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Gaia claims win and championship in Master ROK after Phillips comes in underweight

The win was just icing on the cake for Gaia's dominate FWT championship season.

Magno Gaia
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Wesley Phillips was really the only other driver that could keep with the pace of this season's top Master driver, Magno Gaia. Phillips grabbed the lead right from the start, gapping the Brazilian by nearly a second on the opening lap. That gap remained consistent for most of the event, until the latter stages when Gaia started to inch closer.

However, the move for the lead never came from Gaia as Phillips was able to hold enough advantage to keep the Orsolon Racing driver back. Phillips would unfortunately come in underweight at the scale line, advancing Gaia to the win and joined on the podium with Adrian Donkers and Gabriel Iemma.

Whether he won or not, Gaia had the championship locked down, which the win only added to his advantage in the final table. The same three in the championship were the same three in the final, with Donkers and Iemma in second and third respectively.

Race Results - Top Five

2018 Florida Winter Tour Orlando Master ROK Final
Rnk # Driver Gap Best Time
1 672 GAIA MAGNO 55.252
2 606 DONKERS ADRIAN 9.627 55.78
3 652 IEMMA GABRIEL 16.442 55.945
4 623 AURIEMMA MICHAEL 20.266 56.248
5 657 DACOSTA FRANCISCO 22.39 56.302
Full standings
Rnk # Driver Gap Best Time
6 621 MARQUES FRANCISCO 22.881 56.436
7 619 DE LUCA ALESSANDRO 27.232 56.65
8 618 SARKIS YAMMINE 59.753 56.556
9 611 RIEGER DANIEL 1 Lap 55.869
DQ 602 PHILLIPS WESLEY 55.332
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