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|name              = [[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] 2012 Indianapolis 500
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|Race_No            = 16
Flag of the United States svg.png 2012 Indianapolis 500 Race 16 of 16 in the 2012 F1RWRS season
|Season_No          = 16
Indianapolis Motor Speedway svg.png
|year              = 2012
Date 21 October, 2012
|series            = F1RWRS
Official Name 1st F1RWRS Budweiser 500
|Circuit            = File:Indianapolis Motor Speedway svg.png
Location Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana, United States
|date              = 21 October, 2012
Course Permanent racing facility
|official name      = 1st F1RWRS Budweiser 500
4.023 km (2.5 mi)
|location          = Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana, United States
Distance 200 laps, 804.6 km (500 mi)
|course            = Permanent racing facility<br>4.023 km (2.5 mi)
Weather Sunny
|distance          = 200 laps, 804.6 km (500 mi)
Pole Position
|weather            = Sunny
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Nathanael Spencer Prospec
|pole driver        = [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Nathanael Spencer]]
Time 0.37.40
|pole team          = [[Prospec]]
Fastest Lap
|pole time          = 0.37.40
Driver Flag of Australia svg.png Dean O'Lauchlan O'Lauchlan-BMW
|fastest lap driver = [[File:Flag of Australia svg.png]] [[Dean O'Lauchlan]]
Time 0.37.41
|fastest lap team  = [[Horizon Motorsport|O'Lauchlan-BMW]]
Podium
|fastest lap time  = 0.37.41
First Flag of Japan svg.png Hagane Shizuka MAN
|first driver      = [[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] [[Hagane Shizuka]]
Second Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Pippa Mann AMR-Peel-DMC
|first team        = [[Manx-Anglo-Nippon Racing Team|MAN]]
Third Flag of Belgium svg.png Thomas De Bock ENB-Gillet
|second driver      = [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Pippa Mann]]
|second team        = [[Anglo-Manx Racing|AMR-Peel-DMC]]
|third driver      = [[File:Flag of Belgium svg.png]] [[Thomas De Bock]]
|third team        = [[Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge|ENB-Gillet]]
|}}


The '''2012 F1RWRS Indianapolis 500''' was a 500 mile car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the first [[F1RWRS Indianapolis 500]]. It was the season ending race for the [[2012 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season]] and was won by Japanese driver [[Hagane Shizuka]].


The 2012 F1RWRS Indianapolis 500 was a 500 mile car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the first F1RWRS Indianapolis 500. It was the season ending race for the 2012 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season and was won by Japanese driver Hagane Shizuka.
==Race Report==
Contents


    1 Race Report
===Pre-Race===
        1.1 Pre-Race
        1.2 Qualifying
        1.3 Race
    2 Classification
        2.1 Race Leaders


[edit] Race Report
The buildup of the race was focused on the titanic championship battle between Englishwoman and eventual champion [[Pippa Mann]], former Formula One World Champion [[Chris Dagnall]] and German [[Kay Lon]]. Lon lead the championship heading into the race with 72 points with Dagnall on 71 and Mann on 67. With the race came an expanded starting grid, which [[Horizon Motorsport|O'Lauchlan Motorsport]] took full advantage of by signing sacked [[Holden F1RWRS Racing Team|HRT]] driver [[Frank Zimmer]] alongside [[Dean O'Lauchlan]]. Former F1 World Champion [[Daniel Melrose]] was replaced by Frenchman [[Phillippe Nicolas]] after the Australian had a spate of crashes at the private [[Melrose Racing Team|MRT]] test at the Talladega Superspeedway before the race, followed by an accident at the [[2012 F1RWRS United States Grand Prix|United States]] round at Laguna Seca.
[edit] Pre-Race


The buildup of the race was focused on the titanic championship battle between Englishwoman and eventual champion Pippa Mann, former Formula One World Champion Chris Dagnall and German Kay Lon. Lon lead the championship heading into the race with 72 points with Dagnall on 71 and Mann on 67. With the race came an expanded starting grid, which O'Lauchlan Motorsport took full advantage of by signing sacked HRT driver Frank Zimmer alongside Dean O'Lauchlan. Former F1 World Champion Daniel Melrose was replaced by Frenchman Phillippe Nicolas after the Australian had a spate of crashes at the private MRT test at the Talladega Superspeedway before the race, followed by an accident at the United States round at Laguna Seca.
===Qualifying===
[edit] Qualifying


In all there were 33 cars that were ready to go at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and all 33 were guaranteed a start so long as they had a car that could race, but there was still pride and a good starting position for the race on the line. Early on, it was James Davies setting the pace as part of the 4 car Manx racing effort in a duel with Dagnall and Frank Zimmer. It soon became apparent that the cars were incredibly quick around the speedway, and by the end of the session it was former champion Nathanael Spencer on pole with a time which was quick enough to be the new lap record around the famed racetrack, and almost quick enough to claim the closed course speed record. Spencer was joined on the front row by Sammy Jones, who had a disappointing season up to that point, and the first of the Manx racing stable cars in James Davies. The championship contenders were relatively close together with Pippa Mann on the outside of row 2, Lon in the middle of row 3 and Dagnall on the inside of row 4.
In all there were 33 cars that were ready to go at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and all 33 were guaranteed a start so long as they had a car that could race, but there was still pride and a good starting position for the race on the line. Early on, it was James Davies setting the pace as part of the 4 car Manx racing effort in a duel with Dagnall and Frank Zimmer. It soon became apparent that the cars were incredibly quick around the speedway, and by the end of the session it was former champion Nathanael Spencer on pole with a time which was quick enough to be the new lap record around the famed racetrack, and almost quick enough to claim the closed course speed record. Spencer was joined on the front row by [[Sammy Jones]], who had a disappointing season up to that point, and the first of the Manx racing stable cars in [[James Davies]]. The championship contenders were relatively close together with Pippa Mann on the outside of row 2, Lon in the middle of row 3 and Dagnall on the inside of row 4.
[edit] Race


The start was relatively clean with pole sitter Spencer leading the field for the first 3 laps before being overtaken by James Davies on lap 4. Lap 7 saw the first caution of the day with American Collin Pratchett spinning on the exit of turn 2 but he managed to avoid the wall. Within 3 laps the race was back underway with Davies pulling out a small gap on the field. Pippa Mann meanwhile was making her intentions known as she scythed her way through the field from 8th after the restart to be 2nd after 20 laps and in the lead on lap 29. Damon Cannon, who was running on the fringes of the top 10, became the first retirement of the day on lap 31 as he understeered into the wall at turn 4, bringing out the second caution of the day. HRT opted to bring Rhys Davies in under this caution, which turned out to be the beginning of a series of events which left the former F1 World Champion many laps down by race end. The race went green again on lap 35 with Mann, determined to win the championship, streaking away from the field.
===Race===


This caution period cost ArrowTech, Australian Minardi and HRT badly as all 5 cars who hadn't already stopped did between laps 39 and 43 under green, putting them a lap down and seemingly out of contention. The race stayed green when most of the field came streaming in for their first of three scheduled stops a dozen or so laps later, including race leader Mann on lap 58, handing the lead back to James Davies. Davies himself pitted on lap 62 which gave Douglas Mann the lead of the race. The very next lap Darren Older Jr collided with Jeroen Krautmeir as the Brit was leaving the pits. The resulting accident brought out the caution which was a blessing for both Dean O'Lauchlan and Hagane Shizkua as the pair, as well as Mann who was leading the race, were all on two stoppers along with Frank Zimmer and the two ECBs of Thomas De Bock and Aurelien Moll. De Bock, O'Lauchlan and Shizuka all pitted under the yellow with O'Lauchlan beating the trio out of the pits.
The start was relatively clean with pole sitter Spencer leading the field for the first 3 laps before being overtaken by James Davies on lap 4. Lap 7 saw the first caution of the day with American [[Collin Pratchett]] spinning on the exit of turn 2 but he managed to avoid the wall. Within 3 laps the race was back underway with Davies pulling out a small gap on the field. Pippa Mann meanwhile was making her intentions known as she scythed her way through the field from 8th after the restart to be 2nd after 20 laps and in the lead on lap 29. [[Damon Cannon]], who was running on the fringes of the top 10, became the first retirement of the day on lap 31 as he understeered into the wall at turn 4, bringing out the second caution of the day. HRT opted to bring [[Rhys Davies]] in under this caution, which turned out to be the beginning of a series of events which left the former F1 World Champion many laps down by race end. The race went green again on lap 35 with Mann, determined to win the championship, streaking away from the field.


The accident took a while to clean up so it wasn't until lap 69 that the race went green again with Mann leading from Moll and Zimmer. Zimmer and Moll both pitted on lap 73 with Mann coming in one lap later handing the lead to O'Lauchlan. He and Chris Dagnall, who had made his way up to 2nd in the pit stop sequence, started pulling away from the field. In the midfield the action was frantic as Kay Lon, who had been anonymous up till that point, was trying to claw his way back through the field after several poor restarts. Then, on lap 91 there was huge accident on the back straight involving 7 cars in the lower-midfield. Nicolas Steele had slid high into the turn 2 wall and came back down collecting Giovanni Roda, Phoenix McAllister, Tristan Jung, David Koczo, Phillippe Nicolas and Rhys Davies in the ensuring melee. Incredibly, despite the carnage, none of the cars retired as they all pitted for repairs under the long caution that followed. Many people also used it as an opportunity to get another one of their stops out of the way.
This caution period cost [[ArrowTech]], [[Australian Minardi]] and HRT badly as all 5 cars who hadn't already stopped did between laps 39 and 43 under green, putting them a lap down and seemingly out of contention. The race stayed green when most of the field came streaming in for their first of three scheduled stops a dozen or so laps later, including race leader Mann on lap 58, handing the lead back to James Davies. Davies himself pitted on lap 62 which gave [[Douglas Mann]] the lead of the race. The very next lap [[Darren Older Jr]] collided with Jeroen Krautmeir as the Brit was leaving the pits. The resulting accident brought out the caution which was a blessing for both Dean O'Lauchlan and Hagane Shizkua as the pair, as well as Mann who was leading the race, were all on two stoppers along with Frank Zimmer and the two ECBs of [[Thomas De Bock]] and [[Aurelien Moll]]. De Bock, O'Lauchlan and Shizuka all pitted under the yellow with O'Lauchlan beating the trio out of the pits.


The restart on lap 104 proved to be a bad one of O'Lauchlan as both Dagnall and De Bock blasted past on the run down to turn 1. The trio led the way from Shizuka, Spencer, Lon and Daniel Martins, who was out of sequence with the people ahead of him. Pippa Mann, who was down to 10th by this point, started making her way back through the field to be 5th when the 5th caution of the day came out on lap 120 for Luca Pacchiarini, already lapped once by this point and nearly lapped again by new race leader De Bock, planted his car into the turn 2 wall. Shizuka and Zimmer both took advantage of this caution to come in for their second stops as from that point, with the help of a few cautions, they could both make it to the end of the race on fuel with no more stops. However both needed cards to fall their way to end up with any meaningful results. The race went back to green conditions on lap 123.
The accident took a while to clean up so it wasn't until lap 69 that the race went green again with Mann leading from Moll and Zimmer. Zimmer and Moll both pitted on lap 73 with Mann coming in one lap later handing the lead to O'Lauchlan. He and Chris Dagnall, who had made his way up to 2nd in the pit stop sequence, started pulling away from the field. In the midfield the action was frantic as Kay Lon, who had been anonymous up till that point, was trying to claw his way back through the field after several poor restarts. Then, on lap 91 there was huge accident on the back straight involving 7 cars in the lower-midfield. [[Nicolas Steele]] had slid high into the turn 2 wall and came back down collecting [[Giovanni Roda]], [[Phoenix McAllister]], [[Tristan Jung]], [[David Koczo]], Phillippe Nicolas and Rhys Davies in the ensuring melee. Incredibly, despite the carnage, none of the cars retired as they all pitted for repairs under the long caution that followed. Many people also used it as an opportunity to get another one of their stops out of the way.


The green flag running didn't last long though as on lap 127 Jung, who was several laps down after the earlier collision, spun Roda around heading onto the front stretch whilst battling for 23rd place. This brought out the yellow flags for the 6th time and the vast majority of the field took the opportunity to make their final stops. As the race was about to restart, it was O'Lauchlan back in the lead from Shizuka and Gary Cameron, who had been solidly in points contention virtually all race. The race went green on lap 130 with O'Lauchlan setting a blistering pace, including a new race lap record for the Speedway, before pitting on lap 144 when the caution was brought out yet again for Pacchiarini who was put into the turn 3 wall when Steele was trying to lap the Italian. O'Lauchlan emerged from his pit stop 8th ahead of teammate Zimmer but behind championship contenders Lon and Dagnall. The race went back to green on lap 147 but immediately went back to yellow when the lapped Richie White hit the wall at turn 2 after a suspected engine failure sprayed oil all over his rear tyres. Rhys Davies' horrible run continued when he spun on the oil seconds later and backed it into the wall on the exit of turn 2 forcing the Australian to pit for more repairs. The caution stayed out until lap 152 as the mess from the accident scene.
The restart on lap 104 proved to be a bad one of O'Lauchlan as both Dagnall and De Bock blasted past on the run down to turn 1. The trio led the way from Shizuka, Spencer, Lon and [[Daniel Martins]], who was out of sequence with the people ahead of him. Pippa Mann, who was down to 10th by this point, started making her way back through the field to be 5th when the 5th caution of the day came out on lap 120 for [[Luca Pacchiarini]], already lapped once by this point and nearly lapped again by new race leader De Bock, planted his car into the turn 2 wall. Shizuka and Zimmer both took advantage of this caution to come in for their second stops as from that point, with the help of a few cautions, they could both make it to the end of the race on fuel with no more stops. However both needed cards to fall their way to end up with any meaningful results. The race went back to green conditions on lap 123.


Even with less than 50 laps to go the action was as frantic as ever. James Davies provided most of the entertainment as a horrendously bad pit stop meant at the restart he was down to 19th, behind Ashley Watkinson in the second HRT and absolutely furious about it. Up front and it was a straight fight between Shizuka and Cameron for the win as they pulled away, with the help of lapped traffic, from the other runners on the lead lap; Mann, De Bock, Spencer, Lon and Dagnall. It soon became clear however that Spencer was holding Lon and Dagnall up as it became apparent to all that the Englishman had sustained minor steering damage after running over debris earlier in the race. The next caution period was on lap 169 when Barii Mori slid wide into the turn 2 wall bringing to a close what had been a mediocre race for the Japanese driver. Resi Respati, who was up to an incredible 8th having just unlapped himself was unable to avoid debris from the accident which meant he also fired into the turn 2 wall. Respati's hit was particularly hard and he was taken to the track medical center for observation. He was later released with a clean bill of health.
The green flag running didn't last long though as on lap 127 Jung, who was several laps down after the earlier collision, spun Roda around heading onto the front stretch whilst battling for 23rd place. This brought out the yellow flags for the 6th time and the vast majority of the field took the opportunity to make their final stops. As the race was about to restart, it was O'Lauchlan back in the lead from Shizuka and [[Gary Cameron]], who had been solidly in points contention virtually all race. The race went green on lap 130 with O'Lauchlan setting a blistering pace, including a new race lap record for the Speedway, before pitting on lap 144 when the caution was brought out yet again for Pacchiarini who was put into the turn 3 wall when Steele was trying to lap the Italian. O'Lauchlan emerged from his pit stop 8th ahead of teammate Zimmer but behind championship contenders Lon and Dagnall. The race went back to green on lap 147 but immediately went back to yellow when the lapped [[Richie White]] hit the wall at turn 2 after a suspected engine failure sprayed oil all over his rear tyres. Rhys Davies' horrible run continued when he spun on the oil seconds later and backed it into the wall on the exit of turn 2 forcing the Australian to pit for more repairs. The caution stayed out until lap 152 as the mess from the accident scene.


The race went back to green on lap 175 with Shizuka retaining the lead off the restart ahead of Cameron. James Davies, thanks to the accident for Respati, was up to 15th having also passed Watkinson, Shinobu Katayama and Finn Jari Kekkonen. Davies passed Sammy Jones on the restart whilst the Englishman struggled to get up to pace, while right at the back of the queue Lon and Dagnall took advantage of the restart to leapfrog Spencer, whose steering problem was progressively getting harder to manage. The heartbreak story of the day happened on lap 178 when Gary Cameron's gearbox seized and put him into the wall at turn 2, which had claimed many a victim over the course of the race and nearly took Spencer with him, who had just been lapped. Shizuka was now alone in the lead as the caution came out for 10th and final time that race. Pippa Mann, De Bock, Lon and Dagnall were still on the lead lap but all were stuck near the tail of the queue of lapped cars.
Even with less than 50 laps to go the action was as frantic as ever. James Davies provided most of the entertainment as a horrendously bad pit stop meant at the restart he was down to 19th, behind [[Ashley Watkinson]] in the second HRT and absolutely furious about it. Up front and it was a straight fight between Shizuka and Cameron for the win as they pulled away, with the help of lapped traffic, from the other runners on the lead lap; Mann, De Bock, Spencer, Lon and Dagnall. It soon became clear however that Spencer was holding Lon and Dagnall up as it became apparent to all that the Englishman had sustained minor steering damage after running over debris earlier in the race. The next caution period was on lap 169 when [[Barii Mori]] slid wide into the turn 2 wall bringing to a close what had been a mediocre race for the Japanese driver. Resi Respati, who was up to an incredible 8th having just unlapped himself was unable to avoid debris from the accident which meant he also fired into the turn 2 wall. Respati's hit was particularly hard and he was taken to the track medical center for observation. He was later released with a clean bill of health.


On the final restart of the day on lap 181 Shizuka skipped away yet again and went on to win the race. Behind him however the action wasn't over yet as Chris Dagnall got another excellent run on the return to green conditions, this time robbing Lon of 4th place on the run to turn 3 but neither of them could quite keep up with Mann and De Bock for the minor placings. Spencer's problem almost became unmanageable as he was eventually passed by the O'Lauchlan Motorsport cars of O'Lauchlan and Zimmer, but he just hung on to the final points position in 8th place from a charging Douglas Mann. James Davies got another position on the restart as he passed Dave Simpson but he made no further progress as he got stuck behind Daniel Martins for the rest of the race. Up front and the battle for second was heating up as on lap 191 De Bock got past Pippa Mann as they came up to lap Pratchett, who was many laps down. Mann got back past De Bock 2 laps later thanks to lapped traffic, this time being the MRT of Phillippe Nicolas. Mann then pulled out a small gap on De Bock by the end of the race but the pair were over half a minute behind the rampaging Shizuka by race end. The 2nd place finish was enough for Mann to claim her first championship win ahead as Dagnall was 4th and Lon only 5th with the O'Lauchlan cars not too far behind in 6th and 7th.
The race went back to green on lap 175 with Shizuka retaining the lead off the restart ahead of Cameron. James Davies, thanks to the accident for Respati, was up to 15th having also passed Watkinson, [[Shinobu Katayama]] and Finn [[Jari Kekkonen]]. Davies passed [[Sammy Jones]] on the restart whilst the Englishman struggled to get up to pace, while right at the back of the queue Lon and Dagnall took advantage of the restart to leapfrog Spencer, whose steering problem was progressively getting harder to manage. The heartbreak story of the day happened on lap 178 when Gary Cameron's gearbox seized and put him into the wall at turn 2, which had claimed many a victim over the course of the race and nearly took Spencer with him, who had just been lapped. Shizuka was now alone in the lead as the caution came out for 10th and final time that race. Pippa Mann, De Bock, Lon and Dagnall were still on the lead lap but all were stuck near the tail of the queue of lapped cars.  
[edit] Classification
Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Flag of Japan svg.png Hagane Shizuka MAN 200 3:51:49.00 7 31
2 9 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Pippa Mann AMR-DeLorean/Peel 200 +32.23 6 20
3 18 Flag of Belgium svg.png Thomas De Bock ECB-Gillet 200 +33.76 17 16
4 14 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Chris Dagnall Jones-Renault 199 +1 LAP 10 10
5 11 Flag of Germany svg.png Kay Lon Kahama-Ford 199 +1 LAP 8 8
6 35 Flag of Australia svg.png Dean O'Lauchlan O'Lauchlan-BMW 199 +1 LAP 16 9
7 36 Flag of Australia svg.png Frank Zimmer O'Lauchlan-BMW 199 +1 LAP 12 4
8 1 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Nathanael Spencer Prospec 199 +1 LAP 1 5
9 27 Flag of the Isle of Man svg.png Douglas Mann MAN 199 +1 LAP 4
10 18 Flag of Belgium svg.png Aurelien Moll ECB-Gillet 199 +1 LAP 18
11 30 Flag of Portugal.svg.png Daniel Martins ArrowTech-Lamborghini 198 +2 LAPS 23
12 10 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png James Davies AMR-DeLorean/Peel 198 +2 LAPS 3
13 19 Flag of Australia svg.png Dave Simpson Minardi-BMW 198 +2 LAPS 24
14 29 Flag of Finland.svg.png Jari Kekkonen ArrowTech-Lamborghini 198 +2 LAPS 19
15 20 Flag of Japan svg.png Shinobu Katayama Minardi-BMW 198 +2 LAPS 28
16 7 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Ashley Watkinson Holden 198 +2 LAPS 11
17 13 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Sammy Jones Jones-Renault 198 +2 LAPS 2
18 3 Flag of France svg.png Phillippe Nicolas MRT-BMW 195 +5 LAPS 27
19 21 Flag of Spain svg.png Phoenix McAllister Phoenix-Honda 191 +9 LAPS 21
20 6 Flag of Hungary svg.png David Koczo Calinetic-Ford 191 +9 LAPS 29
21 24 Flag of the United States svg.png Tristan Jung Trueba-Piaggio 190 +10 LAPS 26
22 15 Flag of the United States svg.png Collin Pratchett ARC-Porsche 190 +10 LAPS 33
23 8 Flag of Australia svg.png Rhys Davies Holden 190 +10 LAPS 13
24 23 Flag of Italy svg.png Giovanni Roda Trueba-Piaggio 189 +11 LAPS 31
25 28 Flag of the United States svg.png Nicolas Steele Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo 187 +13 LAPS 32
26 2 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Gary Cameron Prospec 178 Accident T2* 2
27 37 Flag of Indonesia svg.png Resi Respati Flying Fish-Ford 169 Accident T2* 30
28 12 Flag of Japan svg.png Barii Mori Kahama-Ford 167 Accident T2* 15
Ret 33 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Richie White Lotus-Judd 146 Accident T2 22
Ret 27 Flag of Italy svg.png Luca Pacchiarini Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo 132 Collision 14
Ret 31 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Darren Older Jr CR-Ford 63 Collision 20
Ret 4 Flag of Germany svg.png Jeroen Krautmeir MRT-BMW 63 Collision 25
Ret 32 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Damon Cannon CR-Ford 31 Accident T4 9
Race average speed: 129.4126 mph
Lead changes: 10 between 8 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 49 laps


    Pole: Nathanael Spencer: 0:37.40 (240.6417 mph)
On the final restart of the day on lap 181 Shizuka skipped away yet again and went on to win the race. Behind him however the action wasn't over yet as Chris Dagnall got another excellent run on the return to green conditions, this time robbing Lon of 4th place on the run to turn 3 but neither of them could quite keep up with Mann and De Bock for the minor placings. Spencer's problem almost became unmanageable as he was eventually passed by the O'Lauchlan Motorsport cars of O'Lauchlan and Zimmer, but he just hung on to the final points position in 8th place from a charging Douglas Mann. James Davies got another position on the restart as he passed [[Dave Simpson]] but he made no further progress as he got stuck behind [[Daniel Martins]] for the rest of the race. Up front and the battle for second was heating up as on lap 191 De Bock got past Pippa Mann as they came up to lap Pratchett, who was many laps down. Mann got back past De Bock 2 laps later thanks to lapped traffic, this time being the MRT of Phillippe Nicolas. Mann then pulled out a small gap on De Bock by the end of the race but the pair were over half a minute behind the rampaging Shizuka by race end. The 2nd place finish was enough for Mann to claim her first championship win ahead as Dagnall was 4th and Lon only 5th with the O'Lauchlan cars not too far behind in 6th and 7th.
    Fastest Lap: Dean O'Lauchlan: 0:37.41 (240.5774 mph)


[edit] Race Leaders
==Classification==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%"
|-
! Pos
! No
! Driver
! Constructor
! Laps
! Time/Retired
! Grid
! Points
|-
! 1
| 25
|[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] '''[[Hagane Shizuka]]'''
| '''[[Manx-Anglo-Nippon Racing Team|MAN]]'''
| 200
| 3:51:49.00
| 7
| '''31'''
|-
! 2
| 9
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] '''[[Pippa Mann]]'''
| '''[[Anglo-Manx Racing|AMR-DeLorean/Peel]]'''
| 200
| +32.23
| 6
| '''20'''
|-
! 3
| 18
|[[File:Flag_of_Belgium_svg.png]]  '''[[Thomas De Bock]]'''
| '''[[Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge|ECB-Gillet]]'''
| 200
| +33.76
| 17
| '''16'''
|-
! 4
| 14
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] '''[[Chris Dagnall]]'''
| '''[[Jones Racing|Jones-Renault]]'''
| 199
| +1 LAP
| 10
| '''10'''
|-
! 5
| 11
|[[File:Flag_of_Germany_svg.png]]  '''[[Kay Lon]]'''
| '''[[Kamaha Motorsports|Kahama-Ford]]'''
| 199
| +1 LAP
| 8
| '''8'''
|-
! 6
| 35
|[[File:Flag of Australia_svg.png]]  '''[[Dean O'Lauchlan]]'''
| '''[[Horizon Motorsport|O'Lauchlan-BMW]]'''
| 199
| +1 LAP
| 16
| '''9'''
|-
! 7
| 36
|[[File:Flag of Australia svg.png]] '''[[Frank Zimmer]]'''
| '''[[Horizon Motorsport|O'Lauchlan-BMW]]'''
| 199
| +1 LAP
| 12
| '''4'''
|-
! 8
| 1
|[[File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_svg.png]]  '''[[Nathanael Spencer]]'''
| '''[[Prospec]]'''
| 199
| +1 LAP
| 1
| '''5'''
|-
! 9
| 27
|[[File:Flag of the Isle of Man svg.png]] [[Douglas Mann]]
| [[Manx-Anglo-Nippon Racing Team|MAN]]
| 199
| +1 LAP
| 4
|
|-
! 10
| 18
|[[File:Flag of Belgium svg.png]] [[Aurelien Moll]]
| [[Gillet Ecurie Nationale Belge|ECB-Gillet]]
| 199
| +1 LAP
| 18
|
|-
! 11
| 30
|[[File:Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png]]  [[Daniel Martins]]
| [[ArrowTech ART|ArrowTech-Lamborghini]]
| 198
| +2 LAPS
| 23
|
|-
! 12
| 10
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[James Davies]]
| [[Anglo-Manx Racing|AMR-DeLorean/Peel]]
| 198
| +2 LAPS
| 3
|
|-
! 13
| 19
|[[File:Flag of Australia svg.png]] [[Dave Simpson]]
| [[Australian Minardi|Minardi-BMW]]
| 198
| +2 LAPS
| 24
|
|-
! 14
| 29
|[[File:Flag_of_Finland.svg.png]]  [[Jari Kekkonen]]
| [[ArrowTech ART|ArrowTech-Lamborghini]]
| 198
| +2 LAPS
| 19
|
|-
! 15
| 20
|[[File:Flag_of_Japan_svg.png]]  [[Shinobu Katayama]]
| [[Australian Minardi|Minardi-BMW]]
| 198
| +2 LAPS
| 28
|
|-
! 16
| 7
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Ashley Watkinson]]
| [[Holden F1RWRS Racing Team|Holden]]
| 198
| +2 LAPS
| 11
|
|-
! 17
| 13
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Sammy Jones]]
| [[Jones Racing|Jones-Renault]]
| 198
| +2 LAPS
| 2
|
|-
! 18
| 3
|[[File:Flag of France svg.png]] [[Phillippe Nicolas]]
| [[Melrose Racing Team|MRT-BMW]]
| 195
| +5 LAPS
| 27
|
|-
! 19
| 21
|[[File:Flag of Spain svg.png]] [[Phoenix McAllister]]
| [[Team Phoenix|Phoenix-Honda]]
| 191
| +9 LAPS
| 21
|
|-
! 20
| 6
|[[File:Flag of Hungary svg.png]] [[David Koczo]]
| [[Team Calinetic|Calinetic-Ford]]
| 191
| +9 LAPS
| 29
|
|-
! 21
| 24
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Tristan Jung]]
| [[Trueba Racing Team|Trueba-Piaggio]]
| 190
| +10 LAPS
| 26
|
|-
! 22
| 15
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Collin Pratchett]]
| [[American Racing Conglomerate|ARC-Porsche]]
| 190
| +10 LAPS
| 33
|
|-
! 23
| 8
|[[File:Flag of Australia svg.png]] [[Rhys Davies]]
| [[Holden F1RWRS Racing Team|Holden]]
| 190
| +10 LAPS
| 13
|
|-
! 24
| 23
|[[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] [[Giovanni Roda]]
| [[Trueba Racing Team|Trueba-Piaggio]]
| 189
| +11 LAPS
| 31
|
|-
! 25
| 28
|[[File:Flag of the United States svg.png]] [[Nicolas Steele]]
| [[Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo]]
| 187
| +13 LAPS
| 32
|
|-
! 26
| 2
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Gary Cameron]]
| [[Prospec]]
| 178
| Accident T2*
| 2
|
|-
! 27
| 37
|[[File:Flag of Indonesia svg.png]] [[Resi Respati]]
| [[Flying Fish Motorsports|Flying Fish-Ford]]
| 169
| Accident T2*
| 30
|
|-
! 28
| 12
|[[File:Flag of Japan svg.png]] [[Barii Mori]]
| [[Kamaha Motorsports|Kahama-Ford]]
| 167
| Accident T2*
| 15
|
|-
! Ret
| 33
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Richie White]]
| [[Group Lotus|Lotus-Judd]]
| 146
| Accident T2
| 22
|
|-
! Ret
| 27
|[[File:Flag of Italy svg.png]] [[Luca Pacchiarini]]
| [[Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo]]
| 132
| Collision
| 14
|
|-
! Ret
| 31
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Darren Older Jr]]
| [[CR Motorsport|CR-Ford]]
| 63
| Collision
| 20
|
|-
! Ret
| 4
|[[File:Flag of Germany svg.png]] [[Jeroen Krautmeir]]
| [[Melrose Racing Team|MRT-BMW]]
| 63
| Collision
| 25
|
|-
! Ret
| 32
|[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png]] [[Damon Cannon]]
| [[CR Motorsport|CR-Ford]]
| 31
| Accident T4
| 9
|
|-
!colspan=8|Race average speed: 129.4126 mph
|-
!colspan=8|Lead changes: 10 between 8 drivers
|-
!colspan=8|Cautions: 10 for 49 laps
|}


*Pole: Nathanael Spencer: 0:37.40 (240.6417 mph)
*Fastest Lap: Dean O'Lauchlan: 0:37.41 (240.5774 mph)
===Race Leaders===
Eight drivers led the race, with a total of ten lead changes.
Eight drivers led the race, with a total of ten lead changes.
Laps Leader
 
1–3 Nathanael Spencer
{|
4–26 James Davies
|valign="top"|
27-28 Hagane Shizuka
 
29–57 Pippa Mann
{| class="wikitable"
58–61 James Davies
|-
62–73 Douglas Mann
!Laps !!Leader
74–103 Dean O'Lauchlan
|-
104-113 Chris Dagnall
|1–3 || [[Nathanael Spencer]]
114-127 Thomas De Bock
|-
128–143 Dean O'Lauchlan
|4–26 || [[James Davies]]
144-200 Hagane Shizuka
|-
 
|27-28 || [[Hagane Shizuka]]
Driver Laps led
|-
Hagane Shizuka 59
|29–57 || [[Pippa Mann]]
Dean O'Lauchlan 46
|-
Pippa Mann 29
|58–61 || James Davies
James Davies 27
|-
Thomas De Bock 14
|62–73 || [[Douglas Mann]]
Douglas Mann 12
|-
Chris Dagnall 10
|74–103 || [[Dean O'Lauchlan]]
Nathanael Spencer 3
|-
Previous race:
|104-113 || [[Chris Dagnall]]
2012 United States Grand Prix Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series Championship
|-
2012 Season Next race:
|114-127 || [[Thomas De Bock]]
2013 Tasman Grand Prix
|-
Previous race:
|128–143 || Dean O'Lauchlan
None Indianapolis 500 Next race:
|-
2013 Budweiser 500
|144-200 || Hagane Shizuka
|}
|width="50"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Driver !! Laps led
|-
|[[Hagane Shizuka]] || 59
|-
|[[Dean O'Lauchlan]] || 46
|-
|[[Pippa Mann]] || 29
|-
|[[James Davies]] || 27
|-
|[[Thomas De Bock]] || 14
|-
|[[Douglas Mann]] || 12
|-
|[[Chris Dagnall]] || 10
|-
|[[Nathanael Spencer]] || 3
|}
|}
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 900px; text-align: center; font-size: 95%"
| width="35%"| Previous race:<br>'''[[2012 F1RWRS United States Grand Prix|2012 United States Grand Prix]]'''
| width="30%"| '''[[Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series]] Championship<br>[[2012 F1RWRS season|2012 Season]]'''
| width="35%"| Next race:<br>'''[[2013 F1RWRS Tasman Grand Prix|2013 Tasman Grand Prix]]'''
|-
| width="35%"| Previous race:<br>'''None'''
| width="30%"| '''Indianapolis 500'''
| width="35%"| Next race:<br>'''[[2013 F1RWRS Indianapolis 500|2013 Budweiser 500]]'''
|}

Revision as of 02:01, 13 November 2012

Flag of the United States svg.png 2012 Indianapolis 500
Race 16 of 16 in the 2012 F1RWRS season
Indianapolis Motor Speedway svg.png
Date 21 October, 2012
Official Name 1st F1RWRS Budweiser 500
Location Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana, United States
Course Permanent racing facility
4.023 km (2.5 mi)
Distance 200 laps, 804.6 km (500 mi)
Weather Sunny
Pole Position
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Nathanael Spencer Prospec
Time 0.37.40
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Australia svg.png Dean O'Lauchlan O'Lauchlan-BMW
Time 0.37.41
Podium
First Flag of Japan svg.png Hagane Shizuka MAN
Second Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Pippa Mann AMR-Peel-DMC
Third Flag of Belgium svg.png Thomas De Bock ENB-Gillet


The 2012 F1RWRS Indianapolis 500 was a 500 mile car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the first F1RWRS Indianapolis 500. It was the season ending race for the 2012 Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series season and was won by Japanese driver Hagane Shizuka.

Race Report

Pre-Race

The buildup of the race was focused on the titanic championship battle between Englishwoman and eventual champion Pippa Mann, former Formula One World Champion Chris Dagnall and German Kay Lon. Lon lead the championship heading into the race with 72 points with Dagnall on 71 and Mann on 67. With the race came an expanded starting grid, which O'Lauchlan Motorsport took full advantage of by signing sacked HRT driver Frank Zimmer alongside Dean O'Lauchlan. Former F1 World Champion Daniel Melrose was replaced by Frenchman Phillippe Nicolas after the Australian had a spate of crashes at the private MRT test at the Talladega Superspeedway before the race, followed by an accident at the United States round at Laguna Seca.

Qualifying

In all there were 33 cars that were ready to go at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and all 33 were guaranteed a start so long as they had a car that could race, but there was still pride and a good starting position for the race on the line. Early on, it was James Davies setting the pace as part of the 4 car Manx racing effort in a duel with Dagnall and Frank Zimmer. It soon became apparent that the cars were incredibly quick around the speedway, and by the end of the session it was former champion Nathanael Spencer on pole with a time which was quick enough to be the new lap record around the famed racetrack, and almost quick enough to claim the closed course speed record. Spencer was joined on the front row by Sammy Jones, who had a disappointing season up to that point, and the first of the Manx racing stable cars in James Davies. The championship contenders were relatively close together with Pippa Mann on the outside of row 2, Lon in the middle of row 3 and Dagnall on the inside of row 4.

Race

The start was relatively clean with pole sitter Spencer leading the field for the first 3 laps before being overtaken by James Davies on lap 4. Lap 7 saw the first caution of the day with American Collin Pratchett spinning on the exit of turn 2 but he managed to avoid the wall. Within 3 laps the race was back underway with Davies pulling out a small gap on the field. Pippa Mann meanwhile was making her intentions known as she scythed her way through the field from 8th after the restart to be 2nd after 20 laps and in the lead on lap 29. Damon Cannon, who was running on the fringes of the top 10, became the first retirement of the day on lap 31 as he understeered into the wall at turn 4, bringing out the second caution of the day. HRT opted to bring Rhys Davies in under this caution, which turned out to be the beginning of a series of events which left the former F1 World Champion many laps down by race end. The race went green again on lap 35 with Mann, determined to win the championship, streaking away from the field.

This caution period cost ArrowTech, Australian Minardi and HRT badly as all 5 cars who hadn't already stopped did between laps 39 and 43 under green, putting them a lap down and seemingly out of contention. The race stayed green when most of the field came streaming in for their first of three scheduled stops a dozen or so laps later, including race leader Mann on lap 58, handing the lead back to James Davies. Davies himself pitted on lap 62 which gave Douglas Mann the lead of the race. The very next lap Darren Older Jr collided with Jeroen Krautmeir as the Brit was leaving the pits. The resulting accident brought out the caution which was a blessing for both Dean O'Lauchlan and Hagane Shizkua as the pair, as well as Mann who was leading the race, were all on two stoppers along with Frank Zimmer and the two ECBs of Thomas De Bock and Aurelien Moll. De Bock, O'Lauchlan and Shizuka all pitted under the yellow with O'Lauchlan beating the trio out of the pits.

The accident took a while to clean up so it wasn't until lap 69 that the race went green again with Mann leading from Moll and Zimmer. Zimmer and Moll both pitted on lap 73 with Mann coming in one lap later handing the lead to O'Lauchlan. He and Chris Dagnall, who had made his way up to 2nd in the pit stop sequence, started pulling away from the field. In the midfield the action was frantic as Kay Lon, who had been anonymous up till that point, was trying to claw his way back through the field after several poor restarts. Then, on lap 91 there was huge accident on the back straight involving 7 cars in the lower-midfield. Nicolas Steele had slid high into the turn 2 wall and came back down collecting Giovanni Roda, Phoenix McAllister, Tristan Jung, David Koczo, Phillippe Nicolas and Rhys Davies in the ensuring melee. Incredibly, despite the carnage, none of the cars retired as they all pitted for repairs under the long caution that followed. Many people also used it as an opportunity to get another one of their stops out of the way.

The restart on lap 104 proved to be a bad one of O'Lauchlan as both Dagnall and De Bock blasted past on the run down to turn 1. The trio led the way from Shizuka, Spencer, Lon and Daniel Martins, who was out of sequence with the people ahead of him. Pippa Mann, who was down to 10th by this point, started making her way back through the field to be 5th when the 5th caution of the day came out on lap 120 for Luca Pacchiarini, already lapped once by this point and nearly lapped again by new race leader De Bock, planted his car into the turn 2 wall. Shizuka and Zimmer both took advantage of this caution to come in for their second stops as from that point, with the help of a few cautions, they could both make it to the end of the race on fuel with no more stops. However both needed cards to fall their way to end up with any meaningful results. The race went back to green conditions on lap 123.

The green flag running didn't last long though as on lap 127 Jung, who was several laps down after the earlier collision, spun Roda around heading onto the front stretch whilst battling for 23rd place. This brought out the yellow flags for the 6th time and the vast majority of the field took the opportunity to make their final stops. As the race was about to restart, it was O'Lauchlan back in the lead from Shizuka and Gary Cameron, who had been solidly in points contention virtually all race. The race went green on lap 130 with O'Lauchlan setting a blistering pace, including a new race lap record for the Speedway, before pitting on lap 144 when the caution was brought out yet again for Pacchiarini who was put into the turn 3 wall when Steele was trying to lap the Italian. O'Lauchlan emerged from his pit stop 8th ahead of teammate Zimmer but behind championship contenders Lon and Dagnall. The race went back to green on lap 147 but immediately went back to yellow when the lapped Richie White hit the wall at turn 2 after a suspected engine failure sprayed oil all over his rear tyres. Rhys Davies' horrible run continued when he spun on the oil seconds later and backed it into the wall on the exit of turn 2 forcing the Australian to pit for more repairs. The caution stayed out until lap 152 as the mess from the accident scene.

Even with less than 50 laps to go the action was as frantic as ever. James Davies provided most of the entertainment as a horrendously bad pit stop meant at the restart he was down to 19th, behind Ashley Watkinson in the second HRT and absolutely furious about it. Up front and it was a straight fight between Shizuka and Cameron for the win as they pulled away, with the help of lapped traffic, from the other runners on the lead lap; Mann, De Bock, Spencer, Lon and Dagnall. It soon became clear however that Spencer was holding Lon and Dagnall up as it became apparent to all that the Englishman had sustained minor steering damage after running over debris earlier in the race. The next caution period was on lap 169 when Barii Mori slid wide into the turn 2 wall bringing to a close what had been a mediocre race for the Japanese driver. Resi Respati, who was up to an incredible 8th having just unlapped himself was unable to avoid debris from the accident which meant he also fired into the turn 2 wall. Respati's hit was particularly hard and he was taken to the track medical center for observation. He was later released with a clean bill of health.

The race went back to green on lap 175 with Shizuka retaining the lead off the restart ahead of Cameron. James Davies, thanks to the accident for Respati, was up to 15th having also passed Watkinson, Shinobu Katayama and Finn Jari Kekkonen. Davies passed Sammy Jones on the restart whilst the Englishman struggled to get up to pace, while right at the back of the queue Lon and Dagnall took advantage of the restart to leapfrog Spencer, whose steering problem was progressively getting harder to manage. The heartbreak story of the day happened on lap 178 when Gary Cameron's gearbox seized and put him into the wall at turn 2, which had claimed many a victim over the course of the race and nearly took Spencer with him, who had just been lapped. Shizuka was now alone in the lead as the caution came out for 10th and final time that race. Pippa Mann, De Bock, Lon and Dagnall were still on the lead lap but all were stuck near the tail of the queue of lapped cars.

On the final restart of the day on lap 181 Shizuka skipped away yet again and went on to win the race. Behind him however the action wasn't over yet as Chris Dagnall got another excellent run on the return to green conditions, this time robbing Lon of 4th place on the run to turn 3 but neither of them could quite keep up with Mann and De Bock for the minor placings. Spencer's problem almost became unmanageable as he was eventually passed by the O'Lauchlan Motorsport cars of O'Lauchlan and Zimmer, but he just hung on to the final points position in 8th place from a charging Douglas Mann. James Davies got another position on the restart as he passed Dave Simpson but he made no further progress as he got stuck behind Daniel Martins for the rest of the race. Up front and the battle for second was heating up as on lap 191 De Bock got past Pippa Mann as they came up to lap Pratchett, who was many laps down. Mann got back past De Bock 2 laps later thanks to lapped traffic, this time being the MRT of Phillippe Nicolas. Mann then pulled out a small gap on De Bock by the end of the race but the pair were over half a minute behind the rampaging Shizuka by race end. The 2nd place finish was enough for Mann to claim her first championship win ahead as Dagnall was 4th and Lon only 5th with the O'Lauchlan cars not too far behind in 6th and 7th.

Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 25 Flag of Japan svg.png Hagane Shizuka MAN 200 3:51:49.00 7 31
2 9 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Pippa Mann AMR-DeLorean/Peel 200 +32.23 6 20
3 18 Flag of Belgium svg.png Thomas De Bock ECB-Gillet 200 +33.76 17 16
4 14 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Chris Dagnall Jones-Renault 199 +1 LAP 10 10
5 11 Flag of Germany svg.png Kay Lon Kahama-Ford 199 +1 LAP 8 8
6 35 Flag of Australia svg.png Dean O'Lauchlan O'Lauchlan-BMW 199 +1 LAP 16 9
7 36 Flag of Australia svg.png Frank Zimmer O'Lauchlan-BMW 199 +1 LAP 12 4
8 1 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Nathanael Spencer Prospec 199 +1 LAP 1 5
9 27 Flag of the Isle of Man svg.png Douglas Mann MAN 199 +1 LAP 4
10 18 Flag of Belgium svg.png Aurelien Moll ECB-Gillet 199 +1 LAP 18
11 30 Flag of Portugal.svg.png Daniel Martins ArrowTech-Lamborghini 198 +2 LAPS 23
12 10 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png James Davies AMR-DeLorean/Peel 198 +2 LAPS 3
13 19 Flag of Australia svg.png Dave Simpson Minardi-BMW 198 +2 LAPS 24
14 29 Flag of Finland.svg.png Jari Kekkonen ArrowTech-Lamborghini 198 +2 LAPS 19
15 20 Flag of Japan svg.png Shinobu Katayama Minardi-BMW 198 +2 LAPS 28
16 7 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Ashley Watkinson Holden 198 +2 LAPS 11
17 13 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Sammy Jones Jones-Renault 198 +2 LAPS 2
18 3 Flag of France svg.png Phillippe Nicolas MRT-BMW 195 +5 LAPS 27
19 21 Flag of Spain svg.png Phoenix McAllister Phoenix-Honda 191 +9 LAPS 21
20 6 Flag of Hungary svg.png David Koczo Calinetic-Ford 191 +9 LAPS 29
21 24 Flag of the United States svg.png Tristan Jung Trueba-Piaggio 190 +10 LAPS 26
22 15 Flag of the United States svg.png Collin Pratchett ARC-Porsche 190 +10 LAPS 33
23 8 Flag of Australia svg.png Rhys Davies Holden 190 +10 LAPS 13
24 23 Flag of Italy svg.png Giovanni Roda Trueba-Piaggio 189 +11 LAPS 31
25 28 Flag of the United States svg.png Nicolas Steele Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo 187 +13 LAPS 32
26 2 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Gary Cameron Prospec 178 Accident T2* 2
27 37 Flag of Indonesia svg.png Resi Respati Flying Fish-Ford 169 Accident T2* 30
28 12 Flag of Japan svg.png Barii Mori Kahama-Ford 167 Accident T2* 15
Ret 33 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Richie White Lotus-Judd 146 Accident T2 22
Ret 27 Flag of Italy svg.png Luca Pacchiarini Pacchia-Coswojuddhartlambo 132 Collision 14
Ret 31 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Darren Older Jr CR-Ford 63 Collision 20
Ret 4 Flag of Germany svg.png Jeroen Krautmeir MRT-BMW 63 Collision 25
Ret 32 Flag of the United Kingdom svg.png Damon Cannon CR-Ford 31 Accident T4 9
Race average speed: 129.4126 mph
Lead changes: 10 between 8 drivers
Cautions: 10 for 49 laps
  • Pole: Nathanael Spencer: 0:37.40 (240.6417 mph)
  • Fastest Lap: Dean O'Lauchlan: 0:37.41 (240.5774 mph)

Race Leaders

Eight drivers led the race, with a total of ten lead changes.

Laps Leader
1–3 Nathanael Spencer
4–26 James Davies
27-28 Hagane Shizuka
29–57 Pippa Mann
58–61 James Davies
62–73 Douglas Mann
74–103 Dean O'Lauchlan
104-113 Chris Dagnall
114-127 Thomas De Bock
128–143 Dean O'Lauchlan
144-200 Hagane Shizuka
 
Driver Laps led
Hagane Shizuka 59
Dean O'Lauchlan 46
Pippa Mann 29
James Davies 27
Thomas De Bock 14
Douglas Mann 12
Chris Dagnall 10
Nathanael Spencer 3
Previous race:
2012 United States Grand Prix 		Formula 1 Rejects World Race Series Championship
2012 Season 		Next race:
2013 Tasman Grand Prix
Previous race:
None 		Indianapolis 500 Next race:
2013 Budweiser 500
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