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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
 
{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
 
| Type = SL
 
| Type = SL
 
| Race Flag      = File:Flag of Monaco.png
 
| Race Flag      = File:Flag of Monaco.png
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| Grand Prix    = Brazilian
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| Grand Prix    = Monaco
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| Date          = March 27th - April 1st
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| Date          = June 2nd
 
| Year          = 2011
 
| Year          = 2011
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| Image          = Autódromo José Carlos Pace (AKA Interlagos) track map.png
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| Image          = Circuit de Monaco - 2003 Layout.png
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| Official name  = XXXI [[Brazilian Grand Prix|Grande Prêmio do Brasil]]
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| Official name  = 2011 Monaco Grand Prix
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| Location      = [[Autódromo José Carlos Pace]]<br>São Paulo, Brazil
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| Location      = [[Circuit de Monaco]]<br>Monte Carlo, Monaco
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| Course        = Permanent Racing Facility
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| Course        = Temporary Street Circuit
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| Course_mi      = 2.667
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| Course_mi      = 2.080
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| Course_km      = 4.309
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| Course_km      = 3.340
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| Distance_laps  = 72
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| Distance_laps  = 78
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| Distance_mi    = 192.024
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| Distance_mi    = 162.240
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| Distance_km    = 310.248
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| Distance_km    = 260.520
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| Weather        = Clear, Air Temp: 30&deg;C
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| Weather        = Sunny
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| Pole_Driver    = {{flagicon|NED}} [[Daan Van Renswoude]]
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| Pole_Driver    = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
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| Pole_Team      = [[Hernj-Roaldo|Hernj-Roaldo-BMW]]
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| Pole_Team      = [[Draig Racing|Draig-Ferrari]]
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| Pole_Time      = 1:15.467
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| Pole_Time      = 1:11.808
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| Fast_Driver    = {{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Daniel Miguel]]
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| Fast_Driver    = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
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| Fast_Team      = [[Hernj-Roaldo|Hernj-Roaldo-BMW]]
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| Fast_Team      = [[Draig Racing|Draig-Ferrari]]
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| Fast_Time      = 1:16.261
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| Fast_Time      = 1:12.403
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| First_Driver  = {{flagicon|POR}} [[Pedro Daniel Miguel]]
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| First_Driver  = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Carr-Smith]]
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| First_Team    = [[Hernj-Roaldo|Hernj-Roaldo-BMW]]
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| First_Team    = [[Midnight Motorsport|Midnight-Ferrari]]
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| Second_Driver  = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andrew Turner]]
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| Second_Driver  = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ojay Clark]]
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| Second_Team    = [[MCR|MCR-Mercedes]]
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| Second_Team    = [[Williamson Dynamics|Williamson-Mercedes]]
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| Third_Driver  = {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
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| Third_Driver  = {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
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| Third_Team    = [[Mapes-VO|Mapes-VO-Honda]]
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| Third_Team    = [[Synergetic Motorsports|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 
}}
 
}}
  
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The '''2011 Monaco Grand Prix''' for the [[Superleague]] - the eigth race of the season - took place on the [[Monaco]] track in Monte Carlo on the 2nd of June.
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The '''2011 Monaco Grand Prix''' for the [[Superleague]] - the eighth race of the season - took place on the [[Monaco]] track in Monte Carlo on the 2nd of June.
  
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=Race Summary=
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==Report==
  
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==Race Report==
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===First Start===
  
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===Race Log===
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As the [[GPVWC]] circus entered [[Monte Carlo]], it did so in an atmosphere that was already building. With memories of [[Joe Consiglio]]'s win in [[Magny-Cours]] still fresh, the tight streets of Monaco and our ever growing tally of [[Superleague]] winners this season, the small city-state promised exciting racing.
  
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As the drivers lined up for the start, the usual suspects were at the sharp end of the grid. [[Lee Morris]] of [[Draig Racing]] set the fastest lap on his favourite track; [[Dave Carr-Smith]] of [[Midnight Motorsports]] completed the front row and Joe Consiglio of [[Nordsjoen Racing]] was set up to challenge for the win from 3rd position. As the lights phased out, Carr-Smith was quickest off the line, but an ambitious move by Morris saw the pair collide and spin into Saint Devote, leaving much of the pack with nowhere to go and the back of the grid having to take avoiding action - resulting in several drivers colliding with the wall. Lee Morris soon retired. Joe Consiglio led up the hill to casino square, followed by [[Sam Millar]], who had managed to avoid all of the action behind. However Consiglio outbraked himself and gently slid into the wall, unfortunately being collected by an unsuspecting Millar - Consiglio's wing coming worse off in the collision. The spinning Consiglio caused no damage to any other drivers and Joe found his way back to the pits, unlike his championship rival.
  
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Further down in the field, there were many failed attempts at passing on the notoriously difficult circuit, but the racing was admirably clean and the only casualties were those who were slightly too confident in their cars. As much of the rear end of the grid entered the pits after the turn 1 incident, Millar was now gaining a comfortable lead on [[Bart De Vos]] who had worked his way up to second through the carnage with [[Jason Muscat]] sat in third. Muscat was leading a group of four including [[David Jundt]], [[Ojay Clark]] and [[Ben Morgan]]. Muscat span on the entrance to the tunnel and this allowed [[Ryan Walker]] to get ever closer to the group. Morgan locked up into Rascasse and the gap between the group widened. Meanwhile, up front, a mistake by Millar saw De Vos lead the race and everyone in the chasing group promoted a place. Dave Carr-Smith rejoined the race in 11th position after his lengthy pit stop.
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De Vos got loose after the hairpin which gave the group yet another promotion. As lap 3 ended, David Jundt led the race, Ojay Clark was in second position and Ryan Walker sat in third. Clark set on closing the gap to Jundt through the chicane, but it wasn't to be as several more incidents through the field caused the Race Directors to take the somewhat controversial decision to red-flag the race and reassemble the grid in its original order.
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===Restart===
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As the lights went out for the second time, Carr-Smith once again got the jump on Morris, but this time it was clean and so the Midnight driver led up the hill into Casino Square. [[Mark Stanton]] was the only spinner this time after being tagged by Walker and no one else was involved. As Morris looked for a way around Carr-Smith, the rest of the field filed into order; Millar and Consiglio fought for third position but Consiglio was able to pull out a gap on the [[Synergetic]] driver. Meanwhile, [[Ben Warren]] lost his front wing in the swimming pool complex and retired in the pits with suspension damage. Lap 7 saw Morris make the move on Carr-Smith after Dave got lose and tapped the wall out of the chicane towards Rascasse. The following lap saw Morris' team mate lock up down the hill out the tunnel. An unexpecting Ben Morgan tapped Walker into a spin and led the Scotman to retire in the escape road. The next Monaco retiree was Finn [[Jyri Lylykorpi]], who suffered a spin in Saint Devote, losing a wing and gaining suspension damage. [[Abdel Damghi]] lost a rear wing after a spin before the hairpin. Sam Millar was the next victim of Saint Devote and joined the growing list of retirements.
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By lap 26 gaps had emerged between the remaining drivers. The first round of pit stops took place and Lee Morris retained his lead. After completing 27 laps, a record 14 pit stops and experiencing a problem with in-game penalties, [[William Ponissi]] spun on the exit of the swimming pool complex and was beached on a kerb, thus ending his race. As the half way point passed, there were 6 retirees and the field had spread out. [[David Stanton]] was subject to a spin on his 46th lap and retired on a kerb out of the tunnel.
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Then came one of the most dramatic incidents of the season and one that would change the complexion of the race. On his 57th lap, Kieran Ryan span into Saint Devote, causing him to lose a front wing. As he made his way back to the pits, he spun again into the swimming pool complex and beached himself on a kerb. As he struggled to free himself from the relatively low kerb, Jason Muscat made his way into the complex at the exact moment that Ryan was able to free himself, the pair collided and Ryan ended up beached once more. As the race leaders approached, Joe Consiglio took a tight line through the chicane and so couldn't avoid the beached car of Ryan. Consiglio span and ended up facing the wrong way on the racing line. The race leader, Lee Morris, managed to avoid Ryan who had now been moved off the kerb and instead collided with Consiglio. All three had now lost wheels, wings and gained suspension damage. Ryan retired on the scene while Consiglio and Morris both retired on their way to the pits.
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A few laps later [[Phil Perkins]] became another beached, this time at the exit of the swimming pool complex. Perkins' exit rounded off the list of retirees for the day, in which over half of the field returned to the pits early. There was no change to the order for the remaining ten drivers. The final lap saw Dave Carr-smith over the line first, Ojay Clark two laps down in second and [[Christoph Lichtenstein]] also taking his first podium of his career in third position. As the engines silenced and tyres cooled, drivers were left to reflect on the incident that lead to two of the championship contenders to be forced out of the race. Monaco had delivered what it had promised, exciting racing and controversial aftermath.
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* See also: [[2011 Monaco Grand Prix/RaceLog|Race twitter log]]
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==Classification==
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===Qualifying===
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
 
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| Hope you all enjoyed the live commentary here, sorry this was the only avenue to keep up with the race. Stream issues fixed for Round 9
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! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Lap !! Gap
 
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| I'm hearing Ryan was beached on the kerbs at Louis Chiron and basically refused to escape to the pits hoping to recover. #penaltyincoming
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! 1
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| 14
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
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| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
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| 01:11.808
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| align="center"| &mdash;
 
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|-
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| Dissapointment for Morris who deserved to win this one but an exciting night of racing here. Spread the word, the #gpvwc is #mental
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! 2
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| 24
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Carr-Smith]]
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| [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
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| 01:12.178
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| +0.370s
 
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|-
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| Lap 78 - Wicks 4th followed by Muscat, de Vos, Jundt, Morgan (well done), M Stanton and the final point to Fuller who deserves a big cake
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! 3
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| 2
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
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| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| 01:12.596
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| +0.789s
 
|-
 
|-
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| Lap 78 - Carr-Smith wins the 2011 GPVWC Monaco GP, Clark is 2nd and Lichtenstein with a great drive to the last step on the podium
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! 4
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| 23
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| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bart De Vos]]
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| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
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| 01:12.869
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| +1.061s
 
|-
 
|-
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| Lap 77 - Last lap but one, Carr-Smith still cruising. de Vos & Muscat still battling.
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! 5
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| 10
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| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
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| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
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| 01:12.992
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| +1.184s
 
|-
 
|-
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| Lap 76 - Mark Wicks is Mr Teflon for the #gpvwc He avoids all the trouble hes consistent on pace, level headed in attack. I admit, I'm a fan
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! 6
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| 6
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| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
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| [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
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| 01:13.558
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| +1.750s
 
|-
 
|-
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| Lap 75 - de Vos is right with Muscat now battling for 5th, careful boys just bring it home. The TDR driver only in his 2nd race ofcourse
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! 7
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| 5
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Jason Muscat]]
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| [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
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| 01:13.568
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| +1.760s
 
|-
 
|-
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| Lap 74 - 4 laps to go for the Midnight Motorsport man out front, this would be his first victory of the 2011 season.
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! 8
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| 19
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ojay Clark]]
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| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
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| 01:13.597
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| +1.789s
 
|-
 
|-
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| Lap 73 - I think if I had started in my pedal car I might have scored a point today. So much carnage, so #gpvwc
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! 9
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| 0
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| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Lylykorpi]]
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| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| 01:13.648
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| +1.840s
 
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|-
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| Lap 72 - Carr-Smith totally calm out front, no worries, no pressure. Just go and win the Monaco GP sir. #jinxed
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! 10
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| 15
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| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
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| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
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| 01:13.930
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| +2.122s
 
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|-
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| Lap 70 - Fuller passes Morris in a stunning move.....just kidding, he finally has passed the previous leaders lap total and moves into 10th.
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! 11
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| 12
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
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| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
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| 01:14.082
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| +2.274s
 
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|-
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| Lap 69 - No idea how Lichtenstein got past Wicks in that melee, no idea how Muscat is now 5th. Basically im as useful as a FIFA ballot.
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! 12
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| 7
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Stanton]]
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| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
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| 01:14.105
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| +2.297s
 
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|-
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| Lap 68 - So the order now. Carr-Smith, Clark, Lichtenstein, Wicks, Muscat, de Vos, Jundt, Morgan, M Stanton & Fuller. #ilovegpvwc
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! 13
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| 21
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| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Abdel Damghi]]
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| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
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| 01:14.620
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| +2.813s
 
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|-
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| Lap 67 - We only have 10 runners left here after that mental few laps. Fuller who is a whole 7 laps down will score a point if he gets home.
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! 14
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| 4
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| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
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| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
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| 01:14.689
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| +2.881s
 
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|-
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| Lap 67 - I don't wish to speculate so I won't but it was Ryan who was collected by Morris, not sure if he went off alone or with Consiglio
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! 15
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| 3
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Wicks]]
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| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
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| 01:14.926
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| +3.118s
 
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|-
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| Lap 66 - Carr-Smith leads by just the 2 whole laps then! Clark is 2nd, Muscat must have had issues too it seems hes 5th. Lichtenstein is 3rd
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! 16
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| 9
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| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
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| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
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| 01:14.931
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| +3.123s
 
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|-
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| Lap 65 - It's just so hectic my replay button wont rewind fast enough but we have lost a number of cars. Ryan, Morris, Consiglio, Perkins!
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! 17
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| 17
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Stanton]]
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| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
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| 01:14.989
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| +3.182s
 
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|-
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| Lap 61 - Morris was involved and has hit what looks like Consiglio who has also must have collected Ryan, they are both DNF! #shocker
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! 18
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| 22
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Perkins]]
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| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
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| 01:17.262
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| +5.454s
 
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|-
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| Lap 61 - Its absolute carnage and a shocker! Ryan looks to have lost it into Louis Chiron his stricken car is collected by others
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! 19
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| 20
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ben Warren]]
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| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
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| 01:17.604
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| +5.796s
 
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|-
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| Lap 60 - I guess at this point I should now point out Morris has lead since Lap 7 and currently holds the fastest lap, a 1.12.403. 18 to go
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! 20
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| 8
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| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[William Ponissi]]
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| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
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| 01:17.968
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| +6.160s
 
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|-
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| Lap 57 - Everyone now looks to have made their final scheduled stops, Morris has a pitstop in his pocket but right now he will not need it.
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! 21
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| 18
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| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Teemu Toikka]]
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| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
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| 01:18.454
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| +6.646s
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===Race===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
 
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| Lap 55 - Perkins & Lichtenstein pit together. Perkins has cleared Wicks and is now 6th, Lichtenstein is a comfortable 8th
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! width="35" class="unsortable"|Pos !! width="35"|No !! width="160"|Driver !! width="150"|Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Pitstops !! Fastlap !! Controller !! Points
 
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| Lap 54 - Carr-Smith does indeed pit and comes out comfortably in 2nd, the front 3 will remain the same if there are no issues.
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! 1
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| 24
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Dave Carr-Smith]]'''
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| '''[[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]'''
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| 78
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| 1:37:03.153
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| 2
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| 2
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| 01:12.919
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''15'''
 
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| Lap 54 - Consiglio has made his 2nd stop and unlaps himself as race leader Morris pits for the final time. Carr-Smith remains 2nd yet to pit
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! 2
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| 19
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Ojay Clark]]'''
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| '''[[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]'''
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| 76
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| +2 Laps
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| 8
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| 2
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| 01:14.770
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''12'''
 
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|-
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| Lap 53 - Muscat pits from 4th, looks like he's set for 4th if there is no change in the order up front. Morris leads by nearly 40 seconds
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! 3
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| 9
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| {{flagicon|GER}} '''[[Christoph Lichtenstein]]'''
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| '''[[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]'''
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| 76
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| +2 Laps
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| 16
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| 2
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| 01:15.193
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''10'''
 
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|-
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| Lap 52 - Ryan pits for what he hopes is the last time today, hes 10th but again probably a net 9th.
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! 4
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| 3
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Mark Wicks]]'''
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| '''[[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]'''
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| 76
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| +2 Laps
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| 15
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| 3
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| 01:15.124
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''8'''
 
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|-
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| Lap 51 - Clark pits from 5th for his final stop, looks he will drop out into 7th but a net 5th
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! 5
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| 5
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} '''[[Jason Muscat]]'''
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| '''[[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]'''
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| 75
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| +3 Laps
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| 7
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| 4
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| 01:14.599
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| align="center" |[[File:Keyboard.png|25px]]
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| '''6'''
 
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|-
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| Lap 50 - Perkins yet to pit but sits in 6th, he will have fresher rubber once he does than guys he was battling such as Wicks. #jinxed
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! 6
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| 23
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| {{flagicon|BEL}} '''[[Bart De Vos]]'''
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| '''[[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]'''
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| 75
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| +3 Laps
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| 4
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| 5
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| 01:13.898
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''5'''
 
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|-
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| Lap 48 - Looks like most of the front runners are 2 stopping now with 30 laps left,we perhaps should see them start to come in around Lap 55
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! 7
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| 6
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| {{flagicon|SWI}} '''[[David Jundt]]'''
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| '''[[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]'''
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| 74
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| +4 Laps
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| 6
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| 4
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| 01:14.474
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''4'''
 
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| Lap 46 - Race is quite stable now, well over half distance and a perfect time for a toilet break
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! 8
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| 12
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} '''[[Ben Morgan]]'''
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| '''[[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]'''
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| 74
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| +4 Laps
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| 11
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| 7
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| 01:14.587
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''3'''
 
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|-
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| Lap 44 - We have had 6 retirements so far then, Warren, Walker, Lylykorpi, Damghi, Millar & Ponissi. Mark Fuller sits in last place for now
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! 9
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| 7
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Mark Stanton]]'''
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| '''[[Constant|Constant-Renault]]'''
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| 73
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| +5 Laps
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| 12
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| 5
 +
| 01:15.835
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''2'''
 
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|-
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| Lap 42 - David Stanton gets it all wrong at the hairpin and heads nose first into the wall, thats a pitstop for repairs needed.
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! 10
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| 16
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} '''[[Mark Fuller]]'''
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| '''[[ST|ST-BMW]]'''
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| 70
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| +8 Laps
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| 22
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| 4
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| 01:18.066
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''1'''
 
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|-
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| Lap 41 - Wicks pits from 6th, he will exit into 8th ahead of team mate Ryan. Clear track in front of Mr Consistent.
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! Ret
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| 14
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
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| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
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| 61
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| DNF
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| 1
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| 2
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| 01:12.403
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
 
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|-
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| Lap 40 - Ryan pits from 7th, out into 9th. I can now confirm the cause of retirement for Ponissi was embarrassment.....probably.
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! Ret
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| 2
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
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| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| 60
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| DNF
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| 3
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| 3
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| 01:13.674
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
 
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|-
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| Lap 39 - Ponissi has indeed now retired, probably out of shame. Morris leads by 26 seconds from Carr-Smith, Consiglio 3rd + 42 seconds
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! Ret
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| 22
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Perkins]]
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| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
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| 60
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| DNF
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| 18
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| 3
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| 01:14.901
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
 
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| Lap 37 - Someone is off out of the swimming pool and as luck would have it is Ponissi again who has made a wopping 10 pitstops so far.
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! Ret
 +
| 4
 +
| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
 +
| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
 +
| 57
 +
| DNF
 +
| 14
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:14.862
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| 0
 
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|-
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| Lap 36 - Lichtenstein is up into 9th now, solid drive so far for the German who is now the sole remaining Synergetic.
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! Ret
 +
| 17
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Stanton]]
 +
| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
 +
| 46
 +
| DNF
 +
| 17
 +
| 3
 +
| 01:15.690
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| 0
 
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|-
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| Lap 34 - de Vos gets a tankslapper out of Louis Chiron and nudges the inside wall, front wing gone and a pitstop. He's out into 10th
+
! Ret
 +
| 8
 +
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[William Ponissi]]
 +
| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
 +
| 27
 +
| DNF
 +
| 20
 +
| 14
 +
| 01:19.465
 +
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 +
| 0
 
|-
 
|-
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| Lap 33 - "i am become death the destroyer of cars" - William Ponissi. Off entering the tunnel this time, another front wing gone
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! Ret
 +
| 10
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
 +
| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 +
| 23
 +
| DNF
 +
| 5
 +
| 2
 +
| 01:13.322
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| 0
 
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|-
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| Lap 32 - de Vos is practically glued to the back of Wicks now, Wicks seems to be attacked by a TDR at every event this season.
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! Ret
 +
| 21
 +
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Abdel Damghi]]
 +
| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
 +
| 19
 +
| DNF
 +
| 13
 +
| 1
 +
| 01:15.247
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
 
|-
 
|-
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| Lap 32 - Everyone bar the top 4 are now lapped, Muscat is the next in line for the charging Morris.
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! Ret
 +
| 0
 +
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Lylykorpi]]
 +
| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 +
| 8
 +
| DNF
 +
| 9
 +
| 0
 +
| 01:15.016
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| 0
 
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|-
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| Lap 30 - Ponissi dumps it at Casino after being lapped, no lucky win there for the Italian. He will need to stop for repairs.
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! Ret
 +
| 15
 +
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
 +
| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
 +
| 7
 +
| DNF
 +
| 10
 +
| 0
 +
| 01:15.341
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
 
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| Lap 30 - Morris won here in 2010 and is for another if this carries on like it is, 20 seconds over Carr-Smith.
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! Ret
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| 20
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ben Warren]]
 +
| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
 +
| 3
 +
| DNF
 +
| 19
 +
| 1
 +
| 01:17.500
 +
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| 0
 
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| Lap 28 - The same can be said of the two Woods cars so far, Wicks up to 6th and Ryan 8th. Wicks has jumped de Vos after his off.
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| 18
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| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Teemu Toikka]]
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| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
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| 0
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| DNS
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| 21
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| 0
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| align="center" | -
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| 0
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==Standings after the Race==
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{{col-start}}
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;Drivers' Championship standings
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
 
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| Lap 26 - Perkins is the last to pit, his rear tyres looked toasted on his in-lap. Out into 8th position, superb drive so far
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! Pos
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! Driver
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! Points
 
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|-
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| Lap 25 - Morris now pits from the lead, hes out into quite heavy lapped traffic but Consiglio also pits and is out into 3rd. Morris lead +17
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! 1
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
 +
| align="right"| 97
 
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| Lap 24 - Carr-Smith pits from 2nd, he was around 15 seconds behind Morris, he comes out 3rd and into some clear air. Consiglio up to 2nd
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! 2
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
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| align="right"| 69
 
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| Lap 23 - Millar is off Sainte Devote and out of the race! Looks like he just locked up and ran wide, shame for the Synergetic team.
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! 3
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Jason Muscat]]
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| align="right"| 58
 
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| Lap 23 - Perkins quietly has made his was up to 6th now, yet to pit however. Keeping it clean is all important here today.
+
! 4
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| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
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| align="right"| 52
 
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| Lap 21 - de Vos out of shape entering portier and loses a place to Clark, the then hits the wall at tabac and loses his wing. Pit needed
+
! 5
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Carr-Smith]]
 +
| align="right"| 42
 
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| Lap 21 - Morris has extended his lead to just over 9 seconds,starting to look ominous for the rest. Strategy and track position crucial here
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! 6
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ojay Clark]]
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| align="right"| 40
 
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| Lap 19 - It appears Sam Millar has been into the pits twice, unsure as to why perhaps his first pitstop was unscheduled?
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! 7
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| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
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| align="right"| 33
 
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| Lap 18 - Interesting battle developing between Muscat and de Vos for 4th, the TDR driver hussling the Red Archer at every turn
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! 8
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Wicks]]
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| align="right"| 32
 
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| Lap 17 - Millar pits from 4th, hes out into 11th but quickly past team mate Lichenstein for 10th.
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! 9
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Adam Rouse]]
 +
| align="right"| 22
 
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| Lap 16 - Long repairs for Jundt, hes down to 16th now and a lap down. Morris lead up to 6.8 seconds. First scheduled stops soon?
+
! 10
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| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
 +
| align="right"| 18
 
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| Lap 14 - Jundt runs wide at Sainte Devote and catches the outside armco. Rear wing is off, he will have to crawl to the pits. He was 5th.
+
! 11
 +
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Bart De Vos]]
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| align="right"| 15
 
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| Lap 12 - Consiglio has pulled a slight gap to Millar now, he has good pace right now and is matching Carr-Smith who is 5 seconds in front.
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! 12
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Stanton]]
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| align="right"| 14
 
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| Lap 11 - Morris now clear of Carr-Smith is positively hammering in the lap times now, that last one a 1.12.9, hes 3.6 seconds clear in P1.
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! =
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| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
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| align="right"| 14
 
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| Lap 10 - I'm hearing Ben Morgan has a drive through penalty, again unclear why, punt maybe? He was close to Walker and Jyri earlier
+
! 14
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| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Lylykorpi]]
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| align="right"| 6
 
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|-
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| Lap 8 - Walker and Jyri who were running nose to tail are now retired, didn't see it on my monitor but you have to think they had a clash.
+
! =
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Rowland]]
 +
| align="right"| 6
 
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|-
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| Lap 7 - Ponissi pits with what looks like suspension damage, that will hurt his pace the rest of the race. 70 laps still to go
+
! 16
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| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
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| align="right"| 4
 
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|-
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| Lap 7- Carr-Smith gets some understeer out of the swimming pool and nudges the armco, Morris slips through into P1!
+
! =
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
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| align="right"| 4
 
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|-
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| Lap 6 - Bit of a train forming behind 9th place man Walker but he's holding on comfortably.
+
! 18
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| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Abdel Damghi]]
 +
| align="right"| 1
 
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|-
−
| Lap 4 - Ben Warren pits and then retires from a lowly position, unclear as to what caused his issues.
+
! =
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Fuller]]
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| align="right"| 1
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|}
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{{col-2}}
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;Constructors' Championship standings
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{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
 
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| Lap 4 - Leaders are in the 1 minute 13's, the following pack around a second down in the 14's. Two horse race at the moment
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! Pos
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! Constructor
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! Points
 
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| Lap 3 - The front two are gradually easing away from Consiglio in 3rd who is under fire from the Synergetic of Millar.
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! 1
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| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
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| align="right"| 110
 
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| Lap 1 - This time its clean and this time Carr-Smith does indeed get into P1 at turn 1. Fingers crossed we get through this stage clear.
+
! 2
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Draig Racing|Draig-Ferrari]]
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| align="right"| 101
 
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|-
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| So the formation lap starts again, lets hope for a clean start this time around if only so we finish sometime tonight. #areyouready
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! 3
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| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nordsjoen Racing|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| align="right"| 75
 
|-
 
|-
−
| So back to square one for Turn 1. Can it be clean this time? Who knows but this race will be discussed at length if only for rule changes
+
! 4
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Woods Racing|Woods-Mercedes]]
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| align="right"| 50
 
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|-
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| The race will be restart from original quali positions. You can wipe those first 6 laps from the history books.
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! 5
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Midnight Motorsport|Midnight-Renault]]
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| align="right"| 48
 
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|-
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| Well it looks like positions might be restarted from what they were on Lap 6. If we have more chaos I don't know what will happen.
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! 6
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| {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
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| align="right"| 47
 
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|-
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| As a neutral absolute madness to call a restart 5 laps into a race, alot of upset drivers right now. Monaco eh? Who'd have thought it.
+
! 7
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Williamson Dynamics|Williamson-Mercedes]]
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| align="right"| 40
 
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|-
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| Lap 6 - Well this race is to be restarted, im not sure I agree with that. Rule book or not after 5 laps this race should be continued
+
! 8
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
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| align="right"| 37
 
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|-
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| Lap 5 - de Vos has indeed retired, he was 2nd at one point. Morris is retired, Millar too. Big names have fallen already. 73 laps to go
+
! 9
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Constant Racing|Constant-Renault]]
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| align="right"| 14
 
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|-
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| Lap 4 - This race is carnage so far, quite unreal but its fantastic for the viewer!
+
! 10
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| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
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| align="right"| 4
 
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| Lap 3 - Millar goes straight on at T1 and retires! de Vos seems to have dropped back. Jundt leads! de Vos is in the wall with no rear wing
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! 11
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nijo Racing|Nijo-Toyota]]
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| align="right"| 1
 
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|-
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| Lap 2 - Millar leads from de Vos, they are 5 seconds clear of the rest. That hectic first corner looks to have ended the front two's race
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! =
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|-
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[ST Racing|ST-BMW]]
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| Lap 1 - Morris is crawling around, damaged race probably over. Carr-Smith is damaged, Consiglio is damaged. Its chaos out there, #rockystyle
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| align="right"| 1
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| We are off! And so are the front two! Morris gets a slow start, Carr-Smith leads into T1 but Morris goes inside and turns them both around.
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| Formation lap begins, a few incidents have occured this season on it, lets hope for a clean one. Both Stantons just make it back from a d/c
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| Drivers now forming up for the formation lap, could be a hectic start but will do my best to catch everything. #areyouready?
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| A few drivers have minor penalties applied from previous racers moving them back a few positions on the grid. Nobody in the Top 10 effected
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| Quick break before the race begins. Interesting to see what the lower guys do on strategy.
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| Q2 - Lee Morris does indeed take his first pole of the season, suprising stat, congrats to him and the underfire Draig team.
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| Q2 - Morris improves by a fraction, Carr-Smith doesn't. Morris should be on pole here. The rest looks done, de Vos impresses in 4th
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| Q2 - Consiglio blocked by Walker and then seemingly shows him what he thinks of it, might have ruined Muscats lap too.
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| Q2 - Morris & Carr-Smith pit for fresh tyres again, both improve by a tenth on their second laps. 2 minutes left. de Vos up to 4th
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| Q2 - Morris improves to a 11.9, Carr-Smith 3 tenths down. Can he find some more time? Consiglio in for tyres again. Millar is 4th + 1 sec
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| Q2 - Consiglio not improving on fresh rubber, light damage perhaps? Others now moving to fresh tyres with 5 minutes left. #abouttokickoff
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| Q2 - Muscat up to 5th unclear what tyres hes on but he was partly blocked by Consiglio slowing for some space at Antony Noghes
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| Q2 - Consiglio is the first front runner to pit for fresh rubber, lets see what he's got. At the moment all he's got is some traffic
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| Q2 - Morris jumps up to 1st with two consecutive 12.3 laps. Still fuel burning though, order so far relatively static.
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| Q2 - The session begins, initial part of the session usually is the fuel burn phase with times steadily coming down. Lets see what happens.
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| Q2 - Interesting at the top, front 4 covered by just over 4 tenths. Morris perhaps the favorite given FP times
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| Q2 - Will begin in a few minutes. Fuel from the end of Q1 is carried over, they can then burn that fuel down to set a time on fresh rubber
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| Q1 - Some big names have fallen, both Woods as mentioned, Lichenstein, Damghi, Perkins and David Stanton. Tough race to start low down.
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| Q1 - Both Woods cars are indeed out, Ryan just over a tenth shy of the important 12th position, it belongs to Walker. Q1 is now over
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| Q1 - Toikka loses his wing, thats his quali over, he is 20th. Woods drivers struggling to get into Q2 too, Ryan 14th, Wicks 15h
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| Q1 - Perkins in the pits with 5 minutes to go, currently 16th and over 2 seconds off Q2, perhaps trying something different on strategy
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| Q1 - Clark who made it back after his incident gets to 12th and then 7th. A quick turn around for that cars fortunes. Damghi on the bubble
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| Q1 - Lylykorpi is now 4th on a 13.8, safe enough for Q2. David Stanton now on the bubble but quickly bumped by Lichtenstein. 7 mins left
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| Q1 - Clark who is currently 11th is off in a big way. He's trying to get back to the pits at a crawl, pretty dangerous.
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| Q1 - Millar improves to a 13.9 but is bumped to 4th by Consiglio who's first lap is a 13.2, that should see him through. Remember race fuel
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| Q1 - 8 drivers still to set a time, alot of changes yet. Finding some clear air for a clean lap will be crucial tonight, particularly in Q1
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| Q1 - Millar is now up to 3rd on a 14.1 with de Vos for company. 9 tenths covers 3rd to 10th. Toikka on the bubble at the moment.
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| Q1 - Carr-Smith improves to a 1.12.7, Morris a 12.9. Both return to the pits, Morris escaped on track therefore is done for the session.
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| Q1 - Carr-Smith sets a time in the low 1.13's, followed by Morris a tenth back. The rest are in the 14's & 15's but its early days.
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| Qualifying 1 begins. Looks like quite a few early runners already. Among them Stanton, Morris, Clark and Carr-Smith
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| RD Briefing to the drivers now before Q1 starts. Just to explain Q1 is a 20 minute session, Top 12 go through to Q2 which is 15 minutes.
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| Free Practice ends, Morris on top followed by Consiglio & Carr-Smith. The others have some catching up to do to match that time from Morris
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| Officially no stream tonight, all the more reason to follow us on twitter. Get your @GPVWC messages in for the race.
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| FP - Controversy however as the Draig driver was not informed under the terms of his teams financial rescue neither car should be lapping.
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| FP - Morris goes fastest by 1.5 seconds, welcome to Monaco the rest of you
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| FP - Consiglio currently fastest by a couple of tenths from Carr-Smith, Championship leader Morris yet to post a time.
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| Rumour has it a few teams have upgrades for Monaco, among them Woods & Nijo Racing. We'll see if it moves them up the grid.
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| Technical issues may mean there is no live stream tonight, will keep you posted for a definate answer soon. Official Free Practice begins...
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25px   2011 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Race {{{Race_No}}} of the 2011 Superleague season
Circuit de Monaco - 2003 Layout.png
Date June 2nd, 2011
Official name 2011 Monaco Grand Prix
Location Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course Temporary Street Circuit
2.080 mi / 3.340 km
Distance 78 laps, 162.240 mi / 260.520 km
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari
Time 1:11.808
Fastest Lap
Driver England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari
Time 1:12.403
Podium
First England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Ferrari
Second England Ojay Clark Williamson-Mercedes
Third Germany Christoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari


The 2011 Monaco Grand Prix for the Superleague - the eighth race of the season - took place on the Monaco track in Monte Carlo on the 2nd of June.

Report

First Start

As the GPVWC circus entered Monte Carlo, it did so in an atmosphere that was already building. With memories of Joe Consiglio's win in Magny-Cours still fresh, the tight streets of Monaco and our ever growing tally of Superleague winners this season, the small city-state promised exciting racing.

As the drivers lined up for the start, the usual suspects were at the sharp end of the grid. Lee Morris of Draig Racing set the fastest lap on his favourite track; Dave Carr-Smith of Midnight Motorsports completed the front row and Joe Consiglio of Nordsjoen Racing was set up to challenge for the win from 3rd position. As the lights phased out, Carr-Smith was quickest off the line, but an ambitious move by Morris saw the pair collide and spin into Saint Devote, leaving much of the pack with nowhere to go and the back of the grid having to take avoiding action - resulting in several drivers colliding with the wall. Lee Morris soon retired. Joe Consiglio led up the hill to casino square, followed by Sam Millar, who had managed to avoid all of the action behind. However Consiglio outbraked himself and gently slid into the wall, unfortunately being collected by an unsuspecting Millar - Consiglio's wing coming worse off in the collision. The spinning Consiglio caused no damage to any other drivers and Joe found his way back to the pits, unlike his championship rival.

Further down in the field, there were many failed attempts at passing on the notoriously difficult circuit, but the racing was admirably clean and the only casualties were those who were slightly too confident in their cars. As much of the rear end of the grid entered the pits after the turn 1 incident, Millar was now gaining a comfortable lead on Bart De Vos who had worked his way up to second through the carnage with Jason Muscat sat in third. Muscat was leading a group of four including David Jundt, Ojay Clark and Ben Morgan. Muscat span on the entrance to the tunnel and this allowed Ryan Walker to get ever closer to the group. Morgan locked up into Rascasse and the gap between the group widened. Meanwhile, up front, a mistake by Millar saw De Vos lead the race and everyone in the chasing group promoted a place. Dave Carr-Smith rejoined the race in 11th position after his lengthy pit stop.

De Vos got loose after the hairpin which gave the group yet another promotion. As lap 3 ended, David Jundt led the race, Ojay Clark was in second position and Ryan Walker sat in third. Clark set on closing the gap to Jundt through the chicane, but it wasn't to be as several more incidents through the field caused the Race Directors to take the somewhat controversial decision to red-flag the race and reassemble the grid in its original order.

Restart

As the lights went out for the second time, Carr-Smith once again got the jump on Morris, but this time it was clean and so the Midnight driver led up the hill into Casino Square. Mark Stanton was the only spinner this time after being tagged by Walker and no one else was involved. As Morris looked for a way around Carr-Smith, the rest of the field filed into order; Millar and Consiglio fought for third position but Consiglio was able to pull out a gap on the Synergetic driver. Meanwhile, Ben Warren lost his front wing in the swimming pool complex and retired in the pits with suspension damage. Lap 7 saw Morris make the move on Carr-Smith after Dave got lose and tapped the wall out of the chicane towards Rascasse. The following lap saw Morris' team mate lock up down the hill out the tunnel. An unexpecting Ben Morgan tapped Walker into a spin and led the Scotman to retire in the escape road. The next Monaco retiree was Finn Jyri Lylykorpi, who suffered a spin in Saint Devote, losing a wing and gaining suspension damage. Abdel Damghi lost a rear wing after a spin before the hairpin. Sam Millar was the next victim of Saint Devote and joined the growing list of retirements.

By lap 26 gaps had emerged between the remaining drivers. The first round of pit stops took place and Lee Morris retained his lead. After completing 27 laps, a record 14 pit stops and experiencing a problem with in-game penalties, William Ponissi spun on the exit of the swimming pool complex and was beached on a kerb, thus ending his race. As the half way point passed, there were 6 retirees and the field had spread out. David Stanton was subject to a spin on his 46th lap and retired on a kerb out of the tunnel.

Then came one of the most dramatic incidents of the season and one that would change the complexion of the race. On his 57th lap, Kieran Ryan span into Saint Devote, causing him to lose a front wing. As he made his way back to the pits, he spun again into the swimming pool complex and beached himself on a kerb. As he struggled to free himself from the relatively low kerb, Jason Muscat made his way into the complex at the exact moment that Ryan was able to free himself, the pair collided and Ryan ended up beached once more. As the race leaders approached, Joe Consiglio took a tight line through the chicane and so couldn't avoid the beached car of Ryan. Consiglio span and ended up facing the wrong way on the racing line. The race leader, Lee Morris, managed to avoid Ryan who had now been moved off the kerb and instead collided with Consiglio. All three had now lost wheels, wings and gained suspension damage. Ryan retired on the scene while Consiglio and Morris both retired on their way to the pits.

A few laps later Phil Perkins became another beached, this time at the exit of the swimming pool complex. Perkins' exit rounded off the list of retirees for the day, in which over half of the field returned to the pits early. There was no change to the order for the remaining ten drivers. The final lap saw Dave Carr-smith over the line first, Ojay Clark two laps down in second and Christoph Lichtenstein also taking his first podium of his career in third position. As the engines silenced and tyres cooled, drivers were left to reflect on the incident that lead to two of the championship contenders to be forced out of the race. Monaco had delivered what it had promised, exciting racing and controversial aftermath.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 01:11.808 —
2 24 England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 01:12.178 +0.370s
3 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:12.596 +0.789s
4 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 01:12.869 +1.061s
5 10 Scotland Sam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari 01:12.992 +1.184s
6 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 01:13.558 +1.750s
7 5 Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 01:13.568 +1.760s
8 19 England Ojay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 01:13.597 +1.789s
9 0 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:13.648 +1.840s
10 15 Scotland Ryan Walker Draig-Ferrari 01:13.930 +2.122s
11 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 01:14.082 +2.274s
12 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 01:14.105 +2.297s
13 21 Netherlands Abdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 01:14.620 +2.813s
14 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 01:14.689 +2.881s
15 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 01:14.926 +3.118s
16 9 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 01:14.931 +3.123s
17 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 01:14.989 +3.182s
18 22 England Phil Perkins TDR-Toyota 01:17.262 +5.454s
19 20 England Ben Warren Nijo-Toyota 01:17.604 +5.796s
20 8 Italy William Ponissi Constant-Renault 01:17.968 +6.160s
21 18 Finland Teemu Toikka Williamson-Mercedes 01:18.454 +6.646s

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Pitstops Fastlap Controller Points
1 24 England Dave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 78 1:37:03.153 2 2 01:12.919 Wheel generic-unknown.png 15
2 19 England Ojay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 76 +2 Laps 8 2 01:14.770 Wheel generic-unknown.png 12
3 9 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 76 +2 Laps 16 2 01:15.193 Wheel generic-unknown.png 10
4 3 England Mark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 76 +2 Laps 15 3 01:15.124 Wheel generic-unknown.png 8
5 5 Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 75 +3 Laps 7 4 01:14.599 Keyboard.png 6
6 23 Belgium Bart De Vos TDR-Toyota 75 +3 Laps 4 5 01:13.898 Wheel generic-unknown.png 5
7 6 Switzerland David Jundt Red Archer-Renault 74 +4 Laps 6 4 01:14.474 Wheel generic-unknown.png 4
8 12 Wales Ben Morgan Computrac-BMW 74 +4 Laps 11 7 01:14.587 Wheel generic-unknown.png 3
9 7 England Mark Stanton Constant-Renault 73 +5 Laps 12 5 01:15.835 Wheel generic-unknown.png 2
10 16 England Mark Fuller ST-BMW 70 +8 Laps 22 4 01:18.066 Wheel generic-unknown.png 1
Ret 14 England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari 61 DNF 1 2 01:12.403 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 2 Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 60 DNF 3 3 01:13.674 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 22 England Phil Perkins TDR-Toyota 60 DNF 18 3 01:14.901 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 4 Ireland Kieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 57 DNF 14 3 01:14.862 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 17 England David Stanton ST-BMW 46 DNF 17 3 01:15.690 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 8 Italy William Ponissi Constant-Renault 27 DNF 20 14 01:19.465 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 10 Scotland Sam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari 23 DNF 5 2 01:13.322 Wheel nonffb.png 0
Ret 21 Netherlands Abdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 19 DNF 13 1 01:15.247 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 0 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi Nordsjoen-Mercedes 8 DNF 9 0 01:15.016 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 15 Scotland Ryan Walker Draig-Ferrari 7 DNF 10 0 01:15.341 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 20 England Ben Warren Nijo-Toyota 3 DNF 19 1 01:17.500 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
- 18 Finland Teemu Toikka Williamson-Mercedes 0 DNS 21 0 - Wheel generic-unknown.png 0

Standings after the Race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 England Lee Morris 97
2 Malta Joe Consiglio 69
3 Malta Jason Muscat 58
4 Switzerland David Jundt 52
5 England Dave Carr-Smith 42
6 England Ojay Clark 40
7 Scotland Sam Millar 33
8 England Mark Wicks 32
9 England Adam Rouse 22
10 Ireland Kieran Ryan 18
11 Belgium Bart De Vos 15
12 England Mark Stanton 14
= Germany Christoph Lichtenstein 14
14 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi 6
= England Nick Rowland 6
16 Scotland Ryan Walker 4
= Wales Ben Morgan 4
18 Netherlands Abdel Damghi 1
= England Mark Fuller 1

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Greece Red Archer-Renault 110
2 England Draig-Ferrari 101
3 Italy Nordsjoen-Mercedes 75
4 England Woods-Mercedes 50
5 England Midnight-Renault 48
6 Northern Ireland Synergetic-Ferrari 47
7 England Williamson-Mercedes 40
8 England TDR-Toyota 37
9 England Constant-Renault 14
10 Belgium Computrac-BMW 4
11 England Nijo-Toyota 1
= England ST-BMW 1

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