| Race favourite
ADF-Red-5 has taken line honours in the MDR '2008 Formula Nippon
Enduro' around the Albert Park circuit today, after starting
from sixth grid position.
After a minor lose during his
qualifying hotlap he surrendered any hope of a front row grid
position and was forced to fight his way back through the field,
in the 30 lap event. Front row positions instead went to pole
sitter ADF-Monjen and Quasi, who admitted afterward "It was a
sloppy lap, and I got a little drifty through several turns, but
was lucky enough to put it on the front row."
However, his first rolling
start took Quasi by surprise, and as the pace car left the track
and the "GO,GO,GO" order came from his spotter he was swamped at
the line by ADF-Monjen and a flying OzAgro. At turn one the
excitement level exploded with those two frontrunners tangling,
and heading off-track and into the kitty litter, whilst Quasi
ran wide, allowing the entire field to stream through.
AUS-Butakup was shocked to
find himself in second place, behind ADF-Medic, but held it
together to remain in a strong position for several laps, with
the original three frontrunners, and ADF-Red-5 bearing down on
him. Quasi had been pressuring when on lap 2 he was rear ended
by OzAgro, losing a rear wing and forcing an unscheduled pitstop,
marking the start of a damage marred race.
Things heated up considerably
when the pacesetters ADF-Monjen, ADF-Medic, and ADF-Red-5
gobbled up AUS-Butakup and set the scene for a tremendous
battle up front, with ADF-2ZZGE battling with AUS-Butakup for
minor placings.
Although in the middle stages
of the event it looked like a three way battle ADF-Red-5 showed
why he was the race favourite by not only dominating the second
half of the 30 lapper, but putting almost a complete lap on
eventual second place getter ADF-Monjen, and third place getter
ADF-Medic.
OzAgro and ADF-2ZZGE both
eventually succumbed to accident damage, whilst Quasi, during a
very strong fight back through the field was disqualified for
allegedly ignoring a blue flag, handing the fourth place finish
to a persistent AUS-Butakup. |