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05/10/2008
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RACE 1: Damp conditions for the opening race with BVB rookie Paul Meijer on pole. Wet track but it is not actually raining at the moment. Might take quite a while for a dry line to appear.
Lap1: Meijier leads into turn 1
Lap 1: Trouble for AC Milan and Beijing - looks like AC Milan hit the back of the championship leader under braking for turn 1
42:50 remaining: Anderlecht has taken over the lead from BVB
2:04: Doornbos is out of the AC Milan car - looks like Beijing also out and Tottenham in trouble as well
41:21: Flat tyre for Tottenham Hotspur - headed for an early pitstop
40:25 Lap 3: Anderlecht now out to a 1.6 second gap - conditions remain very tough
39:53: Lap 3: Top ten are Anderlecht, BVB, Liverpool, Sevilla, Atletico, Roma, Basel, Porto, Flamengo and Galatasaray
38:30 Lap 4: Sevilla spins and hits wall
37:37: Turn 4: Atletico Madrid under investigatation
37:15 Lap 5: Safety car on track to retrieve the Sevilla car
35:25 Lap 5: Fastest lap so far goes to BVB - 1:38.774 - more than 20 seconds slower than the qualifying pace
34:00 Lap 5: Big Championship standings looming - 1st place Beijing out, 2nd place Sevilla out, 3rd place PSV running 13th at the moment
28:30 Lap 9: Al Ain suffer a spin under safety car conditions - lose a spot to Tottenham Hotspur
27:37 Lap 9: Lights out on the safety car - ready to go racing again this lap
27:17 Lap 9: Pit stop window is now open
26:15: Green flag
25:55 Lap 10: Pit stops for Liverpool, Roma, Basel, Porto, Galatasaray, PSV and Al Ain
25:15 Lap 10: Anderlecht and Dolby leads from BVB and Atletico
24:43 Lap 10: Spin for Olympiacos but continues
24:35 Lap 11: Flamengo spins, Rangers and Corinthians pits
23:36 Lap 11: Only cars to not stop are the first four - Anderlecht, BVB, Atletico and Flamengo
22:15 Lap 12: Flamengo pits
21:40 Lap 12: Atletico hard on the tail of BVB
19:29 Lap 14: Race leader pits - RSC Anderlecht
16:15 Lap 16 Liverpool has gotten in front of RSC Anderlecht during the pit stop period - could we see our fifth different club take a race win?
14:55 Lap 16: BVB has to pit within 4 laps
13:28 Lap 17: Top ten are BVB, Liverpool, Anderlecht, Atletico, Roma, Basel, Porto, Eindhven, Rangers and Corinthians
11:38 Lap 17: Flamengo runs in too deep at final chicane after passing Galatasaray on the previous lap - runs across the grass
11:05 Lap 19: Race leader BVB makes his stop
10:44 lap 19: Slow stop for BVB and Paul Meijer - seemed to have trouble selecting a gear
10:05 Lap 19: BVB rejoins in 3rd place ahead of Atletico
9:50 Lap 19: Roma stuck in the gravel in turn 3 - getting out of the car. Galatasaray also off. Safety car on track
9:10 Lap 19: BVB was very luck to get their stop done before the safety car came out - otherwise they would have lost an enormous emount of track position
7:45 Lap 20: Big chance now for Anderlecht to challenge Liverpool again - 5 second gap eliminated by the safety car
5:15 Lap 21: Fastest lap so far to Liverpool FC - 1:38.031
2:51 Lap 22: Green flag next time around
0:00 Lap 24: Last Lap - Liverpool from Anderlecht and BVB
Liverpoll wins, Anderlecht second and BVB third in Race 1
