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Finish Order: 9, 22, 23, 21, 72, 20, 7, 54, 52, 44,66, 46, 50, 3, 53 |
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Chequered flag is waved, with Brown and Hall taking the first win of the British GT 2009 season in the Rollcentre Mosler. In second The Jones brothers Ascari, and a podium for Lester and Simonsen, follwing their mighty battle with the Viper of Scott and Wilkins |
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It's the final lap, The ABG Viper of Scott is coasting around the circuit (fuel?), yeilding multiple positions |
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Simonsen finally gets past the ABG Viper to sneak 3rd spot with 1 lap remaining. The ABG Viper is limping over the finish line and it's the final lap! |
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Scott holds off a conserted attack by Simonsen through cascades. The immense battle continues with less than 2 minutes left |
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Vosse caris running again. It appeard to cut out at Hisplops, but then get going again. |
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Scott and Simonsen again battle and now they approach a lapped car |
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The Aston Martin Vosse is slowing and looks set to retire |
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Simonsen tries to sneak his nose in at T1 to take 3rd from Scott, but the englishman again fends him off with some superb defensive driving |
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Scott and Simonsen continue to battle. Will the Viper be able to hold off the Ferrari for the last 6 minutes? |
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Hall looks to be consolidating his lead and pegging the gap over Jones by 10 seconds |
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Running Order: 9, 22, 20, 23, 72, 21, 3, 7, 54, 52, 44, 66, 46, 50, 53 |
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The Simonsen Ferrari looks better on the brakes, but the grunt of the Viper is holding the dane off |
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Scott holds off a move by Simonsen through Hislops |
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Hall leads by 11 seconds over Lester, who has an 11 second lead over Sott & Simonsen |
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Scott is working Miracles to hold off the No.23 F430. Simonsen tries a dive and Lodge, but Scott fends him off |
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Warren comes into pit with damage to car from incident |
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Warren goes off at Hislops and rejoins, trying to hold off Matt Griffin. Warren has to yield the position. |
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Aaron Scott is putting on a brave fight to hold of the former Australian GT Champion |
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Scott and Simonsen cross start/finish line nose to tail |
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Griffin tries a dive on Warren, but fails to make it stick |
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Simonsen is now just a second behind the Viper of Scott and eyeing up the position at Knickerbrook |
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Matt Griffin in 7th is catching Paul Warren in the Chad F430 |
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Running Order: 9, 22, 20, 23, 72, 3, 21, 54, 7, 52, 44, 66, 46, 50, 53 |
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On front straight due to debris from Tomlinson incident |
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No.53 Goes off at Lodge Corner, when 4 cars tried to fit into one apex. |
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Simonsen sets his previous race lap record with a 1:40.632. Now only 4.9 seconds behind Scott |
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The Hall Mosler leads by 11 seconds, with the Jones Ascari in 2nd and Aaron Scott third, 25 seconds behind. Simonsen is making in roads on the ABG car and is now 7 seconds behind in 4th. Paul warren is catching the DBRS9 of Vosse just 2 seconds ahead in 5th |
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Simonsen grabs 2 second out of Scott on the last lap |
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The Jamie Smyth Aston Martin manages to get going again, rejoining the race a lap down |
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Running Order: 9, 22, 20, 23, 3, 72, 21, 53, 7, 54, 52, 44, 66, 50, 46 |
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Simonsen sets the races fastest lap with a 1:40.829. Simonsen is flying and catching Aaron Scott in the ABG Viper 10 seconds ahead |
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The Barwell Aston Martin of Vosse is pressurising Warren in the Ferrari. |
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The Jamie Smyth Aston Martin splutters along the pit straight. Eventually the car retires just after T1 |
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No.50 Pits |
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Hall has a comfortable 9.7 seconds in his pocket of the Jones Ascari |
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The Mosler has now retained it's lead from the first half of the race, with Stuart Hall now at the wheel |
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No.3 Hyman pits to hand over to Warren |
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No.21 Pits to hand over to Matt Griffin |
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No.54 Pits |
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Howard and Hyman have still yet to pit |
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The leading Mosler (No.9) pits |
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The Jones Ascari (No.22) Pits |
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No.72 Pits |
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Mosler continues to lap with a 7 second lead and manages to lap the No.23 Ferrari now piloted by Simonsen |
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No. 44, 20, 23 Pit |
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Running Order:9, 22, 20, 3, 23, 7, 72, 21, 53, 54, 52, 44, 50, 66, 46 |
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Pit lane is open for driver changes |
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Wilkins has finally broke free of the Chad Ferrari in 4th and has created a gap of 6 seconds. |
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The Mosler now has a lead of over 7 seconds. Was there a problem for the Ascari in second place? |
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Running Order: 9, 22, 20, 3, 23, 7, 72, 21, 53, 54, 52,44, 50, 66, 46 |
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Brown sets the races fastest lap so far with a 1:41.432 |
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Andrew Howard is starting to make up for a bad start and passes the DBRS9 of Renard for 6th |
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Wilkins is still unable to shake of the Chad F430 of Hyman, who is continuing to fill his mirrors |
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The lead between Jones and Brown stays at just over 4 seconds |
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Wilkins has Hyman breathing down his neck again for 3rd. Just 0.6 between them |
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David Jones is starting to reel in the Mosler of Brown, clawing a second back and cutting the lead to 4.1 seconds |
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The Ascari pegs the Moslers lead back by 2 tenths. The Wilkins Viper is starting to create a gap, with a second over Hyman |
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Running Order: 9, 22, 20, 3, 23, 72, 7, 21, 53, 54, 52, 44, 50, 66, 46 |
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Mosler lead is now close to 6 seconds. The David Jones Ascari is lapping alone, whilst Wilkins and Hyman continue to battle in their respective Viper and Ferrari for 3rd |
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No 52 Off at Old Hall (T1) |
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Andrew Howard is closing in on 7th placedCameron (21). Howard is side by side with Cameron at T1, gets the indside line and takes 7th |
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Brown leads by 4.6 seconds over Ascari of Jones. Wilkins and Hyman are still nose to tail, but have pulled a gap from the F430 of Hector Lester |
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Running Order: 9, 22, 20, 3, 23, 72, 21, 7, 53, 52, 44, 54, 50, 66, 46 |
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The MT900 extends lead to 4.3 seconds. The Preci Spark Ascari has a further 3 seconds over Wilkins, Hyman and Lester |
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A gaggle of cars battle it out for 3rd, with Wilkins, Hyman and Lester nose to tail |
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ollcentre Mosler now leads by 3.5 seconds over Jones' Ascari |
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Hector Lester is catching up to the battling Wilkins and Hyman |
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The Brown Mosler extends his lead to over 2 seconds. Wilkinsis under pressure from Hyman in the Chad Racing Ferrari, less than a 1/2 second behind |
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Running Order:9, 22, 20, 3, 23, 72, 21 |
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The Rollcentre Mosler holds a 1.4 second lead over the Ascari KZ1R who is 2 seconds ahead of Craig Wilkins ABG Viper |
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Mosler and Ascari have broken clear of 3 car midfield pack |
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Mosler is streching it's leg on opening lap as Brown extends it's lead |
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Wilkins tries to sneak up the inside of Jones in the Ascari at T1, but Jones shuts the door |
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Pace car pulls in, green flag is waved and race is go! |
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The 07 Barwell Aston Martin grid stalls on the line, but gets away at he back of the pack. The Andrew Howard car should be able to filter into their second row slot. |
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The British GT field begin their pace lap. The #12 VRS Ferrari will start from pit lane |
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The VRS Finance Ferrari of Wilcox and Burton suffered from an alternator problem during qualifying. They hope the car is ready |
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The first British GT Race from Oulton Park will start at 1605 |
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