RACE 2 - ZANDVOORT - GT4 EUROPEAN SERIES 2019 - ENGLISH

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] the stage is set for the second of the two gt4 European Series races here at Zandvoort it's been a damp track a flurry of rain during the preceding race you can see just off the the pit wall side the track is still a little bit greasy but it's the problem when you get rain up one end of the circuit cook that could catch out some of these drivers there is wind as you can see blowing down the start/finish straight from Tarzan towards the final corner but the wind continues to blow in off the North Sea bringing with it mixed weather there is blue sky but as you can see also dry dark clouds hanging above us look about the pit lane the flags are beating with vigor track temperature stays low just over 20 degrees now so at least it's going in the right direction in terms of getting heat into the tyres but for the packed field of cars coming out to play in this GT for European series race anything is in prospect it's really really hard to predict and of course all of them think about that first corner the double right-hander the banked corner you can see at the far end of the shot that's tar sand packed grid of cars we had some fantastic racing yesterday in mixed conditions and through it all came Phoenix racing with the number one Audi Cedric Freiburg house and Nicolae Balan Madson but of course today the grid is shifted around because the second driver was a driver who set the qualifying time and it's Daniel Makai who's McLaren he's on the front row but let's go down to the grid to the car on the outside the front road because max cobalt is has been caught by Dakota at the front of the grid max not such a bad place to be on the front of the grid in your home race what have been like racing around your hood your home track you know you live about 20 minutes away from here you said is the track you grown living and breathing and racing on does that hold an advantage for you here today I hope so yeah of course the field is strong but yeah I grew up on this track I learned to drive it on this track so I know every in and out there so there's a it's difficult to overtake here but I know some spots you can try it so yeah we have a good position here from p2 and yeah for the championship one competitor is there one competitor is behind us so we are will be fun race and yeah let's go some good points for the last race of Numa green now the track conditions are really interesting today is been rain sunshine rain sunshine what do you think it's gonna do nice come on you know this track I don't know really the weather is really unpredictable can rain I leave it's 20 minutes from Derrick and rain here can be sunshine or the other way around really difficult to know but looks like stay dry now so I overstayed right will be nice little nice to drive for six in the wet again but we'll see we'll see good luck thank you very much max thank you to kota down with the driver right at the sharp end of the championship that's back to Cobalt the Ducks race are sharing with his polish teammate yang Kissel who's on board Yang was really strong and conditions were tricky yesterday that's the lie Pat motorsport Mercedes you keep for sure number 14 McLaren on at the front row then JD Vandenberg in the best of the land that the best of the astronauts is number seven but of course in Aston Martin's James Bond it has to be 0:07 and street art racing a team that just seems to get stronger and stronger supported Aston Martin for many many years run there their cars and he's sharing the Julian Terrace and between them that they featured pretty strongly yesterday but it was an up and down sort of race a lots of drivers slipping when things became tricky and just to reiterate the number one number one racing winning yesterday is down in about 14th place it's the red red Audi just looking for it in shot in fact it's just out of shots at the moment GT for European series Simon NAB Dutch racer this car has been going so well this season Simon Chang with American racer Alec gudell the driving started yesterday goes second today so it's Simon's turn to be on board the car they finished in at 6:00 yesterday fastest that's their worst results since the second round of the championships are always competitive the track conditions always changing here it's hard to predict who is going to be at the very front end but certainly the McLaren on pole position didn't have a top result yesterday fourth which by their standards is poor Benjamin the Sen started yesterday but it's Daniel McKay's turn in that McLaren second of the lightener Motorsports Mercedes Marquez Padua kicked off yesterday it's the German racer lucy tres who gets going today one of a number of really really young racers who are stepping straight into GT cars lucy picking up the pace through the season a great mix of manufacturers let's take a look at the cars that McFerrin on pole position with daniel Makai on board John Cazale in the best place Mercedes second on the grid then more variety with the Aston Martin on the Left Jamie Van Daan belt the Belgian racer Simon app in his BMW as you get the mix then we go back to another Mercedes that's the number two car kicked off by Lucy tress and Daniel Brothers Daniel's brother you and makai so two macaws on the front three rows he's in the 8th Chris motorsport car had been of a setback yesterday best of the KTM 7 from the grid Reinhardt caught for that crash yes they mark found that are the sister MDM motorsport BMW then this jeunesse is going better and better Paul gay Catalan alongside Yank as Pollock in the best of the Porsche Caymans Matt Cowley Academy motorsport Aston Martin and the car that finished set at second yesterday Libya hearts v8 racing tomorrow then yesterday's winning car the number one Audi on the left of the screen Cedric Freiburg house Alex Lambert's racing for bullet racing the first of the Alpina number 35 Allen 32 remember that name yes fantastic rates are in Formula two and then form the 3,000 Angelique dr. van EA and Alessandro Giovanelli showing the sellers l'art racing team mercedes further back down the grid second off the number 24 KTM way down from where he'd expected in the hand of Nikolai L Gagne an American racer but it's got a real star in the other driver in mad sylia how you expect progress in the second half of the race and that brings us right up to the final row of the grid look out for the progress marius silk the number 111 BMW starting 28th and last is that is a car that got crashed before its set of flying that in qualifying that's why it's down at the tail end of the grid don't quite know why that Camaros parked quite so sideways in the bottom left-hand corner maybe to catch my attention but maybe this late to its grid position but the board is being shown waiting for the formation lap one hour of racing yesterday's winner the number one Audi that is starting a mid grid today second place yesterday a 68 v8 racing Camaro that is also down in mid grid you see in the bottom of your shot it's the chance for the order to be turned around and it's you keep for sure McLaren the lead from away around the field down the chi getting a cite all these drivers looking to see where the track is at its wettest because it's been raining during the previous race it is drying out the older of the Makai brothers has pole position these younger brother you and starting from sync it is a family affair the recent switch different cars for different teams the anklets motorsport BMW that is driving starting to see that's a car that went right at the sharp end until Justine here's the championship we heard the max cobalt on the road needs championship leader with his teammate gank is Neil Simon's nap and if you del always in the mix there on 111 but Dan Makai Benjamin the scent lost a few points yesterday but it's really tied to the top a bowl of medicine and Fryeburg houses these winners closing in in effective fourth place overall [Music] the silver cup that's the pro pro lineup we have a pro-am championship as well the am championship also the three championships within one if you will as the field goes around this is a prime cut Marcus pan woods and Lucy trash they're starting well after Lucy Starling in fifth place today marius silk and Gabriella piano there the car starting stone last twenty eight their recovery drive from them but then again never another little flurry of raid it means we go down to having a single racing line at the motors we seem to have most of the track a little bit down just off the racing line two car to go side by side in the out cup it's Clements ila and Pascal back with a tidy lead in their Aston Martin ahead of David Lozier and Erik mu a in the little helping enters my CMR Lucca Branson still running in the Africa he's running in a Camaro today shaky Duncan Houseman he's stopping us I'm Way down the field if I found in about 20th position or so but right now for all these runners headed this one our race there's a driver change midway through between 25 minutes into the race and 35 minutes into the race time their pit stops according to are they being obstructed by the car ahead or is there going to be clean space in the pit lane around them to make the pitched off without interruption but right now for all these drivers it's getting a feel for their cars and how much grip is available today how much it's going to be available the next time around it's been a changeable feast on this Sunday morning at Zandvoort and heat in the tires with the track temperature the last time you saw a graphic it was about 21 degrees they could have expected a lot more in July it's been the coolest weekend but for now it's dry would it be dry all the way through is the end of an era of racing we will find out track temperature I said 21 degrees just dropped two degrees just like that air temperatures staying stubbornly low in fact both of those are did because the Sun has dipped behind clouds recently and will stay there two corners to go race officials want them two by two and we will have 14 rows of cars coming around in pairs accelerating braking accelerating braking in time-honored fashion as they the lights are out on the pace car leading them around that Audi will peel into the pit lane the front row is a mclaren-mercedes the second row and Aston Martin and a BMW before we get repeats from the manufacturers with the second de Sade's and a second BMW on the third row KTM on the fourth row alongside another BMW so a real mixed pack of cars GT for racing go from strength to strength the numbers are growing the competitiveness is becoming ever ever tighter who is going to come out on top today the red lights on the starting gantry are on they cannot floor the throttle until they flick to green waiting for the field to be in a straight line on the start to be straight I think we're good to go who's going to get the power down first waiting for the lights go out it's a long hold who's gonna panic first and go for it oh dear we've lost unfortunately bullet racing Mercedes with ostrich trailer motorsport Mercedes want the kid Porsche Caymans the number 24 KTM crossbow it all kicked off in fact I think both of the Mercedes at the back of the horses in mid order of feedback there I don't know what to turn the number 66 Mercedes sideways but for Alex Lambert's it's a short ride into the barriers and a change at the needed race while looking at all that was happening red flag so that was a race that got going nowhere so having lost the lead on the run to the first colony of Daniel McIver get to do it all over again Jam Kissel who took the lead in a life of vegetable Mercedes my eye was drawn elsewhere clearly with cars bouncing a zone a pool table had been given a very big thump with balls bouncing everywhere and I think he looks Oh about half dozen cars haven't been taken out on the run some of them scarcely got to the start/finish line so the Marshalls are rushing towards the cars to start the clear up operation but I can certainly tell you it looks like the poorest an automotive BMW is out of the race against the barriers and certainly the 66 Bullitt racing the solace bullet racing car this weekend Alex Lambert's at the wheel and Roma Monti waiting in pit garage is out of the race and it was good start and from the BMW to move up at the third place Simon Knapp where the head of Jamie abandoned out turning back past the factor well of course me it doesn't matter because we go back it's completely fresh start there that it's deadly up and down right in front of the grandstand upon the start/finish straight as cars went left went right and drivers tried to guess which way they could go in avoidance and unfortunately it's frequently diminishing returns you plumped for one way and the traffic suddenly moves into your paths a little bit of damage down both quite a lot of damage down the grid and the rescue vehicles will already be moving out onto the track as the field snakes around the interest in seeds they bring the field into the pit lane because the track is completely covered so they don't want the cars going over all that debris on the track they will peel them right as soon as they come out of the final corner keep them hard right and then enter the pit later I'm fairly short unless they bunch them up before the penultimate corner but they do want not want these cars going over all the debris and there's a fair bit of it on that staff in the straight after that shunt so in fact the safety car is waiting to catch to that the penultimate corner there's the red flag and the Marshalls giving instructions for the field to come to a holds them up go into the pit lane they'll be forming up before the penultimate corner you can see the grandstand the top left side of your screen the cars are the crashed in front of that on the start/finish straight some of which scarcely got to the start line because mid grid if the cars start exploding left and right that leads to clearly a concertina action in behind and always here of course you've got the funnel towards the end of the pit lane but it was before that that the cars started going at left and right and the car that most clearly one suggests was given a tap from behind and snap sideways was Alex Lambert's number 66 bullet racing Mercedes that went to stage left sitting there with a bonnet high in the sky the yellow Aston Martin number 61 Academy motorsport also sitting across the track we've got the KTM number 24 on the pit wall side with its lid up so the drivers could get out but a real scattering of cars there Fiona James is this is the 61 Aston Martin that's sitting sideways across the track for Academy motorsport so it's red flag and with good reason and I'll show you why here's a replay of the start 28 cars in straight order it was a long hold and maybe some people further back down the order decided to go well the Alex Lambert's came across the track the Schrader motorsport the and Rainey driven car Mercedes given a clonk there let's take another look yeah it's straight across the track and the the orange and black Mercedes just obscured then bounced off the pit wall came back across hit the Porsche came in the KTM was given a blow the Aston Martin tried to guess which way to go the Boris and automotive BMW on the right-hand side on the grass as the Porsche Cayman continues to snake and slide in the hands of Const in Sheol but it really was a series of dramatic effects from one manoeuvre one suggests moved from right left-hand side a grit to right and those behind left with nowhere to go certainly for yon reigning the very very tall German driver he he was presented with no choices whatsoever so I'm afraid it looks slow we've lost well Nikolaj algun dia an in that 24 KTM crossbow that's out of the race number at the forest an automotive car clearly not got the right number of wheels on it anymore that's hard against the barriers on the other side of the track so that was a very very short race start indeed 411 could expire coach you're buying okay that is indeed the Boris town automated crew talking to their drivers the two turkish drivers on board that says Fiona James is number 61 Aston Martin and it really has to be counted as a short race if you don't quite even get 100 meters past the start/finish line so dramatic moments at the start of the GT four European series race will have to do it all over again there's only one driver that's really heaving a big sigh of relief apart from those just checking that their teammate is okay and that's Daniel McCoy who didn't get the best of start from pole position and up into the first corner Yankees ooh look that yellow well I put motorsport Mercedes into the lead of the race but alas he's only got two corners into that lead and the red flags were flown because of all the debris on the start/finish straight and the remaining runners Sean of at least six cars formed up before the penultimate corner of the lab they're waiting for signals to where they can go you can see the cleanup obviously with various liquids spilt you can see the start/finish line that's how far some of the cars got bottom of the screen and they got 10 20 meters past it but the cars being cleared up in very quick order that flatbed in position to see what it can do let's have another look at the start it was all clean and tidy look at the right-hand side of your screen there's a gray and red Mercedes just head of that little blue out beam and at the start decided to come had to go further across because the Camaro in front of it was also trying to go to the left to form the middle ground the Schrader motorsport Mercedes number 777 nowhere to go and for those behind it was even less space to go they had to guess had to go there we will have been some closest skates for people trying to dive their way through but for many a person the obstruction arrived in their path there was nothing they can do about it so for Nikolai Elkin ein in the number 24 KTM crossbow across for his second taste of European racing his second event here at Zandvoort and it hasn't had the dream result that yesterday's did when he stood high on the podium in third place having shared a great run with Mads sylia hog in that true racing KTM more rescue vehicles coming around because clearly a large number of cars scattered over the start/finish straight but the clear-up work is going on a great great pace it must be said they're working very hard indeed down on the grid we will have a clean start we cannot count back let's have another look looking from a height look on the left-hand side of your screen you can see the blue well already you could see the compartment - its it's right driver's rights the Mercedes is behind bezoars being that way had to swerve further to the right clattered into the 77 Mercedes from Schrader Motorsports and then behind you can see avoidances everywhere but very very tricky indeed for those back end of the field it's always the case the best place to start quite clearly is the front of the grid yeah and Kissel took that advantage down into the first corner into the lead the race for life at motorsport but we will form up in grid formation all over again ok let's take a look this time let's watch how Yankees will in the yellow Mercedes gets a clean start it's a long hold it's a clean start of the front row degree but once you look past the first five all the action is in behind Kissel continues to accelerate the has the sister-sister life of motorsport archives tries to keep out the way out of the bottom of our shot still with down the kind that needed the race in the McLaren but has the cars scattered in the background a passing maneuver was made down into Tarzan and out the other end of the corner it was the Mercedes in front but almost immediately Yankee zeal was confronted with a red flag meaning he'd have to do it all over again very quick to stop this race still waiting for that 61 Aston Martin Fiona James's car to be lifted clear a lot of those fluids have now been treated with cement dust and that will hopefully make it a safer racing circuit when we get to go racing all over again no further messages on the timing screens but at the moment Alex Lambert's out of the race in the Bullitt racing Mercedes that's car number 66 Yan Reinecke in the Pro Am class he's showing his Schrader motorsport Mercedes with Dominic trommel he's out of the race but let's go down to the grid we've seen the 61 Aston Martin sideways and Dakota has caught up with the driver who was unfortunate to be at the wheel Fiona James I am indeed with Fiona James now you're okay are you yeah I'm fine yeah just a bit of a hard hit but I think all the safety stuff works as it should so what do you think happened in your perspective I saw some cars start to go so I tried to avoid them and I missed the first few going up and then I just got walloped by somebody into the wall I need the car read enough I don't think it'll be a write-off but yeah the whole will and suspension is all flying through the air so yeah it's not gonna stop you from racing right thing on there just lifting onto the car now but you're still not encouraged from your syllabus keep racing oh yeah definitely yep there's you know part of racing isn't it so you if you can't deal with that then you've got no business being on and it it's great to see how fast the emergency teams get out get to you isn't it great yeah the marshals were brilliant and they were all coming out and checking everyone was okay really quickly so er straightaway they were out checking everyone you'll get a nice cuppa thank you very much - Fiona James and Dakota down there but if you're absolutely sanguine in fact I'm about the ultimate the next look to the replay she worked really hard to guess which way to go you can see as she said she got past a couple but then diminishing returns and the field just came across and took the Franks off her Academy motorsport car pitching it sideways in the track there it's a driver who's seen it all over before Ricardo van der ender shrugging his shoulders but his car is still okay in you and McKay's hands it will start the restart in eighth place few drivers missing none of the drivers in front of him but you can just see how much liquid went down as the Boris an automotive BMW still needs to be clean let's take another look at the restart it was very tidy at the front but it was a long hold and it's in the middle just in front of the Alpena on the right-hand cue Mercedes dives to it's right but already Olivier Hart is trying to do the very same thing in front making the 66 car go further to the right the 777 Mercedes had nowhere to go and then cut straight back across the track no fall to driver Yan Rainey he's just simply hanging on to the steering wheel physics does what it does but the seventh in fact just talking about the 777 car it's just being driven past us and its front end is somewhat shorter than it should be and with the driver who's seven foot tall on board that's not a good thing to have but the and reigning appears to be okay the car is not still about formal cars to be moved away from the grid until these cars can come round onto the grid that we covered as we saw in cement dust as they tried to clear up all the liquids drop by those crashing cars the shards would have been swept clear the Marshalls working really really hard you can see the track sweeper in there doing its job we're set for a full restart look for any further signals still listed as going back to a one-hour start of the race that's what it's supposed to run to but we see if that gets trimmed the Aston Martin the Fiona James is now on the left hand screen up on one of the back at the back of one of those rescue vehicles and I think that will just leave I can't see if the KTM crossbow has been moved from pit wall there's one on stage right which is probably the bullet racing Mercedes 66 car and on the left there's still the BMW and possibly one other car from Boris an automotive for these drivers of course they won't have seen any replays they do not know what's happened they know the red flags have thrown their teams might have radioed and let them know that six cars are now out of the race but they will have to do it all over again and we will form up again in the correct grid the original grid positions well let's go down because Dakota's moved out to Boris and automotive and she's got eleven Kovac not a way to start a race really are you okay though I'm fine yeah fine it was a big impact nothing I could do you know I saw two guards two cars going to the wall on the right and they just you know ricocheted off into the into the middle of the road and had nowhere to go try to go to the left but got the impact and the car and the left hit me too also so yeah got stuck and damage to a car we obviously saw in the wall yeah big very big damaged front left tires came off on the first impact I think and just yeah I guided the car to the wall and safely got out and hopefully nothing happened to anyone but big crash yeah I was just talking to Fiona who is obviously right beside you as well and she said it was really nice as the other medical team reacted so quickly yeah they were very good thanks to the I think no one got injured so yeah hopefully nothing will happen to anyone no nothing comes up later on under the next one right thank you very much thank you thank you very much to coat it down with live and pocketbook who's been in and out of that Turkish car sharing with Ibrahim hockey ice but suitably sanguine of course drivers know these things can happen they tried to guess correctly but when you're at the tail of the field your options are certainly limited those at the front will be feeling very relieved indeed the field did get really quite bunched there and I think it was a long hold that some of the drivers just becoming a little little concern they're getting closer to them closer to the cars in front who were waiting for the lights to go from red to green and when it did some reacted with a little bit more of a swerve than others and I guess that's what really triggered all of that incident down on the start/finish straight here but I sense that we may have a restart relatively soon we've still got a couple of rescue vehicles on the start/finish straight I think the clear up operation is one more car to be shifted before those drivers sitting out on that ahead of the final corner yes it's still the Boris an automotive car a big car waiting to be cleared as you can see considerable front-end damage to that but the track itself is now pretty much cleared okay just receiving comments about what is going to happen the cars that are stored up before the penultimate corner would be brought through the pit lane and then when they go to their start of the race they'll be in correct grid order and they will start behind the safety car that is the official notification of what will be happy happening but right now the drivers out there still probably in the dark they weren't have seen any of the images as to what happened but they know that it was a big ricocheting multi car accident not the sort of accident we want to see at all but the good news is only one car left to be cleared out the drivers from what we gather all seem to be okay we've heard from a couple of them we heard from Fiona James and then eleven copic coach big and they were both okay and well in true racing driver fashion looking forward to their cars being repaired and going out to play next time around when I say play I mean race and race it very seriously indeed so the last few course vehicles and as that BMW is about to be wiped away from the barriers and now the cars the cars that will continue to do the restarts the race the new start the race if you will being brought round into the pit lane as per instruction is absurd the McLaren should be moving to the front of the queue because we will be having a brand new start as far as I understand waiting for any official notification to the contrary of what I've just been told but should form back up in grid / formation there they are as per instruction leading into the pit lane but to my mind that Mercedes should be behind the McLaren but let us find out if they get sorted out once they're running around the lab so for off these drivers that be their first chance to see the start from the straights but all of them since they took the race start these are the lucky ones who got away with it the first ten five rows the dream got away cleanly it was what happened in behind and unfortunately of obviously cars we're going left the cars were going right for those that tell and their options were down to minimal as they tried to guess their way through the pack [Music] cars are now being held or is it simply the one that was at the front of the queue that had taken the advantage before the red flag there's now had to hand it back so the pole starting car back into pole position down the Kaiser Scottish racer then the second in line now yank is he'll have to try and do it all over again but the car the restart will not be a rolling star surprise understand that it will be behind a safety car and therefore that means they'll be lying astern there it is confirmation restart behind safety car they will be lying a sternness the last of the cars make their way into the pit lane will form up and pit exit and then win the track recovery has been cleared it will start line the stern formation and that means definite advantage to the pole man down the Kai and he's going to have to try and keep there to keep Michelle Maclaren at the very front of the queue but yank is your championship leader with his teammate max cobalt will start from second place and he'll try and get past as fast as he possibly can little more sorting off grid order there number two Mercedes being a should be starting from a fifth place that's the second of the light that most of all cars Luci trips so a little bit of juggling of those once they get to the second half of the pit lane they are all in the correct order you needed an up to Mercedes ahead of the number eight at Chris motorsport m4 then the number yeah that's right there number 16 is next in the line that's the true racing Reinhart Koffler driven KTM a car I are really actually quite fancy for doing one in this race so the BMW on the right hand side of the screen is about getting some tension in those no they haven't got the straps attached as yet but they will be clearing that as soon as they can slightly tricky because its nose is hard against the barrier it's rather blunt and knows it must be said yep now off Terra Firma onto the truck so sad sides of the Boris an automotive BMW being cleared up but at least that now means once it's being shifted back into the paddock the team can assess what the damage is and final clear up from where it's been stand against the berries and we can go racing all over again just to reiterate a restart I find the safety car and that means damn the car who lost the lead around that opening sequence of corners at Tarzan but as soon as yank is ile took the lead he saw the red flags had to back off of course the cars then had to form up before getting back towards the pits and now in the pits waiting for that restart and the last of the rescue vehicles just about to leave the start/finish straight so well done to the rescue crews and the marshals for clearing up what was a very very much like an explosion on the start/finish straight with cars to the left cars to the right and quite a lot of innocent parties just had to guess and some got it right some did not and that's why we're missing I believe six cars from the field the drivers seemed to get through it all with another BMW driver marius Zook who was qualifying qualified stoat last 28th on the grid because he didn't say the flying lap but look out for him in the race he got through all that from the very tail of the field the are in vision sts m4 marius silk the swiss racer would german race to do the first half the race in hand over to his italian teammate Gabriella P Anna that's the number one one one BMW remember that car remember that number because that is sure to be coming up through the order [Music] just waiting for the support arms to be raised and pivoted back in on the rescue truck the last the cars to be stretchered away back to the paddock now this is a driver I really think has a very good chance he's starting down in 7th position on the grid car number 16 the KTM crossbow cinching those belts tighter a Reinhard Koffler the Austrian who just is such a great driver in KTM he's been driving through quite a while and sometimes he just pulls out an astonishing performance most notably on tracts that's a quite twisty he's flown in past in circuits like Misano and this year he's got a very very strong driver pairing with Patrick Nita Howser so 7th could yet manifest a podium result and don't forget to that car number one yesterday's winner is starting some distance down the grid starting outside the top 10 and its immediate target is olivier hearts v8 racing Camaro that starts one position ahead the big metallic blue Camaro and then in behind a little red r8 LMS from Phoenix racing as the marshals work their way back to their marshaling posts moving away from the front of the grandstand where all the cars that were involved in that incident had been littered across the circuit both sides on the grass against the pit wall they've been cleared up there's Eric mouaz car and that's always a feature in the am class the only out beam this weekend entered by CMR the Boris an automotive BMW now going down will turn right on the flatbed and go into pit exit then immediately into the paddock behind so I think we're getting quite close to the restart of this race and if you just turned on to find out why we're not deep into this one-hour race the second of the two GT for European Series races here at Sam board is because we didn't get past the start/finish line with a great deal of success and Dan McKay's will start for a second time from pole position six cars eliminated in that start line shunt and right now it's the McLaren that will have the advantage the car that briefly got into the lead of the race Yankees hill in that number four why Pat motorsport Mercedes will start from second and have to try and take the lead all over again he's looking quite cheery so he could it that would have given him some great confidence down at Tarzan from one thing that's happened it hasn't it's been in and out little light rain showers so far today but the good thing is that it's been dry throughout all of this rescue occasion the only wet patches are the damp patches on the track where these liquids have been dropped that's got cement powder on it it does mean the circuit has a bigger dry line than it had before in fact it's probably pretty much a uniform dry line around the circuit whereas when they started this race I went around to make the first start it was still damp lines towards the edge of the circuit so it should make it slightly easier for them I'll have a way to check I look out the window it's a gray day but there are little patches of blue sky and it up so it's going towards Sun rather than rain so that's very good news for all involved fans as ever at Zandvoort the loyal fans they get high on the ground stand a lot on though their main concern apart from watching the racing is keeping the wind away from them it's not too windy but a lot of them sitting up there with their hoods up hunkering down but as soon as the racing starts they'll forget that they're concerned about the wind temperatures starting to rise again track temperature going up it's been bobbing up and got as high as 21 degrees air temperature resolutely staying around 16 17 degrees I think it got up to 18 but that was cleared too hot it's cooled down again so it's definitely a day for a jacket a minute to go there's a one minute board at pit exit lights ablaze on top of the Audi and pace car that will lead them round here is the pole start you have to do it all again but not with a rolling start in two-by-two formation but behind the safety car safety car will put its lights out it will peel off and dive into the pit lane and then it will be for Daniel Makai to try again to stay ahead of young Kissel in the bright yellow light on Motorsports ADEs Aston Martin in the mix as well starting third on the grid Jaime Van Daan bulk real mix of cars and up at the tail of the field the 111 that is the car that will be starting stone last for a second time Marius silk hoping to pick his way up the order before handing over to Gabriel piano is definitely quick enough to re-envision sts BMW m4 definitely quick enough but having stumbles in a wet qualifying session wet dry qualifying session not said applying a fee they're paying the price but it's already in theory they've gained six positions with those six cars being eliminated at the first time of asking so the clock is on the move it's a one-hour race we are underway as you can see the clock counting down and the cars still leaving the pit though those two sellers are racing t4 Sadie's green the head of yellow which is Angelique deter Vania ahead of Alessandra Giovanelli new driver lineups again this weekend they're showing respected lyric I Bamber know and Bob pervert pair of Dutch drivers and as the last car leaves the pits dr. bond flashing his lights but the one right behind that's the re-envision sts BMW we are underway the safety car will lead them around one would suggest look at the lights I don't want to make a guess that they will he will pay it off at the end of this ladder I would think it's eminently sensible and eminently possible he will do that but what the drivers need to do is get as close as they can they should be running line astern don't want to lose any extra time as the field strings out by the safety car crumbling around so two driver race is a one-hour race it stops - 25 minutes into the race and 35 minutes since race some distance off but it's a dry track now little patches Patterson slightly damp wettest part of the circuit was on the return route back to the Hamzah spot this morning at one point the rain was falling only at Chez Fleur only at the trickiest corner of all the one with the least visibility as you go in so we had a few spinners in earlier races but right now the track is getting drier by the moment [Music] heat in the tires attract that's not offering a lot of heat up yesterday's race winning number one Audi from Phoenix racing in the line there and it'll be Cedric Freiburg house a swiss racer who starts it today before winding over to pet the Dane Nikolai mala Madison [Applause] safety car will be in next laughs a little message on screen as well as that's we'll do two laps behind the safety car was my guest first yeah they're the lights two gates on for start ministry car number 66 under investigation for its staff that was the move that had Alex Lambert's going to his rights and uh to his right and to his right and as the cars kick up the dust on the start/finish straight that is the scene where all the debris was cleared up and number 66 under investigation for its involvement in that incident and it's six of the runners [Music] so a haze of dust most the drivers wisely staying off it but it is on very much the racing line and the run down towards Tarzan here's the tightest corner on the circuit the human pulse bombs are dropping entrance a very sharp effectively long long long left-hander then you rise up not drivers run right out of the curve accelerating hard over this twisting waterfall X into the Robert slaughter back along where the track goes the drivers there and then the best corner of the circuit into shape back [Music] safety car in at the end is left as we were told so all the drivers need to get close to each other they want to stay in the house down on the car leading around in the Akita short McLaren Yan Kissel giving chase or we will be in the life of motorsport BM / Sadie's that's the bright year will on yellow one number for us in second place Genevieve and about the white Aston Martin in behind Simon nap I quite fancy Simon having an attack very early on he's starting fourth in that number 25 BMW from MDM motorsport then the second of the yellow Mercedes from life and most of all that's loosen traps even programmed off and then you and Makai the car that always goes well in Chris Motorsports m4 [Music] sneaking around the Jews texting the hands-on spot two corners to go right flawed by another right the slightly Bank Terry Loewen deck box that feeds the cars onto the start to finish straight you and ik I can control this restart he can pick the moment when to go the lights have gone out the safety cars pulled out the way even now as they flash into the final corner of the circuit the safety car was gone but he's already put the floor the pedal to the floor the throttle is planted you daniel Makai leading King and Kissel debut van der back all in grid formation slight gaps I mean that bigger gap back to Lucy chess who's got right iron in the second of the guys right on the sail you have a guide looking very feisty indeed already pulling out to make a passing minute all that has to master did third place was very loose indeed that JV band about pulled it back into line now all behind his title little KTN started a program crocus Reinhart the Coughlin trying to go past you and Makai can't make it stick stays back in seventh place by did behind Mark Van der are in eighth place the second of those MDM motorsport BMWs very tidy through the human pulse box bit of a gap back to Holgate Catalan and Matt Cowley fighting over ninth place in their way but tidy start by dan McCoy he had the Vantage on the restart he was the one that could choose when to plant the throttle he accelerated earlier than those behind expected that gave him a one Connacht advantage she turned it into two right now yank kids are in second place is having to resist a really really theists charge good right on his head is what Jamie vanderbuckle band about is more than interested in trying to move up into that second position that's very very good news indeed for the race leader because kisi Lin sector will be fighting hard far harder than he wants to look so with a possible change of place as you and Makai lost out to Reinhard coffer is the KTM ahead yes but it's on the outside line they're turning to the left a long long left onto that infield straight now I sense the KTM has pulled off the maneuver that was very bold very brave and again just shows the amazing athlete capability to the KTM crossbow but then the BMW accelerates the harder to get the power down sooner down that infield straight he's back in front as they get to the hands and fought the tide right followed by the double left hander so the KTM gained a position that it then immediately handed it back and Aston Martin in the background is making progress up into ninth place excuse me there man Kylie has got a head of Ginetta shouldn't buy holgie Casa de but first a second has suddenly come good in this battle it was the second place gardens being challenged and now that's doing the challenging yang Kissel in the Mercedes rice onto the tail of dan McCoy and he's dropped Jami Evander balcony Aston Martin Vanderpump wasn't so good on the brakes last time it's just got it find out here the KTM just lost another position back to those two positions down the start/finish straight you don't fall he lost ground to you of the Chi in came Martin van der are went past the 26 BMW anthem NASA Marcin Matkowski a need that of will at least cheer up Fiona wood teammate car putting it into the top 10 and accelerating up the order he's got a few more cars to pick it off but let's enjoy the speed battle still the McLaren in the lead of the race down to Kai at the front Yankees he'll dropping back as he did at this point of the that last time around but don't forget when they came out of the final quarter the yellow to say because right at the rear we better exit speed out of shade lack front Mercedes and in turn faster both them Jamie band about having a fabulous race in the oo7 Aston Martin just enough confidence by the sister couple of carvings clear meant that Daniel back I could pick his line but he just doesn't seem to have quite the grit Manohar I've tell you what he's still just taking the line he wants to take Roberts trying to block a challenge from behind but if we get a tenth of a second game bike Italy won't have the comfort to do that we'll have the option fastest car through the first sector on this lap is driving just the back of the shops you and Makai in sixth place overall but he's got a catch what is now a four car nose-to-tail battle the second at the yellow Mercedes is trying to catch up to Lucy trash leading the prime class in fifth place overall the first second were together their first second the third now first second third fourth Simon that closes in and Lucy chess looks to be catching the lot of them this is Constantin earring but in a good way it's getting tighter and tighter down the start straight trying to avoid that dust they go here comes all the track tapers and it narrows and narrows it look so third place going to siphon now Damon banned about twisting and switching under under braking hard braking for Tarzan being told by the seaside er seagulls flew through the shop just in off the North Sea first a second now starting to make a break but don't forget Simon that moved up into third place in that upper 25 BMW quite into sheer speed now he's going to accelerate off after those race leader's an Aston Martin falling back in the hands of Jamie band about to the nose of Lucy traps yes the yellow Mercedes the second yellow Mercedes getting closer and closer to the number seven Aston Martin bar number 62 unfortunately Matkal ill know that the Aston Martin is food up into eighth place she's got a head of rhino father as well under investigation for possible safety car procedure infringement that would be very very galling because the unpretty putting on a really really good showing he's gained two positions since the restart right now though the lead battle Dan Makai keeps on getting a little bit clear and then the Mercedes comes back at him 0.27 of a second on the start/finish line to look so it's very much that right now but Simon Knapp has caught the pair of them by a tiny chunk of time a third place be a dummy getting closer close to Jamie band about slightly lonely because what's happening now is it loose each refs has got you and McIver company the car at six is getting closer and closer just banged in the fastest folks to ready one the number eight eight Chris votes for car so it is closing uh first through two sake three point three seconds it's coming down all the time [Music] onto the start-finish straight one more time and again using the slipstream of the smaller sneaker McLaren is still just enough of an advantage for Yankee zeal to get a tiny bit of a toe but a double toe for signed in that in the BMW in the background and then suddenly we have two trios because they believe and the bulk in the number seven has two Martin is for the back part of the nose of the church s car and you Makai at the background of the shot is getting right onto the tails well seventh place on his own bark Vander Arden Mac Cowley and the number 62 a cavity motorsport Aston Martin Reinhard Koffler and Olivier heart after 10th in that number 68 Camaro drive-through penalty for Mac County running in sixth place at a safe place he's gonna have to come in here just half a second down under out just out at the top of our shot kourin seats place is there that's the icarus motorsport BMW but the car running two places further down the order is the one who's got the drive through Pouncy to serve and i'm afraid in the championship as Titans competitive as the GT for European series drive through is the end of any point scoring [Music] yeah there's the Aston Martin about surprise repeal team right on the tail of mark founder RC & W right up coffers are still tucked in behind in his KTM but that silver and black Aston Martin will be serving a drive-through penalty a net Chris motorsport police gate there you and Merc eyes got past Lucy traps so we did have changed is you and the car now in front of the yellow Mercedes number two [Music] first a second just under four tenths of a second last time around it goes out and it comes in or going all over the place but this pointed for that Daniel McCoy normally has a little bit of an advantage to lead only a missile about as big as the advantage back here Marv Andujar over the Aston Martin is a hostile article to come in for the fragile penalty this time around has he received a message this is Matt Cowley at 62 through the final corner hasn't received it yet because he's continuing to use the slipstream he's only interested one thing that's parking passing mark van der our fourth seventh place overall van der our sister car is further up the order in third place Simon nap at the wheel of the number 25 doing his very very best to catch the Mercedes from like the boat support number four and Dan Burke is still leading oh dear the Ginetta foggy Catalan has gone for a rotation he's deep in the gravel is that at shave light just trying to take up take a look we have a couple of deep driver tracks also the penultimate corner we have gravel tracks of deep looking at the time the screen I would suggest it's not I don't think it's shaved like I think it's a bit further on because he's completed two of the type three timing sectors will this lead to interruption will this lead to a safety car we know down the guys lead just had a car reporting the pitlane of the Allied racing his young cats buttocks Porsche Cayman he must have picked up a punch on the pit stop window isn't open so there we have it just ahead of the final couple of corners just into the final corners as you approach them you go behind the panic and suddenly got this great big bang or gravel in front of you rises high built onto the side of the sand dune and that is where the little janessa has been deposited this is the constant in shoal sorry Lancaster Luke we have a 22 Porsche mark on the front a little bit of damage there whether that that was in the craziness I think I suggest it was off the first start where one of the two cars were that of the sister car was a troubled on the start/finish line running down the barriers so safety car the field has slowed the field has backed up the field is starting to bunch so here are first for the McLaren of Dan Makai Yankees yielded the Mercedes the second place I mean that would be a W in third JB Vanderbilt in fourth place they can see where the car has been deposited drive-through penalty still needing to be served I'm act cowley that's in eighth place a rule just coming to the top of your shot so it's been a race of instant we've almost reached the quarter distance mark we have a safety car out we had a safety car start the first start was aborted for a multiple accident on the start/finish straight few of the drivers in the top ten had been gain ground one of them at once Matt cow he gained at least two positions but he had to drive through penalty to serve the safety car continues to lead the field around loose eat refs he's lost a place he's moved back from 5th to 6th that's still leading the pro in class and leading the am class Alessandra Giovanelli the number 31 and sellers la racing team and Mercedes he's sharing that with Bob Herbert that's in the lead of the am class [Music] the rumbling engine knows what those two v8 racing chevrolet camaros the ain't racing from their cars in that metallic blue for sometimes the real Porsche or American car so it fits in with their name and certain those Camaros make a really nice robustus Rumble motor around sometimes even more of a ruffle when they're at low revs University it's hard to know when incomes higher buts throat ear of the roads and they're running it though res behind the safety car [Music] so the Dan Makai would have been expecting to come in 25 minutes into this race to 35 minutes in this race to make the man if you pit stop but as it happens safety car is still running around with score plenty of time for the race Baldr bunched up ground was lost sort of a bit early on by Ubik I could make a depression these pictures may pass through stress and I briefly MW connectors motorsport happy to fifth place overall warming looks like mulled wine being served for the fans keeping themselves warm are the Jeunesse was actually got out of the gravel so it seems have done that all on its own took a while to do it but maybe a bit of gravity you can see the wheel marks where it ran high into that banks gravel trap which absolutely did its job so maybe it means there's only dozen grab put too much gravel on the track as he returned which could catch drivers out going through there and he's done so just a head off the safety car leading the field around incident between cars 15 and 22 under investigation car 15 is the Ginetta that was in the gravel of car 22 came into the pit then we saw that damage on the front right corner so maybe that wasn't caused by the start/finish line incident that was caused by a collision between the two that put the Ginetta in the gravel I'm not sure doc codes let's try and join those dots and it was at the corner of which the Ginetta went off so it could have been an assist rather than the stumble from Colgate after that whole gate be very impressive since adjoining the championship is our know anyhow we're going to go racing properly again the safety car will be in at the end of this lap lots of discussion down there and that's possibly the serving of the notice no I think it's more about you can fight or move your car to the pit labor there's the damage front and right corner there's all the wall boxes having hits a tire on another car and shoulders up there from John Caspar Lee shrug these things happen cloudy day but it's higher crowd that it was early on had a flurry of rain in the previous race certainly spiced up the action but right now this does not need spicing up that's all it's been a very very exciting race so far but for Dan the Chi lost the pole at the start of the race lost the lead of the race but then the race had to be restarted too he restarted at the front of the queue behind safety curve we've got a second safety car period but that's not lasting long it's gonna end at the end of the slam so this field needs to really start bunching up Carr 31 that's the car leading the am class on the center of juvenalian 13 plates overall being really quite an impressionable is on his debut seasonal debut with the Salazar racing team [Music] he's actually doing very well sister car is in behind the Cystic I was running in the pro-am class it's in the hands of Angelique to to Vanier at the moment but she's going to hand over to a silver ranked driver Dutch razor Kai van der löwe so it's been a strong support but right now it's the a man pairing of it Alessandro Giovanelli who's at the wheel and his teammate Bob Herbert who will take over there in the winning the sellers love battle but right now the headlights travel to safety car through the corner where the Ginetta with high hint of gravel on the outside the safety car scurrying around to get into the pit lane before the hammer has been whacked down by Dan Burke eyes done it again very nicely indeed building an advantage over Yankees Hill looking to see who's Gately down the start straight the Aston Martin number 62 was eight coming into sir that drive-through penalty that will be very very frustrating but to a safety car procedure infringement not so good being a challenge for second place Simon that the Dutch racer not so he's gonna try and take the highlight he's decides to come down to block off the Aston Martin holds on to third does not get second kiss he'll stay second and leading the race damper Kai has got it right all over again where is the move further down the field can't see them coming yesterday's race winning car-centric freiburg house the number one Audi down in 10th place he's gay Bob position of course by Mac Audi coming in to serve that drives to a penalty but yesterday must seem a very long time ago that have been tracing Audi through this is very good a sideburn there well I did not expect to move in to save lack I've seen it before but very seldom with cars running in the same class seize the moment I was just about to say this is very good news to down the Kai who's as Simon that the VFW attacks Yankees he with the second place he could escape the fact is Simon now has decided he's not waiting any longer than that Yankees he was having left half a chance going into a shave lack and it was grabbed with both hands by the local racer the Simon nap now pressing on after the race leader you and McKay and the number eight acres motorsport car also looking very very busy indeed as he tries to gain the position tries to pick off the Aston Martin [Music] so what can Simon that do can he pull off another magical maneuver within an apple or yesterd Martin working hard crowding the curbs on the inside the hands earn spot and that is encouraging you and Makai he realized he's starting to rattle Jaime van der Valk [Music] first three starting to break here we saw that about clouds in the curb losing a little bit mentum and that has opened out the gap first we've got clear the equites motorsport car you have Makai at the wheel look so he's going through smokey number 17 Aston Martin Pascal back when that's the second oh well you can see why a left rear tire about to come off sister car however 0:07 thought bit skittish on the exit the second part of Tarzan slight banking label to go up and use it but still in front fortunately for him of you and Makai but you and pushing very hard in the air Chris motorsport m4 tucked in behind him Lucy traps the leading pro-am car Mark Van der our onto the tail of the yellow Mercedes but the first year the Mercedes the one in third place overall started second got into the lead back into second now down into third and kids who were thinking from what was I doing how did Simon that people see a gap in to save lack of all corners this is Shea back inside that that is still holding down that second place just under report 4/10 of a second down of the Kai and the start of that or what tendencies but found it very good at the start the back the first half of the lap then the second half of that and particularly the final quarter is where the other cars rivals seem to have an advantage over it so advantage in one point and then advantage for the rivals at different points in the map but certainly the BMW and Mercedes coming back at Makai yep again just to prove the point the first part for that advantage the race leader the second part of the lat advantage starting to go to the chasing BMW of Simon that number 8 car you and Makai there that's a second at the BMW m4 thousand fifth overall Simon now having a better run another second place number 25 VFW through the both the penultimate and final corners on to start for this trade he goes it's all that m4 chasing after the the McLaren at the front of the fear the pink visitor is that number 17 Aston Martin made it back with that left rear tire coming off who can change that with braking tight on the inside line it's going to start hurting your tires if you keep doing that the damn retirement for now continues to lead the race for your keeper short McLaren but Simon ABS going to try and dial up the inside Gaelic walk there is no inside there's half of cars with inside hugging the inside line and the Hugin horse pocket is the McLaren but who's going to get the better exit he found it street cars covered by what a third of a second first through to third Daniel Makai the McLaren Simon that lead the BMW may be trying to seize the moment trying to put them both off Yankees he was trying to stick with his battle-ax somebody was closer as ooh than holds both but the two cars in front got a better exit they're pulling clear car 22 under investigation to speeding in the pit lane well that was yam capsule it for that car is a double-check yeah it's in the pit sounds car we saw being asked to be moved so it matters not to their if their race is done their race is run first a third couple by nothing Simon that he has grip that the McLaren simply does not have up the inside into tight turn the corner after the Masters Bach will it switch back the other way not enough for the bleeds change again it's Simon that properly into the lead the race with the McLaren hang on his second place just gets over across the far side the track to block the best of Yang kissy-kissy loophole thought he might take you outside line might hang it out and go round with McLaren as well one plates lost by the current it couldn't be too but dan McCoy he's made of certain stuff fighting fighting not very nearly being pushed down the second part was there touch there couldn't quite tell second part of the Hansard spot and then the McLaren fighting back a bit of a wide moment there for the race leader so it's getting very very ragged excuse me - exciting to me just then Jaime van about now onto their tenders they be fighting for the top three positions Aston Martin number seven is coming back and on his tail he's got you and mcian on his tail he's got Reinhard Koffler the KTM is suddenly in this multi manufacturer of multi car chased down to the first corner enjoying five makes of cars in the top six positions to Makai for others dan Makai was leading the race back into second the key for short McLeod and his brother Ewan in the BMW in fifth place overall yet Chris motorsport car slightly falling away from the turn this group is Lucy trapped in a second life at motorsport Mercedes or dive down the inside is a human Hulk box not quite enough space for Reinhard Koffler to wrestle fifth place from you and McCoy but by golly he tried [Music] while this is going on teams have got to start considering is my driver being obstructed do I have a driver of equal pace his teammates do the second half of the race window is now open this is their option right a coffin Katie I'm in sixth place they're just around a little bit why Brett off the tail have been right on the tail almost sloppy paced with you and the kind yet Chris noticeable car as a driver who's impressed waiting to take over from Simon Knapp from the race leader the American race at alec Udell they've had a fabulous run a couple of wins at Paul Ricard has really launched their campaign and that was a they've had three races since then 1/3 1/5 of a safe but today leading the race and now change the position Ryan Howard Kopple having dropped off the tail of view of Makai suddenly makes its move goes up into fifth place having fallen off their tail Lucy traps in the number two Mercedes now right with the BMW but really it's a seven car lead battle side than that leaving the route from a 17 Aston Martin to the pits although forget about finals for a punch to reap be replaced the 44 possibly just a driver change Aston Martin no Simon that comes in for me leave the racy he fainted what motivated the other and then I think that makes it five at the top seven cars have hit it as soon as they possibly could that needs damp the kind that needed the race from the driving who started alongside him on the front row Yankees he'll they've got rid of that pesky MDM motorsport BMW car number 25 there it is in the pit lane driven by Simon Knapp about to be driven by his American teammate he goes running out there Alec you dealt plays the role he needs to play in the driver change ed Chris motorsport car being handed over to Ricardo van der end that whole host of other cars come into the pit lane but the first two well the first two as they are at this moment the car that was running second the car that was running in third place stood out circulating on the track down the car headed Yankees hill could be a little gap back in the spec ladder so you could just make out the right now complication here number 16 should be the number 26 BMW of Mark land that are olivier heart after fish but I'm fair tie up to sixth overall is the vast majority the field pitted he is now the pro-am leader that the order will be shuffled when those top half dozen cars make their pit stop whenever that happens got potential sense of the bit minutes at which they can make those stops [Music] pit stops all orders they have a very generous minimum times there's a rush things too much [Music] the driver changes the MDM motorsport car wheel back ounce the Phoenix Racing howdy wheels back out so they face up it exits waiting for the signal to go ricardo van der ender faster throttle try to remember in order to be a bit too vigorous in the pit lane tomorrow's her making news there Mark Van der arse be put very hard by the 68 Camaro of olivier half this is the lead battler caught the Koffler KTM try to close it in third place still the first to continue they're clearly in a run deep into this did before coming into shape over to their teammates oh damn I still need some yank Izzy old that means in the pit lane waiting to the number 14 car is Benjamin to send the Belgian racer and waited to take over the number four Mercedes is and Max Cobalt the Dutchman would very much like a win at home getting brighter all the time yes we can see the flash of the headlights but the glare and glint off the front weakness the yellow witness of that light but most of all for Sadie's show just how much brighter it's getting out around the circuit brighter drier the wind continues five packs to the track that are still marginally down but I said the homeless are full dry wasted racing surface to the little bit wet by the battle pit garages but just not as a first down a pit speed limit when they come past it's McLaren being driven very well by Dan Makai he left one half gap but it was taken but since then that is that nailing down the lead of the race Yankees are doing all he can he's half a second down now he's yesterday's race winning car the Phoenix racing Audi [Music] the matter if there's just want to double-check if that's the number sceptic oh he's got a head of the julienned Daris Jamie Vande about Aston Martin that'd be a big place change because it was just out last time I looked at the tiny screens before to start the flurry of pit stops that feeling Tracy howdy was down in that position now it looks so it could have got quite decently into the top 10 so out of second place the life of motorsport Mercedes Yankees heel dives the pissed at least advertised going to be on his own for a while but not by much because how far back is it - Rhino compr 1.2 seconds the keynesian is closing on the McLaren still they keep the short to plug the field at the KTM handle so beautifully right heard Koffler at the wheel and he's got a very very handy teammate Patrick neither house and who just seems to win races with a lot of regularity says as everybody is final pit guards you have to park at a diagonal angle the national lot of formation if you will announce jumps Yankees he'll the pole in jumps the taller figure of a max cobalt championship leaders trying to make sure there are no flaps no mistakes KTM punching the McLaren there's about two sources cause all these cars together [Music] [Applause] number 60 car pairing um marks a little bit of concept of the left hand flank right of the number of the door but it was not way to almost 1.3 seconds on the start/finish line thought to be about the same possibly down by a tenth of a second or so now almost full sunshine in the back part of the circuit very good news indeed oh yes it's definitely under a second KTM is just a little bit more nimble through the tighter corners and it really rig does seem to pay [Applause] Looby eight hearts we just down the back of the shot it's about four four and a half seconds further back in third place overall the 68 Camaro out of 30 yet to pit everybody else by the top four has pitted Betty is the program class leader but he will not be once the pit stops are being completed it's up it comes to race leader and Ryan alcohol first aids out for another lap he is the new race leader damper kind eyes to keep for sure pit the kymaro they leave a heart also to the pit they could see the 50 Jeannette arrested in the race having had its a time stuck up in the gravel trap still in the final position in fact no it's ugly to go back to the race it's been in the pits not me it's not going back hands been football ten minutes in the pit so that's probably more like a retirement for sure number 14 falling to a halt driver change happening Benjamin the sin running out the reinhard Coughlin seeing he dots within van half a second got right onto the tail of that McLaren still time to do this lap and one more potentially before now I think maybe at the end of this that would be a wise time to yeah to make that pitstop the obligatory the mandatory pit stop Olivier Hearts car be had to go to quite a few Scottie drivers in the race we've got down the car you at the Cayenne Findlay Hutchison who loves these big v8 Rattlers so he's very happy to be on board there and they had a good run yesterday hard and Hutchison second place overall just six seconds down on the race winning Audi they started down the order today they're definitely working their way forwards [Music] but at that time he's being put together by right confident looks like a very competitive black guitar that he was chasing now being pushed back into the pit lane to go back into the race car seven under investigation for unsafe relief that is Aston Martin Susan that's our forward unsafe relief and it seems have lost ground in the pit lane the number seven afterparty that they forget was running in fourth place before the pit stops Brian Hoffner shortly this time indeed this time dives with it so that is the last of the runners to make a pit stop pit stop with never close in one and a half minutes time and then we'll have the order re-established drive-through penalty to kind of scepters to reiterate another team that's fallen foul of the rulebook and is paying the price out on the circuit there the McLaren has not come out where it wants to it's lost ground because look at the BMWs are in front 25 car Seidman that such a strong run to get to the sharp end of the field but he's now got yet Chris motorsport car both from the head of a McLaren there yet Chris m4 being driven very hard indeed as you could imagine by Ricardo Vagner ender Alec Udell fronts the field [Music] because therefore Harry is just have to keep a watch on Benjamin the said it's gonna be able to close in on them because I think this is gonna be quite a fight at the from the field so Deanna kyudo getting quite loose really pushing the boundaries in that twenty five BMW from MDM motorsport tinier exit thereby Ricardo van der and it seems like a long pit stop it's just a standard pit stop for number sixteen the car that stayed out the latest the true racing KTM Patrick need a Hauser at the wheel Ryan Howard Koffler did the longest first hit of any one was that the wise tactic this battle at the very very front of the group first second and third and it's Alec you del be pushed really really hard by ricardo van loretta you can see the both clock the kurds nappin do I sense that McLaren is fighting back onto their tails from where with his KTM be another sixteen car Patrick neither house was taken it over and he stalled every second counts and he's just stalled as the leaders are coming through that was the chance get that going lost about three or four seconds first second and third car through I think the light put the cars gone through into fourth place girls can't accelerate until the white line who else has passed in the Audi of Phoenix Racing is also doing the same a second of iPod vertical cars so for number sixteen it stayed out the longest was fleeting the end indeed the race bike doing that but has come out into sixth place so pretty much it's good to do it all over again it was sink before the round of pit stops it looked by Randy later it might have had an advantage but that's simple unfortunate incident of stalling the car when trying to leave the pits across two or three seconds of those are absolutely vital so Patrick leader Hauser would be cursing impact in fact Ricardo van der end might be cursing because he still can't get past that leading VFW MDM motorsport Alec you delve desperate to take a second for what a third win of the season picked up pair at Paul Ricard ins at the start of the month I would like to start of June it was we're now in July not that it feels like July it's not particularly war here at the North Sea coast here at the sample circuit the circuit there will be back on the World Championship Canada Formula One will return here at this 1990 1985 at last came the circuits had many lives since then but great to see a circuit back on the upper traditional circuit a circuit that has not just some fabulous corners most notably shave Lac and also a group of others but tar sounds pretty cool too but it has a fabulous fan base and I think we see the circuit bathed in orange next year be magical for all people who that traditional circuits being given a shot circuits with character circuits with history but right now more pages in history are being added at the front of the field it's a really really tight tussle but the lead of the race it's a leak you del regarded and read the write-up has really Benjamin the sanity McLaren in third place overall max cobalt giving chase in well let's hear from the driver who led away from pole position because the coach has caught up with Dan Burke I damn we're just waiting to see how you're gonna reach shuffle out the gate a little bit of welcome dueling in the pit lane that could be good for you do you where do you think you're gonna come out I mean we I think we've come out b3 we don't quite know how required as ones to jump us but the good thing is the Mercedes behind us and champs it wise we're really looking the Mercedes just now so for us it's not such a bad stop the team did a really good job I think my entry was so-so yeah I know yeah we're gonna find the air Chris and the MDM till the end so it should be good racing now that the pit stops is over it's all just push push push push is it nerve-racking watching your team a and knowing there's nothing you can really do I wouldn't say it's fun if I'm honest but Ben's brilliant like Ben I'm gonna say bare hands when beds in the car and I would think that Ben would think the same about me so I think we trusted Hillier to do the right thing and if if he goes friend the best one gets p3 that's the best we can get so I'm happy with that and how's the car running at the moment yeah really good really good tired X but very today than it was yesterday so I think bench have a bit more to push with and to defend with if he needs to but it looks like Ricardo and I think I'll be nap or Adele can't quite tell getting quite feisty at the front so hopefully they'll slowly each other down and bring us back into em that McLaren engine can just sing past a pair of them sing past I think we all like that good like thank you very much thank you thank you to coat it down there with dan McCoy who led away from pole position his car is indeed in third place or overall number fourteen McLaren he had a ringside seat just a while the interview was going on the caravan director in the number eight neck miss Coates warhead for me got airborne sup the curb on the approach to say but he just got it back onto terra firma got the class settled before the most fearsome court on the circuit he is pushing super hard but on acute Oh has the answers and in fact of this lap below that but Marin has started to close in again that last time round is one point six seconds to take a look at the replay hit the curb on the inside how high do you want your rodeo ride to be here it comes off the circuit I'd say that was three and a half wheels off the black stuff and no wonder the chasing Benjamin descent thought this could be good for me but he stood in third place in the McLaren is still the 25 BMW at the front of field for MTN motorsport hammock gudell and Athena point six of a second that was big by the standards of the restart this race ahead of Ricardo van der end of a van der ender pulling out all the stops it is attempted to keep up leading car in pro-am is in seventh place overall is the number two Mercedes now in the hands of Marcos poverty second car in classes de bustier in the number 35 car the rebel a competition al fini shares with our fare 10:30 the pram described amber lo looking for good results on home he's right on the tail of de bustiers alpena LED car at the fr for purpose only for a Dutch candidates for big tree in the am class as well as a dust candidate cyber nap who's looking for outright victory his car is now in the hands of Alec you Dell is the 25 BMW that is being pushed really really hard by the Edgar's motorsport and for I think the driving of the profit is the driver at the wheel of the car in third place the Benjamin the send because as it's getting very very busy in front of a parent driver is sitting there or they're about to be heard from damper kite that they're fairly confident they've got their tire degradation under control and the latter stage of the race we still have 20 minutes remaining this race that could prove very useful the D but there's traffic up ahead of the lead trio and all along max cobalt championship leader is hunting them down in fourth place it's closing at 3 seconds for 1st through 4th that's tight that's competitive indeed that's what we expect for the GT for Euro Series [Music] for a second the third short care factor for that maybe not such a good luck max Gogol there is traffic ahead go down to Towson they go three cars three drivers all the drivers three cars being born for not respecting track team it's out of turn 11 it's the corner where they watch the most it's the number 8 car good grief that's the car in second place it's Ricardo Van Narender well there we go it's a number 25 car and if you del leaving the race and it's 68 it's the Camaro Camaro in the hands of fiddly Hutchison I bet that the penalty was with Finley at the wheel but he's the driver during the second stint can't have a 7 being worn further not respecting track limits that corner as well that's the car that's being picked for lots of pendency penalties junior darris that will and suddenly the second of the MDM motorsport VFW's into pit lane Kimber Gertz at the wheel I stand a 15th place don't forget that was round separate before the pitch clearly this isn't planned in the picture fathers didn't see what it was just go past my window but I need to look at the screen because the Battle of the lead the race Alek Udell leading the black BMW ahead of the white a grey wall Quebec Chris Motorsports a master Martin tail-end they're up ahead of them that's rather sleep in an applet it's a number 17 car I think in our culture and it's that's why it's been delayed so much but first second or third they really are first second and third nose to tail mouth less than a second cover them at the start for that you can see the McLaren number 14 bent him in the sand at the wheel getting closer and closer to the number 14 Cup getting whatever toe he possibly can around the infield straight down to the typewriter hands and spot they still haven't caught that number 17 Aston Martin if ever designer driving it and driving it very well but he will need to keep out of the way once those blue flags are waved at him they may not eat me catch him by Tarzan they want to catch him for Tarzan because entered Guernica parked and into the field impossible they get tighter and tighter and it's very very tricky indeed to get past the drive-through penalty still needs to be served by the another seven cars out there picking a problem so well so this is the BMW I saw coming in and clearly it's surd resume it's a wheel they've already changed but maybe it just doesn't feel quite right that's a teeth look so it's working super faster over a very very quick wheel change so maybe this ball got a puncture top six cars covered by just over five and a half set of two car in sick that it must be cursing is the number 16 car Patrick neither has a stool it lost about two or three seconds before we can get back into the race that is why it's behind the kadai malla Matson to be just out of the back of the shop it just got me just off the red column at San Felix racing out he's still just in front of KTM Patrick neither House of pushing he to set the fastest first sector of anybody last time around they're laughing at the pace of the race leader so it's not changing much now just remember 5.6 seconds that's nothing further see it still got plenty of time more than a court around towards the end of this race latest drive to be paid for possibly exceeding track limits or not respected mr. driver in third place but let's go down because the Kota is down the pit lane let's find out who she's gonna talk to what a well-written races have been you're doing great so far do you think you can hold the pressure yeah I think so my first ant was okay the battle with other cars was very loyal I hope good result today now I just spoke to Daniel McKay and he thought his car is really fast do you think your car is good today I hope so it's all the guys are very fast I hope I could result today with the home track here yeah what would it mean to you to win on your home track yeah this was fine no it's great that ok good luck for the rest because there you go thank you thank you to Kota down there with the driver who's got out of the race leading car Simon that you can tell he's nervous he actually just wants to be defeated screams but thank you very much for coming to talk to us so confidence from some of the teams but I must say right now it's going the way that I'm a 25 empty air motor sport car because you can see the car in second place is falling back very slightly Ricardo van Narenda but all of these drivers have been warmed in the last couple of laps for exceeding track limits we could yet have penalties that will shape the outcome of this race the drivers have to be fully fully aware of that but they're not they're giving their all of the moment their nose to tail first a second for covered by three-quarters of a second that's what it was on the start/finish line and the gap back to Patrick neither how's the last time I look - laughs ago the serve five point six five point seven seconds it's below five so it's coming down but the top at the top of the screen is as well so to go with this one-hour race so we set there to be drive all the way to get back at least is a good thing oh and ricardo van der ender since i riceball saying he's not quite on the tail of the race leader anymore he catches up with the American ceramic you del has come to focus all over again there's another car just up still in front of them still in front of them lapping at the saint pace it's very impressive pace by Clement Siler been having a setback in the number 17 street art racing Aston Martin was in and half the pits had a car that had an extra call the fact its outlet sees had three three calls so to extra-soft that's why it's a at least two laps in arrears but laughing at the same pace and that could be very tricky indeed but right now Alec you Dale is just simply concentrating on the charge from behind at the person who is on the charges backs Koval fourth place and lap times yeah he gave the third of a second all those ahead of them the trio ahead of them first second third and fourth in fourth place still but catching I would suggest also catching all those in front the Phoenix racing howdy in fifth place overall yesterday's race winning car and then the Reinhard Coughlin handed to Patrick neither Howser Patrick stalled once if not twice trying to leave his pit stop lost in two or three seconds if it wasn't for that he would be on the tail of the McLaren I would reckon as it is he's in sixth place pushing for first pushing very very hard indeed and now first through a tenth of a second game last time around 0.8 seconds through succinct plays Patrick neither how's about this paper oh just have the background of their shop yellow Mercedes came through the second part of Tarzan he is leading the crime class in separate overall carnival one now being observed literally every single car bar max cobalt I would say out of the top half dozen have been warned for exceeding track limits at covering epic carnival one is a car in fifth place overall they collide mala Madison the stewards are watching no change first second and third a second between the mother star from sign of time the better middle part of the map there for race leader anak you del [Music] fifth and sixth the Audi Phoenix racing and the true rating KC application is very nimble through this little part of the circuit this is the point where it's already sprung the surprise earlier points in the race but right now he's being resisted by mano Madison who's holding on to that fifth place for Audi [Music] yet another car being observed for exceeding track limits it's car number 13 again at turn number eleven fans mark passing one of the two trailer motorsport Mercedes of course the sister car was taken outs in the first start of the race yeah training scarf clattered into the barriers into pit all one of six cars that didn't get to take the restart [Music] [Music] where are the moves coming from the trading tenths of a second here there I say aleck Udell it's just got those couple of car lengths just so vital for his retention of these little battle behind Barker's poverty pushed by Finley Hutchison the Scots making the booze and that blue Camaro won't be happening this time for these earth grab bunches of time off him last time around in fact Philly's just set the fastest car for the tomorrow the one eastward indicator six tenths of a second markers PAPRICA has to realize though that he is leading the prime class and that is the most important thing difference between 8th and 7th overall is less important the difference between winning the prime class and not leading the chase back for seconds back is kibe and Brno ninth overall in the number 37 our racing team Mercedes this is the sister car that is leading the am class that's Bob Herbert will he's in 14th overall so sellers are having a good run second Ibraham first in am and the car giving chase his julienned eres in the much-delayed number 7 Aston Martin that don't forget in the hands of Jamie van and both was running a very sharp end of the field in the first part of the race [Music] and well the number 17 cards decide to do the right thing pulled out of the way let the lead when I say that the trio I'm able to lead thirty two three four five six cars go past so well done by Clement Siler two laps down he's not gonna be scoring lots of points but he's having good racing and the showed he could match the pace goes to the front end which I guess gives personal satisfaction [Music] ten and a bit minutes remaining in this race it's been a busy busy place and certainly yesterday we had a winning margin of six seconds the first six seconds covers the first six cars with a second or so despairs 4.8 seconds to Patrick neither how's our now so it is all gradually constatine during but I can't see any changes coming back to the front another message on the screen car number 68 that's 50 Hutchinson's car under investigation along with at car number 2 [Music] contacts at turn number eight and they're fighting together on surface markers PABA road ahead of Finley Hutchinson there is Finley diving up the inside so their orders been reversed the tomorrow is coming the Camaro is can't see but driver of number two Marcus Pedro at the Norwegian again just want to reiterate his main aim is to take victory in pro-am class he is doing just that at the moment before in a bit seconds further down the track is the Kaibab Brno driven number 30 sellers are racing car that's seconded pro-am and Gabrielle if Gavin I said look for the progress from the one-one-one BMW back from the 28th on the grid up to test overall third in the crown class so he's a did well to enjoy avoid that start lying collision and he's picked his way forward ever since and she'd expect a driver on the Italians caliber to do while per burrs margin in the 31 Mercedes leading the pram classes down to just two point two seconds over the charging CMR Alpena of David loggia that because still has time to change as as this battle for fifth position because certainly battery neither house was getting a bit fed up but looking at the readout he wants to be in front of it so the KTM driver pushing as hard as he can again half a second taken off the race leader last time around but the race leader is still Alec you del is still Ricardo van der ender in second place and Benjamin the senator the only driver enjoying a crown his bank's COBOL can't quite catch them he's a second back from that d trio safe in for the smaller Madsen and behind him Patrick neither has a fight and fight and fight sweeping off the stock straight Paula Matson looking like a tough nut to crack likewise Abiquiu doesn't believe the race he's resisting a heck of a store annot van der ezzor who knows all the tricks to try at all that the corners around its own circuit has not found a in the armor was there someone just up ahead it seemed like the sign he spoke iam it said someone made a mistake just up ahead of lead three can't see no time to wait no time to watch Ricardo van der ender holds down that second place pushed as always by Benjamin the sin but the Belgian not finding the gap and the sense teammate you daniel Makai looking on wanted victory might have to make do with third place here but it's not over yet Ricardo van there anything going past the point he got three and a half tires off the surface by bashing the inside on the exit of the rubber smoker MicroBot hit the curb lost a bit of momentum let the ground get on himself and importantly let panic you don't find that very very minor advantage of the front of the field [Music] not so long ago had invented on the screen incident involving a collision with the Camaro and turn eight now it's the sister car number 69 in the hands of Duncan Houseman is a possible contact with 35 which is the out beam of de Musti a Duncan Houseman has gone past to continue to make progress and seems those should be able to pick it right up the tale of Gabriella piano now fifth place though continues to before really really hard tooth and nail yesterday's race winning Phoenix racing Audi still running wide but still holding off the KTM lights are flashing from Patrick Lee there Houser cannot find a way by but all along this pair of getting closer and closer to the lead group now first a sickest out of 3.8 seconds not so long ago it was five point eight seconds so down it comes but the clock is coming down to seven minutes left it is one hour race no further action contact between Marcus claprood and Findlay Hutchinson the Scott went ahead now after two separate plays but Arthur Patrick continues no danger of penalty for him no danger of a place change just for now for faith still Nicolae Balan mattes hangs on to that position and still allocute daily looks at the pressure was getting more important than asked who that's been good for him he's nearly eight tenths of a second clear in the lead of the race are there any more questions that can be asked by ricardo van der end or is he being restricted by the charging mclaren behind in benjamin ascent is his shadow up over the rise after shot and a kebab into che black looks very cup still is indeed the race for a DQ del I mean there Elliot cracking pace but he's just got enough of an advantage that's a regarding car and render cannot jump him into a corner he's those three or four carbons back and that's just a comfortable space physically in a race as close as there's an all along max cobalt is closing in fourth place is getting closer to third almost as one fifth and six still really tight together [Music] looking for the moves are there going to be any moves coming whose tires stayed sweetest this deep into the race whenever he gets a tight twisty you expect the ktf to make a move that Paula Matz has been very very wise without out he just puts it where it needs to be patrick neither Howser particularly tight parts the second circuit like this it was a bit more width on the road I reckoned he'd make it run around the outside but suddenly a problem neither Howser is slowing on the background push off the KTM as he picked up a puncture his here and why did he miss a gear but he went right off the tail that Nicolae Balan Madson and he may have just shared six place car doesn't appear to want to turn very well that final corner I fear a Punisher could be the proverb is he gonna come into the pit lane well content it something suddenly happened on the second part of the Hansard spot but airport an advantage for Nikolai Mahlum and he's able to pull clear and suddenly Patrick bleed out and shed about a second data bit now here's the challenge for second place go Ricardo van der ender hang on very very close just a quarter of a second down but where are the gaps there haven't been any gaps as yet pushing hard down into the Cuban holes Bob goes bedroom in the sense there is no space no space being offered the most base being taken at the moment so all along this is very good news to the race leader makuu del two wins with his teammate Simon now when they went racing for MGM motorsport a full record at the start of June now it's July feels more like may not that war but maybe that suited the girls are very practical because the BMWs really looked as though the good Brian on top of their handling tire degradation not seemingly to be too much of a problem for them mousing the Kurds on the inside he gets closer and closer this battle for second place [Music] great scrap and the Mercedes in fourth place max cobalt is taking advantage of this and closing in in fourth place but look for and it's left another it's under investigation again his car number 69 and that's Duncan house but an investigation for an incident with 35 Debus da now incident with the number one worldwide gabriella pianos BMW the car that came up to the very tail of the field but suddenly release from the pressure being harried by the KTM nikolai mala mats and the Phoenix racing Audi just at the point on the circuit where the KTM dropped back he has now pulled almost onto the tail the Yankee's heel [Music] from attacker to defender second place Ricardo van der enter doing everything he can to keep benjaminson the sense but round behind innocence had a very good run on to the start/finish straight likewise have been tracing Audi is it gonna be a change down you can almost see the McLaren it's so tight in behind that BMW booked for an acute L down one more time into the leads erased went to the line and laps completed this 13 trying different lines around the outside and then looking to the inside at Tarzan but there is no gap for Benjamin the certainty must be heartily fed up he's now trying to take the wider line to get a faster exit out of helium holes Bob but watch out you've suddenly got the yellow life of the Sade's onto your tail and in fact that was a better exit from Hugin hole spot for the driver in second place this is the biggest gap Ricardo van der end that has had from the McLaren so maybe the McLaren stars by experimenting with that different line just didn't find the grip that was expected by the Belgian he's falling back so suddenly first then second at third fourth fifth very very close indeed so the challenge is it short or can the McLaren get back onto the tail of that second place at Chris motorsport BMW [Music] but suddenly Nicolae Balan Madison decided no I'm close enough to make a challenge I'm going to try and dive past Yankees he'll wasn't quite on and suddenly the KTM is back on his tail his nightmare has returned Patrick neither houses fall back after whatever that problem boards that dropped him off by a second at a second or so a couple of laps ago he's now right on the tail of the Audi all over again still it's six base yeah they still fit max cobalt still fourth and the top three as they have been literally since the pit stops Alec udel the head of Ricardo van der end of the McLaren in third place nose to tail racing biggest advantage vault at the top six cars is actually now the gap between first and second it was 1.2 seconds last time around we've got time to complete this lap and do one further that the next lap will be the final lap of the race on to the start-finish straight it's remained dry they go past the scene at the start line incident you can still see the markings on the track here is the am battle because suddenly it's had a change we've had leading the class for an age Bob her before the Dutchman has been hunted down by the Alpena a David low chair has moved ahead so I saw he was getting close over the last couple of laps to be very good for loggia and the French racer has gone in front is there gonna be a change in that position again before the end of the race for Dutchman her but that be hugely disappointing but he's still got half a lap to go just over half a lap to go for first second third fourth the top six covered by 3.7 seconds between them but the most important gap is 1st to 2nd is out to 1.4 seconds so if so Alec you del will put a big smile on his teammate Simon Knapp's face Simon they're looking at the screens through the side of the pit Ordnung counting it down he has to be confident because when Ricardo Vanda and I spent half a dozen laps right on the tail of the MDM after 25 BMW he couldn't find a gap and then such a gap went out and he's not gonna find it now barring a sudden puncture graciously that surely has got this one in the bag there almost nose-to-tail behind the KTM still diving one way harrying Nikolaj mono Madson all the time that Patrick neither Howser is running out of ideas they closed gate on the infield state's straight the next corner is a Hansard spot but already Alec udel is through the first part of that with no challenge likewise all those behind not quite close enough to make a maneuver if any moves can account the most likely place is the penultimate corner approaching that now Gracie tyrannic you Dale regard of and renders held on to second place Benjamin descent third behind the two BMWs in his McLaren in banks cobol championship leader fourth place would be good he'd like to be higher but it's all about gathering points consistently yesterday's winner nikolay bottom answers come around at field and the KTM insynctive patrick neither houses hands but the victor today Alec Udell will put that big smile on sideburn that's face there is simon up on the pit wall delighted with that margin of victory it doesn't matter it's victory 1.2 seconds as the flag fell so really good round that car came up from fourth on the grid and did a fantastic job under huge pressure and likewise from sixth on the grid second is a very good result for rectoress motorsport aside but now taking the applause the smooching down the pit lane so plenty of action it seems a very long time ago that we had the race stopped almost before it started with that start line incident but there it was at the end prior victory went to Marquez Pat Rudin an opportunist ad is with Kaibab Brno just one and a half seconds behind and thirty class Duncan Houseman in the 69 Camaro the am class did go to david voce got through right at the end of the race in the little CMR out beam there it is crossing the line and the yellow nose of the Mercedes and cross behind is that of david lopez car in bob Herbers car of course and gabby all ye showing with the said France takes third clean the air class so action aplenty some really really close racing and again at Zandvoort showing it doesn't offer overtaking opportunities with any generosity whatsoever but some fabulous scrapping some great moves and a lot of moves that were very very nearly good moves and so we get to the end of one hour of racing it took two attempts to go from start to finish there is the finishing order one point two seconds the gap between the driver who took the finish line Alec you del and Ricardo van der ender who led the chase Benjamin descent had no answers in the McLaren but was right on the tails and yank is ela max cobalt started the race as championship leaders another very useful helping a point to them Nikolai mala Madison brought to the Audi yesterday's race winning car up into fifth overall but you can see the top six covered by 3.6 seconds the fabulous spread of cars the winner car in pro-am Marcos paper would bring at home Luke seat rested the first part of the race down in eighth place overall the top am car right at the end 15th place overall Erik mouche and David lower lower low share in their little CMR Alpine so plenty of manufacture variety plenty of stories to be told but I guess the biggest story of the race for a lot of the drivers was the fact that six cars chipped themselves up or one tripped up the others on the start/finish line glad no injury to the drivers but certainly it was a little over spectacular but for those at the front there was some classic scrapping and I think there'll be a lot of rather big smiles when the car's pulling beneath the podium so that's the end of the second of the two GT for European races here at Zandvoort would be great fun and they are all shaping up for the final round later this year so just waiting as Alec Udell trickles back it's always when you win you've just like to savor the moment come back round but the winner of the second race that's their third win here or not here third winning the championship race of wins at Paul Ricard sits there in the third or fifth at sea and now a further win and that really does put them in very good stead for the championship there are the championship points and kids ela cobalt hang on but lead has come down as math can you deal with that feature he closed within six points Benjamin plus an and Daniel McCoy in third place third place on the track today third place on at the championship points so the winning car makes it back to the pit lane the sister car number 26 dropped out see what the problem was drop towards the tail of the field we saw them investigating the left rear wheel on that but here's the carbon finish third another useful scoop of points Daniel McKay going out to Pat's on the roof open the angles door which doesn't take up much space in part foam a bit already MDM motorsport aside the cheer Simon that he needs to put regard Evander ender always a joker pulls up just so the race winner can't get out so now dick you daddy's trap card in the seat about he just likes to laugh at all opportunities but very very quick but today not quite quick enough couldn't find a way past the American race I think we can call them that three wins on his debut season in Europe I like you deal with Simon now a huge amount of satisfaction for the MDM motorsport BMW racers down there victory today in the second of the two GT for Euroseries racism the plenty of pride on display there's a back-slapping and I think a huge amount of satisfaction for Simon Knapp who enjoyed the second half the race nervous for a while but the night last five six laps he saw the panic udell his teammate had things under control ricardo van der ended his attack had been blunt and it certainly was helped by the McLaren being right on the tail of the eckrich motorsport m4 stopping and making any further progress for MDMA sport happiness and a little bit of sad that says Mark panda are who had to pass the second car the sister car with a real problem with maximum points closing up the championship table at the top Simon that winner today as he was at Paul Ricard and America Alec Adele I think will get a smile let's join them because the coaches come and join them down below Parc fermé a so Simon now joined by his winner today Alec Udell Widow Kota congratulations guys what a race that was for ups and downs all throughout the race I bet you're so happy to be standing here Simon yes so happy as a great race from begin to the end alligator fantastic job F great we have Alec fantastic job yes thank you Simon did a lot of hard work I was able to just run a steady pace to the end and we kept it up front so very happy for MDM at our home race and although all the people we have out here supporting us this weekend it's it's it's awesome so it feels good good to say thank you guys [Music] so well done to the winning crew it was tough it was tight and they prevailed certainly that could give them an awful lot of pressure winning is one thing but if you could do so under pressure from your very closest Championship rivals not crack but more to the point also make booze passing maneuvers it will weigh heavy on their minds of the rivals for future races certainly Simon a fanatic dude L on finest have seen four here in the second race hands on board [Music] and busy busy days just waiting for the drivers to go up to the podium but just to reiterate let's take a look at the highlight it was fast it was furious and maybe there was a little bit too much action from the very outset here is the start of the race and unfortunately what happened around the mid Lord of the 66 bullet racing the clown coming across a like a bullet and the chain reaction behind some drivers guess correctly quite a few cars caught out half a dozen cars removed from the race so we had the race the track cleared up and the race restarted behind the safety car and that gave the advantage to poll starter Daniel McCoy but eventually he was hunted down and passed as a really bold maneuver from Simon nap in that 25 MDM motorsport BMW they came in at different times and who was gonna read the situation best Dan Makai had coming over to hand over to Benjamin the sin and the only one of the top six runners that really suffered was this one number 16 KTM could not get going at the second of a possibly third time the valance asking Patrick neither how to came out but the front grouping had already gone through it was Alec Goodell leading from Ricardo van der ender and chased by the McLaren in the background but six cars covered by next to no time but it was the 25 BMW taking victory today here at Zandvoort no wonder they were so delighted and happiest man of all I would suggest is Simon Knapp who had to watch the second half of the race unfold unfair tactics there from Ricardo van der Endor trapping the race winner in his car we've seen it before but it makes me smile every single time and eventually Alec gudell released to greets his teammate who cheered him home so I mean that Alec you del today's winners here at San Ward's so blue sky in the distance the podium ceremony is ahead of us waiting for a packed afternoon racing that sample don't forget this is a circuit that will have a formula 1 Grand Prix next year for the first time since 1985 so to say there is enthusiasm bubbling to the surface is a massive massive understatement but yet again it proved it's a great track to race on let's look at the championship points fourth place for Yankees yellow max cobalt still enough to keep them in the lead of the championship but Simon app and Alec gudell closing right into six points behind third place today Daniel Makai and Benjamin ascends third place overall you and Makai Ricardo van der end the second place wasn't enough they wanted the maximum points they're sort of the outside bet in the championship in fourth overall really it's between those top three crews as we advance through the season so having seen those points for the leading runners let's go up onto the podium at Chris motorsport crew coming out these are these the team chiefs coming out the drivers will follow first presentation to the team Cruz [Music] checks everybody likes to check so pit stop challenge tight and to the winners that spoils up on the top step of the podium nice little touch for the crews here at San bought smile at the cameras and then it'll be time for the overall podium and I think we'll see a sort of an array of expressions from fall happiness to slight frustrated notions for those behind but there we have it all getting ready but it stayed dry packed with action from start through to finish and of course it took a second start after that start line accident but the cars were battered but the drivers shaken perhaps but all we're okay which is very good news indeed so waiting before the top three crews to come out of the first one we should sheet see would be the Akiba short mclaren crew of daniel Makai who started on pole to pole position and Benjamin descent just waiting for the signal for them to come out the trophies or bottles of champagne getting ready up on the podium but we got away without any rain in the race the track didn't prove too tricky but the start was what tripped a few of them up so it can be a key short McLaren drivers being called after the podium Daniel McCoy started pole and the driver who brought through the finish which of course is his teammates Benjamin the send the Belgium second place eight Chris motorsport crew there's another makai it's Ewan Ricardo van der ender so the two McCoy brothers up on the podium but the top step will go to the number here's the crew that took it home the 25 MDM motorsport BMW crew head out my cyber nap as he did in the race he worked his way to the front then and it you Dale protected that lead all the way to the finish [Music] so strains of the Dutch Nathan national anthem fade away the Dutch winner on the top step cyber nap and his American teammate Alec udell taking me applause are plenty of applause and cheering bringing out from beneath them on the pit lane outcome the trophies job very well done that was hard work for everybody involved and some fantastic nose-to-tail racing third place to the Akita floor we for sure McLaren truth that Makai and Bentham understand the slightly larger Profis to second place for their Chris motorsport m4 crew of you and Makai and Ricardo van de render up on the top step waiting for the biggest trophies of all the winners trophies on left of shot Simon that with the dark curly hair and the rider here the shorter figure the American racer Alec you don't they take the trophies they work very very hard for that indeed at sampled and though they are for the official Victor two great races here at Sam bought a circuit that really makes them work very hard indeed and some fabulous shots these cars around a circuit with proper gradient change which always makes for some fabulous racing there finally the champagne they can unleash those emotions as well they worked hard but that fabulous win today has been a real boost to Simon nap and Alec Adele as they mount their championship challenge more podium ceremonies to follow up we have the pro-am podium as well and then the podium they all have to be served so we have plenty more drivers gonna have their tight turn in the sunshine and it is trying to be sunny here at Zandvoort been a great weekend of racing still plenty more on a packed agenda here on race Sunday [Music] [Music] so as the frontrunners go off the podium already cars forming up I said it's a busy day cars doing supercar laps around the circuit but we're waiting for the pro-am podium and we know the winner in that class Lucy trash - Marcos pav rode for life but motorsports so along with their teammates who are running in the pro class that both had very very strong races in the yellow Mercedes third in class cart number 69 Luke Bronx Duncan Houseman v8 racing Camaro they take the third place spot tell us our racing team Caravan borough and Angelique Techdirt of ne8 and the top step will go to the number two crude wipe up motorsport Mercedes racer Lucy Jeff's and Marcos pave a road so this is a prone class that they rounded out the top 10 they came home in 8th 9th and 10th position don't forget the number 2 crew decided to get out of the way of the 68 Camaro as it came through that was in pro they're an hour [Music] so the German national anthem for life at motorsport the entrance of the winning team in the pro-am class Luci crepes and Marcus Pat rode up on the top step of the podium eighth place overall and on the left of the screen Angelique tatev an EI and young Dutch ace kyvan Birla they took 2nd place in the class not so far behind third place Duncan Houseman and Luke bronze in the second of those two v8 racing Camaros again the largest trophies to the winners and presented by Pirelli / aliens cats for all of the drivers up there official photo and they will make way for the third and final podium for the am class of the GT for European Series you always fantasy Duncan Heisman to be quite quick on the spraying third in the race today along with Luke Browns but quickest on the champagne smiles all round up on the podium so that's the pro-am podium we've had the overall podium that leaves us the am podium to complete the ceremonies for the GT for European series so change a personnel up top busy busy day here at the sample circuit lots of fans in the grandstands on the sand dunes on top of the pit building looking down soaking up the racing action and the atmosphere as well plenty of atmosphere here that sample as there always is I must say through the day just looking at the flower well let's take a look at the prime cap Marcus pav Rhodes and Lucy tres fastest today top winners in the class and stretch their points advantage marius silk and gabriella pianist set back by having to start 24:28 the last on the grid and really it was a case of none of the chasers scoring a big helping a point so that has been very much in the favor of Marcus pav wood and Lucie crafts the winners so now it's the turn of the amp podium and his head for arms ever the show girl comes out Gabby all ye they have the last brass by a Kingfisher McLaren 30 class just bring the requisite number of children out onto the podium second place in cast it led until right before the end of the race Alessandro Giovanelli in the Bob Herbert racing for the sellers are racing team but the figure of the crew that know each other very well David Lisette Eric mu a took victory right at the end in their CMR out beam they take the top step [Music] the rousing Marseillaise to the French drivers for the French team in the French car cm our alkenes David Legere and Eric boule worked hard and right at the end they got their rewards and so they will take the winners trophies in the am class to the GT for European series [Music] I must say it's a nice touch I think when people can bring smaller family members up to celebrate with them because understand putting your putting going racing is a family affair it needs to be so but the winners trophies David Legault and Eric me way up on the top step that's been a really really good run for them today and all the more exciting because they hunted down the Mercedes ahead of them so close to sell us our racing team but it was the CMR Alpine crew that came through third place with the champion as you would suggest as you would guess oh boy he's having fun Lisette brahms she lets rip to start with great celebrations up there that's the third and last of the champagne so that's it from now from the GT for European series make sure you join us next time the racing is always fantastic that's goodbye for me Bruce Jones [Music]

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Keywords: BlancpainGT, Blancpain, GT, GT3, Endurance, Sprint, Series, Cup, Motorsports, watch, FIA, driver, sportscar, racecar, car, events, Spa, 24h, team, europe, pro-am, pro, racetrack

Id: 054QsZKK_e8

Length: 116min 19sec (6979 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 14 2019