The Porto Corsa Grand Prix (officially known as the Second race of the World Grand Prix) was the second race in the World Grand Prix, which took in 2011 at the Porto Corsa Street Circuit in Porto Corsa, Italy. The circuit starts from the port, along a spectacular road, rises and then falls, then passes on the huge Casino Bridge, and then returns to the port.
The race was won by Lightning McQueen ahead of Francesco Bernoulli and Jeff Gorvette (did not finish).
Starting grid[]
| Position | Number | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Francesco Bernoulli
|
| 2 | 95 |  Lightning McQueen
|
| 3 | 8 |  Carla Veloso
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| 4 | 7 |  Shu Todoroki
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| 5 | 24 | Jeff Gorvette
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| 6 | 5 |  Miguel Camino
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| 7 | 2 |  Lewis Hamilton
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| 8 | 4 |  Max Schnell
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| 9 | 9 |  Nigel Gearsley
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| 10 | 10 |  Rip Clutchgoneski
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| 11 | 06 |  Raoul ÇaRoule
|
Race[]
Race report[]
During the middle of the race, Carla Veloso and Nigel Gearsley's engines overheated at the Casino Bridge. Later on, on the last lap of the race, Shu Todoroki's engine overheated which caused a collision with Miguel Camino, Max Schnell, Raoul ÇaRoule and Rip Clutchgoneski. Fortunately, Jeff Gorvette and Lewis Hamilton managed to avoid the wreck by slamming on their brakes.
Race classification[]
| Position | Number | Name | Laps | Time/Retired[N 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95 | Lightning McQueen
|
60 | 55:18:000 |
| 2 | 1 | Francesco Bernoulli
|
60 | 55:18:033 |
| DNF | 24 | Jeff Gorvette
|
60 | Stuck |
| DNF | 2 | Lewis Hamilton
|
60 | Stuck |
| DNF | 10 | Rip Clutchgoneski
|
60 | Collision Damage |
| DNF | 06 | Raoul ÇaRoule
|
60 | Collision Damage |
| DNF | 4 | Max Schnell
|
60 | Collision Damage |
| DNF | 5 | Miguel Camino
|
60 | Collision Damage |
| DNF | 7 | Shu Todoroki
|
60 | Engine Failure |
| DNF | 9 | Nigel Gearsley
|
35 | Engine Failure |
| DNF | 8 | Carla Veloso
|
35 | Engine Failure |
Carla Veloso's engine overheated on the 35th lap of the race
Nigel Gearsley's engine overheated on the 35th of the race
Shu Todoroki's engine overheated on the final lap of the race
Post-race[]
After the accident, in an interview with Miles Axlerod, he announced that the final race would be held, but without requiring the use of Allinol.
Circuit[]
Layout[]
The start-finish straight line runs along the harbour, surrounded by four bleachers and a journalistic area for the podium behind the panel. Two giant screens are set up on the sea-side stand, and many yachts were lined up near the port.
The circuit has 50 turns, of which 13 are on the dirt section and 17 considered as technical turns.
Pit lane[]
| Position | Number and Pit logo | Racer | Crew Chief | Firt pitty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x | Unassigned | × | × |
| 2 |  2
|
Lewis Hamilton
|
Bruce Boxmann
|
Lewis Hamilton's Pitty
|
| 3 |  4
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Max Schnell
|
Otto Bonn
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Max Schnell's Pitty
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| 4 |  10
|
Rip Clutchgoneski
|
Brian Gearlooski
|
Terrell Geartry
|
| 5 |  8
|
Carla Veloso
|
Cruz Besouro
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Adam Parke
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| 6 |  24
|
Jeff Gorvette
|
John Lassetire
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Turbo Bullock
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| 7 |  95
|
Lightning McQueen
|
Luigi
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Guido
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| 8 |  7
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Shu Todoroki[N 2]
|
Mach Matsuo
|
Kik
|
| 9 |  1
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Francesco Bernoulli[N 3]
|
Giuseppe Motorosi
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Alex Machino
|
| 10 |  06
|
Raoul ÇaRoule
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Bruno Motoreau
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E. Manual Maniez
|
| 11 |  5
|
Miguel Camino
|
Petro Cartalina
|
Honk Cho
|
| 12 |  9
|
Nigel Gearsley
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Austin Littleton
|
Nick Pit-Tire
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Francesco Bernoulli, Miguel Camino and Raoul ÇaRoule racing on a Porto Corsa poster.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Porto Corsa circuit is the only one of the three circuits to be in the right direction. Indeed, the Tokyo and London tracks must be flipped in axial symmetry to match the layout visible on the screen.
- The left side of the circuit (turns 28 to 38) is inspired by the Circuit de Monaco.
- Even though Jeff Gorvette and Lewis Hamilton did not got involved in the crash, they have not crossed the finish line (due to getting stuck at the Casino Bridge), which is why they still did not finish the race.
- This is considered to be the most harmful race, because of having almost all of the racers crash.
- The Italian name of the World Grand Prix (Mondiale Grand Prix) can be seen on the edges of the circuit.
References[]
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