Italian GP: Race Ticker
motorsport-live.com July 31st, 2016
It is the Italian GP here live from Milan, the Frecciarossa race track in the northern part of the country, and the Italian fans are gathered together with spectators from all over the world for this spectacular high speed event. The two
Steinmann cars will be on the front end of the grid and it would need some mighty by the other teams to steal a victory from them today.
Lap 1:
Lots of soft tyres at the front while the backmarkers, including the two
Lotus, are on the hard tyre trying to make a 1-stopper work, which was the ideal strategy in Formula One days... when there is no safety car.
The red lights are on... one.. two... three... four... five...
AND IT'S LIGHTS OUT AND AWAY WE GO!
AND
CHAPMAN HAS SCREWED IT UP!
CHAPMAN GOT INTO THE ANTI-STALL AND FALLS WAY BACK,
SAARINEN WITH A MONSTER OF A START TAKES THE LEAD INTO TURN WON AND THE FANS ARE LOVIN' IT.
Holtz is also losing out big time and look at the line the
Panther of
Zoe Sharp has taken there... she catapults out of the Parabolica and breezes past two cars for the lead of the Grand Prix!
Schmidt had a great start and is into third while
Chapman is down to eighth.
1.
Sharp 2.
Saarinen +0.2 3.
Schmidt +1.7
Vidal P15 +6.4
Woodford P17 +7.0
Lap 2:
1.
Sharp 2.
Saarinen +0.3 3.
Schmidt +1.6
Vidal P14 +9.2
Woodford P17 +10-7
Lap 3:
Lipponen on the medium tyre is falling back behind the soft runners,
Chapman up to seventh.
1.
Sharp 2.
Saarinen +1.0 3.
Schmidt +2.1
Vidal P15 +12.4
Woodford P17 +14.3
Lap 4:
And now sixth as he went past
Surikov for P6. And look at the
Lotus of
Vidal in P12! He looks racey earlier.
1.
Sharp 2.
Saarinen +1.0 3.
Schmidt +2.3
Vidal P12 +15.2
Woodford P17 +17.1
Lap 5:
Chapman with the fastest lap, trying to get back to the pack...
1.
Sharp 2.
Saarinen +0.6 3.
Schmidt +2.4
Vidal P12 +17.5
Woodford P17 +20.9
Lap 6:
1.
Sharp 2.
Saarinen +0.7 3.
Schmidt +2.9
Vidal P12 +20.1
Woodford P17 +25.0
Lap 7:
Wexler falls pray into the turn 2 braking zone and
Harry Chapman is in P5.
1.
Sharp 2.
Saarinen +0.7 3.
Schmidt +2.9
Vidal P12 +22.8
Woodford P17 +29.1
Lap 8:
And there is
Cheater Holtz doing the same thing to
Wolfgang Schmidt... those
Steinmann's are the fastest cars out there right now.
1.
Sharp 2.
Saarinen +0.8 3.
Holtz +4.0
Vidal P12 +24.1
Woodford P18 +31.5
Lap 9:
OHH NO!
Ana Oliveira bins it in the final corner, she got it wrong, on the grass and into the gravel... and the waves to the crowd, she is fine. No safety car
1.
Sharp 2.
Saarinen +0.8 3.
Holtz +2.6
Vidal P10 +25.6
Woodford P16 +33.6
Lap 10:
Saarinen and
Wexler in the pits and the German has a problem! The rear wing is damaged... he falls a long way back.
1.
Sharp 2.
Holtz +1.8 3.
Chapman +2.5
Vidal P8 +25.4
Woodford P16 +34.7
Lap 11:
Here come comes
Sharp and the two
Steinmann... and the GERMAN PIT CREW WORKED SOME MAGIC!
Holtz exits in front!
1.
Surikov 2.
Lipponen +0.8 3.
De Graaf +11.9
Vidal P5 +16.1
Woodford P16 +36.5
Lap 12:
De Graaf loses out on the outside of the Parabolica to
Saarinen already, the
Rossini is in for a win with a great pit strategy.
1.
Surikov 2.
Lipponen +0.5 3.
Saarinen +9.6
Vidal P5 +17.4
Woodford P19 +53.5 PIT
Lap 13:
And the two leaders go around another lap...
1.
Surikov 2.
Lipponen +0.5 3.
Saarinen +8.2
Vidal P5 +16.4
Woodford P19 +54.5 PIT
Lap 14:
They, and
Vidal from fifth pit and the
Rossini nailed it in the pit strategy and suddently are 1-2 WITH THE HARD tyre.
Holtz and
Surikov are on soft and they have to pit again...
1.
Saarinen 2.
Wexler +10.6 3.
Holtz +11.1
Vidal P16 +40.7 PIT
Woodford P19 +55.8
Lap 15:
1.
Saarinen 2.
Wexler +10.7 3.
Holtz +11.5
Vidal P16 +35.9
Woodford P19 +52.1
Lap 16:
Holtz with the softer tyres and the better engine takes
Wexler on the outside.
1.
Saarinen 2.
Holtz +5.8 3.
Wexler +8.5
Vidal P15 +33.4
Woodford P19 +51.3
Lap 17:
1.
Saarinen 2.
Holtz +5.8 3.
Wexler +8.5
Vidal P13 +34.2
Woodford P19 +53.5
Lap 18:
Oh another shunt.
Ribeiro got too much of the kerbs in turn eight and into the gravel. He is out.
1.
Saarinen 2.
Holtz +3.7 3.
Wexler +8.8
Vidal P13 +35.7
Woodford P18 +55.9
Lap 19:
1.
Saarinen 2.
Holtz +4.1 3.
Wexler +9.0
Vidal P11 +36.7
Woodford P18 +58.8
Lap 20:
1.
Saarinen 2.
Holtz +5.5 3.
Wexler +9.1
Vidal P11 +38.8
Woodford P18 +61.7
Lap 21:
And
Holtz really has to pit, that is a 1-2 for
Rossini.
1.
Saarinen 2.
Wexler +9.3 3.
Schmidt +13.0
Vidal P11 +40.4
Woodford P18 +64.9
Lap 22:
OR NOT!
Wexler in with another technical problem!
1.
Saarinen 2.
Schmidt +12.9 3.
Chapman +15.0
Vidal P11 +41.4
Woodford P18 +68.2
Lap 23:
1.
Saarinen 2.
Schmidt +14.1 3.
Chapman +14.7
Vidal P11 +42.8
Woodford P18 +71.2
Lap 24:
1.
Saarinen 2.
Schmidt +13.3 3.
Chapman +14.1
Vidal P11 +43.3
Woodford P18 1LAP
Lap 25:
Schmidt PITS FROM P2 with one lap to go...
1.
Saarinen 2.
Chapman +13.9 3.
Lipponen +16.2
Vidal P11 +43.4
Woodford P18 1LAP
Final Lap:
AND
Niilo Saarinen, the 36-year old veteran of motorsport, breaks the winning streak of
Harry Chapman and finally gets the first win for the
Scuderia Ferrari...
Rossini in 2016 and the WMC.
1.
Saarinen 2.
Schmidt +14.0 3.
Lipponen +16.1
Vidal P11 +43.8
Woodford P18 1LAP