A big challenge was waiting for the drivers before the summer break. On the Fern Bay Black circuit there’s a fine line between driving on or over the limit, the cars are under heavy load as well, requesting every bit of attention by the drivers. We also could invite „Xcite Dragon Racing“, who had a great debut in qualifying.
Both drivers made it into the second qualifying. But shortly after it has started Nelson Marques, contender for the championship had to his session after oversteering his slightly damaged car. Sascha Riegler, driver for Xcite Dragon Racing, took pole-position in front of spdos Carten Hörenbaum by just 0.11 seconds. Rumors developed that Riegler has a very light car, but if he wins the start it could pay off.
The red lights went off and Riegler stormed away, leaving Hörenbaum behind him, who had to defend himself against Adam Wisniewski, driver for 1stBFA and leader of the championship, for the second position. But the order stayed like it was before and no risky actions were taken and no accidents happened during the start phase. The other driver of the 1stBFA was Matthias Felix who lost a few positions at the start but surprised Björn Rottland of Xcite Dragon Racing at the bridge. A bit later Speedfreaks Damon Ryder made a mistake that made him last of the field.
But Ryder and SpeedCores Nelson Marques, who started ninth after his qualifying mistake, could easily make up positions as they weren’t the only ones doing mistakes. Next to Peter Hopkins was also Pedro Marques, who had to retire early. IRTs Sebastian Cron, who was stuck behind Marques for a long time, couldn’t benefit from that as he had to retire as well.
At the front Riegler went early to the pits as expected. Hörenbaum and Wisniewski stayed out four laps longerwhich allowed Hörenbaum to take the lead, Wisniewski came out just a few seconds behind Riegler, but a small mistake by Riegler at the first chicane let him move forward to second position.
Hörenbaum made a short stop which led to a three-stop strategy unlike Wisniewski, who planned two stops and was on a good way when the former couldn’t increase the gap before his second stop. But Wisniewski lost for a few laps his consistency that made it easier for Hörenbaum to stay in front of him after his third stop. Another one who made great progress was Zimmermann, who started from the last place with a full tank, normally a no-go on a track with many turns, but he found himself on third position after Riegler had to made his second stop earlier than planned. A damper failure – what else on this track – was the reason for that. He fell behind Nelson Marques and was on fourth position. Riegler was more in trouble when he did a mistake before the bridge and destroyed the left side of the car. A spin at the fast chicane shortly after that marked the end of a debut race that started so well.
Wisniewski lost in his five laps after the last stop so much time that Hörenbaum was out of reach when he rejoined the track. Hörenbaum wins his second race in this season in front of Wisniewski, while Marques drove safely to his third podium finish in a row. After almost ninety minutes the battle for fourth was still running between Felix and Zimmermann. After Felix did a very long stop at the pits he fell behind Zimmermann, but a better exit out of the fast chicane gave him a chance to overtake although Zimmermann was on the inside line. But the latter broke too late and went thorugh the grass. After recovering both were side by side but then Felix was on the inside and took fourth. Zimmermann wanted to keep track of him but a curb ruined his damper and therefore had to back off. Luckily for him Damon Ryder, who took sixth, was too far away to took advantage. Thelast points went to Franz-Josef Stumm on seventh and Björn Rottland on eighth, scoring the first points for his team.
Wisniewski increases his amount of points up to 56 over Marques and is now eight points in front of him, but just one unlucky race and Marques and even Hörenbaum with 31 points are back in the race. In the team championship the 1stBerlinFunAgency-RacingTeam leads with just about twenty points ahead of SpeedCore and spdo, but with six races left nothing is decided yet.
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Both drivers made it into the second qualifying. But shortly after it has started Nelson Marques, contender for the championship had to his session after oversteering his slightly damaged car. Sascha Riegler, driver for Xcite Dragon Racing, took pole-position in front of spdos Carten Hörenbaum by just 0.11 seconds. Rumors developed that Riegler has a very light car, but if he wins the start it could pay off.
The red lights went off and Riegler stormed away, leaving Hörenbaum behind him, who had to defend himself against Adam Wisniewski, driver for 1stBFA and leader of the championship, for the second position. But the order stayed like it was before and no risky actions were taken and no accidents happened during the start phase. The other driver of the 1stBFA was Matthias Felix who lost a few positions at the start but surprised Björn Rottland of Xcite Dragon Racing at the bridge. A bit later Speedfreaks Damon Ryder made a mistake that made him last of the field.
But Ryder and SpeedCores Nelson Marques, who started ninth after his qualifying mistake, could easily make up positions as they weren’t the only ones doing mistakes. Next to Peter Hopkins was also Pedro Marques, who had to retire early. IRTs Sebastian Cron, who was stuck behind Marques for a long time, couldn’t benefit from that as he had to retire as well.
At the front Riegler went early to the pits as expected. Hörenbaum and Wisniewski stayed out four laps longerwhich allowed Hörenbaum to take the lead, Wisniewski came out just a few seconds behind Riegler, but a small mistake by Riegler at the first chicane let him move forward to second position.
Hörenbaum made a short stop which led to a three-stop strategy unlike Wisniewski, who planned two stops and was on a good way when the former couldn’t increase the gap before his second stop. But Wisniewski lost for a few laps his consistency that made it easier for Hörenbaum to stay in front of him after his third stop. Another one who made great progress was Zimmermann, who started from the last place with a full tank, normally a no-go on a track with many turns, but he found himself on third position after Riegler had to made his second stop earlier than planned. A damper failure – what else on this track – was the reason for that. He fell behind Nelson Marques and was on fourth position. Riegler was more in trouble when he did a mistake before the bridge and destroyed the left side of the car. A spin at the fast chicane shortly after that marked the end of a debut race that started so well.
Wisniewski lost in his five laps after the last stop so much time that Hörenbaum was out of reach when he rejoined the track. Hörenbaum wins his second race in this season in front of Wisniewski, while Marques drove safely to his third podium finish in a row. After almost ninety minutes the battle for fourth was still running between Felix and Zimmermann. After Felix did a very long stop at the pits he fell behind Zimmermann, but a better exit out of the fast chicane gave him a chance to overtake although Zimmermann was on the inside line. But the latter broke too late and went thorugh the grass. After recovering both were side by side but then Felix was on the inside and took fourth. Zimmermann wanted to keep track of him but a curb ruined his damper and therefore had to back off. Luckily for him Damon Ryder, who took sixth, was too far away to took advantage. Thelast points went to Franz-Josef Stumm on seventh and Björn Rottland on eighth, scoring the first points for his team.
Wisniewski increases his amount of points up to 56 over Marques and is now eight points in front of him, but just one unlucky race and Marques and even Hörenbaum with 31 points are back in the race. In the team championship the 1stBerlinFunAgency-RacingTeam leads with just about twenty points ahead of SpeedCore and spdo, but with six races left nothing is decided yet.
The OWRL F1 season goes into a summer break. We will come back at 5th September with the race on Kyoto National, followed by the start of our fifteenth S2 Season. Keep Racing!
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Standings (Clear your cache if necessary)
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Full screenshots at owrl.de