Australian GT Series Round 5 Twin Ring Motegi
Race Report
So here we are today at Haga Tochigi in Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi Road Course an After a tough qualifying with Lion taking pole from Dave an Flash sitting in 3rd as the drivers got away with Lion getting a brilliant start followed closely by Dave Greasy's start wasn't the best being jump by It'z an Enforcer putting him down to 6th
Until Enforcer went wide at turn 3 giving the position back to Greasy as Sam came out of turn 4 running a bit wide himself resulting in him turning he's GTR around as Flash takes 2nd from Dave into turn 5 an now free to give chase to Lion who was running away with it for now
With It'z making an move on Dave at turn 4 bumping him off the track an allowing Greasy to get by Dave as Greasy came up the back of the chrome AMG It'z ran wide coming out of turn 4 a lap later causing Greasy to take invasive action to void making contact with him an allowing Dave to take advantage of the situation moving him back up to 4th
As Dave was trying all he can to get by It'z even drag racing him down the back straight in the dirt with Greasy hot on their tail as Nos slowly make he's way back up behind the three as Greasy decided his had enough of the two AMG's making he's move on Dave so he could take the challenge to It'z
As Flash make he's way up to the back of Lion an Greasy decided not to get to close to It'z as his lag was getting worse even at times looking like It'z was running off track or what the guys behind would call (LAG TEASING) with a slight of lag torment
With Moto having his own battle with Enforcer back in the pack exchanging position back and forth with Enforcer's GTR getting the best of the two as Moto runs wide
Sadly this was the last we saw of Sam an he's GTR as the gremlins of PD took the wrong Kiwi as the other Kiwi's in the race was fighting it out for 1st Lion pushing it a bit to much coming off the track at Victory Corner giving the lead to Flash
On lap 8 Enforcer spun it coming out of turn 4 as he was trying to get back on the track making contact with Moto an resulting in both drivers taking damage an needing to pit for repairs
With Lion trying to recover from earlier off he spun it around again coming out of turn 5 letting It'z and Greasy to get by him as It'z lag was settling down Greasy deciding to take the fight back to it'z as they build a gap to Dave an Lion
As Dave comes out of the last corner with Lion hot on his tail Dave putting a rear wheel on to the grass losing it an letting Lion to get by him putting him down to 5th now and struggling as a couple of laps later he losing it again coming out of S Curves letting Nos to get by him but which wouldn't be his last time dealing with notorious S Curves in a way he would not be please with himself
As Dave caught backup to Nos an getting back by him into turn 1 Greasy lost it coming out of turn 4 letting It'z to get away from him an releasing the pressure Greasy was putting on him for second place
After Lion an It'z had they pit stop Lion pitting a couple of laps earlier Lion was able to take the fight It'z for 2nd place eventually getting by him into turn 3 as Greasy was doing the same to Dave until Dave once again losing it at the S curves for the second time during the race just missing Greasy as he went around
As Moto in to pits for his second round of pit stops Lion was not far behind him but a lap up as It'z continue on in 2nd place as Lion come out of pits behind Dave now chase him down Dave use a bit more of the track as u should several times
Until Dave ran wide down the back straight letting Lion to get by him an moving him up 3rd now an just waiting for It'z to pit to see if he could take 2nd from him but It'z was running longer trying to do less pit stops as the drivers he was racing
As It'z comes out of pits in front of Greasy he couldn't stop Greasy from climbing all over the back of him suddenly as Greasy was pressuring It'z him just disappear from Greasy screen like Houdini thanks to the magical BS of Polyphony Digital or what we like to call (Polyphony Typical Crap) sadly this is the last thing I can report about It'z race as it also effects the replay as well thanks again PTC sorry I meant PD should be more like PMS
But the show must go on so Greasy now setting his eyes on Dave he caught up to him as Dave tires were going off at a rapid rate an looking like he needed to pit again with only 15mins to run as Lion for the third time today losing control of he's AMG an what I hear allowing It'z to catch up to him
All of a sudden Dave lost control of he's AMG for third time at the S Curve but this time resulting in Greasy going straight in the side of him with no where to go forcing Greasy into a unnecessary pit stop to fix the damage he took from the incident as Dave needed to do the same as Greasy was struggling with he's damage BMW Dave got by him beating him to pits with less damage an giving him a 11sec advantage over Greasy as they return back to the track as the incident would be review after the race by the racing stewards resulting in a penalty giving to Dave for causing a incident resulting in a driver being disadvantage
As Flash goes over the line in 1st in front of Lion who was apparently in front of It'z
Congratulate to Flash for a great win from 3rd on the grid
Good work to Dave for having the fastest lap of a time of 1:45.476
Well done to the guys for a fun an enjoying race
See you all on the 09/07 in Germany for a very tough and gruelling race at the Nurburgring24h