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Saturday in Miami saw the F1 Academy top
eight reverse grid race with Emma
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Felbermayer on pole position. But it was
fifth place Della Lloyd who made
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contact going into the first turn and
ended her race. Others had troubles
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Felbermayer was working hard to stay up
front.
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Series leader Maya Verg was also moving
up the order. But the main rival,
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Dorianne Tan.
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had a really good time and would go on
to take the win. Contact between Chloe
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Kong and Joanne Chikoté towards the end,
but it was celebration time for
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Dorianne Pan taking her second win of
the season.
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Hello and welcome to our coverage of F1
Academy.
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as we prepare for the second race in
Miami. And the rain has just started
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falling to make life a little more
tricky. I'm Ben Edwards, looking forward
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commentating on another 13 -lap race
around the Miami International Autodrome
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Miami Gardens. The 3 .4 -mile, 5 .4
-kilometer street -style circuit with a
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couple of long, flat -out sections that
lead into overtaking, particularly into
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turns 11 and 17.
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But it's also easy to clip curbs too
hard in the latter part of the section.
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two with the narrow twisty corners
leading on to the main straight.
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Challenging layout that was mastered
superbly last year in F1 Academy by the
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reigning champion, Abby Pulling. And
Abby is with us this weekend. Abby, the
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grid today is in full qualifying order.
And of course, in qualifying, we had a
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similar situation where it was dry
initially and got wet. And now, as
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been sitting on the grid, it was dry,
but now it's wet.
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Yeah, I have to say I'm really happy to
be sat in my warm, dry comms box at the
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moment, looking out on the drivers on
the grid.
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Yeah, it's tricky conditions to start
this race. Of course, they had a taste
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it in qualifying, but going to the grid
on slick tyres, having to change it to
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the wet as the rains come down, not an
easy way for them to start the race
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Dorianne Pan, you're looking at the
winner yesterday. So she's starting
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There is the championship leader who's
ahead of her by just one point, Maya
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Verg. But she started down in tenth
because she didn't get a clear... lat on
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dry surface that we had at the start of
qualifying so that made it very very
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tricky so that was a challenge as we
listen in to our top three
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So the starting grid, it is like this.
Ava Dobson starting at the back in 18th
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place. Chloe Chong with a penalty. She
starts in 17th. They both actually had
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penalties from yesterday.
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Ava Anagnostiadis starting in 16th.
Joanne Sacconte, who had that normal
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with contact.
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So she's starting down near the back
from qualifying.
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Nicole Huffreder starting 14th. Nina
Gaidman starting in 13th. She did a
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job from 13th to finish 5th. Alba Larson
starting in 12th place. And Courtney
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Crone starting in 7th place. She
finished 9th in... race one. There's
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So she managed to get up to fourth from
tenth yesterday.
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Tina Hausman is starting alongside at
ninth on the grid. Emma Felbermayer, who
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was on pole yesterday with the reverse
grid, she now starts eighth. Ella Lloyd,
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who had that accident, she starts
seventh. But keep an eye on her. She's
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rapid. Rafaela Ferreira starting in
sixth place.
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Aurelia Nobels having a much better
weekend so far. She's starting in fifth.
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Leah Block also, who's been at the back
of the grid for previous races until we
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came to Miami. She starts fourth.
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Dorianne Pan in third, looking for a
second win this weekend. Alicia
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starts second, but it's Chloe Chambers
who starts from pole position here today
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after putting in the fastest lap in
qualifying.
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The American herself, so a home surface
in a way for her, the 20 -year -old
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Chloe Chambers. And, Abby, we've got...
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The Campos team having a 1 -2 on the
grid for their first time. Red Bull
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backing, of course, for the two Campos
drivers, Chloe Chambers and Alicia
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Patmoski on that front row.
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They're in the best position possible,
especially since it will be behind the
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four formation car, behind the safety
car for the formation lap. It's going to
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mean that they can really, really
control the race from there. But they'll
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the first ones going through, so they
will see the standing water for the
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time. It's actually quite a big
vulnerability and it can be a lot of
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because you don't know. what's coming if
you see cars flying off in front of you
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you know that there's you've got to be a
bit more careful whereas they're going
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in for the first time yeah it can be so
tricky at least they're going to get a
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little bit of experience behind the
safety car to try and understand what's
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going on then we noticed that there is
also a starting procedure infringement
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For Ella Lloyd, that's a bit of a
disappointment.
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We will see the safety car taking them
away then for this initial formation
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And for Ella Lloyd, I don't quite know
what has happened with the starting
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procedure infringement, but whether
she's going to get a pouncey again, that
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would be a great shame because she's
having a bit of a tough time this
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despite having great performance and
having had a win already this year.
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Yeah, really, really not a great way to
start this race. Wanting a bit of
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redemption after yesterday being out on
the first corner. But it sounds like it
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could potentially be a pit lane start
for her with this infringement to kind
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go to the clerk and say, look, we did
what we could, but we'll have to see.
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OK, well, we shall check that out in a
moment or two. But Ella Lloyd, who is...
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Starting from seventh place on the grid,
having picked up a bit of a penalty.
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Of course, our top three drivers on the
grid. That's what we want to hear from
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them now as we prepare for this second
race. We're going to hear from all the
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top three, beginning with yesterday's
winner, Dorian Pan.
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to win again and to take a good start.
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We have the pace.
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We knew it because our FP was positive
for us. So I think we have the pace to
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win. So we're going to fight for it and
try to get back the position.
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A great result for the team being 1 -2.
It'd be great if we can also finish 1
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-2. That'd obviously be the aim.
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I think it's going to be challenging.
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Again, another question mark with the
weather. We don't know if it's going to
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dry tomorrow.
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I know there is some rain forecast
again, when that's going to come. I
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trust the radar anymore because it
didn't get it right today. So we'll see,
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hopefully we can deliver some good
championship points.
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For me, obviously, the goal is to win. I
would love to get my first win of the
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season at my home race in Miami.
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I love this track, had some really good
results here last year, so kind of
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trying to do one better and get my first
win of the season.
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Well, let's see whether Chloe Chambers
can get the win. But as Dmitry Parmovsky
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was saying, the weather a bit
unpredictable.
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And, Abby, it's got even wetter again,
hasn't it?
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Yeah, the rain is really coming down
now, actually. And this last sector is
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worst, I think, it is around the whole
circuit.
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And as we get the radio off.
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So there is a very large cell below us
approaching the circuit. So more rain is
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expected. OK.
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Yeah, well, it is mega rain right now.
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But we shall see whether they're going
to be released or whether they're going
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to have to follow the safety car for a
little bit longer.
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Dorian Pan took her fifth ever win in F1
Academy yesterday and the first driver
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to take two wins this year. So five in
total, that is, from last year and this
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year. Not quite up to your level yet,
Abby. You're on nine wins total in F1
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Academy. But Dorian Pan, who is... Oh,
and oh dear, oh dear, we've got a...
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A spin already for Emma Felbermayer. And
it looks as though the car's okay. It
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doesn't look as though she's made
contact with the wall.
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So that's not ideal.
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Just showing how tough these conditions
are. The rain has really come down. And
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we saw this actually yesterday in the
Formula One sprint race. So with Charles
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Leclerc on the formation lap having a
little incident. So very easily done
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with the unpredictable conditions. Going
in a bit blind, wanting to make the
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best of the situation.
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But yeah, that'll be tough for Emma.
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OK, well, we shall check that. And Susie
Wolfe is also on the phone right now
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just to keep a check on what the plan
is, no doubt, for the plans starting
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race. Let's listen in.
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I can't see the car ahead. That's how
bad the visibility is.
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Yeah, and that is a worry, of course,
when you've got this much rain and so
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water. And there we've got the on -board
view, Abby. And, I mean, it's very
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tricky out there at the moment, isn't
it?
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We saw, actually, going down to the last
corner, the spray. We couldn't even see
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any of the cars. It is really tough at
the moment.
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And, I mean, as a driver at this point
in time, you've got to expect it could
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start any moment, even though now we're
seeing the American Express car of
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Nicole Havrida going off at turn seven.
But you've got to be getting as much
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temperature into the tyres as possible
if they do start this race, which I
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we're going to see. going to be maybe
potentially a bit more delayed uh you
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to get the temperature in into the
brakes into the core of that tire so
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you're as best prepared going on to the
first lap making sure you've got the
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most grip out of all the drivers out on
track yeah absolutely right it is a very
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tricky situation but this rain coming in
and out in miami gardens here it may
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well ease off for a little while.
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Let's take a look at some of the replays
of what has been going on, even behind
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safety car.
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It's so easy to make a mistake when the
conditions are like this. And you can
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see the vision for us is hard enough.
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And that was when Emma Felbermayer went
wrong.
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And, yeah, she's not the only one. Oh,
my goodness, Ella Lloyd there as well.
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Synchronised donuts there in the last
corner.
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I think it just looks like there was a
bit of sighted going into the braking
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zone, maybe didn't know where they were.
And also we're braking on the dry line,
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which... But at the end of the weekend
here, we've got a lot of rubber put down
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from the Formula 1 cars.
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And it's the worst place you want to be.
You want to be off that rubber line.
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It's going to be really slippy as we see
Nicole Havrida demonstrate perfectly
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how you can go wrong and get unstuck.
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Yeah, it's just showing how easy it is.
Even though they are on the wet tyres in
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these F1 Academy cars right now, it is
proving to be very, very tricky.
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I wonder why they're all quite so close
to the back of the safety car. I think
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they'd be better off with a boat and an
oar at this point. To be honest, Ben,
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it's not looking like we're going to get
started anytime soon with these
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conditions. It's just getting worse and
worse. It's sat here at the comms box at
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the start of the pit straight. It's
still coming down really, really heavy
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the spray as they're coming past. is
quite significant.
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And look at that. This is a great view,
actually, because look at the amount of
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water that is being thrown up by the
safety car, by the single feeters as
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It is a huge amount of water being
chucked up at this stage. So it just
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you how heavy the rain has been because
this only started about less than half
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an hour ago, didn't it? So it was dry
and then suddenly it's come down as they
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were sitting on the grid.
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And from the overhead shots, you can see
it's like wading through the water.
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They're just displacing it. And these
wets, there's a point where it can only
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take so much water. And that's where we
get the aquaplaning that we've seen
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again, like we saw in the sprint race.
Lots of aquaplaning on the formation
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And, yeah, I'm going to say I think
probably the drivers will be feeling
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bit and pushing at full pelt here.
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There will be...
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they'll be aquaplaning off and it'll be
discomfortable at no fault of their own.
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They become a passenger at that point.
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We see going into Turn 4, it just looks
like a bit of a lake is forming.
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Absolutely. I mean, I think if this was
the Grand Prix, which of course is
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coming up later on today, there would be
the same pause. I don't think they
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would be letting them race yet, would
they?
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No, no, exactly.
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They wouldn't. This is really tough
conditions.
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And as a driver, I would probably be
saying, as the girls were on the radio
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saying, it's a bit too sketchy right now
to be going. I mean, if I was Maya
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Vogue, I'd have been rubbing my hands,
grinning ear to ear on the grid, knowing
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that it's going to be tricky conditions
and it's a perfect opportunity to move
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forward. But at this point, she's not
even going to be able to start the race
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this point in time. Absolutely. I mean,
as you say, Maya Vogue, she's the
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champion. championship leader by one
point. She's tenth on the grid because
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disqualifying because it rained.
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Very early in qualifying, she wasn't on
a clear lap when they first went out.
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She was a bit further down the order.
She couldn't get a clear lap in to
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represent just how fast she can be. So
she is down in 10th place. And if you're
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that far sort of midfield in the grid
when you've got this much water about,
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it's really just survival. It's trying
to see where you're going. It's just
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trying to get through these sections
when you can't quite make out where you
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exactly almost.
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And that would be, as you say, a very
difficult one for her. She's in that
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group. safe at the moment I think. Let's
just see who else has been off the
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road.
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Keep an eye... Oh, it was... Oh, gosh,
it was Felbermeyer again, wasn't it?
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Yeah, and this is turn 18, actually, so
this is a corner that is flat out in the
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dry. It should be perfectly easy, but on
the apex, it's a tiny bit cambered, and
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there's standing water, and it is
literally directly in front of me, so
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amazed that I missed that one.
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It seems like they're just aquaplaning,
even going at 10 % of their racing
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speed, so it's no fault of the drivers,
it is just the conditions out there
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are...
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impossible at this point in time. They
are very, very tricky, as you say. Let's
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listen in to Palmofsky's radio.
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Yeah, I'm complaining. It's getting
worse and worse.
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I'm all up for a wet race. I really like
racing in the rain, but I think there's
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too much here.
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Yeah, I can understand that from Alisa
Palmosky. She's a very competent racer.
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She's done very well in the GB4 series
last year, won the opener at Alton Park.
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She had three wins in total, won Alton,
a couple of Snekton as well last year,
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and she was runner -up in the
championship.
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And so, yeah, she's obviously happy
racing in the wet, but this is another
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story, isn't it, completely?
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Yeah, really mature radio message there
from Alicia.
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She's a British driver. Of course, we
experience the wet conditions quite a
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in the UK. But yeah, I mean, she's the
driver. She's out on track. She knows
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what she's seeing and feeling. And if
she's saying it's a little bit too much,
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especially with the confidence she has
in the wet, that's going to be quite
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telling.
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There's been a text from... Let's have a
look at what Ferreira's been talking
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about. Bigger showers coming, they're
being told. Oh, my goodness. So that's
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going to make it very tricky. Abi, how
many wet races have you competed in in
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Formula Academy?
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I don't actually think I've done any wet
races in F1 Academy. I think this would
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probably be one of the first, especially
the first on the Formula 1 package
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following F1 on their Grand Prix.
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It means that some of these girls maybe
haven't experienced wet racing before,
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and it's their first time in these
conditions, especially wheel -to -wheel
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each other. And it is quite nerve
-wracking going into Turn 1 or into a
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braking point, not being able to see it,
and it's incited with all the spray.
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You're almost going in blind as we go on
board with Myru. We can't even see the
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car ahead.
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And these cars are even nervous,
actually, on the straight there,
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following the lines of the other cars.
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where they're displacing the water.
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These cars, they have rain lights on the
back, still wobbling on the straight
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there, but you can't see it. The rain
light isn't visible to Maya, so it's
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really not the ideal situation.
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I mean, if they're going quite steady at
this time behind the safety cars, if
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they were going up to full speed and
heading down at the end of straights and
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trying to get the braking right, it
would just be a really dangerous
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right now. So at the moment...
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We are still behind the safety car.
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And, yeah, raining much more now.
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Maverick getting that comment as well.
You're on board with Maverick with the
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Ferrari backing.
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for her championship this year, leading
the points by just that one point,
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missing out a bit yesterday.
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It's the first time yesterday, wasn't
it, that she hasn't had a podium, but
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nonetheless, to get to fourth, having
started tenth, it was a good effort.
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Exactly. I've been speaking to Maya
throughout the weekend, actually, behind
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scenes, and it's just about damage
limitation.
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What makes champions is making the most
out of a bad situation.
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I'm actually stood here in the
commentary box, Ben, and I'm not going
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this is the heaviest the rain has been
all the time. You can see the wind
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blowing the water over. Over the start
finish here, what I can see in it is I
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almost would expect these cars to come
to a stop pretty soon as it is not
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looking like this will get any better
any time soon.
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Yeah, that's right. It must be actually
pretty challenging just to keep on going
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around behind the safety car at this
rather slow pace in this very, very
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rain. And as you can see, the amount of
water now running around the track.
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And the lack of vision that they have as
they're following other cars, it really
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is very difficult.
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We've had a few spin -off, even at these
fairly slow speeds.
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Thankfully, no car's actually damaged
yet.
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Yeah, you can't go racing in this.
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I'm amazed they've not stopped, to be
honest. I think they've maybe let it go
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lap too long.
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It's now getting to the point where
we're getting a bit silly here.
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Well, it does. It makes you wonder. You
can see just how much water is sitting
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down on this track surface. And I bet
you that all the F1 teams will actually
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looking at this.
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I mean, obviously, F1 teams support
drivers in this. All of the Formula 1
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have a driver backed up in Formula 1
Academy.
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But bear in mind that the F1 teams will
be looking at this thinking, my
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goodness, how's the Grand Prix going to
go for a bit later on today when they're
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watching this? And they will be watching
all the footage, I'm sure.
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just to try and understand where the
wettest parts are, that sort of thing.
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Yeah, this Florida weather is not giving
up. It is really, really hammering it
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down now, and it's getting really bad.
But,
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yeah, maybe we'll see if they decide.
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It's still going to get heavier than
this on the run at Leicester.
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OK, well, they're saying it's still
going to get heavier. So, well, at the
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moment, they're just running these
formation laps. They're just behind the
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safety car. I mean, it's steady enough.
It's slow enough that they're not
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getting into trouble.
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They are coping with it fine.
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Look at the pictures, amazing pictures
of this rain falling down and the teams
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trying to huddle in, trying to keep
undercover.
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I mean, you know, it's tricky. It is
tricky, but they are all they're all
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staying out there. That's fine.
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But the question is, can they possibly
get this race going with the rain coming
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down even heavier at the moment? And
they are burning up some fuel, not a
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But, of course, you know, Abby, when you
go out, the teams work very hard on
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making sure the right amount of fuel
will be in the car for the race itself.
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was due to be a 13 -lap race.
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You use less fuel in the wet, obviously,
than you do in the dry. But they're
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still using some now.
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Yeah, they would have accounted for it
being a dry race, although you would be
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amazed, looking at the pictures now,
that that's what they thought it was
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to be.
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Yeah, and like you said, they use less
fuel, so for the teams, they'll be
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that it'll all be fine. I think it'll be
amazing if we get anyone running out of
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fuel or anything like that at the speed
that we're going at.
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And as we hear from Chloe Chong...
Getting a nice cold
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plunger. It's like going to the beach,
except you're in a car.
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That's a bit like you were saying
earlier, yes.
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It's more like going sailing, really,
isn't it? But we shall see if they
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to actually get out there and go racing
in these very, very tricky conditions.
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And just look at the amount of water
around this surface in Miami.
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And of all places, you know, Miami.
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Beautiful part of the world, but it is
the time of year. Right, starting
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procedure is suspended.
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That is not a huge surprise.
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Red flags now, so they will be
presumably brought back.
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to either the grid or the pit lane
because it does make sense to just bring
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to a halt for the moment, doesn't it?
Yeah, they look practically underwater
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going down that back straight there. But
I know for a fact, speaking to Leah,
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that she's going to be disappointed with
that. Leah, obviously, a past in rally
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driving. She was really keen. She
absolutely loves the rain, as she's told
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So, yeah, probably a few disappointed
drivers out there wanting to get going.
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as they're making their way now into the
pit lane.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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As you say, Leah Block, daughter of the
great late Ken Block, who was a great
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rally driver as well, and she started
off with rallying in her career.
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So she would, in some ways, love the
ability to go racing in the wet, but I
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think any of them would be thinking this
is just...
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crazy out here at the moment so they
have brought them all back in to the pit
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lane taking it nice and steady at least
the cars are all in one piece at this
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stage and uh there were a few spins but
i don't think anybody actually did any
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damage to the cars when they were behind
the safety car so there's going to be a
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little bit of a pause here it's crazy i
am like in this car
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Yeah, I'm not surprised that Courtney
Crone, the 24 -year -old American, one
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the four Americans competing in the F1
Academy this weekend because we've got
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the fourth of wildcard, Ayla Dobson,
who's starting from the back of the
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But at least they've got some umbrellas
now so that they can hopefully try and
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stay a little dry. Because it's always
worse, actually, when you're stationary,
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isn't it, when it's raining and you're
sitting in the single -seater?
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Yeah, you're sat in all the water and it
gets cold and you start shivering. It's
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not a nice feeling.
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Yeah, getting them umbrellas to the
drivers as quickly as possible, trying
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get them as comfortable as possible as
we see the teams trenching their way
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the pit lane there.
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Yeah, so this really is a tricky time
for F1 Academy wanting to get their
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race underway. We've just been given an
estimated race start of a time that is
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just about nine minutes away from where
we are now, nine to ten minutes gap. So,
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I mean, it makes sense. They've
basically put out the ten -minute gap
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that. to consider it again, and then
they can always put it on a bit further
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the rain continues to drop quite so
heavily. But I think that really was a
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heavy section of rain just then. They
had to bring the cars back in. Mayerberg
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starting from 10th place with MP
Motorsport, of course. Each of these
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teams, there are six teams running three
drivers each.
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MP Motorsport, any good one? Listen to
Gaben.
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I'm so cold right now. I'm so cold.
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Yeah, I can quite understand that for
Nina Gaidman.
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I think they're all going to be feeling
very cold and very wet in those cars,
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aren't they?
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Yeah, exactly what I was mentioning.
When you're just sat stationary in,
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basically, as Chloe said, a cold plunge.
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But I think the thing to remember with
this now, as it's been red -flagged, is
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the drivers that had their little
excursions on the...
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on the formation lap that kept going for
quite some time, they can probably find
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their position again once we get going,
which will be important for them. Ella
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and Emma Felbermeyer will be very happy
about that.
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Yeah, that's true. That is true.
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Tire pressure checks going on at the
moment. As we said, there you are,
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at a local time, 1 .31, which means, in
theory, in about seven or eight minutes.
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But we shall wait and see if that stays
that. They may just keep pushing it a
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little further forward. Looking at the
number 27 car, Chloe Chong there, as we
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were hearing from Chloe. She had a bit
of a mishap yesterday.
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She was in the middle of three cars.
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Actually, there was contact made.
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She actually got the penalty. So she
lost a couple of places on the grid for
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this race. But this race is not getting
underway just yet. The other Chloe,
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Chloe Chambers, there she is. She's the
one starting, in theory, from pole
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position. Still looking for that first
win this year, despite having had a
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of podium finishes.
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She's had her fourth podium with that
result she got yesterday for this year.
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But no wins this year, but she did have
a win last year in Spain. So she's
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totally capable when you're chasing in a
championship.
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And remember, you're only allowed to do
two full years in F1 Academy. If you're
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a wildcard entry, then you might do that
another year, but two full years.
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It's still raining quite a bit, but the
rain should stop in a few minutes and
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then no more rain is expected.
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Well, that's good to hear. And Dorianne
Pant being told that she is due to start
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from third place in the Mercedes -Benz
back car with the Prima team.
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And so it's the Prima team that are
telling her what's going on. And already
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does look as though that rain is just
beginning to ease off a little bit
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compared to where it was a few minutes
ago, Abby.
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It's definitely slowing down, but it is
still coming down, as you can see on the
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live pictures there.
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Not stopping at the moment, but
hopefully through the radio message that
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heard there from the teams, they seem to
think it's slowing down. But actually,
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this race makes me reminisce a little
bit about Zandvoort last year.
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We had a similar situation where all the
drivers were going up to the grid and
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then all of a sudden monsoon conditions
come out of nowhere. And obviously that
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race then got postponed.
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to the next day let's hope that this
doesn't fall to the same fate and we can
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get going soon well that's a very good
point and of course in America we're in
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America for a lot of the oval racing
that goes on they do get promoted even
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things like the Indy 500 can sometimes
race on a Monday when it's raining on a
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Sunday but I don't think that's going to
happen here I don't think they're going
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to get a chance to race on Monday in
Miami so let's just hope that the rain
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ease off but as you say looking at these
pictures it's not easing off very much
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yet it's still raining hard and you can
see the depth of the puddles
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particularly just off the road off the
track there and that is it's a little
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dangerous to have that situation so
surely it's going to be a few more
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before we can possibly get this this
race going abby as we're on the actual
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the the behind camera footage of uh
chloe chambers she's deciding to make a
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change to that rear wing it looks like
probably putting on a higher downforce
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setting so if we do get back underway
she's got a bit more grip a bit more
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confidence underneath her especially in
them braking zones where it's it's all
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rubbered in they've got no confidence
around the the miami circuit with with
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the grip levels that's a very good point
and
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That does make a difference. There's no
doubt about that. Absolutely.
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Well, Alba Larsson, number 12, she is
starting down in 12th place. She's had a
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good start to the season, but a bit more
tricky here in Miami. She was speaking
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earlier to our crew. Let's have a listen
to her.
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I'm from Denmark, so, you know, it rains
a lot.
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time on a street circuit, it wouldn't be
so nice.
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Yeah, we'll see.
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Yes, well, that was Alba Larsen telling
us that she's quite used to wet
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conditions competing in Denmark, as she
has done. She's one of two 16 -year
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-olds in this series, so she is very
much one of the youngest, but she's been
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putting in some impressive performances
so far this season. It's just that this
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one hasn't worked quite so well. She
finished 11th yesterday. That is her
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finish so far this season. She's been in
the points on four occasions.
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And she's fifth in the championship,
which is very, very impressive, Alba
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Larson. But clearly, there's no testing
here at Miami. So, Abby, at the previous
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two events that we've had in China and
at Jeddah, they got a lot of testing to
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learn the circuits first. But here, of
course, at Miami, it's just coming along
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for free practice to learn it.
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Of course, Shanghai and Jeddah, there
was three days that the girls had to get
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to grips with the track. So they arrive
at the race weekend feeling prepared,
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feeling ready and know exactly where
they need to put the car. Whereas this
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quite a unique weekend where they
actually did have an extra free
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which was nice. They had an FP1 and FP2,
both 40 minutes long. But they didn't
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have the time to come here and test. And
I don't think it's even the tracks
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available to test. It is a street
circuit.
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With that, they've got to turn up and be
as best prepared. Do the preparations
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with the race team on the simulator to
as many notes as possible so they feel
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like they've turned up and they've
already driven the track and already
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wheel, although they wouldn't have, as
we see. Shots of the fans obviously
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loving it here in Miami. The weather
obviously not the greatest for them, but
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still sticking it in the grandstands
with all their ponchos on. Oh, we've
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seen. Race will not start.
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Oh, my goodness.
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That is so disappointing to hear but
because of the weather conditions and
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in mind there are other races that are
due to be run here today and of course
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particularly the Grand Prix has to be on
time but that news has just come out to
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us, Abi.
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I will say, Maya Vogue, this really
helps her out. Dorianne was in a really
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great place, as well as Chloe Chambers,
to move up in the championship.
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And for Maya, this is probably one of
the better situations she can have. She
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can maintain that championship lead of
the one point she has ahead of Dorianne.
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Susie Wolfe, the boss of F1 Academy, a
great racer herself, of course, but I
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think she's obviously totally
understanding what decision has been
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We do understand it because the
conditions are just too wet for them to
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out racing for a while. And yet the
schedule of the day continues and there
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be other racing going on and it has to
run on time for the Grand Prix coming up
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later. It does mean that today's events
all the way through could be
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fascinating. It is a shame. I do feel
for all of the F1 Academy drivers not
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getting this second run. But as you say,
in terms of the championship for
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Meyerberg, it is maybe... a sense of
relief that she's going to be able to
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away not starting this one intense
place.
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So, well, Abby, it is a strange one,
isn't it? But that's the way it goes
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sometimes and they're all just going to
have to cope with it.
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Yeah, I'm just hoping that all the
drivers, after they've been sat wet in
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cars and with all the rain that's come
down, they can dry up and go get in
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of a heater, hopefully.
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Absolutely, yes. Go and try and dry out
a little bit and get yourselves sorted
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out. But, yes, it has really been a bit
of a shame, a bit of a challenge for
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them. The next event that they will be
competing at is actually going to be in
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Montreal. So they'll be supporting the
Canadian Grand Prix in a few weeks.
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time and that is actually later in june
mid june when they're going to be racing
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in montreal and that one of course will
be another it's another street track
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very slightly different type of nature
to this one, that's when they will be
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focusing. I have to say that this image
that we have at Miami, we often see it
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on camera, is a bit of a joke. It's not
a real car in water. But actually, that
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is very much what it's all about today,
isn't it?
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Yeah, it's very poetic, that is, this
shot of the car on top of the
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fountain as we see the podium where the
drivers potentially could have been.
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But unfortunately, as we see, the race
won't. It won't start again.
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No, it won't. So it won't change how
things have settled in terms of the
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championship, therefore, going into the
next round. So Maya Verg will still be
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the leader from Dorian Pan, who you're
looking at right now, having a
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conversation with her team. She is one
point.
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00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:23,580
behind, so Maverick on 64 points, Dorian
Pant on 63 that is how they're going to
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end this event in Miami, Chloe Chambers
is third in the series and yeah
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well I have to do feel for Leah Block
here because Leah Block finally got her
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best, a really good qualifying position
Abby, she was down at the back for the
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first two events and now she hasn't got
this chance to make the most of it No,
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and I know how much she loves the rain
there. We see Giorgio Conte also really
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frustrated. They all seem a little bit
ejected, and they seem like they really,
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00:32:52,850 --> 00:32:56,590
really wanted to race, but it just
wasn't safe enough at that time. And, of
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course, you've got a schedule to run to,
so it will mean that they'll have to go
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back and really, really...
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There's nothing they could do about it.
It is what it is at the end of the day,
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the rain here. It was just too much.
Yeah, too wet, unfortunately.
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So just quickly going through the rest
of the positions at the moment. Alicia
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Palmosky, who was due to start on the
front row, she is currently fourth in
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championship.
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Alba Larsson, who had a bit more of a
tough time, as we mentioned.
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here this weekend in terms of
qualifying.
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She's fifth, Ella Lloyd sixth.
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And Ella, it's been a bit of a tough
weekend as well. She probably won't mind
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too much, actually, that the second race
has ended a bit early, effectively,
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without happening. There is Meyerberg
then. She's helping the team just get
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car back.
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She is still leading the championship.
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But, Abby, it still looks like we're
going to have a wonderful battle with
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with Dorianne Pan, with Chloe Chambers,
and maybe one or two others as well
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going through the rest of this season.
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It is really tight at the top of the
sheets as well, and it's actually...
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Also, I'm really excited about the
rookie battle as we see Alba Larsson,
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the drivers I'm about to mention.
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She's P5 in the championship on 28
points and Alicia Pomowski ahead of her
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44. So that rookie battle as well is
really interesting to see and they'll be
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wanting to go forward to Montreal, which
also Montreal could potentially be
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where it loves to reign there. So, yeah,
it's really close up and down the whole
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series.
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Definitely.
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So, unfortunately, we will not be seeing
a second race here in Miami.
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But thank you, Abby, for joining us.
It's been great to have you with us. And
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will be looking forward to the next two
rounds in Montreal. Thank you for
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joining us for F1 Academy.
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