2005 A1GP Championship - Round 3 - Estoril

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:02

Australia is struggling to keep the car in a straight line. :eek:

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:03

Australia defending from Italy very nicely - Australia and Italy now have New Zealand behind them.

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:04

Ooof - we're getting the full 36 laps - sadly for Australia - 1 more lap of struggling...

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:05

France wins the Feature race!

Switzerland - 2nd
Ireland - 3rd

Well done France - 4 in a row...

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:11

Feature Race results - subject to confirmation

Code:

[b]Pos.	Team		Laps	Time  		Gap. F.  	Gap. P.  	Pits   	[/b]
1    	FRANCE		36   	1:01:05.454  	-  		-  		1   	
2    	SWITZERLAND	36   	1:01:12.971  	+7.517  	+7.517  	1   	
3    	IRELAND		36   	1:01:21.387  	+15.933  	+8.416  	1   	
4    	USA		36   	1:01:24.477  	+19.023  	+3.090  	1   	
5    	PORTUGAL	36   	1:01:32.774  	+27.320  	+8.297  	1   	
6    	AUSTRALIA	36   	1:01:40.228  	+34.774  	+7.454  	1   	
7    	ITALY		36   	1:01:41.083  	+35.629  	+0.855  	2   	
8    	BRAZIL		36   	1:01:41.719  	+36.265  	+0.636  	1   	
9    	CZECH REPUBLIC	36   	1:01:43.184  	+37.730  	+1.465  	2   	
10    	AUSTRIA		36   	1:01:56.834  	+51.380  	+13.650  	1   	
11    	LEBANON		36   	1:02:04.187  	+58.733  	+7.353  	1   	
12    	GREAT BRITAIN	36   	1:02:07.401  	+1'01.947  	+3.214  	1   	
13    	INDIA		36   	1:02:10.998  	+1'05.544  	+3.597  	1   	
14    	CHINA		36   	1:02:16.035  	+1'10.581  	+5.037  	1   	
15    	PAKISTAN	36   	1:02:21.971  	+1'16.517  	+5.936  	1   	
16    	NEW ZEALAND	35   	1:01:41.368  	1 Lap  		1 Lap  		1   	
17    	RUSSIA		35   	1:01:58.369  	1 Lap  		+17.001  	1   	
18    	CANADA		20   	36:38.206  	16 Laps  	15 Laps  	1   	
19    	NETHERLANDS	18   	32:48.786  	18 Laps  	2 Laps  	2   	
20    	GERMANY		17   	30:27.881  	19 Laps  	1 Lap  		1   	
21    	MALAYSIA	15   	29:00.971  	21 Laps  	2 Laps  	1   	
22    	SOUTH AFRICA	14   	24:01.306  	22 Laps  	1 Lap  		1   	
23    	INDONESIA	11   	19:06.035  	25 Laps  	3 Laps  	1

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:11

France got the fastest lap as well - clean sweep for them this weekend.

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:15

Championship standing after Round 3

Code:

[b]
Pos	Country		Points
1	France		50
2	Brazil		42	
3	Switzerland	34
4	New Zealand	29
5	Australia	21
6	Canada		18
=8	Mexico		16
=8	Ireland		16
=10	Netherlands	15
=10	Great Britain	15
11	Malaysia	14
12	Portugal	11
=14	Germany		8
=14	Czech Republic	8
15	USA		7
=17	Japan		6
=17	South Africa	6
18	Indonesia	5
=20	Italy		4
=20	Pakistan	4
21	Austria		1

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:16

Firestar_3x said:
Really good race that, what sky channel do you need to watch it proper?

Sky Sports - channel varies though

So far has been on Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and Sky Sports Extra

Simon/~Flibster

Flibster · 23 Oct 2005 at 16:26

I know what you mean - it is however superb racing.

I think part of it is knowing that all the cars are the same - there's no innovation like there is in F1 - seeing whats changed from race to race.

Also you can't follow a single driver - there's no guarantee that he will be in the car at the next race.

It also has no history - thats part of the feel of F1 as well.

It's slowly attracting me to it though - just for the racing alone.