MIDRANG, GAUTENG, SOUTH AFRICA - Without the need for an Indy Lights race this week, everyone got a chance to put their car on the grid. However, Tom Delgado was playing the strategy card, opting not to make a qualification lap in hopes of watching the AI cars fail themselves and for him to benefit from it. Unfortunately, with the likes of FJ Balcon & GnarlyBot starting at the back and being excessively slow, Delgado's problems started the moment the green flag waved. A tangle with Chazz Michael Michaels made the MRD-Simtek car's engine start to go sour, and a run-in with GnarlyBot coming off the final corner of lap 1 finished it off. As a result, Tom Delgado was forced to settle for his first last place finish of the Formula 5 season. He was immensely disappointed with the early exit, and admitted that it could become a trend similar to last season, where he had 20 straight DNF's between Formula 5 events and Indy Lights races before his 11th place finish at Rattlesnake.
THE BOTTOM TEN
29. #37 Tom Delgado - 0 laps - Engine
28. #8 FJ Balcon (AI) - 2 laps - Retired
27. #0 GnarlyBot (AI) - 2 laps - Crash
26. #29 Michael Madrigal - 2 laps - Crash
25. #31 Takuma Sato (AI) - 6 laps - Camshaft
24. #11 Ryan Griffin - 7 laps - Crash
23. #4 Ian Cooper - 7 laps - Crash
22. #00 CharlieBot (AI) - 8 laps - Header
21. #21 Justin Lewis - 8 laps - Crash
20. #3 Andrew Missile (AI) - 10 laps - Header
19. #14 Sebastien Bourdais (AI) - 10 laps - Camshaft
FORMULA FIVE - LAST PLACE STANDINGS - DRIVERS
1. Matthew Contey, Matt Brinson, Tom Delgado (1)
FORMULA FIVE - LAST PLACE STANDINGS - TEAMS
1. MRD-Simtek (2)
2. Kensethfan Racing (1)
Next Race: Cleveland Grand Prix (August 26th)
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