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Saturday 9/10

15:00

All over for another year, congrats to all the Champions and drivers who took part to make this a memorable event.

Signing off for now.

14:20

Full ES24 Results now on ES24 page

14:00

In a pulsating final segment, Vojtik caught and passed Horky and stayed there for a while. Horky wasn’t to be beaten and held on forcing Vojtik into a couple of “offs” and he re-passed with just a few seconds to go to retain his title. Incredibly Horky didn’t really look on the pace at all in the semis, but class tells in the end and he’s got plenty. A great race.

13:50

Gawronski pits for tyres in 7th, Horky takes over in front with Vojtik up into 2nd, Ciccarello 3rd, into final segment.....

13:45

Gawronski fights back joining Horky on lead lap, Ciccarello stops for tyres and slips back to 4th, getting very tight..

13:40

Ciccarello still leads, Gawronski fighting back joins Horky and Vojtik in 2nd, tyres starting to come in to play so it’s not all over yet..

13:35

Gawronski hits trouble with gears after a crash in the 4th. Ciccarellotakes over in front with Horky up to 2nd

13:25

Gawronski still in front after 3 by 2 laps, Ciccarello gradually catching, Horky into 3rd.

13:20

Gawronski pulling away after 2, with a 3 lap lead over Vojtik and Ciccarello in 2nd.

13:15

Final just under way - 8 x 5 mins - Gawronski early leader with Gilbert in trouble early

12:15

Semis are over and so is British interest. The first 7 in the “A” semi + Nikolay Dolzhanskiy make up the final. Final will probably start in about an hour after a pit break and tech....

11:30

B semi now over and some bad news. Chris Thomas hit trouble in the first segment with body in the gears and then retired in segment 3 when a new gear stripped after half a lap - bad luck Chris. The race was won by Russia’s Nikolay Dolzhanskiy who takes over at the top, and Roy Hood, Olli Kantamaa and Mike Stahl occupy the next 3 places. A semi just starting, Richard needs a miracle to make it through to the final - unlikely !!

10:30

Good morning from Chicago on ES24 finals day. The first semi is over and featured Richard Mack. The race was won by Alex Leite with 393.24 from Herman James 383.66 and Richard third with 383.34. The race is not without controversy as Alex Leite was found to be too low after changing tyres in the warm up. Apparently there should have been a 10 lap penalty.....no protests as yet but we’ll have to wait and see what happens.

02:00

Finally done, results on ES24 page, goodnight for now....

01:15

I hope those of you who stayed up to watch Chris thought it was worth it. A brilliant drive to win his heat and guarantee himself a place in the semis. Along with Richard Mack that makes 2 Brits in the semis... whew it’s getting late, just the A to go.

00:40

C Group just finished and a new top 2 in Miroslav Vadlejch and Guido Santarelli. Richard Mack currently in 8th spot so guaranteed a semi spot. Chris Thomas in the B heat and after 1 segment leads by 2 laps.....

Friday 8/10

23:55

After the D heat Olli Kantamaa takes over at the top of the board, he takes over from Alex Leite. Richard Mack has a storming last couple segments to take 2nd in the race and 3rd overall. Richard’s looking good for another semi final place with 24 racers to go. Running quite a bit behind schedule for some reason !!

23:15

Running about one race behind schedule. The D is just starting with Richard Mack in the line up. In the E heat Woody came in 4th and is lying 14th overall despite a 2 lap penalty for illegal track call. Alex Leite is current leader with 296.35 laps.

21:45

Brian finishes 2nd in race and is currently 5th overall with 6 heats to go. Ben hit just about everything to finish 8th.

21:00

Gradually getting through the heats, Heat G now in progress with Brian Saunders and Ben Woodward taking part.

19:10

Heats well under way now, its’s going to be a long night. Latest heats in the ES24 page.

16:30

Qualy over, no one else gets under 4 secs so Paul Ciccarello top qualifies with 3.936. Second spot went to Horky with 4.030 and 3rd to Vojtick on 4.046. Brian Saunders’ time was a dissapointing 4.401, leaving Chris Thomas a top Brit.
Paul Gawronski was getting quicker until he lost his pinion but still posted a 4.095. That pinion was found on the floor. Michael Landrud also lost his pinion and that was found by next man up, Jiri Karlik, who found it in the slot after his car was launched on to the floor on his first lap !!! I’ll post the data as soon as I can get hold of it.

16:00

Still Ciccarello the only man under 4 secs. Most of the Brits have gone, only Brian to go. Brit times - Chris Thomas 4.135, Steve Sargent 4.344, Pat Skene 4.789, Alan Lucas 4.648, Woody 4.293, David Sargent 4.855, Martin Ellis 4.560, Ben Woodwatd 4.388 and Richard Mack 4.235. The quickest guys coming up. More later....

15:00

Qualy well under way now, early quick times are Teixeira 4.126, Roy Hood 4.082, Mick Mazur 4.052 and first under 4 secs was Paul Ciccarello with 3.936. Ernie Mossetti was among the early runners and posted a 4.770. Of the Brits, Pete Bowman 4.985, Martin Jackson 4.567 and Pete Clarkson 4.821. More later....

12:00

Practice over, tech in progress, close at 13:30. Qualifying due to start approx. 14:00

10:45

ES24 practice well under way but still a while to go yet, so not much to report except that the weather is getting hotter !!

Thursday 7/10

16:05

In a pulsating last segment Greg Gilbert was struggling for tyres and Paul Ciccarello was catching fast, but he couldn’t quick do it so Greg Gilbert is this year’s Eurosport Champion. Nick de Watcher was looking good for second but a late ‘off’ put paid and he finished in 3rd. Richard couldn’t recover from a botched pit stop and came in 7th. Still, a great effort from “Jimmy”.

15:15

Final under way.......

Richard had a bad run on black and then lost a wheel after a tyre change in segment 6 !!

15:00

Final just about to start

14:20

3rd Semi finished, Gawronski hit trouble in the 6th and is out of it. Greg Gilbert , Paul Ciccarello and Tracy Chin make it through after speeding up in the latter stages. Richard Mack in 2nd spot. 30 minutes pit time then tech, so final should be due to start in about an 45 minutes or so.

Greg Gilbert 66 356.34 1

Richard Mack 52 353.78 2

Pavel Flaisig 30 353.41 3

Nick de Wachter 272 353.24 4

Paul Ciccarello 240 352.73 5

Antonin Vojtik 2 352.17 6

Vladimir Horky 1 351.67 7

Tracy Chin 258 350.67 8

13:50

Third semi in progress and only Paul Gawronski in the running at the moment. Everybody else nowhere....

13:30

After 2nd semi Richard still leads. Pavel Flaisig wins the B but 47 parts behind for 2nd.

12:40
Richard wins the first semi with 353.78 from Nick de Watcher with 353.24, results posted in a minute

11:50

1st semi just about to get under way, Richard Mack is in this one, more news in about an hour...... Semis are 8 x 4 minutes
10:55
Heats over, Richard Mack makes the semis in 23rd spot, just behind Horky.... Full list will be in the ES32 page in 5 minutes.

10:30
Eurosport “A “ heat now under way, Richard Mack sweating on semi place, but with Mike Stahl an early casualty it’s looking good.

Wednesday 6/10 17:00
Heats just starting, with 12 heats to run there will be the first 8 tonight and the other 4 will run first thing in the morning.
Won’t get any results through ‘til then.

Wednesday 6/10 16:00

Full list of qualifying times on the ES32 page
Qualifying over-ran somewhat - top ten are -
Alex Leite 90 4.723

Piero Castricone 4 4.782

Raivis Jansons 16 4.820

Paul Gawronski 18 4.822

Mike Stahl 69 4.877

Petr Krcil 3 4.880

Pavel Flaisig 30 4.908

George Russell 242 4.914

Jonathan Forsyth 237 4.922

Vladimir Horky 1 4.931

Not much joy for the Brits -
30 Richard Mack 52 5.124

33 Steve Sargent 79 5.133

43 Chris Thomas 86 5.210

44 Martin Jackson 267 5.215

45 Martin Ellis 67 5.218

49 Graham Woodward 73 5.274

58 Brian Saunders 5 5.344

60 Patrick Skene 78 5.359

62 David Sargent 68 5.382

73 Ben Woodward 57 5.548

75 Alan Lucas 76 5.619

82 Peter Clarkson 256 5.770

86 Peter Bowman 280 6.079

Wednesday 6/10 11:00
Eurosport 32 practice complete and tech about to open, closes at 12:45 and qualy starts at 13:15, so not much to report at the moment. Next up will be ES32 qualifying.
Yesterday’s F1 results now in the Formula 1 page.

Tuesday 5/10 17:30 - Final about to start, running details above -
Chris Thomas’s gear strips on 2nd lap and again after 21... Now on 3rd and trying again. Castriconne leads by 2 laps after 3 segments - Segments are 5 minutes....
At half way Castriconne leads by 3. After 5 Castriconne by 4 laps from Gilbert, then Landrud 1 more lap.
Three quarters and Castriconne 4+ laps on Landrud and Gilbert
Into last segment still Castriconne from Landrud and Gilbert, tied in 2nd
End of the race and a convincing win for Italy’s Pierro Castriconne who lead from start to finish. 2nd place went to Greg Gilbert of the USA some 4 laps back and 3rd to Sweden’s Michael Landrud.

Well done ‘el bandido’ ........

Tuesday 5/10 16:30
Semis finished, Chris Thomas makes the overall final in 7th spot, just 3 parts behind Horky -

Pierro Castriconne 319.88 1

Greg Gilbert 319.67 2

Gugu Bernardino 314.33 3

Michael Landrud 313.38 4

Guido Santarelli 312.20 5

Vladimir Horky 312.18 6

Chris Thomas 312.15 7

Olli Kantamaa 311.38 8

Details on F1 page, cars now out for final prep (30 mins) final should be under way round about 5:15 local time.

Tuesday 5/10 16:00
Brian Saunders out of it, lying 10th after 2 semis. Chris Thomas looking good though, currently lying 3rd with 1 semi to go.

Tuesday 5/10 13:00
F1 heats finished, only 2 Brits made the semis, Chris Thomas qualified 10th and Brian Saunders scraped in 24th spot.

Internet access is very restricted because so many people are streaming the racing in the track room, so is swithed off during racing

Monday 4/10 18:00
F1 Qualifying now in progress.
Greg Gilbert top qualifies with new lap record of 5.704 seconds. Top Brit is Chris Thomas on 5.863 followed by Brian Saunders 5.960. See F1 page for details of Brits. Full qualifying list plus results from first 4 heats being run tonight should be up around lunchtime tomorrow.

Monday 4/10 17:30 Chicago time - all times now local
Just arrived from the UK so will bring the results and info up to date as soon as possible.

First WORLD Champions of this year are Greg Gilbert and Jonathon Forsyth from the USA.
Congratulations to them.

Sunday 3/10 13:30
Finals are due to start at 14:00 UK time. Any info I can gather I’ll put on the ‘Production’ page.
18:00
Not much coming through from Chicago, but if you’re following the Ryder Cup, what a day for EUROPE....

Sunday 3/10 08:00
Qualifying took place late last night. Look at the Production page for what detail is available.

Saturday 2/10 07:00
Eagerly awaited start time in 7 hours, 14:00 UK time

Thursday 30/09 16:00
Nothing much happening today apart from plenty of practice....

Wednesday 29/09 23:00
The Brits are arriving - first spotted, Pat Skene, Martin Ellis, Brian Saunders, Woody’s (x2) Pete Clarkson, Sargents (x2), Richard Mack.

Wednesday 29/09 16:00
Charlie and John Gooding have withdrawn due to Bridgett’s illness.