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Race report: Pergusa Panic: Campbell-Walter Dominates as Second Place Vanishes Into the Void!

Jamie Campbell-Walter won a bizarre, five-lap race at the Autódromo di Pergusa while Fernando Horta took third place amidst a complete statistical blackout.

Galvão (Lead Broadcaster): BIEEEEEEEN AMIGOS DA REDE FDTV! We are live from Sicily, where the sun is hot, the track is fast, and the lake is looking... extremely suspicious! Look at Jamie Campbell-Walter! He is not driving, he is piloting a space shuttle! A Lister Storm LMP with a 1:29.120! That is not a lap time, that is a warp drive! HAAAJAAAA CORAÇÃO!

Doc Brown (Co-commentator): Great Scott, Galvão! The temporal displacement on that LMP car is off the charts! If my calculations are correct, when that Lister hits 141 kilometers per hour through the chicane, we're going to see some serious, highly illegal aerodynamic shit! But wait... where is the second-place car? My Flux Capacitor is registering a complete void between first and third!

Galvão (Lead Broadcaster): OLHA O CALCULO! There is no P2! The timing screen is empty! Did he fall into the Pergusa lake?! Did he stop to buy some Sicilian cannoli?! Unbelievable! But behind this mystery, here comes Fernando Horta in the #01 Lister Storm! He is battling the laws of physics and his own gearbox! He crosses the line in third with an 8:14.134! That is a podium, amigos! *punches the desk* A PODIUM IN THE LAND OF THE MAFIA!

Doc Brown (Co-commentator): He survived! Though his best lap of 1:35.266 suggests his time circuits were severely damaged by the curb-hopping! He was nearly six seconds slower per lap than Campbell-Walter! That's mathematically equivalent to driving a 1946 Packard!

Galvão (Lead Broadcaster): *breathless* Who cares about the Packard! Look at the dogfight behind him! Jean Louis Schlesser in the #00 is breathing down his neck! Andrea Piccini is right there in the #15! Mika Salo is throwing his #57 into the chicane like a crazy Finn! It is a totozinho festival! Only four seconds separating third from sixth! Piccini finishes just three-tenths behind Schlesser! WHAT A FINISH!

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Galvão (Lead Broadcaster): We are back! Campbell-Walter wins it! Horta is P3! Schlesser P4, Piccini P5, Salo P6! But the mystery of the missing second place remains! Doc, can we go back in time to find P2?!

Doc Brown (Co-commentator): Roads? Where we are going, we don't need roads... nor a second-place finisher! *crazy laughter*

Ps. Moustache, did you steal the P2 trophy again?

Disclaimer: This is a fictional, satirical report of a offline race against AI-driven opponents. All characters are fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental

Classification

Position		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Gap	Best Lap
1		JAMIE CAMPBELL-WALTER	LISTER RACING	LISTER STORM LMP	5	0:07:46.676	1:29.120
2		FERNANDO HORTA	LOTUS F1 TEAM	LISTER STORM	5	+ 27.458	1:35.266
3		JEAN LOUIS SCHLESSER	SCHLESSER AVENTURES	LISTER STORM	5	+ 29.894	1:36.943
4		ANDREA PICCINI	LISTER RACING	LISTER STORM	5	+ 30.234	1:37.015
5		MIKA SALO	X4R RACING	LISTER STORM	5	+ 31.852	1:36.577

Fastest Lap Progression

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

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

1 lead change over 5 laps.

Gaps

Time behind at the end of every lap. The scale stops at about one lap (1:37.142): 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.

Related Images

Lister Racing, Lister Storm #3015, Driven By Andrea Piccini

X4r Racing, Lister Storm #6057, Driven By Mika Salo

Schlesser Aventures, Lister Storm #6100, Driven By Jean Louis Schlesser

Lotus F1 Team, Lister Storm #9001, Driven By Fernando Horta

Autodromo Di Pergusa