Post by Saturdaynight on Jun 27, 2005 15:53:42 GMT -5
The inagural 2005 season for the WSRC, has been anything but routine! Things started off with a dual between Diogo Vincenze and Henrique Rocha with Vincenze winning in Malaysia, Austria and San Marino and Rocha winning in Brazil and Spain. Then the WSRC took a strange twist and Rocha called it quits for the season. Then came the rain in Monaco that bewildered everyone so much that the race had to be postponed for the summer break in August. To futher exacerbate the season misshaps, Team Audi has had trouble getting equipment prepared for the Canadian, United States and French GP's, but are rumored to be ready for a return at Silverstone. Matt Finlay, to the suprise of everyone, showed just how well he could race in the wet and won the Canadian GP and almost did it again in Indy, only to lose it on the last corner of the final lap and watched Glanville Slip by to win his first victory. Then yet again, another wet race, this time Glanville had a more decisive victory! Finlay had the early lead but soon buckled in the heavy rain conditons and fought for everything he could to keep within sight of a high flyghing Glanville! King and Dalby have not tasted victory yet but with eight more races to go things can and sometimes do happen! The rest of the field bowed out fairly early with the latest casualty seeming to be Daniël Bolman of Team nokia. Team Clownpaint looked to be the team that could equalize things with drivers Jack Basford and Reece Byrne, but things faultered for the team early on and nothing materialized accept for a few top three finishes from both drivers.
As for the constructors title, things are starting to seriously heat up! It looked like a runaway title for Team Arrows. An insurmountable lead over everyone else and then there was one! Rocha quit the series do to personal reasons and from then on, Glanville's hand were filled with bringing the title home for the team! In Rocha's absence, Glanville has done an expetional job! But another team, had a hidden ace in it's hand, Team Porsche, in the early season was getting decent points out of driver Lonnie King, with little coming from his Teammate Matt Finlay, but when the wet condition came rolling in King faltered slightly but the suprise weapon was his teammate Finlay and bringing with him, Team Porsche first victory! In Mid Season Team Porsche has amassed more points then any of the other team, partly do to the fact that they are the only two person team left in the series and the rest comes from the consistency that both driver bring to the team. But that doesn't hand them the title. Team Audi could come back and catch them, that's iff they come back. Team KDR is gaing ground as well and unless Team Audi can get back out the door, they could find themselves dropping to fourth very quickly. Team Nokia and Clownlpaint have seemingly dropped out of the contest leaving four teams to battle for the WSRC tittle.
As for the constructors title, things are starting to seriously heat up! It looked like a runaway title for Team Arrows. An insurmountable lead over everyone else and then there was one! Rocha quit the series do to personal reasons and from then on, Glanville's hand were filled with bringing the title home for the team! In Rocha's absence, Glanville has done an expetional job! But another team, had a hidden ace in it's hand, Team Porsche, in the early season was getting decent points out of driver Lonnie King, with little coming from his Teammate Matt Finlay, but when the wet condition came rolling in King faltered slightly but the suprise weapon was his teammate Finlay and bringing with him, Team Porsche first victory! In Mid Season Team Porsche has amassed more points then any of the other team, partly do to the fact that they are the only two person team left in the series and the rest comes from the consistency that both driver bring to the team. But that doesn't hand them the title. Team Audi could come back and catch them, that's iff they come back. Team KDR is gaing ground as well and unless Team Audi can get back out the door, they could find themselves dropping to fourth very quickly. Team Nokia and Clownlpaint have seemingly dropped out of the contest leaving four teams to battle for the WSRC tittle.