Formula Golden Ratio (Belgium race)

[UncreativeUsername37]

My GeneRally series never took off, and with F1RTCC/Reject Turismo doomed to failure I don't have to be paranoid about the "series oversaturation", so this! A xkoranate series where you can sign drivers from absolutely any non-F1 series, as long as they're active in 2013. The "golden ratio" part refers to both this level of competition and the engines in use. There are no upgrades or anything, the only management is driver changes. More things:
*Try to make at least a short RP for your team, because that's what your car performance in the first season will be based on.
*You can pick drivers someone's already picked. If a driver is wanted by more than one team, RNG will decide their fate.
*Signups close whenever I feel like people have stopped signing.

The points system will depend on number of cars competing. The schedule, however, is definitely this:
1. Hungaroring
2. Monza
3. Spa-Francorchamps
4. Silverstone
5. Austin
6. Suzuka
7. Marina Bay
8. Melbourne

Entry form
Nationality:
Team name:
Engine:
Driver 1:
Driver 2 (optional):

[kevinbotz]

Following the highly publicized debacle of F1RTCC/Reject Turismo, Commonwealth Racing has bolstered its coffers and technical department in preparation for a new campaign. Having recently arranged a long-term technical partnership with Prodrive, a works agreement with Honda, and a lucrative commercial contract with HSBC, Commonwealth is well positioned to mount a serious challenge on the championship. To further optimize the package performance and consistency, the team has signed Le Mans veterans Anthony Davidson and Nicolas Lapierre as their primary pilots for this season.

Nationality: United Kingdom
Team Name: HSBC Commonwealth-Honda
Engine: Honda
Driver 1: Anthony Davidson (GBR)
Driver 2: Nicolas Lapierre (FRA)

[Ferrarist]

Nationality: German
Team name: Renntechnologie GmbH
Engine: BMW 6.0l-V12
Driver 1: Augusto Farfus
Driver 2: Joey Hand

Renntechnologie signed a contract with BMW, allowing them to use an updated version of their Le Mans-winning 6 litre V12 engine. Renntechnologie also signed two of BMW's DTM drivers, who will also assist with the development of the race car called "RT FGR-01".

[Klon]

El Cártel Suramericana is a Bolivian motorsport entity which prides itself on having South American drivers in their cars, giving them an opportunity to see the entire world of motorsport with a Honda customer deal. Evil rumours try to associate the team with drug dealing, but those are just mean people saying mean things? Or are they...?

Entry form
Nationality: Bolivia
Team name: El Cártel Suramericana
Engine: Honda
Driver 1: José María López
Driver 2: Juan Branger

[SeedStriker]

Vasquez Racing Team is a stalwart in lower racing series. From single seaters to rally, this small team of young and passionate road warriors from South América has been a giant killer in ocasions with the right drivers, and it's a force to be reckoned. Now, with the aid of Chevrolet's V8 turbo power, VRT is now ready to face what seems to be its greatest challenge ever with local drivers Kobashigawa and Málaga.

Nationality: Perù
Team name: Vásquez Racing Team (VRT)
Engine: Turbocharged Chevy V8
Driver 1: Christian Kobashigawa (PER)
Driver 2: Diego Málaga (PER)

[FMecha]

San Motors Ltd is the maker of the San Storm (OOC: Google it), a high performance roadster made in India. The car is unfortunately very unknown to many people of the world. San Motors understands that motorsport is a way to boost a car manufacturer's image in the eyes of the world.

Nationality: India
Team name: San Motors International Motor Racing Team
Engine: San (rebadged Mecachrome engines)
Driver: Narain Karthikeyan

[Salamander]

Equipe Gauthier is France's premier racing team, run by former racing star Guillaume Gauthier. Based in southern France, the team has slowly built up from being a laughing stock at the back of the grid to a serious racing organisation. Though the team is noted for Guillaume's rather ruthless management, his son Arnaud is quickly making a name for himself as one of the best designers in the business. The team has signed IndyCar driver Sebastien Bourdais to lead the team, with Kevin Magnussen alongside him, the team looking to develop Magnussen into a title contender in years to come.

Entry form
Nationality: French
Team name: Equipe Gauthier
Engine: Renault
Driver 1: Sebastien Bourdais (FRA)
Driver 2 (optional): Kevin Magnussen (DEN)

[Hermann95]

Entry form
Nationality: Austria
Team name: Loyer Racing Technologies
Engine: Audi
Driver 1: Mike Rockenfeller
Driver 2 (optional): Antonio Felix da Costa

This young and euphoric racing team is a fairly new name in motorsports. Team owner Herbert Loyer and his sons Hermann and Thomas are a good team with racing in their blood. Herbert Loyer, a good friend of Dietrich Mateschitz(Red Bull owner), made a deal with Mateschitz to sign the young talent Antonio Felix da Costa, in order to develop him into a champion. The Audi works deal was also the dooropener to sign Mike Rockenfeller, DTM-Champion, who was searching for some new challanges. The team, and their beautiful black and orange cars, look into a bright future in this sport.

[RonDenisDeletraz]

Entry form
Nationality: UK/Australia
Team name: Autodynamics Grand Prix
Engine: Renault
Driver 1: Will Power
Driver 2 (optional): Adrian Quaife-Hobbs

[FantometteBR]

The form

Nationality: Germany/France
Team name: Équipe Fantomette by Euromotor International
Engine: Honda
Driver 1: Helio Castroneves
Driver 2 (optional): Takuma Sato

[UncreativeUsername37]

It's been long enough, entries are closed. First qualifying will be hopefully sometime. In a few hours, probably.

Points system is 12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.

[UncreativeUsername37]

I just realised that being a jobless teenager, I have nothing to do, so here's the first session of the season!

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 1 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)     1:32.194
 2 Narain Karthikeyan (San)            1:32.322
 3 José María López (ECS)              1:32.341
 4 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)     1:32.344
 5 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)    1:32.344
 6 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)      1:32.480
 7 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)           1:32.490
 8 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)       1:32.542
 9 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)          1:32.544
10 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)         1:32.554
11 Will Power (Autodynamics)           1:32.560
12 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)         1:32.689
13 Diego Málaga (VRT)                  1:32.717
14 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)            1:32.755
15 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)      1:32.756
16 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)  1:32.807
17 Juan Branger (ECS)                  1:33.146

Not really anything I say since being the first race of the series nothing can stand out as improbable yet, but one thing is still for sure: Juan Branger sucks.

[andrew]

Nationality:Belgian
Team name : Benlux
Driver 1: Robin Frijns
Driver 2: Bertrand Baguette
Is a 3rd driver allowed ?

[UncreativeUsername37]

Nationality:Belgian
Team name : Benlux
Driver 1: Robin Frijns
Driver 2: Bertrand Baguette
Is a 3rd driver allowed ?

*You need an engine supplier.
*Third drivers are not allowed.
*I said entries are closed, but it was sort of ambiguously worded, so if no one has a problem with it you'll be in for the second race.

[andrew]

Nationality:Belgian
Team name : Benlux
Driver 1: Robin Frijns
Driver 2: Bertrand Baguette
Is a 3rd driver allowed ?

*You need an engine supplier.
*Third drivers are not allowed.
*I said entries are closed, but it was sort of ambiguously worded, so if no one has a problem with it you'll be in for the second race.

I'll use a Honda engine

[Nessafox]

Nationality:Belgian
Team name : Benlux
Driver 1: Robin Frijns
Driver 2: Bertrand Baguette
Is a 3rd driver allowed ?

It's benelux, not benlux.

[Salamander]

Nationality:Belgian
Team name : Benlux
Driver 1: Robin Frijns
Driver 2: Bertrand Baguette
Is a 3rd driver allowed ?

*You need an engine supplier.
*Third drivers are not allowed.
*I said entries are closed, but it was sort of ambiguously worded, so if no one has a problem with it you'll be in for the second race.

I have a problem with it.


Naaaaaaaaaaaaah, just kidding.

[UncreativeUsername37]

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 1 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)         17:03.657
 2 José María López (ECS)                  17:08.707
 3 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)         17:12.181
 4 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)        17:13.697
 5 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)          17:16.721
 6 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)               17:17.530
 7 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)           17:20.501
 8 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)              17:21.720
 9 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)             17:23.520
10 Will Power (Autodynamics)               17:25.185
11 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)             17:28.334
12 Diego Málaga (VRT)                      17:29.353
13 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)                17:33.199
14 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)          17:33.593
15 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)      17:35.806
 — Juan Branger (ECS)                     DNF lap 11
   Narain Karthikeyan (San)                DNF lap 7

Because it was 11 laps? Because it was at the Hungaroring? A combination of both? Whatever the reason, no overtaking whatsoever happened during this race. However, Karthikeyan's car had some kind of hydraulics issue on lap 7, which is really pathetic since San only had one car to worry about.

As for the other retirement: Branger, noticing how far off the pace of Quaife-Hobbs he was after the first couple laps, pushed as hard he could in an attempt to not be last. He kept up but not anything else, then on the final lap hit the high turn 7 kerb and spun rear-first into the barrier, causing the rear wing and suspension to be destroyed and starting a fire. It was duly put out by the marshals and no one was injured.

IIDOTR: Davidson? Commonwealth? López? I don't know.
ROTR: Juan Branger, did nothing all weekend then crashed on the last lap

You have forty-eight hours to make a driver change.

[andrew]

Nationality:Belgian
Team name : Benlux
Driver 1: Robin Frijns
Driver 2: Bertrand Baguette
Is a 3rd driver allowed ?

It's benelux, not benlux.

That's what I ment

[kevinbotz]

We're definitely very encouraged by these early results. Ant and Nicolas have really done superlative work over the weekend, bringing home an 1-3 and twenty valuable championship points in this inaugural race of the series. Our systems are responding very nicely, we seem to have a very optimized package, and I believe, and our drivers believe, that we can translate the promise we demonstrated in pre-season testing into a solid challenge on the championship.

[UncreativeUsername37]

Thanks to Salamander and Wizzie for making the wiki page not so weird and fixing Branger's result. There's a story behind why it was like that, I swear.

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 1 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)          2:00.958
 2 José María López (ECS)              2:01.037
 3 Narain Karthikeyan (San)            2:01.065
 4 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)     2:01.131
 5 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)     2:01.178
 6 Will Power (Autodynamics)           2:01.179
 7 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)         2:01.237
 8 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)      2:01.255
 9 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)           2:01.289
10 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)    2:01.296
11 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)      2:01.298
12 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)  2:01.345
13 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)         2:01.366
14 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)       2:01.381
15 Diego Málaga (VRT)                  2:01.415
16 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)         2:01.439
17 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)            2:01.510
18 Robin Frijns (Benelux)              2:01.726
19 Juan Branger (ECS)                  2:01.881

Magnussen takes pole! A great performance for what was apparently a midfield team. Of course, the Hungaroring and Monza are more or less opposites, so you'd expect some things to be different. López and Karthikeyan continue to be quite good, Commonwealth are the only team with two drivers in the points, Baguette shows that Benelux aren't just here to make up the numbers, and Branger is still last.

[UncreativeUsername37]

You know what I did for the qualifying session? I accidentally used Spa's length instead of Monza! GO ME!!

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 1 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)              14:31.617
 2 José María López (ECS)                  14:33.577
 3 Narain Karthikeyan (San)                14:36.503
 4 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)         14:37.268
 5 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)         14:40.208
 6 Will Power (Autodynamics)               14:42.930
 7 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)          14:46.230
 8 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)        14:50.545
 9 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)      14:53.880
10 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)             14:55.225
11 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)           14:58.846
12 Diego Málaga (VRT)                      15:00.562
13 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)             15:02.058
14 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)                15:03.976
15 Robin Frijns (Benelux)                  15:06.555
16 Juan Branger (ECS)                      15:08.967
 — Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)               DNF lap 8
   António Félix da Costa (Loyer)          DNF lap 6
   Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)             DNF lap 1

Baguette had a gearbox failure that prevented him from getting off the line. This caused a safety car right off the bat, and the separated cars couldn't pass each other once it ended because dirty air. See, if I make the races too long, I'm worried crazy xkoranate reliability will ensue. Anyway, nine laps, here's what happened with the retirements: Baguette had the aforementioned gearbox failure, da Costa had an electrical failure that forced him to retire, and Rockenfeller's Audi couldn't handle the stress of Monza and went up in smoke as he exited the Parabolica for the final lap.

IIDOTR: Kevin Magnussen, eighth in the opening race into a win from pole at Monza
ROTR: Loyer-Audi, for having two cars that couldn't even last 50 km

[UncreativeUsername37]

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 1 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)           2:01.012
 2 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)      2:01.102
 3 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)       2:01.113
 4 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)          2:01.123
 5 José María López (ECS)              2:01.125
 6 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)     2:01.139
 7 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)    2:01.145
 8 Narain Karthikeyan (San)            2:01.155
 9 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)         2:01.183
10 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)     2:01.192
11 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)      2:01.194
12 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)         2:01.342
13 Will Power (Autodynamics)           2:01.348
14 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)         2:01.361
15 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)  2:01.373
16 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)            2:01.501
17 Diego Málaga (VRT)                  2:01.563
18 Robin Frijns (Benelux)              2:01.618
19 Juan Branger (ECS)                  2:01.886

It's a massive turnaround from the last race for Loyer. Gauthier are about the same but more consistent, Commonwealth slide back again, and Juan Branger continues his record of retired or last in every session.

[UncreativeUsername37]

Lap 1/7
And it's go, go, GO!! Magnussen gets a fantastic start, he goes past Bourdais and da Costa and gets Rockenfeller on the inside! Baguette with a great start too, he's up to 7th! Málaga looked like he had a bad getaway there, but he got his positions back at La Source. And Baguette to the left of Davidson into Eau Rouge! They're side-by-side through and out of the corner! Davidson's got the better exit, and he takes the lead for the right-hand kink, but now Baguette is in his slipstream! Goes to the inside, they run down to Les Combes, and that's easy for Baguette.

da Costa on Rockenfeller at the chicane, that looks a bit optimistic... and he slots back behind him. Bourdais also under pressure from López, the Frenchman goes to the inside, but López is ahead into the braking zone, he'll hold it round the outside and have the inside for the final corner. Good move—no, Bourdais comes right back! They cross the line, Bourdais is a bit ahead this time, but the outside of La Source isn't the same as the outside of the "Bus Stop" which isn't actually a bus stop anymore and López has fourth.

Lap 2/7
Farfus slow out of La Source, Karthikeyan passes him, Lapierre, Castroneves... he's very slow, something's definitely wrong, and he pulls over to the right. No safety car, just a yellow flag for La Source and Eau Rouge. Disappointing, though, he was on for points. And there's Baguette with a good exit out of Eau Rouge, he's on Bourdais, lets him have turn 5. And there's Rockenfeller taking Magnussen down the Kemmel straight, they're side-by-side, Rockenfeller will have to go the long way round, but Les Combes' chicaneness lets him do that and he's back into the lead. Baguette trying the outside of Bourdais now, but no. They all file through, Sato suddenly to the inside of Quaife-Hobbs, it's a late move but he's got it! da Costa's all over Magnussen now, he gets alongside at Pouhon but decides that's crazy. Exiting Paul Frere and da Costa gets alongside Magnussen, he's got the speed, here comes Blanchimont and wow! That was like Grosjean at the Hungaroring but legal! Amazing overtake.

Lap 3/7
The yellow flag is still active, so no excitement to be had there. Bourdais has a good run on López out of turn 5, though, he darts to the inside. That pass is looking to be pretty easy, and indeed it is. Now Baguette is looking at a compromised López, follows him through Rivage, though. We'll see what he can do at the chicane. The lower end of the field coming through Les Combes now. Lapierre, Castroneves, Hand and Power side-by-side into turn 8 but Hand has the inside and keeps it. Quaife-Hobbs, though, he exits turn 8 and looks to take his position back from Sato into Rivage! He's alongside, he's gaining on him but it'll still be tough, and massive lock-up from Quaife-Hobbs! He's into the gravel! He's stopped it before hitting the barrier, but he can't get the car going again! He's out! He gets out of the car and the frustration is very visible. Baguette still right with López as they come onto the "straight", if you want to call it that, and the Benelux weaves right, weaves left, gets back in line for Blanchimont. He's gaining in the slipstream, López goes defensive for the chicane, but Baguette has the advantage with braking, around the outside then the inside, and that move is done.

Lap 4/7
The Loyers have been running away with it somewhat. The Gauthiers in their own little race now as well. Bourdais has been gaining on Magnussen just a bit, but he's not within striking distance yet. That yellow flag is still active, but it'll probably be gone for the next lap. The order seems to have solidified somewhat anyway. Nothing down the Kemmel straight except Frijns on the inside of Málaga, and that hasn't worked anyway. Branger with a minor lock-up there. Lapierre looks interested in Karthikeyan through the second sector, though. Castroneves might be a part of this too. Up to the final chicane, nothing with the Loyers or Gauthiers, the next three are doing fine, here's Lapierre down the inside of Karthikeyan and he does it! Lapierre into the points. Castroneves looking at him now, Narain will stay to the right, but what will that mean for his exit out of La Source?

Lap 5/7
He's kept Hélio behind, staying to the left now, Hélio will go alongside... but he can't clear him, and an overtake around the outside of Eau Rouge is just asking for trouble. He gets the ideal line through Eau Rouge/Raidillon/Something and he should be alongside down Kemmel. Karth doesn't go defensive, Castroneves goes for the inside, and he's cleared him before the braking zone. He's being followed closely, though, a little look at Rivage but nothing actually happens. Through The Corner Whose Name Does Not Exist then Karthikeyan pulls out to the inside, he's going for it, he's well alongside for Pouhon and Castroneves lets him have it.

Lap 6/7
Karthikeyan has been gaining on Lapierre, he's not close enough at La Source but he's getting there. Down past the alternate start line, through Eau Rouge, onto the Kemmel straight and the San/Mecachrome engine seems to be doing its job quite well. He's gaining, they go through the kink, he's in the slipstream now as well and here he goes alongside! Down the inside goes... nope, he's not confident. Nothing happened in the second sector, and now in the third let's see what he can do. Looks to the left for a moment but follows him through Blanchimont, down the straight and he'll have to go the long way around... Lapierre misses his braking, cuts the chicane, and lets him have the place.

Lap 7/7
da Costa pulls out of Rockenfeller's slipstream for Les Combes! This'll be close... or not, he lets him have the corner. The Gauthiers go through... now Baguette, López, Davidson, and wait, radio.

Don't try and pass him, we can't lose twenty-two points.

And that's obviously delayed fifteen seconds or so, so that was probably why he pulled out of the move, although it looked a bit risky anyway. So no one trying any moves, the field looking very much set for this final lap. Shout out to Bertrand Baguette, fifth for the team that missed the first race is quite good. Power on Hand at Les Combes now, Hand'll hold it round the outside that becomes the inside and he'll keep the position. It's been a great race for Loyer, too, their pace clearly wasn't just in qualifying, not that that seems to vary much in this series. Still, biggest possible turnaround for them, so that's nice.

Rocky exits Fagnes with da Costa a second or so behind, and now into the final sector of the race. It's been a good open-wheel success for the DTM champion who moved here for the 2013 or 2014 or 2013-14 Wintercup or whatever year this is season, but whatever it is apparently it started after 29 September. He comes through Blanchimont now, down the straight to the "Bus Stop" which I'm not even sure if it's officially called that anymore but there are still people who call it that and they're wrong. Through the chicane, and Mike Rockenfeller wins the Belgian FGR Round! da Costa a good second, and—what's with Baguette? He's been passed by López, he comes out of Blanchimont somewhat slowly and now Davidson goes by, and look at the onboard! It's a gearbox problem again, he doesn't have sixth gear! This is terrible! He comes up to the chicane, Karthikeyan gets him down the inside, and he'll ultimately come eighth, but it could've been so much better. Here's—
(At this point, the broadcast got cut off for football.)

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 1 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)               14:15.019
 2 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)          14:16.203
 3 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)              14:19.390
 4 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)           14:20.048
 5 José María López (ECS)                  14:23.130
 6 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)         14:24.281
 7 Narain Karthikeyan (San)                14:29.114
 8 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)             14:30.470
 9 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)         14:32.607
10 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)          14:34.657
11 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)             14:37.014
12 Will Power (Autodynamics)               14:39.343
13 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)             14:41.350
14 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)                14:45.253
15 Diego Málaga (VRT)                      14:47.070
16 Robin Frijns (Benelux)                  14:49.147
17 Juan Branger (ECS)                      14:51.668
 — Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)      DNF lap 3
   Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)        DNF lap 2

IIDOTR: Kevin Magnussen, passed someone OOC
ROTR: Commonwealth, first twenty points and now three

Races will be 75 km next season.

[kevinbotz]

Our developmental systems are not responding as they should, our performance is inadequate, and we would like to focus on rectifying this as quickly as possible. Again, great job to Ant and Nicolas; they've been extremely mature and supportive in this difficult time. The boys back at the factory are diligently working on re-calibrating our simulators, wind-tunnels, etc., in addition to producing new performance components so we can regain our performance advantage.

It's a tough situation for us, without a doubt, but it's a hurdle we can overcome with dedication, commitment, and a superlative work ethic. I'm sure we'll be back on the top step of the podium very soon.

[Hermann95]

What a wonderful race....
I have to say i was a bit worried after the weak performance and the double DNF at Monza, but no i'm as happy as i can be! First and second at my favourite track....wonderful!

[UncreativeUsername37]

I wanted to do this last night, but sleepiness made me forget.

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 1 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)          1:44.669
 2 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)     1:44.686
 3 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)           1:44.802
 4 Narain Karthikeyan (San)            1:44.846
 5 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)       1:44.891
 6 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)      1:44.934
 7 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)    1:44.937
 8 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)         1:44.941
 9 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)     1:44.966
10 Will Power (Autodynamics)           1:45.020
11 José María López (ECS)              1:45.031
12 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)         1:45.098
13 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)      1:45.110
14 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)         1:45.133
15 Diego Málaga (VRT)                  1:45.134
16 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)            1:45.239
17 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)  1:45.282
18 Robin Frijns (Benelux)              1:45.583
19 Juan Branger (ECS)                  1:45.659

Magnussen gets his record-shattering second pole of the season. Commonwealth are getting things back together, or at least Davidson is. Rockenfeller suggests Spa was a genuine upturn and not a fluke, Karthikeyan is back up there, and Castroneves is the big surprise in sixth. As for the bad surprises, the guy who was so consistent he's leading the championship without any wins is in eleventh and da Costa is a deadbeat teammate.

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Lap 1/8
And Davidson has a spectacular getaway, he goes to the inside and they're side-by-side through turn 2, which according to Silverstone's site is called the Farm Curve but I've never heard anyone call it that, and Davidson will have the inside for turn 3 to take the lead. Onto the Wellington Straight, or possibly the Wellington straight, and everyone else seems to have kept their grid positions, but as the backmarkers come through Branger is ahead of Frijns! Here's López to the inside of Power, Power tries to hold it but fails. Karthikeyan slow in Luffield, Bourdais following him, and here's Castroneves around the outside to take Bourdais and get alongside Karthikeyan! One of them will have to give for Copse, Castroneves has the outside but a better exit, he's almost clear of the San as they come to the turn and he'll take fourth. Karthikeyan's line seriously compromised, though, and Bourdais will pass him around the outside... inside... out... in... to the right for fifth. And here's Davidson going defensive from Magnussen, Magnussen will hold the outside and he'll have the inside for Club! Is that enough overlap, though? Apparently it is, Magnussen back in first. da Costa tries his hand at Hand at the inside of Stowe, and that's absolutely failed. Frijns on Branger with the same idea except it works.

Lap 2/8
We know there's some tight first few laps-typical racing going on, including a serious threat for the lead as we speak, but the director would like to take a minute to show you the start in .15x speed. So both front row starters with good starts, but Davidson's was just a little bit better, enough for him to get alongside, keep it through turn 2, and that tight turn 3 was just what he needed. Onboard with Frijns now, and that's some serious wheelspin. So there's how he dropped that position. Back to the race and Davidson is ahead out of Luffield, somehow, but here's Magnussen with a good exit, gets on his inside, he's gaining as they come down to Copse, who'll it be? It'll be Magnussen! Castroneves, Bourdais, and Karthikeyan still close. No one tries anything for Copse, but it's still sort of close, or as close as dirty air will allow. Stowe is a pretty good overtaking point, though, but it's not like turn 1 at Hungary or most tuns at Monza or the last chicane at Spa where at some point across the track there's a big banner reading "OVERTAKE HERE". So anyway, here's Karthikeyan on Bourdais, he'll try the outside, and he... swoops around beautifully!

Lap 3/8
Nothing happened on this lap, so the commentators just talked about tyres. Or they tried, but since it's an eight-lap race and the eight laps aren't at the Nordschleife, there wasn't anything to talk about. Everyone uses the same soft compound from the same Bridgestone with the same zero stops every race, which probably contributes to the no overtaking ever. Still, the F1C years were fun, right? Well, they were fun to drive in, at least.

Lap 4/8
López has been following Lapierre closely through the first five turns, now they come onto the straight, López pulls out of the slipstream. He has more speed, he has the inside, and he has the position before Brooklands even comes. Can he catch Baguette for a point? We'll see. Málaga tries his teammate in the same way, but he doesn't have the same speed advantage. He's barely alongside as they come into the corner, and he tucks back in behind him. Coming out of Chapel, Rockenfeller looks interested in Davidson, he looks to the left but Davidson holds the normal line and he quickly switches to the right. The swerving seems to have done something to his speed, he goes back to the left to get a slipstream, back to the right, and he's not alongside enough for the braking and gives him the corner. He's lost time on him and isn't near close enough for Club, but there's still fun to be had with this.

Lap 5/8
Rocky's gained through the Arena section and he's ready to try again for the Wellington Straight. He's gaining, he'll go to the inside, this won't be a formality for either driver, they're side-by-side and Davidson just manages to stay alongside out of Brooklands. He'll have the inside for Luffield, Rockenfeller will let him be ahead out of the corner and he'll try down the inside of Copse now. They come down, or up, or flatly since it's Silverstone to the corner and Rocky just doesn't have the overlap to make it safe. He'll lose a bit of time, but it's certainly not over yet. Again. It's not looking like he'll have a chance at Stowe, though. Someone who will have a chance is Karthikeyan trying to get past Castroneves, and he'll do it down the outside, makes it look easy.

Lap 6/8
Rockenfeller is definitely better through the Arena complex, but if he and his car can't do it down the straights then it won't matter. He goes for the inside again, he'll be well alongside into the braking zone... he does it! Rockenfeller into second! They come out of Luffield and Davidson has no chance, at least for Copse. He's not losing ground, though, and keeps up with him through Maggotts and Becketts. He's catching up slightly down the straight, but nothing to set up a pass with, and he'll follow him through Stowe. Up to Club, he's actually a bit better through there, he'll have a slipstream.

Lap 7/8
Short straight, but it could still mean something. Will he have a go at turn 1? No. Follows him through the turns, loses a bit of time. That's a decent exit out of turn 5, though, Rocky looked like he had a tiny opposite lock moment. Davidson's got the slipstream, he's gaining appreciably, Rockenfeller to the inside, Davidson will be slightly ahead turning in but doesn't get the corner. It gives him a nicer line through Luffield, though, he looks like he can do this. Rocky will go to the outside of the track out of the kink with Davidson around the middle. He has the inside, he has the speed, but is the straight long enough? He's about half alongside and they both turn for the apex! They touch! Massive save from Rockenfeller, Davidson might have suspension damage, they go into Maggotts side-by-side and Davidson manages to be fully ahead out of Becketts. Rocky is still very close, though, he'll pull to the left and they'll be alongside each other for Stowe. Davidson will have the inside and just be ahead, and he'll take the corner. Judging by how he was doing down the straight, the suspension seems fine.

Lap 8/8
Exiting Club and neither of them are giving up. Rockenfeller has a slight look, but nothing serious. Going through the Arena—and that's a Benelux stopped on the old pit straight, there's a trail of oil behind it. It's Robin Frijns, unfortunate for him, not that he was having a good weekend anyway. Back to the battle for second, Rockenfeller has the inside for Brooklands, and it's an easy overtake. Davidson still follows him closely. Bourdais doing the same thing to Castroneves, can he make it stick? Yes! Bourdais back into fifth. Through Copse for the second place battlers, through Maggotts and Becketts, and Davidson will have a chance! Pulls out at the very last moment, almost hits the back of him, down the inside, and neither of them give up through Stowe! Davidson way ahead, though, as they come towards Club, Rocky with barely a wing beside him, and he'll let Davidson have the corner. And now López stalking Baguette through Maggotts, and he's off the track at Becketts! Lapierre goes by, he'll be a bit slow down the Hangar Straight and Power will get him at Stowe! He's right back to where he started! So Kevin Magnussen wins his record-shattering second race, Anthony Davidson will put Commonwealth back on the podium in second, and Mike Rockenfeller will continue his outside title bid with third.

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 1 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)              14:06.052
 2 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)         14:08.705
 3 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)               14:09.123
 4 Narain Karthikeyan (San)                14:11.517
 5 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)           14:14.556
 6 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)          14:16.056
 7 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)        14:19.365
 8 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)             14:21.325
 9 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)         14:22.624
10 Will Power (Autodynamics)               14:25.034
11 José María López (ECS)                  14:26.042
12 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)             14:28.388
13 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)          14:30.500
14 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)             14:33.573
15 Diego Málaga (VRT)                      14:34.829
16 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)                14:37.808
17 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)      14:38.656
18 Juan Branger (ECS)                      14:43.666
 — Robin Frijns (Benelux)                  DNF lap 7

IIDOTR: Hélio Castroneves; 6th in the eighth (now seventh from him changing the standings) best car
ROTR: António Félix da Costa; 5th, 2nd, 13th

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Mid-season report
Gauthier (1st, 45)
Sébastien Bourdais (8th, 12), Kevin Magnussen (1st, 33)
Arnaud Gauthier apparently knows what he is doing. Gauthier are in the lead, having taken it from Commonwealth in the previous race thanks to a deadbeat performance from Lapierre. They had a slow start in the first race, but they've been on the podium every time since, including two wins. They went for an experience/youth combination setup with Bourdais and Magnussen, but the results have been odd; Bourdais was expected to challenge for the title, not Magnussen, who was meant to just be decent and gain some good experience for a few years. Of course, if they get both titles, they'll be happy however they do it, but it'll still feel kind of weird.

Commonwealth (2nd, 43)
Anthony Davidson (2nd, 31), Nicolas Lapierre (7th, 12)
Apparently F1RTCC and this are in the same canon, which isn't something I really planned, but it's a big part of the existence of the Commonwealth team so I guess I'll go with it. btw that doesn't mean you can actually sign any of the drivers. Anyway, they went on and on with publicity talk about partnerships and sponsors and good development drivers, and no one really listened to them since it just sounded like publicity talk, but there was actually something behind it. Both drivers and Prodrive have actually done well to develop the car, Davidson has actually done a great job to drive it, the big name sponsor money has actually meant something, and it's unclear if they're getting anything earlier or better from Honda but either way it's a good engine. They haven't done as well as Gauthier recently, but with two points separating them, they're hardly out of it.

Loyer (3rd, 37)
Mike Rockenfeller (4th, 23), António Félix da Costa (6th, 14)
They've never quite been considered a challenger for either championship, but they're only eight points off the lead, so they're right in there. Most of their points are from a random 1-2 at Spa, unless of course the podium at Silverstone means that it wasn't actually random and something good happened with the car. Another, more positive, angle you could take at their points is that they were upper midfield in the first two races, but in the previous two they've been frontrunners, so momentum etc.. We'll see how that works out.

ECS (4th, 24)
José María López (3rd, 24), Juan Branger (19th, 0)
If the rest aren't teams of two halves, this one certainly is. López hasn't won a race, but until a pointless performance at Silverstone, he was leading the championship. Like Rockenfeller, he still has a shot at it, but it seems to be going the way of Magnussen and Davidson. Meanwhile, Juan Branger has finished last in every race except for the one where he crashed, and is certainly a contender for ROTY. So far, López's results have been 2nd, 2nd, 5th, and 11th. If Silverstone was a blip, they'll have fourth comfortably and maybe a shot at third depending upon how Loyer work out, but if it was the result of a trend that started with Spa, they'll likely be overtaken by San and maybe even Renntechnologie if they improve.

San (5th, 16)
Narain Karthikeyan (5th, 16)
The only Toyota/Mercedes-style "big company entry" in the series, they've done remarkably well to be fifth in the constructors' standings with only one car. Or knowing ECS, maybe they haven't, who knows. But only having one car to focus on, and putting F1 psuedoreject but more recently Auto GP star Narain Karthikeyan in that car, has worked. They don't seem to be improving or declining, so assuming they keep doing their thing, prospects for the flyaway half of the season are another sixteenish points. They could get fourth overall if the performances of ECS and López allow.

Renntechnologie (6th, 9)
Augusto Farfus (9th, 9), Joey Hand (13th, 0)
Another team with a clear driver who is better than the other. A deal with BMW has given them BMW engines and BMW Team RBM's drivers, and everything has been extremely average for them. Sixth out of ten in teams', ninth out of nineteen in drivers', average position of 8.71 out of 16.75 and never better or worse than 4th or 12th, and one mechanical failure from eight entries for average reliability. The chassis is decent, the engine is okay, these guys are just so... Heidfeld. That's really the only word for them.

Fantomette (7th, 5)
Hélio Castroneves (10th, 5), Takuma Sato (17th, 0)
Seeing skill in those two IndyCar drivers, Fantomette have been Renntechnologie but less consistent. Castroneves gets minor points every other race and Sato does nothing. More specifically, Castroneves is marginally better than Farfus on a good day, but on a bad day he fails hard. Meanwhile, Sato is in the Hand/Frijns/Branger group of people that do nothing ever. Unless something weird happens, they're keeping seventh for the rest of the season.

Autodynamics (8th, 3)
Will Power (11th, 3), Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (14th, 0)
Except for a good race at Monza, this team has just kind of been there, a bland lower midfield team whose only purpose is to separate the mid-midfielders and rejects. If they don't get some points together, they might be overtaken by Benelux, so there's that to follow.

Benelux (9th, 2)
Robin Frijns (18th, 0), Bertrand Baguette (12th, 2)
They may have missed the first race, they may not have even existed before it, but when they showed up at Monza, they showed up. With a backmarker and a stalled car that almost caused a massive pileup. But seriously, Bertrand Baguette has been giving them a very, very steady trickle of points, and if that continues and Autodynamics don't find a way to improve or get another improbable result, they'll have eighth. One thing that could stop them is reliability, with two failures out of six cars, but it's only two more points, so even then they could probably do it.

VRT (10th, 0)
Christian Kobashigawa (15th, 0), Diego Málaga (16th, 0)
Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. Laughable. Fantomette have scored points despite (because of?) their inconsistency, Autodynamics picked up three points from having a car good at a particular track, and even the blatantly underfunded Benelux have managed points on two separate occasions. Everyone has found a way to score, except for VRT. The chassis has a Lola-like ability to create and lose downforce when it's least useful, the engine Chevrolet have designed is powerless, and their drivers are from some entry-level national series no one has heard of. With all that in mind, it's perhaps impressive that they manage to finish ahead of four drivers every race, but they don't have a Castroneves or Baguette to drag their car to points, just two guys no one has ever seen before thrust into a second-level series without any third-level experience. For a team, too, moving up into a series even one level higher is serious and risky. When they said in a pre-season press release that this would be their greatest challenge ever, they definitely weren't imagining this.

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 1 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)          1:51.449
 2 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)     1:51.493
 3 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)           1:51.562
 4 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)     1:51.592
 5 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)    1:51.610
 6 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)      1:51.650
 7 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)       1:51.699
 8 José María López (ECS)              1:51.701
 9 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)      1:51.747
10 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)         1:51.779
11 Will Power (Autodynamics)           1:51.821
12 Narain Karthikeyan (San)            1:51.869
13 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)         1:51.909
14 Diego Málaga (VRT)                  1:51.919
15 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)  1:51.991
16 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)         1:52.044
17 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)            1:52.066
18 Robin Frijns (Benelux)              1:52.159
19 Juan Branger (ECS)                  1:52.443

Performances seem to be getting a bit more static, as they sometimes do as seasons go on, but there are still a few things to note. Nicolas Lapierre doesn't suck this time, as doesn't da Costa, with ECS still not the force they once were and Karthikeyan down in 12th.

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 1 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)              16:52.716
 2 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)         16:55.457
 3 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)               16:57.789
 4 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)         16:58.689
 5 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)          17:03.706
 6 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)           17:03.775
 7 José María López (ECS)                  17:07.101
 8 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)             17:11.531
 9 Will Power (Autodynamics)               17:12.998
10 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)             17:17.553
11 Diego Málaga (VRT)                      17:20.469
12 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)      17:21.448
13 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)             17:24.082
14 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)                17:25.948
15 Robin Frijns (Benelux)                  17:27.893
16 Juan Branger (ECS)                      17:30.702
 — Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)          DNF lap 7
   Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)        DNF lap 6
   Narain Karthikeyan (San)                DNF lap 4

NOTHING HAPPENED!! Actually, something did happen: Farfus and Castroneves had car failures so that Baguette could come in 8th. Rockenfeller refuses to give up the chase, López watches the championship slip away, VRT get their best result of the season with 10th, and the back of the grid continues to be predictable.

IIDOTR: VRT, I suppose
ROTR: San, nowhere in qualifying then the car falls apart

Drivers eligible for the championship
1. Kevin Magnussen (45)
2. Anthony Davidson (41)
3. Mike Rockenfeller (31)
4. José María López (26)
5. António Félix da Costa (18)
6. Nicolas Lapierre (18)
7. Narain Karthikeyan (16)
8. Sébastien Bourdais (15)

[SeedStriker]

Well, the 10th place of Kobashigawa comes with free humble pie for the people who doubt us

But if the series demands big guns in the car, you'll have it. Nicolas Fuchs, 2013 PWRC champion and WRC2 contender will replace Diego Málaga for the next race.

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 1 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)     1:42.325
 2 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)    1:42.334
 3 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)       1:42.409
 4 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)           1:42.428
 5 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)     1:42.446
 6 Nicolas Fuchs (VRT)                 1:42.484
 7 José María López (ECS)              1:42.500
 8 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)      1:42.550
 9 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)         1:42.567
10 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)         1:42.613
11 Narain Karthikeyan (San)            1:42.688
12 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)         1:42.692
13 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)  1:42.701
14 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)            1:42.769
15 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)      1:42.779
16 Robin Frijns (Benelux)              1:42.780
17 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)          1:42.859
18 Will Power (Autodynamics)           1:42.876
19 Juan Branger (ECS)                  1:43.164

...I don't even know. Lapierre stops being useless and takes pole, Farfus somehow finds second in the Renntechnologie, Bourdais also stops being useless, Nicolas Fuchs qualifies sixth on debut with Kobashigawa no slouch either, but more shocking and critical than all of those put together is Kevin Magnussen spinning on his second qualifying run when the track was all nice and evolved. With Davidson only fifth, it may not end his championship, but it'll certainly be a huge blow.

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 1 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)         15:28.980
 2 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)        15:32.125
 3 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)           15:33.672
 4 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)               15:35.123
 5 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)         15:37.457
 6 José María López (ECS)                  15:41.431
 7 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)          15:42.472
 8 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)             15:46.022
 9 Narain Karthikeyan (San)                15:48.616
10 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)      15:54.310
11 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)                15:56.502
12 Robin Frijns (Benelux)                  16:00.109
13 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)              16:01.422
14 Will Power (Autodynamics)               16:03.884
15 Juan Branger (ECS)                      16:06.803
 — Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)             DNF lap 9
   Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)             DNF lap 6
   Nicolas Fuchs (VRT)                     DNF lap 2
   Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)          DNF lap 1

Things still refuse to happen. Tragedy for VRT, though; after finally getting a good qualifying, they get a double DNF despite a perfect reliability record beforehand. However, this is one of those races where it's boring as a race but it makes the championship exciting. Magnussen and Davidson will be tied with two races to go, Rockenfeller eight points behind them. Also, Renntechnologie are now ahead of San for fifth. But more importantly than any of that, Bertrand Baguette comes in eighth.

IIDOTR: Augusto Farfus
ROTR: VRT

Drivers still eligible for the championship
1. Kevin Magnussen (45)
2. Anthony Davidson (45)
3. Mike Rockenfeller (37)
4. Nicolas Lapierre (30)
5. José María López (29)
6. Sébastien Bourdais (23)

Constructors still eligible for the championship
1. Commonwealth-Honda (75)
2. Gauthier-Renault (68)
3. Loyer-Audi (57)

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 1 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)          1:57.555
 2 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)           1:57.627
 3 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)     1:57.628
 4 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)     1:57.671
 5 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)    1:57.690
 6 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)      1:57.770
 7 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)      1:57.835
 8 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)         1:57.838
 9 Will Power (Autodynamics)           1:57.847
10 José María López (ECS)              1:57.847
11 Nicolas Fuchs (VRT)                 1:57.864
12 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)       1:57.875
13 Narain Karthikeyan (San)            1:57.888
14 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)         1:57.952
15 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)         1:58.024
16 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)  1:58.053
17 Robin Frijns (Benelux)              1:58.137
18 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)            1:58.233
19 Juan Branger (ECS)                  1:58.538

Magnussen takes pole, Rockenfeller still refusing to give up alongside. Lapierre outqualifies Davidson again, Castroneves gets the Fantomette into seventh, but most importantly, Bertrand Baguette is eighth. The only one-car team in the series manage 10th with San 13th, and VRT can't repeat Suzuka.

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 1 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)              19:46.403
 2 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)               19:49.432
 3 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)         19:49.816
 4 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)         19:53.446
 5 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)        19:54.738
 6 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)          19:55.714
 7 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)             19:59.433
 8 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)          19:59.705
 9 Will Power (Autodynamics)               20:01.510
10 José María López (ECS)                  20:04.700
11 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)           20:07.145
12 Narain Karthikeyan (San)                20:08.994
13 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)             20:15.482
14 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)      20:17.344
15 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)                20:21.463
16 Juan Branger (ECS)                      20:23.950
 — Robin Frijns (Benelux)                  DNF lap 9
   Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)             DNF lap 6
   Nicolas Fuchs (VRT)                     DNF lap 2

OMG AN ACTUAL OVERTAKE THAT I DIDN'T MAKE UP!! And it makes Baguette not come in eighth! What the hell is going on?!

IIDOTR: Bertrand Baguette, scythes through the field for his best result of the season
ROTR: Sébastien Bourdais, places 11th with a winning teammate

Drivers still eligible
1. Kevin Magnussen (57)
2. Anthony Davidson (51)
3. Mike Rockenfeller (47)

Teams still eligible
1. Commonwealth-Honda (89)
2. Gauthier-Renault (80)
3. Loyer-Audi (70)

[andrew]

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 1 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)              19:46.403
 2 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)               19:49.432
 3 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)         19:49.816
 4 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)         19:53.446
 5 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)        19:54.738
 6 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)          19:55.714
 7 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)             19:59.433
 8 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)          19:59.705
 9 Will Power (Autodynamics)               20:01.510
10 José María López (ECS)                  20:04.700
11 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)           20:07.145
12 Narain Karthikeyan (San)                20:08.994
13 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)             20:15.482
14 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)      20:17.344
15 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)                20:21.463
16 Juan Branger (ECS)                      20:23.950
 — Robin Frijns (Benelux)                  DNF lap 9
   Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)             DNF lap 6
   Nicolas Fuchs (VRT)                     DNF lap 2

OMG AN ACTUAL OVERTAKE THAT I DIDN'T MAKE UP!! And it makes Baguette not come in eighth! What the hell is going on?!

IIDOTR: Bertrand Baguette, scythes through the field for his best result of the season
ROTR: Sébastien Bourdais, places 11th with a winning teammate

Drivers still eligible
1. Kevin Magnussen (57)
2. Anthony Davidson (51)
3. Mike Rockenfeller (47)

Teams still eligible
1. Commonwealth-Honda (89)
2. Gauthier-Renault (80)
3. Loyer-Audi (70)

Yes, 7th best result of the year, but why are the races so boring.

[UncreativeUsername37]

Yes, 7th best result of the year, but why are the races so boring.

Because 50 kilometres and because xkoranate.

[UncreativeUsername37]

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 1 Kevin Magnussen (Gauthier)          1:40.094
 2 José María López (ECS)              1:40.127
 3 Mike Rockenfeller (Loyer)           1:40.130
 4 Nicolas Lapierre (Commonwealth)     1:40.139
 5 António Félix da Costa (Loyer)      1:40.169
 6 Sébastien Bourdais (Gauthier)       1:40.206
 7 Augusto Farfus (Renntechnologie)    1:40.222
 8 Bertrand Baguette (Benelux)         1:40.291
 9 Anthony Davidson (Commonwealth)     1:40.295
10 Narain Karthikeyan (San)            1:40.390
11 Joey Hand (Renntechnologie)         1:40.401
12 Will Power (Autodynamics)           1:40.422
13 Hélio Castroneves (Fantomette)      1:40.479
14 Nicolás Fuchs (VRT)                 1:40.499
15 Christian Kobashigawa (VRT)         1:40.588
16 Takuma Sato (Fantomette)            1:40.599
17 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Autodynamics)  1:40.660
18 Robin Frijns (Benelux)              1:40.684
19 Juan Branger (ECS)                  1:40.997

It's another pole for Magnussen, and with both his rivals behind him it's looking good for the championship. ECS or possibly López or perhaps both are back on form with second, and Baguette continues to be eighth.

[kevinbotz]

Commonwealth would like to concede the Formula Golden Ratio driver's championship to Kevin Magnussen. Congratulations to Kevin on a memorable first season.