSprings	He's side by side with Robertson down the front straight
20:27	F5KAliceSprings	The Horan driver makes him go the long way round, to little effect
20:28	F5KAliceSprings	Jordan Lloyd behind them has a train of cars including Holdsworth, Belcher, Melrose and Bourne behind from from 7th place down
20:28	Dom	Dave Nugent finally got a new club on my Telford save
20:28	Dom	he plays in the Isthmian Premier
20:28	F5KAliceSprings	And in comes Evans from 2nd place
20:28	F5KAliceSprings	Stanaway follows him in from 4th
20:29	F5KAliceSprings	As Holdsworth attempts to dispatch of Lloyd
20:29	F5KAliceSprings	Ricciardo's got a five second gap on Premat
20:29	F5KAliceSprings	Who in turn has another 2 seconds on Pye in third
20:30	F5KAliceSprings	Having failed to overtake Lloyd, Erebus elect to bring in Holdsworth to attempt the undercut
20:31	F5KAliceSprings	And in come Premat and Robertson from 3rd and 4th
20:32	F5KAliceSprings	Stanaway has been burnt badly in traffic, as he's been jumped by the Frenchman
20:32	Salamander	"Ford set the pace in GTE Pro thanks to a last-minute effort by IndyCar star Scott Dixon in the #69 Ganassi-run GT."
20:32	Salamander	classic dixon
20:32	F5KAliceSprings	Premat!
20:32	F5KAliceSprings	He's spun at the esses
20:33	F5KAliceSprings	He resumes behind Stanaway
20:33	F5KAliceSprings	As Brenton Grove's afternoon comes to an end with a puncture
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20:33	F5KAliceSprings	Robertson!
20:33	F5KAliceSprings	He locks the rears attempting to pass Premat!
20:33	F5KAliceSprings	And he loops it around at turn 1 for his troubles
20:34	F5KAliceSprings	Lloyd pits from 3rd
20:34	F5KAliceSprings	Followed closely by Melrose and Bourne
20:35	F5KAliceSprings	The two leaders of Ricciardo and Pye are still circulating on used tyres
20:35	F5KAliceSprings	And Stanaway is pointing the wrong way at turn 1
20:37	F5KAliceSprings	The closest battle on track is currently Belcher, Robertson and Melrose for 8th, 9th and 10th
20:37	F5KAliceSprings	With the AGI driver attempting a move around the outside of Robertson through the esses
20:37	F5KAliceSprings	He thinks better of it
20:37	F5KAliceSprings	But successfully completes the move through the final corner
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20:38	F5KAliceSprings	The Bryan Taylor crew are getting ready for Pye now for what is effectively lap 15 of 24
20:38	F5KAliceSprings	And in comes Scotty from 2nd
20:38	F5KAliceSprings	Ricciardo stays on for another lap
20:39	F5KAliceSprings	As Mitch Macklin brings in the second Peak car from 4th
20:39	F5KAliceSprings	Pye rejoins in 3rd behind Evans
20:39	F5KAliceSprings	As Holdsworth loses 4th position to Lloyd
20:39	F5KAliceSprings	Melrose has taken 7th from Belcher behind them, and now has Premat in his sights
20:40	F5KAliceSprings	And in comes Ricciardo from the lead
20:40	GertrandBachot	Oh yeah
20:40	F5KAliceSprings	He had 21 seconds on Evans before that start
20:40	F5KAliceSprings	OFF OFF OFF GOES EVANS!
20:40	F5KAliceSprings	He manages to recover it!
20:40	GertrandBachot	Is Peak gonna survive into the next F5K season?
20:40	F5KAliceSprings	But he's behind Pye!
20:40	F5KAliceSprings	Robertson in the wall!
20:40	F5KAliceSprings	Robertson's day is done
20:41	F5KAliceSprings	And Melrose has had an off-track excursion as well
20:42	F5KAliceSprings	The order is now Ricciardo, Pye, Evans, Lloyd, Premat, Holdsworth, Belcher, Bourne, Melrose and Heimgartner
20:42	F5KAliceSprings	Tan, Macklin and Raghunathan are in a spirited fight for 11th position
20:43	F5KAliceSprings	The former F2 champ has just come in, and has by far the freshest tyres of the trio
20:43	F5KAliceSprings	And Melrose has had another off-track excursion
20:43	F5KAliceSprings	As he's back down in 14th
20:43	GertrandBachot	Lel Malros
20:43	F5KAliceSprings	Evans meanwhile is in trouble
20:44	F5KAliceSprings	As he has Lloyd catching him hand over fist for the final podium spot
20:44	F5KAliceSprings	Lloyd!
20:45	F5KAliceSprings	He gets the move done through the long turn 5 to take third
20:45	F5KAliceSprings	We now cut to a battle for 12th between Stanaway, Tan and Melrose
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20:45	F5KAliceSprings	Tan has just been passed by the Kiwi
20:45	F5KAliceSprings	And Melrose gives him similar treatment through the final corner
20:46	F5KAliceSprings	Melrose now has a run on Stanaway down the front straight
20:46	F5KAliceSprings	And into 12th place he goes
20:46	F5KAliceSprings	Evans!
20:46	F5KAliceSprings	He's back past Lloyd with 5 to go!
20:46	F5KAliceSprings	Raghunathan and Heimgartner meanwhile are going hammer and tong for 10th position
20:47	F5KAliceSprings	And the Indian driver successfully claims the spot
20:47	F5KAliceSprings	This would be a career-best finish for him if he hangs on
20:47	F5KAliceSprings	EVANS!
20:47	F5KAliceSprings	HE'S OFF AT TURN 1!
20:47	F5KAliceSprings	He drops all the way down into 8th position!
20:47	F5KAliceSprings	He can't be doing too much off-roading when he already knows his main title rival is out of this race
20:48	F5KAliceSprings	Lloyd's also had an off-field excursion!
20:48	F5KAliceSprings	This puts him down into 5th
20:48	F5KAliceSprings	Which soon becomes 6th as Holdsworth takes the spot into turn 1
20:49	F5KAliceSprings	Heimgartner is back into the top 10 meanwhile after a drafting duel with Raghunathan
20:49	F5KAliceSprings	Meanwhile, there's just two laps remaining for Ricciardo, who has a 7 second lead over Pye
20:50	F5KAliceSprings	Lloyd has a look at Holdsworth
20:50	F5KAliceSprings	But locks the brakes and runs wide
20:50	F5KAliceSprings	And now has Simon Bourne to contend with
20:50	F5KAliceSprings	Who takes 6th from the BRM driver
20:50	F5KAliceSprings	Melrose meanwhile has taken 11th from Raghunathan
20:50	F5KAliceSprings	The latter loses another spot to Stanaway
20:51	F5KAliceSprings	As we now have Evans taking 7th from Lloyd, who's run out of tyres on his car
20:51	F5KAliceSprings	He now has Bourne in his sights for 6th
20:52	F5KAliceSprings	Melrose meanwhile is back in the top 10 with a move on Heimgartner at the final corner
20:52	F5KAliceSprings	Just behind them is our race leader Daniel Ricciardo
20:52	F5KAliceSprings	It has been a long dry spell
20:52	F5KAliceSprings	But the dry spell has been broken as he crosses the line to WIN IN ALICE SPRINGS!
20:52	F5KAliceSprings	Scott Pye will finish 2nd with Alex Premat rounding out the podium in third
20:53	F5KAliceSprings	Seamus Belcher will just hold onto fourth from Lee Holdsworth
20:53	F5KAliceSprings	With Mitch Evans, Jordan Lloyd, Simon Bourne, Mitchell Macklin and Daniel Melrose rounding out the top 10
20:54	F5KAliceSprings	Ricciardo will also walk away with the bonus point for fastest lap