Grand Prix 4 Formula One Career Season 2002

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But yeah, jokes over. We've worked it out. Can I start finishing races now GP4?
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So here's the result: Hunsley's title defence will be bad.
 
2002 British GP
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Engberink fastest in the rain
In a rainy quali session Tim Engberink secured his 4th pole this year, beating local hero Laad for second. Brugman got 3rd, alongside him Black who performed extremely well in the wet conditions. Utzer got 5th, Martins with another strong result in 6th. Goddard finds himself in a Jordan sandwich in 8th, behind Kederer and ahead of Hunsley. Diehl completes the top 10.
 
2002 British GP
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Surprise win for Black
Andy Black has taken his third career win, holding off Mane Goddard in the closing laps. Donald Brugman joined them on the podium in third.
The race started in wet conditions, and Engberink managed to keep the lead at the start. Laad didn't get off the line that well, dropping behind Black immediately. Soon after Brugman and Martins got past him as well. Martins however retired in lap 4 with a broken suspension. Laad got back in 4th, and went on to retake 3rd from Brugman. Behind Utzer Goddard and Kederer were swapping places a few times battling for 6th, until Goddard managed to get the upper hand and remain ahead of the Jordan. Utzer held on to 5th for a few laps, before he got passed by Goddard, Kederer and Rinneaho. A couple of drivers, amongst them Buurlage, Said, Mishra and Keranen, risked too much in tricky conditions and spun off, each losing a bunch of positions. Engberink and Black were pulling away at the front, having over 10s gap when pitstops came.
Goddard had managed to work up to 3rd, but a slow stop dropped him back to 6th. Engberink held a 1s lead over Black, Laad followed with a 10s gap. Brugman, Kederer and Goddard were another 4s behind. Mishra and Buurlage retired during the second stint, both were running down the order after their mistakes earlier on. The top 8 didn't see any changes in that time, Engberink managed to keep Black behind, both increasing their gap to Laad. Brugman, Kederer and Goddard closed the gap to the Brit, not far behind them were Rinneaho and Diehl.
Final stops came, and with a longer stint Goddard managed to get back to 3rd. Laad suffered by a slow stop of the Williams crew, dropping to 6th behind Brugman and Kederer. Engberink still lead, now with a 3s gap to Black and 17s to Goddard. Black could no longer follow the Renault, and had to watch out for Goddard who was closing in quickly. All looked set for Engberink's 1st win this year, but with 5 laps to go smoke came out of his car, the engine had blown up. Black inherited the lead, having a 5s gap to Goddard. However the Minardi driver was lapping 1s quicker, but ran out of time to catch the BAR of Black. Brugman took 3rd, followed by Kederer in 4th. Diehl snatched 5th after passing both Rinneaho and Laad in the closing laps, Laad got the final point for 6th.


FIA Press Conference
@airutonpurosuto8912: Congrats on the win, what were your thoughts in the final laps, first with Engberink retiring, then Goddard closing in with big steps?
@Mane Goddard: So close in the end, did the first stop cost the win today?
@Donaldinho105: Back on the podium after 2 races without, all set to start a new run?


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