00:00...certainly rain falling in that part of the track, you normally don't see these cars sliding through...
00:05...that part of the track, so they are now starting to battle the conditions.
00:09School Light has to...
00:10...to defend as well from Phil McLaughlin, we're hearing safety car.
00:15...safety car and Rihanna, as just mentioned from Pit Lane, proper rain...
00:20...so it is properly raining here at Teratonga and that's why we're under safety...
00:25...safety car, that's Sid Manson there, so he's...
00:30...got the wall on the exit of turn four there, so...
00:35...quite heavily too by the looks of it, front and rear wings missing on this car.
00:40...and he's pouring absolutely...
00:45...teaming down here at Teratonga, the sixth drone can...
00:49...shows the sound...
00:50...great to see young Seb moving around in the car.
00:53Oh man, that thing has had an...
00:55...enormous accident.
00:57That is the main thing, seeing him jump out of that car.
01:00Obviously a lot of damage to that car, but most importantly...
01:05...sev, he's climbing out of that car and that is just a huge testament to the safety...
01:10...of these Tattoos chassis, these Castrol Tourer from the regional...
01:15...Oceania cars, they are very, very safe, there's a lot of safety gear.
01:20...that goes into making sure that these drivers...
01:24...yeah, it's...
01:25...not just the halo that's the visible component isn't it, it's all the...
01:28...crash structure and the carbon...
01:30...tub that has evolved so quickly over the years...
01:34...that's clearly...
01:35...where the car has gone in to the tyre banks here around Teratonga.
01:40...and the carbon fibre monocoque, the crash structures, the side impact protection...
01:45...as well, the big carbon box on the back of the car's rear crash structure...
01:50...the nose takes impact, as well and...
01:55...the nose takes impact as well and...
01:55The word is now that the track has been declared WEX.
01:57So that does two things.
01:59It allows you to put a...
02:00...wet tyre on if you want, but also it allows or removes the use of...
02:05...push to pass.
02:10What a weekend for the Manson family.
02:13Marco coming off the...
02:15...remarkable win in an unbelievable Formula Ford race in Napa Formula Ford New Zealand.
02:20Championship just early.
02:22He's watching his brother and glad that he is...
02:25...AOK recovery teams on site and tending to him.
02:30So the track has been declared WEX.
02:32No push to pass.
02:34So you can check where it is.
02:35The race lead it.
02:36Ten pikes remaining in this one.
02:38This is certainly where they're going to...
02:40...have their work cut out now with these conditions.
02:42Slicks on a track.
02:45Like this with rain falling.
02:50Just shows how quickly it can all change.
02:52You can just start seeing them slide around a bit.
02:55All it took was one car to leave the road.
03:00And red flag.
03:03Red flag.
03:03The rice has been...
03:05Suspended.
03:07And I'm taking the punt here, Andrew.
03:09But I reckon it could...
03:10...to allow the teams to put wet tyres on.
03:13Yep.
03:13For sure.
03:15The...
03:15So the teams aren't...
03:20...set up.
03:20We should clarify.
03:21The teams are not set up for racing pit stops.
03:22So unlike Formula One or IndyCar even...
03:25Formula Two, they're not set up to perform competition pit stops.
03:29So from...
03:30...a sense of balance and making sure everyone has the same opportunity.
03:34The race is suspended.
03:35The teams can come in, fit a wet weather Pirelli tyre and then resume the race.
03:40In the order that they currently run but with a wet weather tyre.
03:45So they still managed to get Shipman's car there done in enough time to get it back out on...
03:50...the track without losing a lap looking like it.
03:54So whether we get that done...
03:55...as quickly as they possibly can.
03:56So red flag means they'll stop on the main straight.
04:00Mmmmmmmm...
04:02Mmmmmmm...
04:04Mmmmmmm...
04:05Obrigado.
04:10Obrigado.
04:15Obrigado.
04:20Obrigado.
04:25Obrigado.
04:30Obrigado.
04:35Obrigado.
04:40Obrigado.
04:42Obrigado.
04:43Obrigado.
04:44Obrigado.
04:45Obrigado.
04:50Obrigado.
04:52Obrigado.
04:53Obrigado.
04:54Obrigado.
04:55Obrigado.
04:57Obrigado.
04:58Obrigado.
04:59Obrigado.
05:00Sebastián back.
05:01Mark Pilcher, the team boss at M2 competition.
05:05Remarkably successful squad and Rusty on the scene there just making sure that young bloke
05:10looks all right.
05:11Let's go down.
05:12Let's go to Rihanna first.
05:14Carlsey, it's just been one of the...
05:15these weekends, hasn't it?
05:16It rains, it stops.
05:17It rains, it stops.
05:18Obviously we had a quick downpour just before...
05:20Cooper Shipman came into pit lane, fitted those wet tyres on.
05:23Pretty much every team had wet tyres out.
05:25ready to go to their cars, but it had stopped raining now.
05:28It stopped raining for this brief...
05:30period.
05:31So now there's confusion at Kiwi Motor Spot.
05:33What do we do?
05:34Do we put the slicks back on?
05:35Do we keep the...
05:35It's just been one of those weekends where it's just such a gamble and so difficult for...
05:40teams to make a decision.
05:41I'm with Sebastian Manson who's just had a word to some of the management and the...
05:45crew here at M2.
05:46Firstly, mate, you look like you're okay, are you?
05:48Yeah, yeah, all good.
05:49Just a little...
05:50Just a little knock.
05:51Just tell us what unfolded, how it felt, the weather was tricky obviously and...
05:55in what state the chassis is in the car.
05:57Yeah, just probably a little bit ambitious.
06:00Just while the Reimers coming down grabbed fourth gear coming out of the exit of turn two.
06:05and then just caught like lost into the entry of turn three.
06:08Just couldn't keep it out of the barriers.
06:10Will it be right for next weekend?
06:12Important home race obviously with the Grand Prix.
06:15Uh...
06:15Hopefully you will have to have a check with the mechanics and everything but yeah, I would
06:18love to...
06:19Hope...
06:20Hope it's alright but yeah.
06:21Respect the honesty.
06:22Thank you mate.
06:23Cheers.
06:24Thank you.
06:25Greg Rust with Sebastian Manson down there in the M2 Competition Fits.
06:30Thank you to Rust Ian for...
06:32Seb for having a chat.
06:35Uh...
06:36Open and admire his honesty about how that one played out.
06:40And then you heard from Rhianna before that so the rain has just picked up again.
06:45as we were hearing from Seb Manson, I wonder what...
06:50You do and it's such a light shower and it's only a little passing one.
06:55according to the radar.
06:56So do you put a wet on or do you...
07:00Do you roll the dice and keep it on a slick tyre and if you're...
07:05What on earth do you do because you've got a 50-50 chance of getting a good rider.
07:10At this point.
07:11At this exact moment, what Hugachuku is doing right now is the right call.
07:15just to sit there and wait it out as long as you can before you make any decisions.
07:20because you don't want to make a decision now.
07:22Right, let's go to wets, put them on and then we sit here for an...
07:25another 10-15 minutes and it dries out or vice versa.
07:28So the best thing to do here...
07:30is just sit and wait it out as you can lightly see that rain starting to fall and...
07:35and they cannot change the wits while...
07:37they cannot change the wits while...
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