Race of the weekend_ _ 2025 St. Mary's Trophy Part 1 _ Goodwood Revival

And then we ride to the end of the Austin A40. Okay, we're about to see a field of Ausden's Alfa Romeo and the Forfair Lane, which stands next to a Jaguar on the pole position. We're on our way to the first round of the St. Mary's Trophy. The Forfair Lane starts slowly. A great start for the Austin A40. The mighty and agile Austin rides side by side with the Jaguar Mark I by Gordon Shaddon, who will leave the Metwick behind in the first curve. 75 minutes and it's running for the St. Mary's Trophy. The first lap has begun and Gordon Shaddon enters the field in front of Andrew Jordan. There are a lot of door slams. We know that we have a few tour car drivers with us. They drive through four walls. There are about four, five breasts that come through there. The four of them didn't have an optimal start, but Gordon settled down and has a lead. Andrew Jordan clings to the Austin A840 behind it and everyone tries to find their way around. On this racetrack, there are the most diverse vehicle types with different engines, performance and skills. Yes, and they don't give up a centimeter, do they? Further back in the field, Tom Christensen is in fourth place in his Ford Thunderbird. At the moment, it's a bit of a mess because it's getting a bit tight and they're trying to find their way around. This Raleigh 1.5, Charles Rainford, is still smoking at the exhaust. Already seen on the way to the starting position, but is still in second place. Watch a Jaguar that positions itself while the others find a rhythm. In fourth place, we see Steve Sofa, who started from the pole, has lost his position and is now trying to pick it up again. He is now in third place. But when we drive through the chicane for the first time to finish the first round, the Jaguar from Gordon Shannon will lead the field of 30. You can see a great shot here that shows how much more agile the A40 is compared to the Jaguar in this chicane and Andrew Jordan was actually able to take a lot of time off Shadon. But then we reach the straight and there the Jaguar can really show off and the small 840 will be put under pressure by Steve Sofa's Ford. The fight in the entire field continues. There we have Jensen Button right in front of us in the Alfa with the number 34. And we are on board with Tony Cananan, who is driving here in Goodwood for the first time. Yes, and he is doing well too. This fight continues a little further back in the field, I think. He is currently behind Dario Franchitti, who has lost positions. Not a good start for Dario Franchitti. Tony Cananan, Rowan Atkinson and Anthony Reed are in the company. You can talk about it well. Steve Söhr is still fighting in the back of the field with all his might around the top and has now managed to dare to get to the 77. This is Andrew Jordan's Austin A40, which is stepped back. Steve Sofa then makes good positions while Tom Christensen, the nine-time winner of the Lemon series, uses every centimeter of the track and then works a little more past Tom Ingram and chases Andrew Jordan. These little outbursts only have a 1.2 liter engine and that has just proven itself on the straights in the woodcut curve. And you can see again the braking performance of the much lighter and more agile Austin compared to the much larger Ford. But here the Thunderbird can boast and it already has a lead when they pass the pit wall and drive over the starting line. This distance is reduced to Steve Sopa's fastest lap of 133.870 and Gordon Shaddon's best time is a second slower than Sopa's. Yes, but Gordon Shaddon's Jaguar Mk1 is currently leading the field. We take a look at the Raleigh 1.5 with Dario Franchitti at the wheel. He chases Andy Priou in the Austin A35 with the number 4. The three-time Touring Car World Champion in front of Dario Franchitti here in this Raleigh 1.5. These two fight hard, light, agile, constantly at the limit. And that's the fight for 26th place. Yes, not a good start, is it? It wasn't a good start for Dario at all. But you can see how much work he is doing behind the wheel when he maybe takes a slightly too big curve at the exit of St. Mary's. And this distance is getting smaller and smaller. And Steve has Gordon Shaddon ahead in this middle sector. The last time in the first round they were about the same. They drifted through the Voodoo Corner, entered the Bremse in the last chicane and used the entire road at the exit. I'm sure of that. And maybe they had a little more courage on the wet grass. They raced over the finish line. Let's look at the distance as they drive back. 7 tenths of a second. So he stayed the same. And Gordon actually had a much better last sector. Gordon Tscheff, multiple winner of the Touring Car Championship. He was leading on the way, but here he slipped to the left, while Steve Sofa is close to him on the heels. Right next to him. No, there wasn't enough space. Both have to avoid the puddle. We know that the fourth lane doesn't like the moisture and Steve has to think about the brakes. With this heavy car, the brakes can put a lot of pressure on you when you drive fast. He has to keep that in mind. But he's so close. He can weather the lead of this race. That's what they can do. Profiled tires and sustainable fuel for all cars that participate this weekend. Especially at the St. Mary's Trophy. So the caps are a bit spread out. This is probably actually our tightest motorcycle on the track at the moment. They're still fighting really hard. Grundel and Rainford are also very close together. But look at this. They have to make this jacket as wide as possible. Gordon. It's almost pushing the straight down. Side to side. Make this a move for Steve Sopa to take over the lead of the St. Mary's Trophy. He's been waiting for this for a while. I was waiting for the best opportunity. To do this in the last chicane. Can Gordon Schett try something? Make a good run at the exit of the start, straight towards Madrig. Steve Söhr leads on the fourth fairway. Gordon Schett is now in second place in the Jaguar Mark I. It's as if they started this race with less than an 18 and 12 minute lead. Tom Christensen has fought his way to third place. And we have a slow number eight. It almost looks like he has a flat tire. It's Roman Dumas in the Austin A95 Westminster. Looks like he has a heavy flat tire at the front left. And he's going to fall back all the way to the back. Let's see if he can get it back safely. So we don't have to worry about a safety car or a red flag. But we will keep an eye on him while he falls back. And last but not least, Tony Cunanan fell back, who actually has a few seconds of lag at the end of the field. Kenneman forms the final light of the field, but as Ramadan Dumas slides down, it becomes a long afternoon for him. This is what he becomes. And we saw this maneuver. A light maneuver on the straights. That was the V8 five-liter Grand Esport, which once stormed past the Mark I with a 3.4 liter engine. He just has his legs in his hand and drives straight down. And Steve Sofa tears off in front of him. A very neat first sector. And, uh, the middle one is not so great. But, uh, Shannon actually lost a bit of time. And, uh, that could push Tom Christensen to the seats, who overtook Andrew Jordan at 77. Let's take a look at Karun Chandog, who was chased a few moments ago. Now we switch to Scott Dixon at the wheel of the Ford Zodiac. Dixon is currently in 22nd place in the car with the number 26. The six-time IndyCar world champion. Looks like a little problem for Rob Huff, who immediately gets out of the way. He pulls aside. Let's see what's going on. But that doesn't bother Scott Dixon at all. He chases Marino Franchitti as they come through the chicane. Marino Franchitti is currently in 21st place in number 6, the Vanguard 6, the winner of the 12 Hours of Sebring. And now comes an even tighter fight. The Alfa Romeo from Max Chilton is still chasing the Raleigh 1.5. But you can still see the smoke rising in the back. Charles Rainford is on board and the car is smoking terribly. He fought among the top ten and I wonder if he will ever see the mechanical flag to arrive. But he has now fallen back to 12th place. He has Chilton, as you said, who is swinging from left to right and he will also catch Andre Lauer. But that's a lot of smoke rising in the back and they haven't caught him yet Yes, Max Chilton, the former Formula 1 driver, desperately tries to get past this Alfa of the Chilton family. Recently I bought this beautiful Alfa Romeo Giulietta, because in my opinion we will drive slowly, which will give Charles Raven a lot of work. Now we switch to the other Alfa Romeo Giulietta in the field or further ahead in the hands of the Formula 1 world champion of 2009 Jensen Button, who warns his way through Madrid and is chased by Jake Hill to places 6 and 7. Jake Hill in the east in A40. And then Emanuele Piro comes behind them, who defends himself. I think that's Marcel Basler, isn't it? The five-time winner of Emanuele Piro fights against a three-time Monday winner. It's a Jaguar against an Austin. The Jaguar is very low on the straight and with all its power and engine power it tears out a lead. Yes, there have been such duels in the past. And now it looks close, because he is getting closer and closer to the rear of Piro and Jake Hill. You can put Jake Hill in every car and he is fast. Even Piro can drive on two wheels. He was previously on the Barry Sheen in the pouring rain and was able to keep the car on the track and bring it home to land on the podium. But Jake Hill is now on his heels and I'm just looking to see if Christensen has passed Gordon Sheldon. Tom Christensen is now in second place in the Ford Thunderbird. 1.8 seconds gap between the leaders. But the two are still fighting for eighth place. Emanuele Piro in front. Marcel Basler is so fast and agile in the curves that he does everything well there. But he can't do that on the straights. Okay, the fight at the top is now less than a second long. And what kind of duel will it be? Steve Sofa against Tom Christensen. Steve Sofa in the Ford Verlaine. Tom Christensen in the Ford Thunderbird. It's Ford against Ford at the top. Tom Christensen has already driven this car in 2017. The film material went viral, because you can safely say that Tom drifted a lot behind the steering wheel. It's the first time since he's been sitting in it again. And he's catching up. There will be traffic. I've just thought about the traffic and it's already going to play a role. He's going to push Sofa all the way up the hill to Lavant. Tony Kahnanan sat in the front Zodiac. Tony Kahnanan was at the end of the field when we got in and tried to get him out of the way. Kahnanan is currently last in the field. It looks like we've lost Roman Dumas. We've lost Rob and Charles Rainford has also disappeared from this race. So there are only 27 cars left. This is another fight. The traffic wasn't too difficult. They're still driving close to each other and Gordon Shaddon is still lagging behind. Only a few car lengths separate us from this fight. Tom Ingram in fifth place. Jensen Button in the Alfa Romeo a little further away in the drift in sixth place and keeps Jake Hill at a distance. Marcel Fassler has finally overtaken Emanuel Piro. And while I'm saying that, it seems that Emanuel Piro has fought his way back and has put himself in front of the Germans again. Fantastic race when we cross the finish line again. Oh, there are still a little more than 12 minutes to go. Steve Söhr keeps Christensen's lead at a distance for the time being. Yes, so we will at least have an American duel at the top for the time being. Christensen uses a little more road at the exit of curve 1. The Fairlane is more suitable for a normal middle-class family car, more sporty compared to the Thunderbird, a slightly more elegant, lifted private car. And it was built as a road car anyway, to offer comfort and flair. But I'm pretty sure that they will drive side by side on this Goodwood racetrack from time to time, as Jensen Button is still fighting a good fight. A car he's driven before. He's having a great fight with a 72. Jake Hill has also managed to fight his way through. Button is finally in 6th place. Button stays on. Steve Söhr is still in front of him with a 710. Marcel Faser has now managed to put himself in 8th place in front of Emanuel Piro. It looks like he's finally managed to get rid of Piro in this pretty cool duel, which looked like a head-to-head race in the last rounds. Josh Cook has taken the lead in the last few rounds. Oh, that's going to get in the way. Sopus says, thank you very much. Please close the door behind you. No, he doesn't. And they drive through. So that's Bron Atkinson in Mark 7 as we cross the finish line. Just a little more than 10 and a half minutes in this race. And if you look in the background, you can see how Gordon Cheddon falls backwards. And he'll probably get caught by Andrew Jordan again. Jake Hill has a wave, but there's someone at the pit wall. He's going to try to catch up with Tom Ingram. But there's a big gap between him and Jake Hill. I think he's got more problems. And that's going to be Jensen Button in the little red rocket behind him. Yes, he was able to get ahead of Button. But he couldn't shake off the British Formula 1 champion. Who had a good start in this race is Alex Brundle in the Jaguar Mark 1. He started way back from 26th place and worked his way up to the top 10. So a good performance from Alex Brundle, who looks like he could catch up as well. He's close behind Emmanuel Piro in 9th place. So this could be an interesting fight that you can watch together with this one when Jake Hill hits Rowan Atkinson while Atkinson in the Jaguar gets out of the way as quickly as possible. The differences in shape and size of the field here at St. Mary's Trophy Part 1. So here we go. What do we see here? We see the 55, the Austin of Tony Jardim, who feels the pressure of Andy Poo. And behind him is the 26R. This is Scott Dixon in the Ford Zodiac, who delivers a nice fight in the last chicane and continues when we reach the starting line. Everywhere you look, there are field fights. The car with the number 77 is here in the middle. This is Andrew Jordan, who is currently in 4th place right behind Gordon Shaddon and Tom Ingram, which makes it almost three places wide. No, but it's definitely too wide. But the Jaguar can just step on the gas. We will drive two places wide through the slight right curve. No, we're not very close. It's Andrew Jordan in the 77, who tries to get Gordon Shaddon in front of him, but Shaddon can stop him. This is the fight. The third, fourth and fifth. Everyone slides through the curve while the sun shines on these great cars. These British limousines, well, really global limousines that were brought from the rest stop and race here. And a good engine. And there is a contact between Ingram and Jordan. And there is a traffic light out, but there is a side-to-side driving on the way. Trio of Tourenwagen champions on a picture and a flashing of the traffic light. Tourenwagen tiles from the 77R. Tom Ingram drives over the grass. Don't do that, Tom. They still knock on doors when they go to Ruduk Corner. Corner Shaddon will say, come on, guys, keep going, keep going. So I can escape. There is some traffic in front of them. And in fact, I just saw in the traffic monitoring how our leaders passed by. They have a little more space. The distance between Zora and Christensen has now become smaller, but they drive here almost the same lap time. These three cars should be able to overcome the traffic relatively easily. But it's going to be a tough fight. And we look at the repetition in which Tom Ingram tries to overtake Lavin with a little pressure. Let's see. This is not the case on this recording. He tries to reach the top and bottom, but he doesn't quite succeed. One. A little hit with consistency and then a little bit of lawn mowing as they drove door to door. A fantastic fight for the last place on the podium, which has not yet been decided, as they almost follow each other in every single curve. Goshetan leads in Jaguar, Andrew Jordan and Tom Ingram chase the Jaguar, which is very good when he can accelerate and reduce the power. But here comes Andrew Jordan. Can he push a wheel next to you? They drive door to door and Tom looks at that too. They work together. That's incredible. That's fantastic. And here we go. In comparison to the Jaguar, they don't have the power, but maybe they work together. They will. The engine is 1.2 liters a little smaller than the Jaguar's with 3.4 liters. But Göppingen just couldn't get out of the race cleanly. And with a little teamwork they managed to sneak past Austin and onto the podium. Gordon Shaddon and his Jaguar Mark 1 fell back to fourth place. But what an epic fight. And while they fought, they brought Jake Hill and Jensen Button on the track, which came through as the last two cars. So we could imagine that this goes up to the finish line. And just to show that, look at the gap at the top. Now there are 1.3 seconds between the two of us. And as you said, yes, it was said that we thought that the gap between Jake Hill and Tom Ingram was just far too big. Don't be silly. You can't catch up for seven seconds. And they did. That just shows how much time you lose by fighting. And these two don't want to lose too much time. 17 seconds is a gap between Andrew Jordan and Tom Christensen, who gets a drop in Lavend. And then they will go full throttle on the straight. And then this strong braking zone. I wonder how Steve Sook's brakes will hold up. There is a small flap of the bonnet on the front of Tom Christensen's Ford Thunderbird. Remember, we have the second part on Sunday to finish the Goodwood Revival with the owners of the cars participating in the race. And then we will get a total result. But it is important that your professional driver achieves the best possible result I think Jay Hill just passed Gordon Schelmack and is now fifth. But now it goes on. It goes steeply downhill in the direction of Magic. Sofa and Christensen start another lap. Ford against Ford. Thunderbird is called here at the Goodwood Revival. Now it's Jake Hill's turn. He is at the very front and will soon be Tom Ingram close on the heels. We see these two often compete against each other in British touring cars. This is not so often the case this season. Jake doesn't have a good season in the BMW compared to Tom, who is fighting for the championship against Ash Sadd Sutton. And he storms and gets into the windshade of Andrew Jordan, whom he helped with the maneuver. Will he allow him an attempt inside when they drive to St. Mary's? He was very brave to do that. But these drivers are pretty brave. He tried to distract Andrew, who has now turned off his lights. He passed Gordon Chaddon. That was the fight for third place, if you look at it. Was that a small, stolen look inside and a run-through? I think that's Scott Dixon. Or in Zodiac M2 with number 26 he mixes up to get a little further back. Scott Dixon fights with people like Tony Jardim, Andy P, O'Neill Jani is not far away either and Tony Kahnan and Ron Atkinson are also still racing and enjoying their time out there on the Goodwood Motor Cycling. Fourteenth second between the leading Steve Sear and Tom Christensen. Between Andrew Jordan and Tom Ingram is nothing. Jake Hill and Jensen Button are also close together. Chad has now fallen back to seventh place and is losing to Dynamik in his Jaguar. Was kann Tom Christensen hier ausrichten? Das Auto, mit dem er wieder zusammenkommt. Er ist diese Maschine seit 2017 nicht mehr gefahren. Und dieses Auto, das 2023 vor Thunderbird den Sieg geholt hat, möchte heute Nachmittag einen kleinen Ausrutscher in den Ruhm haben. Eine Sache, die wir gerade an der Vorderseite des Bildes gesehen haben, ist, dass es einen Blick auf die Sache gibt. Tom Christensen fährt innen. Ich wollte gerade sagen, dass in den letzten verbleibenden Minuten noch Verkehr ins Spiel kommen könnte. Aber Tom hat den Sprung geschafft. Er ist innen durchgefahren. Schönes Manöver in St. Mary's. Könnte er da rauskommen? Der Verkehr Richtung Lavin Corner, den ich erwähnte, könnte mitspielen. Steve Soffer muss versuchen, wieder durchzukommen. Er reibt überall auf den Bremsen. Wir müssen das Auto drehen und zurückfahren, wenn wir können. Wir geben leicht Gas, denn es ist länger, als es beim Einfahren aussieht. Es tropft herum und es gibt ein Beschleunigungsrennen, denn wir haben den 121, der einen Versuch unternommen hat, etwas Gras zu mähen. Ja, der 121 hat beschlossen, sich abzusetzen. Mal sehen, was am Start passiert ist bei diesem Führungswechsel und der neunfache Lemonsieger Tom Christensen im Ford Thunderbird versucht, die Tourenwagenlegende Steve Söhr zu überholen. Aber Steve Söhr ist immer noch bei ihm und behält ihn im Auge, als sie jetzt durch die Schikane kommen. Etwas Verkehr vor uns. Wird sich das auf die Dinge auswirken? Andrew Jordan liegt in seinem Austin A40 auf Platz 3 etwas zurück. Das wird die letzte Runde des Rennens sein, denn sie fahren Rundenzeiten von etwa 134 Sekunden. Zumindest sind das im Moment die Führenden und es bleibt noch eine Minute. Dieser Verkehr könnte eine große Rolle spielen. Übrigens war es Andre Lauer, der im Austin A35 von der Strecke abgekommen ist. Steve blickte hinein, dann überlegte er sich anders. Er fährt durch das Ford Wasser und was für eine Aussicht wir aus unserem Raleigh 1.5 haben? Auf Dario Frank Kititi, der das Richtige tut, ausweicht, sie loslässt, wie ein krasser Schuss und er hat eine großartige Sicht auf diesen Kampf um die Führung. Ja, Dario Franky liegt im Moment auf Platz 23, direkt hinter Scott Dixon, der sogar ein paar Runden Vorsprung hat. Andre Loth, wie wir gesehen haben, fuhr mit seinem L-Auto ins Gras, während Ron Atkinson noch in diesem Auto saß. Sieht ganz danach aus, als hätte Tony Canares für heute vorzeitig beendet. Ich glaube, er musste an die Box, aber wir sollten dann doch noch diese letzte Runde fahren können. Und wo wird es lang gehen? Er hat seine Zeit abgebissen. Tom Christensen auch? Er hat jetzt den Vorteil, der führende Fahrer zu sein. Aber sieh dir das mal an. Der Verkehr ist da. Spielen die alle schön brav mit und weichen aus? Das tun sie. Einer der Raleigh 1.5 kann schön ausweichen. Er schaut in seine Rückspiegel. Er kann es sehen, während die Uhr auf 0 herunterzählt. Und nein, es ist eine Katastrophe für Steve. Er muss also weit nach außen fahren. Blockiert, verliert ständig und das wird der Schaden sein, der entsteht, wenn der Verkehr in der letzten Schikane zum letzten Mal in diesem ersten Teil der St. Mary's Trophy seinen Teil dazu beiträgt. Und der Sieg geht an Tom Christensen im Ford Thunderbird. Ein großartiges Rennen, ein großartiger Sieg und es ist die vierte faire Spur auf Platz 2 von Steve Söhr. Doch wer wird auf Platz 3 landen? Die beiden Ausdenks liefern sich seit fast 16 Runden ein Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen. Den Sieg sichert sich Andrew Jordan, der Tom Ingram knapp vor sich auf Platz 4 verdrängt. Jake Hill schlägt Jensen Button. Das sind die Top Sechste. Und Marcel Wassler hat seinen Kampf gegen Emmanuel Pirot gewonnen. Gordon Shaddon, der kurzzeitig in Führung lag, ist auf Platz 9 zurückgefallen. Und Alex Brundle dürfte es schaffen. Wir werden sehen, wie sie sich am Ende noch einen Kampf liefern. Sie haben die Zielflagge weiter hinten gesehen. Brundle sichert sich die Top-Minus-10-Position. Ja, das tut er auf jeden Fall. Und er versucht, an Brabham auf Platz 1 vorbeizukommen. Ja, richtig. Nein, er hat Brabham überholt. Soll ich sagen? Also, es ist ein Kampf um die Plätze 12 und 13, als sie die Ziellinie überqueren und die Zielflagge sehen. Aber Steve, ich kann nachvollziehen, was er davor hatte, als er in Richtung B fuhr. Er dachte, ich bin im Moment Zweiter. Er hatte einen großen Vorsprung hinter sich. Er wollte das Risiko eingehen, um außen an der hinteren Markierung bis über Rundenwagens vorbeizukommen. Das gelang ihm nicht ganz. Aber können Sie sich vorstellen, wenn er das geschafft hätte? Es wäre spektakulär gewesen, den Sieg zu holen. Aber es war ein fantastisches Rennen bis zum Schluss. Und wie Sie sagten, Harry Andrew Jordan hat Tom Ingram knapp vom Thron gestoßen und sich den letzten Podiumsplatz gesichert. Tür auf, etwas Luft rein. Ich kann mir vorstellen, dass es dort ziemlich heiß wurde. Nach 25 Minuten Rennzeit. Denken Sie natürlich daran, dass wir am Sonntag das zweite Rennen haben. Die zweite Runde der St. Mary's Trophy, bei der die Besitzer am Steuer ihr Rennen austragen, und dann werten wir die Gesamtergebnisse aus. Aber Tom Christensen tat, was er tun musste. Er startete zu diesem Zeitpunkt aus der zweiten Reihe als Vierter. Steve Super schien damit durchzukommen, war aber immer in Reichweite. Und dann der neunfache Sieger, der den Zug macht und es schafft, ihn bis zur Zielflagge abzuwehren. Ein Auto, mit dem er zum ersten Mal seit 2017 wieder vereint wird. Diese Autos, Alice, ich meine so viele, weißt du, wir würden sie als Limousinen, Alltagsautos, Familienautos sehen. Nicht hier beim Goodwood Revival. Ganz im Gegenteil. Nein, ganz sicher. Besonders die Austin A40. Es gibt ein paar schöne Burnouts von Kritik in der Startaufstellung. Die A40, mit denen wir hier tatsächlich den dritten, vierten und fünften Platz im Rennen haben. Sie waren Mitte der 1950er Jahre nicht sehr beliebt und als erschwingliche Familienlimousine und als recht schnelle, erschwingliche Familienlimousine kamen sie auch noch zu einem ruhigen Blick darauf. Man kann sehen, was es Tom Christensen bedeutet, der aussteigt. Eine hervorragende Leistung direkt mit den Feierlichkeiten. Eine Teamleistung, um das Auto vorzubereiten und startklar zu machen. Ja. Und auf die Strecke? Ich wurde schwächer. Er wurde schwächer. Es ging also nur darum, ihn dort zu halten. Eine kleine Nachbesprechung von Tom Christensen. Früh am Start. Wir können die richtige Nachbesprechung gleich haben. Gehen wir mit Ed Foster auf die Strecke. Tom. Hey Ed. Was für ein Rennen. Ich meine, dachtest du, du hättest genug, um an ihm vorbeizukommen oder er gab sich einfach die Gelegenheit? Jetzt geht es direkt auf das Ziel zu. Ich meine, vor dem Rennen würde ich sagen, nein, auf keinen Fall. Aber das Auto hat heute besser funktioniert. Es lag ein bisschen an einer Trommel, die gestern ein bisschen gejuckt hat, anscheinend vom Mechaniker. Also muss ich ihm danken und dann das Wetter, die Wettergötter haben dafür gesorgt, dass es trocken war. Ich wäre nicht hier gewesen, wenn es mit diesem Auto nass gewesen wäre. Großartiger, guter Start. Ich hatte meinem Sohn versprochen, kein anderes Auto anzufassen und das ging mir nicht aus dem Kopf. Und ich hatte tolle Kämpfe, zuerst mit Tom Ingram, dann glaube ich mit Andrew Jordan, dann Gordon Shaddon und dann war Steve ganz allein da oben. Und in einem der Starten habe ich herausgefunden, dass es ein paar Stellen gab, an denen er nicht aufgeholt hat und danach habe ich angefangen, aufzuholen. Also war es sehr schön. Und dann hatte ich alle möglichen Leader. Sieh mal, ich war sein Teamkollege bei BMW damals. Äh, zu der Zeit, als wir, wir, äh, wir hätten zusammen einen langen Sieg einfahren sollen. Steve, aufgrund seines Alters, er ist natürlich noch jung, wurde er damals außer Gefecht gesetzt. Also dachte ich mir, hey, äh, ich hätte mit ihm einen Sieg einfahren können, denn damals habe ich einen Sieg mit ihm eingefahren. Er wollte nicht aufgeben. Äh, er wurde sechsmal wegen eines Problems mit dem Auto eingezogen. Ich weiß also, dass dieser Mann nicht aufgibt. Er ist ein richtiger Rennfahrer. Also wollte ich ihn möglichst sauber schlagen, wenn es möglich war. Und äh, ich habe zeitweise daran gezweifelt. Er hat eine sehr starke Höchstgeschwindigkeit. Er bremst auch, die Bremsen lassen bei diesen Autos offensichtlich nach. Und dann, einmal glaube ich, bei Fort Water, da dachte ich mir, okay, jetzt versuche ich einfach, dass es hält. Und ich habe etwas Geschwindigkeit durch das Wasser gewonnen. Und dann musste ich nicht so viel bremsen und hatte keinen Vorteil. Ich denke, das war die beste Lösung, um ihn zu schlagen. Nun, Tom ist ein fantastischer Fahrer. Gut gemacht. Danke. Großartig. Richtig. Lasst uns Steve finden. Tut mir leid, Leute. Steve, Gott, so nah dran. Und was ist dann in der letzten Kurve passiert? Nun, ich denke, es braucht viel, um Tom zu schlagen. Tom hat sein Auto sehr clever positioniert und ein paar Runden zuvor waren uns die Bremsen ausgegangen. Also musste ich entweder auf die Wiese ausweichen oder den kleinen? Ich glaube, es war ein Rallye oder so etwas hinten drauf bekommen. Also war es besser, auf die Wiese auszuweichen. Und das war's. Es war vorbei. Aber gut gemacht. Weißt du, wir haben es hier tatsächlich geschafft. Steve. Uh, okay. Ja, aber dann habe ich die Kurve verpasst. Okay. Ja, wie ist der Grip da draußen? Naja, hier draußen auf der Auslaufkurve. Nicht genug. Sonst hätte ich versucht zu gewinnen. Aber ja, nicht genug. Aber ich kenne Tom schon lange. Ich bin vor vielen, vielen Jahren in Japan mit ihm Rennen gefahren. Er ist schwer zu schlagen. Aber das Schiff hatte ein paar Probleme. Naja, es war eine großartige Fahrt und es war toll, dieses Auto nach zweijähriger Bauzeit so gut zu sehen. Direkt auf dem Podium. Gut gemacht, Steve. Danke, Prost. Richtig. Von groß bis klein. Reden wir nicht über die Fahrer, die Autos. Andrew, diese nervigen Tourenwagenfahrer. Tom hat dich nie entspannen lassen. Die ersten paar Male war es etwas entspannt. Aber ja, es war ein großartiges Rennen. Es hat mir wirklich Spaß gemacht. Und es ist toll, gegen jemanden wie Tom zu fahren, der im Moment absolute Weltklasse ist und sein Können auf dem Höhepunkt hält. Also, M versucht, mich ein bisschen fit zu halten. Und wir waren M. Er hat mich tatsächlich an Gordon vorbeigezogen, was brillant war. Also ja, ich bin wirklich glücklich. Motorproblem gestern. Die Mechaniker tauschten den Motor unter Zeitdruck aus. Es hat ihnen Spaß gemacht. Andrew, es war eine großartige Fahrt. An diese Bodenwelle im Windschatten auf der hinteren Geraden werden sich alle noch lange erinnern. Er ist nie so freundlich gewesen, als ich im Tourenwagen war. Aber M ja, nein, wir haben gut zusammengearbeitet. Ich hatte ein gutes Rennen. Prost, Andrew. Danke.