Moderator's Report
Summary
A festival of slipstreaming eventually saw Bagrupp emerge as the winner with Yannick in a superb second place in the Lancia which was outclassed on the long straights. Enrique picked up third place in another Lancia.
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Lap 17 – Rettifilo Levante – Bagrupp and Clive Loynes
After an entire race of slipstreaming, overtaking and close racing, Bagrupp, Yannick and Clive start the last lap in close company. Yannick has the lead with Bastian and Clive about 100 metres behind but in the perfect slipstreaming position. Bastian and Clive are nose to tail as they scream past Yanick on the Rettifilo Levante. Bastian passes Yanick on the left and starts to move right just as Clive also makes his move to the right. Bastian notices Clive in his mirrors and moves left again. This catches Clive by surprise, and he loses control and crashes out. There is no contact between the cars.
Bastian was entitled to move back to the right to guard the inside line into Curva Sud once he had cleared Yannick. At the point where Bastian turned his steering wheel, Clive was still visible in Bastian’s left mirror. There was no malice or unsporting intent in Bastian’s manoeuvre.
Clive had a great opportunity to slipstream past Bastian but these cars are a little unstable at high speeds which makes it difficult to change direction quickly. Clive was unfortunate.
