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{{Infobox Grand Prix race report
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| Type = SL
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| Race Flag      = File:Flag of Austria.png
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| Country        = Flag of Austria.png
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| Grand Prix    = Austrian
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| Date          = May 12th
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| Year          = 2011
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| Image          = A1-Ring.png
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| Official name  = 2011 Austrian Grand Prix
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| Location      = [[A1-Ring]]<br>Spielberg, Austria
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| Course        = Permanent Racing Facility
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| Course_mi      = 2.684
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| Course_km      = 4.326
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| Distance_laps  = 69
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| Distance_mi    = 185.196
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| Distance_km    = 298.494
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| Weather        = Sunny
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| Pole_Driver    = {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
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| Pole_Team      = [[Synergetic Motorsports|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
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| Pole_Time      = 1:07.391
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| Fast_Driver    = {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
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| Fast_Team      = [[Synergetic Motorsports|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
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| Fast_Time      = 1:07.723
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| First_Driver  = {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Jason Muscat]]
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| First_Team    = [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
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| Second_Driver  = {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
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| Second_Team    = [[Nordsjoen Racing|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| Third_Driver  = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
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| Third_Team    = [[Draig Racing|Draig-Ferrari]]
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}}
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The '''2011 Austrian Grand Prix''' for the [[Superleague]] - the sixth race of the season - took place on the [[A1-Ring]] track in Spielberg, Austria on the 12th of May.
 
The '''2011 Austrian Grand Prix''' for the [[Superleague]] - the sixth race of the season - took place on the [[A1-Ring]] track in Spielberg, Austria on the 12th of May.
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==Report==
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[[File:StartA1RingSL2011.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The first corner saw several cars collide at the back of the field.]]
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[[File:BattleA1RingSL2011.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Joe Consiglio]], [[Jason Muscat]] and [[Lee Morris]] battled hard for the win.]]
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[[File:FinishA1RingSL2011.jpg|thumb|right|220px|[[Jason Muscat]] claimed his first win of the season as the top 3 were separated by fractions of a second.]]
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A memorable race at the [[A1-Ring]] in Austria saw the top three finishers separated by a mere 0.2s as [[Jason Muscat]] interrupted the streak of successive victories of [[Lee Morris]], who finished third. [[Joe Consiglio]] was sandwiched between the two in one of the closest finishes in the history of GPVWC.
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[[Sam Millar]] and [[Synergetic]] had notched up the second consecutive best performance in qualifying, the Scotsman lining up on the grid next to Muscat, with Championship leader Morris in third and Consiglio in fourth. 2011 debutant [[Luis Fernando Laaff]] for [[Constant Racing]] was an excellent 5th, with [[Dave Carr-Smith]] in 6th splitting the two Constant cars. The other debutant in the race, [[Teemu Toikka]], lined up in 21st.
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Both Sam Millar and Lee Morris had really poor starts, falling prey of the more agile Renault-powered Constant Racings and [[Red Archer]]. By the famed Remuskurve, Joe Consiglio was leading Muscat with Sam Millar third ahead of Lee Morris, who had muscled past the two Constants and was now chasing the leading trio. Millar's race, however, was to take a turn for the worse as he collided with Muscat and spun off the track, rejoining a lowly 11th place and seeing his strategy, which included a really light first stint, fatally compromised.
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The leaders - now reduced to a trio of Consiglio, Morris and Muscat - set up a race-long battle, finding themselves within a second of each other after the last round of stops. An amazing 15-lap battle ensued, with the lead being swapped and traded several times. Muscat, on 26-laps old tyres, got the lead some 5 laps from the end and, despite intense pressure from his rivals, who kept fighting until the very end, never relinquished his position. The cars all crossed the finish line within 0.2s of each other, making it possibly the closest finish in GPVWC history and surely a memorable race for all.
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Lee Morris saw his lead in the Championship still in a solid position, although the verdict from this race was that [[Nordsjoen]], Red Archer and Synergetic all could still play a massive part in this championship.
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==Classification==
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===Qualifying===
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
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|-
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! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Lap !! Gap
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|-
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! 1
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| 10
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| {{flagicon|SCO}}[[Sam Millar]]
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| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
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| 01:07.391
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| align="center"| &mdash;
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|-
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! 2
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| 5
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| {{flagicon|MAL}}[[Jason Muscat]]
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| [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
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| 01:07.513
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| +0.122s
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|-
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! 3
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| 14
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Lee Morris]]
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| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
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| 01:07.995
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| +0.605s
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|-
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! 4
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| 2
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| {{flagicon|MAL}}[[Joe Consiglio]]
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| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| 01:07.997
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| +0.607s
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|-
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! 5
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| 8
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| {{flagicon|GER}}[[Luis Fernando Laaff]]
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| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
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| 01:08.068
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| +0.677s
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|-
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! 6
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| 24
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Dave Carr-Smith]]
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| [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
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| 01:08.259
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| +0.868s
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|-
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! 7
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| 7
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Mark Stanton]]
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| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
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| 01:08.445
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| +1.054s
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|-
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! 8
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| 9
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| {{flagicon|GER}}[[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
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| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
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| 01:08.453
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| +1.062s
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|-
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! 9
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| 23
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Adam Rouse]]
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| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
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| 01:08.661
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| +1.270s
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|-
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! 10
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| 6
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| {{flagicon|SWI}}[[David Jundt]]
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| [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
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| 01:08.748
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| +1.357s
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|-
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! 11
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| 3
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Mark Wicks]]
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| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
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| 01:09.127
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| +1.736s
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|-
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! 12
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| 25
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Nick Rowland]]
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| [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
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| 01:09.174
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| +1.784s
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|-
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! 13
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| 19
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Ojay Clark]]
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| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
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| 01:09.320
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| +1.930s
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|-
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! 14
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| 4
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| {{flagicon|ROI}}[[Kieran Ryan]]
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| [[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]
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| 01:09.364
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| +1.973s
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|-
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! 15
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| 12
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| {{flagicon|WAL}}[[Ben Morgan]]
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| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
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| 01:09.367
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| +1.976s
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|-
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! 16
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| 22
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Phil Perkins]]
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| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
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| 01:09.429
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| +2.039s
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|-
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! 17
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| 17
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[David Stanton]]
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| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
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| 01:09.488
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| +2.097s
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|-
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! 18
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| 21
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| {{flagicon|NED}}[[Abdel Damghi]]
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| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
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| 01:09.587
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| +2.197s
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|-
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! 19
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| 0
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| {{flagicon|FIN}}[[Jyri Lylykorpi]]
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| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| 01:09.940
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| +2.549s
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|-
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! 20
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| 15
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| {{flagicon|SCO}}[[Ryan Walker]]
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| [[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]
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| 01:10.152
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| +2.762s
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|-
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! 21
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| 18
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| {{flagicon|FIN}}[[Teemu Toikka]]
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| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
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| 01:10.958
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| +3.567s
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|}
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===Race===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
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|-
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! width="35" class="unsortable"|Pos !! width="35"|No !! width="160"|Driver !! width="150"|Constructor !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Pitstops !! Fastlap !! Controller !! Points
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|-
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! 1
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| 5
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| {{flagicon|MAL}}'''[[Jason Muscat]]'''
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| '''[[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]'''
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| 69
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| 1:19:59.974
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| 2
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| 2
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| 01:08.010
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| align="center" |[[File:Keyboard.png|25px]]
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| '''15'''
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|-
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! 2
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| 2
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| {{flagicon|MAL}}'''[[Joe Consiglio]]'''
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| '''[[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]'''
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| 69
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| +0.145s
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| 4
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| 2
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| 01:08.168
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''12'''
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|-
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! 3
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| 14
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}'''[[Lee Morris]]'''
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| '''[[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]'''
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| 69
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| +0.232s
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| 3
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| 2
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| 01:08.074
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''10'''
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|-
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! 4
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| 6
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| {{flagicon|SWI}}'''[[David Jundt]]'''
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| '''[[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]'''
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| 69
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| +54.450s
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| 10
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| 2
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| 01:08.281
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''8'''
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|-
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! 5
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| 3
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}'''[[Mark Wicks]]'''
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| '''[[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]'''
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| 69
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| +56.793s
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| 11
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| 2
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| 01:09.098
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''6'''
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|-
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! 6
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| 4
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| {{flagicon|ROI}}'''[[Kieran Ryan]]'''
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| '''[[Woods|Woods-Mercedes]]'''
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| 68
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| +1 Lap
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| 14
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| 2
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| 01:09.279
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''5'''
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|-
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! 7
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| 23
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}'''[[Adam Rouse]]'''
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| '''[[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]'''
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| 68
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| +1 Lap
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| 9
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| 3
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| 01:08.936
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''4'''
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|-
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! 8
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| 10
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| {{flagicon|SCO}}'''[[Sam Millar]]'''
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| '''[[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]'''
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| 68
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| +1 Lap
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| 1
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| 4
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| 01:07.723
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''3'''
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|-
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! 9
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| 7
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}'''[[Mark Stanton]]'''
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| '''[[Constant|Constant-Renault]]'''
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| 68
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| +1 Lap
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| 7
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| 3
 +
| 01:08.416
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''2'''
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|-
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! 10
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| 15
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| {{flagicon|SCO}}'''[[Ryan Walker]]'''
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| '''[[Draig|Draig-Ferrari]]'''
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| 67
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| +2 Laps
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| 20
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| 2
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| 01:09.862
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| '''1'''
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|-
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! 11
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| 19
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Ojay Clark]]
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| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
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| 67
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| +2 Laps
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| 13
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| 2
 +
| 01:09.854
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| align="center" |[[File:Keyboard.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! 12
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| 20
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Chris Williamson]]
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| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
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| 65
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| +4 Laps
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| 23
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| 3
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| 01:11.211
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! 13
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| 16
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Mark Fuller]]
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| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
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| 65
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| +4 Laps
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| 22
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| 4
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| 01:11.108
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! Ret
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| 22
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Phil Perkins]]
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| [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
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| 58
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| DNF
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| 16
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| 5
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| 01:09.847
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! Ret
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| 17
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[David Stanton]]
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| [[ST|ST-BMW]]
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| 44
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| DNF
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| 17
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| 2
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| 01:09.891
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! Ret
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| 24
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Dave Carr-Smith]]
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| [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
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| 32
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| DNF
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| 6
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| 3
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| 01:08.983
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! Ret
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| 8
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| {{flagicon|GER}}[[Luis Fernando Laaff]]
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| [[Constant|Constant-Renault]]
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| 31
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| DNF
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| 5
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| 2
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| 01:08.651
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! Ret
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| 21
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| {{flagicon|NED}}[[Abdel Damghi]]
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| [[Nijo|Nijo-Toyota]]
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| 26
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| DNF
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| 18
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| 2
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| 01:09.967
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! Ret
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| 25
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| {{flagicon|ENG}}[[Nick Rowland]]
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| [[Midnight|Midnight-Renault]]
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| 24
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| DNF
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| 12
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| 2
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| 01:09.158
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! Ret
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| 18
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| {{flagicon|FIN}}[[Teemu Toikka]]
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| [[Williamson|Williamson-Mercedes]]
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| 14
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| DNF
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| 21
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| 3
 +
| 01:11.319
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! Ret
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| 0
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| {{flagicon|FIN}}[[Jyri Lylykorpi]]
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| [[Nordsjoen|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
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| 6
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| DNF
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| 19
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| 0
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| 01:09.863
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! Ret
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| 9
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| {{flagicon|GER}}[[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
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| [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
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| 6
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| DNF
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| 8
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| 3
 +
| 01:11.313
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|-
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! Ret
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| 12
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| {{flagicon|WAL}}[[Ben Morgan]]
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| [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
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| 0
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| DNF
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| 15
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| 0
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| align="center"| -
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| align="center" |[[File:Wheel generic-unknown.png|25px]]
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| 0
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|}
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==Standings after the race==
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{{col-start}}
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{{col-2}}
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;Drivers' Championship standings
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
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|-
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! Pos
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! Driver
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! Points
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|-
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! 1
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lee Morris]]
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| align="right"| 85
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|-
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! 2
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Joe Consiglio]]
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| align="right"| 54
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|-
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! 3
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| {{flagicon|MAL}} [[Jason Muscat]]
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| align="right"| 52
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|-
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! 4
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| {{flagicon|SWI}} [[David Jundt]]
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| align="right"| 42
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|-
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! 5
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Dave Carr-Smith]]
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| align="right"| 27
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|-
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! 6
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| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sam Millar]]
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| align="right"| 25
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|-
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! 7
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ojay Clark]]
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| align="right"| 23
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|-
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! 8
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Adam Rouse]]
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| align="right"| 22
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|-
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! 9
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Wicks]]
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| align="right"| 20
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|-
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! 10
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| {{flagicon|ROI}} [[Kieran Ryan]]
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| align="right"| 15
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|-
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! 11
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Mark Stanton]]
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| align="right"| 12
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|-
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! 12
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| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jyri Lylykorpi]]
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| align="right"| 6
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|-
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! =
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Nick Rowland]]
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| align="right"| 6
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|-
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! 14
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| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Christoph Lichtenstein]]
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| align="right"| 4
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|-
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! 15
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| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Ryan Walker]]
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| align="right"| 2
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|-
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! 16
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| {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Ben Morgan]]
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| align="right"| 1
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|}
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{{col-2}}
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;Constructors' Championship standings
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{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
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|-
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! Pos
 +
! Constructor
 +
! Points
 +
|-
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! 1
 +
| {{flagicon|GRE}} [[Red Archer|Red Archer-Renault]]
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| align="right"| 94
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|-
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! 2
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Draig Racing|Draig-Ferrari]]
 +
| align="right"| 87
 +
|-
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! 3
 +
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nordsjoen Racing|Nordsjoen-Mercedes]]
 +
| align="right"| 60
 +
|-
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! 4
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Woods Racing|Woods-Mercedes]]
 +
| align="right"| 35
 +
|-
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! 5
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Midnight Motorsport|Midnight-Renault]]
 +
| align="right"| 33
 +
|-
 +
! 6
 +
| {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Synergetic|Synergetic-Ferrari]]
 +
| align="right"| 29
 +
|-
 +
! 7
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Williamson Dynamics|Williamson-Mercedes]]
 +
| align="right"| 23
 +
|-
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! 8
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[TDR|TDR-Toyota]]
 +
| align="right"| 22
 +
|-
 +
! 9
 +
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Constant Racing|Constant-Renault]]
 +
| align="right"| 12
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|-
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! 10
 +
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Computrac|Computrac-BMW]]
 +
| align="right"| 1
 +
|}
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Latest revision as of 08:17, 7 August 2011

25px   2011 Austrian Grand Prix
Race details
Race {{{Race_No}}} of the 2011 Superleague season
A1-Ring.png
Date May 12th, 2011
Official name 2011 Austrian Grand Prix
Location A1-Ring
Spielberg, Austria
Course Permanent Racing Facility
2.684 mi / 4.326 km
Distance 69 laps, 185.196 mi / 298.494 km
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver Scotland Sam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari
Time 1:07.391
Fastest Lap
Driver Scotland Sam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari
Time 1:07.723
Podium
First Malta Jason Muscat Red Archer-Renault
Second Malta Joe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes
Third England Lee Morris Draig-Ferrari


The 2011 Austrian Grand Prix for the Superleague - the sixth race of the season - took place on the A1-Ring track in Spielberg, Austria on the 12th of May.

Report

The first corner saw several cars collide at the back of the field.
Joe Consiglio, Jason Muscat and Lee Morris battled hard for the win.
Jason Muscat claimed his first win of the season as the top 3 were separated by fractions of a second.

A memorable race at the A1-Ring in Austria saw the top three finishers separated by a mere 0.2s as Jason Muscat interrupted the streak of successive victories of Lee Morris, who finished third. Joe Consiglio was sandwiched between the two in one of the closest finishes in the history of GPVWC.

Sam Millar and Synergetic had notched up the second consecutive best performance in qualifying, the Scotsman lining up on the grid next to Muscat, with Championship leader Morris in third and Consiglio in fourth. 2011 debutant Luis Fernando Laaff for Constant Racing was an excellent 5th, with Dave Carr-Smith in 6th splitting the two Constant cars. The other debutant in the race, Teemu Toikka, lined up in 21st.

Both Sam Millar and Lee Morris had really poor starts, falling prey of the more agile Renault-powered Constant Racings and Red Archer. By the famed Remuskurve, Joe Consiglio was leading Muscat with Sam Millar third ahead of Lee Morris, who had muscled past the two Constants and was now chasing the leading trio. Millar's race, however, was to take a turn for the worse as he collided with Muscat and spun off the track, rejoining a lowly 11th place and seeing his strategy, which included a really light first stint, fatally compromised.

The leaders - now reduced to a trio of Consiglio, Morris and Muscat - set up a race-long battle, finding themselves within a second of each other after the last round of stops. An amazing 15-lap battle ensued, with the lead being swapped and traded several times. Muscat, on 26-laps old tyres, got the lead some 5 laps from the end and, despite intense pressure from his rivals, who kept fighting until the very end, never relinquished his position. The cars all crossed the finish line within 0.2s of each other, making it possibly the closest finish in GPVWC history and surely a memorable race for all.

Lee Morris saw his lead in the Championship still in a solid position, although the verdict from this race was that Nordsjoen, Red Archer and Synergetic all could still play a massive part in this championship.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 10 ScotlandSam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari 01:07.391 —
2 5 MaltaJason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 01:07.513 +0.122s
3 14 EnglandLee Morris Draig-Ferrari 01:07.995 +0.605s
4 2 MaltaJoe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:07.997 +0.607s
5 8 GermanyLuis Fernando Laaff Constant-Renault 01:08.068 +0.677s
6 24 EnglandDave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 01:08.259 +0.868s
7 7 EnglandMark Stanton Constant-Renault 01:08.445 +1.054s
8 9 GermanyChristoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 01:08.453 +1.062s
9 23 EnglandAdam Rouse TDR-Toyota 01:08.661 +1.270s
10 6 SwitzerlandDavid Jundt Red Archer-Renault 01:08.748 +1.357s
11 3 EnglandMark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 01:09.127 +1.736s
12 25 EnglandNick Rowland Midnight-Renault 01:09.174 +1.784s
13 19 EnglandOjay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 01:09.320 +1.930s
14 4 IrelandKieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 01:09.364 +1.973s
15 12 WalesBen Morgan Computrac-BMW 01:09.367 +1.976s
16 22 EnglandPhil Perkins TDR-Toyota 01:09.429 +2.039s
17 17 EnglandDavid Stanton ST-BMW 01:09.488 +2.097s
18 21 NetherlandsAbdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 01:09.587 +2.197s
19 0 FinlandJyri Lylykorpi Nordsjoen-Mercedes 01:09.940 +2.549s
20 15 ScotlandRyan Walker Draig-Ferrari 01:10.152 +2.762s
21 18 FinlandTeemu Toikka Williamson-Mercedes 01:10.958 +3.567s

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Pitstops Fastlap Controller Points
1 5 MaltaJason Muscat Red Archer-Renault 69 1:19:59.974 2 2 01:08.010 Keyboard.png 15
2 2 MaltaJoe Consiglio Nordsjoen-Mercedes 69 +0.145s 4 2 01:08.168 Wheel generic-unknown.png 12
3 14 EnglandLee Morris Draig-Ferrari 69 +0.232s 3 2 01:08.074 Wheel generic-unknown.png 10
4 6 SwitzerlandDavid Jundt Red Archer-Renault 69 +54.450s 10 2 01:08.281 Wheel generic-unknown.png 8
5 3 EnglandMark Wicks Woods-Mercedes 69 +56.793s 11 2 01:09.098 Wheel generic-unknown.png 6
6 4 IrelandKieran Ryan Woods-Mercedes 68 +1 Lap 14 2 01:09.279 Wheel generic-unknown.png 5
7 23 EnglandAdam Rouse TDR-Toyota 68 +1 Lap 9 3 01:08.936 Wheel generic-unknown.png 4
8 10 ScotlandSam Millar Synergetic-Ferrari 68 +1 Lap 1 4 01:07.723 Wheel generic-unknown.png 3
9 7 EnglandMark Stanton Constant-Renault 68 +1 Lap 7 3 01:08.416 Wheel generic-unknown.png 2
10 15 ScotlandRyan Walker Draig-Ferrari 67 +2 Laps 20 2 01:09.862 Wheel generic-unknown.png 1
11 19 EnglandOjay Clark Williamson-Mercedes 67 +2 Laps 13 2 01:09.854 Keyboard.png 0
12 20 EnglandChris Williamson Nijo-Toyota 65 +4 Laps 23 3 01:11.211 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
13 16 EnglandMark Fuller ST-BMW 65 +4 Laps 22 4 01:11.108 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 22 EnglandPhil Perkins TDR-Toyota 58 DNF 16 5 01:09.847 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 17 EnglandDavid Stanton ST-BMW 44 DNF 17 2 01:09.891 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 24 EnglandDave Carr-Smith Midnight-Renault 32 DNF 6 3 01:08.983 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 8 GermanyLuis Fernando Laaff Constant-Renault 31 DNF 5 2 01:08.651 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 21 NetherlandsAbdel Damghi Nijo-Toyota 26 DNF 18 2 01:09.967 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 25 EnglandNick Rowland Midnight-Renault 24 DNF 12 2 01:09.158 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 18 FinlandTeemu Toikka Williamson-Mercedes 14 DNF 21 3 01:11.319 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 0 FinlandJyri Lylykorpi Nordsjoen-Mercedes 6 DNF 19 0 01:09.863 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 9 GermanyChristoph Lichtenstein Synergetic-Ferrari 6 DNF 8 3 01:11.313 Wheel generic-unknown.png 0
Ret 12 WalesBen Morgan Computrac-BMW 0 DNF 15 0 - Wheel generic-unknown.png 0

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 England Lee Morris 85
2 Malta Joe Consiglio 54
3 Malta Jason Muscat 52
4 Switzerland David Jundt 42
5 England Dave Carr-Smith 27
6 Scotland Sam Millar 25
7 England Ojay Clark 23
8 England Adam Rouse 22
9 England Mark Wicks 20
10 Ireland Kieran Ryan 15
11 England Mark Stanton 12
12 Finland Jyri Lylykorpi 6
= England Nick Rowland 6
14 Germany Christoph Lichtenstein 4
15 Scotland Ryan Walker 2
16 Wales Ben Morgan 1

Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Greece Red Archer-Renault 94
2 England Draig-Ferrari 87
3 Italy Nordsjoen-Mercedes 60
4 England Woods-Mercedes 35
5 England Midnight-Renault 33
6 Northern Ireland Synergetic-Ferrari 29
7 England Williamson-Mercedes 23
8 England TDR-Toyota 22
9 England Constant-Renault 12
10 Belgium Computrac-BMW 1

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