Race Control – May 2019

32 • RACE CONTROL

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ROUND 3

BARBER MOTORSPORTS PARK. ALABAMA

2.3 mile Permanent Road Course

17 turns

90 Laps

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So onwards to round three for the season and the venue that up until

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another sign of the healthy place the series is in.

It certainly presented a mixed up grid with many upsets and dramas in

the practice and qualifying sessions but in the end the ever smiling Takuma

Sato took away the pole position for the weekend along side his team mate

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conversation.