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Griever20 · 08-29-2017, 01:05 PM

South African GP: Free Practice and Qualifying Report
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July 2nd, 2016

The fans love it, the sponsors love it, the teams... fear for their cars and the drivers are split between love and hate. The narrow slow speed track in Cape Town has seen crashes, drama and lots of destroyed carbon fiber over the years, and every sponsor is loving it.

And there was some serious showboating going on in free practice. Harry Chapman was to be expected in P1 with 1.09.983, but the fact that he had a gap of almost one second to the second place driver, and that that guy was Iker Vidal in the Lotus with a 1:11.062 is... a bit strange to be honest.

"We just wanted to test a new engine spec, no reason to get excited about that practice result," Stuart Yarnham, race engineer of Iker Vidal said after the session.

Chapman repaired that one when he crossed the line as the first car in qualifying with a 1:07.782, putting the usual three seconds between him and the Lotus cars, and Chapman was the man to beat.

Wexler was P2 after the first round of runs and was left in the dust by half a second, and Nina Holtz managed little better, .758 behind her teammate with Sharp, the best Panther, .885 behind and the Windsors no where near.

But, in the second run, Nina Holtz was looking for blood and was pink in sector one... sector two... and put a 1:07.784 on the board... .002 behind Chapman... what a margin. That was it for improvements at the sharp end of the grid and the Steinmann cars go into the race with a 1-2 on the grid. Who can stop them?

Team Radio of the Day:
"Half a second gap to Wexler mate" – "Here we go again, that was a sexy lap!"
Harry Chapman, Steinmann, after the attempt that got him the pole.

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Ok, the usual problem, we are three seconds behind the leader and one behind the next best car. To make this more scary, there is a Thornton on P11... move on, move on, nothing to see here. Let's make the most of it. Given that our biggest strength(engine) does not figure in here much, it is not that bad.

We will try to go long on the soft tyre and see what we can grab.

08-29-2017, 01:05 PM	#44
Griever20 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 3,723	2016 South African GP(7/16): Qualifying South African GP: Free Practice and Qualifying Report motorsport-live.com July 2nd, 2016 The fans love it, the sponsors love it, the teams... fear for their cars and the drivers are split between love and hate. The narrow slow speed track in Cape Town has seen crashes, drama and lots of destroyed carbon fiber over the years, and every sponsor is loving it. And there was some serious showboating going on in free practice. Harry Chapman was to be expected in P1 with 1.09.983, but the fact that he had a gap of almost one second to the second place driver, and that that guy was Iker Vidal in the Lotus with a 1:11.062 is... a bit strange to be honest. "We just wanted to test a new engine spec, no reason to get excited about that practice result," Stuart Yarnham, race engineer of Iker Vidal said after the session. Chapman repaired that one when he crossed the line as the first car in qualifying with a 1:07.782, putting the usual three seconds between him and the Lotus cars, and Chapman was the man to beat. Wexler was P2 after the first round of runs and was left in the dust by half a second, and Nina Holtz managed little better, .758 behind her teammate with Sharp, the best Panther, .885 behind and the Windsors no where near. But, in the second run, Nina Holtz was looking for blood and was pink in sector one... sector two... and put a 1:07.784 on the board... .002 behind Chapman... what a margin. That was it for improvements at the sharp end of the grid and the Steinmann cars go into the race with a 1-2 on the grid. Who can stop them? Team Radio of the Day: "Half a second gap to Wexler mate" – "Here we go again, that was a sexy lap!" Harry Chapman, Steinmann, after the attempt that got him the pole. -- Ok, the usual problem, we are three seconds behind the leader and one behind the next best car. To make this more scary, there is a Thornton on P11... move on, move on, nothing to see here. Let's make the most of it. Given that our biggest strength(engine) does not figure in here much, it is not that bad. We will try to go long on the soft tyre and see what we can grab. __________________ The Montreal Expos... Exposing the New MLB? MLB 2015 - Being the Brewmaster(ended) MLB 2013: The Blue Jays That Never Were(concluded)