"And here comes Lucia Aelschu through the final ring to win the Grand Prix d'Anjou by a country mile. It's good to have Lucia back at her best, right, Bob?"

  "It is, Sam, masterful performance all the way through. Never count her out."

  "Never did, Bob, she's still third in the championship even on a bad start to the season, though that won't quite change yet as here's Nikita Coro taking zir second second-place finish of the year, ze'll still be one point ahead of Aelschu. And just behind Coro is Gerald Ipemas, who you'd have to say got a bit of a windfall from that ugly tussle between Andoal and Markwe that dropped them both down the order."

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  "Yeah, but it was a quiet race for him and he kept his nose clean, Temisia can't ask for more than that from their second rider with the team leader having to recover from thirteenth, where's he going to come in?"

  "Fifth, looks like, just ran out of laps to catch Phoebe Tenryuu in fourth, she's another one who's had a clean race, kept out of trouble and punched above her weight, Soot must be absolutely at his limit."

  "She better not have pushed him too hard, that's a very special dragon she's got there."

  "He is, but I know she'll be pleased with that result. Now she can say she's finished ahead of everyone on the grid at least once."

  "Let's see her beat Andoal on a day he doesn't get caught out scrapping in the midfield. Arden Markwe sixth, there, then Queru Idcoulh and Idrin Felvan round out the points."

  "That's Felvan's first championship point of the year, right?"

  "Looks like."

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  Friday: Phoebe - major update (1046 words)

  Saturday: DNN2 - supplement (405 words)

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  Fourth race: Buildup starts June 26th, race day July 7th

  Fifth race: Buildup starts July 8th, race day July 20th

  Sixth race: Buildup starts July 22nd, race day 4th August

  Seventh race: Buildup starts 5th August, race day 12th August

  Eighth race: Buildup starts 13th August, race day 18th August

  Ninth race: Buildup starts 19th August, race day 25th August

  Tenth race: Buildup starts 26th August, race day 1st September

  Mid-season break: 4th-8th September

  Eleventh race: Buildup starts 9th September, race day 15th September

  Twelfth race: Buildup starts 16th September, race day 22nd September

  Thirteenth race: Buildup starts 23rd September, race day 6th October

  Fourteenth race: Buildup starts 7th October, race day 13th October

  Fifteenth race: Buildup starts 14th October, race day 20th October

  Sixteenth race: Buildup starts 23rd October, race day 27th October

  Seventeenth race: Buildup starts 30th October, race day 10th November

  Final race: Buildup starts 11th November, race day tbd (likely 1st week in December)