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Finishing Order: 6, 40, 14, 15, 23, 9, 16, 2, 20, 1, 3, 42, 8, 88, 55, 51, 52, 99, 54, 50 |
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Sneaking past Hector Lester in the last lap, Mapelli claims fourth, with Tech9's Machitski finish justbehind the pair in 6th. |
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Alex Mortimer takes the chequered flag for the Matech Ford GT. Gornall comes in 2nd, with Michael Meadows third. |
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Mapelli trying all he can to pass Lester for 4th |
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Final Lap |
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Despite a collision with the VRS Ferrari earlier in race, Metcalfe has clawed the CRS Scuderia 430GT3 into the points in 7th |
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Running Order: 6, 40, 14, 23, 9, 15, 16, 2, 20, 3, 42, 1, 8 |
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Mortimer lead is now 4.1 secs ahead of Brookspeeds Gornall. These to look set to consolidate their podium positions for the final laps |
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Michael Meadows gets past Lester and Machitski during their battle, to sneak into 3rd spot |
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Lester and Machitski are nose to tail through riches and then sear corners, battling for final podium spot |
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Machitski makes a pass on Michael Cullen on previous lap to slot into5th just behind Hector Lester |
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Mortimer 0.00
Gornall 3.6
Lester 20.846 |
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Running Order: 6, 40, 23, 14, 9, 15, 2, 16, 42, 20, 3, 1, 8, 88, 55, 51, 52, 99, 54, 71 |
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Mortimer now back in control with a 2.2 second lead. Gornall 16 secs ahead of Lester who still has a mirror full of Michael Meadows |
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Gornall is less than second behind the Ford GT, but is getting held up behind Nigel Moore in the GT4 Ginetta |
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Michael Meadows is all over Lester for 3rd spot, just o.5 between them |
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Gornall is less than 2 seconds behind Mortimer as the Ford GT hits traffic |
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Car No.1 drive through penalty for pit road speeding. |
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Running Order: 6, 40, 23, 14, 9, 15, 2, 16, 42, 3, 1, 20, 8, 4, 51, 88, 55, 52, 99, 54 |
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Mortimer lead is just 3.5 secs over the viper who is 5 secs ahead of CiM's Lester. Meadows is starting to catch the Ferrari in a battle for 3rd |
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Andrew Howard's Beechdean Aston Martin retires in cloud of smoke |
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Mapelli makes a daring move on the Lamoorbhini of Oliver Morley. |
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Ellis 4.4 in the lead. Gornall passes Lester for 2nd along te front straight. Lester has Meadows a further 7 secs behind |
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Ellis has created 2 sec lead already. Gornall is now eyeing Lester for 2nd spot, 1,7 behind |
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Ellis passes Lester to take the lead |
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Ellis all over the back of Lester, just 8/10ths between them. Gornall is looking racey in third, 7 secs ahead of Meadows |
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Simonsen able to maintain lap from Mortimer on last lap. Barnes in the Trimite Viper just 3 secs behind the Matech car |
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Morley passes Craig Wilkins at Riches for 12th |
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Lester holds 4.4 secs over Mortimer in the Ford GT. Mortimer looks set to catch the CiM Ferrari. Gornall in third is 6 secs behind the Ford with Meadows 4 secs behind him. |
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James Gornall now start to break away from Meadows in 4th. |
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Micahel Meadows hot on the tail of Leo Machitski in Tech9 lambo as they battle for 4th. Meadows makes the pass on Machitski towards end of lap |
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Lester in CiM has 9.4 sec lead over the Ford GT with Mortimer at the wheel |
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Running Order: 23, 6, 40, 9, 14, 15, 2, 42, 4, 3, 16, 8, 20, 1 |
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No more driver changes allowed |
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No.4, No.23, No.9 Pits |
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No.6 Pits from the lead (they will serve an extra 30 seconds). |
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Wilcox/Burton retire with front end damage after collision with Hines No.15 |
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No.20 pits |
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Running Order: 6, 23, 9, 20, 42, 4, 8, 3 |
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No.3 Pits |
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Ellis now carries a 11 second lead over Simonsen, with Jonny cocker a further 18 secs back with Anthony Reid chasing |
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No.1 pits |
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Team Modena No.21 car retires with mechanical problems |
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No.21 is slow to make it's pit stop/driver change |
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Eliis lead is now 9 secs |
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Cocker, Scott and O'neil nose to taiil for 4th |
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No.21 pits from 2nd spot.
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Ellis now has a 7.1 sec lead. No.12 Pits |
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No.14 Pits |
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No.16 pits |
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No.40 Pits |
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Ellis has 5.1 lead over Jones, who is still holding off Simonsen just 0.5 behind |
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No.15 Pits |
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Pit window for driver changes open |
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Ellis
Jones 4.1
Simonsen 4.7
Sutton 10.1
Barnes 12.988
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Paul O' Neil and Antony Reid battle for 9th and 10th spot through the chicane. Aaron Scott is now starting to make progress through the field |
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Jon Barnes is pushing hard and gets alongside James Sutton, but fails to make the pass |
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Ellis has 2.3 sec lead over Adam Jones who has Simonsen on his tail |
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Wilcox gets sideays at Sear corner and is hit by Hines in the CR Scuderia Ferrari. Wilcox comes through , Hines loses a lot of time and drops to 21st. Wilcox Ferrari showing extensive front danage |
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Running Order: 6, 21, 23, 14, 12, 16, 40, 9, 3, 20 |
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The race restarts. Ellis needs to work on establishing a substantial lead again, before the pit window opens. |
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Pace car coming in this lap |
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The field is now starting to catch the pace car and get into formation |
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Safety car lets the field through to pick up the Ellis Ford GT as the lead car. Wilox is stuck behind the Nissan 350Z GT4 as he tries to catch up with the field |
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Safety car to clear debris on track at esses |
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Safety car has picked up the second placed car (Jones) causing some confusion |
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Safety car is announced... |
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Wilcox in 5h still has a gaggle of crs behind him, less than a second seperates them |
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Antony read loses 2 places to Barnes and Cocker, drops to 9th |
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Jon Barnes tries a late pass on Jonny Cocker, but he closes the door. |
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Ellis has 5.7 lead over Adam Jones who has created a 1 sec gap from Simonsen |
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A bunch of cars are battling in the mid field top ten: 12, 16, 3, 9, 40. No.23 Wilcox looks to be struggling and holding up the field |
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Ellis leads by 3.8 secs over Jones in the Modena Lambo, who is 3/10ths ahead of Cim Simonsen. This pairs 1.5 secs ahead of sutton in 4th |
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Cadena Aston Martin failed to get repaired in time |
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The Ford GT of Bradley Ellis is failing to register it's timing on the scorboard (transponder issue?) |
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Running Order: 21, 23, 14, 12, 16, 3, 9, 40, 15, 4, 20, 1, 42, 2, 8, 55, 99, 88, 52, 51 |
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Simonsen is all over the tail of jones in battle for 2nd |
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Jon Barnes has moved up from 14th to 9th on the opening lap |
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Ellis has a 6/10ths lead over Modena's Adam Jones and CiM's Allan Simonsen |
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Adam Wilcox runs wide at the esses and loses a couple of spots |
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Ellis is already stretching his legs after the rolling start |
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Safety car pulls in, the green flag is waved and the race is go! |
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The BGT field start their formation lap behind the safety car |
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Fild still on the grid - 2 minutes to go |
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The British GT field pull away for the parade lap in perfect conditions; ot, clear and sunny skies |
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Cadena Aston Martin is pushed off the grid with a collapsed right front wheel |
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'A' Class drivers will start the race today:
#6 Ellis
#21 Jones
#23 Simonsen
#14 Sutton
#9 Cocker
#12 Wilcox
#4 Griffin
#16 Hines
#3 Reid
#15 Cullen
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The Cadena Aston Martin looks to have a problem on the grid, with the Front right wheel sitting at a strange angle |
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Weather is clear, hot and sunny |
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The 2nd British GT race from Snetterton will start at 2:00PM |
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