Lehdistötiedotteet - Week 1-2 Recap

Week 1-2 Recap

Hello everyone, this is the (unofficial) recap of MRC, Today we will be taking a look at what happend in the major series (F1,NASC GOLD,FE,INDY,MOTO1)
Notes : i did rush this and didn't pay much attention to the midfield, so F1 is the only one i actually spent time on, the others i just typed who got pole and finishing positions so let's start

FORMULA 1
-Here we are at the season opener, we obviously had driver changes but what was a shock is pinto moving to williams "RedBull fired me and williams offered me a seat so i accepted, pretty simple, but it's probably going to be my last season in F1" said the 2-time world champion Asdrubal Pinto in an interview, but anyways what a season opener this was , especially for Dare Atelsek getting pole in his debut with porsche but his race did not "end" well as he DNFed out of the Grand Prix from P2 after having chassis problems in lap 41 , 9 laps after his teammate DNFed because of other reliability issues. "I think we would of finished on the position from which we retired, so P2 at the end. Sure DNF due to mechanical problem disapoints every driver, but that is part of motorsports" Commented Atelsek
Meanwhile RedBull struggled in the first race with both of their drivers finishing outside the points , really surprising and if anything shocking to see last season's champions doing that bad while their old driver Pinto, which they fired, finished P6 in a williams which is a worse car, but anyways, your winner for the australian GP is Novikov
-Now to the second race in Sakhir International Circuit in bahrain, and this time , we got redbull finally showing thier true pace as they get a front row lockout with Dexter Morgan getting pole and Chloe DeSaint-Germain alongside him in P2 while our last race winner Novikov is starting P10 , our first DNF was from Ferrari's Jarbas who DNFed from the lead due to problems with the chassis which in-turn meant RedBull dominated the race and finished the race with a 1-2 Finish with Morgan winning, DeSaint-Germain 2nd, and Rushman takes the last step of the podium, "Jarbas had a chance to win, as he had one set of fresh hard tyres more then Red Bulls and a more aggressive strategy for the end of the race, but for sure it would had been difficult to pass the Ford of Rushman and both RedBulls of Morgan and Saint Germain" Commented Ferrari's Team Principal after his driver DNFed out of the Grand Prix
-And now we are at race 3 in China, Atelsek gets pole again proving that he is one of the best drivers on the grid, followed by Jarbas in 2nd place trying to get a good result to cover up the ground he lost by DNFing from the 2nd race , and after a fantastic race-long battle, Jarbas takes the win for Ferrari, which made the team really proud of him as his Team Principal said "I'm really proud of him, he won the first race only in his third race as a rookie. He is working very well with the team, we share decisions and strategies and I hope he will stay in Ferrari for a long time", while Atelsek came home in 2nd place "Ferrari are very strong this season and that was no surprise actually. Jarbas was pushing hard from the start and we couldn't pull away enough to stay ahead during the pitstops. He had a slightly faster pitstop as he needed less fuel at that stage, so that was enough already. I think there was not much more we could of done there. If I regret anything, it is that i missed the chance at the end, when I couldn't find a way through with a faster car, as Jarbas picked up some damage." Said Atelsek
-the fourth race will be held in the streets of Baku. DeSaint-Germain gets pole followed by pinto who's unsurprisingly showing great pace, Vaara third, Bum in fifth, atelsek in seventh, and morgan all the way down in tenth, really disapointing as his teammate managed to get pole, and Novikov down in P12. Vaara DNFed after he made a mistake which caused him to lose what possibly could of been a podium, another person who DNFed was morgan who was slowly moving up but a transmission problem ended his race in lap 27, Atelsek DNFed aswell after making a big mistake, seems like luck hasn't been nice to him so far. But its Bum who wins the race, DeSaint-Germain finished second while Novikov finishes third

STANDINGS AFTER RACE 4
1. Nivokov (52 pts)
2. Bum (42 pts)
3. Morgan (40 pts)
4. DeSaint-Germain (36 pts)
5. Rushman (35 pts)
6. Vaara (30 pts)
7. Pinto (30 pts)
8. Jarbas (25 pts)
9. Szybki (22 pts)
10. Atelsek (20 pts)


NASC GOLD
-The season opener will of course be the infamous Daytona 500, and we have Psikuta starting first, he would want to have a really strong season if he wants to win the championship again, and with Marc Montane moving to Formula 1, it will be a lot easier, but anyways, in second place we have Fisichella, and third is Nishino who's race ended early with a mechanical problem involving the transmission, Ritter led most of the final laps but psikuta managed to overtake him for the win on the final lap, while Fisichella
-Now to the second race, Las Vegas 400 where Austin got pole, Followed by Psikuta and Fisichella
Sadly for Austin, He made a mistake and crashed out of the race, Nishino won followed by Halle who qualified 9th and finished second, and then Psikuta
-The third race is held in the Auto Club Speedway for the Fontana 400 we got Austin once again starting first, Followed by Drummond and Fisichella, Nishino won the race, followed by Psikuta, while Austin took the last step of the podium
-Now to the 4TH race which is The Phoenix 500, Drummond again showing pace by getting pole, Followed by Nishino and Greipel, Psikuta and Austin Will be starting from P4 and P5, but in the end Drummond had a horrible race and finished P13, while Nishino won, followed by Halle and Austin
-Moving on to the 5TH race, The Atlanta 500, Psikuta is starting first, kind of expected from last season champion, followed by Fisichella and Nishino.
Psikuta takes the win but Drummond surprisingly got 2nd after qualifying in the middle of the grid, and then Greipel in 3rd
-Let's skip a few days until the 6TH race, The Texas 500, we got Austin on pole followed by Vyslouzil, Greipel and Psikuta while Fisichella is all the way down in 12TH, Surprisingly, he managed to win, Psikuta gets 2ND and Greipel third

STANDINGS AFTER RACE 6
1. Psikuta (303 pts)
2. Fisichella (288 pts)
3. Nishino (273 pts)
4. Carlotti (260 pts)
5. Greipel (258 pts)
6. Ritter (257 pts)
7. Drummond (252 pts)
8. Hale (239 pts)
9. Austin (236 pts)
10. Vyslouzil (230 pts)


INDY
-The Grand Prix Of st.Petersburg is the opening round of the new season, and we got Szalonna on pole sharing the front row with hunt, while Darville will be starting 3rd.
Szalonna DNFed early on the race from a dominant lead due to oil pressure problems, and darville took the win instead, followed by Hunt and Kawalski
-We move on to the 2nd race which is The GrandPrix Of Alabama in Barber Motorsport Park, where we got wirdhiem on pole, our last race winner Darville will be starting second followed by Bell in 3rd.
Szalonna DNFs for the 2nd time in a row after the engine stopped working in lap 48, and the winner of the GP Of Alabama is Kenny Wirdhiem, followed by bell and darville
-now to the third race, GP Of Long Beach, we got szalonna on pole, Darville second and Wirdhiem third.
Darville wins his third race of the season, followed by szalonna who finally managed to finish the race and then wirdhiem in P3

STANDINGS AFTER RACE 3
1. Darville (144 points)
2. Wirdhiem (115 points)
3. Hunt (102 points)
4. Kowalski (100 points)
5. DeCesaris (80 points)
6. Kubica (76 points)
7. Wolf (75 points)
8. Bell (64 points)
9. Olds (63 points)
10. Blake (62 points)


Moto1
-Here we are at Qatar for the Moto1 Season Opener, And pole position for this race goes to last season's champion Ivan Kalinin, while DaCosta and Nalbandian shared the front row, and after a dominant performance from Kalinin he wins the race while DaCosta and Nalbandian Were mostly fighting the entire race, at the end it was Nalbandian who took the second step on the podium while DaCosta finished 3RD
-Now to the second race in Thailand where DaCosta got pole, Nalbadian Starts second, woeger in third, and kalinin down in fourth.
Kalinin moved up through the race and won with a last lap overtake on DaCosta, Nalbandian rounded up the podium, while woeger finished fourth
-The third race was held in the Circuit Of The Americas, and we got the usual riders in the front of the grid, Kalinin on pole, Woeger second, and Lanbandian finishing up the front row. Kalinin wins once again, while Nalbandian and DaCosta take the lower steps or the podium
-Moving on to the final race of this quick recap, The Argentine GrandPrix, DaCosta gets pole sharing the front row with Nalbandian and Woeger, this time DaCosta Kept his lead to the end to bring home a win, Woeger in second, and Nalbandian in third, surprisingly, Kalinin stayed in his starting position

STANDINGS AFTER RACE 4
1. Kalinin (88 points)
2. DaCosta (77 points)
3. Nalbandian (72 points)
4. Woeger (57 points)
5. Wigzey (44 points)
6. Salama (35 points)
7. Suutari (33 points)
8. Kos (28 points)
9. Hunter (28 points)
10. Louis (26 points)


FORMULA E
-Another season of the eco-friendly racing series that is Formula E begins in the streets of ad diriyah, we got our last season champion, Blaz Vidmar on pole followed by Fullerton, then babinicz and then John Barber in 4th, by the end of the race Vidmar and Fullerton both kept their position but Barber managed to overtake Babinicz and got the final step of the podium
-As we move on to the second in the Putrajaya Street Circuit, we get a really close qualifying as we have Babinicz on pole, followed by Fullerton who is 0.092 seconds behind the pole time, Then Vidmar with a 0.104 gap, and then sincar with a 0.107 gap to pole, and in 5TH place we have Hurtubise being 0.178 behind pole.
And now here are the top 10 finishers of Race 2 : 1st. Fullerton | 2nd. Vidmar | 3rd. Babinicz | 4th. Barber | 5th. cincar | 6th. Carter | 7th. Hurtubise | 8th. Olol | 9th. Dagotto | 10. Laska
-The Merrakesh E-Prix is the third race of the season and once again Vidmar is on pole followed by fullerton and sincar, sincar had an engine failure in lap 12 so he DNFed out of the race so Barber took his spot on the podium while the top 2 stayed the same

STANDINGS AFTER RACE 3
1. Vidmar (68 pts)
2. Fullerton (61 pts)
3. Barber (42 pts)
4. Babinicz (37 pts)
5. Carter (26 pts)
6. Sincar (22 pts)
7. Hurtubise (20 pts)
8. Olo (10 pts)
9. Dagotto (8 pts)
10. Laska (7 pts)