Sprintrace Australia

Published on 06 November 2005 by Thorsten Hendriks

Team France have won the sprint race in Eastern Creek. Jos had a good race and finished seventh.
After the start Mexico and Germany had a small incident and both ended up in the gravel pit.

The safety car was deployed and with 13 laps to go France drove away from the rest to create a gap which only would get bigger. Jos is fighting with Switzerland for position, but the Swiss car has a higher speed and Jos was not able to overtake him.

There are no changes in positions during the last laps. The difference in pace between the first six cars is similar and nothing happens for the rest of the race. Brazil and Portugal are fighting for position 2 and 3. In the end it was Portugal who maintained his position and finished second.

In the last lap there is an incident between Japan and Austria and they both end up retiring.

  
1  FRANCE        30:32.582   -   -       
2  PORTUGAL      30:41.281   +8.699    +8.699       
3  BRAZIL        30:41.677   +9.095    +0.396       
4  IRELAND       30:45.067   +12.485   +3.390       
5  GREAT BRITAIN 30:50.055   +17.473   +4.988       
6  SWITZERLAND   30:52.566   +19.984   +2.511       
7  NETHERLANDS   30:57.138   +24.556   +4.572       
8  MALAYSIA      30:59.418   +26.836   +2.280       
9  CANADA        31:00.468   +27.886   +1.050       
10 ITALY         31:02.402   +29.820   +1.934       
11 AUSTRALIA     31:03.008   +30.426   +0.606       
12 PAKISTAN      31:10.694   +38.112   +7.686       
13 RUSSIA        31:11.600   +39.018   +0.906       
14 NEW ZEALAND   31:12.646   +40.064   +1.046       
15 USA           31:22.492   +49.910   +9.846       
16 CHINA         31:23.701   +51.119   +1.209       
17 INDIA         31:25.335   +52.753   +1.634       
18 JAPAN         29:51.428   1 Lap     1 Lap       
19 AUSTRIA       29:51.690   1 Lap     +0.262       
20 LEBANON       20:27.284   8 Laps    7 Laps       
21 SOUTH AFRICA  16:34.442   11 Laps   3 Laps       
22 MEXICO         6:08.176   16 Laps   5 Laps       
23 GERMANY        6:08.645   16 Laps   +0.469       
 

Thorsten Hendriks