German GP: Race Notebook
motorsport-live.com June 12th, 2016
"Get in there
Harry! Four in a row baby," so
Harry Chapman's race engineer Jeffrey Bacheler after the
Steinmann car crossed the start finish line in first in rainy German Grand Prix and under the happy eyes of
Mercedes Benz boss Dieter Zetsche who threw out the chequered flag.
Puncture, Puncture!:
We got robbed of a great finish when
Dieter Wexler's two lap old Cortés intermediate tyre on the left front started to unravel with a puncture that sent the
Rossini driver through the gravel and ultimately off the podium and to P7.
"It suddently was gone. Either Cortés screwed up, or I ran over some carbon-fiber from a earlier crash and got the puncture. Hope we get some clarity soon about that. Lost me alot of points," he said after the race. No home win for
Dieter Wexler.
The Scrutineering Saga Continues
Several
Rossini engineers caused an upset after the race as they demanded to attend the scrutineering of the two
Steinmann cars... and never got close to the car and were thrown out by GMA race stewarts and officials.
"This got to be a joke,"
Steinmann technical director Paddy Lock offered his opinion about this incident. "They of course would love to peek into our garage and find out why we are faster then them. Fat chance."
Close, but no Cigar...
For
Lotus Racing as they missed a World Championship point by one place and 13 seconds on track. Still, a great drive by
Iker Vidal into P11, bringing the car home despite worn out intermediate tyres and inferior equipment.
With P11 in this race,
Lotus tied the best position by
Thornton, so there is now literally nothing between them.
With Six Races in the Books:
More dominance by
Harry Chapman. We have 10 more races to go, but if he wins the championship, those four races will be something they look back to. Right now: 44 points in the Constructors for
Steinmann, 31 points in front of
Lipponen and
Wexler in the Drivers Championship... that is more than a race win of cushion.
Race Result:
Standings: