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GRAND PRIX OF MACAU JULY 1ST 1997 |
Local race time: 15:10:00 Current weather: Sunny Temperature: 24° Track Temperature: 30° |
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SAMBA DO MACAU: ANTARCTICA 1-2 HEATS UP THE FIGHT. MERCEDES CLOSE BY. A sad week for the IRC F1 family came to conclusion today at the Macau GP. All drivers and team principals gathered minutes before the race start at starting lane for a minute of silence in tribute to Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn who succumbed to its injuries sustained during last weeks GP. Garuda F1 decided to not pullout of the competition, but did not replace the Crown Prince's seat with another driver. Team mate Chalor will finish the Season in honor of his former colleague. As for the race itself, the candidates seem to have been narrowed down to just two teams, and with Antarctica Motor Racing's stellar performance, cliching P1 and P2, the Constructions championship could swing either to them or to Mercedes, who despite a bad day managed to finish with both of his cars in the points, mantaining its lead in the Championship. The podium was completed with the only Garuda pilot left, who received his trophy and immediatly looked to the sky and pointed upwards, dedicating this podium to his friend and team colleague. Barichello demonstrated a super driving style to secure his 2nd GP in a row and catapulting him to the top of the Driver's Championship, just above the Mercedes pilots who are still fighting hard to bring both titles to Germany. Roth on P5 and Luxemburg on P7 saved the lead of their team thanks to the points they gathered but now they are facing serious competition with only 3 races remaining, including Antarctica's home race and the South American GP. Pampa Energia had a good day thanks to Siebert's P4 and Tueros P6, climbing positions on the lower part of the table, while Golden Dragon closed off the points thanks to Xue Wen. We also saw another dissapointing race from Nexus F1, who is unrecognizable from the first few races of the Season, where it pulled great results. For second consecutive race they were not able to grab any points and once again fell in the Constructors ranking, falling way behind the brazilians and germans. Finally Team Norway Racing and Team Gunston also failed to confirm the improvements they evidenced during the last seasons and seem to be competing now for the lower positions of the table, but with 3 races remaining they might still be on time to compete for the "best of the rest" title. With the asian tour complete, the IRC heads now to South America for the final stage of the season. |
FINAL RESULTS MACAU GP 1997 (5/8) |
POS | # ▍DRV Name | Team | Time | Pts | Fastest Lap |
1 | ▍BAR Rubens Goncalves Barrichello | Antarctica Motor Racing | 01:26:43.203 | 10 | |
2 | ▍COS Felipe da Costa Nascimento | Antarctica Motor Racing | 00:00:17.088 | 8+1 | 1:36.609 |
3 | ▍CHA Sinee Chalor | Garuda F1 | 00:00:24.345 | 6 | |
4 | ▍SIE Marcos Siebert | Pampa Energia F1 | 00:00:46.141 | 5 | |
5 | ▍ROT Odo Roth | Mercedes-AMG F1 | 00:00:58.317 | 4 | |
6 | ▍TUE Esteban Tuero | Pampa Energia F1 | 00:01:05.721 | 3 | |
7 | ▍LUX Morgen Luxemburg | Mercedes-AMG F1 | 00:01:34.025 | 2 | |
8 | ▍WEN Xue Wen | Golden Dragon Racing | Laps Down: 1 | 1 | |
9 | ▍FOX Alex Fox | Nexus F1 | Laps Down: 1 | ||
10 | ▍TUN Guy Tunmer | Team Gunston | Laps Down: 1 | ||
11 | ▍BRO Jason Brown | Nexus F1 | Laps Down: 1 | ||
12 | ▍HUY Harald Huysman | Team Norway Racing | Laps Down: 2 | ||
13 | ▍AGR Ayla Agren | Team Norway Racing | Laps Down: 2 | ||
DNF | ▍LIN Hui Lin | Golden Dragon Racing | Ret. lap 4 | ||
DNF | ▍SCH Jody Scheckter | Team Gunston | Ret. lap 1 |
DRIVERS CHAMPIOSHIP (5/8) |
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CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIOSHIP (5/8) |
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ROLEPLAY RESULTS AFTER RACE 5/8: Distribution of skill points per driver. These will be automatically used for upcoming races.
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