A lot of people this week-end at Nurburgring for the Clio Cup, as the German and Italian Clio drivers were participating to our Championship.
A first busy race with a lot of crashes, and runaways and twice the safety car during the race.
Joakim finished twice at the second position.
Nicolas Metairie was the first Junior for the second race.
Joakim : "It was very important for me to get better results after my difficult week-end at Zolder last week. I am happy with my 2 podiums but I really wanted to win to thank my mechanics for their fantastic job. I will do all what I can during next races to become Vice-Champion."
Nicolas : "It was a difficult week-end as i didn't know the track. I had some engine problem during the firt race. I am impatient to go back to Spa for the last meeting of the season"
General classification, Joakim is now 3rd and Nicolas 5th.
Junior classification : Nicolas is second.
Last Clio races, within 2 weeks at Spa.
Megane Trophy - Nurburg :
the record of victories and pit-stops !
7 wins during the season..
DimitriEnjalbert, this is our man this season,
the Boutsen-Energy-Racing, the recordteam of the pitstops ...
David Dermont, was very quick during the practices and qualifying sessions but had to abandon during the races, Margot and Marlene are 14th and 17th.
Race 1 :
Dimitri Enjalbert :"It's a circuit i'm very happy on, so i'm delighted with this win. I got off to a good start which allowed me to get past Verschuur. I pushed hard at the start of the race to put some space between us. I had to be extra careful towards the end of the race as there was a lot of gravel on the track. It's my sixth win, we'll see what happens tomorrow, but i have even higher hopes for the championship now."
Race 2 :
Dimitri Enjalbert : «It has been a perfect weekend.! With seven wins, we set a new record in Eurocup Megane Trophy. And the season isn't over yet ! I didn't get a great start but we made up for that during the pit-stop. At the end of the race, i just held on. We've had a great car during all week-end. »
Formula Le Mans - Magny Cours
Endurance week-end with 3 one-hour races. 2 podiums - best laptime for Dominik Kraihamer Race 1 : Robert and Kraihamer are 3rd, Chalandon and Scheier 4th. Race 2 : It is now for Chalandon & Scheier to be on the podium (3rd) Robert & Kraihamer are 4th. Race 3 : Robert and Kraihamer finish 4th and Scheier and Chalandon are 5th.
Lionel Robert : It was very nice for me to take part to this Endurance meeting, just after the week-end at Silverstone. I am sure that we will win races next year. I would like to thank the team members, Massimo, Olivier and Georges. And my teammate Dominik Kraihamer. I hope we can share the car next season".
Dominik Kraihamer : "It has been a good week-end. I still need a lot of experience, but I'm already happy with my laptimes (best lap time for Dominik). I have shown that I was very fast during the race. The work of the team and drivers has been very good. I liked very much to drive with the Boutsen Energy Racing team."