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Round 3 - Syracuse, Italy
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³ Race Starting Grid ³
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³ Italy - Syracuse ³
³ (57 Laps) ³
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³Pole 1 ³
³ Giorgio Pantano ³
³ 1m 10.772s 2 ³
³ Jos Verstappen ³
³Row 2 3 1m 10.800s ³
³ Robert Shepherd ³
³ 1m 10.841s 4 ³
³ Craig Richards ³
³Row 3 5 1m 10.965s ³
³ Tony Kanaan ³
³ 1m 11.013s 6 ³
³ Andreas Zuber ³
³Row 4 7 1m 11.078s ³
³ Ricardo Zonta ³
³ 1m 11.205s 8 ³
³ Bia Figueiredo ³
³Row 5 9 1m 11.206s ³
³ Tiago Monteiro ³
³ 1m 11.217s 10 ³
³ Romain Grosjean ³
³Row 6 11 1m 11.244s ³
³ Helio Castroneves ³
³ 1m 11.378s 12 ³
³ David Coulthard ³
³Row 7 13 1m 11.408s ³
³ Pedro de la Rosa ³
³ 1m 11.412s 14 ³
³ Alex Wurz ³
³Row 8 15 1m 11.418s ³
³ Heinz-Harald Frentzen ³
³ 1m 11.490s 16 ³
³ Anthony Davidson ³
³Row 9 17 1m 11.500s ³
³ Cristiano Da Matta ³
³ 1m 11.691s 18 ³
³ Franck Montagny ³
³Row 10 19 1m 11.729s ³
³ Ralf Schumacher ³
³ 1m 11.816s 20 ³
³ Paul Tracy ³
³Row 11 21 1m 11.854s ³
³ Olivier Panis ³
³ 1m 11.890s 22 ³
³ Christian Klien ³
³Row 12 23 1m 11.891s ³
³ Takuma Sato ³
³ 1m 11.895s 24 ³
³ Juan-Pablo Montoya ³
³Row 13 25 1m 11.902s ³
³ Lucca Badoer ³
³ 1m 12.455s 26 ³
³ Luciano Burti ³
³ 1m 12.457s ³
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That was a surprising qualifying. The two Scicilias, which couldn't get any good results until now were in the front row, followed by the two Caccere (4 italian cars! How did GP2 know that? :) ) and the two Nightwolfs.
At the start, Verstappen dropped to 5th, so I was 2nd, followed by Craig. I was slower than him and I've almost got past. But Vertappen was coming too fast from behind and I could get alway as they fought.
Then my pace became better and I could stand 1 second ahead of Verstappen for some laps. But soon he was faster again, and after a mistake of mine, he was 1 or two tenths behind my at the first pit stop.
I was very luck at the pits, as Verstappen has had problems with backmarkers and lost too much time, losing his position to Craig.
He tried to have it back but at lap 26 his engine failed.
Everything looked fine to me. I was second with 4 seconds ahead of Craig. I was a little faster than him and almost as fast as the leader Pantano, but I did have a transmission problem at lap 29 and my race was over.
Pantano has won easily, with Richards in second place and championship leader Zuber on third.
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³ Race Results ³
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³ Italy - Syracuse ³
³ (57 Laps) ³
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³ Pos Driver Time/Speed ³
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³ 1st Giorgio Pantano 1h 08m 39.616s ³
³ Scicilia - Maserati ³
³ 2nd Craig Richards +13.004s ³
³ Caccere - Holden ³
³ 3rd Andreas Zuber +21.804s ³
³ Nightwolf - Renault ³
³ 4th Ricardo Zonta +40.262s ³
³ Zenith - Hyundai ³
³ 5th Helio Castroneves +48.463s ³
³ Comet - Peugeot ³
³ 6th Romain Grosjean +48.988s ³
³ S-Sports - Ferrari ³
³ 7th Bia Figueiredo +53.480s ³
³ S-Sports - Ferrari ³
³ 8th Tiago Monteiro +57.194s ³
³ Zenith - Hyundai ³
³ 9th Anthony Davidson +58.723s ³
³ Blacksmith - BMW ³
³ 10th Heinz-Harald Frentzen +1m 01.305s ³
³ Blacksmith - BMW ³
³ 11th Cristiano Da Matta +1m 05.594s ³
³ Koskinen - Mercedes ³
³ 12th Tony Kanaan +1m 09.878s ³
³ Nightwolf - Renault ³
³ 13th Takuma Sato -1 Lap ³
³ Coventry - Climax ³
³ 14th Franck Montagny -1 Lap ³
³ Koskinen - Mercedes ³
³ 15th Juan-Pablo Montoya -1 Lap ³
³ Coventry - Climax ³
³ 16th Christian Klien -1 Lap ³
³ FX - Ford ³
³ 17th David Coulthard -1 Lap ³
³ Atlantis - Mitsubishi ³
³ 18th Ralf Schumacher -1 Lap ³
³ Tailgunner - Cosworth ³
³ 19th Paul Tracy -1 Lap ³
³ Tailgunner - Cosworth ³
³ 20th Olivier Panis -1 Lap ³
³ FX - Ford ³
³ 21st Luciano Burti -1 Lap ³
³ Barrichello - Ford ³
³ 22nd Robert Shepherd Transmission ³
³ Caccere - Holden ³
³ 23rd Pedro de la Rosa Engine ³
³ Comet - Peugeot ³
³ 24th Jos Verstappen Engine ³
³ Scicilia - Maserati ³
³ 25th Alex Wurz Water Leak ³
³ Atlantis - Mitsubishi ³
³ 26th Lucca Badoer Engine ³
³ Barrichello - Ford ³
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Here's the standings:
Drivers
Andreas Zuber 26
Bia Figueiredo 18
Craig Richards 16
Robert Shepherd 16
Tony Kanaan 14
Giorgio Pantano 14
Juan-Pablo Montoya 10
Ricardo Zonta 6
Helio Castroneves 6
Takuma Sato 4
Romain Grosjean 3
Pedro de la Rosa 3
David Coulthard 3
Heinz-Harald Frentzen 2
Tiago Monteiro 1
Jos Verstappen 1
Alex Wurz 1
Teams
Nightwolf 40
Caccere 32
S. Sports 21
Scicilia 15
Coventry 14
Comet 9
Zenith 7
Atlantis 4
Blacksmith 2