Dutch 1/10th Nationals round 4 at the famous Mach track. Saturday was a very mixed conditions day as it started with rain .. dried up in the afternoon .. followed by rain at 4 pm and dry conditions at 4:15 pm. Getting a good setup was difficult as the mixed conditions kept changing the level of grip on the track. Sunday was promising to be a very good day for racing as the temperatures were estimated at around 25 degrees Celsius. When qualifying started I tried to give it my all which set me with a respectable time. Q1 Rang Rijder Rnd Besttijd [3] Heat 1 Pedro Rombouts 3 0:48.840 1 3 Remy Möller 3 0:49.438 1 When Q2 started the grip was higher but the higher temperature meant it would be hard to improve. The increased grip levels meant that the lap times didn't improve by much but more consistent lap times were driven. Q2 Rang Rijder Rnd Besttijd [3] Heat 1 Pedro Rombouts 3 0:48.488 2 [1] 2 Rik Prins 3 0:49.199 2 [1] I was sure I wasn't able to improve on Q3 so decided to test out the tyres I might be using in the final. So the results remained the same and I could make everything ready for the final. The final started well and I was still 3rd after the start. After 2 laps someone clipped the back of my car and I had to move from place 8th back up. Lucky for me there was another incident a few laps further in the race and I was able to profit from it reclaiming 3rd position. After that I had to push hard to catch up to the 2 in front of me. After about halfway Pedro had to stop and go for bad refueling. And Maxim Claes who was leading at that time was suffering from what we suspect is battery failure. So I was leading the race from about half-way the race. During that time I was fighting with Rik Prins for my position. We started the duel for position from 2 minutes in the race and lasted the entire 28 minutes remaining. Eventually I could force him into a few mistakes making it a bit easier to remain driving on my badly worn tyres. We crossed the line with only 0.3s difference. Pos Rijder Rnd 2 Rik Prins 105 4 Remy Möller 102 6 Maxim Claes 100 8 Dennis de Groote 88 10 Daan Stuiver 21 |
