Post by Mαττ on Apr 15, 2006 9:28:50 GMT -5
2006 Spanish Grand Prix: Final result
With the teams coming off a two week testing break before the grand prix, it would be this race that determines which team has best done their homework, and it looks as if Diogo Vincenzi’s works Audi Motorsports team has made the most advancements, winning the very spectacular Spanish Grand Prix.
However, the weekend didn’t always belong to the Audi driver as KDR’s Tom Matthews set the pace during the qualifying session, grabbing pole position ahead of newcomer Dave Carr-Smith who did an excellent job in the new Vodafone Audi team. Team Raltwest also showed much improvement in Spain as lead driver Bruno Castello was able to grab third position on the grid ahead of Matt Finlay’s Holden. Flavio Santos was able to put the second Raltwest into fifth position ahead of Vincenzi and Kyle Schroeder’s Rhino Racing entry. The latter two suffered penalties and were made to start from the back of the grid.
At the start, and it was chaos as Castello made a brilliant getaway and swept into the lead at the first corner, slicing ahead of Matthews and Carr-Smith. Matthews however, was able to sneak back past the Raltwest under braking for the hairpin and completed the first lap holding a small margin over the rest of the field. Finlay copied Matthews’ move as he overtook Carr-Smith at the same corner, but forced the Vodafone Audi wide and Vincenzi was able to take advantage of the situation and pass the beleaguered Carr-Smith as well. More drama was to unfold before the first lap was complete as Castello ran wide on the final turn. The Raltwest skipped lightly over the gravel and rejoined ahead of Finlay, who was forced to brake heavily to avoid the recovering Raltwest. In the ensuring scramble, Vincenzi snuck past both of them, and a livid Matt Finlay could be seen gesticulating wildly at the Brazilian.
From then on, the race settled but on lap four, Carr-Smith, eager for revenge against Finlay made a bold move into turn one and overtook the Holden around the outside. There was slight contact, but Carr-Smith was through and into third.
On lap five, Castello was the first of the front runners to pit, thus releasing Carr-Smith and Finlay who were enjoying an epic battle. Could they pass Castello? The answers came on lap six when Matthews led Vincenzi, Carr-Smith and Finlay into the pits. Matthews led the way out again, closely followed by the Audi of Vincenzi, but slick pitwork in the Holden pitbay allowed Finlay to rejoin ahead of Carr-Smith. With Castello steaming down the pit straight, could Finlay keep his third place? The answer was no, Castello took the racing line into turn one and Finlay was forced back into fourth.
Four seconds separated Matthews and Vincenzi as the two raced on, but it would look as if Matthews had enough in hand to beat the Audi…that was, until the final lap when smoke started billowing from the back of the KDR. Worried faces in the pits for the team as Vincenzi closed in, and then groans of disappointment as the Audi swept past into the lead. Matthews, it seemed would be very lucky to finish the race at all. Vincenzi took the flag for a lucky victory, but who would get second as the Castello, Finlay and Carr-Smith battle raged on? As the finish line neared, and the KDR stuttering along, there was nearly a massive accident as the trio rounded the final corner to come across the troubled KDR. Finlay took the opportunity for a stab at Castello, but the move was rejected by the Brazilian and he crossed the finish line for second place, followed by Finlay and Carr-Smith, the latter sneaking across the line just tenths of a second ahead of Matthews. Further back, it was Flavio Santos who took a relatively anonymous 6th position, and well ahead of Rhino Racing’s Kyle Schroeder who had driven an incident packed race which culminated in a spin on lap eight.
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Now for the technicalities. Tom Matthews raced using only 818bhp, which we took to mean that he was not using the carset. Although he derived no benefit from his discrepancy, all drivers must use the carset as stated in the official rules. The race administrators (and this was a joint decision between Viper and myself) decided that a 12 second penalty would be handed down. Unfortunately for him, this dropped him out of the lead and into fifth place.
Diogo Vincenzi and Kyle Schroeder both submitted their laps after the first deadline, but were able to submit in time for the second and final deadline. Both drivers were stripped of their qualification times and started from the back of the grid. By dint of his quicker time, Vincenzi was given a 0.5s deficit, and Schroeder a 0.6s penalty. This however, did not affect the final outcome of the race.
Classification
Qualifying
1. Tom Matthews.......1:13.142
2. Dave Carr-Smith.....1:13.328 +0.186
3. Bruno Castello........1:13.560 +0.418
4. Matt Finlay..............1:14.788 +1.646
5. Flavio Santos..........1:19.967 +6.825
6. Diogo Vincenzi.........1:13.709 +0.567 (penalty)
7. Kyle Schroeder.........1:17.891 +4.749 (penalty)
Race
1. Diogo Vincenzi.......12.51.560
2. Bruno Castello........12:55.971
3. Matt Finlay..............12:56.924
4. Dave Carr-Smith......12:59.705
5. Tom Matthews.........13:01.246**
6. Flavio Santos...........13.54.119
7. Kyle Schroeder.........14:39.823
Championship Positions:
Diogo Vincenzi – 37
Tom Matthews - 22
Matt Finlay - 21
Bruno Castelló - 19
Reece Byrne - 9
Matthew Green - 8
Flavio Santos – 4
Dave Carr-Smith - 3
Kyle Schreoder - 3
Tom Pell - 0
Michael Adenekan – 0
Audi Motorsports - 45
Holden Motorsports - 30
Raltwest Racing - 23
Team KDR porsche – 22
Vodafone Audi - 3
Rhino Racing - 3
Ford Racing - 0
Eclipse Motorsports - 0
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Well guys, time to post the upcoming grand prix thread, to be held at the Spanish circuit, Barcelona on the 23rd April 2006.
The conditions for this grand prix is for dry weather! Be sure to submit all files to WSRCadmin@gmail.com before the deadlines!
Barcelona
here's the timezone chart as well:
www.iama.edu/JetLag/Images/TimeZone_big.jpg
remember the final submition is for the Sunday 23rd April, GMT-5 hours.
late submitions are to be submitted no later than 12 Noon, Monday 24th April (GMT-5).
I think that's just about all. Good luck
With the teams coming off a two week testing break before the grand prix, it would be this race that determines which team has best done their homework, and it looks as if Diogo Vincenzi’s works Audi Motorsports team has made the most advancements, winning the very spectacular Spanish Grand Prix.
However, the weekend didn’t always belong to the Audi driver as KDR’s Tom Matthews set the pace during the qualifying session, grabbing pole position ahead of newcomer Dave Carr-Smith who did an excellent job in the new Vodafone Audi team. Team Raltwest also showed much improvement in Spain as lead driver Bruno Castello was able to grab third position on the grid ahead of Matt Finlay’s Holden. Flavio Santos was able to put the second Raltwest into fifth position ahead of Vincenzi and Kyle Schroeder’s Rhino Racing entry. The latter two suffered penalties and were made to start from the back of the grid.
At the start, and it was chaos as Castello made a brilliant getaway and swept into the lead at the first corner, slicing ahead of Matthews and Carr-Smith. Matthews however, was able to sneak back past the Raltwest under braking for the hairpin and completed the first lap holding a small margin over the rest of the field. Finlay copied Matthews’ move as he overtook Carr-Smith at the same corner, but forced the Vodafone Audi wide and Vincenzi was able to take advantage of the situation and pass the beleaguered Carr-Smith as well. More drama was to unfold before the first lap was complete as Castello ran wide on the final turn. The Raltwest skipped lightly over the gravel and rejoined ahead of Finlay, who was forced to brake heavily to avoid the recovering Raltwest. In the ensuring scramble, Vincenzi snuck past both of them, and a livid Matt Finlay could be seen gesticulating wildly at the Brazilian.
From then on, the race settled but on lap four, Carr-Smith, eager for revenge against Finlay made a bold move into turn one and overtook the Holden around the outside. There was slight contact, but Carr-Smith was through and into third.
On lap five, Castello was the first of the front runners to pit, thus releasing Carr-Smith and Finlay who were enjoying an epic battle. Could they pass Castello? The answers came on lap six when Matthews led Vincenzi, Carr-Smith and Finlay into the pits. Matthews led the way out again, closely followed by the Audi of Vincenzi, but slick pitwork in the Holden pitbay allowed Finlay to rejoin ahead of Carr-Smith. With Castello steaming down the pit straight, could Finlay keep his third place? The answer was no, Castello took the racing line into turn one and Finlay was forced back into fourth.
Four seconds separated Matthews and Vincenzi as the two raced on, but it would look as if Matthews had enough in hand to beat the Audi…that was, until the final lap when smoke started billowing from the back of the KDR. Worried faces in the pits for the team as Vincenzi closed in, and then groans of disappointment as the Audi swept past into the lead. Matthews, it seemed would be very lucky to finish the race at all. Vincenzi took the flag for a lucky victory, but who would get second as the Castello, Finlay and Carr-Smith battle raged on? As the finish line neared, and the KDR stuttering along, there was nearly a massive accident as the trio rounded the final corner to come across the troubled KDR. Finlay took the opportunity for a stab at Castello, but the move was rejected by the Brazilian and he crossed the finish line for second place, followed by Finlay and Carr-Smith, the latter sneaking across the line just tenths of a second ahead of Matthews. Further back, it was Flavio Santos who took a relatively anonymous 6th position, and well ahead of Rhino Racing’s Kyle Schroeder who had driven an incident packed race which culminated in a spin on lap eight.
**********
Now for the technicalities. Tom Matthews raced using only 818bhp, which we took to mean that he was not using the carset. Although he derived no benefit from his discrepancy, all drivers must use the carset as stated in the official rules. The race administrators (and this was a joint decision between Viper and myself) decided that a 12 second penalty would be handed down. Unfortunately for him, this dropped him out of the lead and into fifth place.
Diogo Vincenzi and Kyle Schroeder both submitted their laps after the first deadline, but were able to submit in time for the second and final deadline. Both drivers were stripped of their qualification times and started from the back of the grid. By dint of his quicker time, Vincenzi was given a 0.5s deficit, and Schroeder a 0.6s penalty. This however, did not affect the final outcome of the race.
Classification
Qualifying
1. Tom Matthews.......1:13.142
2. Dave Carr-Smith.....1:13.328 +0.186
3. Bruno Castello........1:13.560 +0.418
4. Matt Finlay..............1:14.788 +1.646
5. Flavio Santos..........1:19.967 +6.825
6. Diogo Vincenzi.........1:13.709 +0.567 (penalty)
7. Kyle Schroeder.........1:17.891 +4.749 (penalty)
Race
1. Diogo Vincenzi.......12.51.560
2. Bruno Castello........12:55.971
3. Matt Finlay..............12:56.924
4. Dave Carr-Smith......12:59.705
5. Tom Matthews.........13:01.246**
6. Flavio Santos...........13.54.119
7. Kyle Schroeder.........14:39.823
Championship Positions:
Diogo Vincenzi – 37
Tom Matthews - 22
Matt Finlay - 21
Bruno Castelló - 19
Reece Byrne - 9
Matthew Green - 8
Flavio Santos – 4
Dave Carr-Smith - 3
Kyle Schreoder - 3
Tom Pell - 0
Michael Adenekan – 0
Audi Motorsports - 45
Holden Motorsports - 30
Raltwest Racing - 23
Team KDR porsche – 22
Vodafone Audi - 3
Rhino Racing - 3
Ford Racing - 0
Eclipse Motorsports - 0
******************
Well guys, time to post the upcoming grand prix thread, to be held at the Spanish circuit, Barcelona on the 23rd April 2006.
The conditions for this grand prix is for dry weather! Be sure to submit all files to WSRCadmin@gmail.com before the deadlines!
Barcelona
here's the timezone chart as well:
www.iama.edu/JetLag/Images/TimeZone_big.jpg
remember the final submition is for the Sunday 23rd April, GMT-5 hours.
late submitions are to be submitted no later than 12 Noon, Monday 24th April (GMT-5).
I think that's just about all. Good luck