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Monday, May 4, 2009

Feature race: lap-by-lap

Sunday, May 03, 2009
LAP BY LAP


Flag A1GP chairman Tony Teixeira presents Mark Gallagher and Adam Carroll with the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport trophy. It's going to be some party tonight!



Flag Everyone piles onto the grid to congratulate Adam Carroll and the team. These here are amazing scenes here at Brands Hatch!



Flag Adam Carroll gets out of the car and waves to the crowd. He is elated!!



Flag A1 Team Ireland wins the Feature race, from Netherlands, Switzerland, Monaco, Portugal, Mexico, Great Britain and Australia.



FLAG A1 TEAM IRELAND IS 2008/09 A1GP WORLD CUP OF MOTORSPORT CHAMPION



Lap 50 One lap to go!



Lap 49 What a weekend from A1 Team Ireland, we're nearly there!



Lap 48 Just two laps to go.



Lap 46 Dan Clarke has had an off, and Australia's John Martin is right behind him now.



Lap 45 With five laps to go, it's Ireland leading ahead of Netherlands, Switzerland, Monaco, Portugal, Mexico, Great Britain, Australia, Italy, France.



Lap 43 Ireland has got the lead back up to 7.4 seconds.



Lap 40 Ten laps to go. It looks like this will be Ireland's title and Feature race win...



Lap 36 Australia have gone even quicker in their persuit of the fastest lap.



Lap 35 Ireland seem to have this race won. There is a great battle for third with Switzerland holding off Monaco and Portugal.



Lap 33 Australia has now got the fastest lap, with a 1m 12.754 second-lap.



Lap 31 Netherlands has got the gap down to 4.7 seconds at the start.



Lap 31 So the order is Australia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Monaco, Portugal, Mexico, Great Britain and France.



Lap 30 Italy comes in, while Ireland gets the fastest lap.


Lap 29 Great Britain and Netherlands make their stops. Netherlands doesn't get out ahead of Ireland.



Lap 28 Ireland come into the pits first along with South Africa, Lebanon, Indonesia and Mexico.



Lap 28 Plenty of cars come into the pits.



Lap 28 Malaysia goes off at Druids. Aaron Lim has ran wide and crashed.



Lap 27 The gap is down to 4.7 seconds, with Adam Carroll seemingly held up by USA, who is nearly a lap down.



Lap 26 Germany has retired. Michael Ammermuller rolled to a stop.



Lap 25 Netherlands has now got the gap down to 5.5 seconds.



Lap 22 Jeroen Bleekemolen is still not giving up, and has got the gap down to 6.5 seconds



Lap 15 Ireland now has a 7.0-second lead over Netherlands.



Lap 14 Switzerland has a cracked exhaust. The car sounds a bit raspy as it passes the pit straight here!



Lap 14 Dan Clarke is flying - he just passes Australia's John Martin at Paddock Hill bend for seventh place.


Lap 14 So the order is Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, Monaco, Mexico.



Lap 14 A1 Team China is under investigation for the start-line accident.



Lap 14 Mexico pits and get out in front of Australia.


Lap 13 Fastest lap for Great Britain.



Lap 12 Australia pits, leaving Mexico out front.



Lap 11 Staying out has not worked for Monaco. It has fallen to fifth of the front runners after the stops.



Lap 11 Monaco and Great Britain both pit.



Lap 10 Monaco stay out, without Australia and Great Britain.



Lap 9 It's a great stop from Ireland, beating Portugal.



Lap 9 Ireland and Portugal come into the pits, handing Monaco the lead.



Lap 8 We're closing on the first round of pit stops.



Lap 7 New Zealand has retired in the gravel. Earl Bamber has spun into the gravel at Westfield. It was a highspeed off, but he is ok.



Lap 6 France is slowing. Nicolas Prost has a problem.



Lap 5 USA comes in to change its nosecone after the earlier crash.


Lap 5 Ireland gets away well at the restart.


Lap 4 Safety car in this lap.



Lap 1 So the order is Ireland, Monaco, Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, New Zealand, France.


Lap 1 Safety Car is out while the mess is cleared up.


Lap 1 China is out, but USA has kept going.



Lap 1 India's Narain Karthikeyan gets out of the Indian car at Paddock Hill Bend. It was a big crash.


Lap 1 Big crash between USA, China and India.


Lap 1 Ireland grabs the lead at the start!



Lap 1 Now we're away!



Lap 1 No we're not. We're having another formation lap, because of South Africa stalling on the grid.



Lap 1 And away we go!



15:00 Germany struggles to get away from the dummy grid, and the team has to help Michael Ammermuller get away.



14:59 The engines are started and the formation lap begins.



14:55 The grid is being cleared. We're nearly ready to go and crown a champion!


14:49 It's bright and sunny here at Brands Hatch for the title decider. Remember, one of Ireland, Switzerland or Portugal will win the title this afternoon.


14:45 All the championship permutations can be found here.


14:39 Ireland needs to finish sixth or better to secure the championship, no matter what anyone else does.



14:27 The Feature race is 50 laps.


14:25 The second pitstop window has been announced and will be between laps 28 and 36. The first stop is, as always, between on 8 and 16.

14:20 Welcome to Brands Hatch. We're going to decide the 2008/09 A1GP Championship this afternoon. Everyone can't wait for the race to be underway!


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