The SuperMarioWorldFormulaDuudeConcilofOlderElderlyDuudes (SMWMSDDCCF), sitting in a heavily fortified nap bunker beneath the Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva paddock, has delivered its official adjudication regarding Motion 20091222/03 concerning a profound statistical catastrophe during the recent five-lap GTR2 sprint.
Exhibits submitted to the tribunal confirm that Lucas Luhr piloted his #78 V-Tech Motorsport Porsche 911 Biturbo to victory in an elapsed time of 8:55.475, leaving the rest of the field trailing across the Portuguese tarmac like tourists looking for a tram. However, Exhibit 9 and Exhibit 4 introduced an administrative irregularity so severe it caused guest paddock expert Gilberto Gil to strum his acoustic guitar in sheer existential terror.
Gilberto Gil (Paddock Troubadour): Aquele abraço, but why do Ian James in the Michael Shank Racing Mosler and Juliano Flores in the Scuderia Libra Gillet Vertigo both bear the identical car number 29? Are we living in a simulation? Is this a metaphysical paradox?
The council notes for the record that Fernando Horta managed a respectable P2 in his #01 USSR Lotus F1 Team Mosler MT900R, finishing 12.514 seconds behind Luhr despite stopping briefly on lap three because Gilberto Gil started singing A Gil Contra O Fim Do Mundo over the team radio channel.
Crew Radio Fragment (Lap 3):
Gilberto Gil (#01 crew): Expresso 2222, my duude, you are losing the apex to a Porsche!
Fernando Horta (#01): Will you shut up and let me brake, Gil?!
Gilberto Gil (#01 crew): Exaltação da amizade, carinha! Brake later!
Exhibits further demonstrate that Laurence Tomlinson took P3 in the #82 TVR, while Thierry Perrier brought up P8 in the #04 Mosler. The data anomaly regarding duplicate car number 29 has been filed under filing cabinet drawer number 404, which was immediately lost because the ElderCouncil fell fast asleep before stapling the paperwork.
No further thoughts will be given on this matter, and the council will now resume snoring.
Ps. Dave, where are you?! We needed your administrative prowess to audit these duplicate car numbers!
