British GP: Race Ticker
motorsport-live.com July 17th, 2016
Here, at the home of British motorsport, we are in for a rainy day and the rain coats are a must today for the sold out 122.000 people crowd in the grand stands, on the hills and wherever they sit or stand for this Grand Prix. It is a little bit damp down in the western part of the track... what trye to start on? How long can the
Van Dort hold the lead? 28 laps of thrilling action.
Lap 1:
And here they come around on the formation lap, still dry and nobody on inters.
Schmidt starts on the soft, the rest of the favorites on the super soft.
The red lights are on... one.. two... three... four... five...
AND IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO!
MARIA GONZALEZ NAILS
CHAPMAN AND
SCHMITT WITH A GREAT START AND IS IN THE LEAD.
SCHMITT FALLS BACK BEHIND BOTH SILVER ARROWS! The field starts to sort itself a bit with the two
Vélan and
Lotus falling back.
1.
Gonzalez 2.
Holtz +0.9 3.
Chapman +1.4
Vidal P15 +7.2
Woodford P20 +8.6
Lap 2:
Top three streaking clear...
1.
Gonzalez 2.
Holtz +0.8 3.
Chapman +1.2
Vidal P18 +12.4
Woodford P20 +13.6
Lap 3:
Gonzalez with solid speed and
Schmidt blocks the two
Rossini's... and the rain starts to come down. Looks like a small shower.
1.
Gonzalez 2.
Holtz +0.7 3.
Chapman +1.2
Vidal P18 +16.8
Woodford P20 +18.4
Lap 4:
1.
Gonzalez 2.
Holtz +0.9 3.
Chapman +1.4
Vidal P18 +21.1
Woodford P20 +22.9
Lap 5:
1.
Gonzalez 2.
Holtz +1.4 3.
Chapman +1.9
Vidal P19 +27.4
Woodford P20 +28.9
Lap 6:
1.
Gonzalez 2.
Holtz +2.4 3.
Chapman +3
Vidal P19 +31.1
Woodford P20 +33.1
Lap 7:
Gonzalez found big speed this lap!
1.
Gonzalez 2.
Holtz +4.1 3.
Chapman +5
Vidal P19 +34
Woodford P20 +36.7
Lap 8:
1.
Gonzalez 2.
Holtz +2.9 3.
Chapman +4.6
Vidal P19 +35.8
Woodford P20 +40.1
Lap 9:
The cars on the super soft come in... and
Gonzalez stays in front of
Chapman and
Holtz... just so that
Holtz has fallen back behind the pack big time.
Lipponen pits with a technical problem on his engine...
1.
Schmitt 2.
Sharp +9.9 3.
Lundquist +11.9
Vidal P18 +36.3
Woodford P20 +41.7
Lap 10:
1.
Schmitt 2.
Oliveira +13 3.
Gonzalez +13.4
Vidal P16 +31.7
Woodford P17 +37.9
Lap 11:
1.
Schmitt 2.
Oliveira +13.1 3.
Gonzalez +13.4
Vidal P15 +33.6
Woodford P18 +41.3
Lap 12:
And now it has gone away from
Gonzalez as she tried to overtake
Ana Oliveira and went too deep into Maggots.
Chapman went through,
Oliveira yields one corner later but too late for the
Van Dort.
1.
Schmitt 2.
Chapman +11.5 3.
Gonzalez +12.3
Vidal P14 +34.5
Woodford P19 +43.5
Lap 13:
Schmitt pits and
Harry Chapman leads the Grand Prix... deja vu.
1.
Chapman 2.
Gonzalez +0.5 3.
Oliveira +4
Vidal P14 +34.5
Woodford P19 +43.5
Lap 14:
The pit stop roulette keeps on spinning as
Oliveira comes in.
1.
Chapman 2.
Gonzalez +1.0 3.
Surikov +7.7
Vidal P13 +26.6
Woodford P20 +58.7 PIT
Lap 15:
1.
Chapman 2.
Gonzalez +2.0 3.
Surikov +10.7
Vidal P18 +49.8 PIT
Woodford P20 +61.6
Lap 16:
Surikov should've pitted a lap earlier, or two, as he was taken in Beckham's by
Holtz.
1.
Chapman 2.
Gonzalez +3.9 3.
Holtz +11.4
Vidal P17 +52.1
Woodford P19 +64
Lap 17:
1.
Chapman 2.
Gonzalez +4.9 3.
Holtz +11.7
Vidal P16 +54.5
Woodford P19 +67.7
Lap 18:
1.
Chapman 2.
Gonzalez +5.3 3.
Holtz +12
Vidal P16 +56.1
Woodford P19 +70.9
Lap 19:
"Can't shift into fourth gear, I repeat, can't shift into fourth gear."
Gonzalez into the pits with a gearbox problem.
Chapman also in.
1.
Holtz 2.
Schmidt +8.2 3.
Sharp +11.4
Vidal P16 +57.4
Woodford P19 +73.6
Lap 20:
Schmidt leads on the medium tyre, but can he go to the end?
1.
Schmidt 2.
Chapman +2.6 3.
Oliveira +4.2
Vidal P15 +45.1
Woodford P19 +63.7
Lap 21:
Chapman is right behind him already...
1.
Schmidt 2.
Chapman +0.5 3.
Oliveira +4.5
Vidal P16 +41.5
Woodford P20 +58.7
Lap 22:
AND SIDE BY SIDE THEY CROSS THE LINE...
1.
Schmidt 2.
Chapman +0.0 3.
Oliveira +4.4
Vidal P16 +44.4
Woodford P20 +62.9
Lap 23:
THE HOME CROWD IS LOVIN' IT!
Chapman takes the lead on the hanger strait.
1.
Chapman 2.
Schmidt +1.0 3.
Oliveira +1.9
Vidal P16 +43.2
Woodford P20 +64.4
Lap 24:
1.
Chapman 2.
Schmidt +2.9 3.
Oliveira +4.7
Vidal P16 +44.9
Woodford P20 +67.7
Lap 25:
1.
Chapman 2.
Schmidt +5.3 3.
Oliveira +8.3
Vidal P17 +49.7
Woodford P20 +73.2
Lap 26:
1.
Chapman 2.
Schmidt +6.7 3.
Oliveira +8.2
Vidal P16 +52.4
Woodford P20 +78.1
Lap 27:
1.
Chapman 2.
Schmidt +6.7 3.
Oliveira +9.7
Vidal P16 +53.7
Woodford P20 +82.1
Lap 28:
And he does it again.
Chapman wins his home grand prix after a wild qualifying and his direct rivals failed to score big points today.
Schmidt with an important haul for his team, and
Oliveira also did a good job on a different strategy.
1.
Chapman 2.
Schmidt +8.6 3.
Oliveira +14.5
Vidal P16 +56.1
Woodford P20 +85.9