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The second stage of the 2020 Nations Cup got underway on July 4th.
It would turn out to be a stage where Australia's Latkovski, dominant winner of Stage 1, would be pushed very hard by his up-and-coming rival, McEwen of New Zealand (AE_McEwen).
Indeed, McEwen outscored Latkovski in Rounds 15, 18 and 19 - though in all three races both drivers failed to perform well enough for these points to be added to their totals.

This meant that Latkovski remained top of the leaderboard going into the final race, but the scene was set for an all-new tussle between the old Oceania rivals, Australia and New Zealand.

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The final race of Stage 2 was a one-make race, with all drivers in a F1500T-A. It took place on the Circuit de Sainte-Croix-C.
Australia's Latkovski took pole position, with New Zealand's McEwen back in third and hoping for a come-from-behind victory.

Things got off to a tumultuous start. Latkovski suffered a major wheelspin, and fell down to sixth place almost immediately. His main rival McEwen, on the other hand, started brilliantly, and soon found himself in the lead.
This didn't last long, however, as on the second turn Australia's Lindgren (dylanlindgren) got on the inside of McEwen to claim first place for himself.

His terrible start meant that Latkovski was caught up among the chasing pack, but he was still able to move up to third place by the second lap, and soon after that he was hot on McEwen's heels.

The leading pack all took a pit stop on the fourth lap. At this point it became apparent that Latkovski was opting for a three-stop strategy that would allow him to use soft tyres twice.

This strategy paid off on the fifth lap. The superior grip of Latkovki's soft tyres proving no match for Lindgren's hard tyres, the series leader overtaking his compatriot on the second turn.

Things soon got even worse for Lindgren, as McEwen also overtook him, pushing him down to third place. Soon afterwards, both drivers took a pit stop to change their tyres.

At this point, Latkovski enjoyed a 20 second lead over McEwen in second place, but he still had to take two pit stops for mandatory tyre changes.

Latkovski waited until the eighth lap, by which time he had a massive 30 second lead, to take the first of these pit stops. McEwen duly took the opportunity to cut the lead down to 17 seconds.

The race entered its final lap. Latkovski took another pit stop, and made his final mandatory tyre change. This was McEwen's big chance to close the gap, but he was unable to sufficiently pick up the pace, and had to settle for second place in the end.

Despite suffering a dreadful start, Latkovski displayed great pace and a perfect pit strategy to romp home the clear winner. The victory ensured that he would end Stage 2 as he had begun it - on top of the leaderboard.

Rank	Driver	DR	SR	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Rd. 11	Rd. 12	Rd. 13	Rd. 14	Rd. 15	Rd. 16	Rd. 17	Rd. 18	Rd. 19	Rd. 20	Total
1	Australia Nik_Makozi	S	S	252	276	354	273	289	227	374	-	278	364	0	225	252	228	219	371	-	204	273	378	1841
2	New Zealand AE_McEwen	S	S	210	288	342	228	-	272	334	162	255	378	-	-	-	-	229	358	-	248	285	365	1777
3	Australia MetalGear9493	S	S	240	252	231	272	-	-	226	274	320	392	244	215	231	295	295	345	279	-	-	-	1647
4	Australia dylanlindgren	S	S	229	190	291	172	277	0	293	254	197	349	223	178	223	-	0	331	221	-	190	337	1601
5	Australia emreeree	S	S	218	228	316	249	282	277	266	262	316	335	-	-	259	270	-	318	246	-	-	296	1581
6	Australia LR__AmazingHour	S	S	251	240	0	260	269	284	253	255	290	321	265	-	280	246	283	304	222	216	261	351	1550
7	Australia MINT_Matt	S	S	-	234	329	-	-	241	361	299	-	255	226	-	257	-	282	-	236	-	238	0	1528
8	Australia VLX_GTR	S	S	-	-	-	-	229	252	347	182	280	221	220	-	-	-	81	278	-	237	-	310	1467
9	New Zealand sidawg2	S	S	164	218	304	-	241	-	280	237	306	292	-	-	241	-	245	-	203	-	-	-	1427
10	Australia AE_schnickoman	S	S	-	219	253	-	-	289	307	-	243	306	-	-	-	-	-	264	-	-	-	241	1419