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Race report: Enna-Pergusa Truck Clash: Horta Wins Alone in Sicily

31. That is the exact number of laps Fernando Horta completed around the sun-baked Sicilian asphalt of Autodromo di Pergusa, finishing in a total time of 59 minutes and 37 seconds to take victory in the massive Chevrolet truck while Roger Wilco laboured home a distant second in the Toyota, a full minute and three seconds back after an afternoon that tested the absolute limits of radio battery life and driver sanity under the watchful eye of guest pit wall analyst Agnaldo Rayol.

Fernando Horta (#27): Box, box. My tyres feel like they were carved from old polenta.

Agnaldo Rayol (#27 crew): Calma, meu filho, let the truck roll like a boat on the waves of Itapoan. Focus on the horizon.

Fernando Horta (#27): There is no horizon, Agnaldo, only guardrails and dust. Is Wilco behind me?

Agnaldo Rayol (#27 crew): He is one minute and three seconds behind you, singing Tormento d'Amore into his team radio. Do not let him catch you.

Fernando Horta (#27): My mirrors are vibrating so hard I can see yesterday. What lap is this?

Agnaldo Rayol (#27 crew): Lap twenty-eight. Just keep the steering wheel straight and pretend you are driving down Avenida Ipiranga at three in the morning.

Fernando Horta (#27): I just clipped a rumble strip and my teeth are loose.

Agnaldo Rayol (#27 crew): Beautiful tenor notes, Fernando. Keep pushing.

Fernando Horta (#27): See the checkered flag. Thank God. Turn off the radio.

Agnaldo Rayol (#27 crew): Not yet, we must sing the final chorus of Ave Maria while you cross the line.

Fernando Horta (#27): FUCK OFF MAN!

Ps. Moustache, if you are reading this, your truck is still parked behind the garage with three flat tires and a parking ticket from Enna.

Disclaimer: This is a fictional, satirical report of a online race. No events described on this text are to be taken seriously, and by no means reflect the author or their views, quotes or situations. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental

Classification

Position		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Gap	Best Lap
1		FERNANDO HORTA	CAMELTOE RACING	CHEVROLET	31	0:59:37.768	1:35.953
2		ROGER WILCO	SCUDERIA LIBRA	TOYOTA	31	+ 01:03.230	1:43.478

Fastest Lap Progression

Every time the race's fastest lap was beaten, from lap 2 (lap 1 is a standing start).

Qualifying

Qualifying times as the race log recorded them.

Lap Chart

Position at the end of every lap, FERNANDO HORTA highlighted. Hover a line or a name to follow a driver, click or tap to keep it highlighted; dashed lines are cars that retired.

Leaders

7 lead changes over 31 laps.

Gaps

Time behind at the end of every lap. The scale stops at about one lap (1:45.374): lines break where a car drops further back. Hover or tap a line to follow a driver.

Lap by Lap

Each lap's notable moments, quiet stretches grouped; tap a row for the full order with lap times and gaps. The logs don't record pit stops: they're worked out from lap times, so a spin that costs as much time can read as one.

This season mocked NASCAR stage breaks, which GTR2 was never made for: at the end of a stage the field slowed behind an imaginary safety car (pit limiters on), could pit at the end of that lap, left the pits under the same rules and restarted in the restart zone a lap later. Both caution laps are very slow for everyone; a bigger loss usually means that car pitted.

Related Images

Scuderia Libra, Toyota #11029, Driven By Roger Wilco

Cameltoe Racing, Chevrolet #17127, Driven By Fernando Horta

Autodromo Di Pergusa