The fourth and penultimate round of the Tiger Express Z30 Festival took place on the low-downforce Aston Central Reversed(AS11R) configuration, with GTRs. A simple but challenging track, requiring a good compormise between handling and speed. A nice field of 25 cars was present this time, sign of an healthy and steady turn-up rate.
After a difficult season start(6th in round 1, DNF in round 2), Matias Pikkarainen(spdo Racing) came back stronger, and took a commanding win from pole. Matias took spdo Racing’s first victory in a Tiger Express sanctionned event, since TEM’s First Birthday event in August 2010. The Finnish driver won 6 seconds in front of Joe Holmes(ineX Racing), who had a great recovery drive after spin dropping him to 7th, in the opening laps. Teemu Iivonen(ineX Racing) completes a 100% FZR podium.
The chasing group comes 20 seconds behind the winner, with Phil Diaz(ineX Racing) taking 4th in his XRR, just in front of the leading bus of Yann Laprevotte(Tiger Express Motorsports), and Simon Cattell’s FZR(ineX Racing), after having a race long fight for 5th.
Reno Kööts(spdo Racing) comes in 7th after a difficult race. Jack Ward(Team Vires), David Jundt(Tiger Express Motorsports), and Angel Power Racing’s top-driver Martin Kapal round up the top 10. Alexis Georg(French street Racers) is the last driver to finish in the lead lap, in 11th.
Round 2 winner Dennis Lind ran out of fuel from the final lap, from 5th, which puts him out of the contention at the championship. He is nevertheless classified in 12th, just in front of Philip Ellis, who had any chance for a good result ruined after a contact with Lind early in the race.
Lind wasn’t the only Dane to run out of petrol. This also happened to Ditlev Errebo(DABAR Racing), breaking a great series of 4 top 10 in 4 races. The only other major retirement in this race was for round 3 double winner Rudy van Buren(ineX Racing), who crashed at turn 1 from 3rd.
With a great 2nd place, Holmes extends his lead at the drivers’ championship. Only his team-mate Teemu Iivonen can beat him anymore, but the Finnish driver must win the final round, and Holmes be 4th or worse. Things are closer for the runner-up spot however, with Iivonen, Dennis Lind, Simon Cattell and Phil Diaz all grouped in 18 points.
At the teams’ championship, ineX are now officially champions, after a dominating season: 3 wins and 10 podiums in 5 races. With Pikkarainen’s win, spdo Racing now looks safe in 2nd place. 3rd place is still at stake coming to the final round, with 18 points between Tiger Express Motorsports in 3rd, and Angel Power Racing in 4th.
Results | Standings [worst round not yet dropped] | Penalties | Pictures
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After a difficult season start(6th in round 1, DNF in round 2), Matias Pikkarainen(spdo Racing) came back stronger, and took a commanding win from pole. Matias took spdo Racing’s first victory in a Tiger Express sanctionned event, since TEM’s First Birthday event in August 2010. The Finnish driver won 6 seconds in front of Joe Holmes(ineX Racing), who had a great recovery drive after spin dropping him to 7th, in the opening laps. Teemu Iivonen(ineX Racing) completes a 100% FZR podium.
The chasing group comes 20 seconds behind the winner, with Phil Diaz(ineX Racing) taking 4th in his XRR, just in front of the leading bus of Yann Laprevotte(Tiger Express Motorsports), and Simon Cattell’s FZR(ineX Racing), after having a race long fight for 5th.
Reno Kööts(spdo Racing) comes in 7th after a difficult race. Jack Ward(Team Vires), David Jundt(Tiger Express Motorsports), and Angel Power Racing’s top-driver Martin Kapal round up the top 10. Alexis Georg(French street Racers) is the last driver to finish in the lead lap, in 11th.
Round 2 winner Dennis Lind ran out of fuel from the final lap, from 5th, which puts him out of the contention at the championship. He is nevertheless classified in 12th, just in front of Philip Ellis, who had any chance for a good result ruined after a contact with Lind early in the race.
Lind wasn’t the only Dane to run out of petrol. This also happened to Ditlev Errebo(DABAR Racing), breaking a great series of 4 top 10 in 4 races. The only other major retirement in this race was for round 3 double winner Rudy van Buren(ineX Racing), who crashed at turn 1 from 3rd.
With a great 2nd place, Holmes extends his lead at the drivers’ championship. Only his team-mate Teemu Iivonen can beat him anymore, but the Finnish driver must win the final round, and Holmes be 4th or worse. Things are closer for the runner-up spot however, with Iivonen, Dennis Lind, Simon Cattell and Phil Diaz all grouped in 18 points.
At the teams’ championship, ineX are now officially champions, after a dominating season: 3 wins and 10 podiums in 5 races. With Pikkarainen’s win, spdo Racing now looks safe in 2nd place. 3rd place is still at stake coming to the final round, with 18 points between Tiger Express Motorsports in 3rd, and Angel Power Racing in 4th.
Results | Standings [worst round not yet dropped] | Penalties | Pictures
Full article with drivers quotes on www.tigerexpress.net