Carsten Hörenbaum of spdo Racing has won the first race of the OWRL F1 2009 in Aston in front of Dave Southword (Sonicrealms Racing) and Nelson Marques, driver of SpeedCore Racing. Constant driving combined with well-timed pitstops gave him the upper hand on this fast track, but things didn’t look quite well during the race.
Before the race two qualifying sessions were held and it was very close around the 10th position that gives access to the second part. The 2008 champion Matthias Agari found himself 9th in the end, just making it in the Top 10 while three times MRT champion Jürgen Gießler just missed it by 0.06 seconds behind Sascha Zimmermann. In the second part all drivers wanted to burn as much fuel as possible, but for Hörenbaum and Southword things didn’t worked out as planned as they lost concentration and spun, Southword had to pit for damage, but also took the time for a new set of tyres which gave him pole-position by half a second in front of Innovate Racing driver Martin Macjon and Adam Wisniewski, who was driving for 1stBFA and also starting from the pits after a rule infringement.
Now it was time to let 24 Formula 1 cars rush to the first turn, always a dangerous situation and this time it wasn’t different. At the front Macjon had a great start and moved to the front within two hundred metres. At the back Andy Schönig spun on his own but took no one else with him into the barrier. But both drivers of the AutoMotoTrke.net Sim Racing Team were out in the first sector after Milan Radonjic hit his teammate Nenad Zivkovic in the back at turn one. Both cars get damaged and doesn’t make it to the pits. Going down to the hairpins Hörenbaum gets pushed to the outside by Nelson Marques while a few places behind them the second driver of spdo, Martin Silhanek, spins Matthias Agari.
With Macjon at the front the first laps flew by until Southword, who was staying close to Macjon got onto the grass at the entry of the final chicane and went straight to the barrier that closes the way to the club circuit, but didn’t touch it and continued on 5th with Krinninger on his tail. Behind them was a big pack of drivers fighting for every inch on the track while battling for positions seven to twelve. While Marques took second place, Sascha Zimmermann was driving on third place in his first OWRL F1 league race.
After lap 9 the first pitstops were done. Wisniewski, who was starting from the pits fought his way through the field up to fourth when he made his stop. Leading was Zimmermann, but a very long stop made him fall back to eighth. Even Peter Hopkins was temporary second although falling back to twelvth after the start. Soon the field has sorted itself again with Macjon at the front, but once there he makes an error on the fast left-right hander in the second sector and has to give up with a damaged suspension.
Southword has made a short stop and was on his way to the front and overtook Marques and two laps before his second stop Hörenbaum. Marques got close to the leader as well, but then Hörenbaum drove away with one fast lap after another, and with enough fuel for seven more laps the gap was big enough for staying at the front even after his second and final stop. Marques stayed out just a few laps longer than Southword and came out in front of him. But Southword was faster and in the final laps, he overtook him for second place. The gap to the leader was ten seconds, but even though Hörenbaum was driving safely to keep his tyres alive, he couldn’t get him anymore and kept the second position in front of Nelson Marques. The fourth place goes to Adam Wisniewski with a late second pitstop in front of Peter Hopkins and last years champion Matthias Agari. The last points go to Sascha Zimmermann on seventh and Damon Ryder on eighth, who can rescue himself into the finish in front of the flying Jürgen Gießler behind him.
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Before the race two qualifying sessions were held and it was very close around the 10th position that gives access to the second part. The 2008 champion Matthias Agari found himself 9th in the end, just making it in the Top 10 while three times MRT champion Jürgen Gießler just missed it by 0.06 seconds behind Sascha Zimmermann. In the second part all drivers wanted to burn as much fuel as possible, but for Hörenbaum and Southword things didn’t worked out as planned as they lost concentration and spun, Southword had to pit for damage, but also took the time for a new set of tyres which gave him pole-position by half a second in front of Innovate Racing driver Martin Macjon and Adam Wisniewski, who was driving for 1stBFA and also starting from the pits after a rule infringement.
Now it was time to let 24 Formula 1 cars rush to the first turn, always a dangerous situation and this time it wasn’t different. At the front Macjon had a great start and moved to the front within two hundred metres. At the back Andy Schönig spun on his own but took no one else with him into the barrier. But both drivers of the AutoMotoTrke.net Sim Racing Team were out in the first sector after Milan Radonjic hit his teammate Nenad Zivkovic in the back at turn one. Both cars get damaged and doesn’t make it to the pits. Going down to the hairpins Hörenbaum gets pushed to the outside by Nelson Marques while a few places behind them the second driver of spdo, Martin Silhanek, spins Matthias Agari.
With Macjon at the front the first laps flew by until Southword, who was staying close to Macjon got onto the grass at the entry of the final chicane and went straight to the barrier that closes the way to the club circuit, but didn’t touch it and continued on 5th with Krinninger on his tail. Behind them was a big pack of drivers fighting for every inch on the track while battling for positions seven to twelve. While Marques took second place, Sascha Zimmermann was driving on third place in his first OWRL F1 league race.
After lap 9 the first pitstops were done. Wisniewski, who was starting from the pits fought his way through the field up to fourth when he made his stop. Leading was Zimmermann, but a very long stop made him fall back to eighth. Even Peter Hopkins was temporary second although falling back to twelvth after the start. Soon the field has sorted itself again with Macjon at the front, but once there he makes an error on the fast left-right hander in the second sector and has to give up with a damaged suspension.
Southword has made a short stop and was on his way to the front and overtook Marques and two laps before his second stop Hörenbaum. Marques got close to the leader as well, but then Hörenbaum drove away with one fast lap after another, and with enough fuel for seven more laps the gap was big enough for staying at the front even after his second and final stop. Marques stayed out just a few laps longer than Southword and came out in front of him. But Southword was faster and in the final laps, he overtook him for second place. The gap to the leader was ten seconds, but even though Hörenbaum was driving safely to keep his tyres alive, he couldn’t get him anymore and kept the second position in front of Nelson Marques. The fourth place goes to Adam Wisniewski with a late second pitstop in front of Peter Hopkins and last years champion Matthias Agari. The last points go to Sascha Zimmermann on seventh and Damon Ryder on eighth, who can rescue himself into the finish in front of the flying Jürgen Gießler behind him.
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